NC BL 09/00/2008 Table: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, Bulletin, January 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.84 3.8 37.2 $21.62 4.4 37.0 $23.30 2.2 38.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 37.75 4.1 39.0 40.23 4.7 39.2 29.49 2.0 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 43.69 6.7 40.1 44.64 6.9 40.1 32.68 6.4 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 34.19 2.6 38.4 36.64 3.6 38.5 29.02 1.8 38.2 Service............................................................. 9.70 2.5 33.7 7.98 1.6 32.6 16.81 3.0 38.9 Sales and office.................................................... 17.14 3.6 36.3 17.26 3.8 36.1 15.22 2.7 39.8 Sales and related................................................. 19.80 7.8 33.9 19.81 7.8 33.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.53 2.5 37.9 15.56 2.7 37.7 15.25 2.6 39.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.41 5.7 39.9 17.42 6.0 40.1 17.15 8.5 36.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.79 4.8 40.0 15.81 4.8 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.60 5.6 39.8 19.87 6.1 40.2 17.42 9.0 36.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.10 2.4 37.8 15.17 2.5 37.9 13.35 4.9 36.5 Production........................................................ 16.01 3.8 39.0 16.01 3.8 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.24 3.6 36.7 14.31 3.9 36.8 13.34 5.1 36.4 Full time........................................................... 22.94 3.9 39.6 22.85 4.5 39.6 23.53 2.2 39.6 Part time........................................................... 8.99 2.5 21.8 8.83 2.6 22.0 13.31 7.4 17.5 Union............................................................... 22.17 2.0 33.5 21.93 2.5 32.4 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 21.82 3.9 37.4 21.61 4.5 37.2 23.29 2.3 38.4 Time................................................................ 21.56 4.0 37.2 21.29 4.7 36.9 23.30 2.2 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 26.87 6.4 38.4 26.87 6.4 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 27.04 12.6 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.77 3.7 36.2 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.41 5.4 36.4 18.41 5.4 36.3 17.98 5.8 41.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.17 4.8 37.6 21.13 4.9 37.6 22.81 8.1 37.4 500 workers or more................................................. 27.01 8.0 38.0 28.85 11.2 37.9 23.70 2.5 38.4 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 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.84 3.8 $22.94 3.9 $8.99 2.5 Management occupations.............................................. 49.17 7.1 49.17 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.01 9.2 18.01 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.79 14.4 18.79 14.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.44 3.5 30.44 3.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.27 3.5 39.27 3.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.51 7.1 43.51 7.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 58.18 3.8 58.18 3.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 63.07 8.8 63.07 8.8 – – Level 14.................................................. 83.20 18.0 83.20 18.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.29 10.2 56.29 10.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 72.53 26.6 72.53 26.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 89.75 27.9 89.75 27.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.02 12.2 55.02 12.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.06 8.5 58.06 8.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 31.87 16.0 31.87 16.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 67.22 11.4 67.22 11.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 53.55 10.0 53.55 10.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.79 7.0 45.79 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.90 14.4 50.90 14.4 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 49.04 17.1 49.04 17.1 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 39.68 16.2 39.68 16.2 – – Construction managers............................................. 35.59 9.7 35.59 9.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 31.13 12.0 31.13 12.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.61 1.0 39.61 1.0 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.77 .3 39.77 .3 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.29 .6 40.29 .6 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 40.79 8.0 40.79 8.0 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 53.49 6.5 53.49 6.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.38 15.2 33.38 15.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.61 5.6 33.63 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.08 7.3 21.95 7.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.91 7.0 27.91 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.23 5.7 31.23 5.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.28 7.4 38.28 7.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.08 10.7 42.08 10.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.84 18.4 53.84 18.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.79 10.5 37.79 10.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 19.6 27.06 19.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 25.56 15.9 25.56 15.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.08 7.2 28.08 7.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.36 3.9 32.42 3.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.41 1.8 30.41 1.8 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Loan officers................................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.88 6.4 39.93 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.32 13.7 29.32 13.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.88 17.6 27.88 17.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.02 4.6 38.02 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.86 14.2 52.86 14.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.72 14.3 43.72 14.3 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.43 12.3 31.43 12.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 48.34 15.4 48.34 15.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.06 5.3 39.06 5.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.17 8.9 44.17 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.52 6.0 39.52 6.0 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.50 8.9 26.42 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.40 9.2 26.40 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.34 16.6 47.34 16.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.89 4.3 40.89 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.60 6.1 24.60 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.96 6.0 34.96 6.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.67 6.0 45.67 6.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.30 6.0 50.30 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.44 4.6 43.44 4.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 45.10 4.5 45.10 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.16 5.1 33.16 5.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.06 4.9 45.06 4.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.55 6.2 50.55 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.00 7.6 49.00 7.6 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 32.55 12.1 32.55 12.1 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.91 13.2 33.91 13.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.60 10.1 31.60 10.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 40.50 9.6 40.50 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 62.21 11.5 62.21 11.5 – – Physical scientists............................................... 50.74 5.8 50.74 5.8 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 52.38 7.5 52.38 7.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.48 8.3 21.30 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.02 4.9 18.02 4.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 28.08 9.0 27.81 9.7 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.65 10.6 29.65 10.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.61 10.8 19.61 10.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.23 6.4 32.22 6.0 13.36 13.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 1.1 11.60 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.43 13.7 11.02 12.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.74 4.4 25.89 4.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.50 3.1 31.50 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.71 .1 33.78 .1 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.28 5.2 41.51 5.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 66.18 11.2 66.18 11.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.50 7.1 11.24 12.2 12.15 5.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.93 16.0 65.89 16.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.28 5.2 41.51 5.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 66.18 11.2 66.18 11.2 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.74 24.7 60.84 23.7 – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 105.32 20.9 105.35 20.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.33 14.2 44.34 14.2 – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 106.68 20.8 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.82 3.3 34.09 4.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.46 8.1 37.46 8.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.64 2.5 31.75 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.76 4.9 26.92 4.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.63 .6 32.63 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.81 .0 33.81 .0 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 25.28 18.6 25.28 18.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.33 2.3 31.56 1.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.09 5.4 27.32 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.25 .9 32.25 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.48 2.4 33.48 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.76 1.1 32.07 .2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.15 5.8 28.57 6.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.42 .6 32.42 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.51 3.1 33.51 3.1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.05 7.6 30.05 7.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.81 .0 31.81 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.33 1.2 33.33 1.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.55 .3 33.55 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.82 .5 33.82 .5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.97 1.4 32.97 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.41 .1 33.41 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 34.12 3.1 34.12 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.12 3.1 34.12 3.1 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.71 18.0 22.20 22.1 13.69 6.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.99 8.9 – – 12.99 8.9 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 21.29 12.6 23.40 16.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.37 6.2 11.68 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 1.1 11.60 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.13 14.3 10.70 13.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.86 2.1 11.92 2.4 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.43 12.0 26.84 12.0 – – Designers......................................................... 21.40 8.7 21.40 8.7 – – Writers and editors............................................... 22.26 5.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.46 4.2 29.45 4.1 29.65 9.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.60 3.1 14.66 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.92 3.9 18.92 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.58 2.6 21.41 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.92 8.0 28.15 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.67 2.4 30.38 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.10 6.9 31.23 6.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.94 4.1 42.94 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.61 8.9 31.11 10.1 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 49.50 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.52 3.9 31.61 4.0 29.97 6.4 Level 7 .................................................. 29.05 7.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.40 1.9 30.12 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.78 8.0 29.92 8.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.73 2.1 38.73 2.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 36.31 11.9 36.53 12.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.96 7.6 19.81 7.3 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.64 8.6 23.65 9.3 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.90 11.9 15.90 11.9 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.74 10.0 25.74 10.0 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.54 7.7 23.54 7.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.49 3.6 20.49 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.19 4.1 21.19 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 1.8 11.29 2.0 7.70 13.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 1.9 10.07 1.5 6.87 9.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.51 9.8 11.51 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 4.4 12.99 3.9 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.97 2.0 10.54 1.7 6.87 9.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 3.5 10.00 2.9 6.87 9.5 Home health aides............................................... 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.64 1.7 10.64 1.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.02 1.8 10.02 1.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.11 4.0 12.32 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 16.6 12.18 16.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.91 6.2 13.74 4.4 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.28 6.3 12.30 6.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.22 3.0 20.46 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.85 11.7 18.88 11.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.92 .5 23.92 .5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.10 5.2 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.30 2.3 6.66 3.1 5.28 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 5.88 2.7 6.15 6.5 5.39 14.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.85 4.4 6.05 4.8 5.12 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 6.35 16.9 7.44 7.1 5.20 19.0 Level 4 .................................................. 7.59 25.1 7.59 25.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.37 11.0 15.04 12.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.37 11.0 15.04 12.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.09 8.3 8.30 10.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.54 12.3 7.60 12.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.37 3.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.96 5.9 9.96 5.9 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.80 10.7 10.11 12.3 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.41 4.7 9.31 6.4 – – Cooks, short order.............................................. 8.27 8.2 8.27 8.2 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.12 3.7 9.81 5.2 8.27 .5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.76 6.8 3.95 11.2 3.28 10.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.87 10.9 5.52 22.1 3.34 37.0 Level 2 .................................................. 3.11 8.0 2.97 10.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 2.80 9.4 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.23 6.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.67 5.2 2.74 15.1 2.53 17.5 Level 2 .................................................. 2.71 14.5 2.84 17.6 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.80 15.4 5.94 16.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.76 16.9 5.91 18.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.34 4.5 7.71 4.9 6.57 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 8.7 8.44 6.1 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.34 5.6 7.84 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.30 16.5 9.32 9.6 – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.81 14.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.14 .3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.28 6.0 8.58 6.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 4.8 7.43 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 9.1 9.31 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.11 10.6 8.11 10.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.89 4.2 8.13 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 4.8 7.43 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.78 7.7 8.78 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.61 7.8 8.61 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.07 5.8 8.61 9.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.73 4.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 5.7 9.25 5.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.60 4.3 7.60 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 5.5 7.77 5.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.08 13.2 13.72 10.0 10.34 35.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 11.1 – – 8.69 29.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.22 6.8 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.21 10.8 8.70 11.4 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.80 7.8 22.61 8.6 7.76 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 9.0 – – 7.38 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 1.9 9.93 1.8 7.51 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 14.05 15.7 15.48 23.5 8.05 3.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 7.0 14.69 8.0 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.58 6.2 19.58 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.52 8.9 27.52 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.40 9.2 29.40 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.99 7.8 44.99 7.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 49.88 14.2 49.88 14.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 9.1 22.48 9.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.22 1.8 20.22 1.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.76 3.4 16.76 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.15 2.1 20.15 2.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.81 15.0 12.42 19.4 7.78 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.85 10.8 – – 7.40 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 2.2 10.07 2.0 7.60 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 14.78 19.1 16.40 26.6 7.84 1.3 Level 4 .................................................. 13.44 12.4 14.10 17.4 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 22.17 18.9 22.17 18.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.68 8.1 – – 7.35 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.67 4.4 9.79 5.2 7.80 1.0 Cashiers...................................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.68 8.1 – – 7.35 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.67 4.4 9.79 5.2 7.80 1.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.29 17.4 14.37 22.9 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.74 26.8 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.62 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.05 9.0 14.92 14.5 8.23 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.75 4.5 10.63 3.8 7.60 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 15.73 20.4 17.72 27.1 8.00 .6 Level 4 .................................................. 12.21 7.3 – – 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 21.72 19.6 21.72 19.6 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 43.46 2.5 43.46 2.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.61 14.7 34.61 14.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 30.26 7.7 30.26 7.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.14 12.0 31.14 12.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.50 13.3 41.50 13.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 36.36 11.9 36.36 11.9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 34.13 18.1 34.13 18.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 30.26 7.7 30.26 7.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.53 2.5 15.88 2.6 11.45 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.10 6.9 – – 7.59 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.60 4.2 10.72 5.2 10.26 7.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.26 2.4 12.24 2.1 12.60 14.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.19 2.4 15.33 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.05 2.0 17.08 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 2.7 19.56 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.02 5.8 25.02 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.90 6.5 18.07 6.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.19 7.8 25.19 7.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.67 5.5 18.67 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.51 10.4 31.51 10.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.35 3.7 15.82 3.7 12.66 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 6.5 – – 9.38 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.05 6.6 13.13 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.95 5.5 17.05 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.15 5.7 16.00 6.7 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.71 11.2 16.15 15.0 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 4.0 16.27 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.71 6.2 16.87 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.49 8.5 16.49 8.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.82 5.2 12.48 7.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.73 7.9 17.92 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 5.9 14.66 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.46 10.5 21.46 10.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.17 3.9 12.25 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 6.6 12.23 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 3.7 12.05 5.3 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.06 .6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.96 13.3 16.36 14.4 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.47 19.3 15.99 21.9 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.24 19.0 14.05 16.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.60 7.2 14.60 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.15 5.4 14.15 5.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.47 6.0 12.24 7.7 7.76 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.94 11.9 – – 7.36 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.05 4.2 11.05 4.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.63 2.7 18.68 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.59 10.9 15.59 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 2.6 18.02 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.79 2.5 19.79 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.44 5.9 22.44 5.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.56 5.0 20.77 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.34 4.5 18.62 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.13 2.9 20.13 2.