NC BL 12/00/2007 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, Bulletin 3140-18, August 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $12.61 6.1 35.1 $10.75 5.9 34.2 $20.04 11.4 39.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.88 6.0 38.2 23.87 8.0 37.6 25.70 8.0 38.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.41 9.7 42.3 27.14 12.8 43.7 30.75 12.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 24.18 8.8 37.4 22.83 8.7 36.0 25.09 12.2 38.5 Service............................................................. 7.39 3.6 30.5 6.58 1.7 29.3 12.35 8.4 40.7 Sales and office.................................................... 10.47 4.0 36.7 10.15 4.6 36.4 13.07 3.4 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 10.14 10.0 33.7 10.15 10.0 33.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 10.67 4.8 38.8 10.15 6.3 38.7 13.14 2.9 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.31 7.0 39.9 11.31 7.9 39.9 11.37 6.6 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 10.39 6.4 39.7 10.19 8.1 39.6 11.63 6.6 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.41 19.8 40.7 13.53 20.4 40.7 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.05 10.5 37.8 10.95 11.2 37.8 13.69 8.6 40.0 Production........................................................ 11.15 5.8 38.6 10.92 6.0 38.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.98 18.3 37.4 10.96 18.9 37.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 13.76 7.0 39.6 11.79 7.1 39.4 20.12 11.3 40.1 Part time........................................................... 6.82 2.3 22.3 6.72 2.3 22.5 13.78 20.6 13.7 Union............................................................... 22.18 9.7 40.0 20.21 13.6 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 12.53 6.1 35.1 10.68 5.8 34.2 19.95 11.6 39.2 Time................................................................ 12.23 6.3 34.8 10.13 5.7 33.8 20.04 11.4 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 19.63 15.4 40.9 19.63 15.4 40.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.37 4.8 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.64 6.8 33.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 10.28 8.4 36.6 10.06 8.8 36.4 15.65 7.3 41.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.36 5.6 31.4 11.44 5.3 30.0 16.49 9.8 39.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.23 9.6 35.9 12.37 7.1 33.1 21.74 14.3 38.9 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $12.61 6.1 $13.76 7.0 $6.82 2.3 Management occupations.............................................. 30.37 12.4 30.37 12.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 21.15 2.2 21.15 2.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.86 6.3 39.86 6.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.43 12.0 24.43 12.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.54 28.5 16.54 28.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.71 22.2 21.71 22.2 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.09 22.1 29.09 22.1 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.09 22.1 29.09 22.1 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.90 9.8 11.90 9.8 – – Social and human service assistants............................. 10.93 9.0 10.93 9.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.96 11.2 25.16 10.8 14.56 31.1 Level 9 .................................................. 31.06 .4 31.11 .3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.61 1.8 29.61 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.17 .2 31.17 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.58 .3 30.58 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.65 .3 30.65 .3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.04 2.5 30.04 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 3.9 29.94 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.08 2.1 32.08 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.15 2.1 32.15 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 2.2 32.08 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.15 2.1 32.15 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.52 3.4 10.62 3.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.70 10.0 25.70 10.9 25.69 32.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 10.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.52 5.3 16.52 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.67 12.5 38.91 13.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.51 2.7 29.57 2.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.54 4.8 30.70 4.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.65 12.3 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.70 13.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.12 4.1 17.05 4.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.03 6.8 7.78 12.5 6.18 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.91 4.3 7.30 9.0 6.37 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. $6.97 4.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.58 1.1 $6.77 3.6 $6.36 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.66 1.5 – – 6.37 1.1 Home health aides............................................... 6.36 1.1 – – 6.30 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.36 .8 – – 6.37 1.1 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.59 3.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.74 13.9 9.48 7.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.86 13.6 12.46 11.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.20 8.2 14.20 8.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.39 4.3 6.44 4.2 6.19 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 5.85 4.1 5.66 7.5 6.03 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 6.22 2.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.31 4.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.22 4.6 3.08 4.9 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 15.0 2.85 14.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.41 3.4 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.38 4.3 6.73 15.5 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.42 3.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.41 4.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.93 6.6 9.06 6.9 7.84 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.29 4.8 – – 7.75 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.83 3.8 7.83 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.90 5.3 10.90 5.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.85 7.7 9.01 8.1 7.84 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.39 5.5 – – 7.75 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 3.9 7.67 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.12 6.9 9.27 6.9 7.92 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.57 6.6 – – 7.79 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.80 3.9 7.80 3.9 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.23 8.8 8.23 8.8 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.39 4.1 8.34 9.8 6.00 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 2.8 – – 6.00 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 6.24 1.9 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.00 2.2 – – 6.00 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 3.0 – – 6.00 3.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.14 10.0 11.03 11.3 7.50 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 14.0 9.69 19.2 7.44 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.38 3.1 – – 6.91 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.97 13.9 8.11 16.3 7.21 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 16.0 13.63 17.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. $10.74 19.2 $10.74 19.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 16.4 11.93 16.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.91 23.0 12.91 23.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.54 9.0 10.66 11.2 $7.52 0.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 14.0 9.69 19.2 7.44 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.96 1.6 – – 6.81 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.95 14.2 8.09 16.7 7.19 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 13.1 14.49 14.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 9.3 8.34 16.6 7.28 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 14.1 – – 7.43 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.96 3.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 9.3 8.34 16.6 7.28 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 14.1 – – 7.43 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.96 3.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.04 30.0 11.89 29.6 8.04 13.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.06 9.2 7.06 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.13 16.5 15.72 18.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.67 4.8 10.88 4.7 7.15 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 12.