NC BL 06/00/2008 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin, October 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $21.45 3.7 32.3 $20.06 4.3 32.1 $27.97 5.4 33.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 36.99 5.4 33.6 37.87 7.5 35.7 35.25 5.1 30.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.67 9.6 38.3 37.27 10.8 38.8 33.71 19.7 36.2 Professional and related.......................................... 37.13 6.4 31.9 38.26 9.9 34.0 35.53 4.1 29.4 Service............................................................. 14.60 14.7 27.0 12.00 18.4 24.7 22.98 17.9 38.1 Sales and office.................................................... 16.36 8.7 32.3 16.21 9.3 32.1 18.43 3.1 36.3 Sales and related................................................. 16.25 19.5 30.5 16.25 19.5 30.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.46 3.1 34.1 16.17 3.5 33.8 18.43 3.1 36.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.97 2.7 40.0 22.30 2.8 40.0 20.31 7.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 24.84 2.5 40.0 24.92 2.7 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.98 3.9 39.9 18.95 4.7 39.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.29 6.1 37.3 16.27 6.4 37.6 – – – Production........................................................ 15.89 7.9 38.8 15.92 7.9 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.96 9.8 35.1 16.92 10.5 35.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 24.05 4.7 39.1 22.79 5.8 39.4 28.94 5.0 37.9 Part time........................................................... 11.63 4.0 19.5 11.24 4.5 20.0 16.99 12.5 14.7 Union............................................................... 24.91 4.0 35.2 18.90 4.4 33.3 29.93 5.0 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 20.24 4.8 31.4 20.25 5.0 31.9 20.06 11.3 24.7 Time................................................................ 21.36 3.7 32.2 19.93 4.4 31.9 27.97 5.4 33.6 Incentive........................................................... 26.83 11.8 42.8 26.83 11.8 42.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.65 8.3 30.6 17.47 8.8 31.1 21.21 14.0 23.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.93 6.8 32.8 20.30 8.7 31.8 26.40 8.8 36.2 500 workers or more................................................. 29.07 5.0 36.0 27.73 5.7 36.1 31.77 10.4 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $21.45 3.7 $24.05 4.7 $11.63 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 36.03 11.8 36.02 11.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.98 6.9 29.98 6.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.33 5.3 41.30 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.70 15.7 41.70 15.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.66 12.3 40.64 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.91 17.1 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.83 15.1 41.81 15.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.12 13.1 38.12 13.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.88 16.7 44.88 16.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.92 9.3 33.94 9.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.40 5.3 31.40 5.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.25 4.1 33.25 4.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.66 3.1 43.28 3.3 23.06 9.3 Level 9 .................................................. 43.09 .7 43.17 .8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.03 11.6 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 82.59 13.7 82.59 13.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.83 13.2 40.01 15.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.10 1.2 64.70 .2 27.60 1.4 Level 11.................................................. 41.03 11.6 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 82.59 13.7 82.59 13.7 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 53.10 16.6 53.58 17.0 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 83.43 12.1 83.80 12.1 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.20 5.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.90 3.5 42.86 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.35 .3 43.17 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.36 7.0 43.21 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.44 .7 43.44 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.77 8.0 43.38 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.75 .3 43.75 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.25 1.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.20 2.0 14.35 3.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.28 20.5 39.86 26.9 28.52 3.4 Level 8 .................................................. 30.80 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.46 3.9 38.77 4.5 34.49 1.0 Registered nurses................................................. 30.88 4.4 29.95 6.2 32.75 3.4 Level 8 .................................................. 30.76 2.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.96 .1 – – 34.49 1.0 Therapists........................................................ 33.63 7.1 33.60 7.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.26 7.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.44 5.3 14.51 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 3.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.60 6.3 13.67 7.2 – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.10 1.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.76 19.2 25.61 16.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.33 15.5 14.70 3.7 – – Security guards................................................. 12.33 15.5 14.70 3.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 19.5 – – 6.34 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 13.6 – – 8.68 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 4.81 22.7 – – 5.44 16.5 Cooks............................................................. 14.35 3.6 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.37 1.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.33 16.2 – – 3.72 13.2 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 3.72 14.5 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.17 11.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.53 22.0 19.54 20.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 1.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.35 4.2 14.35 4.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.32 7.9 11.96 10.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 1.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.35 4.2 14.35 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.68 7.6 12.51 10.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.35 4.2 14.35 4.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.99 5.1 – – 10.01 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.09 8.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.25 19.5 20.26 24.3 9.21 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.46 3.3 – – 9.21 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 3.1 17.38 2.8 13.84 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 13.44 11.3 – – 12.40 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 2.3 14.95 1.8 13.78 5.4 Level 4 .................................................. 16.26 3.7 16.31 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.80 3.8 19.30 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.60 3.0 17.19 3.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.85 6.2 15.73 6.2 11.76 4.6 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.65 5.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.71 4.5 17.75 3.