NC BL 09/00/2007 Table: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL, Bulletin 3140-15, January 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $20.50 3.2 36.6 $20.28 3.7 36.4 $22.02 2.9 38.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.26 1.9 39.1 33.60 1.9 39.3 27.43 3.4 38.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.26 3.2 41.0 35.74 3.4 41.2 30.50 5.3 39.6 Professional and related.......................................... 30.48 2.0 38.1 31.97 2.2 38.0 26.86 3.6 38.5 Service............................................................. 11.32 4.0 32.9 10.05 3.9 31.5 16.09 3.8 39.1 Sales and office.................................................... 16.86 4.3 35.5 16.86 4.5 35.3 16.86 10.6 38.9 Sales and related................................................. 18.04 9.4 33.0 18.04 9.4 33.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.19 2.5 37.0 16.14 2.5 36.9 16.86 10.6 38.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.20 5.6 40.3 19.35 6.1 40.4 17.61 9.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.12 8.4 40.0 18.17 9.3 40.0 17.68 11.3 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.14 4.7 40.6 20.33 5.0 40.6 17.51 6.4 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.69 11.6 36.8 15.67 12.1 37.1 16.05 8.6 30.7 Production........................................................ 15.48 4.7 38.8 15.43 4.8 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.81 18.0 35.7 15.82 19.0 36.1 15.57 8.0 29.8 Full time........................................................... 21.73 3.2 39.9 21.62 3.6 39.9 22.41 3.0 39.8 Part time........................................................... 10.35 4.5 21.8 10.20 4.7 21.8 13.18 18.6 21.6 Union............................................................... 24.53 16.8 37.7 24.89 18.3 37.4 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.26 3.0 36.6 20.00 3.5 36.3 22.07 2.9 38.3 Time................................................................ 19.98 3.2 36.5 19.66 3.7 36.2 22.02 2.9 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 26.88 8.6 38.1 26.88 8.6 38.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.59 4.4 36.0 18.56 4.5 36.0 20.29 17.6 39.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.88 6.1 37.0 20.15 6.6 36.9 17.04 9.5 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 23.77 5.3 37.3 23.98 7.5 36.7 23.31 2.4 38.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $20.50 3.2 $21.73 3.2 $10.35 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.92 3.9 39.03 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.37 8.0 21.37 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.39 6.3 27.39 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.62 9.7 36.62 9.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.19 3.3 46.19 3.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.40 7.1 52.40 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.38 5.1 42.80 4.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 43.92 10.0 43.92 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.79 9.8 48.79 9.8 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.93 7.9 48.93 7.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 47.19 6.5 47.19 6.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 34.58 15.6 34.58 15.6 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 37.55 9.1 37.55 9.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.03 8.8 34.03 8.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.90 11.2 38.90 11.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 37.31 10.4 37.31 10.4 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.99 10.2 42.99 10.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.76 4.7 33.76 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.69 6.2 30.64 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.82 15.3 14.82 15.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.54 3.3 21.54 3.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.11 5.6 28.11 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.19 3.2 31.19 3.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 46.71 16.5 46.71 16.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.27 7.8 40.48 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.63 3.8 34.63 3.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.91 30.6 23.91 30.6 – – Training and development specialists............................ 18.53 26.3 18.53 26.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.29 10.2 37.29 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.42 1.3 34.42 1.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.37 5.9 25.37 5.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.21 7.6 33.08 8.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 34.33 6.0 34.23 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.81 5.9 33.81 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.09 7.2 21.09 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.38 7.7 23.38 7.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.68 11.2 27.68 11.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.29 3.7 29.29 3.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.48 3.3 35.48 3.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.37 7.8 45.37 7.8 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.65 4.3 31.65 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.30 5.5 31.30 5.5 – – Computer software engineers....................................... $40.67 10.0 $40.67 10.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.05 14.3 35.05 14.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.31 10.0 44.31 10.0 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.24 6.2 44.24 6.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.79 5.0 46.79 5.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.07 10.9 35.07 10.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 25.16 8.9 25.16 8.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.19 21.6 41.19 21.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.30 6.7 33.60 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.52 9.5 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.67 10.5 28.67 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.77 8.5 33.77 8.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.50 6.0 39.50 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.80 8.2 34.80 8.2 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 35.44 10.6 35.44 10.6 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 31.77 9.8 31.77 9.8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.09 6.4 24.62 6.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.44 8.5 24.44 8.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.04 7.6 24.04 7.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.74 16.5 20.43 13.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.15 7.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.40 19.8 26.40 19.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 26.80 19.6 26.53 21.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.18 29.7 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.88 5.2 13.89 5.6 – – Social and human service assistants............................. 13.24 5.0 13.24 5.0 – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.34 2.3 51.34 2.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.77 2.6 28.16 2.9 $17.49 32.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.37 4.8 12.44 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.61 2.9 13.61 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.08 4.2 31.95 3.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.77 .6 33.77 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.77 7.1 29.77 7.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 32.54 11.0 32.54 11.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 25.12 9.4 23.32 17.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.36 10.1 29.57 13.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 32.54 11.0 32.54 11.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.00 4.1 31.00 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.98 3.4 32.98 3.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.01 .0 34.01 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.24 6.4 30.24 6.4 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. $20.31 30.6 $20.31 30.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.15 .5 32.15 .5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.89 1.4 32.89 1.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.76 .8 32.76 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.32 2.5 31.32 2.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.79 1.8 31.79 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.39 2.4 31.39 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.92 2.2 32.92 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.82 1.6 31.82 1.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.23 3.0 33.23 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.17 6.5 36.17 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 5.5 31.90 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.32 2.6 36.32 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.63 3.3 33.63 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.57 15.4 27.57 15.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.35 5.3 31.35 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.49 2.2 36.49 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.13 4.8 33.13 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.43 14.5 26.43 14.5 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.17 7.7 35.17 7.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.05 10.3 26.96 8.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.94 18.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.52 5.3 13.08 1.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.37 4.8 12.44 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.61 2.9 13.61 2.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.93 15.7 25.66 16.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.20 17.2 28.20 17.2 – – Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Producers and directors......................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.40 8.5 29.52 9.3 $27.76 4.2 Level 5 .................................................. 16.32 6.7 16.15 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.56 12.8 20.56 12.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.35 11.0 18.73 11.2 24.51 4.0 Level 8 .................................................. 27.63 3.6 27.26 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 2.7 27.69 3.5 30.70 7.1 Level 10.................................................. 44.20 14.3 44.30 14.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.56 20.8 49.71 20.8 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 46.24 3.0 46.52 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.35 5.7 29.25 7.1 30.07 4.8 Level 7 .................................................. 22.57 13.3 22.29 15.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. $28.44 4.6 $28.43 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.01 1.6 27.53 2.5 $30.82 7.2 Therapists........................................................ 22.75 21.3 22.60 22.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.15 1.9 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.04 11.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.15 4.7 18.17 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.08 2.2 18.16 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.96 8.7 17.96 8.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.58 5.6 11.89 5.7 9.38 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.41 7.5 9.79 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.99 8.9 9.93 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 8.4 13.97 8.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.74 5.1 9.82 5.5 9.36 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 7.4 9.72 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.33 4.0 12.51 5.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.33 6.0 10.55 5.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 7.9 9.79 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.83 5.8 10.54 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.33 4.0 12.51 5.3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.23 2.9 15.28 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 10.8 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.04 13.8 14.12 13.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.77 9.4 15.83 9.4 13.39 24.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 1.5 10.06 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 4.6 14.28 5.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.84 6.5 14.84 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 3.2 18.27 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.70 12.3 16.70 12.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.98 5.7 22.98 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.21 .9 24.21 .9 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 17.21 7.6 17.56 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.02 3.2 16.49 .8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.20 10.3 14.29 9.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.29 9.4 14.29 9.4 – – Police officers................................................... 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 9.1 20.14 9.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 9.1 20.14 9.1 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.34 10.2 11.19 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.07 1.8 10.06 1.7 – – Security guards................................................. 11.34 10.2 11.19 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.07 1.8 10.06 1.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.74 3.8 8.55 13.7 6.56 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. $6.57 8.5 $8.16 11.5 $5.95 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.33 12.0 5.19 23.2 5.68 14.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 10.8 9.15 15.9 9.67 2.0 Level 5 .................................................. 12.61 6.7 12.61 6.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.14 8.7 14.93 8.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.79 8.8 15.92 12.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.68 7.4 11.29 5.2 9.18 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.53 9.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.90 2.5 9.75 7.3 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.15 9.9 13.27 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.06 6.8 11.29 4.2 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.10 9.0 11.65 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 5.2 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.62 6.1 11.45 4.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.28 5.2 4.61 22.4 3.65 30.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.78 13.7 – – 3.36 29.8 Level 2 .................................................. 3.36 13.8 3.43 22.2 – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.06 11.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.45 13.2 3.90 11.8 2.64 16.7 Level 1 .................................................. 2.89 19.7 – – 2.85 22.2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.98 14.7 – – – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.36 6.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 7.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.41 2.2 8.50 4.1 6.86 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.6 – – 6.81 2.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.42 2.7 – – 6.86 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.6 – – 6.81 2.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.48 5.9 10.65 5.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.96 6.5 8.14 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 8.0 10.29 11.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.00 6.6 11.96 6.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 4.9 10.11 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.96 6.5 8.14 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 8.0 10.29 11.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.07 6.8 12.02 7.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.41 5.9 10.64 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.58 10.1 7.86 8.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.38 8.5 10.33 12.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.31 7.2 12.26 7.5 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 6.8 8.43 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 4.8 8.08 4.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... $17.12 12.1 $17.70 13.8 $13.96 33.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.21 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.96 13.6 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.42 4.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.04 9.4 21.66 8.8 8.89 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.14 4.7 – – 6.99 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 1.1 9.66 3.3 8.55 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 1.0 10.77 1.6 10.11 1.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.38 21.9 17.40 20.8 11.65 13.9 Level 5 .................................................. 20.27 8.8 20.27 8.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.23 6.8 17.23 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.43 18.9 29.43 18.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 49.12 9.8 49.12 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.05 16.4 14.46 17.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 27.39 28.0 27.39 28.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.65 6.8 16.65 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.17 6.2 17.17 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.65 6.8 16.65 6.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.81 15.0 15.48 19.1 8.46 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 4.8 – – 6.96 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.2 9.66 3.3 8.07 4.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.40 .4 10.60 .7 9.94 2.0 Level 4 .................................................. 18.15 31.1 20.24 27.0 10.30 3.8 Level 5 .................................................. 23.96 7.4 23.96 7.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.55 3.2 9.53 3.7 7.60 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.09 4.9 – – 6.98 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 .1 9.52 3.7 7.87 4.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 2.9 10.39 4.1 – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 3.2 9.53 3.7 7.60 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.09 4.9 – – 6.98 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 .1 9.52 3.7 7.87 4.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 2.9 10.39 4.1 – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.82 8.5 18.22 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.64 7.1 23.64 7.1 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.08 13.7 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 18.52 19.2 21.50 9.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.64 7.1 23.64 7.1 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 16.47 27.5 19.47 24.7 9.89 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.84 3.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 36.0 21.54 30.4 10.30 3.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 43.41 8.8 43.41 8.8 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 11.17 14.1 10.62 15.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... $16.19 2.5 $16.78 1.9 $11.68 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 11.70 10.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.48 4.3 11.94 4.4 9.93 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.45 5.5 13.08 4.3 10.79 13.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.20 1.6 15.26 1.7 13.85 6.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.29 2.4 18.29 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.48 6.7 20.48 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.38 7.9 25.38 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.73 5.8 15.88 3.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.12 15.6 22.12 15.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.88 4.9 17.36 4.5 11.54 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.42 4.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.05 5.8 15.19 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 1.8 18.97 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.56 4.2 15.77 4.4 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.52 8.8 17.52 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 10.6 15.84 10.6 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.43 6.3 17.43 6.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.07 7.3 17.41 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.89 9.9 13.02 10.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.27 2.3 15.27 2.3 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.40 2.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.53 3.3 15.89 2.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.37 2.6 14.37 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 6.2 18.02 6.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.21 3.9 13.98 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.73 7.0 12.12 5.4 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.80 8.9 17.80 8.9 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.15 2.9 13.15 2.