NC BL 09/00/2007 Table: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, Bulletin 3140-06, January 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 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........................................................... $20.23 3.1 37.5 $19.92 3.6 37.3 $22.31 2.2 38.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 33.50 4.3 39.1 35.09 5.4 39.3 28.30 2.4 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.40 5.1 40.4 40.17 5.4 40.4 31.39 6.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 30.43 5.3 38.5 31.59 7.8 38.6 27.85 2.2 38.1 Service............................................................. 9.37 2.2 33.6 7.76 2.0 32.5 15.75 2.5 38.9 Sales and office.................................................... 16.19 3.6 36.8 16.28 3.9 36.7 14.77 3.4 39.8 Sales and related................................................. 18.92 8.5 35.0 18.94 8.5 34.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.71 2.3 38.0 14.70 2.5 37.8 14.80 3.4 39.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.40 5.6 39.9 17.45 6.0 40.1 16.51 8.6 36.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.84 4.4 40.0 15.86 4.4 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.45 5.6 39.8 19.79 6.2 40.3 16.77 9.0 36.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.77 2.8 38.4 14.82 2.8 38.5 13.41 4.4 36.5 Production........................................................ 15.16 4.0 39.6 15.16 4.0 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.39 4.7 37.3 14.47 5.1 37.4 13.40 4.6 36.3 Full time........................................................... 21.04 3.2 39.7 20.81 3.8 39.7 22.49 2.2 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.17 3.9 21.4 8.97 4.1 21.6 13.90 8.5 17.2 Union............................................................... 24.47 8.8 34.0 24.95 10.0 33.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.06 3.2 37.6 19.72 3.7 37.5 22.34 2.4 38.4 Time................................................................ 19.89 3.1 37.4 19.51 3.7 37.2 22.31 2.2 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 26.50 12.3 40.1 26.50 12.3 40.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.21 6.3 37.2 17.22 6.4 37.1 16.75 7.0 41.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.18 4.1 37.4 19.13 4.2 37.4 21.49 10.5 37.1 500 workers or more................................................. 25.20 5.2 38.0 26.69 7.7 37.8 22.72 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 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 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........................................................... $20.23 3.1 $21.04 3.2 $9.17 3.9 Management occupations.............................................. 44.82 6.4 44.82 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.32 15.3 18.32 15.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.44 13.7 18.44 13.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.29 4.4 32.29 4.4 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.22 4.7 38.22 4.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.68 9.7 42.68 9.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 58.95 7.4 58.95 7.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 59.33 9.1 59.33 9.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 88.23 21.2 88.23 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.35 5.8 53.35 5.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 59.12 15.5 59.12 15.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 75.13 24.7 75.13 24.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 73.34 27.1 73.34 27.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 86.56 31.4 86.56 31.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 56.25 10.3 56.25 10.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.69 9.1 42.69 9.1 – – Construction managers............................................. 37.54 6.8 37.54 6.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 27.04 17.6 27.04 17.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.53 .3 37.53 .3 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 37.68 1.5 37.68 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.80 .4 37.80 .4 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.96 9.2 42.96 9.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 51.38 9.2 51.38 9.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.97 13.5 31.97 13.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.94 9.5 30.94 9.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.53 6.2 31.55 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.27 3.1 20.27 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.01 6.9 20.92 6.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.19 12.6 30.19 12.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.99 6.6 29.99 6.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.88 8.8 36.88 8.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.65 10.9 40.65 10.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.46 7.8 43.46 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.75 16.1 32.75 16.1 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 21.1 27.14 21.1 – – Cost estimators................................................... 23.84 16.3 23.84 16.3 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.00 6.1 26.00 6.1 – – Management analysts............................................... 36.99 18.9 36.99 18.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.85 6.9 31.90 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.05 4.4 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.57 5.0 35.57 5.0 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... $37.72 3.9 $37.82 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.95 16.4 28.95 16.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.26 20.1 27.26 20.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.07 5.2 37.07 5.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.32 14.3 51.32 14.3 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 49.66 12.7 49.66 12.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 72.07 16.3 72.07 16.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.37 7.3 46.37 7.3 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.86 14.7 28.42 15.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.05 5.6 39.05 5.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.78 6.6 43.78 6.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.58 4.8 38.59 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.31 2.2 23.31 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.46 3.9 24.46 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.76 7.0 33.76 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.20 6.0 44.20 6.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.22 5.8 48.22 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.84 7.7 39.84 7.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 44.08 5.3 44.08 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.02 9.9 23.02 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.96 8.1 32.96 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.27 5.1 44.27 5.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.39 6.0 48.39 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.92 7.8 53.92 7.8 – – Civil engineers................................................. 51.80 15.5 51.80 15.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 29.10 11.0 29.10 11.0 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.52 4.1 26.58 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.21 2.7 26.21 2.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.45 11.4 35.45 11.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.11 9.6 26.11 9.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 42.15 2.7 42.15 2.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 41.95 5.5 41.95 5.5 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 45.95 9.6 45.95 9.6 – – Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 52.68 1.5 52.68 1.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.40 7.9 20.25 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.53 4.1 17.53 4.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 26.60 9.6 26.40 10.4 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.41 11.2 28.41 11.2 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.08 9.4 19.08 9.4 – – Legal occupations................................................... 31.22 35.2 34.16 33.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ $29.62 7.8 $30.61 7.3 $13.39 15.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 .8 11.10 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.79 12.5 10.33 11.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.02 8.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.50 5.4 25.64 5.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.53 1.3 31.52 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 .5 32.49 .4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.10 1.0 41.41 1.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 63.03 10.2 63.03 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.23 7.8 10.71 12.4 12.48 8.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.92 24.4 58.81 24.6 31.38 6.2 Level 11.................................................. 41.10 1.0 41.41 1.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 63.03 10.2 63.03 10.2 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.11 23.0 59.20 21.8 – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 95.58 34.7 95.61 34.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.62 3.7 45.63 3.6 – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 97.05 34.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 32.24 5.0 32.45 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.04 8.9 37.04 8.9 – – Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 25.06 3.5 25.27 2.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.49 2.6 30.60 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.20 5.2 27.38 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.54 .9 31.54 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .3 32.41 .3 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 24.83 19.7 24.83 19.7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.44 2.0 30.66 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.92 5.1 27.18 4.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.23 1.2 31.23 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.34 2.4 32.34 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.72 1.3 31.02 .4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.42 6.1 27.83 6.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.42 .9 31.42 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.35 3.4 32.35 3.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.58 6.0 29.58 6.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.71 .0 30.71 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 1.3 31.90 1.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.32 .3 32.32 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.26 .3 32.26 .3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.57 1.4 31.57 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.94 .2 31.94 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.67 1.6 32.67 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.67 1.6 32.67 1.6 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 22.14 12.0 28.91 7.8 14.16 10.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... $13.73 15.5 – – $13.73 15.5 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 22.39 20.3 $25.91 23.9 – – Librarians........................................................ 31.24 5.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.80 5.9 11.09 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 .1 11.10 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 10.08 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.32 1.3 11.31 1.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.95 11.7 22.12 12.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.55 7.0 – – – – Designers......................................................... 17.77 8.6 17.77 8.6 – – Writers and editors............................................... 22.56 3.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.55 14.0 23.41 14.2 28.01 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 6.0 15.36 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.70 5.3 18.58 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.89 10.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.14 3.8 25.17 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.15 1.6 28.82 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.20 8.1 30.31 8.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.06 6.0 41.06 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.27 11.8 29.23 11.6 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 47.38 .2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.48 3.9 30.63 4.1 27.64 8.4 Level 7 .................................................. 28.55 9.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.13 1.6 28.88 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.62 8.6 28.77 9.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.53 1.1 37.53 1.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 35.37 14.0 35.85 15.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.35 13.5 18.23 13.4 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.68 22.8 20.55 24.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.65 7.1 21.65 7.1 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.91 5.4 21.91 5.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.15 16.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.84 2.8 19.84 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.52 4.1 20.52 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.48 3.0 11.01 3.1 6.70 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.20 1.9 9.83 2.4 6.57 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.22 14.2 12.27 14.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 8.3 12.87 8.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.52 2.0 10.21 2.1 6.70 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.94 2.8 9.69 2.8 6.57 5.3 Home health aides............................................... 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ $10.27 3.4 $10.27 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.58 4.6 9.58 4.6 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.10 7.1 12.10 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 7.6 13.76 7.6 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.14 8.4 12.14 8.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.03 4.6 18.87 3.3 $10.40 12.7 Level 5 .................................................. 14.82 1.6 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.88 13.0 17.91 13.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.36 1.6 21.36 1.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.59 17.3 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.10 4.8 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 22.63 2.5 22.77 2.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.63 2.5 22.77 2.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.83 7.9 – – – – Security guards................................................. 9.83 7.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.04 3.0 6.33 3.6 4.98 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 5.71 3.3 6.08 6.2 4.68 12.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.64 3.9 5.89 3.9 4.14 8.6 Level 3 .................................................. 7.64 18.2 8.46 9.4 6.76 26.1 Level 4 .................................................. 7.26 37.4 7.26 37.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.86 6.8 8.02 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.54 11.3 7.54 11.3 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.81 9.8 9.81 9.8 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.87 3.5 9.47 7.4 7.98 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. – – – – 7.80 6.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.68 8.3 3.90 13.6 3.14 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.73 12.0 5.37 22.8 3.20 35.9 Level 2 .................................................. 2.74 7.7 2.60 1.0 – – Bartenders...................................................... 3.88 12.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.43 2.2 2.40 6.8 2.50 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 2.71 21.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.34 5.8 2.41 8.3 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.72 16.4 5.87 17.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.69 17.8 5.85 18.8 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 6.2 7.57 7.1 7.55 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.70 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.12 4.8 7.97 7.4 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.75 9.0 7.79 10.4 7.56 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.70 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 10.8 8.89 14.0 – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.35 13.0 10.98 9.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $8.34 5.0 $8.52 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 4.2 7.55 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.56 9.3 9.56 9.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.50 9.0 9.50 9.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.99 4.0 8.13 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 4.2 7.55 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.91 9.1 8.91 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.36 11.1 10.36 11.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.15 6.5 8.45 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.22 7.3 7.31 11.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.91 9.1 8.91 9.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.73 6.1 7.72 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.71 6.5 7.71 6.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.93 15.5 13.33 11.1 $11.13 46.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 16.0 – – 8.57 36.4 Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 7.1 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 7.81 13.1 8.23 14.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.92 8.5 20.97 9.6 7.75 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.72 12.1 – – 7.25 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.95 2.5 9.24 3.9 7.18 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.09 2.7 11.31 6.4 9.62 19.5 Level 4 .................................................. 18.92 25.1 19.98 27.7 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 18.17 4.1 18.17 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.77 22.2 28.77 22.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.29 11.3 29.29 11.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.96 20.3 38.96 20.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.38 8.7 42.38 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 10.6 17.18 10.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 11.3 24.48 11.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.66 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.07 11.0 16.07 11.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.66 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 39.71 8.8 39.71 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.18 5.9 11.23 8.4 7.72 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.51 14.6 – – 7.28 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.95 2.5 9.24 3.9 7.17 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.94 3.6 11.20 7.8 9.46 19.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 10.7 15.42 15.3 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 21.99 13.7 21.99 13.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.10 8.0 6.98 11.4 7.26 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. – – – – 7.20 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.56 .4 – – 7.17 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 15.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... $7.10 8.0 $6.98 11.4 $7.26 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. – – – – 7.20 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.56 .4 – – 7.17 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 15.0 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.30 17.7 13.61 21.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.76 45.9 15.76 45.9 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.02 21.0 15.12 25.6 – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.24 12.5 11.73 12.5 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.94 4.0 12.97 2.3 8.58 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 .3 – – 8.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.57 7.5 10.00 2.3 7.42 .5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.10 5.3 11.30 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.81 5.5 15.11 7.4 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 22.15 13.9 22.15 13.9 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 26.22 39.3 26.22 39.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.67 13.1 32.67 13.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 37.90 8.3 37.90 8.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.23 14.9 31.23 14.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.71 2.3 14.99 2.3 11.23 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.00 4.9 10.52 7.9 7.37 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.57 3.8 10.66 4.6 10.21 8.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.27 1.3 12.33 1.4 11.09 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.75 1.8 14.88 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.59 2.7 16.44 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.10 3.6 19.10 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.55 7.2 23.55 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.09 3.9 16.31 4.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.96 8.1 23.96 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.60 5.6 17.60 5.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.9 15.08 3.4 12.27 15.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 5.9 11.79 4.9 8.69 4.8 Level 3 .................................................. 13.21 5.0 13.29 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.19 4.4 16.19 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.13 8.4 15.20 7.9 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.21 14.0 15.33 13.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.28 4.1 15.49 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.38 5.8 16.38 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.66 10.2 15.66 10.2 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.76 .8 12.73 .2 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.29 7.9 17.33 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.83 8.1 14.83 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.53 10.4 21.53 10.4 – – File clerks....................................................... $10.89 5.0 $11.27 2.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.57 4.0 11.66 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 7.1 12.28 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.97 4.7 11.16 6.6 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 14.63 12.9 14.91 14.0 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.29 17.7 14.61 19.8 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... – – 11.26 16.