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.92 8.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 4.4 17.67 5.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.21 6.8 18.21 6.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.03 5.2 17.51 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.84 2.5 24.84 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.09 4.7 26.09 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.98 3.9 18.98 3.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.20 8.7 18.20 8.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.89 7.9 16.11 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.96 3.6 9.98 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.83 1.5 13.83 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 14.8 13.47 14.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 2.4 15.76 1.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.88 11.6 19.88 11.6 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.12 3.6 15.29 4.2 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.14 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.96 9.8 18.03 11.1 13.00 12.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.28 7.2 11.01 9.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.84 7.1 15.63 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.21 12.4 19.21 12.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 6.5 12.86 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 4.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.23 8.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.06 4.3 $22.79 5.8 $11.24 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 35.07 13.4 35.06 13.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.72 8.2 29.72 8.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.57 6.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.86 18.6 39.86 18.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.48 12.1 33.40 12.3 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.48 12.1 33.40 12.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 42.40 10.9 42.40 10.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.91 8.8 35.94 8.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.42 5.0 32.42 5.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.03 3.9 33.03 3.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 51.72 11.2 58.30 9.7 20.68 9.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 72.76 4.6 75.15 2.3 27.57 2.9 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 62.58 12.4 63.79 12.5 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 103.65 2.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.78 22.3 43.04 30.1 29.89 4.0 Level 8 .................................................. 30.80 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.55 3.9 – – 34.49 1.0 Registered nurses................................................. 30.51 4.5 29.26 6.4 32.75 3.4 Level 8 .................................................. 30.76 2.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.96 .1 – – 34.49 1.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.26 7.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.34 6.5 14.42 7.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.05 7.3 13.11 8.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.28 16.3 14.82 3.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.28 16.3 14.82 3.8 – – Security guards................................................. 12.28 16.3 14.82 3.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 19.5 – – 6.34 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 13.6 – – 8.68 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 4.81 22.7 – – 5.44 16.5 Cooks............................................................. 14.35 3.6 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.37 1.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.33 16.2 – – 3.72 13.2 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 3.72 14.5 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.17 11.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.91 24.4 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 1.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.52 5.3 9.87 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 1.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.67 5.7 10.21 9.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.73 8.2 – – 9.70 8.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.25 19.5 20.26 24.3 9.21 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.46 3.3 – – 9.21 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.17 3.5 – – 9.81 3.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.17 3.5 17.14 3.4 13.81 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.44 11.3 – – 12.40 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.51 2.5 15.01 1.1 13.78 5.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.97 3.9 16.00 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 3.8 18.23 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.67 3.5 17.35 4.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.97 4.9 14.79 5.1 11.76 4.6 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.20 5.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.71 4.5 17.75 3.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.92 8.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.10 4.9 17.26 6.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.73 8.7 17.73 8.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.52 6.6 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.92 2.7 24.92 2.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.95 4.7 18.95 4.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.92 7.9 16.14 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.96 3.6 9.98 4.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.84 1.6 13.84 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 14.8 13.47 14.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 2.4 15.76 1.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.88 11.6 19.88 11.6 – – Printers.......................................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.12 3.6 15.29 4.2 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.14 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.92 10.5 18.03 11.1 10.64 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.28 7.2 11.01 9.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.84 7.1 15.63 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.21 12.4 19.21 12.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 6.5 12.86 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.47 4.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.23 8.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $27.97 5.4 $28.94 5.0 $16.99 12.5 Management occupations.............................................. 41.21 16.3 41.21 16.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 46.51 11.1 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.09 2.8 39.93 2.7 24.96 7.2 Level 9 .................................................. 43.09 .7 43.17 .8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.25 21.6 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.68 2.7 42.86 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.35 .3 43.17 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.36 7.0 43.21 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.44 .7 43.44 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.77 8.0 43.38 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.75 .3 43.75 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.25 1.