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.54 6.1 12.80 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.70 10.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.42 5.0 18.45 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.55 5.0 17.55 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 7.1 18.04 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.03 12.9 27.03 12.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.94 12.7 19.94 12.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.78 20.6 15.78 20.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.37 6.5 19.37 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.03 12.9 27.03 12.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.99 7.6 13.08 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.63 4.5 13.63 4.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.78 4.2 15.78 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 3.3 14.96 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. $16.21 2.4 $16.22 2.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.75 9.9 16.75 9.9 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.84 9.2 13.84 9.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.85 5.6 16.03 4.8 $12.17 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 14.81 4.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 4.6 16.46 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.83 8.1 17.83 8.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.12 8.4 18.12 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.85 6.4 16.85 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.17 3.5 22.17 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.13 5.9 23.13 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.47 3.4 25.47 3.4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.14 6.6 20.14 6.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 11.19 9.4 11.19 9.4 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.66 7.9 21.66 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.54 9.7 25.54 9.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.14 4.7 20.14 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.86 4.9 13.86 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.87 10.8 17.87 10.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.18 7.1 23.18 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.51 4.9 22.51 4.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.26 5.5 29.26 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.80 22.5 17.80 22.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.04 12.7 24.04 12.7 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.84 1.4 26.84 1.4 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 26.84 1.4 26.84 1.4 – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 18.80 19.1 18.80 19.1 – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.26 14.5 22.26 14.5 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.73 10.3 19.73 10.3 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.04 10.2 20.04 10.2 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.72 9.1 17.72 9.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.58 10.6 15.58 10.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.12 10.0 17.12 10.0 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.09 2.8 18.09 2.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.32 15.3 14.32 15.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.34 6.8 13.34 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. $15.48 4.7 $15.40 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 22.4 8.30 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.63 3.8 9.69 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.61 2.8 19.05 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 11.8 13.61 12.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.76 10.9 15.76 10.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.41 6.2 17.41 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.76 4.7 24.76 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.70 9.5 23.70 9.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.16 5.5 20.98 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.18 9.1 25.77 7.9 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 10.6 12.04 10.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.97 11.7 16.97 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.04 13.6 17.04 13.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.48 19.7 13.44 20.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.71 4.9 15.77 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.81 18.0 16.81 18.6 $8.32 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.74 3.1 9.76 4.0 7.11 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.44 3.8 10.48 4.6 10.09 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.92 5.2 12.94 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.00 8.2 19.03 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.83 3.6 22.83 3.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 21.49 5.6 21.49 5.6 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.19 3.8 17.68 5.5 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.19 3.8 17.68 5.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.01 12.2 17.67 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.09 10.7 13.09 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.30 8.4 19.32 8.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.97 9.2 19.00 9.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.12 11.7 12.64 7.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.51 8.1 13.51 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 7.4 12.73 7.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.21 2.4 10.79 3.9 7.92 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 2.4 9.63 1.9 7.50 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 5.5 10.30 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 7.6 12.48 7.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.77 3.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.62 4.0 11.41 6.1 7.99 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 4.0 – – 7.60 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.36 6.6 10.46 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. $12.48 7.6 $12.48 7.6 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.82 4.2 10.82 4.5 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.90 5.0 9.55 5.0 $7.39 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 6.8 – – 7.39 7.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $20.28 3.7 $21.62 3.6 $10.20 4.7 Management occupations.............................................. 38.90 4.1 39.03 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.37 8.0 21.37 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.88 6.8 26.88 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.09 9.7 37.09 9.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.18 3.7 46.18 3.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.40 7.1 52.40 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.62 5.2 43.08 4.9 – – General and operations managers................................... 43.92 10.0 43.92 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.79 9.8 48.79 9.8 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.93 7.9 48.93 7.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 47.19 6.5 47.19 6.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 34.58 15.6 34.58 15.6 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 37.55 9.1 37.55 9.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 33.70 9.3 33.70 9.3 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.90 11.2 38.90 11.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.78 17.0 33.78 17.0 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.75 3.7 35.75 3.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.55 6.7 31.51 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.96 3.4 21.96 3.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.97 6.1 28.97 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.82 1.8 31.82 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.80 7.6 42.15 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.22 4.0 35.22 4.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.23 37.8 24.23 37.8 – – Management analysts............................................... 38.19 10.1 38.19 10.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.42 1.3 34.42 1.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.56 10.3 24.56 10.3 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.21 7.6 33.08 8.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 34.33 6.0 34.23 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.05 6.1 34.05 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.83 8.4 23.83 8.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.64 11.7 27.64 11.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.92 4.0 28.92 4.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.48 3.3 35.48 3.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.67 8.3 45.67 8.3 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.53 4.7 31.53 4.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.67 10.0 40.67 10.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.05 14.3 35.05 14.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.31 10.0 44.31 10.0 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.24 6.2 44.24 6.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.79 5.0 46.79 5.0 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.07 10.9 35.07 10.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... $25.11 9.9 $25.11 9.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.88 23.6 40.88 23.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.08 7.0 34.46 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.52 9.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.43 8.7 35.43 8.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 41.73 5.1 41.73 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 7.1 37.00 7.1 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.49 7.9 38.49 7.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.64 7.5 23.79 7.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.17 10.4 23.17 10.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.37 9.4 24.37 9.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.80 23.7 17.09 8.4 – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.34 2.3 51.34 2.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.08 13.3 25.34 13.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.77 13.5 – – – – Level 10.................................................. 32.54 11.0 32.54 11.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.49 20.5 – – – – Level 10.................................................. 32.54 11.0 32.54 11.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.28 19.4 25.28 19.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.12 3.8 31.12 3.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.32 15.9 28.20 16.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.35 19.1 30.35 19.1 – – Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Producers and directors......................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.96 8.8 31.20 9.6 $28.00 4.4 Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 7.6 16.15 8.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.25 1.3 24.25 1.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.52 14.1 18.92 14.5 24.74 5.3 Level 8 .................................................. 27.63 3.6 27.26 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.10 2.3 27.68 3.2 30.70 7.1 Level 10.................................................. 44.20 14.3 44.30 14.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.56 20.8 49.71 20.8 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 46.24 3.0 46.52 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.43 5.1 30.48 6.4 30.07 4.8 Level 7 .................................................. 29.01 11.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.44 4.6 28.43 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.30 1.2 27.83 2.0 30.82 7.2 Therapists........................................................ $21.80 22.0 $21.59 23.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.18 2.1 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.04 11.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.66 2.6 19.82 2.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.62 6.4 11.96 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 8.5 9.83 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 9.74 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.52 7.3 14.62 7.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.66 5.6 9.83 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 8.3 9.75 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.51 5.3 12.51 5.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.26 6.8 10.59 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 8.3 9.75 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.76 7.7 10.64 7.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.51 5.3 12.51 5.3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.80 1.8 15.87 1.9 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.75 14.0 14.87 14.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.41 13.7 12.35 12.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.01 1.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.57 8.1 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.36 10.7 11.20 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 1.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.36 10.7 11.20 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 1.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.44 3.0 8.10 13.1 $6.56 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.57 8.5 8.16 11.5 5.95 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.24 11.8 5.05 23.1 5.68 14.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 11.3 8.73 17.3 9.70 1.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.88 4.3 13.50 1.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.36 1.5 14.30 8.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.52 8.2 11.10 5.8 9.22 8.4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.85 2.3 9.61 8.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.10 9.0 11.65 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 5.2 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.19 6.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.23 5.3 4.54 21.9 3.65 30.4 Level 1 .................................................. 4.78 13.7 – – 3.36 29.8 Level 2 .................................................. 3.25 12.9 3.30 19.5 – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.06 11.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.45 13.2 3.90 11.8 2.64 16.7 Level 1 .................................................. 2.89 19.7 – – 2.85 22.2 Level 2 .................................................. $2.98 14.7 – – – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.34 7.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 7.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.36 2.2 $8.44 4.1 $6.83 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.6 – – 6.81 2.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.40 2.7 – – 6.83 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 2.6 – – 6.81 2.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.43 5.8 9.47 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 7.3 8.01 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.54 6.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 7.4 11.84 7.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.29 5.5 9.31 6.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 7.3 8.01 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.54 6.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 7.4 11.84 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.53 7.5 9.61 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.24 11.6 7.50 10.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 8.0 12.08 8.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 6.8 8.43 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 4.8 8.08 4.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.67 14.3 18.34 16.9 14.22 33.6 Child care workers................................................ 9.47 4.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.04 9.4 21.66 8.8 8.89 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.14 4.7 – – 6.99 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 1.1 9.66 3.3 8.55 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 1.0 10.77 1.6 10.11 1.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.38 21.9 17.40 20.8 11.65 13.9 Level 5 .................................................. 20.27 8.8 20.27 8.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.23 6.8 17.23 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.43 18.9 29.43 18.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 49.12 9.8 49.12 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.05 16.4 14.46 17.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 27.39 28.0 27.39 28.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.65 6.8 16.65 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.17 6.2 17.17 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.65 6.8 16.65 6.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.81 15.0 15.48 19.1 8.46 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 4.8 – – 6.96 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.2 9.66 3.3 8.07 4.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.40 .4 10.60 .7 9.94 2.0 Level 4 .................................................. 18.15 31.1 20.24 27.0 10.30 3.8 Level 5 .................................................. 23.96 7.4 23.96 7.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... $8.55 3.2 $9.53 3.7 $7.60 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.09 4.9 – – 6.98 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 .1 9.52 3.7 7.87 4.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 2.9 10.39 4.1 – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 3.2 9.53 3.7 7.60 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.09 4.9 – – 6.98 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 .1 9.52 3.7 7.87 4.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 2.9 10.39 4.1 – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.82 8.5 18.22 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.64 7.1 23.64 7.1 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.08 13.7 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 18.52 19.2 21.50 9.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.64 7.1 23.64 7.1 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 16.47 27.5 19.47 24.7 9.89 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.27 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.84 3.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 36.0 21.54 30.4 10.30 3.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 43.41 8.8 43.41 8.8 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 11.17 14.1 10.62 15.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.14 2.5 16.74 1.8 11.76 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 11.70 10.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.29 4.0 11.62 4.1 10.11 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 5.9 13.20 4.6 10.88 13.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 1.6 15.40 1.8 13.85 6.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.42 2.7 18.42 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.27 6.9 21.27 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.56 3.6 23.56 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.73 5.8 15.88 3.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.05 17.0 22.05 17.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.96 5.1 17.47 4.6 11.54 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.42 4.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 6.1 15.41 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.06 1.7 19.06 1.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.56 4.2 15.77 4.4 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.52 8.8 17.52 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 10.6 15.84 10.6 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.43 6.3 17.43 6.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.20 7.7 17.58 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.00 11.7 13.17 12.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.27 2.3 15.27 2.3 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.40 2.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.57 3.4 15.95 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.39 2.6 14.39 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.60 7.1 18.60 7.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. $13.21 3.9 $13.98 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.73 7.0 12.12 5.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.15 2.9 13.15 2.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.68 6.2 12.97 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.70 10.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.15 3.5 18.19 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 2.5 14.64 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.65 5.5 17.65 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.79 4.7 23.79 4.