Bureau of Labor Statistics
Internet Address: http://www.bls.gov/ro2/ For Release: March 31, 2008 Media Contact: Michael L. Dolfman,(212) 337-2500 Information: Martin Kohli,(646) 264-3620 HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW YORK-NEWARK-BRIDGEPORT NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MAY 2007 Workers in the greater New York area earned an average of $25.13 per hour in May 2007, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Michael L. Dolfman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $51.12 for management occupations and $30.42 for construction and extraction. Business and financial operations averaged hourly wages of $33.26. The NCS data available for the New York area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.) Within the management group, public relations managers earned on average $48.21 per hour. Carpenters, part of the construction and extraction group, averaged $23.86 per hour. Within the business and financial operations occupational group, accountants and auditors recorded a mean wage of $32.22 per hour, while loan officers earned $36.44 per hour. (See table 1.) Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $26.50 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $13.22. Union workers earned $26.50 and non-union workers, $24.59. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $20.73 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $24.53, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $31. 26. The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/. The NCS data reported here covered 1,613 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 9,053,100 workers in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport Combined Statistical Area defined as of December 2003 by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that reflects this area definition. The area comprises the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties in New York State; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; Pike County, Pennsylvania; and Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven Counties in Connecticut. Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the New York-Newark- Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA National Compensation Survey May 2007, which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey data, as well as other Bureau data, contact the New York Information Office by calling (646) 264-3600 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. NYLS -7324 Labor - New York 03/27/08 Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA, May 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $25.13 2.1 $26.50 2.0 $13.22 4.4 Management occupations.............................................. 51.12 7.8 51.47 7.8 24.21 19.1 General and operations managers................................... 56.33 11.3 57.64 10.2 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.75 10.6 49.75 10.6 Marketing managers.............................................. 52.90 10.6 52.90 10.6 Sales managers.................................................. 45.34 10.0 45.34 10.0 Public relations managers......................................... 48.21 5.8 48.21 5.8 Administrative services managers.................................. 31.35 11.4 31.35 11.4 Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.94 10.9 62.94 10.9 Financial managers................................................ 54.17 11.1 54.17 11.1 Human resources managers.......................................... 39.64 17.0 39.33 17.0 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 42.04 10.3 42.04 10.3 Education administrators.......................................... 39.18 10.9 39.11 11.0 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 50.40 12.1 50.59 12.5 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 44.76 7.8 44.76 7.8 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.20 7.8 53.20 7.8 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.16 12.6 46.16 12.6 Social and community service managers............................. 33.13 11.9 33.13 11.9 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.26 2.7 33.29 2.8 32.20 4.6 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.55 11.4 27.55 11.4 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.30 1.2 26.42 1.7 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.30 1.2 26.42 1.7 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.76 9.0 28.76 9.0 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.32 4.6 29.32 4.6 Training and development specialists............................ 33.26 24.9 33.26 24.9 Management analysts............................................... 36.72 6.1 36.72 6.1 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.22 4.2 32.33 4.4 Credit analysts................................................... 26.92 13.4 26.92 13.4 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 49.93 29.4 49.93 29.4 Financial analysts.............................................. 47.91 24.0 47.91 24.0 Personal financial advisors..................................... 61.61 43.3 61.61 43.3 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 37.85 17.2 37.85 17.2 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 35.82 5.5 35.82 5.5 Loan officers................................................... 36.44 5.5 36.44 5.5 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.71 5.6 40.88 5.5 Computer programmers.............................................. 38.14 4.0 38.14 4.0 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.45 6.5 45.45 6.5 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 49.86 11.1 49.86 11.1 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 42.55 7.4 42.55 7.4 Computer support specialists...................................... 32.90 14.5 33.95 14.4 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.86 4.1 40.88 4.3 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 36.35 5.3 36.35 5.3 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 61.63 17.5 63.39 18.7 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ $36.12 6.5 $36.12 6.5 Architects, except naval.......................................... 