NC BL 03/00/2008 Table: Great Falls, MT, Bulletin, November 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $16.16 3.6 35.2 $15.42 4.0 35.3 $22.07 6.9 34.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 24.39 5.1 38.7 23.50 5.7 39.8 27.94 10.1 34.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 27.86 10.0 40.0 26.61 9.8 40.0 32.59 17.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 23.17 5.1 38.3 22.42 6.2 39.8 26.21 5.5 33.3 Service............................................................. 9.25 3.2 30.8 8.31 1.9 31.1 16.53 15.2 29.0 Sales and office.................................................... 13.10 6.3 34.6 12.93 6.8 34.3 15.68 12.2 40.0 Sales and related................................................. 14.14 14.0 32.2 14.14 14.0 32.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.43 3.5 36.5 12.04 3.6 36.1 15.68 12.2 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.88 8.7 39.5 19.17 9.8 39.5 16.28 6.8 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.29 11.8 39.5 18.55 13.8 39.4 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.66 13.7 39.6 19.89 14.4 39.6 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.95 8.5 34.8 14.95 8.5 34.8 – – – Production........................................................ 17.53 12.1 36.6 17.53 12.1 36.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.33 10.7 34.4 14.33 10.7 34.5 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.14 3.7 39.3 16.36 4.1 39.3 23.18 9.1 39.3 Part time........................................................... 9.36 8.1 20.4 9.22 8.6 21.0 10.99 20.0 15.6 Union............................................................... 18.46 3.4 37.6 17.26 6.5 37.8 19.70 4.5 37.3 Nonunion............................................................ 15.73 4.1 34.8 15.24 4.2 35.1 27.39 14.2 29.5 Time................................................................ 15.91 3.8 35.2 15.11 4.3 35.3 22.07 6.9 34.5 Incentive........................................................... 23.36 26.8 35.6 23.36 26.8 35.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.77 4.1 34.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.50 5.4 34.4 14.45 5.6 34.3 16.19 11.0 35.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.74 7.2 35.4 18.34 9.0 35.7 20.69 6.5 34.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.99 6.3 37.7 15.15 4.4 39.3 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $16.16 3.6 $17.14 3.7 $9.36 8.1 Management occupations.............................................. 27.63 12.1 27.63 12.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.82 14.7 28.82 14.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.23 13.3 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.47 9.2 14.88 10.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.13 8.6 27.80 8.1 13.99 30.0 Level 8 .................................................. 33.51 .2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.78 3.9 30.78 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.97 2.6 – – 9.08 6.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.34 14.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.94 19.0 25.94 19.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.60 1.0 29.60 1.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.35 22.0 – – 9.08 6.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.08 6.2 – – 9.08 6.2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.81 19.7 17.81 19.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.54 1.9 25.22 .4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.37 10.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.89 2.6 10.05 2.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.12 2.0 10.20 1.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.17 1.4 10.20 1.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.16 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.51 .9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.24 14.2 24.49 13.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.60 3.4 8.01 4.0 6.94 2.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.83 9.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 5.9 8.58 7.5 6.72 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 6.70 1.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.04 1.5 8.29 1.8 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.87 1.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.46 3.1 6.51 5.5 6.38 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 2.8 – – 6.46 .6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.26 .9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.38 .6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.94 6.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.23 5.6 9.67 7.3 7.96 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 3.2 8.41 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.88 4.1 9.23 5.4 7.88 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 3.2 8.41 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.85 7.2 9.16 10.1 8.04 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.0 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.95 9.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.52 6.1 – – 7.17 1.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 14.0 16.01 15.1 7.58 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.75 7.1 – – 7.23 6.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 10.5 10.05 11.5 8.45 2.1 Level 4 .................................................. 19.40 5.6 19.48 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.62 9.9 14.65 10.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.95 38.6 14.30 36.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.21 10.9 12.73 14.0 7.55 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 8.3 – – 7.23 6.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 14.1 10.01 16.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.49 9.8 21.61 10.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.61 16.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 8.9 – – 7.19 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.17 9.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 8.9 – – 7.19 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.17 9.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.91 19.5 14.83 20.0 8.51 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.81 16.7 10.87 20.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 24.75 9.9 24.93 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.43 3.5 12.59 3.8 10.74 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.70 4.6 9.83 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 4.0 10.95 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.65 2.7 11.71 2.9 11.22 4.5 Level 5 .................................................. 17.28 20.8 17.09 22.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.29 7.6 15.29 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.12 9.1 14.12 9.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.67 7.3 11.76 8.3 11.15 5.5 Level 4 .................................................. 10.87 3.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 8.6 12.08 9.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.78 3.1 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.99 5.2 11.09 5.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.32 7.0 11.32 7.