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.67 11.7 18.67 11.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.78 20.6 15.78 20.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.79 4.7 23.79 4.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.15 8.5 13.26 9.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.09 5.1 14.09 5.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.22 5.6 16.22 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 3.0 14.80 3.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.83 5.7 16.04 5.0 $12.17 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 14.81 4.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 3.8 16.98 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.75 8.5 17.75 8.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.17 9.3 18.17 9.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.85 6.4 16.85 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.20 3.7 22.20 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.92 7.4 23.92 7.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 26.08 4.6 26.08 4.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.14 6.6 20.14 6.6 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.71 8.5 21.71 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.17 11.0 26.17 11.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.33 5.0 20.33 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.99 5.6 13.99 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.12 11.7 18.12 11.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.49 7.3 23.49 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.58 6.3 22.58 6.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.26 5.5 29.26 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.80 22.5 17.80 22.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.88 15.7 24.88 15.7 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.25 .5 27.25 .5 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.25 .5 27.25 .5 – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 18.80 19.1 18.80 19.1 – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.26 14.5 22.26 14.5 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. $19.93 11.4 $19.93 11.4 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.29 11.4 20.29 11.4 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.70 11.7 15.70 11.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.09 2.8 18.09 2.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.34 6.8 13.34 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.43 4.8 15.34 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 22.4 8.30 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.63 3.8 9.69 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.61 2.8 19.05 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 11.8 13.61 12.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.76 10.9 15.76 10.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.41 6.2 17.41 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.30 4.7 25.30 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.70 9.5 23.70 9.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.16 5.5 20.98 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 24.18 9.1 25.77 7.9 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 10.6 12.04 10.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.97 11.7 16.97 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.04 13.6 17.04 13.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.48 19.7 13.44 20.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.71 4.9 15.77 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 19.0 16.80 19.5 $7.90 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.74 3.1 9.76 4.0 7.11 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 4.2 10.40 4.9 10.43 13.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.47 5.2 12.52 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.12 8.1 19.14 8.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 21.79 5.7 21.79 5.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.00 12.6 17.69 11.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 8.1 12.37 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.39 8.3 19.40 8.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.03 9.3 19.06 9.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.86 12.2 12.37 7.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.51 8.1 13.51 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 7.4 12.73 7.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.21 2.4 10.79 3.9 7.92 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.72 2.4 9.63 1.9 7.50 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 5.5 10.30 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 7.6 12.48 7.6 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.77 3.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... $10.62 4.0 $11.41 6.1 $7.99 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 4.0 – – 7.60 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.36 6.6 10.46 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 7.6 12.48 7.6 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.82 4.2 10.82 4.5 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.90 5.0 9.55 5.0 7.39 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 6.8 – – 7.39 7.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $22.02 2.9 $22.41 3.0 $13.18 18.6 Management occupations.............................................. 39.15 9.3 39.06 9.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 39.41 12.9 39.41 12.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.26 5.5 24.26 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.96 5.1 19.96 5.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.53 .8 26.53 .8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.98 5.0 29.98 5.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.59 14.9 25.03 14.7 – – Counselors........................................................ 34.99 4.4 34.99 4.4 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.90 7.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.65 1.5 29.09 2.2 17.44 41.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.37 4.8 12.44 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.61 2.9 13.61 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.29 1.3 32.01 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.97 .1 33.97 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.91 1.0 32.91 1.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 25.12 9.4 23.32 17.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.86 11.6 29.16 15.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.26 .3 33.26 .3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.04 1.3 33.04 1.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.01 .0 34.01 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.03 .7 33.03 .7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.42 .3 32.42 .3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.22 .1 32.22 .1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.76 .8 32.76 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.61 .1 32.61 .1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.40 1.5 32.40 1.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.21 2.4 32.21 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.92 2.2 32.92 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.51 .3 32.51 .3 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.52 4.4 32.52 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.24 7.1 32.24 7.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.44 2.5 34.44 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 34.88 2.8 34.88 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.63 3.3 33.63 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.88 2.2 33.88 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.13 4.8 33.13 4.8 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.84 8.6 35.84 8.6 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.94 16.7 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ $12.52 5.3 $13.08 1.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.37 4.8 12.44 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.61 2.9 13.61 2.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.82 10.2 17.61 9.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.32 5.3 11.26 7.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.18 3.4 18.30 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.37 7.0 15.37 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 3.2 18.27 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.70 12.3 16.70 12.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.98 5.7 22.98 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.21 .9 24.21 .9 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 15.80 3.8 16.06 1.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.02 3.2 16.49 .8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.20 10.3 14.29 9.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.29 9.4 14.29 9.4 – – Police officers................................................... 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 9.1 20.14 9.1 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 9.1 20.14 9.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.51 19.8 14.73 20.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.93 10.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 12.66 23.2 12.94 26.4 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.66 23.2 12.94 26.4 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.44 8.0 13.76 8.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.47 4.5 12.84 5.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.59 4.4 12.84 5.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.65 17.0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.86 10.6 17.14 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.03 7.2 14.03 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.04 4.4 17.04 4.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.56 21.0 19.56 21.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.81 7.8 14.81 7.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.05 5.7 15.05 5.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.68 11.3 17.68 11.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.12 1.7 21.12 1.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.51 6.4 17.51 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $15.57 8.0 $17.02 1.6 $11.43 13.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.36 2.7 17.73 3.8 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.19 3.8 17.68 5.5 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.19 3.8 17.68 5.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $20.50 3.2 $21.73 3.2 $10.35 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.92 3.9 39.03 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 24.18 5.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.02 4.3 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 43.92 10.0 43.92 10.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.93 7.9 48.93 7.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 47.19 6.5 47.19 6.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 34.58 15.6 34.58 15.6 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 37.55 9.1 37.55 9.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.03 8.8 34.03 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.52 17.1 20.52 17.1 – – Group III................................................. 40.70 14.5 40.70 14.5 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.90 11.2 38.90 11.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 37.31 10.4 37.31 10.4 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.99 10.2 42.99 10.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.76 4.7 33.76 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.69 6.2 30.64 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.68 10.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.69 4.8 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.91 30.6 23.91 30.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.25 29.9 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 18.53 26.3 18.53 26.3 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.29 10.2 37.29 10.2 – – Group III................................................. 39.42 6.9 39.42 6.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.37 5.9 25.37 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.17 4.7 23.17 4.7 – – Group III................................................. 33.41 7.9 33.41 7.9 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.21 7.6 33.08 8.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 34.33 6.0 34.23 6.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.81 5.9 33.81 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 24.72 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.36 5.7 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 31.65 4.3 31.65 4.3 – – Group III................................................. 32.62 5.8 32.62 5.8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.67 10.0 40.67 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 35.85 12.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.99 10.1 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.24 6.2 44.24 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 39.38 5.2 39.38 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 44.09 5.4 44.09 5.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.07 10.9 35.07 10.9 – – Group III................................................. 36.35 12.2 36.35 12.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 25.16 8.9 25.16 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. $23.60 9.0 $23.60 9.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.19 21.6 41.19 21.6 – – Group III................................................. 51.70 26.0 51.70 26.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.30 6.7 33.60 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.30 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.32 7.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 39.50 6.0 39.50 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.08 7.1 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 35.44 10.6 35.44 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.40 8.9 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 31.77 9.8 31.77 9.8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.09 6.4 24.62 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.94 6.4 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.44 8.5 24.44 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.30 8.8 24.30 8.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.04 7.6 24.04 7.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 11.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.42 8.4 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.74 16.5 20.43 13.1 – – Group II.................................................. 16.82 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.18 12.5 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 26.80 19.6 26.53 21.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.18 29.7 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.88 5.2 13.89 5.6 – – Social and human service assistants............................. 13.24 5.0 13.24 5.0 – – Legal occupations................................................... 51.34 2.3 51.34 2.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.77 2.6 28.16 2.9 $17.49 32.0 Group I................................................... 12.54 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.34 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.01 6.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.36 10.1 29.57 13.5 – – Group III................................................. 30.67 13.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.00 4.1 31.00 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 31.46 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.24 6.4 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.31 30.6 20.31 30.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.31 30.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.15 .5 32.15 .5 – – Group II.................................................. 32.86 1.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.32 2.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.79 1.8 31.79 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. $31.85 2.6 $31.85 2.6 – – Group III................................................. 31.82 1.6 31.82 1.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.23 3.0 33.23 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 35.66 6.8 35.66 6.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 5.5 31.90 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 34.91 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.57 15.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.35 5.3 31.35 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 34.77 3.3 34.77 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 26.43 14.5 26.43 14.5 – – Special education teachers...................................... 35.17 7.7 35.17 7.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.05 10.3 26.96 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.07 11.6 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.52 5.3 13.08 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.54 5.5 13.12 1.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.93 15.7 25.66 16.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.07 12.6 – – – – Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Producers and directors......................................... 38.53 20.4 38.53 20.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.40 8.5 29.52 9.3 $27.76 4.2 Group I................................................... 14.04 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.95 6.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.64 6.0 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 46.24 3.0 46.52 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 46.38 3.7 46.38 3.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.35 5.7 29.25 7.1 30.07 4.8 Group II.................................................. 26.39 7.4 26.26 8.3 – – Group III................................................. 31.20 8.2 31.15 10.4 31.56 5.7 Therapists........................................................ 22.75 21.3 22.60 22.3 – – Group III................................................. 32.45 2.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.15 1.9 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.04 11.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.15 4.7 18.17 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.15 4.7 18.18 5.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.58 5.6 11.89 5.7 9.38 8.2 Group I................................................... 10.64 10.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.74 5.1 9.82 5.5 9.36 8.3 Group I................................................... 9.74 5.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.33 6.0 10.55 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.33 6.0 10.55 5.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.23 2.9 15.28 3.0 – – Group I................................................... $14.09 10.9 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 14.04 13.8 $14.12 13.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 17.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.77 9.4 15.83 9.4 $13.39 24.2 Group I................................................... 11.38 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.73 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.98 5.7 22.98 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.21 .9 24.21 .9 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 17.21 7.6 17.56 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 15.76 4.6 16.11 2.3 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.20 10.3 14.29 9.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.29 9.4 14.29 9.4 – – Police officers................................................... 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 3.2 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 3.2 18.42 3.2 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.34 10.2 11.19 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.73 5.5 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.34 10.2 11.19 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.73 5.5 10.55 1.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.74 3.8 8.55 13.7 6.56 8.4 Group I................................................... 7.07 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.89 7.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.14 8.7 14.93 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 15.68 11.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.79 8.8 15.92 12.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.19 9.8 18.20 8.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.68 7.4 11.29 5.2 9.18 8.3 Group I................................................... 10.30 6.9 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.15 9.9 13.27 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.44 11.1 12.56 12.3 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.10 9.0 11.65 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.84 8.