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.19 12.7 16.19 12.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.58 6.0 18.58 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.91 13.3 16.91 13.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.67 2.8 17.67 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.78 11.5 21.78 11.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.99 3.7 12.29 3.9 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.09 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.56 3.8 12.78 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.36 6.8 10.61 11.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.24 9.9 10.43 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.62 3.3 13.83 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.58 6.1 15.58 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.79 4.8 15.79 4.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.57 11.3 12.57 11.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.49 3.0 12.49 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.52 6.6 14.52 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.68 10.1 16.68 10.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.93 3.3 21.93 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.18 5.3 24.18 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.14 6.9 14.14 6.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.06 12.1 21.06 12.1 – – Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 18.1 15.60 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.10 4.2 12.10 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 12.0 9.70 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 9.6 10.45 9.6 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.32 5.2 16.32 5.2 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.52 5.1 16.52 5.1 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.68 5.6 17.68 5.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.86 7.7 17.86 7.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.98 3.4 12.98 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.69 6.4 13.69 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.60 5.6 19.71 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 23.6 14.22 23.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.17 3.6 19.40 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.67 4.6 22.67 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.75 4.9 23.75 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.62 7.8 17.62 7.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.41 17.4 28.41 17.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.46 4.2 19.46 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.76 2.0 19.76 2.0 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.49 4.5 19.49 4.5 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.21 6.1 20.21 6.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.26 6.4 19.26 6.4 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 21.04 16.4 21.04 16.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.43 18.7 16.84 19.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.81 6.6 19.68 1.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.76 4.8 22.76 4.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.21 22.5 11.44 24.7 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.34 1.7 25.34 1.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.18 6.4 13.18 6.4 – – Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.83 5.3 10.83 5.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 3.8 16.14 3.4 11.10 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.22 3.2 9.11 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.53 3.3 10.53 3.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.45 4.3 14.89 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.23 6.0 15.23 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 6.0 16.44 6.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.09 9.3 24.09 9.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.20 11.5 27.20 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.55 11.0 17.50 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.19 12.7 24.19 12.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.35 5.7 11.35 5.8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.32 9.0 12.32 9.0 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.35 3.3 17.35 3.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.07 13.7 16.07 13.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 12.8 16.22 12.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.70 18.9 25.70 18.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.33 8.2 17.29 8.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.04 9.2 14.19 8.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.62 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 6.7 11.60 6.7 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.97 2.3 12.20 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.24 3.6 14.89 3.9 8.70 5.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 5.1 8.00 5.8 8.14 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.00 7.9 12.47 8.3 8.07 14.5 Level 3 .................................................. 13.94 4.9 14.06 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 9.6 15.99 9.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.61 12.5 19.61 12.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.73 17.1 17.57 18.2 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.38 5.2 17.24 5.3 14.03 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 13.48 4.9 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.31 .1 14.21 5.5 14.43 4.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.14 7.9 16.63 8.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.30 9.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.82 23.5 13.85 23.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.03 16.6 16.03 16.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 13.8 16.67 13.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.46 10.1 19.46 10.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.16 7.7 17.16 7.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.89 15.9 13.89 15.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.62 8.8 9.62 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.34 26.0 16.34 26.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.52 5.2 12.52 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.06 9.6 13.06 9.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.91 5.3 10.50 5.7 8.37 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.05 5.9 7.65 7.1 8.50 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 10.0 10.91 13.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.93 2.9 12.93 2.9 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.48 10.3 10.27 10.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 8.0 8.97 .0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 3.8 11.09 4.8 10.53 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 6.9 – – 10.46 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 12.62 7.3 12.71 7.8 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.69 16.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.90 .5 – – – – 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.62 4.4 $22.85 4.5 $8.83 2.6 Management occupations.............................................. 50.53 7.3 50.53 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.54 10.3 17.54 10.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.79 14.4 18.79 14.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.08 3.7 31.08 3.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.48 9.6 45.48 9.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 60.46 2.3 60.46 2.3 – – Level 13.................................................. 63.07 8.8 63.07 8.8 – – Level 14.................................................. 83.20 18.0 83.20 18.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.51 10.2 56.51 10.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 72.53 26.6 72.53 26.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 89.75 27.9 89.75 27.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.02 12.2 55.02 12.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.06 8.5 58.06 8.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 53.95 10.0 53.95 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.90 14.4 50.90 14.4 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 49.04 17.1 49.04 17.1 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 39.68 16.2 39.68 16.2 – – Construction managers............................................. 35.59 9.7 35.59 9.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 26.28 23.2 26.28 23.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 53.49 6.5 53.49 6.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.76 17.3 35.76 17.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.21 5.6 34.24 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.84 8.5 21.69 8.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.96 7.7 27.96 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 4.9 32.83 4.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.28 7.4 38.28 7.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.49 10.8 42.49 10.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.84 18.4 53.84 18.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.79 10.5 37.79 10.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 19.6 27.06 19.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 25.56 15.9 25.56 15.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.79 8.6 28.79 8.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.32 2.9 33.40 2.8 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Loan officers................................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.62 6.7 40.62 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.51 13.8 30.51 13.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.44 18.6 27.44 18.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.90 6.1 38.90 6.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 55.49 15.9 55.49 15.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.92 14.4 43.92 14.4 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.43 12.3 31.43 12.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 49.80 16.1 49.80 16.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.52 6.0 39.52 6.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.17 8.9 44.17 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.52 6.0 39.52 6.0 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.56 9.8 26.56 9.8 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.52 18.7 49.52 18.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 41.39 4.3 41.39 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.74 6.6 24.74 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.96 6.0 34.96 6.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.67 6.0 45.67 6.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.30 6.0 50.30 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.44 4.6 43.44 4.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 45.10 4.5 45.10 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.16 5.1 33.16 5.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.06 4.9 45.06 4.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.55 6.2 50.55 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.00 7.6 49.00 7.6 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 32.55 12.1 32.55 12.1 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.91 13.2 33.91 13.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 32.44 12.5 32.44 12.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 46.08 7.5 46.08 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 62.21 11.5 62.21 11.5 – – Physical scientists............................................... 54.16 1.0 54.16 1.0 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 56.59 5.2 56.59 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.50 48.9 43.33 49.1 12.26 8.2 Level 7 .................................................. 21.72 10.8 21.78 11.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.72 27.4 17.89 29.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.93 14.8 25.36 15.0 – – Designers......................................................... 21.02 9.6 21.02 9.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.63 4.3 30.68 4.2 29.67 9.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.04 1.8 15.16 1.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.58 3.6 19.58 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.28 2.6 21.03 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.58 10.2 30.18 10.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.67 2.4 30.38 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.87 8.7 31.02 8.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.41 3.3 45.41 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.09 15.4 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 49.50 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.16 4.6 31.26 4.7 29.97 6.4 Level 8 .................................................. 30.40 1.9 30.12 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.33 12.4 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 36.23 12.5 36.44 13.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.67 10.0 20.51 10.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.92 7.0 25.05 7.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.33 13.5 26.33 13.5 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.15 9.3 24.15 9.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.82 3.6 20.82 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.19 4.1 21.19 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.60 1.5 11.12 1.9 7.70 13.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.36 2.0 10.00 1.6 6.87 9.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.52 9.8 11.52 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.39 5.2 12.98 4.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.83 2.2 10.48 1.9 6.87 9.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.09 4.0 9.89 3.5 6.87 9.5 Home health aides............................................... 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.59 1.9 10.59 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.84 1.9 9.84 1.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.82 4.0 12.06 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.80 7.7 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.04 6.5 12.04 7.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.98 2.2 6.29 3.0 5.15 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 5.87 2.7 6.15 6.5 5.36 15.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.56 4.5 5.76 4.8 4.84 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 6.28 17.3 7.34 7.0 5.20 19.0 Level 4 .................................................. 6.26 26.1 6.26 26.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.15 13.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.15 13.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.91 8.8 8.11 11.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.53 12.4 7.59 12.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.37 3.9 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.41 4.7 9.31 6.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.76 6.8 3.95 11.2 3.28 10.6 Level 1 .................................................. 4.87 10.9 5.52 22.1 3.34 37.0 Level 2 .................................................. 3.11 8.0 2.97 10.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 2.80 9.4 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.23 6.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.67 5.2 2.74 15.1 2.53 17.5 Level 2 .................................................. 2.71 14.5 2.84 17.6 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.80 15.4 5.94 16.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.76 16.9 5.91 18.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.83 7.0 7.17 7.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.28 13.0 7.87 6.8 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.69 7.8 7.08 10.0 – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.14 .3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.58 4.0 7.78 4.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.23 4.8 7.41 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.20 7.7 8.20 7.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.61 4.2 7.83 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.23 4.8 7.41 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.30 8.4 8.30 8.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.62 6.4 8.12 11.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.66 3.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.86 6.3 8.86 6.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.60 4.3 7.60 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 5.5 7.77 5.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.06 14.1 13.71 10.8 10.36 36.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.97 11.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.22 6.8 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 7.75 9.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.81 7.8 22.63 8.6 7.76 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 9.0 – – 7.38 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 1.9 9.93 1.8 7.51 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 14.06 15.8 15.52 23.7 8.05 3.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 7.0 14.69 8.0 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 19.58 6.2 19.58 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.52 8.9 27.52 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.40 9.2 29.40 9.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 44.99 7.8 44.99 7.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 49.88 14.2 49.88 14.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 9.1 22.48 9.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.22 1.8 20.22 1.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.76 3.4 16.76 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.15 2.1 20.15 2.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.80 15.1 12.42 19.5 7.78 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.85 10.8 – – 7.40 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 2.2 10.07 2.0 7.60 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 14.81 19.3 16.46 26.9 7.84 1.3 Level 4 .................................................. 13.44 12.4 14.10 17.4 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 22.17 18.9 22.17 18.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.68 8.1 – – 7.35 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.67 4.4 9.79 5.2 7.80 1.0 Cashiers...................................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.68 8.1 – – 7.35 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.67 4.4 9.79 5.2 7.80 1.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.29 17.4 14.37 22.9 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.74 26.8 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.62 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.05 9.0 14.94 14.6 8.23 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.75 4.5 10.63 3.8 7.60 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 15.79 20.7 17.84 27.4 8.00 .6 Level 4 .................................................. 12.21 7.3 – – 10.66 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 21.72 19.6 21.72 19.6 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 43.46 2.5 43.46 2.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.61 14.7 34.61 14.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 30.26 7.7 30.26 7.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.14 12.0 31.14 12.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.50 13.3 41.50 13.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 36.36 11.9 36.36 11.9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 34.13 18.1 34.13 18.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 30.26 7.7 30.26 7.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.56 2.7 15.95 3.0 11.46 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.10 6.9 – – 7.59 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 4.4 10.78 5.4 10.27 7.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.27 2.5 12.25 2.2 12.60 14.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.26 2.7 15.44 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.09 2.3 17.13 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.88 2.9 19.88 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.93 6.1 24.93 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.95 6.7 18.12 6.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.19 7.8 25.19 7.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.67 5.5 18.67 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.51 10.4 31.51 10.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.45 3.9 15.96 3.8 12.66 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 6.5 – – 9.38 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 7.0 13.38 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.04 5.6 17.15 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.24 6.3 16.09 7.6 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.83 11.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.18 4.1 16.51 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.69 6.4 16.86 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.64 9.5 16.64 9.5 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.82 5.2 12.48 7.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.80 8.6 18.03 9.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 5.9 14.66 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.66 11.2 22.66 11.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.14 4.0 12.21 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 6.6 12.23 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 3.7 12.05 5.3 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.06 .6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.66 20.2 16.25 23.1 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.66 20.2 16.25 23.1 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.11 19.8 13.94 17.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.52 7.4 14.52 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.95 5.7 13.95 5.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.47 6.0 12.24 7.7 7.76 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.94 11.9 – – 7.36 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.05 4.2 11.05 4.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.95 3.1 19.02 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.73 11.8 15.73 11.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 3.4 18.06 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.94 2.4 20.94 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.94 5.6 22.94 5.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.20 6.1 21.51 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.09 6.1 18.48 7.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.37 2.5 21.37 2.5 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.06 15.8 16.06 15.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.12 6.9 19.12 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.38 14.8 17.38 14.8 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.25 3.4 12.68 2.8 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.09 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.45 4.7 12.71 5.