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.51 4.5 12.10 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.86 8.4 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.29 11.8 18.29 11.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.66 13.7 19.66 13.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.10 5.9 28.10 5.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.53 12.1 18.12 13.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.24 6.9 12.24 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.33 10.7 14.90 10.0 10.59 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.37 6.3 8.01 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 11.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 11.2 14.52 11.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.02 25.6 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.06 17.4 17.53 17.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.90 3.6 9.87 4.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 6.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.02 5.6 10.03 5.9 – – 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), Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $15.42 4.0 $16.36 4.1 $9.22 8.6 Management occupations.............................................. 25.58 10.1 25.58 10.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.59 15.0 30.59 15.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.44 27.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.51 .2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.81 19.7 17.81 19.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.54 1.9 25.22 .4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.37 10.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.89 2.6 10.05 2.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.12 2.0 10.20 1.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.17 1.4 10.20 1.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.16 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.51 .9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.56 3.5 8.00 4.1 6.85 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 6.83 9.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.71 5.9 8.58 7.5 6.72 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 6.70 1.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.91 1.4 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.87 1.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.46 3.1 6.51 5.5 6.38 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 2.8 – – 6.46 .6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.26 .9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.38 .6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.94 6.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.60 2.8 8.74 3.0 8.10 5.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 3.2 8.41 2.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.60 2.8 8.74 3.0 8.10 5.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 3.2 8.41 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.45 6.0 8.44 7.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 4.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.95 9.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.52 6.1 – – 7.17 1.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 14.0 16.01 15.1 7.58 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.75 7.1 – – 7.23 6.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 10.5 10.05 11.5 8.45 2.1 Level 4 .................................................. 19.40 5.6 19.48 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.62 9.9 14.65 10.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.95 38.6 14.30 36.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.21 10.9 12.73 14.0 7.55 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.61 8.3 – – 7.23 6.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 14.1 10.01 16.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.49 9.8 21.61 10.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.61 16.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 8.9 – – 7.19 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.17 9.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 8.9 – – 7.19 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.17 9.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.91 19.5 14.83 20.0 8.51 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.81 16.7 10.87 20.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 24.75 9.9 24.93 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.04 3.6 12.18 4.0 10.73 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.70 4.6 9.83 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.80 4.9 10.83 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.65 2.7 11.71 2.9 11.22 4.5 Level 5 .................................................. 17.68 24.0 17.48 26.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.43 8.9 15.43 8.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.43 7.7 11.48 8.8 11.14 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 10.87 3.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.62 9.3 11.77 10.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.78 3.1 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.99 5.2 11.09 5.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 6.0 12.40 9.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.86 8.4 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.55 13.8 18.55 13.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.89 14.4 19.89 14.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.10 5.9 28.10 5.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.53 12.1 18.12 13.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.24 6.9 12.24 6.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.33 10.7 14.90 10.0 10.58 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.37 6.3 8.01 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 11.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 11.2 14.52 11.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.02 25.6 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.06 17.4 17.53 17.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.90 3.6 9.87 4.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 6.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.02 5.6 10.03 5.9 – – 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), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.07 6.9 $23.18 9.1 $10.99 20.0 Management occupations.............................................. 34.92 18.8 34.92 18.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.67 8.4 29.73 7.2 9.19 6.5 Level 9 .................................................. 30.78 3.9 30.78 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.08 6.2 – – 9.08 6.2 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.59 1.0 29.60 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.60 1.0 29.60 1.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 29.31 18.1 – – 9.08 6.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.08 6.2 – – 9.08 6.2 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.82 14.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.11 13.8 13.02 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.10 14.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 3.