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.62 6.1 11.45 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.62 6.1 11.45 4.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.28 5.2 4.61 22.4 3.65 30.4 Group I................................................... 4.28 5.2 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.06 11.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.06 11.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.45 13.2 3.90 11.8 2.64 16.7 Group I................................................... 3.45 13.2 3.90 11.8 2.64 16.7 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.36 6.8 – – – – Group I................................................... $8.36 6.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.41 2.2 $8.50 4.1 $6.86 1.4 Group I................................................... 7.38 2.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.42 2.7 – – 6.86 1.4 Group I................................................... 7.42 2.7 – – 6.86 1.4 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.48 5.9 10.65 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.77 6.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 4.9 10.11 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.65 6.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.41 5.9 10.64 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.00 7.5 10.18 7.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 6.8 8.43 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.30 5.9 8.30 5.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.12 12.1 17.70 13.8 13.96 33.0 Group I................................................... 9.62 10.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.42 4.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.04 9.4 21.66 8.8 8.89 4.3 Group I................................................... 11.68 14.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.23 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 50.69 4.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 27.39 28.0 27.39 28.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.54 5.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.17 6.2 17.17 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.59 3.1 17.59 3.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.81 15.0 15.48 19.1 8.46 3.7 Group I................................................... 11.85 18.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.96 7.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.55 3.2 9.53 3.7 7.60 4.6 Group I................................................... 8.50 3.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 3.2 9.53 3.7 7.60 4.6 Group I................................................... 8.50 3.2 9.49 3.6 7.58 4.7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.82 8.5 18.22 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.08 9.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.64 7.1 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.08 13.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.08 13.7 – – – – Parts salespersons............................................ 18.52 19.2 21.50 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.64 7.1 23.64 7.1 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 16.47 27.5 19.47 24.7 9.89 5.3 Group I................................................... 16.28 32.7 19.60 30.3 9.64 4.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 43.41 8.8 43.41 8.8 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 11.17 14.1 10.62 15.0 – – Group I................................................... $10.52 15.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.19 2.5 $16.78 1.9 $11.68 3.0 Group I................................................... 13.94 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 2.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.12 15.6 22.12 15.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.83 6.1 26.83 6.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.88 4.9 17.36 4.5 11.54 4.9 Group I................................................... 14.23 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.72 4.6 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.52 8.8 17.52 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.84 10.6 15.84 10.6 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.43 6.3 17.43 6.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.07 7.3 17.41 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.74 9.1 13.02 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.59 6.9 20.59 6.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.40 2.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.13 1.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.53 3.3 15.89 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.29 2.4 14.29 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.89 4.4 18.89 4.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.21 3.9 13.98 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.47 6.5 12.95 5.6 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.80 8.9 17.80 8.9 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.15 2.9 13.15 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.72 1.5 13.72 1.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.54 6.1 12.80 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.01 6.3 12.24 5.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.42 5.0 18.45 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.26 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.11 7.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.94 12.7 19.94 12.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.07 13.0 20.07 13.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.99 7.6 13.08 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.41 5.7 12.48 6.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.78 4.2 15.78 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.97 4.0 14.97 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 15.74 2.7 15.74 2.7 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.75 9.9 16.75 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.75 9.9 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.84 9.2 13.84 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.84 9.2 13.84 9.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.85 5.6 16.03 4.8 12.17 5.0 Group I................................................... 14.00 7.7 14.58 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.84 8.1 17.84 8.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $18.12 8.4 $18.12 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.85 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.19 3.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.47 3.4 25.47 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.84 .4 24.84 .4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.14 6.6 20.14 6.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 11.19 9.4 11.19 9.4 – – Electricians...................................................... 21.66 7.9 21.66 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.29 7.8 21.29 7.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.14 4.7 20.14 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.98 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.99 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.04 12.7 24.04 12.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.89 14.2 23.89 14.2 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.84 1.4 26.84 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.13 5.5 – – – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 26.84 1.4 26.84 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.13 5.5 26.13 5.5 – – Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 18.80 19.1 18.80 19.1 – – Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.26 14.5 22.26 14.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.26 14.5 22.26 14.5 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.73 10.3 19.73 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.22 19.4 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.04 10.2 20.04 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.96 18.9 22.96 18.9 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.72 9.1 17.72 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.72 9.1 17.72 9.1 – – Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.43 5.0 19.43 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.58 10.6 15.58 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.08 7.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.09 2.8 18.09 2.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.32 15.3 14.32 15.3 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.34 6.8 13.34 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.29 6.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.7 15.40 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.33 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.13 7.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... $23.70 9.5 $23.70 9.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.93 11.2 22.93 11.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.16 5.5 20.98 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 20.16 5.5 – – – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 10.6 12.04 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.04 10.6 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.97 11.7 16.97 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.04 13.6 17.04 13.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.48 19.7 13.44 20.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 18.4 11.14 19.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.71 4.9 15.77 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.35 7.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.81 18.0 16.81 18.6 $8.32 5.7 Group I................................................... 13.56 11.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.54 5.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 21.49 5.6 21.49 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.11 8.4 22.11 8.4 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Group I................................................... 14.33 10.8 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.37 10.7 16.76 3.2 11.43 13.1 Group I................................................... 14.33 10.8 16.76 3.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.01 12.2 17.67 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.98 12.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.97 9.2 19.00 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 18.96 9.3 18.98 9.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.12 11.7 12.64 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.12 11.7 12.64 7.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.51 8.1 13.51 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.33 8.6 13.33 8.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.21 2.4 10.79 3.9 7.92 3.7 Group I................................................... 10.13 2.7 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.77 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.77 3.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.62 4.0 11.41 6.1 7.99 3.3 Group I................................................... 10.54 4.2 11.33 6.7 7.99 3.3 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.82 4.2 10.82 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.74 6.0 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.90 5.0 9.55 5.0 7.39 7.8 Group I................................................... 8.90 5.0 9.55 5.0 7.39 7.8 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.28 $11.25 $16.50 $25.96 $38.63 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 27.98 37.02 46.21 60.16 General and operations managers................................... 24.05 29.47 40.70 57.69 74.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 37.76 43.27 43.27 60.16 72.36 Sales managers.................................................. 43.27 43.27 43.27 47.60 60.16 Administrative services managers.................................. 25.96 27.20 30.29 48.85 48.85 Computer and information systems managers......................... 27.98 27.98 33.48 43.77 53.83 Financial managers................................................ 17.46 23.74 32.65 46.21 52.45 Construction managers............................................. 24.04 32.22 36.33 40.02 59.82 Education administrators.......................................... 21.26 29.81 37.78 43.09 52.01 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 34.28 38.79 40.87 48.31 54.65 Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.23 31.37 33.17 35.24 37.17 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.17 20.43 25.96 39.08 50.31 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 12.24 12.24 18.49 31.50 44.52 Training and development specialists............................ 12.24 12.24 12.24 25.01 31.74 Management analysts............................................... 21.70 29.44 36.15 44.39 50.77 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.27 19.73 24.23 28.06 34.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.68 23.50 23.50 45.46 48.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 17.29 23.50 27.70 45.46 52.45 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.19 25.79 32.10 39.87 48.06 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.85 27.57 30.68 34.81 39.27 Computer software engineers....................................... 27.86 32.98 40.30 48.12 53.13 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.02 38.94 42.41 48.81 55.29 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.86 30.29 32.31 38.46 48.29 Computer support specialists...................................... 14.50 21.15 25.16 30.29 33.37 Computer systems analysts......................................... 18.32 26.30 34.37 42.45 48.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 24.52 31.30 40.87 49.82 Engineers......................................................... 27.16 31.30 37.78 45.84 56.89 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 24.88 27.34 33.65 44.35 44.35 Electrical engineers.......................................... 24.01 27.16 32.07 33.65 37.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.19 23.12 25.88 27.69 37.02 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.79 19.48 24.52 27.69 30.35 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.00 19.00 22.30 28.51 34.78 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.85 15.31 16.21 26.47 37.98 Counselors........................................................ 15.31 15.31 28.45 34.15 42.05 Social workers.................................................... 16.21 16.21 16.21 20.19 30.87 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.25 11.85 13.85 14.56 16.21 Social and human service assistants............................. 11.09 11.65 13.25 14.56 14.56 Legal occupations................................................... 20.70 46.31 57.69 63.19 81.73 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.88 18.58 28.30 35.90 40.80 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.80 21.00 27.35 35.65 40.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.65 25.35 31.67 37.64 42.28 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 8.09 10.10 17.63 30.26 38.80 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... $23.17 $26.53 $32.01 $37.47 $41.73 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.71 26.53 31.67 35.90 41.90 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.34 26.53 34.39 40.32 40.82 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.51 24.53 33.09 37.64 42.68 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.51 23.93 32.40 37.64 42.28 Special education teachers...................................... 25.99 28.76 35.41 40.27 46.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 11.11 20.00 25.07 31.20 35.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.62 10.14 12.32 15.13 17.38 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.23 15.39 19.50 26.26 49.76 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Producers and directors......................................... 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 18.94 26.54 31.67 52.89 Pharmacists....................................................... 42.44 44.50 47.00 47.38 50.53 Registered nurses................................................. 21.89 25.33 27.84 31.00 39.51 Therapists........................................................ 14.50 14.50 23.85 30.29 34.62 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.06 22.01 24.01 26.86 29.04 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.00 12.00 14.64 18.18 18.18 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.45 16.36 18.23 19.71 22.84 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.00 10.30 13.92 18.09 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.79 12.41 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.89 13.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.48 13.48 15.80 18.09 18.51 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.00 11.00 13.92 16.29 18.09 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.63 10.30 14.37 19.28 25.58 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.22 19.00 24.76 27.45 29.59 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 15.70 19.28 25.54 27.45 30.26 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.06 13.81 16.10 19.00 27.53 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.00 11.35 13.05 17.21 19.84 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.00 11.35 13.10 17.21 19.84 Police officers................................................... 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.03 15.00 Security guards................................................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.03 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.24 7.54 10.50 12.40 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.56 11.00 12.86 16.19 17.17 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.75 12.22 14.27 16.30 17.51 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.50 11.50 12.11 13.20 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.55 10.50 12.01 16.84 17.94 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.85 11.75 12.11 12.77 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.00 8.70 9.80 12.40 13.31 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 7.00 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.19 3.65 5.00 7.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... $2.13 $2.13 $2.13 $2.30 $8.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.75 6.90 8.39 9.00 9.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 7.00 8.08 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.04 8.08 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.97 9.50 12.30 15.38 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.93 7.89 8.97 11.75 14.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 7.99 9.80 12.42 15.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.85 8.00 8.88 10.39 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.90 8.50 12.70 16.99 48.20 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 8.50 8.69 9.99 9.99 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.99 11.79 19.23 44.87 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.33 14.82 17.25 46.58 54.36 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.01 15.30 17.25 17.86 22.02 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 8.01 10.11 14.30 19.46 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 7.00 8.30 10.02 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 7.00 8.30 10.02 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.50 10.29 17.07 19.46 28.25 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.32 9.70 17.07 17.21 17.21 Parts salespersons............................................ 10.00 10.29 18.84 24.87 28.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.01 9.85 12.00 16.65 29.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.76 33.85 39.80 47.45 63.76 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.27 8.27 10.10 12.05 16.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.56 12.68 15.19 18.85 22.44 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 11.74 14.19 23.73 31.02 31.54 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.85 14.08 16.29 19.23 22.81 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.07 13.00 17.14 19.90 28.40 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.37 14.87 16.25 19.13 21.86 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 14.54 16.83 19.23 27.01 Tellers......................................................... 10.50 10.57 11.10 12.00 12.52 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 14.29 17.85 20.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.24 12.00 12.70 13.44 19.54 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.69 14.45 16.34 21.45 24.78 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 10.43 12.59 15.50 17.39 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.25 9.69 12.25 14.40 16.30 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.63 13.98 16.86 21.55 26.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.63 15.30 19.25 22.84 26.62 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.56 10.56 11.96 14.90 17.28 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 14.00 15.27 16.86 20.09 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.83 13.40 13.40 17.56 27.19 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.83 13.40 13.40 16.88 17.56 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 12.00 15.00 17.00 20.