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 8.9 13.82 8.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.46 5.2 11.93 6.0 $6.81 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 4.9 – – 6.81 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.12 4.3 11.12 4.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.34 2.2 17.39 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.21 8.1 15.21 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.50 2.8 17.67 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.55 2.5 19.55 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.97 5.4 17.97 5.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.99 2.5 19.22 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.98 3.6 18.34 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.70 3.3 19.70 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.35 4.7 17.35 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.65 7.2 16.65 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.43 3.2 17.43 3.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.44 3.7 11.47 4.3 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.90 4.6 13.30 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.38 7.4 10.77 11.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.44 4.0 11.44 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.01 4.6 14.22 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.77 7.3 14.77 7.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.84 4.4 15.84 4.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 6.6 11.43 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.77 1.2 12.77 1.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 3.4 13.77 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.00 .7 18.00 .7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.40 1.4 21.40 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.75 4.4 23.75 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.31 5.7 13.31 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.00 12.3 21.00 12.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 11.76 3.4 11.76 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 11.5 9.69 11.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.38 6.6 16.38 6.6 – – Electricians...................................................... 23.93 6.6 23.93 6.6 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 3.4 12.32 3.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $19.45 5.6 $19.52 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 22.7 12.37 22.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.63 5.5 18.60 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.69 5.0 21.69 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.93 4.1 23.93 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.35 5.6 17.35 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.79 16.4 28.79 16.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.87 6.2 18.87 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.64 6.8 17.64 6.8 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.63 7.1 18.63 7.1 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.29 6.1 19.29 6.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 17.68 6.6 17.68 6.6 – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.99 7.1 17.99 7.1 – – Rail car repairers.............................................. 17.10 5.2 17.10 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.71 19.5 15.94 21.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.31 2.8 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.50 13.5 19.50 13.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.90 22.3 11.84 24.5 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.90 3.5 24.90 3.5 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.72 7.9 12.72 7.9 – – Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.47 4.6 10.47 4.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.16 4.0 15.19 3.8 $11.41 21.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.87 2.2 8.81 3.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.18 3.5 10.17 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.70 8.3 13.67 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 6.2 14.67 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.60 4.6 17.60 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.30 5.2 23.30 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.80 11.7 24.80 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 12.2 15.58 12.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.23 11.2 25.23 11.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.04 3.2 11.04 3.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 16.66 7.7 16.66 7.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.37 16.6 24.37 16.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.05 9.2 17.03 9.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.86 17.4 12.97 17.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 8.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.09 6.6 11.09 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $14.39 4.7 $14.91 5.8 $8.82 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 7.4 8.20 8.2 7.24 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.04 7.9 12.20 8.7 9.97 7.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.64 4.5 12.63 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.70 9.8 15.67 9.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.45 11.3 19.45 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.33 15.9 18.03 17.2 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.15 6.6 14.98 3.4 15.54 16.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.68 1.9 12.81 1.8 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.88 12.0 13.38 3.8 16.74 16.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.94 6.7 16.21 7.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 11.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.72 23.2 13.72 23.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 3.0 12.71 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.42 14.4 16.42 14.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.33 14.7 20.33 14.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.99 10.2 18.99 10.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 10.4 17.45 10.4 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.87 16.1 13.87 16.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 8.8 9.50 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.53 2.3 12.53 2.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.91 25.3 15.91 25.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.24 6.2 12.24 6.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.27 6.5 9.82 8.4 7.73 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 7.1 7.31 10.1 7.60 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.42 9.5 10.63 10.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.71 5.5 11.71 5.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.90 11.8 10.79 11.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 10.0 8.86 8.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.09 4.4 10.28 5.8 9.62 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.05 5.4 – – 9.43 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.62 8.9 11.66 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.78 7.3 10.78 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.33 7.0 – – 5.45 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 5.73 5.3 – – 5.45 .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 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 2007 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........................................................... $19.92 3.6 $20.81 3.8 $8.97 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 46.14 6.8 46.14 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.08 17.4 18.08 17.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 18.44 13.7 18.44 13.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.26 4.5 33.26 4.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.39 4.8 38.39 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.11 13.0 45.11 13.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 62.29 7.4 62.29 7.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 59.33 9.1 59.33 9.1 – – Level 14.................................................. 88.23 21.2 88.23 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.76 5.7 53.76 5.7 – – General and operations managers................................... 59.12 15.5 59.12 15.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 75.13 24.7 75.13 24.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 73.34 27.1 73.34 27.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 86.56 31.4 86.56 31.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 56.82 10.1 56.82 10.1 – – Construction managers............................................. 37.54 6.8 37.54 6.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 20.68 36.5 20.68 36.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 51.38 9.2 51.38 9.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.65 15.1 33.65 15.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.04 6.4 32.05 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.27 3.1 20.27 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.78 7.8 20.66 7.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.72 12.9 30.72 12.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.49 5.8 31.49 5.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.88 8.8 36.88 8.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.99 10.9 40.99 10.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 43.46 7.8 43.46 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.75 16.1 32.75 16.1 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 21.1 27.14 21.1 – – Cost estimators................................................... 23.84 16.3 23.84 16.3 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.71 7.0 26.71 7.0 – – Management analysts............................................... 36.99 18.9 36.99 18.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.85 6.3 32.93 6.3 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.55 4.0 38.55 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.09 16.6 30.09 16.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.86 21.3 26.86 21.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.17 7.7 38.17 7.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.82 15.5 53.82 15.5 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 51.31 12.6 51.31 12.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 72.07 16.3 72.07 16.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... $46.37 7.3 $46.37 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.59 6.6 39.59 6.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.01 4.8 39.02 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.31 2.2 23.31 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.62 4.0 24.62 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.76 7.0 33.76 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.20 6.0 44.20 6.0 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.22 5.8 48.22 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.84 7.7 39.84 7.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 44.08 5.3 44.08 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.02 9.9 23.02 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.96 8.1 32.96 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.27 5.1 44.27 5.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.39 6.0 48.39 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.92 7.8 53.92 7.8 – – Civil engineers................................................. 51.80 15.5 51.80 15.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 29.10 11.0 29.10 11.0 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.58 4.9 26.65 4.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.48 9.3 39.48 9.3 – – Physical scientists............................................... 43.86 2.4 43.86 2.4 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 49.01 7.1 49.01 7.1 – – Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 52.68 1.5 52.68 1.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... – – 14.81 8.1 – – Legal occupations................................................... 31.22 35.2 34.16 33.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ – – – – $12.07 9.5 Level 7 .................................................. 25.06 6.7 25.45 6.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 117.59 34.3 118.99 33.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.83 24.6 19.13 26.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.29 8.4 25.71 8.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.32 9.1 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.49 8.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.55 7.8 19.65 8.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.55 7.0 – – – – Designers......................................................... 17.15 7.9 17.15 7.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.60 17.2 23.42 17.7 28.03 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 6.0 16.40 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.74 4.4 19.64 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.68 5.1 27.19 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.15 1.6 28.82 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. $30.46 10.7 $30.63 10.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.27 4.3 44.27 4.3 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 47.38 .2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.25 4.6 30.46 4.9 $27.64 8.4 Level 8 .................................................. 29.13 1.6 28.88 2.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 35.49 14.4 35.99 15.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.80 15.9 19.68 16.1 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.86 14.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.98 11.6 20.98 11.6 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.26 6.7 22.26 6.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.09 2.8 20.09 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.52 4.1 20.52 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.18 3.0 10.79 3.4 6.70 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.04 1.9 9.75 2.8 6.57 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.24 14.3 12.28 15.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.64 11.9 12.64 11.9 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.34 1.9 10.13 2.5 6.70 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.70 2.8 9.54 3.4 6.57 5.3 Home health aides............................................... 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.17 4.4 10.16 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.29 6.1 9.29 6.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.76 8.6 11.76 8.6 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 11.85 8.8 11.85 8.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 9.68 6.8 – – 10.00 11.7 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.70 7.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 9.70 7.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.73 3.0 5.99 3.4 4.82 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.70 3.4 6.08 6.2 4.64 12.5 Level 2 .................................................. 5.35 4.4 5.63 3.6 3.66 10.6 Level 3 .................................................. 7.59 18.6 8.39 9.8 6.76 26.1 Level 4 .................................................. 5.74 44.3 5.74 44.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.72 7.3 7.87 9.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.68 8.3 3.90 13.6 3.14 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.73 12.0 5.37 22.8 3.20 35.9 Level 2 .................................................. 2.74 7.7 2.60 1.0 – – Bartenders...................................................... 3.88 12.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.43 2.2 2.40 6.8 2.50 19.9 Level 1 .................................................. 2.71 21.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.34 5.8 2.41 8.3 – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.72 16.4 5.87 17.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 5.69 17.8 5.85 18.8 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.12 10.8 7.16 11.2 6.82 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. $6.70 8.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.19 14.3 $7.27 15.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.70 8.8 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.81 16.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.82 4.1 7.94 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.45 4.2 7.53 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 12.2 8.61 12.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.82 4.2 7.94 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.45 4.2 7.53 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 12.2 8.61 12.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.88 7.4 8.17 10.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.18 7.4 7.25 11.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 12.2 8.61 12.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.73 6.1 7.72 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.71 6.5 7.71 6.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.91 16.7 13.33 12.1 $11.18 47.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.15 16.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 7.1 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 7.36 12.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.94 8.5 20.99 9.6 7.75 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.72 12.1 – – 7.25 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.95 2.5 9.24 3.9 7.18 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.08 2.7 11.30 6.5 9.62 19.5 Level 4 .................................................. 18.92 25.1 19.98 27.7 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 18.17 4.1 18.17 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.77 22.2 28.77 22.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.29 11.3 29.29 11.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.96 20.3 38.96 20.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.38 8.7 42.38 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 10.6 17.18 10.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 11.3 24.48 11.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.66 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.07 11.0 16.07 11.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.66 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 39.71 8.8 39.71 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.17 5.9 11.23 8.4 7.72 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.51 14.6 – – 7.28 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.95 2.5 9.24 3.9 7.17 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.93 3.6 11.20 7.9 9.46 19.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 10.7 15.42 15.3 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 21.99 13.7 21.99 13.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.10 8.0 6.98 11.4 7.26 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. – – – – $7.20 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. $7.56 0.4 – – 7.17 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 15.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.10 8.0 $6.98 11.4 7.26 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. – – – – 7.20 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.56 .4 – – 7.17 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 15.0 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.30 17.7 13.61 21.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.76 45.9 15.76 45.9 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.02 21.0 15.12 25.6 – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.24 12.5 11.73 12.5 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.94 4.0 12.98 2.3 8.58 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 .3 – – 8.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.57 7.5 10.00 2.3 7.42 .5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.10 5.4 11.29 10.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.81 5.5 15.11 7.4 10.37 10.9 Level 5 .................................................. 22.15 13.9 22.15 13.9 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 26.22 39.3 26.22 39.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.67 13.1 32.67 13.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 37.90 8.3 37.90 8.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.23 14.9 31.23 14.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.70 2.5 15.01 2.5 11.24 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.00 4.9 10.52 7.9 7.37 5.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 3.9 10.73 4.8 10.22 8.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 1.4 12.37 1.5 11.09 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.89 2.0 15.05 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.53 3.2 16.35 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.45 3.9 19.45 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.46 7.5 23.46 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.13 4.0 16.36 4.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.96 8.1 23.96 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.60 5.6 17.60 5.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.77 4.1 15.21 3.5 12.27 15.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 5.9 11.79 4.9 8.69 4.8 Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 4.4 13.68 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.28 4.5 16.28 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.21 9.2 15.18 8.9 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.31 14.8 15.51 14.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.46 4.2 15.70 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.41 6.0 16.41 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.67 11.6 15.67 11.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.76 .8 12.73 .2 – – Customer service representatives.................................. $17.28 8.8 $17.33 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.83 8.1 14.83 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.73 10.6 22.73 10.6 – – File clerks....................................................... 10.88 5.6 11.30 3.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.53 4.1 11.62 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 7.1 12.28 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.97 4.7 11.16 6.6 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 14.39 18.3 14.75 20.6 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.39 18.3 14.75 20.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.73 9.2 13.73 9.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.46 5.2 11.93 6.0 $6.81 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 4.9 – – 6.81 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.12 4.3 11.12 4.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.46 2.8 17.53 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 8.8 15.32 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.35 3.3 17.59 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.11 1.6 21.11 1.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.44 5.5 18.44 5.