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.10 14.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.74 3.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.68 12.2 15.68 12.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $16.16 3.6 $17.14 3.7 $9.36 8.1 Management occupations.............................................. 27.63 12.1 27.63 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.46 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.86 13.9 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.82 14.7 28.82 14.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.23 13.3 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.47 9.2 14.88 10.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.13 8.6 27.80 8.1 13.99 30.0 Group II.................................................. 23.11 26.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.68 4.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.34 14.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.94 19.0 25.94 19.0 – – Group III................................................. 29.60 1.0 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.35 22.0 – – 9.08 6.2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.81 19.7 17.81 19.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.54 1.9 25.22 .4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.27 17.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.89 2.6 10.05 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.69 2.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.17 1.4 10.20 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.13 1.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.51 .9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.24 14.2 24.49 13.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.60 3.4 8.01 4.0 6.94 2.4 Group I................................................... 7.38 3.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.04 1.5 8.29 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 7.96 1.4 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.87 1.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.87 1.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.46 3.1 6.51 5.5 6.38 .8 Group I................................................... 6.46 3.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.26 .9 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.26 .9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.94 6.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.94 6.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.23 5.6 9.67 7.3 7.96 4.1 Group I................................................... 8.78 4.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.88 4.1 9.23 5.4 7.88 4.0 Group I................................................... 8.77 4.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.85 7.2 9.16 10.1 8.04 4.7 Group I................................................... 8.71 7.4 8.99 10.9 8.04 4.7 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.95 9.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.95 9.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.52 6.1 – – 7.17 1.4 Group I................................................... 8.52 6.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 14.0 16.01 15.1 7.58 2.3 Group I................................................... 10.74 8.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.15 4.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.95 38.6 14.30 36.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.21 10.9 12.73 14.0 7.55 3.2 Group I................................................... 11.24 13.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 12.64 15.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Group I................................................... 8.05 7.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.38 5.2 9.32 2.8 7.29 5.8 Group I................................................... 8.05 7.3 9.03 5.9 7.29 5.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.91 19.5 14.83 20.0 8.51 5.1 Group I................................................... 15.39 22.1 17.40 20.8 8.44 4.4 Group II.................................................. 12.29 16.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.43 3.5 12.59 3.8 10.74 6.2 Group I................................................... 10.89 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.06 10.3 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.67 7.3 11.76 8.3 11.15 5.5 Group I................................................... 10.34 3.9 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 8.6 12.08 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.32 5.0 10.15 4.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.99 5.2 11.09 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.19 6.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.32 7.0 11.32 7.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.51 4.5 12.10 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.21 4.2 11.73 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.29 11.8 18.29 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.02 5.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.66 13.7 19.66 13.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.02 8.8 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.53 12.1 18.12 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.58 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.25 11.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.33 10.7 14.90 10.0 10.59 3.9 Group I................................................... 14.01 12.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.06 17.4 17.53 17.1 – – Group I................................................... 17.13 18.8 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.90 3.6 9.87 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.90 3.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.02 5.6 10.03 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.02 5.6 10.03 5.9 – – 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), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.15 $12.50 $19.00 $28.66 Management occupations.............................................. 13.05 20.00 23.43 38.00 45.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.50 19.93 35.10 37.34 40.14 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.42 21.63 21.63 47.16 47.16 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.18 12.18 14.42 16.64 21.41 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.20 21.11 28.07 35.46 39.93 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.40 28.40 39.93 51.37 51.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.09 21.98 27.11 31.20 38.89 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 12.00 21.11 27.60 36.95 42.83 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 10.00 16.64 25.66 25.66 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.46 14.72 21.28 26.71 48.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.79 9.12 9.85 10.50 11.56 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.34 9.48 9.95 10.77 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.48 9.91 10.16 10.75 12.27 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.75 20.39 21.23 28.81 30.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.15 7.00 8.25 9.