NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Bulletin 3125-58, February 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $19.43 3.6 38.0 $19.07 4.7 37.6 $20.29 5.4 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.08 4.5 38.3 23.57 6.4 38.0 25.04 6.0 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.2 37.8 27.75 6.1 36.8 29.38 2.5 39.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.83 7.2 40.3 36.15 7.7 40.3 – – – Sales............................................................. 13.02 12.5 37.2 13.02 12.5 37.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.63 5.7 38.9 13.40 7.1 39.4 13.96 9.3 38.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.95 7.8 38.9 16.22 8.1 38.8 12.88 10.0 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.69 8.2 39.7 22.11 8.2 39.6 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.84 5.5 39.8 15.84 5.5 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.54 4.3 37.5 13.23 6.6 36.3 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.10 5.8 37.3 9.81 6.0 37.0 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.29 12.6 35.3 8.04 7.0 31.8 12.06 13.2 38.6 Full time........................................................... 19.98 3.3 40.2 19.76 4.1 39.9 20.51 6.1 40.9 Part time........................................................... 11.83 17.6 21.6 9.49 14.9 21.0 17.27 10.8 23.2 Union............................................................... 16.40 5.1 39.3 16.40 5.1 39.3 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.70 3.8 37.9 19.43 5.0 37.4 20.29 5.4 38.8 Time................................................................ 19.54 3.7 37.8 19.21 4.8 37.4 20.29 5.4 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 16.13 25.5 43.3 16.13 25.5 43.3 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 23.08 4.4 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.11 10.0 35.7 12.06 10.1 35.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.46 6.4 37.6 14.43 6.7 37.6 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 23.48 4.7 38.7 26.17 5.3 38.5 20.56 5.9 38.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.43 3.6 $19.07 4.7 $20.29 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.86 3.7 19.67 4.9 20.29 5.4 White collar........................................................ 24.08 4.5 23.57 6.4 25.04 6.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.58 4.4 25.93 6.0 25.04 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.2 27.75 6.1 29.38 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.86 3.1 32.02 6.6 31.73 1.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.85 9.4 37.85 9.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 9.6 27.83 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.35 3.6 26.82 3.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.95 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.55 2.2 – – 28.12 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.01 2.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.36 13.4 – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.75 7.5 20.82 8.9 16.80 6.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.86 3.9 15.65 4.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.99 14.7 17.25 23.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.83 7.2 36.15 7.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.46 4.6 42.23 5.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.25 3.5 41.25 3.5 – – Management related............................................ 32.05 9.6 32.54 9.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.02 12.5 13.02 12.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.53 5.2 7.53 5.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.63 5.7 13.40 7.1 13.96 9.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.98 7.8 15.98 9.6 13.64 9.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 7.0 11.36 7.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.00 10.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.84 11.2 15.57 12.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.95 7.8 16.22 8.1 12.88 10.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.69 8.2 22.11 8.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.65 8.0 23.65 8.0 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.17 4.4 15.31 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 9.1 18.73 10.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 5.5 15.84 5.5 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 12.22 6.3 12.22 6.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... $14.71 12.9 $14.71 12.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.54 11.5 15.54 11.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.89 4.4 20.89 4.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.75 3.6 13.75 3.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.90 9.7 12.90 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.54 4.3 13.23 6.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 10.67 3.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.03 5.7 16.03 5.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.10 5.8 9.81 6.0 – – Production helpers.......................................... 10.61 14.9 10.61 14.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.86 9.5 8.86 9.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.45 13.3 8.45 13.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.71 2.6 9.71 2.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.29 12.6 8.04 7.0 $12.06 13.2 Protective service............................................ 12.79 13.7 – – 14.66 3.7 Food service.................................................. 8.41 5.8 7.98 6.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.39 5.5 7.94 5.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.59 4.8 9.02 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.55 4.8 9.02 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.85 7.0 7.01 12.8 8.33 6.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.48 4.9 7.24 13.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.96 9.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.96 27.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.98 3.3 $19.76 4.1 $20.51 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.36 3.5 20.29 4.4 20.51 6.1 White collar........................................................ 24.61 4.3 24.08 6.2 25.65 5.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.92 4.3 26.09 6.0 25.65 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.32 3.2 28.07 6.0 30.84 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.34 3.6 32.32 6.8 32.35 3.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.85 9.4 37.85 9.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.70 6.6 28.05 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.24 3.0 26.81 3.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.95 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.55 2.2 – – 28.12 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.01 2.