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.35 5.3 8.55 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.98 2.8 9.05 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.49 6.0 12.51 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.88 9.2 13.88 9.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.45 6.3 9.50 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.95 7.5 9.02 8.0 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.21 6.5 11.54 6.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 3.9 9.18 4.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.03 12.2 12.03 12.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.80 20.9 8.36 20.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.30 9.6 12.52 9.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.71 5.4 8.90 5.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.05 3.3 9.24 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 7.3 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.75 5.4 12.75 5.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.75 5.0 9.66 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.01 9.8 9.01 9.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.39 6.4 10.41 6.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 4.7 7.63 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.07 16.4 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.20 4.5 14.20 4.5 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.82 9.1 8.82 9.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.41 19.8 13.41 19.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.86 15.3 14.86 15.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. $11.15 5.8 $11.34 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 9.6 8.24 10.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 3.0 9.89 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.25 15.4 12.25 15.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.56 7.8 14.56 7.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.80 3.9 16.80 3.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.19 10.7 17.19 10.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.57 14.0 11.57 14.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.99 14.0 9.26 16.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.98 18.3 11.32 18.2 $6.39 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.11 7.6 5.96 8.6 6.69 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 6.6 8.15 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.53 3.8 8.53 3.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.12 4.5 8.12 4.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.58 4.3 6.59 4.9 6.53 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.01 8.6 5.80 9.8 6.69 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 2.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.77 5.2 6.82 6.8 6.63 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.21 11.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.14 3.3 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.19 9.9 – – – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $10.75 5.9 $11.79 7.1 $6.72 2.3 Management occupations.............................................. 27.38 17.0 27.38 17.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 21.15 2.2 21.15 2.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.50 12.8 26.50 12.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.54 28.5 16.54 28.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.37 11.2 26.40 12.3 25.69 32.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 10.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.94 6.7 16.94 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.64 12.7 38.89 13.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.84 2.6 29.91 2.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.39 5.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.65 12.3 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.70 13.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.76 3.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.99 7.0 7.75 13.1 6.18 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.91 4.3 7.30 9.0 6.37 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 6.82 4.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.58 1.1 6.77 3.6 6.36 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.66 1.5 – – 6.37 1.1 Home health aides............................................... 6.36 1.1 – – 6.30 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 6.36 .8 – – 6.37 1.1 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.59 3.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.69 15.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.33 5.2 6.36 5.5 6.19 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 5.82 4.2 5.61 8.0 6.03 2.6 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.31 4.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.22 4.6 3.08 4.9 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 15.0 2.85 14.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.30 2.0 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.35 4.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.31 2.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.38 4.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.06 7.7 8.10 9.6 7.93 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.21 5.1 – – 7.83 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 8.1 7.17 8.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.70 4.7 7.61 6.1 7.93 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.30 6.2 – – 7.83 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 8.1 7.17 8.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $8.01 5.4 $7.99 6.7 $8.06 7.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.46 8.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.37 4.2 8.35 10.4 6.00 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 2.8 – – 6.00 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 6.17 .2 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.00 2.2 – – 6.00 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 3.0 – – 6.00 3.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.15 10.0 11.05 11.4 7.50 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 14.0 9.69 19.2 7.44 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.36 3.3 – – 6.91 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.97 13.9 8.11 16.3 7.21 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 16.0 13.63 17.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.74 19.2 10.74 19.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 16.4 11.93 16.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.91 23.0 12.91 23.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.55 9.1 10.68 11.2 7.52 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 14.0 9.69 19.2 7.44 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.91 1.8 – – 6.81 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.95 14.2 8.09 16.7 7.19 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 13.1 14.49 14.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 9.5 8.34 17.2 7.28 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 14.1 – – 7.43 6.3 Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 9.5 8.34 17.2 7.28 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 14.1 – – 7.43 6.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.04 30.0 11.89 29.6 8.04 13.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.06 9.2 7.06 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.13 16.5 15.72 18.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.15 6.3 10.38 6.2 6.78 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 12.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.16 6.2 8.37 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.79 2.7 8.87 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.50 7.5 12.50 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.80 14.2 13.80 14.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.06 5.9 9.11 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.68 6.8 8.75 7.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 8.95 3.9 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.03 12.2 12.03 12.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.80 20.9 8.36 20.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.65 15.7 11.93 15.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.71 5.4 8.90 5.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.05 3.3 9.24 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.63 7.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 8.73 4.9 8.73 4.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $10.19 8.1 $10.21 8.1 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.32 6.4 8.32 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.53 20.4 13.53 20.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.86 15.3 14.86 15.