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.36 3.2 19.68 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.71 3.7 18.20 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.04 2.3 21.04 2.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.75 5.7 17.75 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.09 7.6 17.09 7.6 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.02 5.2 13.59 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 8.0 11.24 13.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.50 4.3 11.50 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 6.2 15.35 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.77 7.3 14.77 7.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.86 4.4 15.86 4.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 6.6 11.43 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.77 1.2 12.77 1.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.79 3.7 13.79 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.00 .7 18.00 .7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.40 1.4 21.40 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.75 4.4 23.75 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.31 5.7 13.31 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.00 12.3 21.00 12.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 11.76 3.4 11.76 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 11.5 9.69 11.5 – – Electricians...................................................... 23.93 6.6 23.93 6.6 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 3.4 12.32 3.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $19.79 6.2 $19.79 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 22.7 12.37 22.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.56 6.9 18.56 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.92 5.3 21.92 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.95 4.1 23.95 4.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 29.52 18.6 29.52 18.6 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.02 7.8 19.02 7.8 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.76 8.9 18.76 8.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.17 7.0 20.17 7.0 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 17.68 6.6 17.68 6.6 – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.99 7.1 17.99 7.1 – – Rail car repairers.............................................. 17.10 5.2 17.10 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.44 25.3 15.44 25.3 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.90 3.5 24.90 3.5 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.18 8.5 13.18 8.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.16 4.0 15.20 3.8 $11.41 21.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.87 2.2 8.81 3.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.18 3.5 10.17 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.70 8.3 13.67 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 6.4 14.69 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.60 4.6 17.60 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.30 5.2 23.30 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.80 11.7 24.80 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.65 12.2 15.58 12.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.23 11.2 25.23 11.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.04 3.2 11.04 3.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 16.66 7.7 16.66 7.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.37 16.6 24.37 16.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.05 9.2 17.03 9.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.86 17.4 12.97 17.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 8.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.09 6.6 11.09 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.47 5.1 15.05 6.2 8.15 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 7.4 8.20 8.2 7.24 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.03 9.2 12.21 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.66 5.4 12.66 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 10.5 15.66 10.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.54 11.6 19.54 11.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $18.30 16.1 $18.03 17.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.05 7.0 16.33 7.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 11.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.72 23.2 13.72 23.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.76 3.9 12.76 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.42 14.4 16.42 14.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.33 14.7 20.33 14.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.27 10.6 19.27 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 10.4 17.45 10.4 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.89 16.6 13.89 16.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 8.8 9.50 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.91 25.3 15.91 25.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.24 6.2 12.24 6.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.24 6.6 9.80 8.6 $7.73 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 7.1 7.31 10.1 7.60 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 10.0 10.62 11.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.71 5.5 11.71 5.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.80 12.4 10.71 12.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.18 10.0 8.86 8.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.12 4.4 10.33 5.8 9.62 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.05 5.4 – – 9.43 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.77 9.0 11.82 9.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.78 7.3 10.78 7.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.33 7.0 – – 5.45 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 5.73 5.3 – – 5.45 .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 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 2007 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........................................................... $22.31 2.2 $22.49 2.2 $13.90 8.5 Management occupations.............................................. 34.30 6.8 34.30 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.83 7.9 25.83 7.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.03 1.5 37.03 1.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.92 1.7 36.92 1.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.52 .3 37.52 .3 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 37.68 1.5 37.68 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.80 .4 37.80 .4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.58 6.5 22.58 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.41 5.3 32.98 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 35.06 5.5 35.06 5.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.20 15.1 26.20 15.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.50 5.6 23.50 5.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 28.41 11.2 28.41 11.2 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.41 11.2 28.41 11.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.60 2.4 29.91 2.4 16.02 31.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 .8 11.10 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.00 9.3 12.00 9.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.67 7.5 25.72 7.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.53 1.3 31.53 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 .5 32.49 .4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.38 .7 41.71 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.44 6.8 12.30 7.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.50 7.6 43.93 7.8 32.57 .5 Level 11.................................................. 41.38 .7 41.71 1.0 – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.32 23.1 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 32.78 5.1 32.91 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.47 9.3 37.47 9.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.58 .6 31.58 .6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.11 5.2 28.11 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.54 .9 31.54 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .3 32.41 .3 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.07 2.3 31.07 2.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.00 .1 31.00 .1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.63 5.6 27.63 5.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.23 1.2 31.23 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.34 2.4 32.34 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.97 .5 30.97 .5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.48 6.4 27.48 6.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.42 .9 31.42 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. $32.35 3.4 $32.35 3.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.13 1.2 31.13 1.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.71 .0 30.71 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.27 .2 32.27 .2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.32 .3 32.32 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.26 .3 32.26 .3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.99 .1 31.99 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.94 .2 31.94 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.67 1.6 32.67 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.67 1.6 32.67 1.6 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.27 10.5 31.03 4.3 $14.41 23.0 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 30.19 14.3 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.50 3.4 11.59 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 .1 11.10 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.31 1.6 11.31 1.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.36 10.1 23.36 10.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.57 4.2 23.57 4.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.99 7.3 30.99 7.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.83 6.5 11.83 6.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.14 8.0 13.14 8.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.46 2.7 19.51 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.88 13.0 17.91 13.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.36 1.6 21.36 1.6 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.10 4.8 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 22.63 2.5 22.77 2.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.63 2.5 22.77 2.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.85 4.6 10.92 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 1.5 9.65 1.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.89 .8 9.75 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 .1 9.68 4.6 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.89 .8 9.75 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 .1 9.68 4.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.98 9.8 11.08 9.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 11.6 10.70 11.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.21 6.8 9.28 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. $9.45 13.1 $9.45 13.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.21 6.8 9.28 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.45 13.1 9.45 13.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.14 7.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 3.4 14.81 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.75 3.8 11.75 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.89 1.9 13.89 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 4.2 16.83 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.40 4.9 17.40 4.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.33 7.8 13.33 7.8 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 15.25 3.1 15.25 3.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.89 2.5 16.89 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.83 5.8 17.83 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.17 2.1 17.17 2.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.83 4.3 17.83 4.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.88 1.8 15.88 1.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.48 9.3 12.48 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.93 2.9 12.93 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.77 9.0 17.20 9.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.40 4.6 13.15 4.6 $15.54 16.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.11 2.7 12.10 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.56 2.8 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.41 7.1 15.33 3.3 15.54 16.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.63 2.5 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.88 12.0 13.38 3.8 16.74 16.6 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 2007 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........................................................... $20.23 3.1 $21.04 3.2 $9.17 3.9 Management occupations.............................................. 44.82 6.4 44.82 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 8.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.41 5.6 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 70.23 13.0 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 59.12 15.5 59.12 15.5 – – Group III................................................. 49.15 15.0 49.15 15.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 73.34 27.1 73.34 27.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 86.56 31.4 86.56 31.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 56.25 10.3 56.25 10.3 – – Group III................................................. 54.44 17.7 54.44 17.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 37.54 6.8 37.54 6.8 – – Group III................................................. 40.07 8.0 40.07 8.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 27.04 17.6 27.04 17.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.28 2.5 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 37.68 1.5 37.68 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 37.20 .3 37.20 .3 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.96 9.2 42.96 9.2 – – Group III................................................. 44.04 9.3 44.04 9.3 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 51.38 9.2 51.38 9.2 – – Group IV.................................................. 49.99 9.6 49.99 9.6 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.97 13.5 31.97 13.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.19 13.4 34.19 13.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.53 6.2 31.55 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.76 10.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.39 6.0 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 21.1 27.14 21.1 – – Cost estimators................................................... 23.84 16.3 23.84 16.3 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.00 6.1 26.00 6.1 – – Management analysts............................................... 36.99 18.9 36.99 18.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.85 6.9 31.90 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 29.89 11.6 29.96 11.7 – – Group III................................................. 33.24 13.2 33.24 13.2 – – Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Loan officers................................................... 34.76 24.1 34.76 24.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.72 3.9 37.82 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.38 14.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.52 2.7 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 49.66 12.7 49.66 12.7 – – Group III................................................. 49.30 17.6 – – – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.37 7.3 46.37 7.3 – – Group III................................................. 42.21 3.8 42.21 3.8 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.86 14.7 28.42 15.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... $39.05 5.6 $39.05 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 36.23 13.3 36.23 13.3 – – Group III................................................. 39.31 4.2 39.31 4.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.58 4.8 38.59 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.81 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.54 3.7 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 44.08 5.3 44.08 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.13 6.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.14 2.8 – – – – Civil engineers................................................. 51.80 15.5 51.80 15.5 – – Drafters.......................................................... 29.10 11.0 29.10 11.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.72 9.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.52 4.1 26.58 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.33 3.4 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.45 11.4 35.45 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.32 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.15 6.5 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 41.95 5.5 41.95 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 41.96 7.5 – – – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 45.95 9.6 45.95 9.6 – – Group III................................................. 43.33 6.0 – – – – Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 52.68 1.5 52.68 1.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.40 7.9 20.25 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 16.78 2.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.98 6.4 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 26.60 9.6 26.40 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.02 7.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.98 6.4 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.41 11.2 28.41 11.2 – – Group III................................................. 35.98 6.4 35.98 6.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.08 9.4 19.08 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.61 4.8 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 31.22 35.2 34.16 33.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.62 7.8 30.61 7.3 $13.39 15.3 Group I................................................... 10.08 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.11 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.77 2.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.92 24.4 58.81 24.6 31.38 6.2 Group II.................................................. 24.71 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.84 8.9 – – – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.11 23.0 59.20 21.8 – – Group III................................................. $58.32 23.1 – – – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 95.58 34.7 $95.61 34.7 – – Group III................................................. 45.67 3.7 – – – – Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 97.05 34.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 32.24 5.0 32.45 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.16 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.50 7.6 – – – – Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 25.06 3.5 25.27 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.77 6.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.49 2.6 30.60 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 29.98 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.41 .3 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 24.83 19.7 24.83 19.7 – – Group II.................................................. 29.37 4.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.44 2.0 30.66 1.3 – – Group II.................................................. 29.71 2.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.34 2.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.72 1.3 31.02 .4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.08 1.9 30.26 1.9 – – Group III................................................. 32.35 3.4 32.35 3.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.58 6.0 29.58 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 28.79 6.2 28.79 6.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 1.3 31.90 1.3 – – Group II.................................................. 31.12 3.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.26 .3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.57 1.4 31.57 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.80 4.1 30.80 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 31.94 .2 31.94 .2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.67 1.6 32.67 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 32.67 1.6 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 22.14 12.0 28.91 7.8 $14.16 10.5 Group II.................................................. 21.27 16.0 – – – – Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 22.39 20.3 25.91 23.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.74 21.5 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 31.24 5.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.80 5.9 11.09 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.96 8.0 10.40 7.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.95 11.7 22.12 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.34 6.9 – – – – Designers......................................................... 17.77 8.6 17.77 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.10 7.1 – – – – Writers and editors............................................... 22.56 3.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $23.55 14.0 $23.41 14.2 $28.01 5.7 Group I................................................... 11.01 17.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.71 6.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.89 5.6 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 47.38 .2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.48 3.9 30.63 4.1 27.64 8.4 Group II.................................................. 28.24 5.1 28.27 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 33.85 5.8 34.08 5.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 35.37 14.0 35.85 15.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.20 3.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.72 16.1 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.35 13.5 18.23 13.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.07 15.3 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.68 22.8 20.55 24.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.89 21.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.65 7.1 21.65 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.49 4.7 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.91 5.4 21.91 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.49 4.7 22.49 4.7 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.15 16.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.84 2.8 19.84 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.39 3.4 20.39 3.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.48 3.0 11.01 3.1 6.70 4.9 Group I................................................... 10.30 3.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.52 2.0 10.21 2.1 6.70 4.9 Group I................................................... 9.32 2.5 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Group I................................................... 7.58 11.0 – – 6.57 5.