NC BL 06/00/2008 Table: Memphis, TN-MS-AR, Bulletin, February 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $18.77 5.7 35.9 $18.42 6.5 35.7 $21.41 3.3 37.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.53 3.8 37.9 30.42 4.8 38.5 26.89 3.5 36.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.64 7.3 41.0 33.45 8.0 41.2 35.51 13.5 39.1 Professional and related.......................................... 27.09 5.0 36.2 27.93 7.1 36.5 25.50 3.4 35.7 Service............................................................. 9.74 4.2 33.2 8.34 3.2 32.4 16.73 3.1 38.3 Sales and office.................................................... 18.98 10.9 35.9 19.25 11.4 35.7 14.67 10.5 39.5 Sales and related................................................. 26.69 19.2 35.2 26.69 19.2 35.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.57 1.7 36.4 14.56 1.6 36.1 14.67 10.5 39.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.82 7.6 39.9 19.76 8.1 39.9 20.68 8.7 39.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.48 3.3 40.0 16.23 3.4 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.26 11.5 39.8 26.99 11.8 39.8 19.69 22.2 39.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.64 8.4 34.8 14.60 8.6 34.8 15.98 14.6 34.6 Production........................................................ 14.36 11.4 39.8 14.36 11.6 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.78 10.2 32.6 14.73 10.6 32.6 16.30 16.8 34.0 Full time........................................................... 20.25 6.6 40.2 19.97 7.6 40.2 22.17 3.0 39.9 Part time........................................................... 9.55 6.7 21.6 9.45 7.1 21.7 11.18 5.5 20.0 Union............................................................... 20.00 8.2 37.4 19.40 10.1 36.1 22.10 6.2 42.6 Nonunion............................................................ 18.65 6.2 35.7 18.34 7.0 35.7 21.27 3.6 36.4 Time................................................................ 16.62 4.7 36.1 15.90 5.3 35.9 21.41 3.3 37.3 Incentive........................................................... 36.30 14.6 34.1 36.30 14.6 34.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.68 7.4 34.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.16 3.9 35.0 15.13 4.0 35.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.99 15.6 37.5 19.13 16.5 37.4 16.51 5.4 38.7 500 workers or more................................................. 22.63 5.0 35.6 22.74 6.9 35.1 22.34 4.0 37.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.77 5.7 $20.25 6.6 $9.55 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 39.67 8.8 39.67 8.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.69 7.9 27.69 7.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.25 18.2 23.25 18.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.12 8.2 43.12 8.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 47.43 7.3 47.43 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.74 20.6 46.74 20.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 63.92 23.6 63.92 23.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 31.69 8.8 31.69 8.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.94 8.9 38.94 8.9 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.54 21.3 35.54 21.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.73 6.5 25.73 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.16 4.6 19.16 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.75 7.5 26.75 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.40 4.0 19.40 4.0 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.57 10.4 32.57 10.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.19 8.9 20.19 8.9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.60 9.2 45.60 9.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 23.40 20.4 23.40 20.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.18 8.1 31.18 8.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.48 15.4 17.33 15.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.40 10.8 18.40 10.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.29 12.7 21.29 12.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.52 3.7 28.67 5.9 10.79 10.5 Level 4 .................................................. 10.17 1.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.47 4.3 26.68 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.79 1.4 25.79 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.32 4.6 35.32 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.95 7.4 – – 8.95 7.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.99 14.6 24.99 14.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.01 5.7 31.69 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.62 2.9 27.70 3.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.79 1.4 25.79 1.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.26 12.6 31.88 11.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.58 5.4 27.68 6.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.33 1.4 26.33 1.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.01 15.6 33.98 14.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.53 6.3 27.71 7.7 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.73 1.5 26.73 1.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.64 4.2 27.64 4.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.61 10.8 31.61 10.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.68 5.2 27.68 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.40 2.8 24.40 2.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.61 10.8 31.61 10.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.68 5.2 27.68 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.40 2.8 24.40 2.8 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.50 5.4 – – 9.55 4.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.95 7.4 – – 8.95 7.4 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 9.7 8.24 8.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.17 1.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.29 9.1 25.15 8.6 26.33 20.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.49 4.7 14.49 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.42 6.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.88 4.7 24.28 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.75 3.7 25.88 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.79 14.3 29.35 12.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.07 16.8 30.07 16.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.86 6.0 28.49 4.3 30.88 18.6 Level 7 .................................................. 26.95 1.0 26.96 1.0 – – Therapists........................................................ 25.22 12.6 24.26 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Physical therapists............................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.01 1.7 24.40 .1 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.48 2.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 4.6 11.05 5.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 7.5 9.35 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.63 14.6 15.22 11.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.12 4.6 10.18 5.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.06 20.3 12.28 20.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 5.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.84 1.3 19.84 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.46 12.2 22.46 12.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 15.53 10.7 15.53 10.7 – – Police officers................................................... 21.57 2.4 21.57 2.4 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.57 2.4 21.57 2.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.37 3.3 7.73 8.7 5.60 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 5.71 11.7 6.78 11.2 4.99 18.6 Level 2 .................................................. 5.10 14.1 7.49 19.2 4.23 24.0 Cooks............................................................. 9.10 8.5 9.09 13.3 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.27 .9 5.51 14.2 2.58 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 3.66 3.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.55 9.2 – – 2.31 4.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.16 3.4 – – 7.40 3.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.16 3.4 – – 7.40 3.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.37 8.1 12.24 8.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 8.3 9.16 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.37 12.8 11.37 12.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.56 10.3 11.69 9.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 8.3 9.16 7.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.83 10.9 12.27 8.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.41 7.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.70 8.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.38 13.0 11.57 15.9 10.56 24.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 17.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 26.69 19.2 30.73 19.4 7.99 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 7.8 – – 7.66 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.19 4.3 10.57 4.1 8.16 9.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.46 21.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 5.5 14.94 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 43.38 14.3 43.38 14.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.91 10.4 24.91 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.83 11.5 24.83 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.20 3.2 11.36 2.3 7.98 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 7.8 – – 7.66 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 4.9 10.57 4.1 8.16 10.1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.46 21.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 8.6 14.53 5.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 7.3 – – 7.81 11.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 13.0 – – 6.85 .7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 7.3 – – 7.81 11.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 13.0 – – 6.85 .7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.10 13.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.41 4.4 13.87 9.9 8.84 .0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.50 6.8 32.50 6.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.63 6.8 32.63 6.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.57 1.7 14.81 1.9 12.30 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 3.3 10.67 1.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 1.9 12.08 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 3.1 12.08 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.14 3.1 16.14 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.19 6.5 17.20 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.42 4.9 19.42 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.27 9.5 21.27 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.55 4.7 13.89 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.80 3.2 15.84 3.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.96 5.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.21 9.0 14.21 9.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.12 4.6 16.12 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 7.4 17.47 7.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.03 4.7 16.04 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.40 6.5 16.40 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 10.1 17.89 10.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.97 8.7 15.24 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 4.7 11.65 4.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.76 9.2 14.76 9.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 5.3 16.36 5.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.71 5.4 11.62 3.4 9.34 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.84 2.