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 10.92 6.0 11.10 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 9.6 8.24 10.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 3.0 9.89 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.25 15.4 12.25 15.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.75 9.2 14.75 9.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.14 1.0 16.14 1.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.19 10.7 17.19 10.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.57 14.0 11.57 14.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.99 14.0 9.26 16.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.96 18.9 11.32 18.8 $6.39 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.11 7.6 5.96 8.6 6.69 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 6.6 8.15 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.12 4.5 8.12 4.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.58 4.3 6.59 4.9 6.53 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.01 8.6 5.80 9.8 6.69 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 2.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.77 5.2 6.82 6.8 6.63 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.21 11.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.14 3.3 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.19 9.9 – – – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $20.04 11.4 $20.12 11.3 $13.78 20.6 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.02 21.5 23.02 21.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.27 10.4 26.40 9.9 17.77 32.0 Level 9 .................................................. 31.06 .4 31.11 .3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.09 .3 31.09 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.17 .2 31.17 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.58 .3 30.58 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.65 .3 30.65 .3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.04 2.5 30.04 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.94 3.9 29.94 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.11 2.1 32.11 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.15 2.1 32.15 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.11 2.2 32.11 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.15 2.1 32.15 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.08 1.2 11.08 1.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.91 14.0 16.91 14.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.13 7.5 15.13 7.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.68 4.1 9.73 4.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.76 4.2 9.82 4.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.76 4.2 9.82 4.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.14 2.9 13.17 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.48 2.9 12.56 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.03 5.2 14.03 5.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.71 2.6 13.71 2.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.01 4.1 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.63 6.6 11.63 6.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $12.61 6.1 $13.76 7.0 $6.82 2.3 Management occupations.............................................. 30.37 12.4 30.37 12.4 – – Group III................................................. 34.25 10.5 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.43 12.0 24.43 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.60 11.1 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.54 28.5 16.54 28.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.71 22.2 21.71 22.2 – – Group II.................................................. 15.21 5.7 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.09 22.1 29.09 22.1 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.09 22.1 29.09 22.1 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.90 9.8 11.90 9.8 – – Group II.................................................. 11.93 10.1 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 10.93 9.0 10.93 9.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.96 11.2 25.16 10.8 14.56 31.1 Group I................................................... 7.73 8.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.98 19.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.96 3.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.61 1.8 29.61 1.8 – – Group III................................................. 31.17 .2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.58 .3 30.58 .3 – – Group III................................................. 30.65 .3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 31.05 1.0 31.05 1.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.04 2.5 30.04 2.5 – – Group III................................................. 29.94 3.9 29.94 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.08 2.1 32.08 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 32.15 2.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 2.2 32.08 2.2 – – Group III................................................. 32.15 2.1 32.15 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.52 3.4 10.62 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.73 8.2 7.99 9.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.70 10.0 25.70 10.9 25.69 32.6 Group I................................................... 14.40 5.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.92 15.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.64 10.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.51 2.7 29.57 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 30.71 3.8 30.86 3.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.65 12.3 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... $14.70 13.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.12 4.1 $17.05 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.90 4.8 16.90 4.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.03 6.8 7.78 12.5 $6.18 1.8 Group I................................................... 7.03 6.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.58 1.1 6.77 3.6 6.36 1.0 Group I................................................... 6.58 1.1 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 6.36 1.1 – – 6.30 .7 Group I................................................... 6.36 1.1 – – 6.30 .7 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.59 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.59 3.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.74 13.9 9.48 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.74 13.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.86 13.6 12.46 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.28 15.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.39 4.3 6.44 4.2 6.19 3.6 Group I................................................... 6.39 4.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.31 4.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.31 4.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.22 4.6 3.08 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 3.22 4.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 15.0 2.85 14.1 – – Group I................................................... 2.80 15.0 2.85 14.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.41 3.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.41 3.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.42 3.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.42 3.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.93 6.6 9.06 6.9 7.84 4.3 Group I................................................... 8.79 7.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.85 7.7 9.01 8.1 7.84 4.3 Group I................................................... 8.88 8.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.12 6.9 9.27 6.9 7.92 6.5 Group I................................................... 9.17 7.1 9.35 7.0 7.92 6.5 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.23 8.8 8.23 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.23 8.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.39 4.1 8.34 9.8 6.00 2.1 Group I................................................... 6.26 3.8 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.00 2.2 – – 6.00 2.2 Group I................................................... 6.00 2.2 – – 6.00 2.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... $10.14 10.0 $11.03 11.3 $7.50 0.8 Group I................................................... 9.79 8.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 11.79 17.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 16.4 11.93 16.4 – – Group II.................................................. 13.10 14.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.91 23.0 12.91 23.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.20 4.1 16.20 4.