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.27 3.4 10.27 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.01 4.2 10.00 4.3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.10 7.1 12.10 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.04 7.9 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.14 8.4 12.14 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.20 8.8 12.20 8.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.03 4.6 18.87 3.3 10.40 12.7 Group I................................................... 10.95 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.01 3.5 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.10 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.10 4.8 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.34 4.8 14.34 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 22.63 2.5 22.77 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 3.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ $22.63 2.5 $22.77 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 3.6 21.66 3.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.83 7.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.49 6.4 – – – – Security guards................................................. 9.83 7.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.49 6.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.04 3.0 6.33 3.6 $4.98 6.1 Group I................................................... 5.97 3.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.86 6.8 8.02 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.76 7.0 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.81 9.8 9.81 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.17 1.3 9.17 1.3 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.87 3.5 9.47 7.4 7.98 5.3 Group I................................................... 8.83 3.2 9.47 7.4 7.80 6.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.68 8.3 3.90 13.6 3.14 9.4 Group I................................................... 3.68 8.3 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 3.88 12.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.88 12.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.43 2.2 2.40 6.8 2.50 19.9 Group I................................................... 2.43 2.2 2.40 6.8 2.50 19.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.72 16.4 5.87 17.3 – – Group I................................................... 5.72 16.4 5.87 17.3 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 6.2 7.57 7.1 7.55 7.5 Group I................................................... 7.55 6.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.75 9.0 7.79 10.4 7.56 7.5 Group I................................................... 7.73 9.3 7.77 10.8 7.56 7.5 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.35 13.0 10.98 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.35 13.0 10.98 9.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.34 5.0 8.52 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.10 4.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.99 4.0 8.13 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.87 3.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.15 6.5 8.45 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 7.97 5.8 8.25 7.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.73 6.1 7.72 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.73 6.1 7.72 6.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.93 15.5 13.33 11.1 11.13 46.6 Group I................................................... 12.99 15.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 12.23 17.3 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 7.81 13.1 8.23 14.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.81 13.1 8.23 14.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... $18.92 8.5 $20.97 9.6 $7.75 3.3 Group I................................................... 10.90 11.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.78 9.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.72 7.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 11.3 24.48 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.07 10.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.07 11.0 16.07 11.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.08 11.6 17.08 11.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 39.71 8.8 39.71 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.18 5.9 11.23 8.4 7.72 3.1 Group I................................................... 9.40 9.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.22 12.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.10 8.0 6.98 11.4 7.26 3.6 Group I................................................... 6.89 9.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.10 8.0 6.98 11.4 7.26 3.6 Group I................................................... 6.89 9.4 – – 7.21 4.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.30 17.7 13.61 21.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.11 16.4 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.02 21.0 15.12 25.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.02 21.0 15.12 25.6 – – Parts salespersons............................................ 11.24 12.5 11.73 12.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.68 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.94 4.0 12.97 2.3 8.58 4.9 Group I................................................... 10.79 1.3 11.78 4.8 8.60 4.8 Group II.................................................. 21.30 13.2 21.30 13.2 – – Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 26.22 39.3 26.22 39.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.67 13.1 32.67 13.1 – – Group II.................................................. 30.80 9.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 46.10 11.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 37.90 8.3 37.90 8.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.23 14.9 31.23 14.9 – – Group II.................................................. 29.52 11.2 29.52 11.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.71 2.3 14.99 2.3 11.23 8.6 Group I................................................... 12.76 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.28 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.96 8.1 23.96 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.94 9.7 19.94 9.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.9 15.08 3.4 12.27 15.0 Group I................................................... 14.29 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.27 5.9 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.21 14.0 15.33 13.5 – – Group I................................................... $15.33 13.5 $15.33 13.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.28 4.1 15.49 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.80 5.1 15.13 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.05 6.9 16.05 6.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.76 .8 12.73 .2 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 .7 12.86 1.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.29 7.9 17.33 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.20 5.8 13.93 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.05 10.3 20.05 10.3 – – File clerks....................................................... 10.89 5.0 11.27 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.49 7.6 11.16 3.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.57 4.0 11.66 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.69 4.2 11.80 4.6 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 14.63 12.9 14.91 14.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.04 10.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.25 14.1 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.29 17.7 14.61 19.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 9.7 11.29 11.7 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... – – 11.26 16.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 8.9 13.82 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.62 5.0 13.62 5.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.46 5.2 11.93 6.0 $6.81 1.9 Group I................................................... 11.12 6.9 11.61 6.9 6.81 1.9 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.34 2.2 17.39 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.77 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.45 2.3 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.99 2.5 19.22 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.80 2.9 19.05 3.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.35 4.7 17.35 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.82 7.0 15.82 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.51 3.4 18.51 3.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.44 3.7 11.47 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.44 3.7 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.90 4.6 13.30 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.09 4.6 12.47 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 17.20 3.4 17.20 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.84 4.4 15.84 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.69 1.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.33 1.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.00 12.3 21.00 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.55 12.9 20.55 12.9 – – Construction laborers............................................. 11.76 3.4 11.76 3.4 – – Group I................................................... $11.65 3.5 $11.65 3.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.38 6.6 16.38 6.6 – – Electricians...................................................... 23.93 6.6 23.93 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.78 4.8 24.78 4.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Group II.................................................. 21.46 2.9 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Group II.................................................. 21.46 2.9 21.46 2.9 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 3.4 12.32 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 3.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.45 5.6 19.52 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.39 12.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.62 3.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.79 16.4 28.79 16.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.48 7.0 23.48 7.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.87 6.2 18.87 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.79 6.6 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.63 7.1 18.63 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.53 7.7 18.53 7.7 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.29 6.1 19.29 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.21 6.4 20.21 6.4 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 17.68 6.6 17.68 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.21 9.9 – – – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.99 7.1 17.99 7.1 – – Rail car repairers.............................................. 17.10 5.2 17.10 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.10 5.2 17.10 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.71 19.5 15.94 21.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.56 4.9 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.50 13.5 19.50 13.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.90 22.3 11.84 24.5 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.90 3.5 24.90 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.53 3.1 – – – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.72 7.9 12.72 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.09 6.7 – – – – Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.47 4.6 10.47 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.47 4.6 10.47 4.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.16 4.0 15.19 3.8 $11.41 21.3 Group I................................................... 11.74 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.96 3.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.23 11.2 25.23 11.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.03 12.6 23.03 12.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... $11.04 3.2 $11.04 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.90 4.0 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 16.66 7.7 16.66 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 14.6 17.95 14.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.27 16.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.63 4.5 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.77 11.1 15.77 11.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.27 16.7 12.27 16.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.63 4.5 19.63 4.5 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.37 16.6 24.37 16.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.69 6.6 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.05 9.2 17.03 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.09 7.6 14.09 7.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.86 17.4 12.97 17.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.48 18.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.39 4.7 14.91 5.8 $8.82 7.7 Group I................................................... 12.54 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.22 10.3 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.15 6.6 14.98 3.4 15.54 16.0 Group I................................................... 15.01 5.7 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.88 12.0 13.38 3.8 16.74 16.6 Group I................................................... 14.58 10.4 13.38 3.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.94 6.7 16.21 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.57 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.33 14.7 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.99 10.2 18.99 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 17.72 10.5 17.72 10.5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.87 16.1 13.87 16.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.61 15.3 13.61 15.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.24 6.2 12.24 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 7.0 12.21 7.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.27 6.5 9.82 8.4 7.73 6.2 Group I................................................... 9.18 6.6 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.90 11.8 10.79 11.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.90 11.8 10.79 11.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.09 4.4 10.28 5.8 9.62 3.3 Group I................................................... 10.09 4.4 10.28 5.8 9.62 3.3 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.33 7.0 – – 5.45 .4 Group I................................................... 6.33 7.0 – – 5.45 .4 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 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.36 $10.25 $15.15 $25.27 $39.51 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 30.00 42.25 53.56 78.87 General and operations managers................................... 27.23 32.76 55.96 74.04 110.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.44 36.06 48.01 96.15 145.67 Marketing managers.............................................. 30.44 34.62 81.04 145.67 145.67 Financial managers................................................ 31.72 43.27 52.89 65.31 91.91 Construction managers............................................. 25.15 27.61 36.25 46.99 54.82 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 11.08 19.19 38.57 48.08 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.36 34.94 37.54 40.65 44.08 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 37.13 37.13 39.78 48.56 55.53 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.87 43.05 51.03 60.40 61.03 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.37 22.90 26.54 42.31 53.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.00 21.59 26.44 38.73 50.95 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 14.50 14.72 19.26 39.43 42.07 Cost estimators................................................... 13.14 13.14 20.96 32.33 34.49 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.50 24.52 24.62 27.00 28.16 Management analysts............................................... 21.07 21.59 27.45 50.95 54.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.00 22.64 26.55 40.00 50.00 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Loan officers................................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.85 27.91 36.43 44.52 52.22 Computer software engineers....................................... 29.57 33.80 43.00 60.10 83.41 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.29 34.95 43.88 57.16 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.85 19.50 26.16 37.50 37.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.76 32.15 40.15 45.22 49.18 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.25 27.00 35.59 49.92 58.80 Engineers......................................................... 24.14 34.74 42.88 53.85 62.10 Civil engineers................................................. 32.62 41.00 47.52 67.31 70.67 Drafters.......................................................... 15.00 21.25 32.83 32.83 34.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.80 22.00 24.50 29.83 35.18 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.77 20.42 33.72 40.22 52.24 Physical scientists............................................... 21.96 26.81 40.22 49.82 56.19 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 21.96 36.31 40.22 52.24 58.07 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 40.22 40.22 49.82 52.24 62.30 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.02 14.42 17.40 23.56 35.11 Counselors........................................................ 14.42 16.93 29.59 35.41 39.40 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.10 17.44 31.49 36.15 40.39 Social workers.................................................... 14.42 14.48 16.90 19.26 29.50 Legal occupations................................................... 10.96 14.13 23.07 32.11 90.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.67 22.23 29.31 34.12 40.12 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.53 31.29 43.62 56.99 120.19 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 34.00 35.48 47.31 67.62 104.23 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 29.56 40.12 54.71 120.19 192.31 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... $29.56 $40.93 $55.58 $120.19 $192.31 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.99 25.53 28.50 39.49 44.89 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 19.00 25.53 25.53 25.89 25.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.67 27.86 30.10 33.87 38.29 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 9.00 28.71 31.49 36.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.74 27.69 29.81 33.37 38.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.74 28.01 30.10 33.72 38.30 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.73 26.39 28.65 31.94 37.78 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.88 28.36 30.89 35.13 39.05 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.57 28.16 30.52 34.62 38.24 Special education teachers...................................... 28.09 29.86 31.46 34.59 39.69 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.67 12.50 18.00 30.52 35.91 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 12.50 13.70 18.00 34.46 35.89 Librarians........................................................ 23.44 30.15 31.68 33.65 36.96 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.94 8.50 10.56 12.36 13.55 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.00 15.00 20.67 25.36 28.23 Designers......................................................... 11.46 15.00 15.00 21.41 25.78 Writers and editors............................................... 17.07 20.35 23.45 25.36 26.44 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.25 15.05 22.04 30.23 39.66 Pharmacists....................................................... 45.00 47.60 47.60 47.60 49.88 Registered nurses................................................. 22.22 26.00 30.57 35.59 38.91 Therapists........................................................ 24.36 28.29 31.68 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.81 13.13 16.25 22.89 27.96 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 7.21 16.25 22.63 26.35 31.12 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 13.70 17.00 22.12 26.12 29.07 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 14.96 19.00 22.12 25.45 28.78 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.96 12.00 15.32 21.87 21.87 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.43 18.00 19.16 22.29 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.00 8.53 10.30 12.00 14.54 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.00 7.77 9.69 11.00 12.51 Home health aides............................................... 5.90 6.00 6.19 9.72 10.51 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.77 8.44 10.00 11.82 13.08 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 10.00 11.70 14.59 15.31 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 14.85 16.85 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.34 13.22 16.30 22.97 28.37 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.96 13.75 15.88 20.17 20.52 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Police officers................................................... 14.50 18.52 24.06 26.56 29.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 18.52 24.06 26.56 29.21 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 8.33 8.65 10.00 12.52 Security guards................................................. 8.00 8.33 8.65 10.00 12.52 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.00 6.00 8.00 9.54 Cooks............................................................. $6.00 $6.00 $7.80 $8.58 $10.25 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.50 9.00 9.50 10.25 11.59 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.15 6.75 8.75 11.27 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 4.25 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 3.00 4.00 6.60 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.35 3.00 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 7.03 8.95 10.12 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.15 9.24 10.62 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.36 7.00 11.61 13.01 14.49 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.75 6.25 8.00 9.35 10.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.75 6.08 7.85 9.16 10.41 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 6.00 8.02 9.77 10.66 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.07 6.51 7.75 8.65 9.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 6.75 9.00 11.20 33.33 Child care workers................................................ 