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.20 2.0 14.35 3.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.10 20.1 27.49 24.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 28.27 13.4 28.27 13.4 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.16 3.1 16.16 3.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.16 3.1 16.16 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.16 3.1 16.16 3.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.43 3.1 18.60 3.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.96 8.2 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $21.45 3.7 $24.05 4.7 $11.63 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 36.03 11.8 36.02 11.8 – – Group III................................................. 35.00 9.2 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.66 12.3 40.64 12.4 – – Group III................................................. 38.01 6.3 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.83 15.1 41.81 15.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.39 7.7 37.33 7.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.12 13.1 38.12 13.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.92 9.3 33.94 9.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.40 5.3 31.40 5.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.25 4.1 33.25 4.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.66 3.1 43.28 3.3 23.06 9.3 Group I................................................... 14.57 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.70 23.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 51.20 2.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.10 1.2 64.70 .2 27.60 1.4 Group III................................................. 64.79 2.9 – – – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 53.10 16.6 53.58 17.0 – – Group III................................................. 54.25 19.9 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 83.43 12.1 83.80 12.1 – – Group III................................................. 84.31 14.8 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.20 5.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.90 3.5 42.86 .3 – – Group III................................................. 43.35 .3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.36 7.0 43.21 .3 – – Group III................................................. 43.44 .7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.77 8.0 43.38 .4 – – Group III................................................. 43.75 .3 43.75 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.05 .7 42.05 .7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 44.25 1.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.25 1.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.20 2.0 14.35 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.57 2.1 14.57 2.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.28 20.5 39.86 26.9 28.52 3.4 Group II.................................................. 25.33 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.35 4.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.88 4.4 29.95 6.2 32.75 3.4 Group II.................................................. 28.36 5.6 28.05 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 34.25 .8 – – 34.49 1.0 Therapists........................................................ 33.63 7.1 33.60 7.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.26 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.49 8.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.44 5.3 14.51 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.32 5.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.60 6.3 13.67 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.30 7.4 – – – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.10 1.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.76 19.2 25.61 16.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.73 17.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.44 11.2 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.33 15.5 14.70 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.73 17.8 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.33 15.5 14.70 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.73 17.8 14.32 7.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 19.5 – – 6.34 9.7 Group I................................................... 6.33 15.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 14.35 3.6 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.37 1.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.37 1.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.33 16.2 – – 3.72 13.2 Group I................................................... 3.33 16.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.17 11.7 Group I................................................... – – – – 3.17 11.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.53 22.0 19.54 20.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.18 8.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.32 7.9 11.96 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.18 8.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.68 7.6 12.51 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.55 8.4 12.47 12.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.99 5.1 – – 10.01 5.7 Group I................................................... 9.75 6.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.25 19.5 20.26 24.3 9.21 2.2 Group I................................................... 11.04 .0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.23 15.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.46 3.3 – – 9.21 2.2 Group I................................................... 10.46 3.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Group I................................................... 9.63 .9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Group I................................................... 9.63 .9 – – 9.23 2.2 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 3.1 17.38 2.8 13.84 4.8 Group I................................................... 14.91 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.06 3.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.85 6.2 15.73 6.2 11.76 4.6 Group I................................................... 14.91 6.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.65 5.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.84 7.9 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.71 4.5 17.75 3.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.92 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 15.92 8.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 4.4 17.67 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.45 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.47 4.7 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.21 6.8 18.21 6.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.03 5.2 17.51 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.11 6.0 16.58 5.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.84 2.5 24.84 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.59 1.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.98 3.9 18.98 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.19 4.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.20 8.7 18.20 8.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.89 7.9 16.11 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.47 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.00 3.3 – – – – Printers.......................................