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.54 9.0 10.66 11.2 7.52 .8 Group I................................................... 9.70 8.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 9.3 8.34 16.6 7.28 4.6 Group I................................................... 7.62 11.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 9.3 8.34 16.6 7.28 4.6 Group I................................................... 7.62 11.2 8.10 19.4 7.25 5.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.04 30.0 11.89 29.6 8.04 13.0 Group I................................................... 11.61 31.1 12.38 30.7 8.32 15.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.67 4.8 10.88 4.7 7.15 5.9 Group I................................................... 9.54 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.02 6.9 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.45 6.3 9.50 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.53 6.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.21 6.5 11.54 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.81 6.2 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 3.9 9.18 4.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.03 12.2 12.03 12.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.80 20.9 8.36 20.2 – – Group I................................................... 7.90 20.7 8.36 20.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.30 9.6 12.52 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.25 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.14 6.2 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.05 3.3 9.24 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.05 3.3 9.24 2.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.75 5.4 12.75 5.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.75 5.0 9.66 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.50 5.2 9.39 5.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.39 6.4 10.41 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.75 8.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.37 3.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.82 9.1 8.82 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.82 9.1 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.41 19.8 13.41 19.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.02 17.0 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. $11.15 5.8 $11.34 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.71 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.23 6.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.19 10.7 17.19 10.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.45 7.6 13.45 7.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.57 14.0 11.57 14.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.99 14.0 9.26 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.05 12.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.98 18.3 11.32 18.2 $6.39 6.7 Group I................................................... 9.31 14.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.12 4.5 8.12 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.12 4.5 8.12 4.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.58 4.3 6.59 4.9 6.53 7.4 Group I................................................... 6.58 4.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.77 5.2 6.82 6.8 6.63 8.5 Group I................................................... 6.77 5.2 6.82 6.8 6.63 8.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.19 9.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.19 9.9 – – – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.50 $9.00 $14.50 $25.90 Management occupations.............................................. 16.73 19.25 32.67 38.72 42.10 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.46 18.95 25.20 32.21 32.21 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.00 8.00 11.00 27.69 32.67 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.08 15.02 17.67 32.12 38.12 Counselors........................................................ 15.12 17.67 32.58 37.17 41.29 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.12 17.67 32.58 37.17 41.29 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.36 9.00 11.15 13.32 16.46 Social and human service assistants............................. 8.36 9.00 11.08 11.81 13.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.91 11.32 27.39 34.04 37.93 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 26.45 29.66 34.71 37.38 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.40 26.45 29.20 35.16 36.48 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.40 26.91 30.12 35.98 37.00 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.37 26.00 28.13 34.37 36.29 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.62 38.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.62 38.83 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.47 10.91 11.10 11.32 11.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.65 12.50 17.63 28.27 38.19 Registered nurses................................................. 22.92 28.27 29.99 32.27 32.27 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.27 11.76 11.81 19.50 22.51 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.50 12.50 12.50 13.83 20.29 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.28 15.50 17.00 18.00 20.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 7.71 8.52 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 6.90 7.68 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 6.50 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 6.95 7.68 8.26 8.53 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 5.85 5.85 8.00 8.50 12.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 5.25 5.25 10.97 14.91 25.20 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 6.00 6.02 7.25 8.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.33 5.50 6.02 7.00 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.23 2.25 4.25 5.37 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.36 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.35 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.32 7.00 8.29 10.67 12.02 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.32 7.06 8.20 10.81 12.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.32 7.37 8.70 10.96 12.05 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.00 7.00 8.06 9.57 10.09 Personal care and service occupations............................... $5.15 $5.85 $6.05 $6.70 $7.15 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.50 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 6.78 8.40 11.69 15.20 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.97 10.11 10.11 14.75 15.75 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 7.97 8.76 13.47 15.20 20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.04 6.50 7.62 9.99 12.82 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.85 6.25 7.25 8.58 10.93 Cashiers...................................................... 5.85 6.25 7.25 8.58 10.93 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.42 7.25 8.13 11.08 19.52 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.97 8.00 10.10 13.00 15.25 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.35 7.60 8.75 11.01 12.59 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.55 10.41 11.11 12.59 14.43 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.16 8.03 9.50 9.92 10.65 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.75 8.40 13.36 14.62 14.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 8.43 11.22 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.50 8.76 12.31 15.31 17.50 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.47 7.65 8.50 10.32 11.18 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.41 11.33 12.75 14.05 15.46 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.46 8.00 9.01 11.35 12.61 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.00 8.00 9.50 12.04 15.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.00 7.75 8.50 9.52 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 6.25 8.01 10.00 17.30 27.72 Production occupations.............................................. 6.52 7.00 10.50 14.52 17.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 15.32 17.75 19.48 20.48 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.25 6.91 9.00 17.91 20.56 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 5.61 6.52 7.80 11.07 12.11 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.56 7.00 8.50 15.50 22.65 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.38 6.15 7.47 8.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.38 6.57 7.50 8.90 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.20 5.65 5.65 6.15 7.35 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.25 $8.00 $12.00 $17.53 Management occupations.............................................. 13.37 17.07 21.49 35.62 43.