6.00 6.25 7.00 9.00 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 8.41 13.15 22.12 38.29 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.32 15.20 18.85 33.65 48.09 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.67 11.05 15.86 18.85 21.92 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.53 33.65 33.65 48.09 48.09 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.50 6.69 8.50 11.00 15.67 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 5.50 6.53 8.05 9.55 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 5.50 6.53 8.05 9.55 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.00 6.26 10.73 13.12 21.96 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 6.00 8.50 10.73 10.73 21.96 Parts salespersons............................................ 6.26 6.26 11.30 14.50 19.24 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.01 8.00 9.89 12.50 19.06 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 12.38 15.38 16.26 37.13 48.08 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 14.28 21.64 27.89 43.27 58.78 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 21.67 25.00 41.92 43.27 51.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.93 20.78 23.25 41.56 58.78 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.25 11.20 13.58 16.73 21.41 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 17.50 22.12 28.77 28.77 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.98 13.97 16.73 21.25 Bill and account collectors..................................... 9.00 11.50 12.83 21.25 22.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.37 13.00 14.71 17.25 19.91 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.46 11.54 13.37 14.44 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.50 13.00 16.28 19.36 27.30 File clerks....................................................... 7.50 11.00 11.00 11.50 12.64 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 10.54 13.25 15.87 Dispatchers....................................................... 8.00 10.00 14.29 16.59 23.40 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 8.00 9.10 13.05 16.48 23.40 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 12.00 13.00 13.64 18.72 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... $6.99 $10.00 $11.33 $14.00 $15.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 14.89 16.83 19.93 22.11 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.39 16.50 18.36 21.13 22.72 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.22 14.66 17.03 19.67 21.55 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.00 10.00 11.13 13.15 14.00 Data entry keyers............................................... 9.00 10.31 11.50 14.00 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.25 10.00 12.05 14.57 18.28 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 13.50 19.71 23.75 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.16 19.10 20.19 24.98 28.08 Construction laborers............................................. 8.11 9.50 13.00 13.25 15.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 9.69 13.63 16.39 20.01 21.30 Electricians...................................................... 19.85 21.25 22.05 29.54 29.85 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.50 15.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.01 14.29 19.10 24.70 27.82 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.85 21.59 23.89 28.37 45.73 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.76 14.69 17.34 20.09 27.60 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 14.34 17.30 20.05 27.60 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 12.24 16.00 20.69 22.17 23.98 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 12.87 14.35 17.50 21.87 22.55 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 12.87 14.00 17.83 21.87 22.60 Rail car repairers.............................................. 14.14 15.00 17.12 18.51 21.91 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 7.00 16.20 21.20 24.75 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.53 16.20 18.98 23.82 25.41 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 7.00 9.01 17.54 18.95 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.05 23.98 25.06 27.40 28.28 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.00 12.24 14.95 15.33 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 9.00 9.65 10.00 12.00 12.50 Production occupations.............................................. 8.25 9.50 13.00 19.01 24.90 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.60 19.13 22.44 28.97 34.66 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.45 8.75 10.37 12.10 15.00 Machinists........................................................ 11.50 13.50 15.00 20.65 25.60 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 10.50 11.50 15.00 20.37 24.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 15.00 20.37 24.00 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.63 21.99 26.07 29.78 31.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.60 14.75 20.00 25.96 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.37 11.50 13.20 24.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.28 9.76 12.50 16.00 24.09 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.62 12.22 14.62 18.49 18.49 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.50 12.14 13.55 17.52 20.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 11.08 13.70 19.89 26.17 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.50 14.52 16.69 22.65 27.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.42 12.00 15.44 26.17 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ $8.50 $9.36 $12.28 $15.00 $17.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.40 6.25 8.55 11.52 14.50 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 6.00 7.00 8.50 13.00 14.40 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 8.00 10.00 11.71 15.14 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.25 5.46 5.50 7.00 7.70 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 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $10.00 $14.78 $24.50 $40.53 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 30.44 43.76 54.78 80.77 General and operations managers................................... 27.23 32.76 55.96 74.04 110.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.44 36.06 48.01 96.15 145.67 Marketing managers.............................................. 30.44 34.62 81.04 145.67 145.67 Financial managers................................................ 31.72 43.27 52.89 66.43 91.91 Construction managers............................................. 25.15 27.61 36.25 46.99 54.82 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 11.08 11.08 13.25 57.69 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.87 43.05 51.03 60.40 61.03 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.90 22.90 27.79 42.31 53.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.41 21.64 27.32 39.80 51.98 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 14.50 14.72 19.26 39.43 42.07 Cost estimators................................................... 13.14 13.14 20.96 32.33 34.49 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.78 24.62 24.62 27.00 28.16 Management analysts............................................... 21.07 21.59 27.45 50.95 54.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.17 22.85 27.89 41.97 50.00 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Loan officers................................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.86 27.76 37.50 45.54 54.84 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.72 35.58 43.88 60.10 96.39 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.29 34.95 43.88 57.16 60.10 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.67 32.15 40.44 45.75 49.48 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.79 27.57 35.59 49.92 58.88 Engineers......................................................... 24.14 34.74 42.88 53.85 62.10 Civil engineers................................................. 32.62 41.00 47.52 67.31 70.67 Drafters.......................................................... 15.00 21.25 32.83 32.83 34.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.80 22.00 23.89 30.29 35.77 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.07 21.96 40.22 49.82 58.07 Physical scientists............................................... 19.63 28.49 40.22 50.48 57.69 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 21.96 40.22 40.22 52.24 61.69 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 40.22 40.22 49.82 52.24 62.30 Legal occupations................................................... 10.96 14.13 23.07 32.11 90.00 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers........................................... 23.58 32.73 120.19 162.62 206.51 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.00 8.00 21.18 25.36 27.71 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.72 21.18 25.00 26.39 27.71 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.00 15.00 18.27 23.60 28.23 Designers......................................................... 11.46 15.00 15.00 18.53 25.78 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.25 15.24 21.67 30.00 45.46 Pharmacists....................................................... 45.00 47.60 47.60 47.60 49.88 Registered nurses................................................. 22.73 25.67 30.00 35.30 39.53 Therapists........................................................ 24.21 26.92 31.68 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. $12.50 $14.69 $16.25 $25.33 $31.12 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 16.25 16.25 24.72 31.12 31.12 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.53 17.00 20.54 24.85 28.28 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 17.00 19.00 21.65 26.00 28.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.00 19.40 22.29 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.19 8.40 10.00 11.75 13.89 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.00 7.77 9.36 11.00 12.42 Home health aides............................................... 5.90 6.00 6.19 9.72 10.51 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.77 8.00 9.82 12.01 13.19 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.50 11.13 13.99 15.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.00 9.50 11.50 13.08 15.75 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 8.33 8.50 10.00 12.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 8.33 8.50 10.00 12.00 Security guards................................................. 8.00 8.33 8.50 10.00 12.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.00 6.00 7.79 9.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.00 7.79 8.58 10.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 4.25 7.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.38 3.00 3.00 4.00 6.60 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.15 2.35 3.00 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.35 3.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 6.90 7.76 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.50 9.50 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 2.13 6.75 7.71 11.61 11.61 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.75 6.07 7.50 9.00 10.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.75 6.07 7.50 9.00 10.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 5.75 7.00 9.50 10.41 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.07 6.51 7.75 8.65 9.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 11.00 34.32 Child care workers................................................ 6.00 6.25 6.75 8.00 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 8.41 13.31 22.12 38.29 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.32 15.20 18.85 33.65 48.09 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.67 11.05 15.86 18.85 21.92 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.53 33.65 33.65 48.09 48.09 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.50 6.69 8.50 11.00 15.67 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 5.50 6.53 8.05 9.55 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 5.50 6.53 8.05 9.55 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.00 6.26 10.73 13.12 21.96 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 6.00 8.50 10.73 10.73 21.96 Parts salespersons............................................ 6.26 6.26 11.30 14.50 19.24 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.01 8.00 9.89 12.50 19.06 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 12.38 15.38 16.26 37.13 48.08 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 14.28 21.64 27.89 43.27 58.78 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 21.67 25.00 41.92 43.27 51.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. $12.93 $20.78 $23.25 $41.56 $58.78 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.19 13.41 16.75 21.48 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 17.50 22.12 28.77 28.77 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 12.00 13.99 16.73 21.25 Bill and account collectors..................................... 9.00 11.50 12.83 21.25 22.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.89 13.00 15.38 17.63 19.91 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.46 11.54 13.37 14.44 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.85 12.87 16.28 19.80 27.30 File clerks....................................................... 7.50 11.00 11.00 11.50 12.64 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 10.54 12.85 15.87 Dispatchers....................................................... 8.00 9.00 13.05 19.09 23.40 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 8.00 9.00 13.05 19.09 23.40 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 12.00 13.00 13.50 18.72 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.99 10.00 11.33 14.00 15.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 14.66 17.25 20.50 22.40 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.99 16.72 19.59 21.50 23.08 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.22 14.94 17.55 20.37 22.51 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.00 10.31 11.50 14.00 14.00 Data entry keyers............................................... 9.00 10.31 11.50 14.00 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.93 10.00 12.00 15.22 18.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 13.50 19.75 23.75 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.16 19.10 20.19 24.98 28.08 Construction laborers............................................. 8.11 9.50 13.00 13.25 15.00 Electricians...................................................... 19.85 21.25 22.05 29.54 29.85 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.50 15.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.00 14.45 19.95 25.00 28.28 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.85 21.59 22.61 42.55 45.96 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.00 14.29 17.46 20.32 27.84 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 14.17 17.20 20.09 27.84 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.00 17.00 22.02 23.98 23.98 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 12.87 14.35 17.50 21.87 22.55 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 12.87 14.00 17.83 21.87 22.60 Rail car repairers.............................................. 14.14 15.00 17.12 18.51 21.91 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 7.00 16.00 21.58 24.75 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.05 23.98 25.06 27.40 28.28 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.00 12.86 15.10 16.96 Production occupations.............................................. 8.20 9.50 13.00 19.04 24.90 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.60 19.13 22.44 28.97 34.66 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.45 8.75 10.37 12.10 15.00 Machinists........................................................ 11.50 13.50 15.00 20.65 25.60 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... $10.50 $11.50 $15.00 $20.37 $24.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 15.00 20.37 24.00 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.63 21.99 26.07 29.78 31.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.60 14.75 20.00 25.96 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.37 11.50 13.20 24.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 9.50 12.50 16.00 24.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 11.00 14.00 19.89 26.17 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.50 14.63 19.36 24.00 27.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.42 11.95 15.44 26.17 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.50 9.36 12.28 15.00 17.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.40 6.25 8.50 11.51 14.59 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 6.00 7.00 8.25 13.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 8.00 10.00 11.71 15.14 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.25 5.46 5.50 7.00 7.70 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 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.58 $13.55 $19.66 $29.98 $36.72 Management occupations.............................................. 19.19 26.71 37.13 40.31 45.25 Education administrators.......................................... 30.45 34.09 37.13 40.31 44.90 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.36 34.94 37.54 40.65 44.08 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.66 21.00 22.64 25.24 26.55 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.45 29.46 33.56 36.13 41.24 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.13 15.77 26.52 35.56 39.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.48 15.49 19.29 31.84 37.78 Counselors........................................................ 14.10 17.44 31.49 36.15 40.39 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.10 17.44 31.49 36.15 40.39 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.59 27.09 29.90 34.57 40.08 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.53 30.92 41.10 49.60 64.39 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 34.00 35.53 49.60 67.62 104.23 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.99 25.53 28.39 40.47 44.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.24 28.36 30.63 34.43 38.76 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 27.51 28.40 29.95 33.50 37.97 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.79 28.07 30.10 33.74 38.16 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.02 28.09 30.15 33.72 38.23 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.44 27.73 29.95 33.98 38.05 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.47 28.62 31.16 35.32 39.10 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.27 28.39 30.87 34.86 38.42 Special education teachers...................................... 28.09 29.86 31.46 34.59 39.69 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.67 17.19 29.15 34.46 37.97 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 19.50 22.00 34.46 35.89 35.91 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.02 9.74 11.51 12.70 14.39 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.28 14.87 22.12 30.94 35.91 Registered nurses................................................. 22.04 27.50 31.47 35.78 37.82 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.16 9.93 11.29 13.55 14.97 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.15 11.34 13.33 14.64 15.57 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.40 14.50 16.99 24.06 29.04 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.96 13.75 15.88 20.17 20.52 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Police officers................................................... 14.50 18.52 24.06 26.56 29.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 18.52 24.06 26.56 29.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 9.23 10.05 12.56 14.79 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 9.23 9.24 10.44 12.22 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... $8.00 $9.23 $9.24 $10.44 $12.22 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.28 9.38 12.07 17.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.30 7.93 8.89 9.98 11.94 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.30 7.93 8.89 9.98 11.94 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.65 11.77 12.26 14.56 19.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.85 12.43 14.59 16.44 18.85 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.51 11.37 12.99 14.17 15.80 Dispatchers....................................................... 11.82 14.23 15.00 16.53 18.08 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.55 15.09 16.39 18.25 20.24 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.86 15.71 17.15 19.30 22.06 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.71 13.91 16.32 18.25 19.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.02 10.98 12.28 14.14 15.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.65 11.38 17.54 20.69 23.13 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.05 11.85 12.50 14.40 17.63 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.71 12.22 15.45 18.49 18.65 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.50 12.14 13.55 17.52 20.34 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 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.00 $15.80 $26.39 $40.46 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 30.00 42.25 53.56 78.87 General and operations managers................................... 27.23 32.76 55.96 74.04 110.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.44 36.06 48.01 96.15 145.67 Marketing managers.............................................. 30.44 34.62 81.04 145.67 145.67 Financial managers................................................ 31.72 43.27 52.89 65.31 91.91 Construction managers............................................. 25.15 27.61 36.25 46.99 54.82 Education administrators.......................................... 11.00 11.08 19.19 38.57 48.08 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.36 34.94 37.54 40.65 44.08 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 37.13 37.13 39.78 48.56 55.53 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.87 43.05 51.03 60.40 61.03 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.37 22.90 26.54 42.31 53.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.00 21.52 26.44 38.78 50.95 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 14.50 14.72 19.26 39.43 42.07 Cost estimators................................................... 13.14 13.14 20.96 32.33 34.49 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.50 24.52 24.62 27.00 28.16 Management analysts............................................... 21.07 21.59 27.45 50.95 54.11 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.00 22.64 26.55 40.00 50.00 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Loan officers................................................... 17.66 24.76 30.67 48.10 55.49 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.85 28.11 36.54 44.67 52.22 Computer software engineers....................................... 29.57 33.80 43.00 60.10 83.41 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.29 34.95 43.88 57.16 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.85 23.34 27.32 37.50 37.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.76 32.15 40.15 45.22 49.18 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.25 27.00 35.59 49.92 58.80 Engineers......................................................... 24.14 34.74 42.88 53.85 62.10 Civil engineers................................................. 