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.90 4.8 – – – – Printing machine operators...................................... 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.90 4.8 16.90 4.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.12 3.6 15.29 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.27 4.1 – – – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.14 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.96 9.8 18.03 11.1 13.00 12.7 Group I................................................... 14.57 11.4 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.21 12.4 19.21 12.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.19 .0 15.19 .0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 6.5 12.86 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.67 6.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.23 8.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.23 8.6 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.52 $12.00 $17.06 $26.13 $39.93 Management occupations.............................................. 20.02 26.42 28.92 41.04 58.99 Education administrators.......................................... 29.43 31.94 39.81 46.06 58.48 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.33 29.43 40.00 50.80 60.71 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.74 23.65 25.73 41.25 88.82 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.23 28.83 37.75 38.31 38.94 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.58 29.08 30.46 34.31 41.58 Engineers......................................................... 27.55 30.41 31.97 37.23 42.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.25 26.87 42.31 47.26 71.12 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.77 39.73 56.86 79.66 102.15 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 29.77 31.43 42.95 58.56 79.66 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 42.46 50.32 83.51 102.15 137.40 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 27.09 31.03 36.89 47.52 54.68 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.25 39.96 43.18 45.00 49.90 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.85 39.01 42.31 45.89 48.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.34 40.33 42.31 45.81 48.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Special education teachers...................................... 32.69 39.97 44.55 50.38 54.01 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.20 13.21 14.25 14.77 17.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.94 23.95 30.37 38.22 46.15 Registered nurses................................................. 24.49 27.00 31.03 33.89 38.83 Therapists........................................................ 26.06 29.87 30.83 42.51 45.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.66 20.86 21.83 25.75 25.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.48 12.73 14.52 16.27 18.51 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.16 12.00 13.68 15.19 16.60 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.81 14.52 15.19 15.60 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.00 17.06 23.38 32.81 35.45 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 8.00 12.92 14.82 17.75 Security guards................................................. 7.50 8.00 12.92 14.82 17.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.63 7.00 9.00 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 13.07 13.50 14.42 14.96 15.70 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 8.55 10.00 11.25 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.12 9.91 18.81 26.13 26.13 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.20 10.00 14.90 17.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.20 10.96 15.13 17.98 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 9.03 10.70 10.70 10.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.00 11.50 16.25 36.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.50 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 9.25 10.75 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 9.25 10.75 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.00 14.22 16.08 18.00 21.05 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.45 12.00 15.27 16.50 18.97 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.90 13.80 15.37 16.50 18.97 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.57 15.52 16.43 17.50 20.64 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.72 13.90 16.00 17.50 18.12 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.73 15.00 15.98 19.27 21.88 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.99 15.00 18.45 21.05 23.56 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 15.35 17.50 19.96 21.18 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.39 23.34 23.39 26.78 29.33 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.00 16.88 18.63 18.63 22.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.25 13.25 17.79 22.19 22.19 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.79 14.84 17.92 21.58 Printers.......................................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.50 11.56 15.49 19.44 20.43 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 11.00 14.75 18.23 20.43 20.72 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.03 11.71 16.94 22.18 26.06 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.77 15.99 22.18 22.18 22.18 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.25 9.15 11.00 13.93 15.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.91 11.00 13.93 15.15 16.94 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $10.80 $16.20 $25.50 $34.08 Management occupations.............................................. 20.02 24.33 28.92 40.48 47.95 Education administrators.......................................... 24.33 29.43 30.11 40.00 46.06 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.33 29.43 30.11 40.00 46.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.89 24.44 35.58 47.12 88.82 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.83 28.83 37.75 38.31 38.94 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.44 29.79 30.97 35.48 40.98 Engineers......................................................... 28.44 30.46 30.97 36.52 40.98 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.73 21.90 31.43 79.66 113.10 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.77 30.00 78.97 90.43 137.50 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 29.77 29.77 57.85 78.97 113.10 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 50.32 80.35 90.53 137.40 160.02 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.32 25.75 30.83 38.14 46.15 Registered nurses................................................. 23.97 26.85 30.00 33.71 37.78 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.66 20.86 21.83 25.75 25.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.21 12.17 14.00 16.71 18.51 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.92 10.81 12.93 15.00 16.21 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 8.00 12.92 15.83 17.75 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 8.00 12.92 15.83 17.75 Security guards................................................. 7.50 8.00 12.92 15.83 17.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.63 7.00 9.00 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 13.07 13.50 14.42 14.96 15.70 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 8.55 10.00 11.25 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.54 26.13 26.13 26.13 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.12 8.52 10.96 12.20 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.00 8.41 10.96 12.