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.52 7.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.26 10.7 10.39 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.46 5.2 13.84 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.58 6.1 15.58 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.81 4.8 15.81 4.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.57 11.3 12.57 11.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.49 3.0 12.49 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.55 6.9 14.55 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.68 10.1 16.68 10.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.93 3.3 21.93 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.18 5.3 24.18 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.14 6.9 14.14 6.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.06 12.1 21.06 12.1 – – Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 18.1 15.60 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.10 4.2 12.10 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.70 12.0 9.70 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 9.6 10.45 9.6 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.48 5.0 16.48 5.0 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.75 4.5 16.75 4.5 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.68 5.6 17.68 5.6 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.86 7.7 17.86 7.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.98 3.4 12.98 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.69 6.4 13.69 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.87 6.1 19.87 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 23.6 14.22 23.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.37 4.1 19.37 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.96 4.9 22.96 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.75 4.9 23.75 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.36 9.8 17.36 9.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.97 20.9 28.97 20.9 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.63 4.2 19.63 4.2 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.68 4.6 19.68 4.6 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.26 6.4 19.26 6.4 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 21.04 16.4 21.04 16.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.45 23.3 16.45 23.3 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.86 5.0 22.86 5.0 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.34 1.7 25.34 1.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.63 6.3 13.63 6.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 3.8 16.15 3.4 11.10 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.22 3.2 9.11 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.53 3.3 10.53 3.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.45 4.3 14.89 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.26 6.1 15.26 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 6.0 16.44 6.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.09 9.3 24.09 9.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.20 11.5 27.20 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.55 11.0 17.50 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.19 12.7 24.19 12.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.35 5.7 11.35 5.8 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.32 9.0 12.32 9.0 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.35 3.3 17.35 3.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.07 13.7 16.07 13.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 12.8 16.22 12.8 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.70 18.9 25.70 18.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.33 8.2 17.29 8.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.04 9.2 14.19 8.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.62 7.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.60 6.7 11.60 6.7 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.97 2.3 12.20 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 3.9 15.03 4.1 8.26 5.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 5.1 8.00 5.8 8.14 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 9.2 12.52 9.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 5.1 14.29 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 10.5 15.98 10.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.69 12.7 19.69 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.78 17.3 17.57 18.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.28 8.2 16.80 8.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.30 9.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.82 23.5 13.85 23.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.17 19.0 17.17 19.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 13.8 16.67 13.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.77 10.7 19.77 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.16 7.7 17.16 7.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.92 16.5 13.92 16.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.62 8.8 9.62 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.34 26.0 16.34 26.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.52 5.2 12.52 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.06 9.6 13.06 9.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.89 5.4 10.49 5.8 8.37 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.05 5.9 7.65 7.1 8.50 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 10.6 10.91 14.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.93 2.9 12.93 2.9 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.36 11.1 10.15 10.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 8.0 8.97 .0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.97 3.8 11.13 4.8 10.53 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 6.9 – – 10.46 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 12.84 7.2 12.95 7.7 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.69 16.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.90 .5 – – – – 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $23.30 2.2 $23.53 2.2 $13.31 7.4 Management occupations.............................................. 35.72 6.6 35.72 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.55 7.9 26.55 7.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.66 2.4 38.66 2.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 38.73 1.7 38.73 1.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.75 .8 39.75 .8 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.77 .3 39.77 .3 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.29 .6 40.29 .6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.60 6.5 23.60 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.78 3.9 34.01 3.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 35.76 4.3 35.76 4.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.98 14.7 26.98 14.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.77 5.6 24.77 5.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.65 10.6 29.65 10.6 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.65 10.6 29.65 10.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.57 2.0 30.91 1.9 15.29 27.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 1.1 11.60 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.01 5.8 13.01 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.74 5.2 27.82 5.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.53 3.1 31.52 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.71 .1 33.78 .1 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.54 5.4 41.79 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.60 5.8 12.84 6.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.38 5.6 44.84 5.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.54 5.4 41.79 5.6 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 60.51 24.6 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.36 3.1 33.67 4.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.85 8.6 37.85 8.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.78 .8 32.78 .8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.29 4.8 28.29 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.63 .6 32.63 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.81 .0 33.81 .0 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.08 5.4 31.08 5.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.11 .0 32.11 .0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.82 5.4 28.82 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.25 .9 32.25 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.48 2.4 33.48 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.07 .2 32.07 .2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.57 6.4 28.57 6.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.42 .6 32.42 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.51 3.1 33.51 3.1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.30 .2 32.30 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.81 .0 31.81 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.75 .2 33.75 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.55 .3 33.55 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.82 .5 33.82 .5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.43 .2 33.43 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.41 .1 33.41 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 34.12 3.1 34.12 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.12 3.1 34.12 3.1 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.45 24.4 28.27 18.1 13.32 12.2 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 26.45 5.4 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.11 3.6 12.21 2.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 1.1 11.60 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.92 2.4 11.92 2.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.09 9.4 25.09 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.05 5.0 25.05 5.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.65 7.3 32.65 7.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.04 6.0 12.04 6.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.30 5.8 13.30 5.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.94 2.2 21.00 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.85 11.7 18.88 11.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.92 .5 23.92 .5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.10 5.2 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.39 3.3 11.49 3.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 1.7 10.17 1.0 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.30 1.8 10.16 1.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 .8 10.05 4.0 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.30 1.8 10.16 1.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 .8 10.05 4.0 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.75 10.5 11.86 10.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.44 12.5 11.44 12.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.73 4.2 9.80 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 11.0 10.06 11.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.73 4.2 9.80 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 11.0 10.06 11.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.45 5.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.25 2.6 15.26 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 3.6 12.16 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.70 3.2 14.70 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.84 4.3 16.84 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.67 4.7 17.67 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.79 6.8 13.79 6.8 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 16.54 6.9 16.54 6.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.24 2.2 17.24 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.93 3.8 17.93 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.84 2.2 17.84 2.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.27 3.7 18.27 3.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.33 2.6 16.33 2.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.94 5.6 12.94 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.82 4.1 13.82 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.42 9.0 18.24 9.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.34 5.1 13.26 5.8 14.03 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.18 3.8 12.14 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.50 2.5 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.29 .6 15.99 2.3 14.03 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 13.48 4.9 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.31 .1 14.21 5.5 14.43 4.6 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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.84 3.8 $22.94 3.9 $8.99 2.5 Management occupations.............................................. 49.17 7.1 49.17 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.23 4.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.22 5.7 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 73.49 11.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 72.53 26.6 72.53 26.6 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.02 12.2 55.02 12.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.06 8.5 58.06 8.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 31.87 16.0 31.87 16.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 67.22 11.4 67.22 11.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 53.55 10.0 53.55 10.0 – – Group III................................................. 54.99 10.7 54.99 10.7 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 49.04 17.1 49.04 17.1 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 39.68 16.2 39.68 16.2 – – Construction managers............................................. 35.59 9.7 35.59 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 39.06 7.8 39.06 7.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 31.13 12.0 31.13 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 40.16 2.0 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.77 .3 39.77 .3 – – Group III................................................. 39.29 2.2 39.29 2.2 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 40.79 8.0 40.79 8.0 – – Group III................................................. 44.09 7.2 44.09 7.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 53.49 6.5 53.49 6.5 – – Group IV.................................................. 50.69 7.9 50.69 7.9 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.38 15.2 33.38 15.2 – – Group III................................................. 35.32 12.8 35.32 12.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.61 5.6 33.63 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.84 6.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.73 7.6 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 19.6 27.06 19.6 – – Cost estimators................................................... 25.56 15.9 25.56 15.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.08 7.2 28.08 7.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.36 3.9 32.42 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.45 6.4 27.45 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 36.78 7.0 36.78 7.0 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Loan officers................................................... 36.67 19.9 36.67 19.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.88 6.4 39.93 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 27.38 12.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.03 3.6 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.43 12.3 31.43 12.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 48.34 15.4 48.34 15.4 – – Group III................................................. 46.80 19.8 – – – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.17 8.9 44.17 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 39.24 2.3 39.24 2.3 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.50 8.9 26.42 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.59 8.3 26.40 9.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.34 16.6 47.34 16.6 – – Group III................................................. 40.78 4.5 40.78 4.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.89 4.3 40.89 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.25 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.32 2.5 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 60.76 8.3 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 45.10 4.5 45.10 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.62 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.68 2.3 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 60.76 8.3 – – – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 32.55 12.1 32.55 12.1 – – Group III................................................. 37.25 10.3 37.25 10.3 – – Drafters.......................................................... 33.91 13.2 33.91 13.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.60 10.1 31.60 10.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 40.50 9.6 40.50 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.38 16.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.54 9.2 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 50.74 5.8 50.74 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 46.20 10.0 – – – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 52.38 7.5 52.38 7.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.48 8.3 21.30 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.44 3.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.68 5.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 28.08 9.0 27.81 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.22 8.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.68 5.8 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.65 10.6 29.65 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 37.68 5.8 37.68 5.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.61 10.8 19.61 10.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.23 6.4 32.22 6.0 13.36 13.7 Group I................................................... 10.76 8.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.31 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.86 2.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.93 16.0 65.89 16.0 – – Group III................................................. 45.60 6.8 – – – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.74 24.7 60.84 23.7 – – Group III................................................. 60.51 24.6 – – – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 105.32 20.9 105.35 20.8 – – Group III................................................. 44.45 14.3 – – – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 106.68 20.8 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.82 3.3 34.09 4.0 – – Group III................................................. 36.02 5.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.64 2.5 31.75 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.57 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.81 .0 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 25.28 18.6 25.28 18.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.73 8.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.33 2.3 31.56 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 30.41 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.48 2.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.76 1.1 32.07 .2 – – Group II.................................................. 30.96 1.9 31.15 2.0 – – Group III................................................. 33.51 3.1 33.51 3.1 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.05 7.6 30.05 7.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.09 8.3 29.09 8.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.33 1.2 33.33 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 32.14 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.82 .5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.97 1.4 32.97 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 31.89 4.3 31.89 4.3 – – Group III................................................. 33.41 .1 33.41 .1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 34.12 3.1 34.12 3.1 – – Group III................................................. 34.12 3.1 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.71 18.0 22.20 22.1 13.69 6.6 Group II.................................................. 14.92 9.4 – – – – Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 21.29 12.6 23.40 16.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.98 21.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.37 6.2 11.68 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.62 8.4 11.09 7.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.43 12.0 26.84 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.85 3.1 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.40 8.7 21.40 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.98 4.1 – – – – Writers and editors............................................... 22.26 5.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.46 4.2 29.45 4.1 29.65 9.5 Group I................................................... 14.15 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.23 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.58 4.5 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 49.50 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.52 3.9 31.61 4.0 29.97 6.4 Group II.................................................. 29.34 4.0 29.30 4.4 – – Group III................................................. 34.20 5.6 34.48 5.5 – – Therapists........................................................ 36.31 11.9 36.53 12.8 – – Group III................................................. 38.38 14.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.96 7.6 19.81 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.27 4.8 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.64 8.6 23.65 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.88 9.3 21.71 10.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.90 11.9 15.90 11.9 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.74 10.0 25.74 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.14 8.3 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.54 7.7 23.54 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.25 6.2 24.25 6.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.49 3.6 20.49 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.82 3.6 20.82 3.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 1.8 11.29 2.0 7.70 13.8 Group I................................................... 10.63 1.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.97 2.0 10.54 1.7 6.87 9.5 Group I................................................... 9.72 2.1 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Group I................................................... 7.89 11.5 – – 6.87 9.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.64 1.7 10.64 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.35 1.7 10.35 1.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.11 4.0 12.32 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.98 4.0 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.28 6.3 12.30 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 6.5 12.30 7.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.22 3.0 20.46 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.19 9.