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.19 7.50 9.00 9.17 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.00 7.19 7.50 9.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.04 6.15 6.15 6.50 7.56 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.15 6.15 6.15 6.25 6.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.50 6.85 8.25 8.56 8.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 8.50 11.00 13.22 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 8.30 10.40 11.76 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.25 8.25 10.00 11.85 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.25 8.64 11.00 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.88 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 10.08 13.91 19.02 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.46 8.25 10.14 13.50 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.75 9.00 11.21 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.27 6.60 8.00 9.99 10.55 Cashiers...................................................... 6.27 6.60 8.00 9.99 10.55 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.81 8.65 10.12 14.04 19.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.34 9.81 11.67 14.14 16.86 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.67 9.50 10.69 14.02 17.65 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.50 9.81 10.69 14.82 17.65 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 10.30 12.50 13.08 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.34 8.34 10.73 12.50 15.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 8.94 11.56 12.62 16.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 16.00 18.17 19.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 16.60 22.34 33.76 Production occupations.............................................. 10.25 11.44 15.50 24.01 30.02 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.56 9.50 13.71 16.00 21.59 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 13.98 15.50 19.13 28.26 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.22 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.56 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.19 $9.00 $12.00 $17.84 $27.61 Management occupations.............................................. 13.05 16.83 20.07 35.85 40.72 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.50 20.54 35.10 37.34 40.14 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.20 10.20 28.40 31.97 37.50 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 10.00 16.64 25.66 25.66 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.46 14.72 21.28 26.71 48.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.79 9.12 9.85 10.50 11.56 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.34 9.48 9.95 10.77 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.48 9.91 10.16 10.75 12.27 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.15 7.00 8.10 9.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.19 7.50 9.00 9.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.00 7.19 7.50 9.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.04 6.15 6.15 6.50 7.56 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.15 6.15 6.15 6.25 6.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.50 6.85 8.25 8.56 8.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.15 8.15 10.00 11.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.15 8.15 10.00 11.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.00 8.00 9.50 10.40 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.25 8.64 11.00 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.88 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 8.00 10.08 13.91 19.02 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.46 8.25 10.14 13.50 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.75 9.00 11.21 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.27 6.60 8.00 9.99 10.55 Cashiers...................................................... 6.27 6.60 8.00 9.99 10.55 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.81 8.65 10.12 14.04 19.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.34 9.42 10.97 13.19 16.27 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.50 9.25 10.69 12.00 17.65 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.50 9.81 10.69 12.09 17.65 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 10.30 12.50 13.08 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 8.94 11.26 12.62 16.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 16.00 18.17 20.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 16.60 22.34 34.05 Production occupations.............................................. 10.25 11.44 15.50 24.01 30.02 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.56 9.50 13.71 16.00 21.59 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 13.98 15.50 19.13 28.26 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.22 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.56 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.85 $14.02 $19.93 $28.07 $39.25 Management occupations.............................................. 14.44 23.43 36.64 44.37 47.58 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.86 22.69 28.07 36.95 42.02 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.69 26.16 28.07 32.85 40.40 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 9.08 22.61 31.26 37.24 42.83 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.83 20.58 21.24 30.73 30.73 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.28 7.28 11.76 13.87 14.54 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.28 7.28 9.50 13.44 13.87 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.28 7.28 9.50 13.44 13.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.92 12.11 14.92 16.86 26.19 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), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.06 $10.00 $13.88 $20.00 $30.02 Management occupations.............................................. 13.05 20.00 23.43 38.00 45.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.50 19.93 35.10 37.34 40.14 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.18 12.18 14.42 16.36 20.65 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.49 21.86 28.07 36.95 40.40 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.09 21.98 27.11 31.20 38.89 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 10.00 16.64 25.66 25.66 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.29 14.72 21.09 25.68 48.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.34 9.30 9.95 10.77 11.56 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.34 9.55 9.96 10.94 11.56 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.83 20.58 21.24 30.73 30.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.15 7.50 9.00 11.25 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.00 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.15 6.15 6.15 6.84 7.56 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 9.50 11.00 13.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 8.96 11.00 11.91 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.00 8.30 10.40 12.65 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.20 11.04 16.15 21.92 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.50 10.14 10.14 13.50 21.