35.02 9.4 35.02 9.4 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 35.02 9.4 35.02 9.4 Engineers......................................................... 41.16 4.4 41.16 4.4 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.53 7.2 41.53 7.2 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 44.01 9.9 44.01 9.9 Drafters.......................................................... 28.66 15.9 28.66 15.9 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.38 5.2 28.38 5.2 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.92 3.2 29.92 3.2 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.32 4.9 35.12 5.4 $44.18 7.1 Life scientists................................................... 43.19 17.2 43.19 17.2 Medical scientists.............................................. 46.93 22.6 46.93 22.6 Physical scientists............................................... 34.12 10.5 34.12 10.5 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 31.04 14.9 31.04 14.9 Chemists...................................................... 28.18 9.3 28.18 9.3 Market and survey researchers..................................... 27.36 15.7 27.36 15.7 Market research analysts........................................ 27.36 15.7 27.36 15.7 Psychologists..................................................... 46.02 10.4 45.88 13.8 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 46.02 10.4 45.88 13.8 Chemical technicians.............................................. 30.22 18.3 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 21.59 12.5 21.59 12.5 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.31 6.2 25.56 6.5 Counselors........................................................ 28.61 15.3 28.77 15.1 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 36.66 15.4 37.09 15.0 Social workers.................................................... 27.69 11.4 27.84 11.4 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 31.68 25.8 31.68 25.8 Medical and public health social workers........................ 28.30 3.0 28.31 3.0 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 21.22 9.2 21.50 8.4 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.34 12.2 19.42 12.7 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.89 5.3 14.49 2.7 Legal occupations................................................... 42.96 21.8 43.04 21.9 Lawyers........................................................... 56.92 20.5 56.92 20.5 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.79 9.9 21.79 9.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.75 4.4 40.83 3.0 19.48 10.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 60.75 6.8 61.41 6.6 41.89 13.3 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 66.19 3.6 66.19 3.6 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 54.81 13.4 54.95 13.3 Computer science teachers, postsecondary...................... 60.24 26.3 60.24 26.3 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 51.14 5.5 51.34 5.7 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 75.93 28.4 75.93 28.4 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 75.93 28.4 75.93 28.4 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... $56.77 8.1 $55.02 5.7 Chemistry teachers, postsecondary............................. 56.02 4.9 56.02 4.9 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 62.56 24.8 62.56 24.8 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 71.91 12.9 71.91 12.9 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 72.38 12.9 72.38 12.9 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 53.83 11.1 54.08 11.9 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 58.98 6.7 59.93 7.0 $44.62 8.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.06 4.5 41.61 2.5 21.61 21.4 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 22.61 10.4 22.75 10.9 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 21.00 14.0 21.12 14.6 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.51 7.4 44.35 3.8 14.21 3.2 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.33 10.0 43.78 5.1 13.60 3.0 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.80 3.7 46.19 3.5 Secondary school teachers....................................... 46.54 5.9 48.39 2.9 31.57 29.8 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.74 4.3 47.53 1.2 31.57 29.8 Special education teachers...................................... 48.87 5.7 48.40 6.9 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.88 6.5 43.67 9.4 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 54.54 7.1 54.67 7.1 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 47.76 3.6 50.11 2.0 Librarians........................................................ 35.43 18.9 35.66 18.9 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.29 2.5 14.87 3.5 11.89 10.3 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 40.63 16.1 40.84 16.3 Designers......................................................... 33.40 18.5 33.40 18.5 Graphic designers............................................... 31.32 14.0 31.32 14.0 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 42.12 23.9 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 42.12 23.9 Writers and editors............................................... 29.00 17.5 29.00 17.5 Editors......................................................... 31.53 15.7 31.53 15.7 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.68 2.4 35.32 2.9 38.72 12.2 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.77 1.6 47.88 1.8 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 53.20 12.5 51.46 17.1 71.10 .9 Family and general practitioners................................ 56.52 8.9 56.50 9.0 Registered nurses................................................. 36.91 1.6 37.07 2.1 35.67 4.8 Therapists........................................................ 37.85 10.6 35.15 4.0 46.20 45.2 Occupational therapists......................................... 39.53 9.6 Physical therapists............................................. 33.66 4.7 33.50 5.