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.10 12.14 17.28 21.00 28.44 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 17.31 20.60 23.75 29.38 37.50 Carpenters........................................................ $17.16 $18.00 $20.00 $20.00 $24.50 Construction laborers............................................. 8.50 9.50 11.50 12.73 14.00 Electricians...................................................... 13.75 18.44 18.44 26.30 32.27 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 14.19 19.11 26.54 28.05 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.34 19.96 19.96 27.94 36.12 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.52 25.97 27.69 29.25 29.25 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 21.52 25.97 27.69 29.25 29.25 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 13.43 13.43 13.43 26.02 26.63 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 11.00 14.00 25.50 27.64 27.64 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.53 14.95 16.57 25.00 29.12 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.53 14.95 17.00 25.00 29.95 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 11.50 14.45 18.23 20.00 25.09 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.00 15.71 18.52 21.00 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.87 18.49 18.49 18.49 19.30 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 11.00 11.12 16.62 20.00 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.25 11.85 12.50 15.00 16.30 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.35 13.93 19.50 28.03 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.00 17.00 22.12 27.54 33.43 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 10.14 27.86 28.23 28.38 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 8.84 8.84 12.50 13.50 15.50 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 14.32 16.00 17.00 27.62 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.54 16.00 18.00 27.62 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.16 10.20 16.03 28.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.76 12.10 17.45 19.82 23.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.02 9.50 12.25 19.78 22.50 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 13.89 18.19 22.68 25.23 25.75 Bus drivers....................................................... 8.97 10.89 14.60 16.93 19.54 Bus drivers, school............................................. 8.97 10.89 14.60 16.93 19.54 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.76 12.00 19.78 21.89 22.50 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.54 20.00 22.50 22.50 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.15 7.75 11.25 13.85 16.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.25 11.50 13.42 14.96 16.83 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.50 9.50 11.56 13.87 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.00 8.27 8.50 9.00 10.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 8.70 9.76 11.80 16.13 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.77 9.63 11.56 11.56 11.83 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.25 8.00 8.69 10.15 11.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.09 $11.00 $16.13 $25.25 $38.96 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 27.98 37.01 46.21 60.16 General and operations managers................................... 24.05 29.47 40.70 57.69 74.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 37.76 43.27 43.27 60.16 72.36 Sales managers.................................................. 43.27 43.27 43.27 47.60 60.16 Administrative services managers.................................. 25.96 27.20 30.29 48.85 48.85 Computer and information systems managers......................... 27.98 27.98 33.48 43.77 53.83 Financial managers................................................ 17.46 19.89 32.65 46.21 52.45 Construction managers............................................. 24.04 32.22 36.33 40.02 59.82 Education administrators.......................................... 19.23 21.26 29.81 40.87 53.30 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.17 33.17 35.24 36.23 40.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.05 21.13 27.49 40.36 52.45 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 12.24 12.24 12.24 31.74 58.21 Management analysts............................................... 21.70 31.76 37.58 46.24 51.75 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.65 18.62 21.19 28.06 34.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.68 23.50 23.50 45.46 48.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 17.29 23.50 27.70 45.46 52.45 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.19 26.01 32.28 40.00 48.29 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.76 26.77 30.07 35.04 39.80 Computer software engineers....................................... 27.86 32.98 40.30 48.12 53.13 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.02 38.94 42.41 48.81 55.29 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.86 30.29 32.31 38.46 48.29 Computer support specialists...................................... 12.50 20.91 24.72 30.77 33.37 Computer systems analysts......................................... 18.32 25.19 32.66 37.96 48.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 25.00 32.87 43.68 50.17 Engineers......................................................... 31.06 34.00 40.87 45.89 58.65 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.18 32.07 40.87 44.35 44.35 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.03 20.67 25.88 27.69 34.55 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.79 18.19 21.67 27.69 27.69 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.00 18.76 22.11 31.20 38.38 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.56 15.31 16.21 16.83 29.58 Legal occupations................................................... 20.70 46.31 57.69 63.19 81.73 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.10 17.21 22.64 34.52 37.65 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.04 16.04 26.08 34.52 37.65 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.10 16.91 22.64 37.64 40.32 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 17.77 22.51 34.52 40.32 40.32 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.42 17.34 22.00 41.05 49.76 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Producers and directors......................................... 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.00 22.00 27.04 33.10 52.89 Pharmacists....................................................... $42.44 $44.50 $47.00 $47.38 $50.53 Registered nurses................................................. 24.04 25.75 28.07 31.29 39.51 Therapists........................................................ 14.50 14.50 14.50 29.19 32.21 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.93 21.95 24.01 27.05 29.37 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.00 12.00 14.64 18.18 18.18 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.32 19.00 21.25 22.84 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.92 18.09 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.25 9.00 10.54 12.53 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.25 9.73 11.89 13.41 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.73 13.92 16.29 18.51 18.51 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.00 13.48 13.93 18.09 18.09 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.55 9.63 10.25 12.00 20.67 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.00 15.25 Security guards................................................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.00 15.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.65 7.50 10.00 12.22 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.56 10.56 12.50 15.20 17.17 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 7.20 12.00 12.86 16.19 17.17 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.50 11.50 12.11 12.77 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.85 11.75 12.11 12.77 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.00 8.00 9.80 12.40 12.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 7.00 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.19 3.65 5.00 7.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.30 8.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.75 6.90 8.00 9.50 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 7.00 8.08 9.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 7.04 8.08 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.75 7.89 8.90 10.59 14.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.75 7.85 8.84 10.50 13.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 7.89 8.97 10.97 14.95 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.85 8.00 8.88 10.39 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 8.50 12.70 16.99 48.20 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 8.50 8.77 9.99 9.99 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.99 11.79 19.23 44.87 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.33 14.82 17.25 46.58 54.36 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.01 15.30 17.25 17.86 22.02 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 8.01 10.11 14.30 19.46 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 7.00 8.30 10.02 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 7.00 8.30 10.02 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.50 10.29 17.07 19.46 28.25 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.32 9.70 17.07 17.21 17.21 Parts salespersons............................................ 10.00 10.29 18.84 24.87 28.25 Retail salespersons............................................. $8.01 $9.85 $12.00 $16.65 $29.51 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.76 33.85 39.80 47.45 63.76 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.27 8.27 10.10 12.05 16.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.57 12.68 15.19 19.13 22.44 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 11.74 14.19 22.32 31.02 31.54 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 14.26 16.42 19.23 22.81 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.07 13.00 17.14 19.90 28.40 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.37 14.87 16.25 19.13 21.86 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 14.54 16.83 19.23 27.01 Tellers......................................................... 10.50 10.57 11.10 12.00 12.52 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.00 14.42 18.33 20.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.24 12.00 12.70 13.44 19.54 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 10.43 12.59 15.50 17.39 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.25 10.25 12.25 14.55 16.53 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.63 14.00 17.78 21.63 25.89 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.63 15.19 19.23 21.94 25.48 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.56 10.56 12.58 15.17 18.85 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.53 14.42 14.42 16.86 20.19 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 12.00 15.00 16.73 20.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.00 17.28 20.60 29.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 16.73 20.60 23.75 32.47 37.50 Carpenters........................................................ 17.16 18.00 20.00 20.00 24.50 Electricians...................................................... 13.75 18.44 18.44 26.30 32.27 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 14.00 19.96 27.00 28.05 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.34 19.96 19.96 27.94 36.12 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.52 26.54 27.69 29.25 29.25 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 21.52 26.54 27.69 29.25 29.25 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 13.43 13.43 13.43 26.02 26.63 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 11.00 14.00 25.50 27.64 27.64 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.53 14.95 16.33 25.00 29.95 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.53 14.22 17.00 25.00 30.39 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.00 15.87 18.75 21.00 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.87 18.49 18.49 18.49 19.30 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.25 11.85 12.50 15.00 16.30 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.35 13.93 19.00 28.03 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.00 17.00 22.12 27.54 33.43 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... $8.00 $10.14 $27.86 $28.23 $28.38 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 8.84 8.84 12.50 13.50 15.50 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 14.32 16.00 17.00 27.62 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.54 16.00 18.00 27.62 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.16 10.20 16.03 28.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.76 12.10 17.45 19.82 23.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.48 12.00 20.00 22.50 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 13.89 18.75 22.68 25.75 25.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.50 12.00 20.00 21.89 22.50 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.86 20.00 22.50 22.50 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.15 7.75 11.25 12.84 13.85 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.25 11.50 13.42 14.96 16.83 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.50 9.50 11.56 13.87 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.00 8.27 8.50 9.00 10.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 8.70 9.76 11.80 16.13 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.77 9.63 11.56 11.56 11.83 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.25 8.00 8.69 10.15 11.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.54 $13.88 $19.28 $27.93 $37.23 Management occupations.............................................. 28.23 32.57 37.50 44.85 53.20 Education administrators.......................................... 26.15 33.93 38.38 45.97 52.01 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.27 19.06 22.71 26.79 34.61 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.51 20.47 26.49 30.26 34.62 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.80 25.34 27.15 34.08 44.78 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.65 15.49 21.55 32.91 42.03 Counselors........................................................ 26.90 29.42 34.15 42.03 44.91 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.09 11.52 13.71 14.85 17.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.35 21.00 28.78 36.23 42.29 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.28 21.00 27.41 36.38 40.80 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.81 27.47 32.54 38.28 43.23 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.44 26.72 31.67 37.24 42.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.57 26.85 31.67 37.21 42.60 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.43 26.53 31.65 37.74 43.27 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.03 28.05 33.77 40.16 44.48 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.03 27.70 33.03 39.08 43.38 Special education teachers...................................... 25.86 30.55 35.41 40.51 46.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 9.87 20.00 25.07 32.81 40.95 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.62 10.14 12.32 15.13 17.38 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.70 13.70 16.36 18.40 26.04 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.78 9.75 10.75 12.00 15.46 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.35 13.81 17.82 21.32 26.96 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.22 19.00 24.76 27.45 29.59 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 15.70 19.28 25.54 27.45 30.26 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.06 13.81 15.59 17.22 19.09 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.00 11.35 13.05 17.21 19.84 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.00 11.35 13.10 17.21 19.84 Police officers................................................... 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.15 9.47 12.57 17.31 26.64 Cooks............................................................. 7.19 8.58 11.29 17.31 19.25 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.19 8.58 11.29 17.31 19.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.99 9.99 12.33 17.69 19.89 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.99 9.22 11.68 15.69 18.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.99 9.78 11.77 15.91 18.63 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.98 8.49 10.11 13.20 18.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $10.10 $12.46 $15.07 $17.58 $23.51 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.45 13.94 16.04 17.76 51.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.45 13.94 15.64 16.09 17.84 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.69 12.86 17.90 22.60 23.55 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.79 14.60 16.75 21.20 23.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.68 11.59 15.67 18.62 20.97 Bus drivers....................................................... 8.97 10.89 14.60 16.93 19.54 Bus drivers, school............................................. 8.97 10.89 14.60 16.93 19.54 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.25 $12.24 $17.62 $27.31 $40.32 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 28.01 37.18 46.21 60.16 General and operations managers................................... 24.05 29.47 40.70 57.69 74.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 37.76 43.27 43.27 60.16 72.36 Sales managers.................................................. 43.27 43.27 43.27 47.60 60.16 Administrative services managers.................................. 25.96 27.20 30.29 48.85 48.85 Computer and information systems managers......................... 27.98 27.98 33.48 43.77 53.83 Financial managers................................................ 17.46 23.74 32.65 46.21 52.45 Construction managers............................................. 24.04 32.22 36.33 40.02 59.82 Education administrators.......................................... 21.26 29.81 37.78 43.09 52.01 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 34.28 38.79 40.87 48.31 54.65 Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.23 31.37 33.17 35.24 37.17 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.17 20.27 25.96 39.36 50.48 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 12.24 12.24 18.49 31.50 44.52 Training and development specialists............................ 12.24 12.24 12.24 25.01 31.74 Management analysts............................................... 21.70 29.44 36.15 44.39 50.77 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.27 19.73 24.23 28.06 34.81 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.68 23.50 23.50 45.46 48.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 17.29 23.50 26.07 48.08 52.45 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.19 25.79 32.10 39.87 48.06 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.85 27.57 30.68 34.81 39.27 Computer software engineers....................................... 27.86 32.98 40.30 48.12 53.13 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.02 38.94 42.41 48.81 55.29 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 27.86 30.29 32.31 38.46 48.29 Computer support specialists...................................... 14.50 21.15 25.16 30.29 33.37 Computer systems analysts......................................... 18.32 26.30 34.37 42.45 48.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 24.88 31.30 40.87 49.94 Engineers......................................................... 27.16 31.30 37.78 45.84 56.89 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 24.88 27.34 33.65 44.35 44.35 Electrical engineers.......................................... 24.01 27.16 32.07 33.65 37.50 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.03 20.67 24.52 27.69 27.69 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.79 19.48 24.52 27.69 30.35 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.00 19.00 22.30 28.51 34.78 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.19 15.31 16.21 21.55 35.80 Counselors........................................................ 15.31 15.31 26.91 35.19 44.02 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.20 11.65 14.19 14.56 16.21 Social and human service assistants............................. 11.09 11.65 13.25 14.56 14.56 Legal occupations................................................... 20.70 46.31 57.69 63.19 81.73 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.95 20.00 28.53 36.12 40.82 Postsecondary teachers............................................ $18.28 $21.00 $26.60 $35.65 $40.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.65 25.35 31.67 37.64 42.28 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 8.09 10.10 17.63 30.26 38.80 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.17 26.53 32.01 37.47 41.73 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.71 26.53 31.67 35.90 41.90 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 22.34 26.53 34.39 40.32 40.82 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.51 24.53 33.09 37.64 42.68 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.51 23.93 32.40 37.64 42.28 Special education teachers...................................... 