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 8.16 10.70 10.70 10.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.00 11.50 16.25 36.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.50 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 9.25 10.75 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 9.25 10.75 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.95 13.80 16.00 17.50 20.19 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.40 11.99 13.80 15.37 16.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.90 13.80 15.37 16.50 16.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.57 15.52 16.43 17.50 20.64 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.72 13.90 16.00 17.50 18.12 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.22 15.00 15.87 19.27 22.06 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 15.00 15.26 19.27 24.28 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 16.27 17.50 17.50 19.98 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.34 23.34 23.39 26.78 26.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.00 16.88 18.63 18.63 22.19 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.75 14.90 17.97 21.58 Printers.......................................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.50 11.56 15.49 19.44 20.43 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 11.00 14.75 18.23 20.43 20.72 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.98 11.36 15.83 22.18 26.06 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.77 15.99 22.18 22.18 22.18 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.25 9.15 11.00 13.93 15.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.91 11.00 13.93 15.15 16.94 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.25 $17.06 $22.82 $39.73 $44.77 Management occupations.............................................. 26.42 26.42 39.81 50.80 60.71 Education administrators.......................................... 31.94 38.81 40.56 55.29 63.02 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.25 30.96 42.51 45.00 54.06 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.03 39.96 43.18 45.61 49.90 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.85 39.01 42.31 45.89 48.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.34 40.33 42.31 45.81 48.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Special education teachers...................................... 32.69 39.97 44.55 50.38 54.01 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.20 13.21 14.25 14.77 17.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.94 16.94 16.94 41.16 43.29 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.45 22.12 29.74 32.81 38.15 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.51 15.13 15.67 18.07 18.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.51 15.13 15.67 18.07 18.07 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.51 15.13 15.67 18.07 18.07 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.99 15.91 18.97 21.05 22.82 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.43 15.35 16.80 22.82 22.82 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.80 $14.84 $19.26 $28.40 $42.31 Management occupations.............................................. 20.02 26.42 28.92 41.04 58.99 Education administrators.......................................... 29.43 31.94 39.81 46.06 58.48 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.33 29.43 40.00 50.80 60.71 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.74 23.65 25.73 41.25 88.82 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.23 28.83 37.75 38.31 38.94 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.58 29.08 30.46 34.31 41.58 Engineers......................................................... 27.55 30.41 31.97 37.23 42.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.25 29.90 42.78 47.74 71.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.77 42.46 57.90 79.66 102.15 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 29.77 30.94 42.95 78.97 79.66 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 42.46 50.32 83.51 102.15 137.40 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.18 40.33 43.18 45.61 49.18 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.74 42.31 42.78 46.12 48.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.82 42.31 42.78 46.12 48.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.93 39.96 43.18 43.18 45.63 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.40 13.39 14.25 14.77 17.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.94 23.61 30.83 41.42 46.15 Registered nurses................................................. 23.95 26.10 28.80 33.71 37.32 Therapists........................................................ 26.06 29.87 30.83 44.07 45.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.48 12.91 14.61 16.60 18.51 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.04 12.01 13.91 15.19 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.88 19.44 24.28 32.81 38.15 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.66 13.18 13.91 16.40 17.75 Security guards................................................. 11.66 13.18 13.91 16.40 17.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.37 11.81 26.13 26.13 26.13 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.12 8.41 10.96 15.49 17.98 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.41 11.95 15.56 18.07 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 11.44 15.13 20.14 47.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.00 15.00 16.50 19.07 22.51 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.99 13.80 15.37 16.50 19.56 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.77 16.43 16.43 18.82 22.51 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.22 15.00 16.94 19.70 22.06 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.99 15.00 18.45 21.05 23.56 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.12 16.27 17.50 19.98 22.82 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.39 23.34 23.39 26.78 29.33 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.00 16.88 18.63 18.63 22.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.25 13.25 17.79 22.19 22.19 Production occupations.............................................. 10.23 12.00 15.00 18.14 21.58 Printers.......................................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.11 15.89 17.17 18.89 26.25 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.80 12.00 15.49 19.44 20.43 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.49 12.50 18.33 25.61 26.30 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.77 15.99 22.18 22.18 22.18 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.91 10.03 13.83 15.15 16.88 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), Springfield, MA, October 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.93 $8.00 $10.47 $12.81 $17.78 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.29 10.85 21.90 31.03 40.93 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.90 21.90 29.55 31.03 31.43 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.94 25.75 29.25 32.39 38.14 Registered nurses................................................. 28.25 29.25 32.39 34.91 39.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.75 7.00 8.55 9.90 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.50 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.75 2.75 2.76 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 8.16 10.70 10.70 10.