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.40 1.8 22.42 1.9 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.76 1.6 25.76 1.6 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 20.17 3.5 20.16 3.5 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.81 2.8 28.00 3.6 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.08 1.9 28.43 1.9 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... $23.62 8.4 $24.14 7.9 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.83 6.5 18.56 10.6 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.90 2.7 22.80 2.6 Medical records and health information technicians................ 20.55 15.6 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.81 .6 14.42 4.2 $11.05 6.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.20 2.0 13.75 7.3 10.68 11.0 Home health aides............................................... 10.32 5.8 10.81 3.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.05 .6 15.18 .4 13.96 4.3 Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.77 7.5 15.74 7.5 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.45 3.5 16.21 4.9 12.04 9.6 Medical assistants.............................................. 16.70 12.3 16.70 12.3 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.17 10.3 24.07 8.8 Fire fighters..................................................... 28.58 2.5 28.58 2.5 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 30.08 .3 30.08 .3 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 30.01 .2 30.01 .2 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 41.86 1.2 41.86 1.2 Police officers................................................... 32.54 2.9 33.15 3.6 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.54 2.9 33.15 3.6 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.00 11.1 12.36 10.3 Security guards................................................. 12.00 11.1 12.36 10.3 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 13.30 6.6 11.87 5.8 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.37 6.5 10.41 9.0 7.22 7.0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.89 2.7 19.25 4.8 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 18.86 2.8 19.24 5.0 Cooks............................................................. 10.46 9.7 11.89 8.9 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.80 8.1 13.80 8.1 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.15 3.8 12.46 5.8 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.81 9.3 12.36 11.8 7.53 7.7 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.20 6.1 6.50 15.0 5.63 17.4 Bartenders...................................................... 6.17 14.7 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.86 5.8 6.75 13.4 4.19 9.1 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.33 24.1 6.19 33.2 9.02 21.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.82 4.0 9.47 11.9 7.90 3.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.74 6.1 10.11 12.0 7.75 3.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop......................................................... 8.92 11.3 9.03 14.7 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.71 2.4 12.74 2.3 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.79 8.4 7.84 8.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.69 6.7 16.24 4.8 9.94 16.1 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ $28.47 18.5 $28.47 18.5 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 23.59 7.2 23.59 7.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.87 7.6 15.46 5.4 $9.84 16.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.30 8.9 16.10 6.0 9.98 18.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.12 3.8 12.44 4.5 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.86 8.3 16.02 8.6 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.48 8.5 15.65 8.8 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.46 3.7 13.07 4.4 11.04 3.1 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 12.71 7.4 12.58 1.1 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 12.73 20.0 Child care workers................................................ 11.83 1.5 12.18 2.9 11.57 2.6 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.57 5.2 9.41 4.7 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.64 14.2 11.85 15.6 Recreation workers.............................................. 15.76 11.6 14.75 20.6 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.52 8.7 24.27 9.2 9.48 2.5 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.15 17.2 23.15 17.2 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.63 6.8 17.63 6.8 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 43.06 22.5 43.06 22.5 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.94 7.5 13.93 10.1 9.20 2.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.90 3.8 10.67 5.0 8.67 1.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.90 3.8 10.67 5.0 8.67 1.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.36 13.9 16.69 16.1 9.54 5.7 Insurance sales agents............................................ 38.19 25.6 40.04 24.1 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 52.92 8.7 52.92 8.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.76 9.6 33.76 9.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 36.64 19.2 36.64 19.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 32.48 6.8 32.48 6.8 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 21.37 8.2 22.57 8.4 10.24 4.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.50 2.2 19.02 1.9 13.78 6.3 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 26.27 6.9 26.27 6.9 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 15.45 6.0 15.49 6.4 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.81 2.9 17.15 2.8 13.56 10.0 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.95 10.7 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.39 4.9 15.38 5.2 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.89 3.0 19.05 3.0 16.67 11.9 Tellers......................................................... 11.78 4.2 12.11 3.9 10.28 5.7 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 22.20 4.9 22.20 4.9 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 24.76 2.0 24.80 2.1 Customer service representatives.................................. $19.42 9.4 $19.64 9.5 File clerks....................................................... 12.36 13.6 $12.12 17.1 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 18.37 8.6 18.41 8.6 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 16.65 11.7 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.45 5.6 18.45 5.6 Order clerks...................................................... 