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.68 2.9 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.10 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.10 5.2 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.14 4.8 15.14 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.44 3.3 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.52 2.7 23.68 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.44 3.3 22.61 3.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.30 2.3 6.66 3.1 5.28 4.3 Group I................................................... 6.04 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.37 11.0 15.04 12.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.37 11.0 15.04 12.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.09 8.3 8.30 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.98 8.6 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.80 10.7 10.11 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.11 5.3 9.37 5.8 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.41 4.7 9.31 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.41 4.7 9.31 6.4 – – Cooks, short order.............................................. 8.27 8.2 8.27 8.2 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.12 3.7 9.81 5.2 8.27 .5 Group I................................................... 9.09 4.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.76 6.8 3.95 11.2 3.28 10.6 Group I................................................... 3.76 6.8 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 4.23 6.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 4.23 6.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.67 5.2 2.74 15.1 2.53 17.5 Group I................................................... 2.67 5.2 2.74 15.1 2.53 17.5 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.80 15.4 5.94 16.5 – – Group I................................................... 5.80 15.4 5.94 16.5 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.34 4.5 7.71 4.9 6.57 4.8 Group I................................................... 7.31 4.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.34 5.6 7.84 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 7.30 6.0 7.79 7.8 – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.81 14.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.81 14.2 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.14 .3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.14 .3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.28 6.0 8.58 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 7.97 5.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.89 4.2 8.13 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 7.70 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.07 5.8 8.61 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.77 4.5 8.26 8.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.60 4.3 7.60 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.60 4.3 7.60 4.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.08 13.2 13.72 10.0 10.34 35.8 Group I................................................... 12.98 14.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.46 11.7 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.21 10.8 8.70 11.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.21 10.8 8.70 11.4 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.80 7.8 22.61 8.6 7.76 2.3 Group I................................................... 10.65 13.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.63 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 52.24 9.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 9.1 22.48 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.61 7.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.76 3.4 16.76 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.76 8.6 17.76 8.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.81 15.0 12.42 19.4 7.78 2.9 Group I................................................... 10.26 17.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.17 18.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Group I................................................... 7.55 10.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.69 9.4 7.77 15.5 7.59 2.2 Group I................................................... 7.55 10.8 7.55 18.2 7.55 2.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.29 17.4 14.37 22.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.57 20.9 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.74 26.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.74 26.8 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.62 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.05 9.0 14.92 14.5 8.23 1.2 Group I................................................... 12.53 13.0 14.91 19.1 8.23 1.3 Group II.................................................. 21.72 19.6 21.72 19.6 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 43.46 2.5 43.46 2.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.61 14.7 34.61 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 34.67 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.07 11.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 36.36 11.9 36.36 11.9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 34.13 18.1 34.13 18.1 – – Group II.................................................. 34.78 4.9 34.78 4.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.53 2.5 15.88 2.6 11.45 5.8 Group I................................................... 12.99 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.99 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.19 7.8 25.19 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.57 9.7 21.57 9.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.35 3.7 15.82 3.7 12.66 9.0 Group I................................................... 14.84 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.29 3.6 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.71 11.2 16.15 15.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.15 15.0 16.15 15.0 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 4.0 16.27 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.34 5.6 15.80 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 16.52 4.8 16.52 4.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.82 5.2 12.48 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.79 5.4 12.54 8.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.73 7.9 17.92 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.78 5.1 13.90 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.74 9.1 20.74 9.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.17 3.9 12.25 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 3.9 12.25 4.0 – – Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.06 .6 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.06 .6 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.96 13.3 16.36 14.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 13.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.92 11.9 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.47 19.3 15.99 21.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 10.3 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.24 19.0 14.05 16.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.60 7.2 14.60 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.34 4.6 14.34 4.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.47 6.0 12.24 7.7 7.76 2.3 Group I................................................... 10.79 4.8 11.55 6.7 7.76 2.3 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.63 2.7 18.68 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.75 8.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.21 3.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.56 5.0 20.77 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.90 5.2 20.13 5.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 16.19 12.7 16.19 12.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.58 6.0 18.58 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.25 11.2 16.25 11.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.88 3.3 18.88 3.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.99 3.7 12.29 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.99 3.7 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.09 3.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.09 3.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.56 3.8 12.78 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 4.0 12.02 4.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.79 4.8 15.79 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.02 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.86 4.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.06 12.1 21.06 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.30 14.4 21.30 14.4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 18.1 15.60 18.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.10 4.2 12.10 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.02 4.4 12.02 4.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.32 5.2 16.32 5.2 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.52 5.1 16.52 5.1 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.68 5.6 17.68 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.35 6.3 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.86 7.7 17.86 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.35 6.3 22.35 6.3 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.98 3.4 12.98 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.16 4.4 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.60 5.6 19.71 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.65 17.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.10 2.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.41 17.4 28.41 17.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.46 4.2 19.46 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.58 4.6 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.49 4.5 19.49 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.62 4.9 19.62 4.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.21 6.1 20.21 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.66 7.1 20.66 7.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.26 6.4 19.26 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.99 12.2 – – – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 21.04 16.4 21.04 16.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.43 18.7 16.84 19.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.19 4.5 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.76 4.8 22.76 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.61 4.1 22.61 4.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.21 22.5 11.44 24.7 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.34 1.7 25.34 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.86 1.9 – – – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.18 6.4 13.18 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.43 7.3 – – – – Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.83 5.3 10.83 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.83 5.3 10.83 5.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 3.8 16.14 3.4 11.10 7.5 Group I................................................... 12.76 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.77 4.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.19 12.7 24.19 12.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.44 6.3 21.44 6.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.35 5.7 11.35 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.32 9.7 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.32 9.0 12.32 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.32 9.0 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 17.35 3.3 17.35 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.67 9.6 18.67 9.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.07 13.7 16.07 13.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.76 17.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.13 6.4 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 12.8 16.22 12.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.63 17.3 13.63 17.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.13 6.4 20.13 6.4 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.70 18.9 25.70 18.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.33 8.2 17.29 8.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.04 9.2 14.19 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.78 10.9 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.97 2.3 12.20 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.97 2.3 12.20 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.24 3.6 14.89 3.9 8.70 5.0 Group I................................................... 12.77 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 10.7 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.38 5.2 17.24 5.3 14.03 4.8 Group I................................................... 15.32 .7 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.31 .1 14.21 5.5 14.43 4.6 Group I................................................... 14.29 .3 14.21 5.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.14 7.9 16.63 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.95 10.2 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.46 10.1 19.46 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 18.42 10.2 18.42 10.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.89 15.9 13.89 15.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 15.1 13.73 15.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.52 5.2 12.52 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 5.6 12.46 5.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.91 5.3 10.50 5.7 8.37 7.7 Group I................................................... 9.69 5.5 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.48 10.3 10.27 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.48 10.3 10.27 10.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 3.8 11.09 4.8 10.53 8.4 Group I................................................... 10.74 3.9 10.83 4.9 10.53 8.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.69 16.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.70 16.8 – – – – 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.45 $10.90 $16.20 $27.47 $43.27 Management occupations.............................................. 21.96 32.45 45.18 59.96 75.85 General and operations managers................................... 28.19 33.87 68.71 113.19 115.74 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 33.93 49.96 72.12 74.04 Marketing managers.............................................. 33.92 36.17 70.37 72.12 74.04 Administrative services managers.................................. 19.45 21.85 25.72 40.43 45.44 Computer and information systems managers......................... 43.90 57.79 69.23 69.85 69.85 Financial managers................................................ 32.70 38.46 48.37 61.01 86.66 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 54.73 62.91 66.09 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 29.55 38.34 60.14 60.94 Construction managers............................................. 21.64 26.26 36.06 48.44 57.10 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 14.19 33.69 42.25 50.26 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 33.69 36.04 38.80 42.68 47.51 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 19.02 33.65 39.91 50.26 53.79 Engineering managers.............................................. 42.79 45.00 52.56 62.94 62.94 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 22.90 27.04 43.51 55.29 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.72 23.74 29.71 40.00 49.52 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.10 16.10 20.04 40.38 43.75 Cost estimators................................................... 13.55 13.55 21.92 38.00 39.00 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.32 25.02 26.10 28.16 44.37 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.25 24.32 29.33 40.00 47.45 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Loan officers................................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.91 28.75 37.12 46.87 55.53 Computer programmers.............................................. 15.39 15.39 34.00 42.83 50.79 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.31 34.57 40.24 53.18 73.08 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.68 35.05 40.39 51.89 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.26 20.91 26.79 32.97 37.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.02 34.52 41.58 50.85 105.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.00 26.70 40.97 52.16 61.16 Engineers......................................................... 24.59 33.78 43.15 54.62 64.51 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.05 24.05 26.92 37.96 42.09 Drafters.......................................................... 15.48 16.39 32.60 45.84 58.21 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.42 23.50 23.90 44.14 52.45 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.51 26.25 38.02 50.00 61.66 Physical scientists............................................... 25.47 31.84 48.08 61.54 72.12 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 25.13 41.80 48.08 61.54 74.52 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.02 14.91 18.31 26.33 38.31 Counselors........................................................ 14.91 17.79 30.82 38.58 39.94 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.80 18.46 32.31 39.94 40.19 Social workers.................................................... 14.52 15.21 17.31 19.56 32.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.43 21.39 30.56 34.90 41.21 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.99 35.48 43.27 63.53 137.03 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 34.65 36.90 51.58 71.21 105.88 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 37.86 37.86 58.71 137.03 206.51 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 37.86 37.86 69.10 137.03 206.51 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.20 27.12 29.96 40.26 44.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.35 29.38 31.65 34.77 39.42 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 18.43 29.85 32.59 37.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.99 28.71 31.02 34.35 38.57 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.08 29.40 31.22 34.07 39.08 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.49 27.43 29.37 34.77 37.00 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.38 29.96 32.69 35.69 40.19 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.23 29.89 31.95 35.08 39.54 Special education teachers...................................... 29.49 31.19 33.05 36.37 41.82 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 11.18 12.15 13.00 22.00 31.12 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 13.00 14.42 19.74 26.49 26.49 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 8.95 11.55 12.73 14.83 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.07 18.75 20.67 26.40 40.93 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 18.75 22.99 27.33 Writers and editors............................................... 17.07 19.99 23.08 26.05 26.57 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.59 20.80 27.99 36.55 46.97 Pharmacists....................................................... 45.90 49.75 49.75 52.40 52.40 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 27.04 32.00 36.43 40.00 Therapists........................................................ 25.29 29.78 34.17 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.02 14.03 17.95 24.50 31.77 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 16.90 17.31 23.59 28.09 31.77 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 11.41 12.21 13.88 19.68 23.74 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 14.99 19.00 25.06 31.17 37.74 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 15.23 19.00 23.80 28.93 30.27 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.53 18.10 19.84 23.36 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 9.13 10.73 12.24 14.54 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.00 8.50 10.00 11.33 12.94 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 6.00 6.19 10.00 11.97 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 9.13 10.35 11.94 13.17 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.20 9.90 12.00 14.21 16.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.50 9.90 12.00 14.64 17.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 14.72 18.20 25.27 29.41 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.13 15.55 18.58 24.84 25.27 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Police officers................................................... 14.50 20.26 24.30 27.35 31.23 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 20.26 24.30 27.35 31.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.35 6.25 8.00 10.05 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.50 9.32 12.00 16.81 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.50 9.32 12.00 16.81 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.25 8.00 8.85 10.62 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.00 7.50 9.50 10.41 14.20 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 8.07 8.50 11.00 12.00 Cooks, short order.............................................. 6.50 7.00 8.85 8.85 8.85 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.75 8.00 9.00 9.76 11.73 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.00 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 4.00 6.00 6.89 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 3.97 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 5.85 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 6.00 6.85 8.00 10.05 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.39 9.00 10.69 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 5.85 5.85 7.40 12.08 13.42 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.19 8.33 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.24 6.25 7.50 9.23 10.70 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.23 6.25 7.40 9.00 10.27 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.25 6.25 7.50 9.25 11.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.23 6.25 7.40 8.58 9.52 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 7.50 8.25 13.54 25.83 Child care workers................................................ 6.25 6.55 7.25 9.00 11.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.52 8.42 13.00 24.04 43.66 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.14 14.42 18.49 21.92 49.38 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.14 12.50 16.35 20.19 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 7.00 8.60 11.35 14.81 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 7.05 8.59 10.45 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.05 8.59 10.45 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.52 7.00 11.15 12.28 22.09 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.00 7.00 11.15 11.15 22.09 Parts salespersons............................................ 6.52 6.52 11.30 14.50 19.15 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.45 8.42 10.07 12.50 19.90 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.15 16.64 36.90 48.08 80.