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.95 8.00 8.50 9.85 11.53 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.95 8.00 8.50 9.85 11.53 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.75 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 9.75 11.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.60 11.45 14.15 15.87 16.08 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 10.90 11.45 13.73 13.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.20 12.05 17.37 18.24 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $24.05 $19.26 $940 $746 39.1 $47,236 $38,925 1,964 Management occupations.............................................. 36.02 28.92 1,390 1,157 38.6 72,271 60,160 2,006 Education administrators.......................................... 40.64 39.81 1,571 1,407 38.7 81,704 73,160 2,011 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.81 40.00 1,599 1,400 38.2 83,155 72,800 1,989 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.12 25.73 1,496 977 39.2 77,781 50,825 2,040 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.94 37.75 1,358 1,510 40.0 70,602 78,510 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.40 30.46 1,296 1,218 41.3 67,368 63,346 2,145 Engineers......................................................... 33.25 31.97 1,384 1,308 41.6 71,953 68,033 2,164 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.28 42.78 1,490 1,403 34.4 57,459 51,465 1,328 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.70 57.90 2,326 2,120 36.0 91,401 82,553 1,413 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 53.58 42.95 1,930 1,718 36.0 75,348 66,996 1,406 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 83.80 83.51 2,898 3,132 34.6 114,339 119,000 1,364 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.86 43.18 1,435 1,403 33.5 52,542 51,465 1,226 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.21 42.78 1,457 1,481 33.7 53,536 54,497 1,239 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.38 42.78 1,469 1,481 33.9 53,916 54,497 1,243 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 43.18 1,388 1,403 33.0 50,565 50,517 1,202 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.05 43.18 1,388 1,403 33.0 50,565 50,517 1,202 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.35 14.25 461 463 32.1 16,967 16,671 1,183 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.86 30.83 1,519 1,190 38.1 77,334 59,257 1,940 Registered nurses................................................. 29.95 28.80 1,128 1,102 37.7 57,697 57,741 1,926 Therapists........................................................ 33.60 30.83 1,263 1,233 37.6 55,839 58,272 1,662 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.51 14.61 548 536 37.7 28,472 27,851 1,962 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.67 13.91 509 513 37.3 26,472 26,651 1,937 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.61 24.28 1,035 936 40.4 53,494 48,670 2,089 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.70 13.91 586 556 39.8 29,643 28,870 2,017 Security guards................................................. 14.70 13.91 586 556 39.8 29,643 28,870 2,017 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 19.54 26.13 778 1,045 39.8 40,466 54,355 2,071 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.96 10.96 474 438 39.6 24,637 22,797 2,060 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.51 11.95 500 478 40.0 26,025 24,864 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.26 15.13 806 600 39.8 41,919 31,200 2,069 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.38 16.50 679 660 39.1 35,180 34,320 2,024 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.73 15.37 609 615 38.7 31,694 31,970 2,015 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.75 16.43 700 657 39.4 36,410 34,166 2,051 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.67 16.94 687 692 38.9 35,386 35,974 2,002 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.21 18.45 698 723 38.3 35,814 36,733 1,966 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.51 17.50 682 700 39.0 35,102 36,400 2,004 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.84 23.39 994 936 40.0 51,673 48,651 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.98 18.63 758 745 39.9 39,411 38,750 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.20 17.79 715 712 39.3 37,169 37,001 2,042 Production occupations.............................................. 16.11 15.00 639 596 39.7 33,247 30,992 2,064 Printers.......................................................... 18.35 17.17 734 687 40.0 38,172 35,714 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.35 17.17 734 687 40.0 38,172 35,714 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.29 15.49 573 544 37.5 29,778 28,305 1,948 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.03 18.33 738 727 40.9 38,389 37,794 2,129 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.21 22.18 751 887 39.1 39,078 46,134 2,035 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.86 13.83 515 553 40.0 26,754 28,766 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.79 $18.33 $898 $721 39.4 $46,419 $37,477 2,036 Management occupations.............................................. 35.06 28.92 1,346 1,157 38.4 69,996 60,160 1,996 Education administrators.......................................... 33.40 30.11 1,256 1,261 37.6 65,313 65,571 1,956 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.40 30.11 1,256 1,261 37.6 65,313 65,571 1,956 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 42.40 35.58 1,693 1,442 39.9 88,036 75,005 2,076 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.94 37.75 1,438 1,510 40.0 74,765 78,510 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.42 30.97 1,365 1,239 42.1 70,978 64,420 2,189 Engineers......................................................... 33.03 30.97 1,407 1,308 42.6 73,179 68,033 2,216 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 58.30 47.52 1,983 1,918 34.0 82,128 77,610 1,409 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 75.15 78.97 2,466 2,833 32.8 97,665 112,527 1,300 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 63.79 57.85 2,170 2,049 34.0 84,746 79,910 1,328 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 43.04 31.50 1,630 1,190 37.9 84,738 61,880 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 29.26 28.12 1,094 1,008 37.4 56,892 52,397 1,944 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.42 14.09 535 525 37.1 27,841 27,300 1,930 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.11 13.10 473 465 36.1 24,593 24,161 1,876 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Security guards................................................. 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.87 8.52 389 336 39.4 20,247 17,493 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.21 9.91 408 396 40.0 21,236 20,607 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.26 15.13 806 600 39.8 41,919 31,200 2,069 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.14 16.43 674 657 39.3 35,025 34,166 2,043 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.79 15.37 579 611 39.2 30,117 31,762 2,036 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.75 16.43 700 657 39.4 36,410 34,166 2,051 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.26 15.98 676 639 39.2 34,947 33,238 2,025 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.73 15.26 686 600 38.7 35,257 31,200 1,988 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.92 23.39 997 936 40.0 51,833 48,651 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.95 18.63 757 745 39.9 39,342 38,750 2,076 Production occupations.............................................. 