12.03 8.8 12.04 9.1 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.35 6.2 18.35 6.2 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.06 5.8 15.58 6.2 12.79 6.0 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 18.50 7.0 18.61 9.5 Dispatchers....................................................... 25.00 10.8 25.10 11.0 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 25.77 12.8 25.77 12.8 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.46 2.6 22.46 2.6 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.47 10.7 12.48 10.4 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.11 4.1 12.61 7.5 7.67 8.3 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.86 2.9 23.44 2.2 15.85 5.5 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.91 4.3 24.91 4.4 Legal secretaries............................................... 26.84 2.4 26.84 2.4 Medical secretaries............................................. 18.15 3.1 19.59 2.9 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.55 6.0 21.21 5.1 14.77 7.4 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.89 12.4 15.72 13.6 16.49 15.7 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.25 10.7 13.45 10.5 Word processors and typists..................................... 21.45 14.4 23.34 13.4 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 19.14 2.6 19.22 3.0 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 15.51 5.3 16.10 9.2 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.97 2.7 17.36 3.2 14.09 5.0 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 14.69 7.0 15.01 7.6 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 30.42 3.2 30.61 3.1 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 39.59 7.6 39.59 7.6 Carpenters........................................................ 23.86 .9 23.86 .9 Construction laborers............................................. 24.17 6.0 24.32 6.8 Electricians...................................................... 36.84 13.2 36.84 13.2 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 32.02 8.9 32.02 8.9 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 32.02 8.9 32.02 8.9 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 34.30 32.1 34.30 32.1 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 23.75 9.0 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 19.28 7.6 19.28 7.6 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 27.66 11.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.38 3.1 24.39 3.1 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 28.94 10.8 28.94 10.8 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 32.20 1.2 32.20 1.2 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 32.20 1.2 32.20 1.2 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... $17.98 5.5 $17.98 5.5 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.98 19.3 19.98 19.3 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.16 13.8 22.16 13.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 22.99 2.8 22.99 2.8 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers........................................................ 23.95 6.0 24.07 6.0 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 24.90 5.5 25.06 5.5 Line installers and repairers..................................... 33.44 8.5 33.44 8.5 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 35.66 2.8 35.66 2.8 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.69 6.6 19.69 6.6 Production occupations.............................................. 15.52 3.6 15.66 3.5 $10.87 7.3 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.08 8.6 22.08 8.6 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.57 4.4 15.57 4.4 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.73 5.9 15.73 5.9 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.81 11.0 10.81 11.0 Bakers............................................................ 18.09 43.0 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.13 9.2 19.13 9.2 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 19.13 9.2 19.13 9.2 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.68 30.8 11.68 30.8 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 27.18 6.6 27.25 6.6 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 17.68 8.2 17.68 8.2 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 19.41 3.8 19.41 3.8 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.71 5.4 18.23 5.7 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.91 10.7 12.00 11.3 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.02 5.9 11.05 6.4 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.13 7.6 17.66 9.2 11.74 7.1 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 29.99 10.8 29.99 10.8 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 132.50 17.6 132.50 17.6 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 132.50 17.6 132.50 17.6 Bus drivers....................................................... 17.76 16.6 18.26 23.0 15.53 2.4 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 17.63 27.2 17.65 27.6 Bus drivers, school............................................. 18.09 10.1 21.78 7.4 15.49 2.3 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.80 5.0 19.99 4.8 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.19 5.0 23.84 4.1 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.76 5.5 15.80 5.5 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 10.21 36.9 10.40 36.8 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.58 6.1 16.58 6.1 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.56 4.2 11.87 4.5 9.34 5.3 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.80 6.5 12.00 7.1 9.57 8.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.10 8.9 10.25 10.5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... $15.18 21.2 $15.18 21.2 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 of the full bulletin 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B of the full bulletin 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 of the full bulletin. Note: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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