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.15 21.70 27.47 45.75 60.45 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.50 25.00 38.46 43.65 48.47 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 13.15 19.23 26.11 55.75 62.68 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.54 14.22 18.27 23.14 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 19.25 25.24 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 12.83 14.85 17.25 20.61 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.95 12.83 15.00 17.00 21.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.60 13.25 16.20 18.90 20.61 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 11.55 13.42 14.83 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.50 15.46 20.42 27.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 11.17 14.42 16.20 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 8.60 9.55 11.23 14.97 18.16 Dispatchers....................................................... 9.00 11.81 14.52 18.86 23.74 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 9.00 10.59 14.28 22.79 25.39 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 7.87 9.16 11.23 16.07 21.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.85 11.50 13.52 17.25 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.22 9.20 11.16 12.76 16.58 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.00 17.31 21.63 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.80 16.75 19.70 23.02 26.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.00 12.36 15.00 18.03 23.52 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.74 15.00 17.22 20.84 25.37 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.62 10.50 11.92 13.68 14.00 Data entry keyers............................................... 10.00 11.38 11.99 13.68 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.51 10.00 12.05 14.33 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.30 23.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.29 19.00 20.75 23.36 29.34 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 14.00 19.00 21.13 Construction laborers............................................. 8.19 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.50 13.67 16.00 20.42 20.91 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 9.00 13.59 17.00 20.42 20.91 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.00 23.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.67 23.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.52 11.00 12.00 15.90 15.90 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.78 15.24 19.17 24.99 28.63 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.15 22.59 25.78 28.37 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 13.14 17.35 22.01 31.46 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 10.00 12.27 17.26 23.46 33.51 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 16.82 21.35 23.34 24.57 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 14.47 16.00 18.25 22.92 24.03 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.50 17.75 20.00 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.14 7.14 17.45 22.82 25.67 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.01 20.60 22.92 26.21 26.98 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.14 7.14 10.00 16.00 19.76 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.95 24.57 26.19 28.63 28.95 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.38 12.66 15.63 17.84 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 8.00 10.38 10.40 12.48 12.66 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.50 13.73 19.96 25.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 19.00 21.88 25.00 40.08 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 8.75 11.00 13.00 16.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.70 11.12 13.00 13.23 15.50 Machinists........................................................ 12.00 13.95 17.00 21.12 26.10 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 12.38 15.00 19.00 25.43 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 12.38 15.00 20.00 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.75 21.83 29.82 31.58 33.03 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.75 16.50 20.71 23.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.32 9.95 12.96 15.77 25.40 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.00 10.09 13.52 13.73 13.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.18 10.00 13.00 16.00 24.82 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.72 13.64 16.61 19.23 19.85 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.00 12.93 14.00 15.13 16.68 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 11.00 14.50 21.00 27.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.25 14.75 16.00 24.82 28.19 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.50 12.00 15.44 27.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.69 10.50 12.11 14.00 16.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.85 6.75 9.00 13.00 15.18 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 6.75 7.18 8.50 11.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.85 8.25 10.87 13.00 15.18 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.85 5.85 5.89 7.55 15.85 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $10.25 $15.89 $26.36 $45.32 Management occupations.............................................. 22.58 32.70 48.37 61.67 76.92 General and operations managers................................... 28.19 33.87 68.71 113.19 115.74 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 33.93 49.96 72.12 74.04 Marketing managers.............................................. 33.92 36.17 70.37 72.12 74.04 Financial managers................................................ 32.70 39.42 48.37 62.02 86.66 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 54.73 62.91 66.09 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 29.55 38.34 60.14 60.94 Construction managers............................................. 21.64 26.26 36.06 48.44 57.10 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 13.50 14.19 36.47 60.78 Engineering managers.............................................. 42.79 45.00 52.56 62.94 62.94 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 22.90 29.48 43.51 55.29 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.72 23.97 31.15 40.58 49.86 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.10 16.10 20.04 40.38 43.75 Cost estimators................................................... 13.55 13.55 21.92 38.00 39.00 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.52 25.02 26.10 28.85 45.32 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.25 24.81 32.42 40.00 47.45 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Loan officers................................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.00 28.75 37.50 48.46 57.94 Computer programmers.............................................. 15.39 15.39 34.00 42.83 50.79 Computer software engineers....................................... 32.01 35.58 41.70 54.00 76.92 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.68 35.05 40.39 51.89 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.26 20.91 26.79 32.97 37.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.83 34.38 43.17 50.99 105.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.21 26.92 41.00 52.45 62.51 Engineers......................................................... 24.59 33.78 43.15 54.62 64.51 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.05 24.05 26.92 37.96 42.09 Drafters.......................................................... 15.48 16.39 32.60 45.84 58.21 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.91 23.50 23.90 48.83 52.45 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.27 29.93 48.08 53.82 70.91 Physical scientists............................................... 25.94 48.08 50.59 61.54 75.48 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 24.04 48.08 53.82 61.54 76.15 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.74 8.50 13.00 24.71 120.19 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.00 8.00 20.49 23.54 27.43 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.00 18.75 19.23 26.40 40.93 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 18.75 21.93 29.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.54 22.06 28.66 37.74 47.25 Pharmacists....................................................... 45.90 49.75 49.75 52.40 52.40 Registered nurses................................................. 23.17 27.00 31.50 35.53 40.00 Therapists........................................................ 25.13 29.69 34.17 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.00 14.00 19.68 26.63 31.77 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 16.90 20.42 24.58 31.45 31.77 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.00 19.00 25.78 36.00 37.74 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 17.00 19.00 24.23 28.83 30.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.51 18.42 20.03 23.44 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 8.60 10.38 12.00 14.14 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.00 8.27 10.00 11.27 12.83 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 6.00 6.19 10.00 11.97 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.27 8.75 10.35 11.99 13.07 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.90 9.90 11.00 13.75 16.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.50 9.90 11.50 13.00 17.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.00 6.00 7.62 9.30 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.50 9.32 11.00 17.76 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.50 9.32 11.00 17.76 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.00 8.00 8.85 10.25 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 8.07 8.50 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.00 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 4.00 6.00 6.89 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 3.97 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 5.85 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 6.00 6.39 7.25 8.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.25 7.00 9.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.19 8.33 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.23 6.25 7.00 8.65 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.23 6.25 7.00 8.75 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.25 6.25 6.50 9.00 10.27 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.23 6.25 7.40 8.58 9.52 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 13.54 33.33 Child care workers................................................ 6.25 6.55 7.00 8.25 11.35 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.52 8.42 13.00 24.04 43.66 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.14 14.42 18.49 21.92 49.38 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.14 12.50 16.35 20.19 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 7.00 8.60 11.35 14.81 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 7.05 8.59 10.45 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.05 8.59 10.45 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.52 7.00 11.15 12.28 22.09 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.00 7.00 11.15 11.15 22.09 Parts salespersons............................................ 6.52 6.52 11.30 14.50 19.15 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.45 8.42 10.07 12.50 19.90 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.15 16.64 36.90 48.08 80.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.15 21.70 27.47 45.75 60.45 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.50 25.00 38.46 43.65 48.47 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 13.15 19.23 26.11 55.75 62.68 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.38 11.46 14.05 18.37 23.74 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 19.25 25.24 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 12.93 15.15 17.50 20.61 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.95 12.83 16.06 17.00 21.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.66 13.58 16.20 18.90 20.61 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 11.55 13.42 14.83 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.50 15.50 20.66 27.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 11.00 14.42 16.20 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 8.60 9.55 11.23 14.97 18.16 Dispatchers....................................................... 9.00 10.59 14.31 22.79 25.39 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 9.00 10.59 14.31 22.79 25.39 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 7.87 9.16 9.16 15.58 21.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.85 11.50 13.52 17.03 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.22 9.20 11.16 12.76 16.58 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 14.90 17.64 22.12 26.44 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.55 17.31 20.57 24.04 26.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.00 11.87 13.03 18.03 30.84 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.94 15.82 18.03 21.38 26.44 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.00 11.38 11.99 14.00 14.25 Data entry keyers............................................... 10.00 11.38 11.99 13.68 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.51 10.00 11.78 14.25 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.80 23.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.29 19.00 20.75 23.36 29.34 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 14.00 19.00 21.13 Construction laborers............................................. 8.19 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.00 14.00 16.00 20.42 20.91 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 9.00 13.67 20.42 20.42 20.91 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.00 23.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.67 23.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.52 11.00 12.00 15.90 15.90 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 8.00 15.50 19.50 25.14 28.95 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.15 22.59 28.37 30.29 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 11.79 18.52 24.46 35.18 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 10.00 11.54 17.10 24.95 35.18 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 14.47 16.00 18.25 22.92 24.03 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.50 17.75 20.00 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.14 7.14 17.01 23.50 26.21 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.01 20.60 23.26 26.21 27.08 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.95 24.57 26.19 28.63 28.95 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.40 13.00 15.63 17.84 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.50 13.73 19.99 25.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 19.00 21.88 25.00 40.08 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 8.75 11.00 13.00 16.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.70 11.12 13.00 13.23 15.50 Machinists........................................................ 12.00 13.95 17.00 21.12 26.10 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 12.38 15.00 19.00 25.43 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 12.38 15.00 20.00 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.75 21.83 29.82 31.58 33.03 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.75 16.50 20.71 23.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.32 9.95 12.96 15.77 25.40 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.00 10.09 13.52 13.73 13.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 10.00 13.00 16.00 24.82 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.59 11.00 14.75 21.47 27.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 14.75 16.00 24.82 28.19 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.50 10.50 12.00 15.44 27.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.69 10.50 12.11 14.00 16.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.85 6.75 9.00 13.00 15.18 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 6.75 7.18 8.25 11.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.85 8.50 10.87 13.00 15.18 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.85 5.85 5.89 7.55 15.85 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.05 $13.95 $20.81 $31.70 $37.88 Management occupations.............................................. 20.00 26.44 38.35 42.39 46.47 Education administrators.......................................... 33.23 35.38 38.39 42.68 47.83 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 33.69 36.04 38.80 42.68 47.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.97 21.89 23.58 25.39 27.12 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.42 31.80 35.15 37.29 38.89 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.98 16.51 27.32 36.50 40.91 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.91 16.52 20.38 33.54 39.94 Counselors........................................................ 14.80 18.46 32.31 39.94 40.19 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.80 18.46 32.31 39.94 40.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.83 28.21 31.38 35.38 40.94 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.12 34.65 37.86 48.53 64.40 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 35.48 36.95 51.58 71.21 105.88 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.20 27.12 28.30 39.74 44.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.29 29.85 31.95 34.90 39.55 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.29 29.42 31.65 33.60 39.08 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.21 29.27 31.55 34.75 39.04 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.21 29.49 31.47 34.32 39.08 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.08 28.61 31.95 34.77 38.57 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.06 30.21 32.84 35.91 40.26 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.95 30.09 32.26 35.37 39.95 Special education teachers...................................... 29.49 31.19 33.05 36.37 41.82 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.67 11.18 20.00 30.13 35.88 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 19.74 22.00 26.49 26.49 35.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.17 10.69 12.14 13.25 15.15 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.12 15.85 23.56 33.14 38.05 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 29.00 33.18 37.15 39.57 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.58 10.01 11.95 13.66 15.14 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.82 12.05 13.34 14.61 15.76 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.04 15.55 19.55 25.31 30.04 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.13 15.55 18.58 24.84 25.27 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Police officers................................................... 14.50 20.26 24.30 27.35 31.23 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 20.26 24.30 27.35 31.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 9.52 10.89 12.57 14.64 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.06 9.52 9.52 11.45 11.94 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.06 9.52 9.52 11.45 11.94 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.02 8.51 9.93 12.53 19.36 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.37 9.39 10.51 12.37 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.37 9.39 10.51 12.37 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.86 12.36 12.82 14.25 18.83 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.09 12.55 15.12 17.22 19.35 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.75 12.03 13.85 14.44 17.64 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.43 14.59 15.74 18.86 19.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.63 15.39 17.22 18.85 20.69 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.49 16.24 17.44 19.47 21.77 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.41 14.22 17.22 17.42 19.08 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.02 11.43 12.72 14.63 16.71 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.02 13.33 17.77 21.35 23.34 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.05 11.68 12.85 14.44 17.13 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.48 12.96 14.84 17.13 19.23 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.00 12.93 14.00 15.13 16.68 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.35 $11.73 $17.10 $28.75 $45.00 Management occupations.............................................. 21.96 32.45 45.18 59.96 75.85 General and operations managers................................... 28.19 33.87 68.71 113.19 115.74 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.93 33.93 49.96 72.12 74.04 Marketing managers.............................................. 33.92 36.17 70.37 72.12 74.04 Administrative services managers.................................. 19.45 21.85 25.72 40.43 45.44 Computer and information systems managers......................... 43.90 57.79 69.23 69.85 69.85 Financial managers................................................ 32.70 38.46 48.37 61.01 86.66 Human resources managers.......................................... 28.98 28.98 54.73 62.91 66.09 Industrial production managers.................................... 18.00 29.55 38.34 60.14 60.94 Construction managers............................................. 21.64 26.26 36.06 48.44 57.10 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 14.19 33.69 42.25 50.26 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 33.69 36.04 38.80 42.68 47.51 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 19.02 33.65 39.91 50.26 53.79 Engineering managers.............................................. 42.79 45.00 52.56 62.94 62.94 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 22.90 27.04 43.51 55.29 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.72 23.74 29.71 40.00 49.52 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 16.10 16.10 20.04 40.38 43.75 Cost estimators................................................... 13.55 13.55 21.92 38.00 39.00 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.32 25.02 26.10 28.16 44.37 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.25 24.32 29.33 40.00 47.45 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Loan officers................................................... 23.10 25.17 33.13 49.86 57.22 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.91 28.75 37.12 46.90 55.53 Computer programmers.............................................. 15.39 15.39 34.00 42.83 50.79 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.31 34.57 40.24 53.18 73.08 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 31.68 35.05 40.39 51.89 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.26 20.91 26.00 32.97 37.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.02 34.52 41.58 50.85 105.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.00 26.70 40.97 52.16 61.16 Engineers......................................................... 24.59 33.78 43.15 54.62 64.51 Mechanical engineers............................................ 24.05 24.05 26.92 37.96 42.09 Drafters.......................................................... 15.48 16.39 32.60 45.84 58.21 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.42 23.50 23.90 44.14 52.45 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.51 26.25 38.02 50.00 61.66 Physical scientists............................................... 25.47 31.84 48.08 61.54 72.12 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 25.13 41.80 48.08 61.54 74.52 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.02 14.91 18.27 26.33 38.16 Counselors........................................................ 