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 6.5 11.13 6.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.93 3.7 15.93 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.41 2.0 12.41 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.63 5.6 15.63 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.41 5.8 16.41 5.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.42 6.6 17.42 6.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.65 3.7 14.65 3.7 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.84 4.7 13.17 3.6 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.92 5.5 12.92 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.80 6.3 12.80 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.03 4.8 11.03 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 3.3 16.48 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.10 7.4 15.10 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.86 3.6 19.86 3.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.26 11.5 26.35 11.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.29 10.6 18.29 10.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.11 2.7 24.11 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.12 6.1 26.12 6.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.44 9.9 32.44 9.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.07 2.7 19.07 2.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.78 11.4 19.78 11.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.59 12.9 18.59 12.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.25 9.4 22.25 9.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.36 11.4 14.39 11.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 2.4 9.51 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 6.7 13.55 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 8.9 15.29 8.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.07 8.6 17.07 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.89 5.6 20.89 5.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.48 3.0 17.48 3.0 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.47 3.2 17.47 3.2 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.31 21.1 10.31 21.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.78 10.2 15.90 13.2 11.46 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.80 3.5 8.87 3.3 8.69 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 3.5 10.64 5.3 9.77 7.7 Level 3 .................................................. 15.00 8.7 16.17 11.4 11.54 8.1 Level 4 .................................................. – – 20.11 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.95 2.5 20.95 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.72 1.6 20.75 1.8 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 10.94 7.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.21 9.8 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.94 7.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.21 9.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.58 9.8 18.40 10.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.30 10.0 19.30 10.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.58 12.7 12.61 13.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.22 6.2 10.00 8.1 10.55 9.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.59 4.4 8.59 4.6 8.59 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 4.6 12.18 4.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.22 5.4 11.65 3.3 10.93 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.8 10.11 5.4 8.85 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 5.1 11.76 4.8 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.48 6.8 8.56 6.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 2.8 8.11 1.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.42 6.5 $19.97 7.6 $9.45 7.1 Management occupations.............................................. 39.55 10.1 39.55 10.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.69 7.9 27.69 7.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.10 17.4 22.10 17.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.27 14.9 44.27 14.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.74 20.6 46.74 20.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 63.92 23.6 63.92 23.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 31.43 9.0 31.43 9.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.10 6.9 26.10 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.60 6.3 19.60 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.75 7.5 26.75 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.60 4.5 19.60 4.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.86 10.4 32.86 10.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.60 9.2 45.60 9.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.44 10.0 31.44 10.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.69 6.2 33.69 6.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.50 18.0 20.92 18.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.82 6.9 24.73 7.1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.89 15.0 24.89 15.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.33 10.8 26.04 10.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.15 6.2 25.32 6.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.42 3.6 26.72 4.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.56 6.5 28.76 4.8 34.09 15.9 Level 7 .................................................. 27.19 .4 27.20 .4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.40 .1 24.40 .1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.09 4.6 11.17 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.48 8.5 9.48 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.73 15.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.19 4.7 10.26 5.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... – – 8.99 10.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 5.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.22 3.1 7.58 8.8 5.47 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 5.69 11.8 6.76 11.3 4.99 18.6 Level 2 .................................................. 4.93 15.7 – – 4.23 24.0 Cooks............................................................. 8.89 8.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.22 .1 – – 2.57 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 3.58 .0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.55 9.2 – – 2.31 4.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.92 1.2 – – 7.20 2.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.92 1.2 – – 7.20 2.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.46 7.3 11.43 9.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 8.7 9.16 7.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.10 11.7 11.35 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 8.7 9.16 7.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.36 12.8 12.05 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 9.44 8.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.70 8.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.99 15.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 26.69 19.2 30.73 19.4 7.99 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 7.8 – – 7.66 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.19 4.3 10.57 4.1 8.16 9.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.46 21.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 5.5 14.94 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 43.38 14.3 43.38 14.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.91 10.4 24.91 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.83 11.5 24.83 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.20 3.2 11.36 2.3 7.98 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 7.8 – – 7.66 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 4.9 10.57 4.1 8.16 10.1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.46 21.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 8.6 14.53 5.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 7.3 – – 7.81 11.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 13.0 – – 6.85 .7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 7.3 – – 7.81 11.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 13.0 – – 6.85 .7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.10 13.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.41 4.4 13.87 9.9 8.84 .0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.50 6.8 32.50 6.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.63 6.8 32.63 6.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.56 1.6 14.82 1.7 12.30 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 3.3 10.67 1.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.41 2.0 12.10 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 3.4 12.26 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 2.6 15.94 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.55 7.2 17.56 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.17 4.5 20.17 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.27 9.5 21.27 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.55 4.7 13.89 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.81 3.4 15.85 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.96 5.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.21 9.0 14.21 9.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.03 5.1 16.03 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 7.5 17.68 7.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.96 5.0 15.97 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 10.1 17.89 10.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.56 7.8 14.82 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.24 5.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.82 11.1 13.82 11.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 5.3 16.36 5.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.71 5.4 11.62 3.4 9.34 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.84 2.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 6.5 11.13 6.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.19 4.5 16.19 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.63 5.7 15.63 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.61 7.9 17.61 7.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.75 4.9 14.75 4.9 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.84 4.7 13.17 3.6 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.92 5.5 12.92 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.88 6.7 12.88 6.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.23 3.4 16.23 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.86 3.6 19.86 3.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.99 11.8 27.09 11.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.65 10.6 18.65 10.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.80 6.3 24.80 6.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.44 9.9 32.44 9.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.26 2.8 19.26 2.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.99 10.8 20.99 10.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.59 12.9 18.59 12.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.25 9.4 22.25 9.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.36 11.6 14.39 11.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 2.4 9.51 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 6.7 13.55 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 9.6 15.38 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.07 8.6 17.07 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.89 5.6 20.89 5.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.92 1.2 17.92 1.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.93 1.3 17.93 1.3 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.31 21.1 10.31 21.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.73 10.6 15.82 13.6 11.42 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.77 3.6 8.87 3.3 8.62 7.