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.01 25.18 32.21 32.21 32.21 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.00 8.00 11.00 27.69 32.67 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.62 12.50 18.00 28.27 45.00 Registered nurses................................................. 25.10 28.27 30.75 32.27 32.27 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.27 11.76 11.81 19.50 22.51 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.50 12.50 12.50 13.83 20.29 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.50 16.50 17.50 18.00 20.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 7.50 8.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 6.90 7.68 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 6.00 6.35 6.50 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 6.95 7.68 8.26 8.53 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 5.85 5.85 6.00 8.50 12.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 5.90 6.00 7.00 8.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.33 5.50 6.02 7.00 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.23 2.25 4.25 5.37 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.36 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 6.65 7.00 9.43 10.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.98 6.32 7.32 8.30 10.67 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.98 6.32 7.50 9.50 10.75 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 5.73 6.05 6.70 7.00 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.50 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 6.78 8.40 11.69 15.20 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.97 10.11 10.11 14.75 15.75 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 7.97 8.76 13.47 15.20 20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.04 6.45 7.62 10.00 12.82 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.85 6.25 7.25 8.59 10.97 Cashiers...................................................... 5.85 6.25 7.25 8.59 10.97 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.42 7.25 8.13 11.08 19.52 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.50 7.75 9.53 11.81 14.62 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.23 7.50 8.75 10.41 12.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.14 7.91 8.94 9.59 10.32 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.75 8.40 13.36 14.62 14.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 8.43 11.22 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.50 8.50 10.44 16.15 17.50 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.47 7.65 8.50 10.32 11.18 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.80 7.50 8.00 9.88 11.35 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $6.00 $7.25 $9.00 $12.04 $15.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.00 7.75 8.40 9.50 10.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 6.25 8.01 10.00 17.50 27.72 Production occupations.............................................. 6.52 6.78 10.00 14.30 17.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 15.32 17.75 19.48 20.48 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.25 6.91 9.00 17.91 20.56 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 5.61 6.52 7.80 11.07 12.11 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.51 7.00 8.50 15.50 22.65 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.38 6.15 7.47 8.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.38 6.57 7.50 8.90 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.20 5.65 5.65 6.15 7.35 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.01 $11.32 $14.94 $28.85 $36.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.29 15.12 17.67 33.50 38.88 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.10 11.32 28.13 34.71 37.93 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.54 27.06 30.21 35.16 37.46 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.40 26.45 29.20 35.16 36.48 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.40 26.91 30.12 35.98 37.00 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.37 26.00 28.13 34.37 36.29 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.65 38.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.62 38.83 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.91 10.91 11.10 11.32 11.32 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.97 11.65 14.69 21.80 27.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.37 8.03 9.53 11.91 12.11 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.11 7.92 9.53 11.93 12.16 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.11 7.92 9.53 11.93 12.16 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.52 11.92 13.24 14.28 15.71 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.33 12.62 13.32 14.50 15.93 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.52 10.06 12.39 12.43 15.08 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.75 9.79 11.47 12.38 14.79 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.50 $10.32 $15.50 $28.27 Management occupations.............................................. 16.73 19.25 32.67 38.72 42.10 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.46 18.95 25.20 32.21 32.21 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.00 8.00 11.00 27.69 32.67 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.08 15.02 17.67 32.12 38.12 Counselors........................................................ 15.12 17.67 32.58 37.17 41.29 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.12 17.67 32.58 37.17 41.29 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.36 9.00 11.15 13.32 16.46 Social and human service assistants............................. 8.36 9.00 11.08 11.81 13.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.91 11.32 27.53 34.25 37.93 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.07 26.45 29.66 34.71 37.38 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.40 26.45 29.20 35.16 36.48 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.40 26.91 30.12 35.98 37.00 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.37 26.00 28.13 34.37 36.29 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.62 38.83 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.74 28.06 31.50 35.62 38.83 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.30 10.91 11.10 11.32 11.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.65 12.50 17.50 28.27 34.66 Registered nurses................................................. 22.92 28.27 30.21 32.27 32.27 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.28 15.50 17.00 18.00 20.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.17 6.35 7.35 8.50 11.72 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.85 6.35 6.35 7.35 8.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 12.50 12.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 5.25 5.35 11.65 16.29 25.20 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.33 6.00 6.06 7.25 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.23 2.23 3.60 4.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.23 2.23 3.36 4.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.32 7.06 8.61 10.81 12.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.32 7.15 8.52 10.96 12.05 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.32 7.50 8.88 11.63 12.07 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.00 7.00 8.06 9.57 10.09 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.73 6.50 7.25 9.45 13.74 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.04 7.50 9.30 12.50 17.07 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.97 10.11 10.11 14.75 15.75 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... $7.97 $8.76 $13.47 $15.20 $20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.04 6.50 8.17 11.13 17.53 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.25 7.75 9.69 11.93 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.25 7.75 9.69 11.93 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.42 7.50 8.43 11.13 23.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.10 8.35 10.18 13.31 15.45 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.72 7.89 8.77 11.11 12.59 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.55 10.41 11.11 12.59 14.43 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.14 7.89 9.54 9.92 10.65 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.75 8.40 13.36 14.62 14.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 6.25 6.50 8.43 11.22 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.00 9.00 12.73 15.48 17.50 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.47 8.49 8.76 10.75 11.44 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.41 11.33 12.75 14.05 15.46 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.46 8.00 8.52 11.35 13.11 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.00 8.00 9.50 12.38 15.