14.91 17.79 30.82 38.31 39.94 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.80 18.46 32.31 39.94 40.19 Social workers.................................................... 14.52 15.21 17.31 19.56 32.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.15 26.99 31.11 35.26 41.49 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.99 35.48 44.01 64.21 137.03 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 34.65 36.95 55.76 81.37 105.88 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 37.86 37.86 58.71 137.03 206.51 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.20 27.12 30.43 40.47 44.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.88 29.40 31.69 34.78 39.42 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 18.43 29.85 32.59 37.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.43 28.83 31.11 34.41 38.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.21 29.49 31.47 34.32 39.08 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 20.49 27.43 29.37 34.77 37.00 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.38 29.96 32.69 35.69 40.19 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.23 29.89 31.95 35.08 39.54 Special education teachers...................................... 29.49 31.19 33.05 36.37 41.82 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 12.15 12.75 17.33 30.42 36.49 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 13.45 14.42 26.49 26.49 35.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 9.59 11.91 12.92 15.15 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.79 18.75 20.91 26.40 40.93 Designers......................................................... 17.00 17.79 18.75 22.99 27.33 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.64 20.80 27.95 36.52 47.25 Registered nurses................................................. 23.56 27.26 32.00 36.47 40.00 Therapists........................................................ 24.97 29.69 34.17 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.02 13.91 17.50 24.88 31.77 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 16.90 16.90 23.64 30.18 31.77 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 11.41 12.21 13.88 19.68 23.74 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 14.99 19.00 25.06 31.17 37.74 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 15.23 19.00 23.80 28.93 30.27 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.53 18.10 19.84 23.36 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.58 9.62 11.00 12.53 14.85 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.27 9.13 10.51 11.55 12.94 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 9.13 10.35 11.94 13.17 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 9.90 12.00 14.56 16.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.50 9.90 11.50 14.85 17.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.02 14.76 18.59 25.31 29.49 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.97 13.78 15.11 16.90 17.71 Police officers................................................... 14.50 20.26 24.44 27.35 31.23 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 20.26 24.44 27.35 31.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.75 6.75 8.75 10.73 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 9.00 11.87 14.42 17.76 22.24 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.00 11.87 14.42 17.76 22.24 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.50 8.07 8.85 10.94 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.25 8.00 9.50 11.00 14.20 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 8.07 8.50 10.75 12.00 Cooks, short order.............................................. 6.50 7.00 8.85 8.85 8.85 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.50 9.14 11.73 11.93 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.85 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.38 3.97 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.50 3.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 7.19 9.30 10.22 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.85 9.52 10.89 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.25 6.25 8.00 9.31 11.09 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.24 6.25 8.00 9.25 10.40 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.25 6.25 8.51 9.93 11.54 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.23 6.25 7.40 8.58 9.52 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.52 8.58 13.54 36.18 Child care workers................................................ 6.50 7.00 8.00 11.35 12.36 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.55 11.00 16.87 27.47 48.08 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.14 14.42 18.49 21.92 49.38 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.14 12.50 16.35 20.19 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 7.60 10.07 12.50 19.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 6.00 9.00 11.74 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.00 9.00 11.74 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.52 11.15 11.15 14.50 22.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.60 9.17 11.55 14.00 27.38 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.15 16.64 36.90 48.08 80.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.15 21.70 27.47 45.75 60.45 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 22.50 25.00 38.46 43.65 48.47 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 13.15 19.23 26.11 55.75 62.68 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.00 14.60 18.61 23.59 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 19.25 25.24 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.57 13.00 15.53 18.60 21.33 Bill and account collectors..................................... 12.83 12.83 14.44 21.75 21.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 13.46 16.20 18.90 20.61 Tellers......................................................... 10.50 10.50 12.48 14.01 14.83 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.98 15.72 21.62 27.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 11.00 14.42 16.20 Dispatchers....................................................... 9.00 12.43 15.59 19.35 23.74 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 8.00 11.00 14.28 23.08 25.39 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 9.16 9.16 13.37 17.00 22.60 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.85 11.50 13.52 17.25 20.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.00 11.95 13.25 16.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.00 17.31 21.80 25.11 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.19 17.07 20.05 23.07 26.65 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.00 12.36 15.00 18.03 23.52 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.74 15.00 17.22 20.84 25.37 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.76 11.40 11.99 13.68 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.51 10.00 12.42 14.45 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.30 23.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.29 19.00 20.75 23.36 29.34 Carpenters........................................................ 11.00 12.50 14.00 19.00 21.13 Construction laborers............................................. 8.19 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.50 13.67 16.00 20.42 20.91 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 9.00 13.59 17.00 20.42 20.91 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.00 23.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.67 23.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.52 11.00 12.00 15.90 15.90 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 15.50 19.49 25.00 28.63 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.15 22.59 25.78 28.37 39.60 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.00 13.14 17.35 22.01 31.46 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 10.00 12.27 17.26 23.46 33.51 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 16.82 21.35 23.34 24.57 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 14.47 16.00 18.25 22.92 24.03 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 15.50 17.75 20.00 25.00 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.14 7.14 18.43 23.09 25.88 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.01 20.60 22.92 26.21 26.98 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.14 7.14 7.14 16.00 19.76 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.95 24.57 26.19 28.63 28.95 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.38 12.66 15.63 17.84 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 8.00 10.38 10.40 12.48 12.66 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.51 13.95 20.00 25.55 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.50 19.00 21.88 25.00 40.08 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.00 8.75 11.00 13.00 16.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.70 11.12 13.00 13.23 15.50 Machinists........................................................ 12.00 13.95 17.00 21.12 26.10 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 12.38 15.00 19.00 25.43 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 12.38 15.00 20.00 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.75 21.83 29.82 31.58 33.03 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.75 16.50 20.71 23.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.32 10.00 13.00 15.77 25.40 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.09 10.09 13.52 13.73 14.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 11.00 13.09 16.56 24.82 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.96 15.00 18.76 19.85 19.85 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.00 12.53 14.22 15.04 16.22 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.29 11.54 14.75 21.56 27.19 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.25 14.75 16.00 24.82 28.19 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.50 12.00 15.44 27.19 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.69 10.50 12.11 14.00 16.07 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.85 7.50 10.30 13.00 15.85 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.18 8.00 9.84 13.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.50 8.50 11.00 13.00 15.18 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), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.35 $6.25 $7.50 $10.02 $14.05 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.74 8.13 12.00 15.00 20.95 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.67 11.18 12.50 15.00 19.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.86 24.00 30.00 37.00 41.00 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 26.00 30.00 35.00 37.78 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.85 6.00 6.19 7.70 12.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.85 5.85 6.00 7.00 7.25 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 5.85 6.00 7.00 7.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.22 5.85 6.75 8.75 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.50 6.75 8.85 9.00 9.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.22 4.25 6.20 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.22 2.85 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.35 5.50 6.39 6.80 7.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.25 6.25 6.60 11.00 20.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 6.78 7.50 8.42 9.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 6.78 7.50 8.42 9.45 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 6.50 7.50 8.23 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 6.50 7.50 8.23 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.78 7.35 7.79 8.75 10.78 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.81 9.00 10.25 13.83 17.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.50 12.96 16.71 17.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.18 6.50 7.00 9.00 9.89 Production occupations.............................................. 9.17 9.75 10.38 11.00 12.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.85 5.85 6.75 10.50 13.57 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.50 12.85 13.64 15.00 16.65 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.34 13.29 13.81 15.61 17.54 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.85 5.85 6.75 10.00 11.57 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.00 7.25 10.00 11.00 16.27 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.94 $17.10 $909 $680 39.6 $46,313 $35,360 2,019 Management occupations.............................................. 49.17 45.18 1,974 1,807 40.2 101,959 93,600 2,074 General and operations managers................................... 72.53 68.71 2,991 3,041 41.2 155,555 158,122 2,145 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.02 49.96 2,201 1,999 40.0 114,441 103,925 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.06 70.37 2,322 2,815 40.0 120,759 146,370 2,080 Administrative services managers.................................. 31.87 25.72 1,248 955 39.2 64,892 49,675 2,036 Computer and information systems managers......................... 67.22 69.23 2,689 2,769 40.0 139,816 144,000 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 53.55 48.37 2,142 1,935 40.0 111,382 100,599 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 49.04 54.73 1,962 2,189 40.0 102,001 113,847 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 39.68 38.34 1,616 1,545 40.7 84,046 80,328 2,118 Construction managers............................................. 35.59 36.06 1,424 1,442 40.0 74,037 75,001 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 31.13 33.69 1,225 1,329 39.4 58,899 58,699 1,892 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.77 38.80 1,591 1,552 40.0 67,793 66,142 1,704 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 40.79 39.91 1,406 1,346 34.5 66,822 55,745 1,638 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.49 52.56 2,140 2,102 40.0 111,265 109,325 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.38 27.04 1,335 1,082 40.0 69,421 56,252 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.63 29.71 1,349 1,188 40.1 70,108 61,797 2,085 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 20.04 1,082 802 40.0 56,282 41,681 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 25.56 21.92 1,023 877 40.0 53,172 45,602 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.08 26.10 1,123 1,044 40.0 58,410 54,286 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.42 29.33 1,297 1,173 40.0 67,368 61,000 2,078 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.67 33.13 1,467 1,325 40.0 76,273 68,900 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 36.67 33.13 1,467 1,325 40.0 76,273 68,900 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.93 37.12 1,596 1,485 40.0 82,865 76,606 2,075 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.43 34.00 1,254 1,308 39.9 65,231 67,997 2,075 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.34 40.24 1,934 1,610 40.0 100,550 83,699 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.17 40.39 1,767 1,615 40.0 91,865 84,001 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.42 26.00 1,057 1,040 40.0 54,853 54,080 2,076 Computer systems analysts......................................... 47.34 41.58 1,891 1,663 40.0 98,350 86,488 2,078 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.89 40.97 1,636 1,639 40.0 84,974 85,207 2,078 Engineers......................................................... 45.10 43.15 1,804 1,730 40.0 93,810 89,981 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 32.55 26.92 1,302 1,077 40.0 67,714 55,994 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 33.91 32.60 1,356 1,304 40.0 70,211 67,800 2,071 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 31.60 23.90 1,264 956 40.0 65,725 49,712 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 40.50 38.02 1,636 1,515 40.4 82,627 70,006 2,040 Physical scientists............................................... 50.74 48.08 2,072 1,923 40.8 107,722 100,000 2,123 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 52.38 48.08 2,144 1,923 40.9 111,483 100,000 2,128 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.30 18.27 845 731 39.7 40,981 38,386 1,924 Counselors........................................................ 27.81 30.82 1,091 1,233 39.2 48,324 49,775 1,737 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.65 32.31 1,159 1,258 39.1 50,029 52,255 1,687 Social workers.................................................... 19.61 17.31 780 692 39.8 39,304 36,173 2,005 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.22 31.11 1,255 1,203 39.0 49,127 45,250 1,525 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 65.89 44.01 2,619 1,774 39.7 120,146 78,757 1,823 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 60.84 55.76 2,378 2,163 39.1 98,316 86,982 1,616 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 105.35 58.71 4,169 2,218 39.6 213,215 104,998 2,024 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.09 30.43 1,380 1,282 40.5 64,087 58,219 1,880 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.75 31.69 1,232 1,226 38.8 46,426 45,851 1,462 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 25.28 29.85 992 1,157 39.2 40,097 43,782 1,586 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.56 31.11 1,228 1,207 38.9 45,850 45,152 1,453 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.07 31.47 1,240 1,207 38.7 46,368 45,152 1,446 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.05 29.37 1,193 1,170 39.7 44,278 43,731 1,473 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.33 32.69 1,289 1,255 38.7 48,346 47,012 1,451 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.97 31.95 1,276 1,247 38.7 47,709 46,632 1,447 Special education teachers...................................... 34.12 33.05 1,302 1,239 38.2 48,719 46,350 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 22.20 17.33 860 1,060 38.7 36,895 41,323 1,662 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 23.40 26.49 914 1,060 39.1 40,171 41,323 1,717 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.68 11.91 454 451 38.9 17,888 17,500 1,531 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.84 20.91 1,074 836 40.0 55,835 43,493 2,080 Designers......................................................... 21.40 18.75 856 750 40.0 44,511 39,002 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.45 27.95 1,173 1,118 39.8 60,387 56,784 2,051 Registered nurses................................................. 31.61 32.00 1,251 1,267 39.6 63,594 63,924 2,012 Therapists........................................................ 36.53 34.17 1,460 1,367 40.0 75,037 71,074 2,054 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.81 17.50 789 700 39.8 41,008 36,400 2,070 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.65 23.64 937 886 39.6 48,736 46,064 2,061 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.90 13.88 636 555 40.0 33,066 28,870 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.74 25.06 1,030 1,002 40.0 53,540 52,125 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.54 23.80 942 952 40.0 48,973 49,504 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.49 19.84 807 793 39.4 41,945 41,246 2,047 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.29 11.00 433 420 38.4 22,511 21,840 1,994 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.54 10.51 398 394 37.8 20,698 20,509 1,965 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.64 10.35 412 400 38.7 21,436 20,800 2,015 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.32 12.00 482 468 39.1 25,089 24,336 2,036 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.30 11.50 489 460 39.7 25,421 23,920 2,066 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.46 18.59 853 851 41.7 43,400 43,051 2,121 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.14 15.11 609 607 40.3 31,691 31,558 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.14 15.11 609 607 40.3 31,691 31,558 2,094 Police officers................................................... 23.68 24.44 946 977 39.9 47,984 50,488 2,026 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.68 24.44 946 977 39.9 47,984 50,488 2,026 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.66 6.75 250 260 37.5 12,681 12,480 1,903 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 15.04 14.42 602 577 40.0 28,559 25,241 1,898 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.04 14.42 602 577 40.0 28,559 25,241 1,898 Cooks............................................................. 8.30 8.07 309 320 37.2 15,835 16,640 1,907 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.11 9.50 376 379 37.2 17,574 16,640 1,738 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.31 8.50 362 340 38.9 18,818 17,680 2,022 Cooks, short order.............................................. 8.27 8.85 331 354 40.0 17,208 18,400 2,080 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.81 9.14 364 358 37.1 15,812 15,442 1,611 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.95 2.38 147 94 37.2 7,654 4,888 1,936 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.74 2.15 103 86 37.5 5,348 4,455 1,952 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.94 6.00 229 216 38.6 11,908 11,232 2,006 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.71 7.19 285 280 37.0 13,633 12,480 1,769 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.84 6.85 282 240 36.0 13,148 12,467 1,676 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.58 8.00 322 306 37.5 16,652 15,600 1,941 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.13 8.00 305 300 37.5 15,775 15,538 1,941 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.61 8.51 337 320 39.2 17,345 16,471 2,014 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.60 7.40 273 280 35.9 14,185 14,560 1,866 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.72 8.58 461 380 33.6 23,858 19,766 1,740 Child care workers................................................ 8.70 8.00 318 320 36.6 16,518 16,640 1,899 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.61 16.87 912 671 40.4 47,443 34,894 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 18.49 919 740 40.9 47,777 38,459 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.76 16.35 677 668 40.4 35,217 34,736 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.42 10.07 496 384 39.9 25,797 19,968 2,076 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.77 6.00 310 240 39.9 16,108 12,480 2,073 Cashiers...................................................... 7.77 6.00 310 240 39.9 16,108 12,480 2,073 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.37 11.15 585 446 40.7 30,418 23,200 2,116 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.92 11.55 594 432 39.8 30,879 22,464 2,070 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 43.46 36.90 1,738 1,476 40.0 90,391 76,760 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.61 27.47 1,412 1,112 40.8 73,450 57,820 2,122 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 36.36 38.46 1,487 1,731 40.9 77,322 90,001 2,126 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 34.13 26.11 1,392 1,045 40.8 72,402 54,317 2,121 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.88 14.60 631 580 39.7 32,523 29,981 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.19 25.24 1,007 1,010 40.0 52,387 52,499 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.82 15.53 630 620 39.8 32,731 31,990 2,069 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.15 14.44 646 578 40.0 33,598 30,039 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.27 16.20 649 648 39.9 33,710 33,696 2,072 Tellers......................................................... 