32.62 41.00 47.52 67.31 70.67 Drafters.......................................................... 15.00 21.25 32.83 32.83 34.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.80 22.00 24.50 29.87 35.18 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.77 20.42 33.72 40.22 52.24 Physical scientists............................................... 21.96 26.81 40.22 49.82 56.19 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 21.96 36.31 40.22 52.24 58.07 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 40.22 40.22 49.82 52.24 62.30 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.02 14.42 17.38 22.61 35.34 Counselors........................................................ 14.42 16.44 25.27 35.73 39.82 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.10 17.44 31.49 36.15 40.39 Social workers.................................................... 14.42 14.48 16.90 19.26 29.50 Legal occupations................................................... 11.00 18.00 23.07 32.11 91.97 Education, training, and library occupations........................ $11.50 $25.89 $29.61 $34.46 $40.52 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.53 31.29 43.90 57.76 120.19 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 34.12 35.53 49.60 76.79 104.23 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 29.56 40.12 54.71 120.19 192.31 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.99 25.53 28.51 39.73 44.89 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 22.58 25.53 25.53 25.89 25.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.82 27.96 30.15 33.99 38.30 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 7.00 9.00 28.71 31.49 36.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.39 27.71 29.90 33.50 38.05 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.06 28.09 30.16 33.77 38.42 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.73 26.39 28.65 31.94 37.78 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.88 28.36 30.89 35.13 39.05 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.57 28.16 30.52 34.62 38.24 Special education teachers...................................... 28.09 29.86 31.46 34.59 39.69 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 12.74 27.63 29.94 35.47 38.61 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 12.98 13.70 31.43 35.02 35.91 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 9.15 10.90 12.60 13.95 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.00 15.00 20.67 25.36 28.85 Designers......................................................... 11.46 15.00 15.00 21.41 25.78 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.25 14.79 21.85 30.06 39.80 Registered nurses................................................. 22.22 26.00 30.68 35.68 39.16 Therapists........................................................ 24.70 27.99 31.92 47.25 47.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.70 13.00 16.25 23.12 27.99 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 7.21 16.25 22.06 27.34 31.12 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 13.70 17.00 22.12 26.12 29.07 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 14.96 19.00 22.12 25.45 28.78 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.43 18.00 19.16 22.29 25.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.08 9.24 10.78 12.11 14.78 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.77 8.50 10.23 11.27 12.73 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.77 8.44 10.00 11.82 13.09 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 10.00 11.70 14.59 15.31 Medical assistants.............................................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 14.85 16.85 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.34 13.99 16.70 24.06 28.87 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.34 13.10 14.44 16.05 16.63 Police officers................................................... 14.50 19.00 24.06 26.56 29.21 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.50 19.00 24.06 26.56 29.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.21 3.75 6.50 8.20 10.00 Cooks............................................................. $6.00 $6.00 $8.20 $8.58 $10.25 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.50 9.00 9.50 10.25 11.59 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.50 7.50 10.00 11.27 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.21 3.35 5.50 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.21 2.38 3.00 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.42 3.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 9.23 10.14 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.40 9.25 10.62 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.75 7.24 11.61 13.47 14.54 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.75 6.50 8.25 9.45 10.76 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.75 6.40 8.10 9.23 10.37 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 6.00 8.45 10.00 11.21 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.07 6.51 7.75 8.65 9.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.25 7.25 9.29 11.50 37.42 Child care workers................................................ 6.25 6.50 7.25 11.00 11.77 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 9.89 16.10 24.69 43.27 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.32 15.20 18.85 33.65 48.09 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.67 11.05 15.86 18.85 21.92 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.53 33.65 33.65 48.09 48.09 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.50 7.25 9.50 12.25 19.06 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 5.50 5.50 7.37 10.76 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 5.50 5.50 7.37 10.76 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.26 10.59 10.73 13.94 21.96 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 10.59 10.73 10.73 11.40 21.96 Parts salespersons............................................ 6.26 6.26 11.30 14.50 19.24 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.00 10.62 13.94 19.99 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 12.38 15.38 16.26 37.13 48.08 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 14.28 21.64 27.89 43.27 58.78 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 21.67 25.00 41.92 43.27 51.28 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.93 20.78 23.25 41.56 58.78 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.50 13.94 17.04 21.41 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.42 17.50 22.12 28.77 28.77 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.20 12.81 14.42 16.73 19.91 Bill and account collectors..................................... 9.00 11.00 14.42 21.25 21.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.75 13.00 14.93 17.60 19.91 Tellers......................................................... 11.25 11.25 12.50 13.67 14.44 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.42 12.98 15.63 19.80 27.30 File clerks....................................................... 10.70 11.00 11.00 11.50 12.64 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.15 10.54 13.67 15.87 Dispatchers....................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.80 $18.08 $23.40 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 8.00 9.00 13.05 21.61 24.17 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 8.86 8.86 8.86 14.25 16.50 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 12.00 13.00 13.64 18.72 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.25 12.00 14.00 15.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 14.90 17.00 20.00 22.19 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.91 16.52 19.19 21.42 22.93 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.22 14.66 17.03 19.67 21.55 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.31 10.31 11.00 13.00 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.26 11.38 12.74 15.41 18.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 13.50 19.71 23.75 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 12.16 19.10 20.19 24.98 28.08 Construction laborers............................................. 8.11 9.50 13.00 13.25 15.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 9.69 13.63 16.39 20.01 21.30 Electricians...................................................... 19.85 21.25 22.05 29.54 29.85 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.50 15.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.62 14.35 19.25 24.75 27.82 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.85 21.59 23.89 28.37 45.73 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.76 14.69 17.34 20.09 27.60 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.00 14.34 17.30 20.05 27.60 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 12.24 16.00 20.69 22.17 23.98 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 12.87 14.35 17.50 21.87 22.55 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 12.87 14.00 17.83 21.87 22.60 Rail car repairers.............................................. 14.14 15.00 17.12 18.51 21.91 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 7.00 7.00 16.20 21.48 24.75 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.53 16.20 18.98 23.82 25.41 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 7.00 12.18 17.00 18.27 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.05 23.98 25.06 27.40 28.28 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.00 10.00 12.24 14.95 15.33 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 9.00 9.65 10.00 12.00 12.50 Production occupations.............................................. 8.25 9.50 13.00 19.13 24.90 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.60 19.13 22.44 28.97 34.66 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.45 8.75 10.37 12.10 15.00 Machinists........................................................ 11.50 13.50 15.00 20.65 25.60 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 10.50 11.50 15.00 20.37 24.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 15.00 20.37 24.00 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 8.63 21.99 26.07 29.78 31.61 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 11.60 14.75 20.00 25.96 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.43 11.50 13.20 24.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $8.00 $10.75 $12.98 $16.64 $24.09 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.70 12.59 14.80 18.49 18.49 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.50 12.11 12.64 14.02 16.21 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.25 11.54 14.00 19.89 26.17 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.50 14.52 16.69 22.65 27.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 10.42 12.00 15.44 26.17 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.50 9.36 12.28 15.00 17.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.46 7.00 9.25 12.41 14.66 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.00 7.75 11.00 13.00 14.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 7.99 10.68 11.85 15.14 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 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $4.25 $6.00 $7.58 $10.41 $15.70 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.53 8.13 12.00 15.00 20.20 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.00 30.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.67 11.00 12.50 16.00 19.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.87 21.87 27.00 32.00 38.23 Registered nurses................................................. 12.00 24.53 27.00 32.00 36.40 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.90 6.00 6.00 7.00 10.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.90 6.00 6.00 7.00 10.00 Home health aides............................................... 5.90 6.00 6.00 6.80 7.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 8.08 9.00 10.50 18.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 5.31 6.90 8.75 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.08 6.15 8.75 8.75 8.84 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 6.50 7.15 7.76 9.16 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.15 7.76 9.16 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.75 6.00 6.50 9.97 33.33 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 6.53 7.49 8.30 9.90 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.53 7.49 8.30 9.70 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 7.15 8.30 8.75 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.15 8.30 8.75 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.69 7.01 7.95 9.00 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.41 10.00 12.14 16.62 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.00 11.50 11.95 22.25 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.00 6.00 6.15 8.00 8.75 Production occupations.............................................. 7.27 7.68 11.10 12.35 15.82 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.25 5.65 7.00 10.85 12.75 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.20 12.22 14.46 18.38 21.48 Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.56 12.78 17.05 19.64 22.86 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.25 5.50 6.25 9.50 11.31 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.65 9.00 9.50 11.00 11.50 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.25 5.25 5.49 5.50 5.65 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. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 2007 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........................................................... $21.04 $15.80 $834 $628 39.7 $42,516 $32,739 2,021 Management occupations.............................................. 44.82 42.25 1,818 1,692 40.6 93,765 85,176 2,092 General and operations managers................................... 59.12 55.96 2,510 2,518 42.5 130,527 130,946 2,208 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 73.34 48.01 2,933 1,921 40.0 152,541 99,867 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 86.56 81.04 3,462 3,242 40.0 180,036 168,569 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 56.25 52.89 2,250 2,115 40.0 117,006 110,001 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 37.54 36.25 1,502 1,450 40.0 78,085 75,400 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 27.04 19.19 1,113 1,214 41.2 53,402 50,502 1,975 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 37.68 37.54 1,507 1,502 40.0 63,955 64,361 1,697 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.96 39.78 1,494 1,485 34.8 71,414 77,235 1,662 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.38 51.03 2,092 2,058 40.7 108,775 107,026 2,117 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.97 26.54 1,279 1,062 40.0 66,500 55,212 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.55 26.44 1,267 1,058 40.2 65,879 54,999 2,088 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 19.26 1,086 770 40.0 56,455 40,061 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 23.84 20.96 953 839 40.0 49,578 43,603 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.00 24.62 1,040 985 40.0 54,072 51,199 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 36.99 27.45 1,494 1,098 40.4 77,709 57,096 2,101 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.90 26.55 1,276 1,062 40.0 66,293 55,228 2,078 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.82 36.54 1,513 1,462 40.0 78,497 75,999 2,075 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.66 43.00 1,986 1,720 40.0 103,294 89,432 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.37 43.88 1,855 1,755 40.0 96,452 91,260 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.42 27.32 1,137 1,093 40.0 58,877 54,402 2,072 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.05 40.15 1,563 1,606 40.0 81,273 83,520 2,081 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.59 35.59 1,555 1,424 40.3 80,826 74,025 2,094 Engineers......................................................... 44.08 42.88 1,781 1,775 40.4 92,623 92,300 2,101 Civil engineers................................................. 51.80 47.52 2,145 1,901 41.4 111,518 98,842 2,153 Drafters.......................................................... 29.10 32.83 1,164 1,313 40.0 60,355 68,284 2,074 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.58 24.50 1,070 1,010 40.3 55,652 52,499 2,094 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.45 33.72 1,434 1,331 40.5 72,424 62,340 2,043 Physical scientists............................................... 41.95 40.22 1,712 1,609 40.8 89,046 83,666 2,123 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 45.95 40.22 1,884 1,609 41.0 97,964 83,666 2,132 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 52.68 49.82 2,181 1,994 41.4 113,394 103,692 2,152 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.25 17.38 804 695 39.7 39,177 36,984 1,935 Counselors........................................................ 26.40 25.27 1,036 1,113 39.3 46,112 47,023 1,747 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.41 31.49 1,111 1,208 39.1 48,011 48,118 1,690 Social workers.................................................... 19.08 16.90 760 678 39.8 38,396 35,485 2,012 Legal occupations................................................... $34.16 $23.07 $1,367 $923 40.0 $71,063 $47,986 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.61 29.61 1,192 1,144 39.0 46,763 43,333 1,528 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 58.81 43.90 2,343 1,756 39.8 107,215 72,927 1,823 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 59.20 49.60 2,314 1,892 39.1 95,540 83,671 1,614 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 95.61 54.71 3,814 2,165 39.9 195,785 111,921 2,048 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 32.45 28.51 1,311 1,152 40.4 61,359 53,851 1,891 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 25.27 25.53 1,005 1,021 39.8 51,869 53,096 2,052 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.60 30.15 1,188 1,163 38.8 44,994 43,698 1,471 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 24.83 28.71 975 1,124 39.3 41,110 43,038 1,656 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.66 29.90 1,193 1,156 38.9 44,558 43,250 1,453 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.02 30.16 1,199 1,160 38.7 44,873 43,494 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.58 28.65 1,174 1,120 39.7 43,604 41,810 1,474 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 30.89 1,235 1,183 38.7 46,339 44,463 1,453 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.57 30.52 1,224 1,180 38.8 45,763 44,125 1,449 Special education teachers...................................... 32.67 31.46 1,247 1,193 38.2 46,689 44,600 1,429 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.91 29.94 1,107 1,138 38.3 43,420 42,700 1,502 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................... 25.91 31.43 1,012 1,226 39.1 44,779 51,036 1,728 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.09 10.90 430 421 38.8 17,003 16,992 1,533 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 20.67 885 827 40.0 46,012 42,994 2,080 Designers......................................................... 17.77 15.00 711 600 40.0 36,963 31,198 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.41 21.85 933 840 39.8 48,131 43,389 2,056 Registered nurses................................................. 30.63 30.68 1,208 1,202 39.5 61,163 60,486 1,997 Therapists........................................................ 35.85 31.92 1,433 1,277 40.0 73,686 65,894 2,056 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.23 16.25 729 650 40.0 37,913 33,800 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.55 22.06 822 882 40.0 42,750 45,885 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.65 22.12 866 885 40.0 45,028 46,010 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.91 22.12 876 885 40.0 45,570 46,010 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.84 19.16 783 766 39.5 40,740 39,853 2,053 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.01 10.78 426 425 38.7 22,154 22,092 2,013 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.21 10.23 390 389 38.2 20,281 20,238 1,987 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.27 10.00 409 399 39.8 21,243 20,738 2,069 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.10 11.70 477 460 39.4 24,787 23,920 2,048 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.14 11.50 482 440 39.7 25,074 22,880 2,065 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.87 16.70 785 729 41.6 39,987 36,795 2,119 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.34 14.44 577 580 40.3 30,016 30,183 2,093 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.34 14.44 577 580 40.3 30,016 30,183 2,093 Police officers................................................... $22.77 $24.06 $910 $962 40.0 $46,151 $50,039 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.77 24.06 910 962 40.0 46,151 50,039 2,027 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.33 6.50 237 240 37.5 12,033 12,480 1,902 Cooks............................................................. 8.02 8.20 298 312 37.1 15,280 16,207 1,905 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.81 9.50 367 360 37.4 17,275 18,720 1,761 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.47 10.00 365 350 38.5 17,415 17,160 1,838 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.90 3.35 145 121 37.1 7,529 6,271 1,931 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.40 2.21 90 86 37.5 4,683 4,455 1,952 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.87 6.00 226 216 38.6 11,767 11,232 2,005 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 7.00 280 270 37.0 13,553 12,740 1,790 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.79 7.40 282 283 36.2 13,339 12,480 1,712 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.98 11.61 439 464 40.0 22,829 24,149 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.52 8.25 318 314 37.3 16,445 16,120 1,930 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.13 8.10 304 310 37.4 15,724 15,746 1,933 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.45 8.45 332 336 39.3 17,105 17,160 2,025 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.72 7.75 271 288 35.1 14,077 14,999 1,823 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.33 9.29 436 365 32.7 22,575 18,968 1,693 Child care workers................................................ 8.23 7.25 301 280 36.6 15,629 14,560 1,898 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.97 16.10 851 640 40.6 44,243 33,288 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 18.85 1,008 800 41.2 52,394 41,600 2,140 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.07 15.86 651 611 40.5 33,844 31,762 2,106 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 39.71 33.65 1,683 1,346 42.4 87,530 70,000 2,204 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.23 9.50 450 371 40.1 23,393 19,282 2,083 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 5.50 279 220 40.0 14,525 11,440 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 5.50 279 220 40.0 14,525 11,440 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.61 10.73 547 429 40.2 28,447 22,314 2,090 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 15.12 10.73 609 429 40.3 31,658 22,314 2,094 Parts salespersons............................................ 