25.99 28.76 35.41 40.27 46.28 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.91 20.00 26.50 31.20 36.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.18 10.54 12.81 15.35 17.82 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.36 15.84 20.00 31.97 49.76 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Producers and directors......................................... 22.25 24.11 49.76 49.76 49.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 18.39 25.75 31.80 52.89 Pharmacists....................................................... 42.85 44.85 47.00 48.02 50.53 Registered nurses................................................. 21.61 25.00 27.84 31.03 42.51 Therapists........................................................ 14.50 14.50 14.50 30.72 34.62 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.45 16.36 18.32 19.71 22.84 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.00 10.83 13.93 18.09 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.88 8.56 9.00 10.90 12.77 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 10.11 11.89 13.53 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.54 13.48 15.80 18.09 18.51 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.00 11.00 13.92 16.29 18.09 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.63 10.50 14.61 19.32 25.58 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.22 19.00 24.76 27.45 29.59 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 15.70 19.28 25.54 27.45 30.26 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.12 14.12 16.52 19.09 27.53 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.00 11.35 13.10 17.21 19.84 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.00 11.35 13.10 17.21 19.84 Police officers................................................... 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 12.36 15.27 18.33 20.99 23.97 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.00 14.42 Security guards................................................. 9.50 9.63 9.75 11.00 14.42 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.65 8.75 12.11 13.20 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.56 11.00 14.51 16.30 18.23 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.50 12.86 14.93 17.00 25.21 Cooks............................................................. 7.30 9.00 11.96 12.11 15.65 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ $9.17 $10.50 $12.01 $16.84 $17.94 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.00 11.54 12.11 12.11 12.77 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.60 9.55 12.25 12.40 14.15 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 8.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.15 7.00 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.75 7.50 11.60 11.60 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.99 9.31 12.45 15.91 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.97 8.97 12.00 15.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 7.99 9.60 12.76 15.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.85 8.00 8.88 10.39 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.30 8.67 13.15 16.99 48.20 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.49 10.43 14.82 27.89 47.45 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.33 14.82 17.25 46.58 54.36 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.01 15.30 17.25 17.86 22.02 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.61 9.54 12.25 17.21 24.87 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.61 9.54 10.50 12.40 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.61 9.54 10.50 12.40 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.40 14.48 17.21 23.39 28.25 Parts salespersons............................................ 13.00 16.13 19.46 27.19 30.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.75 11.01 14.26 19.06 40.84 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.76 33.85 39.80 47.45 63.76 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.27 8.27 8.27 12.05 12.05 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.22 13.27 15.75 19.39 22.84 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 11.74 14.19 23.73 31.02 31.54 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.22 14.54 16.83 19.83 24.76 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.07 13.00 17.14 19.90 28.40 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.37 14.87 16.25 19.13 21.86 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.25 14.60 16.83 19.23 27.01 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.45 14.54 18.56 20.43 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.70 12.68 13.00 16.01 19.54 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.69 14.45 16.34 21.45 24.78 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 10.43 12.59 15.50 17.39 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.25 9.69 12.25 14.55 16.95 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.73 14.00 16.86 21.55 26.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 9.63 15.30 19.25 22.84 26.62 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.56 10.56 12.15 15.00 18.15 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 14.00 15.27 16.86 20.09 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.83 13.40 13.40 17.56 27.19 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.83 13.40 13.40 16.88 17.56 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.08 14.42 15.75 17.26 20.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.10 12.14 17.28 21.00 28.44 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... $17.31 $20.60 $23.75 $29.38 $37.50 Carpenters........................................................ 17.16 18.00 20.00 20.00 24.50 Construction laborers............................................. 8.50 9.50 11.50 12.73 14.00 Electricians...................................................... 13.75 18.44 18.44 26.30 32.27 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 14.19 19.11 26.54 28.05 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.34 19.96 19.96 27.94 36.12 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.52 25.97 27.69 29.25 29.25 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 21.52 25.97 27.69 29.25 29.25 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 13.43 13.43 13.43 26.02 26.63 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 11.00 14.00 25.50 27.64 27.64 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.53 14.95 16.57 25.00 29.12 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.53 14.95 17.00 25.00 29.95 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 11.50 14.45 18.23 20.00 25.09 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 16.11 16.11 22.29 22.71 22.71 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.00 11.00 15.71 18.52 21.00 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.87 18.49 18.49 18.49 19.30 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 11.00 11.12 16.62 20.00 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.25 11.85 12.50 15.00 16.30 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 9.35 13.50 19.73 28.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.00 17.00 22.12 27.54 33.43 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 11.22 28.03 28.23 28.38 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 8.84 8.84 12.50 13.50 15.50 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 11.00 14.32 16.00 17.00 27.62 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 11.00 12.54 16.00 18.00 27.62 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.16 10.20 16.03 28.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.23 10.00 14.21 19.82 28.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.82 10.35 13.85 20.00 22.50 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 13.89 18.19 22.68 25.23 25.75 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.09 14.59 16.66 18.94 20.71 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.09 14.59 16.66 18.94 20.71 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.22 12.84 20.00 21.97 22.50 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 15.86 20.00 22.50 22.50 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.35 11.22 11.25 13.85 17.16 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.25 11.50 13.42 14.96 16.83 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.00 10.20 11.61 15.05 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... $8.50 $9.02 $10.90 $12.58 $16.13 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.77 9.63 11.56 11.56 11.83 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.00 8.28 8.94 10.35 11.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.04 $8.99 $12.00 $16.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.50 6.50 10.14 26.67 40.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.75 25.26 27.10 30.00 39.51 Registered nurses................................................. 26.92 26.92 28.00 31.00 39.51 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 8.75 10.75 12.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.75 12.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.75 8.25 11.68 13.31 25.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.50 7.04 8.14 9.80 Cooks............................................................. 6.93 8.00 9.15 10.00 11.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.21 3.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.00 6.25 7.80 8.24 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.25 7.80 8.24 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 7.50 8.45 15.25 47.79 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 7.25 8.99 9.75 11.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 7.00 8.10 10.00 10.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 6.50 7.06 9.00 10.11 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.06 9.00 10.11 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.01 9.60 10.90 12.80 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 10.50 12.00 13.00 15.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.45 10.50 11.00 12.00 13.38 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.03 12.00 12.00 13.00 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.25 6.65 7.46 9.68 11.75 Bus drivers....................................................... 8.60 9.05 10.18 13.88 15.25 Bus drivers, school............................................. 8.60 9.05 10.18 13.88 15.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.15 6.97 7.25 9.00 10.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.25 7.00 7.25 9.00 9.76 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.25 6.15 7.25 8.02 8.75 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $21.73 $17.62 $867 $706 39.9 $44,062 $36,481 2,028 Management occupations.............................................. 39.03 37.18 1,599 1,500 41.0 82,356 76,981 2,110 General and operations managers................................... 43.92 40.70 1,799 1,628 41.0 93,567 84,656 2,131 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.93 43.27 2,222 2,380 45.4 115,545 123,749 2,361 Sales managers.................................................. 47.19 43.27 2,207 2,380 46.8 114,785 123,749 2,432 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.58 30.29 1,383 1,212 40.0 71,926 62,999 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 37.55 33.48 1,531 1,339 40.8 79,599 69,638 2,120 Financial managers................................................ 34.03 32.65 1,360 1,306 40.0 70,745 67,906 2,079 Construction managers............................................. 38.90 36.33 1,566 1,453 40.3 81,438 75,573 2,094 Education administrators.......................................... 37.31 37.78 1,478 1,526 39.6 67,416 65,593 1,807 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.99 40.87 1,692 1,635 39.4 71,684 72,388 1,668 Medical and health services managers.............................. 33.76 33.17 1,349 1,327 40.0 70,139 68,994 2,078 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.64 25.96 1,273 1,058 41.5 66,137 54,999 2,158 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.91 18.49 1,089 904 45.6 56,637 47,000 2,369 Training and development specialists............................ 18.53 12.24 894 673 48.2 46,469 35,001 2,508 Management analysts............................................... 37.29 36.15 1,483 1,501 39.8 77,098 78,062 2,067 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.37 24.23 1,015 969 40.0 52,772 50,400 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.08 23.50 1,469 1,058 44.4 76,399 54,999 2,309 Financial analysts.............................................. 34.23 26.07 1,536 1,058 44.9 79,862 54,999 2,333 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.81 32.10 1,356 1,284 40.1 70,425 66,762 2,083 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.65 30.68 1,273 1,246 40.2 66,186 64,817 2,091 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.67 40.30 1,635 1,612 40.2 85,039 83,828 2,091 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.24 42.41 1,785 1,731 40.3 92,823 90,000 2,098 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.07 32.31 1,403 1,292 40.0 72,949 67,201 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.16 25.16 1,014 1,046 40.3 52,754 54,386 2,097 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.19 34.37 1,639 1,377 39.8 84,556 71,702 2,053 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.60 31.30 1,346 1,252 40.1 70,008 65,100 2,083 Engineers......................................................... 39.50 37.78 1,584 1,510 40.1 82,374 78,499 2,086 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 35.44 33.65 1,418 1,346 40.0 73,721 69,992 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 31.77 32.07 1,271 1,283 40.0 66,084 66,714 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.62 24.52 985 981 40.0 51,202 51,000 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.44 24.52 978 981 40.0 50,838 51,000 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.04 22.30 976 877 40.6 49,934 46,374 2,077 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.43 16.21 801 648 39.2 39,444 33,708 1,931 Counselors........................................................ 26.53 26.91 1,047 1,071 39.5 46,345 44,674 1,747 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.89 14.19 534 510 38.5 27,786 26,499 2,001 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.24 13.25 505 510 38.2 26,280 26,499 1,984 Legal occupations................................................... 51.34 57.69 2,091 2,308 40.7 108,727 119,999 2,118 Education, training, and library occupations........................ $28.16 $28.53 $1,120 $1,145 39.8 $43,651 $44,674 1,550 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.57 26.60 1,421 1,258 48.0 61,310 52,626 2,073 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.00 31.67 1,214 1,230 39.2 46,786 47,532 1,509 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.31 17.63 797 705 39.2 35,157 29,622 1,731 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.15 32.01 1,253 1,241 39.0 47,653 47,702 1,482 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.79 31.67 1,234 1,222 38.8 47,087 46,976 1,481 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.23 34.39 1,311 1,351 39.5 49,360 51,326 1,486 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 33.09 1,264 1,300 39.6 47,699 49,658 1,495 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.35 32.40 1,244 1,265 39.7 46,918 48,394 1,496 Special education teachers...................................... 35.17 35.41 1,376 1,391 39.1 52,341 52,885 1,488 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.96 26.50 1,047 1,031 38.8 43,235 42,877 1,603 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.08 12.81 496 485 37.9 18,891 18,448 1,444 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.66 20.00 1,015 800 39.6 52,781 41,600 2,057 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 38.53 49.76 1,494 1,990 38.8 77,701 103,501 2,017 Producers and directors......................................... 38.53 49.76 1,494 1,990 38.8 77,701 103,501 2,017 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.52 25.75 1,159 1,022 39.3 59,821 53,169 2,026 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.52 47.00 1,861 1,880 40.0 96,765 97,760 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 29.25 27.84 1,149 1,083 39.3 58,937 55,877 2,015 Therapists........................................................ 22.60 14.50 899 580 39.8 46,448 30,160 2,055 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.17 18.32 724 728 39.8 37,082 37,690 2,040 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.89 10.83 472 422 39.7 24,357 21,798 2,049 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.82 9.00 389 360 39.6 20,215 18,720 2,058 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.55 10.11 415 401 39.3 21,565 20,865 2,045 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.28 15.80 611 632 40.0 31,083 32,115 2,034 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.12 13.92 565 557 40.0 29,366 28,962 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.83 14.61 634 598 40.0 32,963 31,086 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.98 24.76 937 1,020 40.8 48,705 53,030 2,119 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.21 25.54 984 1,034 40.6 51,150 53,747 2,113 Fire fighters..................................................... 17.56 16.52 893 882 50.9 46,442 45,841 2,645 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.29 13.10 579 528 40.5 30,125 27,453 2,107 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.29 13.10 579 528 40.5 30,125 27,453 2,107 Police officers................................................... 18.42 18.33 750 743 40.7 39,006 38,657 2,117 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.42 18.33 750 743 40.7 39,006 38,657 2,117 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.19 9.75 409 378 36.6 21,275 19,635 1,902 Security guards................................................. 11.19 9.75 409 378 36.6 21,275 19,635 1,902 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.75 327 340 38.2 16,491 17,063 1,929 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... $14.93 $14.51 $585 $597 39.2 $28,660 $26,738 1,919 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.92 14.93 621 648 39.0 30,029 31,044 1,887 Cooks............................................................. 11.29 11.96 425 454 37.6 21,049 21,840 1,865 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.27 12.01 485 463 36.6 21,379 21,649 1,612 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.65 12.11 435 454 37.4 22,633 23,618 1,943 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.45 12.25 451 490 39.4 21,764 21,294 1,900 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.61 2.15 177 130 38.3 9,098 6,760 1,972 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.90 2.15 149 85 38.2 7,750 4,430 1,989 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.50 7.50 327 281 38.4 16,738 14,625 1,969 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.65 9.31 425 393 39.9 21,920 20,384 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.11 8.97 404 372 39.9 20,783 19,369 2,056 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.64 9.60 427 403 40.1 21,890 20,978 2,058 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 8.00 331 320 39.3 17,234 16,640 2,044 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.70 13.15 603 618 34.1 30,493 29,055 1,723 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.66 14.82 874 593 40.4 45,465 30,826 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 27.39 17.25 1,148 690 41.9 59,672 35,870 2,179 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.17 17.25 700 690 40.8 36,390 35,870 2,119 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.48 12.25 622 460 40.2 32,326 23,920 2,089 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.53 9.54 380 382 39.9 19,756 19,843 2,072 Cashiers...................................................... 9.53 9.54 380 382 39.9 19,756 19,843 2,072 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.22 17.21 743 688 40.8 38,639 35,786 2,120 Parts salespersons............................................ 21.50 19.46 916 876 42.6 47,608 45,534 2,214 Retail salespersons............................................. 