12.48 12.48 499 499 40.0 25,962 25,958 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.92 15.72 711 625 39.6 36,859 32,510 2,057 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.25 11.00 475 440 38.8 24,701 22,880 2,017 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.36 15.59 670 680 40.9 34,819 35,335 2,129 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.99 14.28 645 571 40.3 33,540 29,692 2,098 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.05 13.37 562 535 40.0 29,219 27,805 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.60 13.52 574 541 39.3 29,840 28,122 2,044 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.24 11.95 490 478 40.0 25,460 24,856 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.68 17.31 747 692 40.0 38,446 36,005 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.77 20.05 831 802 40.0 43,195 41,700 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.19 15.00 648 600 40.0 33,671 31,200 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.58 17.22 742 689 39.9 37,653 35,000 2,026 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.29 11.99 486 478 39.6 25,288 24,877 2,058 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.78 12.42 506 490 39.6 24,799 24,251 1,941 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.79 15.00 632 600 40.0 32,852 31,200 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.06 20.75 842 830 40.0 43,801 43,160 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 14.00 624 560 40.0 32,447 29,120 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.10 12.00 484 480 40.0 25,170 24,960 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.32 16.00 653 640 40.0 33,945 33,280 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.52 17.00 661 680 40.0 34,353 35,360 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.68 17.00 707 680 40.0 36,768 35,360 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.86 17.00 714 680 40.0 37,154 35,360 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.98 12.00 519 480 40.0 27,008 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.71 19.49 792 779 40.2 41,015 40,000 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.41 25.78 1,136 1,031 40.0 59,094 53,612 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.46 17.35 816 736 41.9 42,427 38,280 2,180 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.49 17.26 820 694 42.1 42,645 36,088 2,188 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.21 21.35 808 854 40.0 42,029 44,408 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.26 18.25 770 730 40.0 40,057 37,952 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 21.04 20.00 840 800 39.9 43,695 41,600 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.84 18.43 674 737 40.0 34,267 37,440 2,035 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.76 22.92 910 917 40.0 44,746 46,937 1,966 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.44 7.14 458 286 40.0 23,752 14,853 2,075 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.34 26.19 1,014 1,048 40.0 52,714 54,475 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.18 12.66 527 506 40.0 27,342 25,958 2,074 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.83 10.40 433 416 40.0 22,393 21,632 2,068 Production occupations.............................................. 16.14 13.95 644 558 39.9 33,504 29,018 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.19 21.88 968 875 40.0 50,322 45,500 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.35 11.00 448 440 39.5 23,314 22,880 2,054 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.32 13.00 493 520 40.0 25,623 27,040 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 17.35 17.00 694 680 40.0 36,084 35,360 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.07 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,426 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 15.00 649 600 40.0 33,734 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.70 29.82 1,028 1,193 40.0 53,451 62,032 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.29 16.50 692 660 40.0 35,965 34,320 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.19 13.00 562 520 39.6 29,204 27,040 2,059 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.20 13.52 488 541 40.0 25,378 28,122 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 13.09 595 524 40.0 30,814 27,233 2,069 Bus drivers....................................................... 17.24 18.76 621 685 36.0 27,609 30,098 1,602 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.21 14.22 422 411 29.7 15,256 14,807 1,074 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.63 14.75 673 590 40.4 34,985 30,680 2,103 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.46 16.00 796 640 40.9 41,397 33,280 2,128 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.89 12.00 556 480 40.0 28,895 24,960 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.52 12.11 501 484 40.0 26,049 25,183 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.50 10.30 419 400 39.9 21,801 20,800 2,076 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.27 9.84 411 394 40.0 21,372 20,465 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.09 11.00 442 440 39.8 22,976 22,880 2,072 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.85 $16.60 $905 $660 39.6 $47,027 $34,285 2,058 Management occupations.............................................. 50.53 48.37 2,030 1,893 40.2 105,446 97,999 2,087 General and operations managers................................... 72.53 68.71 2,991 3,041 41.2 155,555 158,122 2,145 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.02 49.96 2,201 1,999 40.0 114,441 103,925 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.06 70.37 2,322 2,815 40.0 120,759 146,370 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 53.95 48.37 2,158 1,935 40.0 112,222 100,599 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 49.04 54.73 1,962 2,189 40.0 102,001 113,847 2,080 Industrial production managers.................................... 39.68 38.34 1,616 1,545 40.7 84,046 80,328 2,118 Construction managers............................................. 35.59 36.06 1,424 1,442 40.0 74,037 75,001 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 26.28 14.19 1,024 568 39.0 52,310 29,515 1,990 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.49 52.56 2,140 2,102 40.0 111,265 109,325 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.76 29.48 1,430 1,179 40.0 74,386 61,318 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.24 31.15 1,373 1,246 40.1 71,395 64,800 2,085 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 20.04 1,082 802 40.0 56,282 41,681 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 25.56 21.92 1,023 877 40.0 53,172 45,602 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.79 26.10 1,152 1,044 40.0 59,885 54,286 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.40 32.63 1,336 1,305 40.0 69,465 67,875 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.67 33.13 1,467 1,325 40.0 76,273 68,900 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 36.67 33.13 1,467 1,325 40.0 76,273 68,900 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.62 37.50 1,624 1,500 40.0 84,423 78,000 2,078 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.43 34.00 1,254 1,308 39.9 65,231 67,997 2,075 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.80 41.70 1,992 1,668 40.0 103,577 86,736 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.17 40.39 1,767 1,615 40.0 91,865 84,001 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.56 26.79 1,062 1,071 40.0 55,244 55,715 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.52 43.17 1,978 1,727 39.9 102,868 89,794 2,077 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 41.39 41.00 1,656 1,640 40.0 86,012 85,280 2,078 Engineers......................................................... 45.10 43.15 1,804 1,730 40.0 93,810 89,981 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 32.55 26.92 1,302 1,077 40.0 67,714 55,994 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 33.91 32.60 1,356 1,304 40.0 70,211 67,800 2,071 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 32.44 23.90 1,298 956 40.0 67,474 49,712 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 46.08 48.08 1,867 1,923 40.5 97,095 100,000 2,107 Physical scientists............................................... 54.16 50.59 2,218 2,007 41.0 115,353 104,356 2,130 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 56.59 53.82 2,326 2,112 41.1 120,935 109,812 2,137 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.33 20.14 1,765 806 40.7 80,483 30,000 1,857 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.89 20.49 735 819 41.1 30,123 31,827 1,684 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.36 19.23 1,015 769 40.0 52,756 40,000 2,080 Designers......................................................... 21.02 18.75 841 750 40.0 43,723 39,002 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.68 28.44 1,219 1,138 39.7 63,387 59,155 2,066 Registered nurses................................................. 31.26 31.50 1,237 1,240 39.6 64,301 64,459 2,057 Therapists........................................................ 36.44 34.17 1,458 1,367 40.0 75,802 71,074 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.51 19.31 815 785 39.8 42,401 40,810 2,067 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.05 25.83 991 983 39.6 51,539 51,126 2,057 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.33 25.78 1,053 1,031 40.0 54,772 53,622 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.15 24.23 966 969 40.0 50,226 50,398 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.82 20.03 818 801 39.3 42,553 41,662 2,044 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.12 10.90 423 402 38.0 21,980 20,925 1,976 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.48 10.60 392 390 37.4 20,375 20,301 1,944 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.59 10.35 407 397 38.4 21,163 20,654 1,998 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.06 11.00 469 440 38.9 24,400 22,880 2,024 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.04 11.00 478 440 39.7 24,853 22,880 2,064 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.29 6.50 238 240 37.7 12,354 12,480 1,963 Cooks............................................................. 8.11 8.07 303 320 37.4 15,748 16,640 1,942 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.31 8.50 362 340 38.9 18,818 17,680 2,022 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.95 2.38 147 94 37.2 7,654 4,888 1,936 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.74 2.15 103 86 37.5 5,348 4,455 1,952 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.94 6.00 229 216 38.6 11,908 11,232 2,006 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.17 7.00 272 270 38.0 14,147 14,040 1,974 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.08 6.25 262 240 37.0 13,640 12,480 1,926 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.78 7.40 288 278 37.0 14,954 14,430 1,922 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.83 7.40 291 280 37.1 15,107 14,560 1,930 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.12 7.50 315 278 38.8 16,398 14,430 2,019 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.60 7.40 273 280 35.9 14,185 14,560 1,866 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.71 8.25 456 345 33.3 23,691 17,680 1,728 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.63 16.92 913 671 40.4 47,483 34,894 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 18.49 919 740 40.9 47,777 38,459 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.76 16.35 677 668 40.4 35,217 34,736 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.42 10.05 496 382 39.9 25,793 19,864 2,076 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.77 6.00 310 240 39.9 16,108 12,480 2,073 Cashiers...................................................... 7.77 6.00 310 240 39.9 16,108 12,480 2,073 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.37 11.15 585 446 40.7 30,418 23,200 2,116 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.94 11.46 595 432 39.8 30,917 22,464 2,069 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 43.46 36.90 1,738 1,476 40.0 90,391 76,760 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.61 27.47 1,412 1,112 40.8 73,450 57,820 2,122 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 36.36 38.46 1,487 1,731 40.9 77,322 90,001 2,126 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 34.13 26.11 1,392 1,045 40.8 72,402 54,317 2,121 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.95 14.45 633 577 39.7 32,926 30,000 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.19 25.24 1,007 1,010 40.0 52,387 52,499 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.96 15.91 636 635 39.8 33,052 32,999 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.51 16.20 659 648 39.9 34,263 33,696 2,075 Tellers......................................................... 12.48 12.48 499 499 40.0 25,962 25,958 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.03 16.00 714 640 39.6 37,029 33,134 2,054 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.21 11.00 473 433 38.8 24,616 22,499 2,015 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.25 14.52 656 581 40.4 34,101 30,206 2,099 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.25 14.52 656 581 40.4 34,101 30,206 2,099 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.94 12.75 558 510 40.0 28,995 26,520 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.52 13.52 570 541 39.3 29,664 28,122 2,043 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.24 11.95 490 478 40.0 25,460 24,856 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.02 18.03 761 721 40.0 39,563 37,500 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.51 21.54 860 862 40.0 44,737 44,805 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.06 13.03 642 521 40.0 33,400 27,102 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.12 18.03 765 721 40.0 39,766 37,509 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.68 12.11 501 482 39.5 26,054 25,085 2,055 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.71 12.19 505 485 39.7 26,274 25,214 2,067 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.81 15.00 632 600 40.0 32,878 31,200 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.06 20.75 842 830 40.0 43,801 43,160 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 14.00 624 560 40.0 32,447 29,120 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.10 12.00 484 480 40.0 25,170 24,960 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.48 16.00 659 640 40.0 34,288 33,280 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.75 20.42 670 817 40.0 34,846 42,474 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.68 17.00 707 680 40.0 36,768 35,360 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.86 17.00 714 680 40.0 37,154 35,360 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.98 12.00 519 480 40.0 27,008 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.87 19.50 799 780 40.2 41,389 40,529 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.97 28.37 1,159 1,135 40.0 60,263 58,999 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.63 18.52 829 758 42.3 43,132 39,395 2,197 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.68 17.10 836 780 42.5 43,453 40,560 2,208 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.26 18.25 770 730 40.0 40,057 37,952 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 21.04 20.00 840 800 39.9 43,695 41,600 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.45 17.01 658 680 40.0 33,406 33,925 2,031 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.86 23.26 915 930 40.0 44,767 47,590 1,958 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.34 26.19 1,014 1,048 40.0 52,714 54,475 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.63 13.00 545 520 40.0 28,360 27,040 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.15 13.95 645 558 39.9 33,517 29,018 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.19 21.88 968 875 40.0 50,322 45,500 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.35 11.00 448 440 39.5 23,314 22,880 2,054 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.32 13.00 493 520 40.0 25,623 27,040 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 17.35 17.00 694 680 40.0 36,084 35,360 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.07 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,426 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.22 15.00 649 600 40.0 33,734 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.70 29.82 1,028 1,193 40.0 53,451 62,032 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.29 16.50 692 660 40.0 35,965 34,320 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.19 13.00 562 520 39.6 29,204 27,040 2,059 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.20 13.52 488 541 40.0 25,378 28,122 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.03 13.25 603 530 40.1 31,331 27,560 2,085 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 15.00 680 594 40.5 35,339 30,909 2,104 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.77 16.00 810 640 41.0 42,101 33,280 2,129 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.92 12.00 557 480 40.0 28,960 24,960 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.52 12.11 501 484 40.0 26,049 25,183 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.49 10.30 419 400 39.9 21,781 20,800 2,076 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.15 9.84 406 394 40.0 21,114 20,465 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.13 11.47 444 459 39.8 23,065 23,860 2,071 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $23.53 $21.35 $932 $870 39.6 $42,312 $42,738 1,798 Management occupations.............................................. 35.72 38.35 1,429 1,534 40.0 69,690 69,367 1,951 Education administrators.......................................... 38.73 38.39 1,549 1,536 40.0 68,020 66,142 1,756 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.77 38.80 1,591 1,552 40.0 67,793 66,142 1,704 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.60 23.58 944 943 40.0 48,843 48,522 2,070 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.01 35.41 1,361 1,416 40.0 69,669 71,531 2,048 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.98 27.32 1,081 1,093 40.1 51,131 55,232 1,895 Community and social services occupations........................... 24.77 20.38 978 825 39.5 45,851 45,800 1,851 Counselors........................................................ 29.65 32.31 1,159 1,258 39.1 50,029 52,255 1,687 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.65 32.31 1,159 1,258 39.1 50,029 52,255 1,687 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.91 31.47 1,198 1,211 38.8 46,160 45,811 1,493 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.84 39.01 1,765 1,515 39.4 79,949 75,844 1,783 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.67 28.77 1,345 1,151 39.9 63,911 58,219 1,898 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.78 31.95 1,267 1,237 38.6 47,469 46,350 1,448 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.08 31.65 1,211 1,218 39.0 45,752 45,813 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.11 31.55 1,242 1,210 38.7 46,465 45,250 1,447 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.07 31.47 1,240 1,207 38.7 46,368 45,152 1,446 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.30 31.95 1,253 1,239 38.8 46,856 46,350 1,451 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.75 32.84 1,303 1,260 38.6 48,900 47,376 1,449 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.43 32.26 1,292 1,255 38.6 48,311 46,946 1,445 Special education teachers...................................... 34.12 33.05 1,302 1,239 38.2 48,719 46,350 1,428 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.27 29.59 1,073 1,110 37.9 41,408 41,500 1,465 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.21 12.14 472 465 38.7 17,912 17,406 1,467 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.09 23.56 1,006 954 40.1 50,101 49,005 1,997 Registered nurses................................................. 32.65 33.18 1,293 1,313 39.6 61,667 60,674 1,889 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.04 11.95 482 478 40.0 25,041 24,856 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.30 13.34 532 534 40.0 27,656 27,747 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.00 19.55 880 862 41.9 44,741 44,341 2,131 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.14 15.11 609 607 40.3 31,691 31,558 2,094 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.14 15.11 609 607 40.3 31,691 31,558 2,094 Police officers................................................... 23.68 24.44 946 977 39.9 47,984 50,488 2,026 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.68 24.44 946 977 39.9 47,984 50,488 2,026 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.49 10.89 402 354 35.0 15,660 12,670 1,363 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.16 9.52 335 333 33.0 12,212 12,328 1,202 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.16 9.52 335 333 33.0 12,212 12,328 1,202 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.86 9.93 474 397 40.0 23,998 20,203 2,024 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.80 9.53 392 381 40.0 19,616 19,144 2,001 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.80 9.53 392 381 40.0 19,616 19,144 2,001 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.26 15.12 608 602 39.8 29,206 28,808 1,914 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.79 13.85 552 554 40.0 28,295 28,205 2,051 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.54 15.74 694 745 41.9 36,083 38,730 2,181 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.24 17.22 687 689 39.8 33,927 34,448 1,968 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.27 17.44 731 698 40.0 38,004 36,275 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.33 17.22 647 689 39.6 29,846 30,891 1,827 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.94 12.72 508 497 39.3 21,717 21,578 1,679 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.24 18.79 729 752 40.0 37,728 38,632 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.26 12.53 512 483 38.6 25,092 24,648 1,892 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.99 15.71 547 503 34.2 22,833 16,870 1,428 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.21 14.22 422 411 29.7 15,256 14,807 1,074 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.62 $18.41 $21.13 $28.85 Management, professional, and related...... 40.23 35.81 40.77 43.91 Management, business, and financial...... 44.64 39.92 44.81 49.92 Professional and related................. 36.64 31.64 37.44 39.91 Service.................................... 7.98 7.52 6.87 12.25 Sales and office........................... 17.26 16.99 17.16 18.07 Sales and related........................ 19.81 19.15 19.39 25.34 Office and administrative support........ 15.56 15.06 15.54 16.43 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.42 16.57 18.16 18.21 Construction and extraction............. 15.81 15.71 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.87 17.58 22.01 24.24 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.17 13.62 16.14 17.85 Production............................... 16.01 14.59 16.41 19.95 Transportation and material moving....... 