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.31 7.9 21.19 8.4 15.83 12.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.49 2.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.00 21.2 17.83 22.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.89 7.3 36.21 7.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.46 4.6 42.23 5.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.25 3.5 41.25 3.5 – – Management related............................................ 32.11 9.6 32.62 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.98 11.2 13.98 11.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.68 5.7 13.44 7.1 14.01 9.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.98 7.8 15.98 9.6 13.64 9.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 7.0 11.36 7.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 16.00 10.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.05 12.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.19 7.8 16.48 8.1 12.88 10.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.69 8.2 22.11 8.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.65 8.0 23.65 8.0 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.17 4.4 15.31 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 9.1 18.73 10.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.86 5.6 15.86 5.6 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 12.22 6.3 12.22 6.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.71 12.9 14.71 12.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... $15.54 11.5 $15.54 11.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 21.02 4.6 21.02 4.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.75 3.6 13.75 3.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.90 9.7 12.90 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.66 4.2 13.48 6.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 10.67 3.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.03 5.7 16.03 5.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.37 6.5 10.07 6.9 – – Production helpers.......................................... 10.61 14.9 10.61 14.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.45 13.3 8.45 13.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.71 2.6 9.71 2.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.90 11.6 8.86 4.7 $12.05 13.2 Protective service............................................ 13.39 9.5 – – 14.57 3.7 Food service.................................................. 9.07 3.6 8.71 4.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.07 2.4 8.70 1.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.59 5.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.55 5.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.18 5.7 8.05 9.1 8.21 6.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.56 4.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.46 7.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.48 25.6 – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.83 17.6 $9.49 14.9 $17.27 10.8 All excluding sales............................................... 12.56 17.6 10.09 17.2 17.27 10.8 White collar........................................................ 16.26 12.0 14.09 17.8 18.65 1.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.47 7.4 20.90 14.8 18.65 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.07 7.7 22.27 12.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.68 7.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.57 7.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.57 7.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.04 6.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.80 4.4 6.80 4.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.85 4.2 6.85 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.89 11.4 7.89 11.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.54 7.6 7.54 7.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.07 4.0 7.07 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 7.29 15.0 6.26 8.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $803 3.3 40.2 $789 4.0 39.9 $838 6.8 40.9 All excluding sales............................................... 816 3.5 40.1 806 4.3 39.8 838 6.8 40.9 White collar........................................................ 999 4.4 40.6 969 6.0 40.3 1,058 7.3 41.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,049 4.5 40.5 1,043 5.8 40.0 1,058 7.3 41.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,206 3.1 41.1 1,120 5.8 39.9 1,319 4.4 42.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,340 3.9 41.4 1,277 6.9 39.5 1,397 5.2 43.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,514 9.4 40.0 1,514 9.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,153 7.5 38.8 1,070 .7 38.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,001 3.0 38.2 1,020 3.7 38.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,036 10.5 52.3 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,059 1.9 38.5 – – – 1,080 .6 38.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,070 2.3 38.2 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 817 7.2 40.2 858 7.3 40.5 618 11.1 39.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 564 2.4 38.9 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 721 18.1 42.4 763 17.9 42.8 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,451 7.5 40.4 1,465 8.1 40.5 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,703 5.8 41.1 1,743 6.8 41.3 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,728 6.5 41.9 1,728 6.5 41.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,285 9.6 40.0 1,305 9.9 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 584 14.5 41.7 584 14.5 41.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 536 6.0 39.2 534 7.1 39.7 540 10.7 38.5 Secretaries................................................. 577 7.7 38.5 626 8.5 39.2 514 8.7 37.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 497 6.1 38.5 454 7.3 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 640 10.1 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 535 12.9 38.0 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 645 7.8 39.8 656 8.0 39.8 515 10.0 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 860 8.1 39.7 876 8.1 39.6 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 920 6.7 38.9 920 6.7 38.9 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 647 4.4 40.0 613 8.7 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 726 9.1 40.0 749 10.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $633 5.7 39.9 $633 5.7 39.9 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 483 7.1 39.5 483 7.1 39.5 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 587 13.1 39.9 587 13.1 39.9 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 619 11.6 39.8 619 11.6 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 841 4.6 40.0 841 4.