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.49 3.6 10.63 5.3 9.76 7.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.88 7.2 15.01 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 20.11 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.95 2.5 20.95 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.72 1.6 20.75 1.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.58 9.8 18.40 10.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.30 10.0 19.30 10.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.17 11.3 12.18 11.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.22 6.2 10.00 8.1 10.55 9.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.59 4.4 8.59 4.6 8.59 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 4.6 12.18 4.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.22 5.4 11.65 3.3 10.93 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.8 10.11 5.4 8.85 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 5.1 11.76 4.8 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.48 6.8 8.56 6.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.04 2.8 8.11 1.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.41 3.3 $22.17 3.0 $11.18 5.5 Management occupations.............................................. 40.56 4.5 40.56 4.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.69 4.0 41.69 4.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.17 9.8 21.17 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.94 .7 30.62 4.8 10.18 .4 Level 4 .................................................. 10.17 1.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.79 .2 29.29 1.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.79 1.4 25.79 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.47 4.6 35.48 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.95 7.4 – – 8.95 7.4 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.19 5.9 32.50 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.29 1.2 29.29 1.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.79 1.4 25.79 1.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.91 12.6 32.91 12.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.51 5.8 29.51 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.33 1.4 26.33 1.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.16 15.0 35.16 15.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.79 .1 26.79 .1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.06 .1 29.06 .1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.10 10.7 32.10 10.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.40 2.8 24.40 2.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.10 10.7 32.10 10.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.40 2.8 24.40 2.8 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.50 5.4 – – 9.55 4.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.95 7.4 – – 8.95 7.4 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.99 4.1 9.31 .9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.17 1.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.93 8.8 21.54 10.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.81 2.0 18.91 2.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.82 1.4 19.82 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.46 12.2 22.46 12.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 15.53 10.7 15.53 10.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.82 8.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.23 9.3 14.33 8.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.77 7.4 12.94 6.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.77 7.4 12.94 6.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.67 10.5 14.67 10.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 6.7 10.79 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.29 17.7 18.29 17.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.97 3.8 14.97 3.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.48 4.1 14.48 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.69 22.2 19.69 22.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.30 16.8 – – 12.31 12.8 Level 3 .................................................. 18.45 11.7 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.77 5.2 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.77 5.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.77 5.7 $20.25 6.6 $9.55 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 39.67 8.8 39.67 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.61 10.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.13 8.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 63.92 23.6 63.92 23.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 31.69 8.8 31.69 8.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.94 8.9 38.94 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 41.69 4.0 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.54 21.3 35.54 21.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.73 6.5 25.73 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.91 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.33 5.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.40 4.0 19.40 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.34 4.9 18.34 4.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 5.3 26.74 5.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.57 10.4 32.57 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.54 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.24 6.2 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.60 9.2 45.60 9.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 23.40 20.4 23.40 20.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.18 8.1 31.18 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 28.06 9.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.48 15.4 17.33 15.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.40 10.8 18.40 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 15.69 12.6 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 21.29 12.7 21.29 12.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.52 3.7 28.67 5.9 10.79 10.5 Group I................................................... 9.00 9.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.63 4.6 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.99 14.6 24.99 14.7 – – Group III................................................. 27.16 15.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.01 5.7 31.69 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.79 3.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.26 12.6 31.88 11.9 – – Group II.................................................. 26.21 4.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.01 15.6 33.98 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.74 8.3 27.25 5.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.73 1.5 26.73 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.72 1.5 26.72 1.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.61 10.8 31.61 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.23 2.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.61 10.8 31.61 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.23 2.8 26.23 2.8 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.50 5.4 – – 9.55 4.5 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 9.7 8.24 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.00 9.7 8.24 8.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.29 9.1 25.15 8.6 26.33 20.2 Group I................................................... 14.01 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.61 12.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.86 6.0 28.49 4.3 30.88 18.6 Group II.................................................. 25.78 3.5 26.63 1.8 21.18 14.1 Therapists........................................................ 25.22 12.6 24.26 10.0 – – Group III................................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Physical therapists............................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.34 7.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.01 1.7 24.40 .1 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.48 2.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.99 4.6 11.05 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.65 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.10 8.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 .4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 .4 11.88 .4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.12 4.6 10.18 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.86 9.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.95 9.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.06 20.3 12.28 20.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.99 10.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.93 2.8 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 15.53 10.7 15.53 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.53 10.7 15.53 10.7 – – Police officers................................................... 21.57 2.4 21.57 2.4 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.57 2.4 21.57 2.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.37 3.3 7.73 8.7 5.60 4.4 Group I................................................... 6.22 4.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.10 8.5 9.09 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.82 10.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.27 .9 5.51 14.2 2.58 4.2 Group I................................................... 3.27 .9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.55 9.2 – – 2.31 4.7 Group I................................................... 2.55 9.2 – – 2.31 4.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.16 3.4 – – 7.40 3.1 Group I................................................... 7.16 3.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.16 3.4 – – 7.40 3.1 Group I................................................... 7.16 3.4 – – 7.40 3.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.37 8.1 12.24 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.18 10.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.56 10.3 11.69 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.47 11.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.83 10.9 12.27 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.75 12.3 12.30 9.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.70 8.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.70 8.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.38 13.0 11.57 15.9 10.56 24.0 Group I................................................... 9.14 17.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 26.69 19.2 30.73 19.4 7.99 3.6 Group I................................................... 10.55 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 36.46 9.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.91 10.4 24.91 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.83 11.5 24.83 11.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.20 3.2 11.36 2.3 7.98 3.6 Group I................................................... 9.80 3.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Group I................................................... 8.48 10.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.64 10.9 9.37 12.4 7.60 7.8 Group I................................................... 8.48 10.3 9.16 11.9 7.55 7.7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.10 13.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.10 13.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.41 4.4 13.87 9.9 8.84 .0 Group I................................................... 12.14 7.2 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.50 6.8 32.50 6.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.63 6.8 32.63 6.