14.31 12.58 15.87 15.92 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........................................................... 4.4 5.4 4.9 11.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.7 6.0 4.1 9.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.9 6.3 6.6 12.4 Professional and related.......................................... 3.6 11.0 7.8 6.4 Service............................................................. 1.6 2.9 5.9 11.1 Sales and office.................................................... 3.8 4.0 7.6 9.6 Sales and related................................................. 7.8 7.2 14.3 27.4 Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 5.2 4.9 4.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.0 4.9 3.4 23.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.8 2.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.1 9.3 6.2 9.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.5 5.3 5.6 7.2 Production........................................................ 3.8 6.5 7.2 11.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 5.3 6.6 9.4 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $19.58 $15.00 $776 $600 39.6 $40,292 $31,200 2,058 Management occupations.............................................. 42.01 35.67 1,697 1,427 40.4 88,219 74,185 2,100 General and operations managers................................... 47.67 52.86 1,990 2,115 41.7 103,460 109,955 2,170 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.15 38.94 1,966 1,558 40.0 102,230 80,999 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 49.62 40.86 1,985 1,634 40.0 103,220 84,989 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.90 28.97 1,408 1,159 40.4 73,234 60,247 2,099 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.61 33.67 1,304 1,347 40.0 67,833 70,040 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.74 33.65 1,590 1,346 40.0 82,668 70,000 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 54.54 41.70 2,182 1,668 40.0 113,448 86,736 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.77 39.38 1,751 1,575 40.0 91,033 81,900 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.42 24.05 1,137 962 40.0 58,768 50,016 2,068 Engineers......................................................... 33.82 28.71 1,354 1,148 40.0 70,422 59,721 2,082 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.93 33.75 1,347 1,350 39.7 70,020 70,200 2,063 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.85 10.00 397 380 36.6 20,620 19,760 1,901 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.53 9.00 330 330 34.7 17,185 17,160 1,804 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.06 11.00 464 430 38.4 24,111 22,360 1,999 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.94 10.00 474 430 39.7 24,626 22,360 2,063 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.53 6.50 241 260 36.8 12,508 13,520 1,915 Cooks............................................................. 7.93 8.00 292 304 36.9 15,201 15,829 1,917 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.48 2.38 121 86 34.7 6,277 4,455 1,804 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.24 2.13 78 85 34.8 4,058 4,430 1,809 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.45 6.50 282 250 37.9 14,676 13,000 1,969 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.51 6.25 289 250 38.5 15,016 13,000 2,000 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.86 8.00 332 301 37.5 17,241 15,644 1,947 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.04 17.31 896 692 40.6 46,568 36,001 2,113 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.48 19.23 934 769 41.5 48,554 40,000 2,160 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.77 17.34 689 694 41.1 35,827 36,067 2,136 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.64 8.87 386 344 40.0 20,053 17,880 2,079 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.43 11.15 462 446 40.4 24,027 23,200 2,102 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.49 12.00 499 432 40.0 25,966 22,464 2,078 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 45.34 22.40 1,813 896 40.0 94,299 46,592 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.43 25.00 1,296 998 41.2 67,381 51,871 2,144 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.72 24.94 1,222 962 41.1 63,563 49,999 2,139 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.46 14.33 611 560 39.5 31,747 29,141 2,053 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.28 21.16 891 846 40.0 46,344 44,013 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.31 14.01 611 560 39.9 31,753 29,141 2,074 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.07 16.57 678 663 39.7 35,272 34,472 2,066 Tellers......................................................... 12.54 13.21 502 528 40.0 26,087 27,479 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.58 18.54 732 740 39.4 37,871 38,480 2,039 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 10.86 465 433 38.7 24,158 22,499 2,013 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 16.02 14.00 621 560 38.8 32,316 29,120 2,017 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.78 16.83 711 673 40.0 36,977 35,000 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.61 18.79 784 752 40.0 40,785 39,079 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.01 16.83 801 673 40.0 41,626 35,000 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.58 11.00 459 425 39.6 23,847 22,100 2,060 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 15.00 628 600 40.0 32,682 31,200 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.74 19.65 750 786 40.0 38,983 40,872 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.37 8.50 455 340 40.0 23,640 17,680 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.08 14.50 723 580 40.0 37,597 30,160 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.35 11.00 494 440 40.0 25,690 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.58 17.75 708 694 40.3 36,532 36,075 2,078 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.90 16.05 718 657 42.5 37,334 34,169 2,209 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.62 7.14 505 286 40.0 25,127 14,853 1,991 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.65 11.97 506 479 40.0 26,315 24,898 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.79 13.52 590 541 39.9 30,688 28,122 2,075 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.83 10.00 383 380 38.9 19,897 19,760 2,024 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.49 15.00 620 600 40.0 32,220 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.44 15.00 618 600 40.0 32,110 31,200 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.03 18.00 721 720 40.0 37,503 37,440 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.12 13.00 530 520 40.4 27,569 27,040 2,102 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.37 13.25 544 530 40.7 28,304 27,560 2,118 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.37 15.00 687 600 41.9 35,711 31,200 2,181 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.49 11.00 460 440 40.0 23,909 22,880 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.51 13.00 461 520 40.0 23,948 27,040 2,080 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $25.76 $19.35 $1,021 $760 39.6 $53,021 $39,520 2,058 Management occupations.............................................. 57.13 54.73 2,286 2,189 40.0 118,648 113,847 2,077 General and operations managers................................... 85.36 107.33 3,499 4,293 41.0 181,951 223,236 2,132 Financial managers................................................ 57.60 59.13 2,304 2,365 40.0 119,811 122,986 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 57.57 60.58 2,303 2,423 40.0 119,749 126,000 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 38.39 36.16 1,536 1,446 40.0 79,854 75,207 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 48.50 49.20 1,810 1,522 37.3 90,039 71,288 1,856 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.57 50.33 2,143 2,013 40.0 111,423 104,691 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.92 31.73 1,356 1,269 40.0 70,526 66,000 2,079 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.06 20.04 1,082 802 40.0 56,282 41,681 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 26.10 21.64 1,044 865 40.0 54,296 45,001 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.56 27.16 1,182 1,087 40.0 61,484 56,501 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.02 32.63 1,361 1,305 40.0 70,752 67,875 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.27 33.13 1,531 1,325 40.0 79,609 68,900 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 38.27 33.13 1,531 1,325 40.0 79,609 68,900 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.36 42.19 1,652 1,688 39.9 85,910 87,755 2,077 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.65 40.48 1,746 1,619 40.0 90,791 84,200 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.77 40.61 1,791 1,624 40.0 93,127 84,469 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.85 41.58 1,631 1,663 39.9 84,833 86,488 2,077 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.57 42.27 1,743 1,691 40.0 90,624 87,920 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 46.86 44.09 1,874 1,764 40.0 97,462 91,707 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.25 37.96 1,490 1,518 40.0 77,486 78,957 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 38.89 37.57 1,556 1,503 40.0 80,888 78,146 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 32.44 23.90 1,298 956 40.0 67,474 49,712 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 45.54 38.41 1,821 1,537 40.0 94,717 79,899 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 56.13 50.59 2,245 2,024 40.0 116,746 105,223 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 69.06 27.43 2,858 1,097 41.4 128,283 39,501 1,857 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.73 21.93 1,149 877 40.0 59,757 45,610 2,080 Designers......................................................... 22.81 18.75 912 750 40.0 47,445 39,002 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.10 27.66 1,157 1,100 39.8 60,168 57,221 2,068 Registered nurses................................................. 30.97 31.00 1,229 1,224 39.7 63,909 63,648 2,064 Therapists........................................................ 30.85 29.16 1,234 1,166 40.0 64,174 60,653 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.96 20.42 832 817 39.7 43,285 42,474 2,066 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.02 24.50 961 980 40.0 49,960 50,960 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.79 18.50 738 724 39.3 38,369 37,648 2,042 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.42 11.33 453 451 39.7 23,568 23,462 2,065 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.16 11.00 442 438 39.6 22,981 22,755 2,059 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.28 11.24 446 444 39.5 23,172 23,108 2,055 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.95 5.15 233 193 39.2 12,114 10,043 2,037 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.26 3.75 166 130 39.1 8,649 6,760 2,031 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.07 2.15 122 86 39.6 6,336 4,472 2,061 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.94 7.00 237 280 39.8 12,301 14,560 2,071 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.06 7.95 292 306 36.2 15,181 15,891 1,883 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.10 8.00 292 310 36.0 15,180 16,120 1,875 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.18 8.75 359 340 39.1 18,642 17,680 2,031 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.63 7.40 266 280 34.9 13,851 14,560 1,815 Personal care and service occupations............................... 23.53 13.94 637 616 27.1 33,115 32,011 1,407 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.68 16.35 944 635 39.9 49,083 33,045 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.49 16.70 872 620 38.8 45,348 32,228 2,017 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.70 16.35 645 620 38.6 33,532 32,228 2,008 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.84 11.11 631 434 39.9 32,835 22,568 2,073 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.85 10.45 434 418 40.0 22,573 21,736 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.85 10.45 434 418 40.0 22,573 21,736 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.36 11.05 649 429 39.7 33,770 22,298 2,064 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 41.08 43.65 1,643 1,746 40.0 85,439 90,800 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 32.44 25.56 1,298 1,023 40.0 67,478 53,171 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 44.78 55.75 1,791 2,230 40.0 93,142 115,968 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.42 14.74 655 589 39.9 34,048 30,651 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.72 29.81 1,149 1,192 40.0 59,742 61,994 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.62 16.27 661 651 39.8 34,349 33,844 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.17 16.20 647 648 40.0 33,627 33,696 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.50 15.00 696 582 39.8 36,214 30,239 2,069 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.12 12.00 511 450 39.0 26,573 23,400 2,026 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.45 11.50 498 460 40.0 25,892 23,920 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.63 12.76 505 510 40.0 26,265 26,539 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.09 20.54 804 822 40.0 41,792 42,723 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.87 22.60 915 904 40.0 47,578 47,008 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.65 18.50 746 740 40.0 38,793 38,480 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.27 13.88 570 555 39.9 29,618 28,870 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.87 15.00 635 600 40.0 33,018 31,200 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.53 23.08 981 923 40.0 51,022 48,006 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 15.60 14.00 624 560 40.0 32,447 29,120 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.42 12.00 497 480 40.0 25,832 24,960 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.54 12.00 542 480 40.0 28,165 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.79 22.92 916 917 40.2 47,631 47,674 2,090 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.03 22.30 841 892 40.0 43,739 46,388 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.43 15.00 696 597 39.9 36,180 31,042 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.74 25.00 1,110 1,000 40.0 57,700 52,000 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.60 11.79 504 472 40.0 26,203 24,521 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.34 17.75 734 710 40.0 38,144 36,920 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.55 15.64 662 626 40.0 34,426 32,533 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.86 15.64 674 626 40.0 35,064 32,533 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.47 10.09 570 404 39.4 29,641 20,987 2,048 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.81 14.70 669 588 39.8 34,792 30,597 2,070 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.28 24.03 892 965 40.0 46,399 50,190 2,082 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.91 23.85 918 956 40.1 47,738 49,732 2,084 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.29 13.09 532 524 40.0 27,652 27,233 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.92 8.75 396 350 39.9 20,572 18,200 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.21 10.30 406 412 39.7 21,103 21,424 2,067 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.17 $21.93 – $21.82 $21.61 $23.29 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 37.75 40.23 29.49 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 43.69 44.64 32.68 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 34.19 36.64 29.02 Service............................................................. 26.44 27.70 – 8.85 7.49 15.29 Sales and office.................................................... 15.61 15.55 – 17.18 17.30 15.20 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.99 20.00 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.50 17.50 – 15.48 15.51 15.22 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.47 25.56 – 16.65 16.63 16.98 Construction and extraction...................................... 24.31 24.31 – 15.50 15.51 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.82 25.94 – 18.40 18.56 17.24 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.11 21.50 – 14.49 14.55 12.90 Production........................................................ 23.33 23.33 – 15.49 15.49 – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.90 20.39 – 13.50 13.54 12.88 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........................................................... 2.0 2.5 – 3.9 4.5 2.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.1 4.7 2.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.7 6.9 6.4 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 2.6 3.6 1.8 Service............................................................. 4.0 8.0 – 2.2 1.7 3.2 Sales and office.................................................... 20.0 20.8 – 3.6 3.8 2.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.9 7.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.7 17.5 – 2.4 2.7 2.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 3.8 – 4.2 4.4 8.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.7 5.7 – 3.8 3.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.2 4.3 – 5.9 6.7 9.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 6.3 – 2.7 2.8 4.1 Production........................................................ 4.0 4.0 – 3.5 3.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 12.6 – 4.5 4.8 4.2 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.56 $21.29 $26.87 $26.87 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.72 40.24 39.96 39.96 Management, business, and financial............................... 43.76 44.74 41.26 41.26 Professional and related.......................................... 34.18 36.65 – – Service............................................................. 9.73 7.97 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.47 15.49 30.37 30.37 Sales and related................................................. 15.22 15.23 34.34 34.34 Office and administrative support................................. 15.59 15.62 14.12 14.12 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.36 17.37 18.14 18.14 Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.90 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.50 19.79 20.48 20.48 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.90 14.97 19.56 19.56 Production........................................................ 15.94 15.95 17.45 17.45 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.91 13.96 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.0 4.7 6.4 6.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.3 4.9 22.6 22.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.0 7.3 26.5 26.5 Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 3.6 – – Service............................................................. 2.4 1.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.4 7.6 7.6 Sales and related................................................. 8.5 8.6 8.0 8.0 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 2.7 4.7 4.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.3 5.6 18.8 18.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – 3.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.4 7.1 5.7 5.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 3.2 13.9 13.9 Production........................................................ 3.9 3.9 25.3 25.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 5.5 – – 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.01 $22.53 $17.84 $26.59 – – $20.28 $8.24 $12.00 Management, professional, and related............................... 42.12 40.15 33.74 – – – 29.79 33.83 – Management, business, and financial............................... 40.64 42.85 35.79 – – – 30.54 35.86 – Professional and related.......................................... – 38.41 31.09 – – – 29.66 – – Service............................................................. – – 15.15 – – – 9.91 6.31 – Sales and office.................................................... 19.72 19.09 15.46 27.66 – – 14.73 11.52 9.76 Sales and related................................................. – 25.02 15.98 33.69 – – – 11.05 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.15 16.82 14.41 – – – 14.28 12.12 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.28 20.77 18.32 25.27 – – – – 16.66 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.96 21.14 18.51 25.27 – – – – 18.17 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.70 15.77 15.39 – – – – – 9.60 Production........................................................ – 16.43 16.13 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.76 12.45 15.15 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 19.0 3.0 5.6 6.3 – – 7.1 10.6 7.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 13.5 3.3 7.0 – – – 6.3 19.0 – Management, business, and financial............................... 17.5 5.0 8.9 – – – 11.6 24.4 – Professional and related.......................................... – 2.4 7.3 – – – 8.3 – – Service............................................................. – – 21.7 – – – 2.8 3.3 – Sales and office.................................................... .2 8.1 7.7 4.4 – – 3.6 15.7 21.3 Sales and related................................................. – 19.7 11.2 10.9 – – – 7.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.2 1.6 3.5 – – – 1.4 27.1 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.6 33.2 5.0 4.7 – – – – 6.1 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. .3 40.2 5.4 4.7 – – – – 19.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.9 1.5 4.6 – – – – – 6.6 Production........................................................ – 3.7 10.9 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.9 9.4 5.4 – – – – – – 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,458,300 2,117,400 340,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 719,700 524,200 195,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 250,000 229,200 20,800 Professional and related.......................................... 469,700 295,000 174,700 Service............................................................. 414,000 339,900 74,100 Sales and office.................................................... 710,800 669,200 41,500 Sales and related................................................. 284,500 284,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 426,300 385,100 41,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 245,500 232,500 13,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 142,900 142,000 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 101,200 89,100 12,100 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 368,300 351,500 16,800 Production........................................................ 173,600 173,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 194,700 178,300 16,400 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, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 89,521 88,256 1,265 Total in sample....................................................... 735 655 80 Responding........................................................ 471 397 74 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 166 160 6 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 98 98 0 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.