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 550 3.6 40.0 550 3.6 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 516 9.7 40.0 516 9.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 504 4.2 39.8 535 6.7 39.7 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 422 3.2 39.5 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 640 5.7 39.9 640 5.7 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 414 6.5 40.0 403 6.9 40.0 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 424 14.9 40.0 424 14.9 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 338 13.3 40.0 338 13.3 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 388 2.6 39.9 388 2.6 39.9 – – – Service............................................................. 430 12.8 39.4 336 5.7 38.0 $486 14.3 40.3 Protective service............................................ 551 10.8 41.1 – – – 604 4.9 41.5 Food service.................................................. 339 5.9 37.4 330 7.3 37.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 343 5.3 37.9 335 6.5 38.5 – – – Health service................................................ 340 4.7 39.6 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 338 4.8 39.6 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 318 5.7 38.9 284 13.1 35.2 329 6.8 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 276 5.8 36.5 – – – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 338 7.9 40.0 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 528 28.0 36.5 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $40,352 3.3 2,020 $40,942 4.0 2,072 $39,048 6.8 1,904 All excluding sales............................................... 40,931 3.5 2,011 41,857 4.3 2,063 39,048 6.8 1,904 White collar........................................................ 48,996 4.4 1,991 50,237 6.0 2,087 46,873 7.3 1,828 White collar excluding sales.................................... 51,091 4.5 1,971 54,026 5.8 2,071 46,873 7.3 1,828 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 57,404 3.1 1,958 57,843 5.8 2,060 56,925 4.4 1,846 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,976 3.9 1,917 65,738 6.9 2,034 59,172 5.2 1,829 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,736 9.4 2,080 78,736 9.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 59,937 7.5 2,018 55,658 .7 1,984 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 52,064 3.0 1,984 53,027 3.7 1,978 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 92,777 10.5 2,382 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 40,333 1.9 1,464 – – – 41,125 .6 1,462 Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,627 2.3 1,451 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,491 7.2 2,092 44,604 7.3 2,105 32,129 11.1 2,029 Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,354 2.4 2,025 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,480 18.1 2,205 39,664 17.9 2,224 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 75,182 7.5 2,095 75,915 8.1 2,097 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 87,800 5.8 2,118 89,725 6.8 2,125 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 89,868 6.5 2,179 89,868 6.5 2,179 – – – Management related............................................ 66,797 9.6 2,080 67,841 9.9 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 30,351 14.5 2,171 30,351 14.5 2,171 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,419 6.0 1,932 27,769 7.1 2,066 24,792 10.7 1,770 Secretaries................................................. 29,542 7.7 1,972 32,556 8.5 2,037 25,811 8.7 1,892 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,637 6.1 1,987 23,633 7.3 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 31,027 10.1 1,940 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,799 12.9 1,978 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,534 7.8 2,072 34,132 8.0 2,071 26,785 10.0 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,720 8.1 2,062 45,573 8.1 2,061 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 47,856 6.7 2,023 47,856 6.7 2,023 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 33,631 4.4 2,080 31,854 8.7 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,770 9.1 2,080 38,958 10.0 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $32,929 5.7 2,076 $32,929 5.7 2,076 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 25,117 7.1 2,055 25,117 7.1 2,055 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 30,522 13.1 2,075 30,522 13.1 2,075 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 32,206 11.6 2,072 32,206 11.6 2,072 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 43,717 4.6 2,080 43,717 4.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 28,610 3.6 2,080 28,610 3.6 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 26,823 9.7 2,080 26,823 9.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 26,221 4.2 2,071 27,839 6.7 2,066 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 21,940 3.2 2,056 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 33,298 5.7 2,077 33,298 5.7 2,077 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,551 6.5 2,079 20,934 6.9 2,079 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 22,051 14.9 2,079 22,051 14.9 2,079 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17,581 13.3 2,080 17,581 13.3 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,160 2.6 2,077 20,160 2.6 2,077 – – – Service............................................................. 21,891 12.8 2,009 17,491 5.7 1,975 $24,448 14.3 2,029 Protective service............................................ 28,122 10.8 2,100 – – – 30,695 4.9 2,106 Food service.................................................. 16,380 5.9 1,807 17,151 7.3 1,969 – – – Other food service........................................... 16,517 5.3 1,821 17,398 6.5 2,001 – – – Health service................................................ 17,678 4.7 2,058 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,590 4.8 2,058 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,526 5.7 2,020 14,757 13.1 1,832 17,086 6.8 2,080 Maids and housemen.......................................... 14,328 5.8 1,896 – – – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,596 7.9 2,080 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 27,442 28.0 1,896 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.43 3.6 $19.07 4.7 $20.29 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.86 3.7 19.67 4.9 20.29 5.4 White collar........................................................ 24.08 4.5 23.57 6.4 25.04 6.0 2....................................................... 12.14 15.3 9.04 2.8 14.72 14.2 3....................................................... 10.69 4.1 10.58 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.75 6.7 15.18 7.6 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 16.01 4.1 15.81 4.9 16.18 6.1 6....................................................... 