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.00 7.75 8.50 9.52 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 6.25 8.01 10.00 17.30 27.72 Production occupations.............................................. 6.52 7.00 10.75 14.89 17.32 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 15.32 17.75 19.48 20.48 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.00 11.50 12.00 16.50 18.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.25 6.91 9.00 17.91 20.56 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.52 6.52 9.27 11.94 12.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.65 7.00 8.75 15.50 22.65 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.20 6.00 7.44 8.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.15 6.57 8.00 8.90 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.15 $5.85 $6.05 $6.85 $8.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 5.15 5.15 9.38 28.00 31.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.00 12.79 25.00 45.00 45.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.85 5.85 6.00 6.31 6.75 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.85 6.00 6.25 6.50 7.00 Home health aides............................................... 5.85 6.00 6.15 6.50 6.90 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 5.85 5.85 6.35 8.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 7.00 7.64 8.00 10.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 7.64 8.00 10.67 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 6.82 7.11 8.00 10.67 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 5.45 6.05 6.50 6.85 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.50 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 6.45 7.25 7.87 10.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.40 7.25 8.00 10.03 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.85 6.20 7.25 7.60 9.57 Cashiers...................................................... 5.85 6.20 7.25 7.60 9.57 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.45 6.50 7.10 9.50 10.93 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 5.50 6.00 6.32 7.50 8.43 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.51 5.75 5.90 7.00 7.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.51 5.65 6.15 7.50 7.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.51 5.75 7.00 7.50 7.50 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $13.76 $10.32 $545 $407 39.6 $26,690 $20,280 1,939 Management occupations.............................................. 30.37 32.67 1,324 1,314 43.6 64,384 59,886 2,120 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.43 25.20 977 1,008 40.0 50,807 52,416 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.54 11.00 662 440 40.0 34,404 22,880 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.71 17.67 868 707 40.0 40,972 36,754 1,887 Counselors........................................................ 29.09 32.58 1,161 1,303 39.9 50,119 52,683 1,723 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.09 32.58 1,161 1,303 39.9 50,119 52,683 1,723 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.90 11.15 476 446 40.0 24,603 23,196 2,067 Social and human service assistants............................. 10.93 11.08 437 443 40.0 22,578 23,046 2,065 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.16 27.53 1,002 1,095 39.8 34,425 39,628 1,368 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.61 29.66 1,178 1,176 39.8 39,848 42,570 1,346 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.58 29.20 1,214 1,159 39.7 39,622 41,628 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.05 30.12 1,228 1,186 39.6 36,107 41,628 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.04 28.13 1,197 1,113 39.8 44,843 41,631 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.08 31.50 1,276 1,260 39.8 40,937 45,193 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 31.50 1,276 1,260 39.8 40,915 45,193 1,276 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.62 11.10 423 444 39.8 14,321 16,612 1,348 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.70 17.50 1,023 700 39.8 52,658 35,381 2,049 Registered nurses................................................. 29.57 30.21 1,173 1,185 39.7 60,854 61,152 2,058 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.05 17.00 676 675 39.6 33,680 34,320 1,975 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.78 7.35 265 248 34.0 13,770 12,896 1,770 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.77 6.35 211 184 31.2 10,992 9,555 1,625 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.48 8.50 379 340 40.0 19,715 17,680 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.46 11.65 524 452 42.0 27,233 23,508 2,186 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.44 6.06 246 241 38.1 12,530 12,480 1,945 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.08 2.23 98 78 31.7 5,082 4,056 1,649 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.85 2.23 89 76 31.3 4,633 3,934 1,628 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.06 8.61 353 335 38.9 17,583 17,227 1,940 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.01 8.52 348 332 38.7 17,169 17,222 1,906 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.27 8.88 368 350 39.6 17,992 17,760 1,940 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.23 8.06 329 322 40.0 17,118 16,765 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.34 7.25 334 290 40.0 17,027 15,080 2,042 Sales and related occupations....................................... $11.03 $9.30 $437 $335 39.6 $22,732 $17,430 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 10.11 493 455 41.3 25,648 23,660 2,149 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.91 13.47 515 500 39.9 26,805 26,000 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.66 8.17 414 314 38.9 21,541 16,326 2,021 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.34 7.75 330 310 39.6 17,178 16,120 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 8.34 7.75 330 310 39.6 17,178 16,120 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.89 8.43 456 314 38.3 23,696 16,326 1,994 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.88 10.18 435 407 40.0 22,424 21,050 2,060 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 8.77 380 351 40.0 19,762 18,242 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.54 11.11 462 444 40.0 24,011 23,113 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.18 9.54 367 382 40.0 19,095 19,839 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.03 13.36 481 534 40.0 25,016 27,789 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.36 6.50 334 260 40.0 17,387 13,520 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.52 12.73 502 509 40.1 25,460 24,825 2,033 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.24 8.76 370 350 40.0 19,227 18,221 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.75 12.75 506 510 39.7 24,477 25,376 1,920 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.66 8.52 385 341 39.9 19,598 17,728 2,028 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.41 9.50 417 380 40.0 21,462 19,760 2,061 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.82 8.50 353 340 40.0 18,356 17,680 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.41 10.00 546 400 40.7 28,408 20,800 2,118 Production occupations.............................................. 11.34 10.75 455 430 40.1 23,665 22,360 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.19 17.75 725 710 42.2 37,705 36,920 2,193 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.45 12.00 538 480 40.0 27,979 24,960 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.45 12.00 538 480 40.0 27,979 24,960 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $11.57 $9.00 $463 $360 40.0 $24,063 $18,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.26 9.27 369 371 39.9 19,211 19,282 2,076 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.32 8.75 450 340 39.8 23,256 17,680 2,054 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.12 8.50 325 340 40.0 16,893 17,680 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.59 6.00 254 234 38.5 13,191 12,168 2,003 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.82 6.57 266 263 39.1 13,854 13,670 2,032 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $11.79 $8.76 $465 $340 39.4 $24,156 $17,680 2,050 Management occupations.............................................. 27.38 21.49 1,241 1,032 45.3 64,546 53,639 2,358 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.50 32.21 1,060 1,288 40.0 55,120 67,001 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.54 11.00 662 440 40.0 34,404 22,880 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.40 18.00 1,051 705 39.8 54,646 36,670 2,070 Registered nurses................................................. 