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.81 8.75 10.00 13.08 16.15 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.15 8.00 9.40 10.00 11.85 Cashiers...................................................... 6.15 8.00 9.40 10.00 11.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.63 8.95 10.76 14.42 19.02 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.34 10.00 11.96 14.31 16.86 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.25 10.69 14.27 17.65 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.56 9.81 10.69 14.92 17.65 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.30 10.00 10.48 12.50 13.08 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.34 8.34 10.73 12.50 15.40 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 10.65 12.21 12.76 16.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 16.00 18.17 19.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.00 16.60 22.34 33.76 Production occupations.............................................. 10.25 11.69 15.66 24.01 30.02 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.56 10.50 14.13 17.31 25.77 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 15.50 15.50 28.16 28.26 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.22 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.56 8.56 9.50 11.00 13.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.25 $6.88 $7.57 $9.25 $13.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.75 9.08 9.08 12.00 34.45 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 7.50 9.08 9.08 9.08 10.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.04 6.25 6.75 7.25 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.04 6.15 6.25 6.50 7.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 7.28 8.50 9.54 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 7.28 8.25 9.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.28 7.28 8.00 8.50 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.88 6.88 6.88 7.57 8.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 6.50 7.25 8.25 9.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.35 6.50 7.21 8.00 9.65 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.27 6.50 6.85 7.80 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.27 6.50 6.85 7.80 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.21 7.40 7.99 9.88 11.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.61 8.75 10.01 12.00 14.04 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.50 9.50 12.00 12.00 14.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.91 9.25 9.25 13.75 13.75 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.14 $13.88 $674 $555 39.3 $34,213 $27,999 1,996 Management occupations.............................................. 27.63 23.43 1,105 937 40.0 56,358 48,734 2,040 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.82 35.10 1,153 1,404 40.0 59,947 73,008 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.88 14.42 733 731 49.3 37,945 37,998 2,550 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.80 28.07 1,054 1,053 37.9 42,402 40,731 1,525 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.94 27.11 988 1,041 38.1 38,735 39,364 1,493 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.81 16.64 708 666 39.8 36,831 34,611 2,068 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.22 21.09 989 848 39.2 51,414 44,096 2,038 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.05 9.95 392 387 39.0 20,402 20,114 2,030 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 9.96 396 394 38.9 20,616 20,509 2,020 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.49 21.24 989 879 40.4 50,470 45,689 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.01 7.50 286 252 35.7 14,848 13,112 1,853 Cooks............................................................. 8.29 9.00 281 288 33.9 14,446 14,976 1,742 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.51 6.15 224 197 34.4 11,655 10,234 1,790 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.67 9.50 375 360 38.8 19,522 18,720 2,020 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.23 8.96 358 332 38.7 18,595 17,258 2,014 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.16 8.30 361 332 39.5 18,795 17,258 2,053 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.01 11.04 614 426 38.3 31,927 22,152 1,994 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.30 10.14 – – – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.73 10.00 489 399 38.4 25,445 20,758 1,999 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.32 9.40 333 360 35.8 17,329 18,720 1,860 Cashiers...................................................... 9.32 9.40 333 360 35.8 17,329 18,720 1,860 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.83 10.76 594 430 40.0 30,876 22,383 2,082 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.59 11.96 499 467 39.6 25,544 23,421 2,029 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.76 10.69 462 428 39.3 24,007 22,241 2,042 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.08 10.69 472 428 39.1 24,557 22,241 2,033 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.09 10.48 443 419 40.0 23,059 21,798 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.32 10.73 453 429 40.0 23,279 22,320 2,056 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.10 12.21 459 426 37.9 20,767 18,885 1,717 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.29 18.17 722 671 39.5 34,785 32,885 1,902 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.66 16.60 778 664 39.6 40,480 34,528 2,059 Production occupations.............................................. 18.12 15.66 710 626 39.2 36,941 32,575 2,038 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.90 14.13 592 559 39.7 29,905 29,232 2,008 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.53 15.50 701 620 40.0 36,461 32,240 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.87 9.50 376 380 38.1 19,543 19,760 1,980 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.03 9.50 387 380 38.6 20,136 19,760 2,008 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $16.36 $13.00 $643 $503 39.3 $33,156 $25,251 2,027 Management occupations.............................................. 25.58 20.07 1,024 803 40.0 53,223 41,752 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.59 35.10 1,224 1,404 40.0 63,637 73,008 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.81 16.64 708 666 39.8 36,831 34,611 2,068 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.22 21.09 989 848 39.2 51,414 44,096 2,038 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.05 9.95 392 387 39.0 20,402 20,114 2,030 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 9.96 396 394 38.9 20,616 20,509 2,020 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.00 7.50 285 252 35.7 14,840 13,112 1,856 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.51 6.15 224 197 34.4 11,655 10,234 1,790 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.74 8.30 337 314 38.5 17,514 16,307 2,004 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.74 8.30 337 314 38.5 17,514 16,307 2,004 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.44 8.00 332 314 39.4 17,269 16,307 2,047 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.01 11.04 614 426 38.3 31,927 22,152 1,994 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.30 10.14 – – – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.73 10.00 489 399 38.4 25,445 20,758 1,999 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.32 9.40 333 360 35.8 17,329 18,720 1,860 Cashiers...................................................... 