11.73 11.30 470 452 40.1 24,456 23,504 2,085 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.97 10.62 519 396 40.0 26,999 20,592 2,082 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 26.22 16.26 1,049 651 40.0 54,540 33,829 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.67 27.89 1,356 1,108 41.5 70,522 57,601 2,159 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 37.90 41.92 1,565 1,731 41.3 81,366 90,002 2,147 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.23 23.25 1,298 1,106 41.6 67,521 57,499 2,162 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.99 13.94 595 553 39.7 30,675 28,434 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.96 22.12 959 885 40.0 49,846 45,999 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.08 14.42 601 573 39.8 31,211 29,779 2,069 Bill and account collectors..................................... $15.33 $14.42 $613 $577 40.0 $31,878 $29,994 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.49 14.93 618 597 39.9 32,101 30,961 2,072 Tellers......................................................... 12.73 12.50 509 500 40.0 26,485 26,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.33 15.63 685 625 39.5 35,531 32,500 2,050 File clerks....................................................... 11.27 11.00 447 440 39.6 23,222 22,880 2,060 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.66 10.54 455 413 39.0 23,668 21,461 2,030 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.91 14.80 605 603 40.6 31,457 31,366 2,111 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.61 13.05 584 522 40.0 30,394 27,144 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 11.26 8.86 450 354 40.0 23,420 18,420 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 13.00 547 520 39.6 28,458 27,040 2,059 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.93 12.00 477 480 40.0 24,811 24,956 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.39 17.00 695 680 40.0 35,762 34,784 2,056 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.22 19.19 769 768 40.0 39,973 39,915 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.35 17.03 693 681 39.9 35,101 33,925 2,023 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.47 11.00 453 415 39.5 23,573 21,570 2,055 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.30 12.74 526 505 39.5 25,912 24,960 1,948 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.84 13.50 634 540 40.0 32,956 28,080 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.00 20.19 840 808 40.0 43,679 41,995 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.76 13.00 470 520 40.0 24,466 27,040 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.38 16.39 655 656 40.0 34,069 34,091 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 23.93 22.05 957 882 40.0 49,767 45,864 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 12.00 493 480 40.0 25,626 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.52 19.25 785 780 40.2 40,711 40,560 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 28.79 23.89 1,152 956 40.0 59,884 49,691 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.87 17.34 786 738 41.7 40,876 38,399 2,167 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.63 17.30 776 717 41.6 40,327 37,287 2,165 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.29 20.69 772 828 40.0 40,121 43,035 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 17.68 17.50 707 700 40.0 36,783 36,400 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.99 17.83 719 713 40.0 37,414 37,080 2,080 Rail car repairers.............................................. 17.10 17.12 684 685 40.0 35,563 35,616 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.94 16.20 640 648 40.2 32,700 33,696 2,052 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.50 18.98 780 759 40.0 37,583 36,483 1,927 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.84 12.18 474 487 40.0 24,572 25,332 2,075 Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.90 25.06 996 1,002 40.0 51,794 52,125 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.72 12.24 509 490 40.0 26,390 25,463 2,074 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.47 10.00 419 400 40.0 21,657 20,800 2,069 Production occupations.............................................. 15.19 13.00 607 520 40.0 31,571 27,040 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... $25.23 $22.44 $1,009 $898 40.0 $52,481 $46,671 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.04 10.37 442 415 40.0 22,970 21,572 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 16.66 15.00 667 600 40.0 34,659 31,200 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.77 15.00 631 600 40.0 32,811 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.77 15.00 631 600 40.0 32,811 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... $24.37 $26.07 $975 $1,043 40.0 $50,687 $54,226 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.03 14.75 681 590 40.0 35,417 30,680 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.97 11.50 513 460 39.5 26,681 23,920 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.91 12.98 595 518 39.9 30,797 26,790 2,066 Bus drivers....................................................... 14.98 14.80 524 504 35.0 22,412 16,222 1,496 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.38 12.64 397 383 29.7 14,367 13,702 1,074 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.21 14.00 657 560 40.5 34,155 29,120 2,107 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.99 16.69 782 720 41.2 40,661 37,440 2,141 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.87 12.00 555 480 40.0 28,851 24,960 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.24 12.28 490 491 40.0 25,462 25,542 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.82 9.25 392 370 39.9 20,363 19,240 2,074 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.79 11.00 432 440 40.0 22,439 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.28 10.68 408 396 39.7 21,232 20,592 2,066 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.81 $15.38 $825 $611 39.7 $42,861 $31,776 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 46.14 43.76 1,875 1,750 40.6 97,407 91,021 2,111 General and operations managers................................... 59.12 55.96 2,510 2,518 42.5 130,527 130,946 2,208 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 73.34 48.01 2,933 1,921 40.0 152,541 99,867 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 86.56 81.04 3,462 3,242 40.0 180,036 168,569 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 56.82 52.89 2,273 2,115 40.0 118,193 110,001 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 37.54 36.25 1,502 1,450 40.0 78,085 75,400 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 20.68 11.08 867 530 41.9 44,469 28,800 2,150 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.38 51.03 2,092 2,058 40.7 108,775 107,026 2,117 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.65 27.79 1,346 1,112 40.0 69,996 57,803 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.05 27.32 1,288 1,093 40.2 66,970 56,826 2,089 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 19.26 1,086 770 40.0 56,455 40,061 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 23.84 20.96 953 839 40.0 49,578 43,603 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.71 24.62 1,068 985 40.0 55,551 51,199 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 36.99 27.45 1,494 1,098 40.4 77,709 57,096 2,101 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.93 28.85 1,317 1,154 40.0 68,494 60,000 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.55 37.50 1,542 1,500 40.0 80,173 78,000 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 51.31 43.88 2,053 1,755 40.0 106,732 91,260 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.37 43.88 1,855 1,755 40.0 96,452 91,260 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.59 40.44 1,585 1,618 40.0 82,424 84,124 2,082 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.02 35.59 1,573 1,424 40.3 81,742 74,025 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 44.08 42.88 1,781 1,775 40.4 92,623 92,300 2,101 Civil engineers................................................. 51.80 47.52 2,145 1,901 41.4 111,518 98,842 2,153 Drafters.......................................................... 29.10 32.83 1,164 1,313 40.0 60,355 68,284 2,074 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.65 24.04 1,074 980 40.3 55,854 50,960 2,096 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 39.48 40.22 1,604 1,609 40.6 83,411 83,666 2,113 Physical scientists............................................... 43.86 40.22 1,796 1,609 40.9 93,370 83,666 2,129 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 49.01 40.22 2,018 1,609 41.2 104,938 83,666 2,141 Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............ 52.68 49.82 2,181 1,994 41.4 113,394 103,692 2,152 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.81 14.42 592 577 40.0 30,800 30,000 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 34.16 23.07 1,367 923 40.0 71,063 47,986 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers........................................... 118.99 120.19 4,967 4,808 41.7 238,582 249,995 2,005 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.13 21.18 783 908 41.0 32,347 35,501 1,691 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... $19.65 $18.27 $786 $731 40.0 $40,879 $38,000 2,080 Designers......................................................... 17.15 15.00 686 600 40.0 35,665 31,198 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.42 20.57 932 807 39.8 48,464 41,954 2,069 Registered nurses................................................. 30.46 30.00 1,199 1,186 39.4 62,346 61,672 2,047 Therapists........................................................ 35.99 31.92 1,440 1,277 40.0 74,866 66,394 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.68 16.25 787 650 40.0 40,943 33,800 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.98 20.54 839 822 40.0 43,645 42,723 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.26 21.65 890 866 40.0 46,306 45,032 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.09 19.40 792 775 39.4 41,208 40,310 2,051 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.79 10.75 414 400 38.4 21,528 20,800 1,995 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.13 10.30 383 375 37.8 19,923 19,490 1,967 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.16 9.82 404 391 39.7 20,992 20,322 2,066 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.76 11.13 461 432 39.2 23,949 22,464 2,037 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.85 11.50 470 432 39.7 24,446 22,464 2,063 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.99 6.00 226 240 37.7 11,729 12,480 1,957 Cooks............................................................. 7.87 8.00 293 312 37.3 15,239 16,207 1,937 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.90 3.35 145 121 37.1 7,529 6,271 1,931 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.40 2.21 90 86 37.5 4,683 4,455 1,952 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.87 6.00 226 216 38.6 11,767 11,232 2,005 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.16 6.75 271 270 37.9 14,115 14,040 1,970 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.27 7.00 270 245 37.1 14,025 12,740 1,928 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.94 7.68 292 288 36.7 15,159 14,999 1,909 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 7.85 294 288 37.0 15,266 14,999 1,922 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.17 8.25 319 300 39.1 16,596 15,600 2,032 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.72 7.75 271 288 35.1 14,077 14,999 1,823 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.33 9.15 430 365 32.3 22,342 18,968 1,677 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.99 16.10 852 644 40.6 44,285 33,480 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.48 18.85 1,008 800 41.2 52,394 41,600 2,140 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.07 15.86 651 611 40.5 33,844 31,762 2,106 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 39.71 33.65 1,683 1,346 42.4 87,530 70,000 2,204 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.23 9.50 450 371 40.1 23,392 19,277 2,083 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.98 5.50 279 220 40.0 14,525 11,440 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 6.98 5.50 279 220 40.0 14,525 11,440 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.61 10.73 547 429 40.2 28,447 22,314 2,090 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 15.12 10.73 609 429 40.3 31,658 22,314 2,094 Parts salespersons............................................ 11.73 11.30 470 452 40.1 24,456 23,504 2,085 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.98 10.62 520 396 40.0 27,028 20,592 2,082 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... $26.22 $16.26 $1,049 $651 40.0 $54,540 $33,829 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.67 27.89 1,356 1,108 41.5 70,522 57,601 2,159 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 37.90 41.92 1,565 1,731 41.3 81,366 90,002 2,147 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.23 23.25 1,298 1,106 41.6 67,521 57,499 2,162 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.01 13.71 595 547 39.7 30,947 28,434 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.96 22.12 959 885 40.0 49,846 45,999 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.21 14.44 605 578 39.8 31,482 30,037 2,070 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.51 15.63 620 625 40.0 32,265 32,510 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.70 15.50 626 620 39.9 32,560 32,240 2,074 Tellers......................................................... 12.73 12.50 509 500 40.0 26,485 26,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.33 16.28 684 651 39.5 35,464 32,864 2,046 File clerks....................................................... 11.30 11.00 447 440 39.6 23,257 22,880 2,058 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.62 10.54 453 410 39.0 23,581 21,320 2,029 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.75 13.05 590 522 40.0 30,679 27,144 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.75 13.05 590 522 40.0 30,679 27,144 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.73 13.00 544 520 39.6 28,267 27,040 2,058 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.93 12.00 477 480 40.0 24,811 24,956 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.53 17.50 701 700 40.0 36,467 36,400 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.68 19.66 787 786 40.0 40,935 40,893 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.75 17.55 710 702 40.0 36,916 36,500 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.59 13.31 538 532 39.6 27,957 27,685 2,057 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.86 13.50 634 540 40.0 32,992 28,080 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 21.00 20.19 840 808 40.0 43,679 41,995 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.76 13.00 470 520 40.0 24,466 27,040 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 23.93 22.05 957 882 40.0 49,767 45,864 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 12.00 493 480 40.0 25,626 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.79 19.95 797 801 40.3 41,315 41,652 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 29.52 22.61 1,181 904 40.0 61,404 47,029 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.02 17.46 798 757 41.9 41,493 39,379 2,181 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.76 17.20 787 735 42.0 40,929 38,194 2,182 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.17 22.02 807 881 40.0 41,949 45,795 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 17.68 17.50 707 700 40.0 36,783 36,400 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.99 17.83 719 713 40.0 37,414 37,080 2,080 Rail car repairers.............................................. 17.10 17.12 684 685 40.0 35,563 35,616 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.44 16.00 621 640 40.2 31,642 32,011 2,050 Line installers and repairers..................................... $24.90 $25.06 $996 $1,002 40.0 $51,794 $52,125 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.18 12.86 527 514 40.0 27,418 26,749 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.20 13.00 607 520 40.0 31,582 27,040 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.23 22.44 1,009 898 40.0 52,481 46,671 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.04 10.37 442 415 40.0 22,970 21,572 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 16.66 15.00 667 600 40.0 34,659 31,200 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.77 15.00 631 600 40.0 32,811 31,200 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.77 15.00 631 600 40.0 32,811 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.37 26.07 975 1,043 40.0 50,687 54,226 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.03 14.75 681 590 40.0 35,417 30,680 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.97 11.50 513 460 39.5 26,681 23,920 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 13.00 602 520 40.0 31,308 27,040 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.33 14.50 662 580 40.5 34,434 30,160 2,108 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.27 19.36 794 802 41.2 41,309 41,708 2,143 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.89 11.95 555 478 40.0 28,886 24,856 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.24 12.28 490 491 40.0 25,462 25,542 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.80 9.25 391 370 39.9 20,313 19,240 2,074 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.71 11.00 428 440 40.0 22,276 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.33 10.90 410 420 39.7 21,332 21,861 2,066 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 2007 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........................................................... $22.49 $20.03 $891 $810 39.6 $40,608 $40,481 1,805 Management occupations.............................................. 34.30 37.13 1,372 1,485 40.0 66,925 65,470 1,951 Education administrators.......................................... 36.92 37.13 1,477 1,485 40.0 64,702 64,361 1,752 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 37.68 37.54 1,507 1,502 40.0 63,955 64,361 1,697 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.58 22.64 903 906 40.0 46,741 46,548 2,070 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.98 33.83 1,319 1,353 40.0 67,578 68,199 2,049 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.20 26.52 1,050 1,061 40.1 49,784 54,675 1,900 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.50 19.29 928 774 39.5 43,653 42,376 1,857 Counselors........................................................ 28.41 31.49 1,111 1,208 39.1 48,011 48,118 1,690 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.41 31.49 1,111 1,208 39.1 48,011 48,118 1,690 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.91 29.95 1,159 1,158 38.7 44,803 43,659 1,498 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.93 42.89 1,730 1,667 39.4 78,317 71,637 1,783 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 32.91 28.48 1,314 1,139 39.9 62,372 53,928 1,895 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.58 30.63 1,221 1,178 38.6 45,931 44,116 1,454 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.07 29.95 1,213 1,179 39.0 47,927 44,600 1,542 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.00 30.10 1,199 1,160 38.7 44,856 43,398 1,447 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.97 30.15 1,197 1,160 38.7 44,780 43,375 1,446 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.13 29.95 1,207 1,163 38.8 45,157 43,500 1,451 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.27 31.16 1,247 1,190 38.6 46,812 44,771 1,450 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.99 30.87 1,237 1,189 38.7 46,273 44,463 1,447 Special education teachers...................................... 32.67 31.46 1,247 1,193 38.2 46,689 44,600 1,429 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 31.03 31.22 1,181 1,171 38.1 44,872 43,787 1,446 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.59 11.57 447 445 38.6 16,911 16,606 1,459 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.36 22.12 937 902 40.1 46,773 45,843 2,002 Registered nurses................................................. 30.99 31.47 1,228 1,249 39.6 58,833 58,240 1,899 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.83 11.29 473 452 40.0 24,606 23,483 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.14 13.33 526 533 40.0 27,334 27,726 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.51 17.15 817 760 41.9 41,564 38,551 2,131 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.34 14.44 577 580 40.3 30,016 30,183 2,093 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.34 14.44 577 580 40.3 30,016 30,183 2,093 Police officers................................................... 22.77 24.06 910 962 40.0 46,151 50,039 2,027 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.77 24.06 910 962 40.0 46,151 50,039 2,027 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.92 10.14 383 333 35.1 14,952 11,966 1,370 Fast food and counter workers..................................... $9.75 $9.24 $322 $323 33.0 $11,723 $11,966 1,202 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.75 9.24 322 323 33.0 11,723 11,966 1,202 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.08 9.46 443 378 40.0 22,473 19,469 2,028 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.28 8.95 371 358 40.0 18,626 18,054 2,007 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.28 8.95 371 358 40.0 18,626 18,054 2,007 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.81 14.62 591 587 39.9 28,482 28,881 1,923 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.33 12.99 533 520 40.0 27,359 27,034 2,052 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.25 15.00 640 652 41.9 33,257 33,910 2,181 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.89 16.39 674 656 39.9 33,339 32,634 1,973 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.83 17.15 713 686 40.0 37,093 35,676 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.88 16.32 631 653 39.8 29,126 30,148 1,834 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.48 12.28 492 489 39.4 21,049 20,618 1,687 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.20 17.68 688 707 40.0 35,593 36,483 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.15 12.50 508 485 38.6 24,905 25,128 1,894 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.33 15.97 525 482 34.2 21,923 15,347 1,430 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.38 12.64 397 383 29.7 14,367 13,702 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. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $19.92 $17.22 $19.13 $26.69 Management, professional, and related...... 35.09 30.12 35.95 39.82 Management, business, and financial...... 40.17 37.90 39.67 43.44 Professional and related................. 31.59 24.50 32.79 37.79 Service.................................... 7.76 7.51 6.43 12.37 Sales and office........................... 16.28 15.56 16.71 17.68 Sales and related........................ 18.94 17.22 20.54 26.88 Office and administrative support........ 14.70 14.23 14.18 15.99 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.45 16.20 18.19 18.46 Construction and extraction............. 15.86 15.72 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.79 16.78 21.67 24.16 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.82 13.37 15.78 16.91 Production............................... 