25.44 2.3 23.98 7.0 26.33 2.7 7....................................................... 23.35 3.3 23.98 3.1 16.74 4.0 8....................................................... 26.42 6.6 26.62 6.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.89 3.1 31.76 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 33.25 2.9 33.25 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 36.62 2.0 36.97 2.6 35.84 .4 12........................................................ 50.16 5.5 50.16 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.45 24.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.58 4.4 25.93 6.0 25.04 6.0 2....................................................... 12.74 14.6 9.66 1.5 14.72 14.2 3....................................................... 11.75 4.4 11.96 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.51 7.5 15.04 9.6 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 16.00 4.5 15.73 5.5 16.18 6.1 6....................................................... 25.55 2.3 24.24 6.6 26.33 2.7 7....................................................... 23.61 3.7 24.41 3.2 16.74 4.0 8....................................................... 27.12 5.5 27.36 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.89 3.1 31.76 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 33.25 2.9 33.25 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 36.62 2.0 36.97 2.6 35.84 .4 12........................................................ 50.16 5.5 50.16 5.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.51 3.2 27.75 6.1 29.38 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.86 3.1 32.02 6.6 31.73 1.7 5....................................................... 11.30 13.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 26.46 2.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.21 7.3 24.88 6.2 17.48 2.4 8....................................................... 27.47 5.8 27.79 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.02 3.8 33.26 3.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.60 3.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.85 9.4 37.85 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.68 3.0 32.68 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.22 9.6 27.83 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.35 3.6 26.82 3.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.95 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.55 2.2 – – 28.12 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.01 2.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $19.36 13.4 – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.75 7.5 $20.82 8.9 $16.80 6.7 4....................................................... 14.39 10.7 14.39 10.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.20 4.6 16.29 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 24.62 6.3 24.62 6.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.86 3.9 15.65 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.84 4.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.99 14.7 17.25 23.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.83 7.2 36.15 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.63 5.5 29.63 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.63 1.8 36.60 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 50.19 11.7 50.19 11.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.46 4.6 42.23 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.92 10.0 27.92 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.64 1.8 – – – – 12........................................................ 57.33 17.9 57.33 17.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.25 3.5 41.25 3.5 – – Management related............................................ 32.05 9.6 32.54 9.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.02 12.5 13.02 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.99 6.1 6.99 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.79 14.7 8.79 14.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.52 11.6 15.52 11.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.53 5.2 7.53 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.99 6.1 6.99 6.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.63 5.7 13.40 7.1 13.96 9.3 2....................................................... 12.79 14.7 9.66 1.5 14.84 14.0 3....................................................... 12.17 4.1 12.65 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.53 8.5 15.20 11.1 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 16.72 8.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.16 1.9 19.16 1.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.98 7.8 15.98 9.6 13.64 9.1 4....................................................... 14.44 7.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 7.0 11.36 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 3.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.00 10.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.94 9.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.84 11.2 15.57 12.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.95 7.8 16.22 8.1 12.88 10.0 1....................................................... 7.92 4.8 7.84 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.06 7.3 11.06 7.3 – – 3....................................................... $12.06 2.8 $12.31 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.70 5.5 14.94 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.09 6.1 17.96 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.75 7.3 23.58 6.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.69 8.2 22.11 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.71 8.6 12.71 8.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.21 3.7 17.55 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.67 8.0 23.59 7.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.65 8.0 23.65 8.0 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.17 4.4 15.31 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 9.1 18.73 10.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 5.5 15.84 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 .0 7.56 .0 – – 2....................................................... 11.53 10.1 11.53 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.11 1.4 13.11 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.82 10.9 15.82 10.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.41 6.9 18.41 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.52 6.9 23.52 6.9 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 12.22 6.3 12.22 6.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.71 12.9 14.71 12.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.54 11.5 15.54 11.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.89 4.4 20.89 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 21.80 5.7 21.80 5.