29.91 30.98 1,187 1,210 39.7 61,721 62,941 2,063 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 7.35 262 247 33.8 13,604 12,834 1,756 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.77 6.35 211 184 31.2 10,992 9,555 1,625 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.36 6.02 244 240 38.3 12,658 12,480 1,989 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.08 2.23 98 78 31.7 5,082 4,056 1,649 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.85 2.23 89 76 31.3 4,633 3,934 1,628 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.10 7.00 304 280 37.5 15,763 14,560 1,946 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.61 7.00 278 280 36.6 14,427 14,560 1,896 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.99 7.50 310 300 38.8 16,064 15,600 2,011 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.35 7.25 334 290 40.0 17,374 15,080 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.05 9.34 438 338 39.6 22,760 17,550 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 10.11 493 455 41.3 25,648 23,660 2,149 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.91 13.47 515 500 39.9 26,805 26,000 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.68 8.13 415 314 38.9 21,579 16,302 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.34 7.75 330 310 39.6 17,179 16,120 2,060 Cashiers...................................................... 8.34 7.75 330 310 39.6 17,179 16,120 2,060 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.89 8.43 456 314 38.3 23,696 16,326 1,994 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.38 9.59 415 384 40.0 21,586 19,956 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.11 8.75 364 350 40.0 18,950 18,200 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.03 13.36 481 534 40.0 25,016 27,789 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.36 6.50 334 260 40.0 17,387 13,520 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.93 10.80 479 432 40.1 24,904 22,464 2,087 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.24 8.76 370 350 40.0 19,227 18,221 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.73 8.00 348 320 39.8 18,081 16,640 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.21 9.00 408 360 40.0 21,234 18,720 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.32 8.40 333 336 40.0 17,311 17,470 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.53 10.00 551 400 40.7 28,658 20,800 2,119 Production occupations.............................................. $11.10 $10.50 $446 $420 40.2 $23,183 $21,840 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.19 17.75 725 710 42.2 37,705 36,920 2,193 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.45 12.00 538 480 40.0 27,979 24,960 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.45 12.00 538 480 40.0 27,979 24,960 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.57 9.00 463 360 40.0 24,063 18,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.26 9.27 369 371 39.9 19,211 19,282 2,076 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.32 8.75 450 340 39.8 23,397 17,680 2,068 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.12 8.50 325 340 40.0 16,893 17,680 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.59 6.00 254 234 38.5 13,191 12,168 2,003 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.82 6.57 266 263 39.1 13,854 13,670 2,032 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $20.12 $15.01 $807 $606 40.1 $33,247 $31,250 1,653 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.02 17.67 920 707 40.0 42,938 39,073 1,866 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.40 28.29 1,051 1,113 39.8 35,239 40,480 1,335 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.09 30.21 1,237 1,205 39.8 40,744 43,399 1,310 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.58 29.20 1,214 1,159 39.7 39,622 41,628 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.05 30.12 1,228 1,186 39.6 36,107 41,628 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.04 28.13 1,197 1,113 39.8 44,843 41,631 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.11 31.50 1,278 1,260 39.8 40,964 45,193 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.11 31.50 1,278 1,260 39.8 40,942 45,193 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.08 11.10 441 444 39.8 14,424 16,612 1,302 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.91 14.69 739 707 43.7 38,451 36,768 2,274 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.73 9.53 389 381 40.0 18,831 18,789 1,936 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.82 9.53 393 381 40.0 18,766 18,480 1,912 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.82 9.53 393 381 40.0 18,766 18,480 1,912 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.17 13.31 527 532 40.0 26,012 26,169 1,976 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.71 13.32 548 533 40.0 26,496 26,470 1,932 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.63 11.47 465 459 40.0 22,731 23,858 1,955 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $10.75 $10.06 $11.44 $12.37 Management, professional, and related...... 23.87 19.02 40.53 22.21 Management, business, and financial...... 27.14 25.25 – – Professional and related................. 22.83 15.49 41.72 19.98 Service.................................... 6.58 6.57 6.53 6.66 Sales and office........................... 10.15 10.53 9.67 8.97 Sales and related........................ 10.15 10.46 9.63 – Office and administrative support........ 10.15 10.58 9.73 8.97 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 11.31 10.83 – – Construction and extraction............. 10.19 8.99 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 13.53 13.66 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 10.95 11.13 9.42 14.02 Production............................... 10.92 9.44 10.38 – Transportation and material moving....... 10.96 11.82 8.59 – 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........................................................... 5.9 8.8 5.3 7.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.0 13.6 11.6 10.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 12.8 15.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 8.7 13.7 12.1 5.2 Service............................................................. 1.7 3.1 5.5 2.3 Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 6.3 1.1 4.3 Sales and related................................................. 10.0 12.8 4.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 6.3 8.5 3.8 4.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.9 11.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 8.1 18.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.4 23.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.2 18.2 9.0 5.2 Production........................................................ 6.0 12.6 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.9 21.7 18.5 – 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 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $10.51 $8.34 $419 $320 39.9 $21,796 $16,661 2,074 Management occupations.............................................. 24.34 18.00 1,046 720 43.0 54,396 37,440 2,235 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.60 32.21 1,064 1,288 40.0 55,326 67,001 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.43 12.50 617 500 40.0 32,100 26,000 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.09 8.76 451 320 40.7 23,455 16,640 2,115 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.50 10.11 478 455 41.6 24,865 23,660 2,161 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.39 8.76 495 319 39.9 25,720 16,569 2,076 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.83 7.25 440 260 40.6 22,872 13,520 2,111 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.00 7.50 – – – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.85 9.96 435 398 40.1 22,609 20,711 2,084 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.86 8.75 354 350 40.0 18,426 18,200 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.52 8.00 339 320 39.8 17,646 16,640 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.01 8.14 360 326 40.0 18,735 16,931 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.66 10.00 558 400 40.8 28,993 20,800 2,123 Production occupations.............................................. 9.44 8.34 377 334 40.0 19,626 17,347 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.04 9.59 474 350 39.4 24,661 18,200 2,049 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.14 5.40 240 215 39.0 12,459 11,188 2,030 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $14.39 $10.32 $554 $396 38.5 $28,798 $20,571 2,001 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.98 20.80 1,270 812 39.7 66,015 42,203 2,064 Registered nurses................................................. 