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.57 1.7 14.81 1.9 12.30 3.6 Group I................................................... 13.71 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.01 4.6 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.80 3.2 15.84 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.14 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.24 6.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.03 4.7 16.04 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.36 3.9 15.36 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.48 8.0 17.48 8.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.97 8.7 15.24 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.36 11.2 15.56 12.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.76 9.2 14.76 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.41 9.1 14.41 9.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.19 4.9 15.19 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.48 9.0 14.48 9.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.71 5.4 11.62 3.4 9.34 2.6 Group I................................................... 10.73 5.9 11.62 3.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.93 3.7 15.93 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.69 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.40 6.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.42 6.6 17.42 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.88 7.1 18.88 7.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.65 3.7 14.65 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.55 5.0 14.55 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 14.83 4.1 14.83 4.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.84 4.7 13.17 3.6 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.92 5.5 12.92 5.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.80 6.3 12.80 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.03 6.3 13.03 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 3.3 16.48 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.38 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.02 4.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.26 11.5 26.35 11.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.16 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.43 10.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.44 9.9 32.44 9.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.07 2.7 19.07 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 2.8 19.42 2.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.78 11.4 19.78 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.17 11.7 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.25 9.4 22.25 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.62 9.9 22.62 9.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.36 11.4 14.39 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.61 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.49 6.9 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.48 3.0 17.48 3.0 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.47 3.2 17.47 3.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers Group I................................................... 11.00 18.7 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.31 21.1 10.31 21.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.31 21.1 10.31 21.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.78 10.2 15.90 13.2 11.46 4.0 Group I................................................... 12.70 8.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.65 7.1 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 10.94 7.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.94 7.7 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.94 7.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.94 7.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.58 9.8 18.40 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.34 14.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.75 4.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.30 10.0 19.30 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.75 4.0 21.75 4.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.58 12.7 12.61 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 12.4 12.48 12.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.22 6.2 10.00 8.1 10.55 9.0 Group I................................................... 10.13 6.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.22 5.4 11.65 3.3 10.93 9.4 Group I................................................... 11.08 6.4 11.32 3.7 10.93 9.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.48 6.8 8.56 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.48 6.8 8.56 6.7 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.57 $10.37 $14.85 $21.77 $34.23 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 24.42 36.88 48.59 62.22 General and operations managers................................... 28.20 28.20 62.22 84.37 139.82 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.42 26.92 41.15 41.15 Education administrators.......................................... 20.95 33.35 41.96 43.59 45.53 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 19.67 20.19 42.92 42.92 58.19 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.09 19.68 22.17 29.01 42.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.09 16.35 18.15 20.19 24.34 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Financial analysts.............................................. 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.50 22.70 32.07 39.65 48.23 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 35.85 41.59 48.23 59.60 Computer support specialists...................................... 13.51 17.50 19.11 22.87 48.69 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.35 27.59 31.94 32.96 35.75 Engineers......................................................... 27.59 27.59 32.30 35.61 48.08 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 12.00 12.00 18.66 21.77 21.77 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.66 11.87 17.90 24.16 24.16 Counselors........................................................ 11.55 14.43 24.16 24.16 24.16 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.77 20.20 28.21 34.87 39.48 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.70 21.29 25.63 29.07 33.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.98 24.41 31.89 38.11 41.33 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.22 24.41 30.01 38.11 43.32 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.88 26.76 33.65 38.11 46.64 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.59 23.64 25.34 28.96 32.41 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.12 28.12 32.84 34.46 40.02 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.12 28.12 32.84 34.46 40.02 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.53 12.36 30.38 36.26 41.86 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.61 6.61 9.01 10.71 11.61 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 18.75 25.00 28.17 34.00 Registered nurses................................................. 21.70 24.24 27.45 29.94 34.00 Therapists........................................................ 16.93 20.31 27.03 28.88 34.59 Physical therapists............................................. 27.03 27.03 27.50 33.97 40.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.00 21.47 25.49 27.72 28.76 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.03 15.91 16.00 17.00 18.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 12.21 17.86 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 8.49 10.67 15.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.75 7.75 9.25 14.62 21.01 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.93 12.70 17.53 17.75 17.75 Police officers................................................... 16.95 19.92 23.60 23.60 23.60 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.95 19.92 23.60 23.60 23.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.50 6.71 8.00 10.26 Cooks............................................................. 6.44 6.71 8.50 11.12 12.33 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.50 6.78 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.62 2.62 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.51 6.28 6.78 7.25 9.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.51 6.28 6.78 7.25 9.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 8.00 10.50 14.21 16.96 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.85 7.77 10.50 12.92 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.85 8.00 12.00 14.21 15.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.77 7.77 7.77 9.60 11.02 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.98 8.91 10.57 12.52 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.08 9.42 15.30 28.06 67.98 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 14.90 17.44 40.24 40.24 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.84 14.73 17.44 40.24 40.24 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.56 7.25 9.42 12.00 15.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 9.50 11.76 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 9.50 11.76 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.10 9.28 10.89 13.00 18.65 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 10.00 12.02 12.50 17.99 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.95 11.75 14.21 16.84 19.20 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.61 14.05 15.91 17.60 19.20 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.61 14.10 15.15 18.38 19.38 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.81 11.29 13.16 17.89 25.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.19 10.24 15.22 17.42 20.15 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 13.28 16.40 17.55 17.81 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 9.50 10.50 11.25 14.04 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.82 13.45 16.07 17.92 18.41 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.25 15.89 17.92 18.41 25.67 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.97 13.00 14.18 16.30 17.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 7.42 11.55 14.21 14.37 15.14 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.78 11.55 13.12 14.37 15.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.80 10.63 13.52 14.80 14.98 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.62 13.04 15.51 20.00 20.05 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.67 17.24 25.48 36.45 41.57 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 19.80 31.07 33.46 40.10 40.10 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.55 16.79 19.94 21.55 22.21 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.94 15.50 20.55 23.30 28.28 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.50 19.00 21.95 26.15 28.28 Production occupations.............................................. 9.95 11.79 12.84 16.90 20.09 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.34 17.00 18.31 18.31 19.40 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.34 17.00 18.31 18.31 19.40 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.52 6.52 10.26 13.90 13.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 9.68 12.23 18.65 22.74 Bus drivers....................................................... 8.00 10.37 10.44 10.44 14.60 Bus drivers, school............................................. 8.00 10.37 10.44 10.44 14.60 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 14.51 18.66 20.97 25.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.28 15.00 18.41 24.13 27.54 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.25 9.93 10.50 13.37 17.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.54 7.50 9.68 11.81 15.