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.75 3.6 13.75 3.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.90 9.7 12.90 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.54 4.3 13.23 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.66 3.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.51 6.0 16.51 6.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 10.67 3.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.03 5.7 16.03 5.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.10 5.8 9.81 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.99 5.8 7.91 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.34 3.9 10.34 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.44 7.1 11.44 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 16.8 16.63 8.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... 10.61 14.9 10.61 14.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.86 9.5 8.86 9.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.45 13.3 8.45 13.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.71 2.6 9.71 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.10 3.9 10.10 3.9 – – Service............................................................. 10.29 12.6 8.04 7.0 $12.06 13.2 1....................................................... $7.64 5.1 $7.11 4.9 $8.69 7.0 2....................................................... 8.26 6.8 7.85 8.7 8.75 9.8 4....................................................... 10.49 7.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 11.67 3.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.79 13.7 – – 14.66 3.7 Food service.................................................. 8.41 5.8 7.98 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.68 9.0 6.86 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 3.5 8.46 3.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.39 5.5 7.94 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.60 7.3 6.66 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 3.5 8.46 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.59 4.8 9.02 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.20 7.0 8.80 5.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.55 4.8 9.02 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.20 7.0 8.80 5.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.85 7.0 7.01 12.8 8.33 6.6 1....................................................... 8.25 6.2 8.24 9.2 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.48 4.9 7.24 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 11.6 7.24 13.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.96 9.3 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.50 8.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.96 27.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.98 3.3 $19.76 4.1 $20.51 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.36 3.5 20.29 4.4 20.51 6.1 White collar........................................................ 24.61 4.3 24.08 6.2 25.65 5.6 2....................................................... 12.79 14.7 9.62 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.86 3.6 10.78 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 6.7 15.17 7.7 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 15.26 3.3 15.69 4.8 14.53 5.2 6....................................................... 25.58 2.3 24.31 6.4 26.33 2.7 7....................................................... 23.09 3.9 23.77 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 26.42 6.6 26.62 6.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.74 1.9 31.83 3.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.25 2.9 33.25 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 36.62 2.0 36.97 2.6 35.84 .4 12........................................................ 50.16 5.5 50.16 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.46 25.0 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.92 4.3 26.09 6.0 25.65 5.6 2....................................................... 12.79 14.7 9.62 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.91 4.2 12.19 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.50 7.6 15.03 9.7 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 15.11 3.7 15.56 5.4 14.53 5.2 6....................................................... 25.70 2.3 – – 26.33 2.7 7....................................................... 23.32 4.5 24.19 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.12 5.5 27.36 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.74 1.9 31.83 3.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.25 2.9 33.25 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 36.62 2.0 36.97 2.6 35.84 .4 12........................................................ 50.16 5.5 50.16 5.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.32 3.2 28.07 6.0 30.84 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.34 3.6 32.32 6.8 32.35 3.6 5....................................................... 11.30 13.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 26.46 2.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.07 8.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 27.47 5.8 27.79 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.12 2.2 33.40 3.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.60 3.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.85 9.4 37.85 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.68 3.0 32.68 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.70 6.6 28.05 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.24 3.0 26.81 3.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.95 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.55 2.2 – – 28.12 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.01 2.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $20.31 7.9 $21.19 8.4 $15.83 12.6 4....................................................... 14.27 11.3 14.27 11.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.01 2.7 16.10 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.62 6.3 24.62 6.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.49 2.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.51 3.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.00 21.2 17.83 22.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.89 7.3 36.21 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.63 5.5 29.63 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.63 1.8 36.60 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 50.19 11.7 50.19 11.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.46 4.6 42.23 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.92 10.0 27.92 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.64 1.8 – – – – 12........................................................ 57.33 17.9 57.33 17.