9.32 9.40 333 360 35.8 17,329 18,720 1,860 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.83 10.76 594 430 40.0 30,876 22,383 2,082 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.18 11.36 482 439 39.6 25,053 22,820 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.48 10.69 450 428 39.2 23,409 22,241 2,039 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.77 10.69 459 428 39.0 23,864 22,241 2,028 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.09 10.48 443 419 40.0 23,059 21,798 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.40 12.21 458 391 36.9 23,792 20,314 1,918 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.55 18.17 731 671 39.4 34,776 33,280 1,875 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.89 16.60 787 664 39.6 40,924 34,528 2,058 Production occupations.............................................. 18.12 15.66 710 626 39.2 36,941 32,575 2,038 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.90 14.13 592 559 39.7 29,905 29,232 2,008 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.53 15.50 701 620 40.0 36,461 32,240 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.87 9.50 376 380 38.1 19,543 19,760 1,980 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.03 9.50 387 380 38.6 20,136 19,760 2,008 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.18 $20.72 $910 $829 39.3 $41,362 $39,364 1,784 Management occupations.............................................. 34.92 36.64 1,397 1,466 40.0 66,612 76,220 1,907 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.73 28.07 1,108 1,053 37.3 42,020 40,334 1,414 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.60 28.07 1,116 1,053 37.7 41,666 39,364 1,408 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.02 13.27 521 531 40.0 27,085 27,602 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.68 14.92 627 597 40.0 28,841 31,034 1,840 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $15.42 $14.45 $18.34 $15.15 Management, professional, and related...... 23.50 21.88 30.83 – Management, business, and financial...... 26.61 25.98 – – Professional and related................. 22.42 20.40 35.08 – Service.................................... 8.31 7.83 8.98 – Sales and office........................... 12.93 13.06 14.18 10.67 Sales and related........................ 14.14 13.16 17.93 – Office and administrative support........ 12.04 12.99 10.27 10.98 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.17 18.43 – – Construction and extraction............. 18.55 16.65 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.89 20.21 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.95 14.35 16.29 – Production............................... 17.53 18.24 – – Transportation and material moving....... 14.33 13.20 16.53 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.0 5.6 9.0 4.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.7 12.6 9.6 – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.8 15.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 13.8 11.6 – Service............................................................. 1.9 2.5 2.4 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.8 3.1 25.6 2.6 Sales and related................................................. 14.0 4.0 34.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.6 4.3 4.0 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.8 8.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 13.8 7.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.4 16.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.5 6.5 20.2 – Production........................................................ 12.1 14.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 7.4 22.5 – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $15.46 $12.50 $607 $486 39.3 $31,157 $24,960 2,015 Management occupations.............................................. 22.27 16.83 891 673 40.0 46,336 35,000 2,081 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.44 35.10 1,338 1,404 40.0 69,560 73,008 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.70 7.00 272 245 35.3 14,153 12,740 1,837 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.18 13.46 568 390 37.4 29,554 20,300 1,946 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.40 10.14 – – – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.02 9.20 561 368 37.4 29,185 19,134 1,943 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.92 10.08 723 430 40.3 37,597 22,383 2,098 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.17 12.08 517 481 39.3 26,892 25,000 2,042 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.01 10.69 467 428 38.9 24,274 22,241 2,022 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.40 12.21 458 391 36.9 23,792 20,314 1,918 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.65 18.00 654 671 39.3 30,462 28,800 1,829 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.21 16.60 799 664 39.5 41,561 34,528 2,056 Production occupations.............................................. 19.12 16.88 754 669 39.4 39,198 34,788 2,050 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.40 11.82 533 445 39.8 26,614 24,960 1,986 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.67 8.00 427 320 40.0 22,183 16,640 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.81 9.50 377 380 38.4 19,586 19,760 1,996 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.95 9.50 384 380 38.5 19,950 19,760 2,004 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.76 $13.53 $699 $536 39.4 $36,331 $27,893 2,045 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.91 9.95 387 385 39.1 20,136 20,010 2,032 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 9.96 396 394 38.9 20,616 20,509 2,020 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.19 8.96 338 332 36.8 17,576 17,258 1,912 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.19 8.96 338 332 36.8 17,576 17,258 1,912 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.11 10.88 678 435 39.6 35,259 22,616 2,061 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.65 10.00 420 400 39.5 21,861 20,800 2,053 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.10 10.00 397 400 39.3 20,644 20,800 2,043 Cashiers...................................................... 10.10 10.00 397 400 39.3 20,644 20,800 2,043 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.16 10.95 443 436 39.7 23,021 22,693 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.77 10.43 431 417 40.0 22,410 21,694 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.16 15.50 718 620 39.5 37,338 32,240 2,056 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, Great Falls, MT, November 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........................................................... $18.46 $17.26 $19.70 $15.73 $15.24 $27.39 Management, professional, and related............................... 25.74 – 25.74 24.19 23.50 31.86 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 28.21 26.61 35.04 Professional and related.......................................... 26.36 – 26.36 22.54 22.42 25.46 Service............................................................. 