16.14 15.00 641 600 39.7 33,307 31,179 2,064 Printers.......................................................... 18.35 17.17 734 687 40.0 38,172 35,714 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.35 17.17 734 687 40.0 38,172 35,714 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.29 15.49 573 544 37.5 29,778 28,305 1,948 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.03 18.33 738 727 40.9 38,389 37,794 2,129 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.21 22.18 751 887 39.1 39,078 46,134 2,035 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.86 13.83 515 553 40.0 26,754 28,766 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $28.94 $23.76 $1,098 $936 37.9 $49,948 $48,299 1,726 Management occupations.............................................. 41.21 39.81 1,635 1,521 39.7 85,033 79,098 2,064 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.93 42.78 1,378 1,403 34.5 52,340 51,061 1,311 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.86 43.18 1,435 1,403 33.5 52,542 51,465 1,226 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.21 42.78 1,457 1,481 33.7 53,536 54,497 1,239 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.38 42.78 1,469 1,481 33.9 53,916 54,497 1,243 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 43.18 1,388 1,403 33.0 50,565 50,517 1,202 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.05 43.18 1,388 1,403 33.0 50,565 50,517 1,202 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.35 14.25 461 463 32.1 16,967 16,671 1,183 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.49 16.94 1,074 912 39.1 50,483 35,235 1,836 Protective service occupations...................................... 28.27 29.74 1,147 1,190 40.6 59,186 61,855 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.16 15.67 646 627 40.0 33,612 32,594 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.16 15.67 646 627 40.0 33,612 32,594 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.16 15.67 646 627 40.0 33,612 32,594 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.60 19.05 702 734 37.7 35,920 38,150 1,931 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, Springfield, MA, October 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.06 $17.47 $20.30 $27.73 Management, professional, and related...... 37.87 44.21 30.49 40.85 Management, business, and financial...... 37.27 30.98 34.57 44.89 Professional and related................. 38.26 54.29 27.40 38.91 Service.................................... 12.00 12.06 10.12 15.10 Sales and office........................... 16.21 14.91 19.30 17.95 Sales and related........................ 16.25 13.85 21.13 – Office and administrative support........ 16.17 15.99 16.60 16.40 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.30 21.95 26.50 – Construction and extraction............. 24.92 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.95 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.27 16.47 16.06 16.07 Production............................... 15.92 15.35 16.72 16.04 Transportation and material moving....... 16.92 18.06 14.83 16.16 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........................................................... 4.3 8.8 8.7 5.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.5 19.7 10.5 5.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.8 13.7 16.2 15.7 Professional and related.......................................... 9.9 21.9 7.2 4.5 Service............................................................. 18.4 26.9 4.5 2.0 Sales and office.................................................... 9.3 11.1 28.8 3.4 Sales and related................................................. 19.5 17.7 41.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 4.7 6.0 5.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.8 2.2 8.3 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.7 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 9.9 8.9 2.2 Production........................................................ 7.9 15.1 6.3 1.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 15.3 19.7 5.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.42 $16.88 $814 $675 39.9 $42,352 $35,100 2,074 Management occupations.............................................. 31.65 28.92 1,244 1,157 39.3 64,688 60,160 2,044 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.84 15.00 632 600 39.9 32,851 31,200 2,073 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.65 16.43 656 657 39.4 34,136 34,166 2,051 Production occupations.............................................. 15.76 12.92 630 517 40.0 32,779 26,874 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.43 18.33 765 733 41.5 39,765 38,126 2,158 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, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... $25.45 $20.19 $990 $778 38.9 $50,786 $40,435 1,996 Management occupations.............................................. 36.63 29.43 1,391 1,152 38.0 72,354 59,883 1,975 Education administrators.......................................... 33.40 30.11 1,256 1,261 37.6 65,313 65,571 1,956 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.40 30.11 1,256 1,261 37.6 65,313 65,571 1,956 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 44.22 36.06 1,778 1,538 40.2 92,457 79,997 2,091 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.53 37.75 1,421 1,510 40.0 73,898 78,510 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.42 30.97 1,365 1,239 42.1 70,978 64,420 2,189 Engineers......................................................... 33.03 30.97 1,407 1,308 42.6 73,179 68,033 2,216 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 58.30 47.52 1,983 1,918 34.0 82,128 77,610 1,409 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 75.15 78.97 2,466 2,833 32.8 97,665 112,527 1,300 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 63.79 57.85 2,170 2,049 34.0 84,746 79,910 1,328 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.30 28.08 1,102 983 37.6 57,280 51,106 1,955 Registered nurses................................................. 29.35 28.12 1,096 1,008 37.3 56,991 52,399 1,942 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.11 13.10 473 465 36.1 24,593 24,161 1,876 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.11 13.10 473 465 36.1 24,593 24,161 1,876 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Security guards................................................. 14.82 14.02 590 561 39.8 30,687 29,166 2,071 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.18 13.64 479 546 39.3 23,655 27,768 1,943 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.90 8.52 430 336 39.4 22,356 17,493 2,050 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.87 8.52 389 336 39.4 20,212 17,493 2,048 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.25 9.84 410 394 40.0 21,320 20,467 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.05 17.78 707 678 39.2 36,648 35,235 2,030 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.59 19.00 792 753 38.5 41,200 39,152 2,001 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.04 17.66 705 706 39.1 36,240 36,647 2,009 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.68 22.19 940 888 39.7 48,887 46,161 2,064 Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 15.60 648 618 39.4 33,718 32,115 2,051 Printers.......................................................... 