19.47 14.26 781 522 40.1 40,616 27,144 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 43.41 39.80 1,746 1,635 40.2 90,793 85,038 2,091 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.62 8.27 424 331 40.0 22,064 17,200 2,078 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.78 15.75 667 630 39.8 34,602 32,531 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.12 23.73 898 893 40.6 46,714 46,428 2,112 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.36 16.83 692 673 39.8 35,954 35,002 2,071 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.52 17.14 701 686 40.0 36,444 35,657 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.43 16.25 697 650 40.0 36,261 33,800 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.41 16.83 691 673 39.7 35,914 35,002 2,063 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.89 14.54 635 582 40.0 33,027 30,243 2,079 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.98 13.00 557 520 39.8 28,972 27,040 2,072 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.80 16.34 716 660 40.2 37,247 34,320 2,092 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.15 12.59 526 504 40.0 27,353 26,187 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.80 12.25 512 490 40.0 26,626 25,480 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.45 16.86 730 674 39.6 37,780 35,000 2,048 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.94 19.25 789 754 39.6 41,034 39,217 2,058 Medical secretaries............................................. $13.08 $12.15 $523 $486 40.0 $27,210 $25,272 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.78 15.27 628 592 39.8 32,131 30,322 2,036 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.75 13.40 670 536 40.0 34,848 27,864 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.84 13.40 554 536 40.0 28,789 27,864 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.03 15.75 632 606 39.4 32,782 31,491 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.12 17.28 725 691 40.0 37,711 35,936 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 25.47 23.75 1,019 950 40.0 52,982 49,400 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 20.14 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,890 41,600 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.19 11.50 448 460 40.0 23,285 23,920 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.66 18.44 867 738 40.0 45,061 38,351 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.14 19.11 817 772 40.6 42,496 40,148 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.04 19.96 1,013 798 42.2 52,701 41,517 2,193 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.84 27.69 1,074 1,108 40.0 55,833 57,591 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 26.84 27.69 1,074 1,108 40.0 55,833 57,591 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 18.80 13.43 752 537 40.0 39,109 27,941 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.26 25.50 890 1,020 40.0 46,302 53,040 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.73 16.57 825 653 41.8 42,911 33,973 2,175 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.04 17.00 842 663 42.0 43,774 34,466 2,184 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.72 18.23 709 729 40.0 36,856 37,918 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.43 22.29 777 892 40.0 40,414 46,365 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.43 22.29 777 892 40.0 40,414 46,365 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.58 15.71 645 630 41.4 33,505 32,760 2,151 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.09 18.49 717 740 39.6 37,289 38,459 2,061 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.32 11.12 573 445 40.0 29,724 23,587 2,076 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.34 12.50 533 500 40.0 27,742 26,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.40 13.50 617 557 40.1 32,077 28,964 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.70 22.12 948 885 40.0 49,302 45,999 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.98 28.03 839 1,121 40.0 43,632 58,302 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 12.50 482 500 40.0 25,048 26,000 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.97 16.00 677 640 39.9 35,185 33,280 2,073 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.04 16.00 679 632 39.8 35,305 32,864 2,072 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $13.44 $10.20 $538 $408 40.0 $27,954 $21,216 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.77 14.21 631 568 40.0 32,793 29,557 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.81 13.85 668 554 39.8 34,371 28,080 2,045 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 21.49 22.68 910 907 42.3 47,328 47,181 2,202 Bus drivers....................................................... 16.76 16.66 453 435 27.0 16,939 16,092 1,010 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.76 16.66 453 435 27.0 16,939 16,092 1,010 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.67 20.00 734 800 41.5 38,168 41,600 2,160 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.00 20.00 797 800 42.0 41,452 41,600 2,182 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.64 11.25 506 450 40.0 26,293 23,400 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.51 13.42 540 537 40.0 28,091 27,914 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.79 10.20 433 412 40.1 22,509 21,424 2,087 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.41 10.90 456 424 39.9 23,691 22,069 2,076 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.82 11.56 433 462 40.0 22,509 24,045 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.55 8.94 382 358 40.0 19,872 18,595 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $21.62 $17.40 $864 $698 39.9 $44,698 $36,069 2,067 Management occupations.............................................. 39.03 37.02 1,603 1,510 41.1 83,311 78,541 2,135 General and operations managers................................... 43.92 40.70 1,799 1,628 41.0 93,567 84,656 2,131 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.93 43.27 2,222 2,380 45.4 115,545 123,749 2,361 Sales managers.................................................. 47.19 43.27 2,207 2,380 46.8 114,785 123,749 2,432 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.58 30.29 1,383 1,212 40.0 71,926 62,999 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 37.55 33.48 1,531 1,339 40.8 79,599 69,638 2,120 Financial managers................................................ 33.70 32.65 1,347 1,306 40.0 70,065 67,906 2,079 Construction managers............................................. 38.90 36.33 1,566 1,453 40.3 81,438 75,573 2,094 Education administrators.......................................... 33.78 29.81 1,351 1,192 40.0 68,717 62,001 2,034 Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.75 35.24 1,427 1,409 39.9 74,226 73,293 2,076 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.51 26.97 1,316 1,099 41.7 68,410 57,171 2,171 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.23 12.24 1,143 904 47.2 59,429 47,000 2,452 Management analysts............................................... 38.19 37.58 1,518 1,507 39.7 78,932 78,363 2,067 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.56 21.19 982 848 40.0 51,078 44,075 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.08 23.50 1,469 1,058 44.4 76,399 54,999 2,309 Financial analysts.............................................. 34.23 26.07 1,536 1,058 44.9 79,862 54,999 2,333 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.05 32.28 1,368 1,292 40.2 71,118 67,201 2,088 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.53 30.07 1,269 1,246 40.2 65,975 64,817 2,093 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.67 40.30 1,635 1,612 40.2 85,039 83,828 2,091 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.24 42.41 1,785 1,731 40.3 92,823 90,000 2,098 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.07 32.31 1,403 1,292 40.0 72,949 67,201 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.11 24.72 1,013 1,046 40.4 52,691 54,386 2,099 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.88 32.66 1,635 1,306 40.0 85,025 67,933 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.46 33.65 1,381 1,346 40.1 71,815 69,992 2,084 Engineers......................................................... 41.73 40.87 1,674 1,635 40.1 87,063 84,999 2,086 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.49 40.87 1,539 1,635 40.0 80,050 84,999 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.79 24.17 951 967 40.0 49,476 50,267 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.17 21.67 927 867 40.0 48,186 45,074 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.37 22.11 975 884 40.0 50,687 45,991 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.09 16.21 666 648 38.9 34,612 33,708 2,025 Legal occupations................................................... 51.34 57.69 2,091 2,308 40.7 108,727 119,999 2,118 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.34 22.64 1,003 1,043 39.6 39,952 40,144 1,577 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.28 22.64 1,011 1,039 40.0 39,605 40,144 1,567 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.12 34.52 1,226 1,381 39.4 45,384 51,096 1,458 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.20 22.00 1,113 858 39.5 57,862 44,591 2,052 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. $38.53 $49.76 $1,494 $1,990 38.8 $77,701 $103,501 2,017 Producers and directors......................................... 38.53 49.76 1,494 1,990 38.8 77,701 103,501 2,017 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.20 27.04 1,223 1,074 39.2 63,616 55,869 2,039 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.52 47.00 1,861 1,880 40.0 96,765 97,760 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.48 28.22 1,196 1,114 39.2 62,181 57,903 2,040 Therapists........................................................ 21.59 14.50 863 580 40.0 44,892 30,160 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.82 19.35 790 774 39.9 41,079 40,248 2,073 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.96 11.00 475 435 39.7 24,702 22,630 2,065 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.83 9.00 389 360 39.6 20,223 18,720 2,057 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.59 10.14 416 401 39.3 21,626 20,862 2,042 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.87 16.29 635 652 40.0 33,001 33,879 2,080 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.87 13.93 595 557 40.0 30,928 28,974 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.35 10.25 455 400 36.9 23,682 20,800 1,917 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.20 9.75 408 377 36.4 21,237 19,594 1,895 Security guards................................................. 11.20 9.75 408 377 36.4 21,237 19,594 1,895 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.10 8.50 313 323 38.6 16,265 16,796 2,008 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.50 12.86 540 514 40.0 28,096 26,738 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.30 14.93 572 597 40.0 29,758 31,044 2,081 Cooks............................................................. 11.10 12.01 425 454 38.3 22,120 23,618 1,993 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.65 12.11 435 454 37.4 22,633 23,618 1,943 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.54 2.15 175 85 38.5 9,088 4,430 2,000 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.90 2.15 149 85 38.2 7,750 4,430 1,989 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.44 7.50 327 281 38.7 16,997 14,625 2,014 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.47 8.49 380 334 40.1 19,744 17,372 2,085 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.31 8.35 373 333 40.1 19,411 17,326 2,086 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 8.97 389 380 40.5 20,249 19,760 2,107 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.43 8.00 331 320 39.3 17,234 16,640 2,044 Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.34 13.15 627 638 34.2 32,626 33,201 1,779 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.66 14.82 874 593 40.4 45,465 30,826 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 27.39 17.25 1,148 690 41.9 59,672 35,870 2,179 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.17 17.25 700 690 40.8 36,390 35,870 2,119 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.48 12.25 622 460 40.2 32,326 23,920 2,089 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.53 9.54 380 382 39.9 19,756 19,843 2,072 Cashiers...................................................... 9.53 9.54 380 382 39.9 19,756 19,843 2,072 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.22 17.21 743 688 40.8 38,639 35,786 2,120 Parts salespersons............................................ 21.50 19.46 916 876 42.6 47,608 45,534 2,214 Retail salespersons............................................. $19.47 $14.26 $781 $522 40.1 $40,616 $27,144 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 43.41 39.80 1,746 1,635 40.2 90,793 85,038 2,091 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.62 8.27 424 331 40.0 22,064 17,200 2,078 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.74 15.80 665 632 39.7 34,604 32,847 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.05 22.32 897 812 40.7 46,631 42,224 2,115 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.47 16.83 696 673 39.8 36,192 35,002 2,072 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.52 17.14 701 686 40.0 36,444 35,657 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.43 16.25 697 650 40.0 36,261 33,800 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.58 16.83 698 673 39.7 36,287 35,002 2,064 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.95 14.54 638 582 40.0 33,156 30,243 2,079 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.98 13.00 557 520 39.8 28,972 27,040 2,072 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.15 12.59 526 504 40.0 27,353 26,187 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.97 12.25 519 490 40.0 26,967 25,480 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.19 17.78 719 711 39.5 37,399 36,978 2,056 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.67 19.23 738 754 39.5 38,378 39,217 2,056 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.26 12.69 530 508 40.0 27,580 26,395 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.22 14.42 646 577 39.9 33,616 30,000 2,073 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.04 15.75 632 606 39.4 32,861 31,491 2,048 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.17 17.28 727 691 40.0 37,820 35,936 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 26.08 23.75 1,043 950 40.0 54,246 49,400 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 20.14 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,890 41,600 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 21.71 18.44 868 738 40.0 45,155 38,351 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.33 19.96 826 798 40.6 42,940 41,517 2,112 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.88 19.96 1,061 798 42.6 55,163 41,517 2,217 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.25 27.69 1,090 1,108 40.0 56,680 57,591 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.25 27.69 1,090 1,108 40.0 56,680 57,591 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 18.80 13.43 752 537 40.0 39,109 27,941 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.26 25.50 890 1,020 40.0 46,302 53,040 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.93 16.33 837 653 42.0 43,510 33,966 2,184 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.29 17.00 856 610 42.2 44,519 31,695 2,194 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics........................................................ 19.43 22.29 777 892 40.0 40,414 46,365 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.43 22.29 777 892 40.0 40,414 46,365 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.70 15.87 652 661 41.6 33,922 34,382 2,161 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.09 18.49 717 740 39.6 37,289 38,459 2,061 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.34 12.50 533 500 40.0 27,742 26,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. $15.34 $13.46 $614 $555 40.0 $31,924 $28,850 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.70 22.12 948 885 40.0 49,302 45,999 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.98 28.03 839 1,121 40.0 43,632 58,302 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 12.50 482 500 40.0 25,048 26,000 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.97 16.00 677 640 39.9 35,185 33,280 2,073 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.04 16.00 679 632 39.8 35,305 32,864 2,072 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.44 10.20 538 408 40.0 27,954 21,216 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.77 14.21 631 568 40.0 32,793 29,557 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.80 13.45 675 554 40.2 35,077 28,806 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 21.79 22.68 928 907 42.6 48,238 47,181 2,214 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.69 20.00 736 800 41.6 38,253 41,600 2,163 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.06 20.00 801 800 42.0 41,642 41,600 2,185 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.37 11.25 495 450 40.0 25,740 23,400 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.51 13.42 540 537 40.0 28,091 27,914 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.79 10.20 433 412 40.1 22,509 21,424 2,087 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.41 10.90 456 424 39.9 23,691 22,069 2,076 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.82 11.56 433 462 40.0 22,509 24,045 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.55 8.94 382 358 40.0 19,872 18,595 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $22.41 $19.86 $892 $800 39.8 $40,481 $38,875 1,806 Management occupations.............................................. 39.06 37.50 1,547 1,500 39.6 71,345 69,288 1,827 Education administrators.......................................... 39.41 38.38 1,552 1,537 39.4 66,772 65,593 1,694 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.26 22.71 970 908 40.0 50,219 47,237 2,070 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.53 26.49 1,061 1,060 40.0 55,174 55,103 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.98 27.15 1,181 1,086 39.4 60,057 57,924 2,003 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.03 22.58 990 903 39.6 45,415 44,674 1,814 Counselors........................................................ 34.99 34.15 1,366 1,356 39.0 54,133 52,886 1,547 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.09 29.09 1,158 1,162 39.8 44,843 45,334 1,542 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.16 25.64 1,453 1,399 49.8 63,435 54,076 2,176 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.26 32.54 1,292 1,264 38.9 49,489 48,394 1,488 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.42 31.67 1,260 1,223 38.9 48,278 46,976 1,489 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.40 31.67 1,253 1,222 38.7 48,114 46,815 1,485 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.52 31.65 1,287 1,258 39.6 48,921 47,787 1,504 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.44 33.77 1,341 1,315 38.9 51,253 50,063 1,488 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.88 33.03 1,319 1,280 38.9 50,439 49,087 1,489 Special education teachers...................................... 35.84 35.41 1,400 1,414 39.0 53,613 53,823 1,496 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.08 12.81 496 485 37.9 18,891 18,448 1,444 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.61 16.36 698 655 39.6 34,145 33,233 1,939 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.26 10.44 450 418 40.0 21,710 21,002 1,928 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.30 17.90 781 766 42.7 40,588 39,832 2,218 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.98 24.76 937 1,020 40.8 48,705 53,030 2,119 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.21 25.54 984 1,034 40.6 51,150 53,747 2,113 Fire fighters..................................................... 16.06 15.94 851 845 53.0 44,272 43,931 2,756 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.29 13.10 579 528 40.5 30,125 27,453 2,107 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.29 13.10 579 528 40.5 30,125 27,453 2,107 Police officers................................................... 18.42 18.33 750 743 40.7 39,006 38,657 2,117 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.42 18.33 750 743 40.7 39,006 38,657 2,117 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.73 12.92 492 443 33.4 18,413 17,287 1,250 Cooks............................................................. 12.94 11.52 418 360 32.3 15,459 13,488 1,195 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.94 11.52 418 360 32.3 15,459 13,488 1,195 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.76 12.69 543 493 39.5 27,355 24,918 1,988 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.84 12.02 505 471 39.3 25,157 23,775 1,960 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $12.84 $12.02 $505 $471 39.3 $25,157 $23,775 1,960 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.14 15.09 685 604 40.0 34,574 30,763 2,017 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.56 16.04 779 642 39.8 39,389 33,305 2,014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.05 15.64 597 626 39.7 29,763 32,032 1,978 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.68 17.90 707 716 40.0 36,767 37,232 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.51 16.75 700 670 40.0 36,301 34,466 2,073 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.02 16.95 564 547 33.1 24,298 21,338 1,427 Bus drivers....................................................... 16.76 16.66 453 435 27.0 16,939 16,092 1,010 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.76 16.66 453 435 27.0 16,939 16,092 1,010 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.28 $18.56 $20.15 $23.98 Management, professional, and related...... 33.60 33.44 33.67 33.74 Management, business, and financial...... 35.74 32.79 41.91 35.95 Professional and related................. 31.97 34.09 29.22 32.18 Service.................................... 10.05 8.60 9.69 13.93 Sales and office........................... 16.86 17.16 16.63 16.43 Sales and related........................ 18.04 19.42 17.83 14.49 Office and administrative support........ 