11.13 – 13.92 8.93 8.32 21.45 Sales and office.................................................... 12.51 – 13.76 13.16 13.01 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.24 14.24 – Office and administrative support................................. 12.80 – 13.76 12.37 12.08 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.08 23.14 – 17.90 17.92 – Construction and extraction...................................... 18.61 – – 18.14 18.18 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.71 26.31 – 17.60 17.60 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.13 20.13 – 12.62 12.62 – Production........................................................ 25.80 25.80 – 13.58 13.58 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.69 18.69 – 12.39 12.39 – 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........................................................... 3.4 6.5 4.5 4.1 4.2 14.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.3 – 4.3 5.7 5.7 19.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.4 9.8 15.1 Professional and related.......................................... 3.9 – 3.9 6.1 6.2 25.1 Service............................................................. 12.1 – 18.5 4.5 2.0 16.9 Sales and office.................................................... 8.0 – 9.6 6.8 7.0 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.2 14.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 8.4 – 9.6 4.0 3.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.2 9.2 – 12.1 12.1 – Construction and extraction...................................... 5.6 – – 18.4 18.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.8 11.2 – 17.2 17.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.1 11.1 – 5.5 5.5 – Production........................................................ 5.8 5.8 – 7.4 7.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.8 13.8 – 7.6 7.6 – 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, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $15.91 $15.11 $23.36 $23.36 Management, professional, and related............................... 24.38 23.49 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 27.86 26.60 – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.17 22.42 – – Service............................................................. 9.25 8.30 – – Sales and office.................................................... 11.83 11.53 24.39 24.39 Sales and related................................................. 10.61 10.61 25.22 25.22 Office and administrative support................................. 12.44 12.05 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.88 19.17 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 18.55 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.66 19.89 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.95 14.95 – – Production........................................................ 17.53 17.53 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.33 14.33 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.8 4.3 26.8 26.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.1 5.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 10.0 9.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.1 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 3.2 1.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 2.5 27.9 27.9 Sales and related................................................. 6.3 6.3 28.4 28.4 Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 3.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.7 9.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.7 14.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.5 8.5 – – Production........................................................ 12.1 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 10.7 – – 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, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - $19.07 $15.40 – $17.53 $16.63 $16.42 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - – 24.26 – 22.71 27.47 23.74 - - Professional and related.......................................... - – 21.85 – 16.76 – 23.46 - - Service............................................................. - – – – – – 9.73 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 16.55 12.02 – 16.85 12.46 10.87 - - Sales and related................................................. - – 11.67 – – – – - - Office and administrative support................................. - – 13.22 – 11.69 12.33 10.96 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - – 22.21 – – – – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - – 22.21 – – – – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 15.38 14.56 – – – – - - Production........................................................ - 15.57 – – – – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 15.16 13.74 – – – – - - 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........................................................... - 12.2 5.1 – 14.3 20.6 4.5 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - – 21.9 – 9.3 9.1 2.0 - - Professional and related.......................................... - – 21.0 – 4.1 – 1.7 - - Service............................................................. - – – – – – 2.0 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 28.0 5.7 – 22.4 7.6 2.6 - - Sales and related................................................. - – 3.5 – – – – - - Office and administrative support................................. - – 16.7 – .7 9.8 2.9 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - – 16.1 – – – – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - – 16.1 – – – – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - .3 14.1 – – – – - - Production........................................................ - 6.5 – – – – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 7.5 15.9 – – – – - - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 32,900 28,800 4,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 8,300 6,200 2,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 2,000 1,600 400 Professional and related.......................................... 6,300 4,600 1,700 Service............................................................. 8,400 7,400 1,000 Sales and office.................................................... 10,000 9,400 600 Sales and related................................................. 4,100 4,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 5,900 5,200 600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3,000 2,800 300 Construction and extraction...................................... 1,800 1,600 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1,300 1,200 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3,100 3,100 – Production........................................................ 600 600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,500 2,500 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Great Falls, MT, November 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 1,651 1,590 61 Total in sample....................................................... 207 192 15 Responding........................................................ 128 114 14 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 41 41 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 38 37 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.