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.25 7.37 11.49 13.10 16.80 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.50 7.50 7.84 9.68 12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.95 $14.40 $20.89 $32.96 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 20.24 35.54 48.59 62.22 General and operations managers................................... 28.20 28.20 62.22 84.37 139.82 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.42 25.24 41.15 49.04 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.35 20.19 22.17 29.01 42.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.09 17.59 20.19 20.19 24.34 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Financial analysts.............................................. 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.46 23.08 33.10 40.22 48.23 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 35.85 41.59 48.23 59.60 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.35 27.59 31.94 35.75 48.08 Engineers......................................................... 27.59 27.59 32.69 35.75 48.08 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.61 7.50 22.64 27.55 32.13 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.70 21.29 25.63 28.77 33.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 19.10 26.36 28.50 34.00 Registered nurses................................................. 22.07 25.00 27.47 30.00 34.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.00 22.60 25.75 27.83 28.76 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 10.39 12.21 17.86 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.67 16.07 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.62 6.71 7.80 9.50 Cooks............................................................. 6.44 6.71 8.50 11.00 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.50 5.94 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.62 2.62 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.51 6.28 6.78 7.25 9.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.51 6.28 6.78 7.25 9.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 7.77 9.00 12.46 15.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.85 7.77 8.64 12.46 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.85 7.25 10.50 12.76 15.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.77 7.77 7.77 9.60 11.02 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.97 10.57 11.12 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.08 9.42 15.30 28.06 67.98 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 14.90 17.44 40.24 40.24 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.84 14.73 17.44 40.24 40.24 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.56 7.25 9.42 12.00 15.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 9.50 11.76 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 9.50 11.76 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.10 9.28 10.89 13.00 18.65 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 10.00 12.02 12.50 17.99 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.95 11.82 14.22 16.85 18.98 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.61 14.05 16.18 17.35 19.20 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.61 14.10 15.15 18.38 19.20 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.75 11.19 13.16 14.15 25.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.19 10.24 15.22 17.42 17.42 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 13.28 16.40 17.55 17.81 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 9.50 10.50 11.25 14.04 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.82 13.17 17.14 17.92 18.56 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.25 16.87 17.92 18.41 25.67 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 13.00 15.00 16.30 17.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 7.42 11.55 14.21 14.37 15.14 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.78 11.55 13.12 14.37 15.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.80 11.24 13.90 14.80 14.98 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.62 13.04 15.25 19.56 20.05 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.00 19.00 26.93 40.10 41.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 19.80 31.07 33.46 40.10 40.10 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.55 16.79 21.24 22.07 22.21 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.50 17.24 21.20 23.30 28.28 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.50 19.00 21.95 26.15 28.28 Production occupations.............................................. 9.90 11.79 12.50 17.00 20.09 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.90 17.80 18.31 18.31 19.55 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.70 17.95 18.31 18.31 19.55 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.52 6.52 10.26 13.90 13.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 9.25 12.00 18.61 22.91 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 14.51 18.66 20.97 25.27 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.28 15.00 18.41 24.13 27.54 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.25 9.93 10.50 13.37 14.86 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.54 7.50 9.68 11.81 15.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.25 7.37 11.49 13.10 16.80 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.50 7.50 7.84 9.68 12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.26 $13.68 $19.84 $26.66 $36.26 Management occupations.............................................. 33.35 36.06 40.99 43.59 45.53 Education administrators.......................................... 33.35 39.99 42.92 43.59 45.53 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.92 17.90 24.16 24.16 27.60 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.30 22.21 30.35 36.54 40.95 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.59 26.10 32.84 38.11 42.31 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.92 26.10 32.41 38.11 45.96 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.59 29.05 38.11 39.39 46.64 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.59 23.64 25.34 28.96 33.51 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.12 30.31 32.84 34.87 40.14 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.12 30.31 32.84 34.87 40.14 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.53 12.36 30.38 36.26 41.86 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.77 8.89 9.46 11.30 11.61 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.39 15.91 20.31 22.01 33.97 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.93 15.90 19.92 23.60 23.60 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.93 12.70 17.53 17.75 17.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.10 8.59 11.64 11.64 15.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.87 12.92 14.21 16.96 16.96 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.73 12.92 12.92 14.21 14.21 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.73 12.92 12.92 14.21 14.21 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.26 10.44 13.96 16.60 20.15 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.24 13.96 15.03 16.60 16.60 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.95 13.68 13.96 16.60 16.60 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.94 12.67 14.71 25.48 33.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 12.53 14.93 21.26 22.53 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.07 13.07 14.60 15.59 17.25 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.07 13.07 14.60 15.59 17.25 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.65 $16.09 $23.21 $36.17 Management occupations.............................................. 17.63 24.42 36.88 48.59 62.22 General and operations managers................................... 28.20 28.20 62.22 84.37 139.82 Financial managers................................................ 20.24 24.42 26.92 41.15 41.15 Education administrators.......................................... 20.95 33.35 41.96 43.59 45.53 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 19.67 20.19 42.92 42.92 58.19 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.09 19.68 22.17 29.01 42.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.09 16.35 18.15 20.19 24.34 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Financial analysts.............................................. 22.05 22.05 25.03 28.17 35.18 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.50 22.70 32.07 39.65 48.23 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 35.85 41.59 48.23 59.60 Computer support specialists...................................... 13.51 17.50 19.11 22.87 48.69 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.35 27.59 31.94 32.96 35.75 Engineers......................................................... 27.59 27.59 32.30 35.61 48.08 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 12.00 12.00 18.48 21.77 21.77 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.66 11.87 17.90 24.16 24.16 Counselors........................................................ 11.55 14.43 24.16 24.16 24.16 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.30 23.26 29.88 36.26 39.78 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.70 21.29 25.63 29.07 33.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.59 25.24 32.32 38.11 41.41 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.59 25.01 30.67 38.11 43.32 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.88 28.09 34.85 38.17 46.64 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.59 23.64 25.34 28.96 32.41 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.12 28.12 32.84 34.46 40.02 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.12 28.12 32.84 34.46 40.02 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.61 6.61 8.77 9.15 9.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.00 19.02 25.00 28.29 34.00 Registered nurses................................................. 21.84 24.01 27.25 30.54 34.00 Therapists........................................................ 16.93 16.93 27.03 27.03 32.39 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.00 22.60 25.75 27.83 28.76 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 10.50 12.21 17.86 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.86 11.86 12.16 12.21 12.21 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.67 15.77 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.75 7.75 9.26 16.43 22.06 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.93 12.70 17.53 17.75 17.75 Police officers................................................... 16.95 19.92 23.60 23.60 23.60 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.95 19.92 23.60 23.60 23.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.50 5.51 7.25 9.00 12.19 Cooks............................................................. 6.44 6.71 8.50 10.25 13.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.17 4.50 4.50 7.75 7.89 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.64 12.02 15.75 16.96 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.77 8.64 12.02 14.21 15.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.01 10.50 12.46 14.21 15.75 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.09 9.00 10.93 17.16 17.16 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.27 12.00 17.99 40.24 67.98 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 14.90 17.44 40.24 40.24 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.84 14.73 17.44 40.24 40.24 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.27 10.89 12.50 17.99 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 8.00 8.27 10.60 12.42 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 8.00 8.27 10.60 12.42 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.00 12.00 12.50 17.99 17.99 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.50 18.85 34.34 41.90 41.