16.14 15.83 15.74 17.36 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.35 17.90 20.40 23.32 Construction and extraction............. 18.17 18.01 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.33 17.80 24.08 23.64 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.67 13.62 15.06 21.66 Production............................... 15.43 11.87 17.91 19.86 Transportation and material moving....... 15.82 14.53 13.01 – 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........................................................... 3.7 4.5 6.6 7.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.9 3.6 5.5 2.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.4 6.5 7.2 4.1 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 3.5 6.9 3.6 Service............................................................. 3.9 10.1 12.1 13.4 Sales and office.................................................... 4.5 9.5 11.1 5.3 Sales and related................................................. 9.4 18.2 21.7 18.6 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 5.8 4.3 1.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.1 7.9 7.8 7.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 9.3 11.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.0 7.8 10.6 6.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.1 11.1 4.1 29.7 Production........................................................ 4.8 4.5 3.0 10.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 19.0 14.3 8.7 – 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $20.04 $16.21 $806 $648 40.2 $41,866 $33,708 2,089 Management occupations.............................................. 35.81 36.33 1,495 1,453 41.7 77,725 75,573 2,171 General and operations managers................................... 37.47 37.01 1,571 1,480 41.9 81,687 76,981 2,180 Financial managers................................................ 26.01 19.94 1,040 798 40.0 54,103 41,479 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.22 23.50 1,264 1,058 44.8 65,714 54,999 2,329 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.69 31.25 1,426 1,250 40.0 74,160 65,000 2,078 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.82 48.12 1,793 1,925 40.0 93,223 100,079 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.36 27.69 1,174 1,108 40.0 61,064 57,591 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.76 27.87 1,509 1,115 38.9 78,454 57,959 2,024 Registered nurses................................................. 36.62 28.27 1,465 1,131 40.0 76,170 58,802 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.25 9.10 490 364 40.0 25,488 18,928 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.26 18.09 650 723 40.0 33,812 37,619 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.05 7.00 270 270 38.3 14,057 14,040 1,994 Cooks............................................................. 10.20 11.54 384 369 37.6 19,968 19,201 1,958 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.70 2.15 141 85 38.2 7,349 4,430 1,986 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.60 2.15 137 85 38.1 7,143 4,430 1,983 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.27 12.70 549 540 41.4 28,529 28,060 2,151 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.02 17.09 930 645 40.4 48,348 33,540 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 31.05 21.73 1,304 869 42.0 67,828 45,200 2,184 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.27 11.31 647 410 39.8 33,660 21,320 2,069 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.32 8.30 332 332 39.9 17,268 17,264 2,076 Cashiers...................................................... 8.32 8.30 332 332 39.9 17,268 17,264 2,076 Retail salespersons............................................. 28.28 17.09 1,101 666 38.9 57,242 34,634 2,024 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.71 15.79 661 632 39.6 34,376 32,847 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.30 18.13 727 725 39.7 37,810 37,710 2,066 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.51 19.23 731 769 39.5 38,028 39,998 2,055 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.68 13.00 506 520 39.9 26,290 27,040 2,073 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.92 14.42 630 608 39.6 32,737 31,591 2,057 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.54 15.33 651 613 39.3 33,832 31,886 2,046 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.09 15.75 632 625 39.3 32,839 32,500 2,041 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.01 16.00 721 640 40.0 37,466 33,280 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 26.08 23.75 1,043 950 40.0 54,246 49,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $17.80 $17.34 $714 $694 40.1 $37,140 $36,069 2,087 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.84 16.33 764 653 42.8 39,734 33,966 2,227 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.84 15.87 631 603 39.9 32,823 31,359 2,073 Production occupations.............................................. 11.85 11.54 476 462 40.2 24,754 24,045 2,090 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.52 14.40 630 603 40.6 32,756 31,362 2,110 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.80 20.00 723 800 40.6 37,620 41,600 2,113 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.12 12.42 525 497 40.0 27,297 25,834 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.13 10.50 450 436 40.4 23,394 22,693 2,101 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.25 13.63 530 545 40.0 27,550 28,350 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $23.13 $18.69 $918 $750 39.7 $47,341 $38,941 2,047 Management occupations.............................................. 42.11 38.83 1,704 1,596 40.5 88,491 83,000 2,101 General and operations managers................................... 48.04 53.68 1,940 2,147 40.4 100,881 111,659 2,100 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.59 60.16 2,304 2,406 40.0 119,797 125,127 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 53.72 58.78 2,149 2,351 40.0 111,740 122,256 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 36.61 33.00 1,464 1,320 40.0 76,107 68,640 2,079 Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.75 35.24 1,427 1,409 39.9 74,226 73,293 2,076 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.86 28.24 1,348 1,131 39.8 70,120 58,833 2,071 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.15 26.30 1,205 1,037 40.0 62,648 53,899 2,078 Management analysts............................................... 38.19 37.58 1,518 1,507 39.7 78,932 78,363 2,067 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.74 21.64 990 865 40.0 51,469 45,001 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.25 27.70 1,330 1,108 40.0 69,168 57,608 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 36.39 31.20 1,456 1,248 40.0 75,692 64,900 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.53 32.31 1,349 1,292 40.2 70,140 67,201 2,092 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.53 30.07 1,269 1,246 40.2 65,975 64,817 2,093 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.65 36.73 1,481 1,463 40.4 77,033 76,080 2,102 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.68 39.57 1,574 1,583 40.7 81,833 82,308 2,116 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 33.49 33.28 1,340 1,331 40.0 69,667 69,231 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.69 24.45 998 1,023 40.4 51,884 53,204 2,101 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.30 34.43 1,732 1,377 40.0 90,067 71,606 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.45 36.26 1,502 1,449 40.1 78,114 75,325 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 41.30 38.98 1,658 1,558 40.1 86,208 81,010 2,087 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 37.44 36.58 1,498 1,463 40.0 77,883 76,086 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.84 20.12 834 805 40.0 43,353 41,850 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 19.54 19.48 781 779 40.0 40,636 40,518 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.93 23.08 997 923 40.0 51,859 48,006 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.01 31.20 1,150 1,248 39.7 43,815 51,096 1,511 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.68 34.52 1,187 1,381 40.0 43,765 51,096 1,474 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.11 20.00 956 800 39.7 49,736 41,600 2,063 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.70 25.00 1,013 975 39.4 52,681 50,690 2,050 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.32 45.42 1,853 1,817 40.0 96,352 94,474 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.77 28.03 1,080 1,049 38.9 56,178 54,531 2,023 Therapists........................................................ 21.40 14.50 855 580 40.0 44,483 30,160 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.82 19.35 790 774 39.9 41,079 40,248 2,073 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.56 11.27 455 443 39.3 23,639 23,046 2,045 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.74 10.38 420 404 39.1 21,856 21,008 2,034 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ $10.74 $10.38 $420 $404 39.1 $21,856 $21,008 2,034 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.36 10.25 456 400 36.9 23,687 20,800 1,916 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.21 9.75 408 371 36.4 21,223 19,282 1,894 Security guards................................................. 11.21 9.75 408 371 36.4 21,223 19,282 1,894 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.03 11.58 435 440 39.4 22,617 22,880 2,050 Cooks............................................................. 13.16 12.77 527 511 40.0 27,381 26,568 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.86 8.97 396 380 40.1 20,569 19,760 2,087 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.67 8.97 388 377 40.1 20,187 19,594 2,087 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.08 9.50 410 403 40.7 21,311 20,978 2,115 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.69 8.15 341 325 39.2 17,717 16,885 2,038 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.16 14.30 814 577 40.4 42,314 29,994 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.48 15.27 643 653 41.6 33,437 33,946 2,161 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.48 15.27 643 653 41.6 33,437 33,946 2,161 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.92 12.40 603 490 40.4 31,368 25,480 2,103 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.92 10.50 435 415 39.8 22,599 21,576 2,069 Cashiers...................................................... 10.92 10.50 435 415 39.8 22,599 21,576 2,069 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 19.18 18.84 781 702 40.7 40,608 36,500 2,117 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.28 12.70 622 508 40.7 32,353 26,412 2,117 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.78 16.01 670 637 39.9 34,815 33,114 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.92 27.72 1,074 1,058 41.4 55,863 55,004 2,155 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.39 16.39 655 656 40.0 34,082 34,091 2,079 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.88 15.05 675 602 40.0 35,103 31,304 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 16.19 639 648 40.0 33,230 33,675 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.92 14.54 636 582 40.0 33,083 30,243 2,078 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.86 16.67 631 667 39.8 32,821 34,674 2,070 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.06 14.16 562 566 40.0 29,244 29,453 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.47 12.40 539 496 40.0 28,013 25,792 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.32 19.24 803 754 39.5 41,761 39,204 2,055 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.26 20.67 845 827 39.8 43,948 43,000 2,068 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.88 14.53 595 581 40.0 30,957 30,222 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.57 16.50 658 638 39.7 34,236 33,155 2,066 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.92 14.62 633 585 39.8 32,923 30,410 2,068 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.40 18.44 737 738 40.1 38,341 38,351 2,084 Electricians...................................................... 21.71 18.44 868 738 40.0 45,155 38,351 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.84 26.10 985 1,047 41.3 51,223 54,454 2,149 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 31.11 27.94 1,447 1,118 46.5 75,245 58,115 2,419 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... $27.88 $27.69 $1,115 $1,108 40.0 $57,988 $57,591 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.88 27.69 1,115 1,108 40.0 57,988 57,591 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................ 25.60 26.18 1,024 1,047 40.0 53,247 54,454 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.39 13.90 706 690 45.9 36,724 35,880 2,387 Production occupations.............................................. 19.04 17.45 758 698 39.8 39,436 36,294 2,071 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.93 16.03 797 641 40.0 41,458 33,342 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.04 17.45 682 698 40.0 35,442 36,294 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.64 11.77 737 472 39.6 38,348 24,544 2,058 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.23 18.86 791 698 45.9 41,118 36,300 2,387 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.75 19.78 997 1,132 50.5 51,824 58,853 2,624 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.08 14.42 563 577 40.0 29,286 30,000 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.53 10.05 420 400 39.9 21,850 20,800 2,076 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 10.50 432 415 39.9 22,456 21,570 2,075 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... $24.53 $24.89 – $20.26 $20.00 $22.07 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 32.28 33.64 27.43 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.36 35.85 30.50 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 30.45 31.95 26.86 Service............................................................. 17.76 14.94 – 11.05 9.92 15.62 Sales and office.................................................... 17.30 17.30 – 16.84 16.84 16.86 Sales and related................................................. 16.21 16.21 – 18.12 18.12 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.15 18.15 – 16.14 16.07 16.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.23 24.33 – 17.96 18.08 16.75 Construction and extraction...................................... 21.56 21.40 – 17.16 17.21 16.77 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.00 27.37 – 18.62 18.76 16.72 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 30.12 30.58 – 13.85 13.76 16.18 Production........................................................ 24.89 24.89 – 13.15 13.06 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.21 14.13 15.66 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........................................................... 16.8 18.3 – 3.0 3.5 2.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 1.9 2.0 3.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 3.3 3.5 5.3 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 2.0 2.2 3.6 Service............................................................. 11.8 21.5 – 4.1 3.8 4.6 Sales and office.................................................... 16.0 16.0 – 4.1 4.3 10.6 Sales and related................................................. 25.6 25.6 – 8.9 8.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 12.5 12.5 – 2.6 2.7 10.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.4 3.5 – 6.2 6.8 7.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.1 4.4 – 10.5 11.8 9.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1.7 .8 – 4.7 5.0 3.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 34.9 35.4 – 7.3 7.7 9.6 Production........................................................ 3.2 3.2 – 6.4 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 9.9 10.6 9.0 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.98 $19.66 $26.88 $26.88 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.66 32.90 45.39 45.39 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.85 35.34 39.00 39.00 Professional and related.......................................... 29.94 31.22 – – Service............................................................. 11.21 9.85 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.32 15.23 25.10 25.10 Sales and related................................................. 13.57 13.57 30.41 30.41 Office and administrative support................................. 16.12 16.05 16.87 16.87 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.96 19.09 26.17 26.17 Construction and extraction...................................... – 18.17 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.74 19.91 26.17 26.17 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.66 15.65 16.10 16.10 Production........................................................ 15.65 15.60 10.57 10.57 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.67 15.68 18.07 18.07 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.2 3.7 8.6 8.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.9 1.9 10.9 10.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.2 3.5 8.0 8.0 Professional and related.......................................... 2.0 2.2 – – Service............................................................. 4.1 3.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.3 5.6 10.4 10.4 Sales and related................................................. 16.0 16.0 10.6 10.6 Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 2.4 4.5 4.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.7 6.2 19.4 19.4 Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.6 4.9 19.4 19.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.3 12.9 2.8 2.8 Production........................................................ 4.7 4.7 14.3 14.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 19.6 20.8 7.8 7.8 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 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........................................................... - - $19.61 - - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - 33.18 - - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - 36.08 - - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - - 30.91 - - - - - - Service............................................................. - - 20.63 - - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - - 17.63 - - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - - 18.26 - - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - - 16.55 - - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - 20.37 - - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - 20.85 - - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - 17.16 - - - - - - Production........................................................ - - 13.35 - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - 17.85 - - - - - - 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........................................................... - - 6.7 - - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - 6.3 - - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - 7.2 - - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - - 5.2 - - - - - - Service............................................................. - - 3.3 - - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - - 8.6 - - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - - 12.4 - - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - - 3.9 - - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - 5.8 - - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - 5.3 - - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - 19.8 - - - - - - Production........................................................ - - 13.2 - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - 21.6 - - - - - - 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,213,600 1,913,700 299,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 632,200 470,200 162,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 212,000 190,700 21,400 Professional and related.......................................... 420,100 279,500 140,600 Service............................................................. 394,000 321,200 72,800 Sales and office.................................................... 647,500 617,400 30,100 Sales and related................................................. 249,800 249,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 397,700 367,500 30,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 179,200 164,100 15,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 83,700 75,100 8,700 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 95,400 89,100 6,400 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 360,700 340,700 20,000 Production........................................................ 126,200 125,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 234,500 215,300 19,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, January 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 85,510 83,370 2,140 Total in sample....................................................... 745 680 65 Responding........................................................ 382 325 57 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 233 225 8 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 130 130 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.