29.34 29.63 1,159 1,172 39.5 60,247 60,950 2,053 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.50 5.85 205 170 31.6 10,579 8,840 1,627 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.88 7.83 321 300 36.1 16,618 15,600 1,871 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.98 7.50 282 291 35.3 14,604 15,148 1,829 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 8.84 337 308 38.1 17,405 15,995 1,968 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.94 10.45 408 375 37.3 21,196 19,510 1,937 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.50 9.90 388 341 37.0 20,182 17,722 1,922 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.65 11.10 416 440 39.1 21,635 22,859 2,032 Cashiers...................................................... 10.65 11.10 416 440 39.1 21,635 22,859 2,032 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.83 9.21 354 325 36.0 18,391 16,906 1,872 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.55 9.00 381 360 39.9 19,798 18,720 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.68 9.85 384 390 39.6 19,959 20,280 2,061 Production occupations.............................................. 12.71 13.12 512 525 40.3 26,637 27,290 2,095 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.96 7.44 367 294 41.0 19,099 15,309 2,132 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.27 7.33 274 293 37.7 14,265 15,246 1,962 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.14 7.47 325 299 40.0 16,926 15,538 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 Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $22.18 $20.21 – $12.53 $10.68 $19.95 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 24.88 23.87 25.70 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 28.43 27.15 30.75 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 24.18 22.83 25.09 Service............................................................. – – – 7.18 6.57 11.27 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 10.45 10.12 13.07 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.14 10.15 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 10.64 10.10 13.14 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 10.83 10.77 11.37 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 10.39 10.19 11.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 12.06 12.15 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 11.02 10.92 13.69 Production........................................................ – – – 11.09 10.84 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 10.98 10.96 – 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........................................................... 9.7 13.6 – 6.1 5.8 11.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 6.0 8.0 8.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 9.8 12.9 12.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 8.8 8.7 12.2 Service............................................................. – – – 3.2 1.8 2.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.1 4.7 3.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.0 10.0 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.8 6.4 2.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 6.8 7.8 6.6 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 6.4 8.1 6.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 19.1 19.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.7 11.4 8.6 Production........................................................ – – – 5.9 6.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 18.3 18.9 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $12.23 $10.13 $19.63 $19.63 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.69 21.07 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 29.29 28.41 – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.61 18.84 – – Service............................................................. 7.35 6.52 – – Sales and office.................................................... 10.05 9.61 13.09 13.09 Sales and related................................................. 8.54 8.54 15.24 15.24 Office and administrative support................................. 10.83 10.30 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.51 10.41 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 10.19 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.05 11.12 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.92 10.81 – – Production........................................................ 11.15 10.92 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.76 10.74 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 6.3 5.7 15.4 15.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.8 9.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 8.7 11.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 10.3 8.3 – – Service............................................................. 3.5 1.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.9 19.5 19.5 Sales and related................................................. 2.4 2.4 21.3 21.3 Office and administrative support................................. 4.9 6.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.1 7.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 8.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.3 19.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.7 11.5 – – Production........................................................ 5.8 6.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.5 20.1 – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 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........................................................... $10.18 $12.01 $11.82 – - $9.35 $12.27 - - Management, professional, and related............................... – 22.28 24.18 – - – 26.67 - - Management, business, and financial............................... – 20.49 28.45 – - – – - - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - – 25.65 - - Service............................................................. – – 7.63 – - 6.37 6.56 - - Sales and office.................................................... – 12.74 9.95 – - 10.79 9.62 - - Sales and related................................................. – – 9.81 – - – – - - Office and administrative support................................. – – 10.26 – - 10.79 9.70 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.05 – 19.56 – - – – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 20.99 – - – – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 11.01 12.48 – - 6.68 – - - Production........................................................ – 12.22 11.04 – - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 8.59 12.61 – - – – - - 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........................................................... 10.3 8.1 9.7 – - 17.3 4.2 - - Management, professional, and related............................... – 4.1 16.3 – - – 13.7 - - Management, business, and financial............................... – 11.9 25.3 – - – – - - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - – 13.6 - - Service............................................................. – – 20.7 – - 4.3 1.4 - - Sales and office.................................................... – 11.3 6.2 – - 16.3 4.7 - - Sales and related................................................. – – 11.4 – - – – - - Office and administrative support................................. – – 12.4 – - 16.3 5.5 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.9 – 4.6 – - – – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 6.5 – - – – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 10.0 16.6 – - 7.1 – - - Production........................................................ – 2.0 17.1 – - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 27.4 18.6 – - – – - - 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 118,600 92,800 25,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 26,300 9,700 16,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 3,400 2,000 1,300 Professional and related.......................................... 22,900 7,700 15,200 Service............................................................. 41,200 36,500 4,700 Sales and office.................................................... 28,500 25,500 3,000 Sales and related................................................. 11,900 11,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 16,600 13,600 3,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8,600 7,700 1,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,500 4,600 800 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2,500 2,500 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14,000 13,400 500 Production........................................................ 5,400 5,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8,600 8,300 – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 5,087 4,945 142 Total in sample....................................................... 243 216 27 Responding........................................................ 163 138 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 34 32 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 46 46 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.