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.19 12.00 14.37 17.36 19.38 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.61 14.05 16.15 17.60 19.20 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.61 14.10 15.15 18.38 19.38 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.81 11.29 13.16 18.93 25.44 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.19 10.24 15.22 17.42 20.15 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.00 13.28 16.40 17.55 17.81 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.85 9.95 11.22 12.16 14.58 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.82 13.45 16.07 17.92 18.41 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.25 15.89 17.92 18.41 25.67 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.97 13.00 14.18 16.30 17.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.78 12.00 14.21 14.37 15.14 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.78 11.55 13.12 14.37 15.14 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.80 10.63 13.52 14.80 14.98 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.62 13.04 15.51 20.00 20.05 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.67 17.38 25.48 36.45 41.57 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 19.80 31.07 33.46 40.10 40.10 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.55 16.79 19.94 21.55 22.21 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.94 15.50 20.55 23.30 28.28 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.50 19.00 21.95 26.15 28.28 Production occupations.............................................. 9.95 11.89 12.95 16.95 20.09 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.34 17.00 18.31 18.31 19.40 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.34 17.00 18.31 18.31 19.40 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.52 6.52 10.26 13.90 13.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.62 9.93 13.30 20.95 22.91 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.28 15.00 20.65 20.97 27.11 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.28 15.00 18.41 24.13 27.54 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.25 9.93 10.50 13.37 17.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 7.62 9.68 11.49 13.32 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.70 10.00 11.48 12.95 14.50 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.50 7.50 7.84 9.68 12.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $2.62 $6.35 $7.75 $11.56 $16.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.80 8.53 10.71 11.61 12.36 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 6.80 8.34 8.53 11.21 12.36 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 16.00 25.00 27.50 34.59 Registered nurses................................................. 15.00 25.00 27.50 28.50 83.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.62 6.66 7.25 9.30 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.62 4.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.62 2.62 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.28 6.75 7.00 7.25 9.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.28 6.75 7.00 7.25 9.30 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.98 6.68 8.48 9.00 30.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 6.75 7.25 9.42 10.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 6.65 7.25 9.42 10.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.50 7.08 9.42 9.50 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.50 7.08 9.42 9.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.85 7.00 8.40 10.20 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 10.25 12.62 15.03 15.60 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.45 8.50 9.50 10.50 11.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 7.00 10.46 15.15 18.41 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.00 6.54 10.50 13.06 17.07 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.85 7.00 11.55 14.89 17.46 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.25 $16.09 $813 $644 40.2 $41,628 $33,467 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 39.67 36.88 1,668 1,479 42.0 85,340 75,005 2,151 General and operations managers................................... 63.92 62.22 2,541 2,489 39.8 132,132 129,422 2,067 Financial managers................................................ 31.69 26.92 1,255 1,010 39.6 65,281 52,500 2,060 Education administrators.......................................... 38.94 41.96 1,514 1,609 38.9 69,294 70,486 1,779 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.54 42.92 1,363 1,609 38.3 70,867 83,684 1,994 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.73 22.17 1,023 887 39.7 53,176 46,105 2,067 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.40 18.15 774 726 39.9 40,225 37,758 2,074 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.57 32.07 1,307 1,268 40.1 67,636 65,497 2,076 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.60 41.59 1,868 1,768 41.0 97,150 91,914 2,131 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.40 19.11 932 765 39.8 48,459 39,757 2,071 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.18 31.94 1,302 1,292 41.8 67,697 67,192 2,171 Engineers......................................................... 32.71 32.30 1,375 1,292 42.0 71,506 67,192 2,186 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.33 18.48 660 700 38.1 34,305 36,387 1,979 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.40 17.90 770 637 41.8 39,744 33,141 2,160 Counselors........................................................ 21.29 24.16 954 1,160 44.8 48,724 60,308 2,288 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.67 29.88 1,086 1,139 37.9 42,696 44,522 1,489 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.99 25.63 992 1,025 39.7 41,992 41,000 1,680 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.69 32.32 1,188 1,190 37.5 45,264 45,238 1,429 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.88 30.67 1,203 1,172 37.7 45,609 44,519 1,431 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.98 34.85 1,266 1,324 37.3 48,031 49,839 1,413 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.73 25.34 1,042 1,014 39.0 39,417 38,402 1,474 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.61 32.84 1,166 1,190 36.9 44,856 45,238 1,419 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.61 32.84 1,166 1,190 36.9 44,856 45,238 1,419 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.24 8.77 325 329 39.5 14,054 13,745 1,706 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.15 25.00 983 961 39.1 50,716 49,920 2,016 Registered nurses................................................. 28.49 27.25 1,098 1,056 38.6 57,115 54,891 2,005 Therapists........................................................ 24.26 27.03 958 1,034 39.5 49,821 53,747 2,053 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.40 25.75 948 987 38.9 49,317 51,331 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.05 10.50 437 397 39.5 22,719 20,654 2,055 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.18 9.00 402 339 39.5 20,884 17,653 2,052 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.28 9.26 507 370 41.3 26,375 19,240 2,147 Fire fighters..................................................... 15.53 17.53 823 929 53.0 42,805 48,313 2,756 Police officers................................................... 21.57 23.60 863 944 40.0 44,858 49,084 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.57 23.60 863 944 40.0 44,858 49,084 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.73 7.25 308 271 39.8 15,662 13,953 2,026 Cooks............................................................. 9.09 8.50 364 340 40.0 18,917 17,680 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.51 4.50 220 180 39.9 11,300 9,360 2,049 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.24 12.02 490 480 40.1 25,504 24,960 2,083 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.69 12.02 465 481 39.8 24,189 25,002 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.27 12.46 488 491 39.8 25,379 25,522 2,068 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.57 10.93 463 437 40.0 24,063 22,734 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 30.73 17.99 1,246 746 40.5 64,785 38,792 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.91 17.44 1,076 785 43.2 55,966 40,819 2,247 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.83 17.44 1,079 785 43.5 56,104 40,819 2,260 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.36 10.89 454 436 40.0 23,611 22,649 2,079 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.37 8.27 367 331 39.2 19,079 17,208 2,037 Cashiers...................................................... 9.37 8.27 367 331 39.2 19,079 17,208 2,037 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.87 12.50 579 500 41.8 30,131 25,992 2,172 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.50 34.34 1,300 1,374 40.0 67,599 71,431 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.63 34.34 1,305 1,374 40.0 67,879 71,431 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.81 14.37 588 570 39.7 30,489 29,565 2,059 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.84 16.15 632 637 39.9 32,870 33,099 2,075 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.04 15.15 639 606 39.9 33,247 31,518 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.24 13.16 600 526 39.4 31,206 27,371 2,047 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.76 15.22 590 609 40.0 30,683 31,653 2,079 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.19 16.40 608 656 40.0 31,594 34,112 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.62 11.22 456 449 39.3 23,725 23,340 2,042 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.93 16.07 633 636 39.7 32,381 32,094 2,033 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.42 17.92 693 717 39.8 36,062 37,265 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.65 14.18 580 565 39.6 29,094 28,776 1,986 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.17 14.21 527 569 40.0 27,390 29,565 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.92 13.12 517 525 40.0 26,876 27,285 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.80 13.52 511 540 39.9 26,551 28,080 2,075 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.48 15.51 659 620 40.0 34,279 32,261 2,079 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.35 25.48 1,054 1,019 40.0 54,826 52,998 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.44 33.46 1,307 1,338 40.3 67,967 69,601 2,095 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.07 19.94 766 798 40.2 39,845 41,475 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.78 20.55 791 822 40.0 41,149 42,744 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.25 21.95 890 878 40.0 46,270 45,656 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.39 12.95 578 514 40.1 30,033 26,749 2,087 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.48 18.31 694 730 39.7 36,063 37,960 2,063 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.47 18.31 693 732 39.7 36,015 38,083 2,062 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.31 10.26 413 410 40.0 21,450 21,341 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.90 13.30 648 518 40.8 33,048 26,686 2,078 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.40 20.65 795 838 43.2 41,364 43,564 2,248 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.30 18.41 920 874 47.6 47,818 45,449 2,477 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.61 10.50 504 420 40.0 26,223 21,840 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.00 9.68 397 387 39.7 20,621 20,130 2,063 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.65 11.48 463 459 39.8 24,091 23,878 2,067 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.56 7.84 338 313 39.5 17,585 16,301 2,055 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.97 $15.35 $803 $610 40.2 $41,584 $31,720 2,082 Management occupations.............................................. 