15.16 14.54 15.27 16.79 Transportation and material moving....... 14.47 12.44 16.57 17.00 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........................................................... 3.6 6.4 4.2 7.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.4 12.8 6.2 5.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.4 8.5 11.9 6.8 Professional and related.......................................... 7.8 18.6 8.3 6.8 Service............................................................. 2.0 4.1 3.3 7.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 5.2 10.0 9.3 Sales and related................................................. 8.5 9.6 19.6 24.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 4.5 3.6 4.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.0 4.4 5.5 20.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.4 6.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.2 10.7 4.1 8.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.8 5.1 4.5 10.4 Production........................................................ 4.0 6.6 4.8 11.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 5.1 4.3 19.3 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. 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 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 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.92 $13.67 $712 $540 39.7 $36,934 $28,080 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 41.47 36.25 1,701 1,450 41.0 88,433 75,400 2,132 General and operations managers................................... 49.78 50.26 2,101 2,011 42.2 109,243 104,547 2,194 Financial managers................................................ 54.96 52.89 2,199 2,115 40.0 114,322 110,001 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.11 27.89 1,296 1,115 40.3 67,368 58,001 2,098 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.37 27.89 1,375 1,115 40.0 71,485 58,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.90 24.04 1,436 962 40.0 74,667 49,999 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 24.06 1,327 962 40.0 68,809 50,045 2,075 Engineers......................................................... 39.98 50.15 1,600 2,006 40.0 83,216 104,310 2,081 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.10 8.50 615 340 40.7 27,063 26,650 1,793 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.66 21.18 724 839 41.0 30,042 34,499 1,701 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.12 15.32 799 613 39.7 41,555 31,861 2,065 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.88 10.30 404 400 37.2 21,025 20,800 1,933 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.98 11.50 467 432 38.9 24,260 22,464 2,025 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.75 11.00 466 432 39.6 24,226 22,464 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.33 6.50 232 240 36.6 12,059 12,480 1,905 Cooks............................................................. 7.40 7.20 270 270 36.5 14,053 14,040 1,898 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.20 2.38 110 86 34.2 5,701 4,455 1,780 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.81 7.50 293 230 37.6 15,262 11,960 1,955 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.82 7.38 299 270 38.3 15,552 14,040 1,989 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.73 7.36 288 290 37.3 14,965 15,080 1,937 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.21 16.64 786 654 40.9 40,875 33,993 2,127 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 26.16 21.92 1,069 877 40.9 55,600 45,600 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.50 15.20 620 608 40.0 32,241 31,616 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.20 8.00 371 320 40.3 19,290 16,640 2,096 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.25 10.73 452 429 40.2 23,504 22,314 2,089 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.93 10.25 487 380 40.8 25,311 19,760 2,122 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.20 22.15 1,195 1,024 42.4 62,157 53,248 2,204 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 25.08 22.15 1,065 886 42.4 55,362 46,076 2,207 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.55 13.50 574 540 39.4 29,829 28,080 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.40 19.23 816 769 40.0 42,430 40,000 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. $14.48 $13.67 $577 $547 39.9 $30,025 $28,434 2,073 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.45 13.00 613 520 39.7 31,864 27,040 2,063 Tellers......................................................... 13.09 13.37 523 535 40.0 27,220 27,812 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.70 18.39 735 733 39.3 37,981 37,744 2,031 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.53 10.50 449 406 39.0 23,366 21,118 2,027 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.52 11.00 461 440 40.0 23,964 22,880 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.86 15.99 674 639 40.0 35,070 33,251 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.39 19.47 776 779 40.0 40,338 40,500 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.91 12.00 508 480 39.3 26,404 24,960 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.72 14.00 629 560 40.0 32,693 29,120 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 19.12 20.00 765 800 40.0 39,780 41,600 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.15 11.00 446 440 40.0 23,198 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.78 15.94 678 648 40.4 35,025 33,696 2,088 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.58 17.31 750 757 42.6 38,978 39,379 2,217 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 10.77 7.00 431 280 40.0 21,754 14,560 2,019 Production occupations.............................................. 14.58 13.00 583 520 40.0 30,329 27,040 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.04 17.75 722 710 40.0 37,522 36,920 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.83 12.25 519 490 40.5 27,007 25,480 2,105 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.20 12.25 539 490 40.8 28,036 25,480 2,123 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.24 15.00 688 600 42.4 35,789 31,200 2,203 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.46 11.38 458 455 40.0 23,829 23,670 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.29 9.36 412 374 40.0 21,410 19,458 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.90 11.00 436 440 40.0 22,669 22,880 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. 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 2007 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........................................................... $23.30 $17.79 $923 $699 39.6 $47,978 $36,400 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 49.60 46.44 2,002 1,858 40.4 103,944 96,595 2,095 General and operations managers................................... 63.49 62.03 2,703 2,713 42.6 140,580 141,080 2,214 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 60.20 48.01 2,408 1,921 40.0 125,206 99,867 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 57.92 55.29 2,317 2,212 40.0 120,463 115,001 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.33 52.91 2,223 2,151 40.9 115,591 111,842 2,128 Medical and health services managers.............................. 34.61 35.10 1,385 1,404 40.0 71,998 73,008 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.02 26.44 1,284 1,058 40.1 66,749 54,999 2,085 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.14 19.26 1,086 770 40.0 56,455 40,061 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 29.89 24.89 1,196 995 40.0 62,174 51,761 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.69 24.62 1,068 985 40.0 55,514 51,199 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 40.89 36.87 1,657 1,622 40.5 86,182 84,359 2,108 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.97 30.10 1,279 1,204 40.0 66,497 62,612 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 34.76 30.67 1,390 1,227 40.0 72,297 63,802 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.53 40.15 1,581 1,606 40.0 82,203 83,520 2,079 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.61 39.71 1,704 1,588 40.0 88,632 82,601 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.50 39.49 1,740 1,580 40.0 90,478 82,139 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.59 40.44 1,585 1,618 40.0 82,424 84,124 2,082 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.56 36.61 1,638 1,468 40.4 85,180 76,321 2,100 Engineers......................................................... 44.84 42.30 1,816 1,755 40.5 94,407 91,243 2,105 Civil engineers................................................. 51.95 47.52 2,148 1,901 41.3 111,677 98,842 2,150 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.48 25.24 1,110 1,010 40.4 57,714 52,499 2,100 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 38.51 28.90 1,540 1,156 40.0 80,095 60,118 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 43.06 28.45 1,722 1,138 40.0 89,559 59,176 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 56.45 50.48 2,258 2,019 40.0 117,423 105,000 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers........................................... 118.99 120.19 4,967 4,808 41.7 238,582 249,995 2,005 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.83 18.53 793 741 40.0 41,246 38,547 2,080 Designers......................................................... 17.57 15.00 703 600 40.0 36,548 31,198 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.77 25.70 1,067 1,028 39.9 55,501 53,460 2,073 Registered nurses................................................. 30.82 30.28 1,229 1,200 39.9 63,902 62,400 2,073 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.33 19.06 813 762 40.0 42,282 39,645 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.28 21.65 851 866 40.0 44,266 45,032 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.86 22.97 914 919 40.0 47,551 47,778 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.40 18.45 727 723 39.5 37,818 37,581 2,056 Healthcare support occupations...................................... $10.69 $10.94 $425 $437 39.8 $22,117 $22,714 2,069 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.58 10.61 420 424 39.7 21,853 22,048 2,066 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.66 11.00 423 437 39.7 21,988 22,714 2,063 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.58 5.15 217 193 38.9 11,305 10,043 2,024 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.23 3.75 164 130 38.7 8,512 6,760 2,012 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.45 2.15 96 86 39.1 4,970 4,472 2,032 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.20 7.00 246 280 39.7 12,776 14,560 2,060 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.05 8.15 290 303 36.0 15,076 15,746 1,872 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.05 8.15 289 302 36.0 15,053 15,725 1,871 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.03 8.50 359 342 39.7 18,643 17,805 2,064 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.34 7.21 247 238 33.7 12,864 12,350 1,754 Personal care and service occupations............................... 24.09 16.35 617 658 25.6 32,097 34,194 1,332 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.02 15.86 961 618 40.0 49,986 32,157 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.05 18.55 879 716 41.8 45,703 37,253 2,171 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.86 16.40 695 649 41.2 36,155 33,738 2,144 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.66 10.80 543 400 39.7 28,227 20,800 2,067 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.33 9.89 413 396 40.0 21,484 20,571 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.33 9.89 413 396 40.0 21,484 20,571 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.53 10.79 536 396 39.7 27,895 20,592 2,062 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 40.88 39.26 1,635 1,570 40.0 85,030 81,665 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 42.94 54.16 1,717 2,166 40.0 89,308 112,655 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 13.83 615 553 39.9 32,000 28,735 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.85 28.77 1,154 1,151 40.0 60,006 59,833 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.90 15.50 632 620 39.8 32,876 32,240 2,068 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.81 15.50 633 620 40.0 32,890 32,240 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.70 14.42 623 564 39.7 32,416 29,307 2,065 File clerks....................................................... 11.55 11.75 453 460 39.2 23,555 23,920 2,040 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.98 12.00 469 446 39.1 24,377 23,213 2,036 Dispatchers....................................................... 13.38 13.05 535 522 40.0 27,834 27,144 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 13.38 13.05 535 522 40.0 27,834 27,144 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.57 12.00 463 480 40.0 24,066 24,960 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.32 12.00 493 480 40.0 25,626 24,956 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.21 18.27 728 731 40.0 37,872 38,002 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.08 20.19 803 808 40.0 41,766 41,999 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.94 17.82 717 713 40.0 37,306 37,066 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.57 13.70 582 548 39.9 30,239 28,496 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $15.94 $13.25 $638 $530 40.0 $33,157 $27,560 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.52 27.44 981 1,098 40.0 50,993 57,077 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.36 13.25 494 530 40.0 25,710 27,560 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 23.93 22.05 957 882 40.0 49,767 45,864 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.86 12.00 474 480 40.0 24,659 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.54 22.02 905 881 40.1 47,045 45,795 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 32.18 22.61 1,287 904 40.0 66,927 47,029 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 18.72 17.93 749 717 40.0 38,943 37,294 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 24.54 23.75 997 950 40.6 51,830 49,400 2,112 Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 13.00 624 520 39.9 32,429 27,040 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.94 25.00 1,078 1,000 40.0 56,037 52,000 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.49 10.37 460 415 40.0 23,904 21,572 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 17.75 16.50 710 660 40.0 36,910 34,320 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.17 17.33 687 693 40.0 35,707 36,046 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.17 17.33 687 693 40.0 35,707 36,046 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.60 14.44 624 578 40.0 32,453 30,033 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.05 9.91 514 396 39.4 26,706 20,602 2,047 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.57 15.13 694 605 39.5 36,092 31,470 2,054 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.65 22.25 867 890 40.1 45,090 46,280 2,083 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.38 21.18 897 847 40.1 46,657 44,063 2,085 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.54 14.21 542 568 40.0 28,164 29,557 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.19 8.00 366 320 39.8 19,030 16,640 2,070 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.71 10.90 385 420 39.6 20,018 21,861 2,061 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 2007 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........................................................... $24.47 $24.95 – $20.06 $19.72 $22.34 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 33.50 35.10 28.30 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 39.40 40.17 31.39 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 30.43 31.60 27.85 Service............................................................. 24.26 25.56 – 8.55 7.24 14.47 Sales and office.................................................... 25.19 25.41 – 15.94 16.02 14.74 Sales and related................................................. – – – 18.27 18.29 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.30 16.28 – 14.66 14.65 14.78 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.89 25.99 – 16.48 16.49 16.35 Construction and extraction...................................... 25.76 25.76 – 15.30 15.31 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.95 26.10 – 18.18 18.41 16.61 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 23.09 23.68 – 13.99 14.03 13.06 Production........................................................ 24.13 24.13 – 14.60 14.60 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.56 23.43 – 13.37 13.40 13.03 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 8.8 10.0 – 3.2 3.7 2.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.3 5.4 2.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.1 5.4 6.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 5.3 7.8 2.2 Service............................................................. 3.1 5.3 – 2.0 1.9 2.9 Sales and office.................................................... 41.8 42.3 – 3.0 3.2 3.5 Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.2 7.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 14.6 15.2 – 2.3 2.5 3.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 3.9 – 4.3 4.6 8.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.1 5.1 – 4.0 4.1 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.7 3.9 – 5.7 6.5 9.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.7 11.4 – 2.5 2.6 4.0 Production........................................................ .5 .5 – 2.6 2.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.5 18.4 – 4.7 5.0 4.1 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 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.89 $19.51 $26.50 $26.50 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.22 34.75 53.90 53.90 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.77 39.50 60.46 60.46 Professional and related.......................................... 30.40 31.56 – – Service............................................................. 9.38 7.75 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.79 14.79 26.69 26.69 Sales and related................................................. 14.94 14.95 29.92 29.92 Office and administrative support................................. 14.72 14.71 14.35 14.35 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.25 17.29 20.45 20.45 Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.77 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.39 19.77 19.94 19.94 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.54 14.59 19.96 19.96 Production........................................................ 15.07 15.08 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 14.07 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.1 3.7 12.3 12.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.4 5.6 35.5 35.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.6 6.0 38.9 38.9 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 2.2 2.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.5 12.5 12.5 Sales and related................................................. 9.8 9.9 14.1 14.1 Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 2.6 4.4 4.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.6 6.0 7.1 7.1 Construction and extraction...................................... – 3.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 6.7 6.1 6.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.9 4.1 6.9 6.9 Production........................................................ 4.2 4.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.4 8.0 – – 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 2007 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........................................................... - - - $27.98 - - $18.41 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - – - - 26.40 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - – - - 26.76 - - Professional and related.......................................... - - - – - - 26.33 - - Service............................................................. - - - – - - 9.42 - - Sales and office.................................................... - - - 29.93 - - 14.18 - - Sales and related................................................. - - - – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - - - 17.73 - - 14.17 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - 25.14 - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - 25.14 - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - 19.67 - - – - - Production........................................................ - - - 19.68 - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - – - - – - - 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........................................................... - - - 32.0 - - 6.5 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - – - - 6.7 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - – - - 17.4 - - Professional and related.......................................... - - - – - - 10.7 - - Service............................................................. - - - – - - 4.9 - - Sales and office.................................................... - - - 45.4 - - 1.1 - - Sales and related................................................. - - - – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - - - 27.2 - - 1.1 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - .2 - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - .2 - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - 14.8 - - – - - Production........................................................ - - - 16.5 - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - – - - – - - 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,338,100 2,003,400 334,700 Management, professional, and related............................... 693,500 502,000 191,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 218,900 198,600 20,300 Professional and related.......................................... 474,700 303,400 171,300 Service............................................................. 395,900 323,300 72,600 Sales and office.................................................... 659,000 617,500 41,500 Sales and related................................................. 242,800 242,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 416,200 375,100 41,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 230,200 217,500 12,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 133,700 132,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 95,000 83,200 11,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 359,600 343,100 16,500 Production........................................................ 171,200 170,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 188,400 172,600 15,900 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA, January 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 87,743 86,443 1,299 Total in sample....................................................... 752 672 80 Responding........................................................ 445 369 76 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 188 184 4 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 119 119 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.