16.90 16.73 676 669 40.0 35,151 34,798 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.90 16.73 676 669 40.0 35,151 34,798 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.48 18.23 624 602 35.7 32,429 31,289 1,855 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.27 15.99 690 633 39.9 35,858 32,926 2,077 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.19 15.40 577 552 38.0 29,978 28,704 1,974 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, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.91 $18.90 $29.93 $20.24 $20.25 $20.06 Management, professional, and related............................... 38.40 32.12 38.92 36.46 38.06 23.82 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 36.44 37.27 – Professional and related.......................................... 38.35 32.12 38.94 36.46 38.59 22.94 Service............................................................. 23.63 11.58 24.89 12.00 12.01 – Sales and office.................................................... 14.43 – 18.19 16.71 16.68 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.12 17.12 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.00 14.64 18.19 16.34 16.28 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.86 23.63 20.31 19.76 19.76 – Construction and extraction...................................... 24.97 – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.31 – – 18.63 18.63 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.22 18.35 – 15.56 15.48 – Production........................................................ 15.21 15.33 – 16.02 16.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.00 20.00 – 14.32 13.82 – 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........................................................... 4.0 4.4 5.0 4.8 5.0 11.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.9 .5 4.2 7.3 7.6 9.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.2 10.8 – Professional and related.......................................... 1.9 .5 2.1 10.2 10.2 13.0 Service............................................................. 17.1 6.8 16.1 18.1 19.0 – Sales and office.................................................... 8.5 – 4.1 11.1 11.2 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 24.2 24.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 6.5 15.2 4.1 3.7 3.7 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.0 5.3 7.3 9.7 9.7 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.9 – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.2 – – 6.4 6.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.2 9.3 – 7.4 7.8 – Production........................................................ 7.4 7.6 – 8.2 8.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.8 10.8 – 9.8 11.2 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.36 $19.93 $26.83 $26.83 Management, professional, and related............................... 36.99 37.87 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 36.67 37.27 – – Professional and related.......................................... 37.13 38.26 – – Service............................................................. 14.60 12.00 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.88 15.68 27.20 27.20 Sales and related................................................. 15.13 15.13 27.20 27.20 Office and administrative support................................. 16.46 16.17 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.97 22.30 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 24.92 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.98 18.95 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.09 16.07 – – Production........................................................ 15.89 15.92 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.45 16.36 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.7 4.4 11.8 11.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.4 7.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.6 10.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.4 9.9 – – Service............................................................. 14.7 18.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 9.3 10.0 14.8 14.8 Sales and related................................................. 22.9 22.9 14.8 14.8 Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 3.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 2.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.9 4.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 6.3 – – Production........................................................ 7.9 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 9.8 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Springfield, MA, October 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........................................................... - - - - - - $25.85 - – Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - - - 37.97 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - - - 33.42 - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - - - 39.72 - – Service............................................................. - - - - - - 12.51 - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - - - 16.13 - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - - - 15.63 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - - - – - – Production........................................................ - - - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - – - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - - - - - - 2.8 - – Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - - - 11.2 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - - - 15.9 - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - - - - 12.5 - – Service............................................................. - - - - - - 5.5 - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - - - - 5.2 - – Sales and related................................................. - - - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - - - - 5.7 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - - - – - – Production........................................................ - - - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - – - – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 247,600 200,900 46,700 Management, professional, and related............................... 62,800 36,600 26,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 15,400 12,700 2,700 Professional and related.......................................... 47,400 23,900 23,500 Service............................................................. 69,400 57,100 12,300 Sales and office.................................................... 66,500 62,300 4,200 Sales and related................................................. 32,100 32,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 34,400 30,200 4,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,500 10,400 2,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 6,500 5,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5,800 4,600 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 36,400 34,500 – Production........................................................ 21,800 21,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14,700 12,900 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Springfield, MA, October 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,507 10,795 712 Total in sample....................................................... 158 136 22 Responding........................................................ 105 86 19 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 41 38 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 12 12 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.