39.55 35.54 1,683 1,446 42.5 87,491 75,204 2,212 General and operations managers................................... 63.92 62.22 2,541 2,489 39.8 132,132 129,422 2,067 Financial managers................................................ 31.43 25.24 1,247 1,010 39.7 64,869 52,499 2,064 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.10 22.17 1,037 887 39.7 53,933 46,105 2,066 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.60 20.19 782 808 39.9 40,642 42,001 2,073 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.86 33.10 1,320 1,324 40.2 68,662 68,848 2,089 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.60 41.59 1,868 1,768 41.0 97,150 91,914 2,131 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.44 31.94 1,333 1,399 42.4 69,332 72,736 2,205 Engineers......................................................... 33.69 32.69 1,448 1,437 43.0 75,303 74,742 2,235 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.92 22.64 826 874 39.5 34,911 36,487 1,669 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.89 25.63 995 1,025 40.0 42,109 41,317 1,692 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.04 26.36 1,015 1,012 39.0 52,766 52,623 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 28.76 27.47 1,103 1,058 38.3 57,339 55,006 1,994 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.40 25.75 948 987 38.9 49,317 51,331 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.17 10.50 442 420 39.6 23,004 21,840 2,060 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.26 9.00 406 339 39.6 21,117 17,653 2,058 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.99 7.75 360 310 40.0 18,701 16,124 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.58 6.78 305 271 40.2 15,865 14,109 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.43 10.50 458 420 40.1 23,839 21,840 2,087 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.35 10.79 452 434 39.8 23,483 22,562 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.05 12.02 479 481 39.7 24,897 25,002 2,067 Sales and related occupations....................................... 30.73 17.99 1,246 746 40.5 64,785 38,792 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.91 17.44 1,076 785 43.2 55,966 40,819 2,247 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.83 17.44 1,079 785 43.5 56,104 40,819 2,260 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.36 10.89 454 436 40.0 23,611 22,649 2,079 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.37 8.27 367 331 39.2 19,079 17,208 2,037 Cashiers...................................................... 9.37 8.27 367 331 39.2 19,079 17,208 2,037 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.87 12.50 579 500 41.8 30,131 25,992 2,172 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.50 34.34 1,300 1,374 40.0 67,599 71,431 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.63 34.34 1,305 1,374 40.0 67,879 71,431 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.82 14.37 589 575 39.7 30,608 29,879 2,065 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.85 16.18 633 647 40.0 32,934 33,661 2,077 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.97 15.15 638 606 39.9 33,158 31,518 2,076 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.82 13.16 583 526 39.3 30,302 27,371 2,044 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.82 15.22 553 609 40.0 28,739 31,653 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.19 16.40 608 656 40.0 31,594 34,112 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.62 11.22 456 449 39.3 23,725 23,340 2,042 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.19 17.14 644 686 39.8 33,506 35,655 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.61 17.92 705 717 40.0 36,634 37,265 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.75 15.00 582 600 39.4 30,247 31,200 2,051 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.17 14.21 527 569 40.0 27,390 29,565 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.92 13.12 517 525 40.0 26,876 27,285 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.88 13.90 515 556 40.0 26,783 28,912 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.23 15.25 649 610 40.0 33,748 31,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.09 26.93 1,085 1,077 40.1 56,425 56,014 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.44 33.46 1,307 1,338 40.3 67,967 69,601 2,095 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.26 21.24 774 850 40.2 40,242 44,183 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.99 21.20 840 848 40.0 43,659 44,096 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.25 21.95 890 878 40.0 46,270 45,656 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.39 12.68 578 500 40.2 30,062 26,000 2,089 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.92 18.31 717 732 40.0 37,280 38,083 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.93 18.31 717 732 40.0 37,299 38,083 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.31 10.26 413 410 40.0 21,450 21,341 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 13.17 647 513 40.9 33,077 26,686 2,091 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.40 20.65 795 838 43.2 41,364 43,564 2,248 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.30 18.41 920 874 47.6 47,818 45,449 2,477 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.18 10.50 487 420 40.0 25,333 21,840 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.00 9.68 397 387 39.7 20,621 20,130 2,063 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.65 11.48 463 459 39.8 24,091 23,878 2,067 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.56 7.84 338 313 39.5 17,585 16,301 2,055 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.17 $20.56 $884 $840 39.9 $41,908 $41,274 1,890 Management occupations.............................................. 40.56 40.99 1,577 1,609 38.9 73,179 73,228 1,804 Education administrators.......................................... 41.69 42.92 1,614 1,626 38.7 72,643 72,114 1,743 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.17 24.16 908 1,104 42.9 46,667 57,408 2,205 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.62 32.41 1,149 1,190 37.5 44,395 45,238 1,450 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.50 32.84 1,213 1,190 37.3 46,238 45,238 1,423 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.91 32.41 1,235 1,226 37.5 46,823 46,541 1,423 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.16 38.11 1,300 1,382 37.0 49,367 52,499 1,404 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.79 25.34 1,046 1,014 39.1 39,555 38,402 1,476 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.10 32.84 1,183 1,190 36.8 45,494 45,238 1,417 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.10 32.84 1,183 1,190 36.8 45,494 45,238 1,417 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.31 9.08 364 358 39.1 14,203 13,584 1,525 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.54 20.91 851 786 39.5 42,554 40,876 1,975 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.91 19.92 835 929 44.2 43,424 48,313 2,296 Fire fighters..................................................... 15.53 17.53 823 929 53.0 42,805 48,313 2,756 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.33 14.21 572 569 39.9 29,740 29,565 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.94 12.92 515 517 39.8 26,781 26,874 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.94 12.92 515 517 39.8 26,781 26,874 2,070 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.67 13.96 579 550 39.5 29,438 28,246 2,007 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.97 15.03 591 591 39.5 28,593 28,776 1,911 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.48 13.96 577 559 39.8 27,131 28,776 1,873 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.69 14.71 782 588 39.7 40,642 30,597 2,064 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.42 $15.13 $19.13 $22.74 Management, professional, and related...... 30.42 27.74 34.28 30.51 Management, business, and financial...... 33.45 28.06 39.30 35.50 Professional and related................. 27.93 27.28 29.60 27.66 Service.................................... 8.34 7.52 8.62 9.95 Sales and office........................... 19.25 16.36 21.29 22.24 Sales and related........................ 26.69 18.51 – 43.02 Office and administrative support........ 14.56 14.61 14.06 15.06 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.76 16.51 21.74 – Construction and extraction............. 16.23 16.03 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 26.99 23.75 22.70 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.60 11.44 15.77 16.54 Production............................... 14.36 12.78 15.77 15.73 Transportation and material moving....... 14.73 10.08 15.77 16.64 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 6.5 4.0 16.5 6.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.8 9.8 10.6 4.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 8.0 10.9 14.2 12.7 Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 17.8 12.9 4.4 Service............................................................. 3.2 5.8 6.6 11.4 Sales and office.................................................... 11.4 4.4 32.9 4.6 Sales and related................................................. 19.2 8.4 – 3.7 Office and administrative support................................. 1.6 4.0 3.1 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.1 4.1 8.5 – Construction and extraction...................................... 3.4 3.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.8 26.0 8.9 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.6 5.2 9.7 18.6 Production........................................................ 11.6 8.4 12.9 6.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.6 10.2 10.3 20.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.04 $14.80 $685 $592 40.2 $35,606 $30,784 2,090 Management occupations.............................................. 30.11 19.23 1,412 1,058 46.9 73,421 54,999 2,438 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.87 20.19 995 808 40.0 51,722 42,001 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.59 8.49 379 324 39.5 19,710 16,848 2,055 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.59 8.49 379 324 39.5 19,710 16,848 2,055 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.37 5.76 298 231 40.4 15,483 11,989 2,100 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.73 12.02 512 467 40.2 26,613 24,297 2,091 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.68 15.35 862 614 39.8 44,811 31,920 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.89 8.27 388 331 39.2 20,176 17,208 2,039 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.69 8.00 301 320 39.1 15,644 16,640 2,034 Cashiers...................................................... 7.69 8.00 301 320 39.1 15,644 16,640 2,034 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.81 14.80 587 592 39.6 30,524 30,784 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.41 16.78 657 671 40.0 34,142 34,898 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.76 16.50 670 660 40.0 34,864 34,320 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.73 14.80 509 592 40.0 26,478 30,784 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.03 15.25 641 610 40.0 33,335 31,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.75 22.21 956 888 40.3 49,736 46,195 2,094 Production occupations.............................................. 12.83 12.50 513 500 40.0 26,687 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.73 12.28 458 491 39.1 23,817 25,549 2,031 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.96 11.25 419 400 38.3 21,813 20,800 1,990 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.00 $16.93 $884 $677 40.2 $45,689 $35,121 2,077 Management occupations.............................................. 46.44 39.32 1,850 1,573 39.8 96,218 81,790 2,072 General and operations managers................................... 63.92 62.22 2,541 2,489 39.8 132,132 129,422 2,067 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.70 24.34 1,058 971 39.6 54,994 50,468 2,059 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.34 18.15 808 726 39.7 42,015 37,758 2,066 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.74 25.03 1,061 1,001 39.7 55,165 52,062 2,063 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.11 30.41 1,282 1,217 39.9 66,664 63,278 2,076 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.19 27.59 1,117 1,104 41.1 58,066 57,385 2,135 Engineers......................................................... 29.48 27.59 1,223 1,104 41.5 63,607 57,385 2,158 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.61 25.82 1,044 1,033 39.2 40,439 40,486 1,520 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.40 26.63 1,024 1,040 38.8 53,240 54,076 2,017 Registered nurses................................................. 27.24 27.47 1,038 1,058 38.1 53,969 55,006 1,982 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.40 25.75 948 987 38.9 49,317 51,331 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.11 12.21 561 488 39.8 29,191 25,386 2,069 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.88 12.16 471 474 39.6 24,475 24,658 2,060 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.99 7.75 360 310 40.0 18,701 16,124 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.95 7.80 318 312 40.0 16,541 16,224 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.29 8.01 372 321 40.0 19,324 16,669 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.29 8.01 372 321 40.0 19,324 16,669 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.66 8.64 386 345 40.0 20,097 17,961 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 39.63 18.01 1,638 749 41.3 85,184 38,958 2,150 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 26.53 26.05 1,137 1,042 42.8 59,100 54,188 2,227 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.07 11.76 535 468 40.9 27,802 24,336 2,127 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.67 11.20 458 448 39.3 23,822 23,296 2,041 Cashiers...................................................... 11.67 11.20 458 448 39.3 23,822 23,296 2,041 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.83 13.86 590 555 39.8 30,677 28,835 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.99 15.15 598 606 39.9 31,079 31,518 2,073 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.62 15.15 582 606 39.8 30,263 31,518 2,069 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.33 13.16 567 526 39.6 29,497 27,371 2,059 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.36 16.66 614 666 40.0 31,944 34,653 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.86 11.22 475 449 40.0 24,675 23,340 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 17.14 647 686 39.7 33,644 35,655 2,065 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.61 17.92 705 717 40.0 36,638 37,265 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.23 13.54 551 532 38.7 28,667 27,641 2,014 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.27 13.50 531 540 40.0 27,593 28,080 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.40 18.40 736 736 40.0 38,277 38,272 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.57 27.20 1,103 1,088 40.0 57,374 56,576 2,081 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.50 17.38 744 695 40.2 38,688 36,155 2,092 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.50 23.30 900 932 40.0 46,806 48,464 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.72 23.30 909 932 40.0 47,250 48,464 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.77 16.08 636 656 40.3 33,054 34,091 2,096 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.31 10.26 452 410 40.0 23,519 21,341 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.01 13.32 705 532 41.5 35,863 27,660 2,109 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.44 20.96 962 839 44.9 50,017 43,603 2,333 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.19 21.12 1,179 1,098 53.1 61,319 57,084 2,763 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.51 10.50 460 420 40.0 23,934 21,840 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.66 8.10 388 324 40.2 20,181 16,848 2,089 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.16 11.49 492 460 40.5 25,592 23,903 2,105 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.00 $19.40 $22.10 $18.65 $18.34 $21.27 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 29.89 30.89 26.93 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 34.32 34.19 35.51 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 27.32 28.25 25.54 Service............................................................. 20.30 – – 9.00 8.33 14.31 Sales and office.................................................... 16.63 15.94 – 19.20 19.54 13.29 Sales and related................................................. – – – 27.13 27.13 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.21 16.47 – 14.22 14.32 13.29 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.39 23.97 – 18.93 19.09 14.31 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.13 16.14 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.67 24.09 – 27.26 28.85 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.58 21.57 – 13.30 13.30 13.25 Production........................................................ 20.21 20.21 – 13.58 13.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.02 22.04 – 13.14 13.14 12.90 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 8.2 10.1 6.2 6.2 7.0 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.0 5.2 3.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.0 7.7 13.5 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 5.6 8.1 3.5 Service............................................................. 5.8 – – 3.9 3.2 3.7 Sales and office.................................................... 8.9 7.9 – 11.6 12.1 5.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.1 19.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 8.1 6.3 – 2.2 2.3 5.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 4.9 – 9.7 9.9 7.3 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 3.5 3.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.7 4.8 – 18.4 17.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.6 18.6 – 6.2 6.4 7.5 Production........................................................ 3.8 3.8 – 7.3 7.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 23.3 25.1 – 8.0 8.2 8.9 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.62 $15.90 $36.30 $36.30 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.92 28.31 47.78 47.78 Management, business, and financial............................... 31.06 30.56 63.20 63.20 Professional and related.......................................... 26.05 26.38 – – Service............................................................. 9.74 8.34 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.18 14.15 43.68 43.68 Sales and related................................................. 13.26 13.26 51.65 51.65 Office and administrative support................................. 14.55 14.54 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.91 17.68 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.60 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.21 22.59 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.00 13.94 – – Production........................................................ 14.36 14.36 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.77 13.65 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.3 14.6 14.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.9 5.1 7.3 7.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.4 5.6 12.1 12.1 Professional and related.......................................... 5.6 8.5 – – Service............................................................. 4.2 3.2 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 3.1 21.5 21.5 Sales and related................................................. 10.6 10.6 21.5 21.5 Office and administrative support................................. 1.9 1.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.0 2.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – .4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 5.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.2 8.3 – – Production........................................................ 11.4 11.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.1 10.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - $17.59 $17.90 $27.15 - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 29.33 36.26 – - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - – 52.13 – - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - 27.69 24.91 – - - - - - Service............................................................. - – 10.68 – - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - 19.57 15.35 16.80 - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - 23.47 16.48 – - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - 15.74 14.16 16.63 - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 23.80 29.20 – - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 24.33 29.36 – - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 14.03 17.78 – - - - - - Production........................................................ - 14.38 14.48 – - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 12.32 17.96 – - - - - - B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - 13.5 2.3 15.9 - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 4.7 8.4 – - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - – 9.1 – - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - 8.0 9.2 – - - - - - Service............................................................. - – 18.0 – - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - 13.2 2.6 13.4 - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - 19.0 5.3 – - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - 13.4 2.7 12.0 - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 4.6 18.7 – - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 2.3 19.2 – - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 14.3 8.1 – - - - - - Production........................................................ - 14.3 12.5 – - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 17.4 8.5 – - - - - - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 566,600 496,300 70,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 123,600 87,200 36,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 40,600 36,400 4,300 Professional and related.......................................... 83,000 50,800 32,200 Service............................................................. 121,500 103,300 18,200 Sales and office.................................................... 168,700 159,800 9,000 Sales and related................................................. 62,700 62,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 106,100 97,100 9,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 47,400 44,300 3,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 31,200 29,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16,200 14,600 1,600 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 105,300 101,700 3,600 Production........................................................ 30,600 30,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 74,700 71,600 3,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Memphis, TN-MS-AR, February 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 20,502 20,279 223 Total in sample....................................................... 354 323 31 Responding........................................................ 198 168 30 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 92 92 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 64 63 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.