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.25 3.5 41.25 3.5 – – Management related............................................ 32.11 9.6 32.62 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.98 11.2 13.98 11.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.52 11.6 15.52 11.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.68 5.7 13.44 7.1 14.01 9.2 2....................................................... 12.83 14.8 9.62 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 4.2 12.72 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.53 8.5 15.20 11.1 13.11 4.5 5....................................................... 16.72 8.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.16 1.9 19.16 1.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.98 7.8 15.98 9.6 13.64 9.1 4....................................................... 14.44 7.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.90 7.0 11.36 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 3.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.00 10.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.94 9.8 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.05 12.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.19 7.8 16.48 8.1 12.88 10.0 1....................................................... 8.03 5.7 7.94 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.08 7.6 11.08 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 2.8 12.31 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.70 5.5 14.94 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.09 6.1 17.96 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.75 7.3 23.58 6.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $21.69 8.2 $22.11 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.71 8.6 12.71 8.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.21 3.7 17.55 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.67 8.0 23.59 7.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.65 8.0 23.65 8.0 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.17 4.4 15.31 8.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 9.1 18.73 10.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.86 5.6 15.86 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.55 .0 7.55 .0 – – 2....................................................... 11.53 10.1 11.53 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.11 1.4 13.11 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.82 10.9 15.82 10.9 – – 5....................................................... 18.41 6.9 18.41 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.52 6.9 23.52 6.9 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 12.22 6.3 12.22 6.3 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.71 12.9 14.71 12.9 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.54 11.5 15.54 11.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 21.02 4.6 21.02 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 21.80 5.7 21.80 5.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.75 3.6 13.75 3.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.90 9.7 12.90 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.66 4.2 13.48 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.66 3.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.51 6.0 16.51 6.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 10.67 3.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.03 5.7 16.03 5.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.37 6.5 10.07 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.08 6.8 8.00 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.48 4.0 10.48 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.44 7.1 11.44 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 16.8 16.63 8.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... 10.61 14.9 10.61 14.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.45 13.3 8.45 13.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.71 2.6 9.71 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.10 3.9 10.10 3.9 – – Service............................................................. 10.90 11.6 8.86 4.7 $12.05 13.2 1....................................................... 8.09 3.8 7.83 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 4.5 8.65 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.63 7.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 11.67 3.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.39 9.5 – – 14.57 3.7 Food service.................................................. $9.07 3.6 $8.71 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.64 9.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.07 2.4 8.70 1.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.59 5.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.15 7.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.55 5.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.15 7.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.18 5.7 8.05 9.1 $8.21 6.8 1....................................................... 8.02 5.6 8.05 9.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.56 4.5 – – – – 1....................................................... 7.44 11.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.46 7.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.48 25.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.83 17.6 $9.49 14.9 $17.27 10.8 All excluding sales............................................... 12.56 17.6 10.09 17.2 17.27 10.8 White collar........................................................ 16.26 12.0 14.09 17.8 18.65 1.9 2....................................................... 7.46 7.0 7.44 7.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.47 7.4 20.90 14.8 18.65 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.07 7.7 22.27 12.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.68 7.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.57 7.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.57 7.7 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.04 6.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.80 4.4 6.80 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.99 6.1 6.99 6.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.85 4.2 6.85 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.99 6.1 6.99 6.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.89 11.4 7.89 11.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.33 7.4 7.33 7.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.54 7.6 7.54 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.48 7.9 7.48 7.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.07 4.0 7.07 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 7.29 15.0 6.26 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.68 12.7 5.97 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.12 26.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.98 $11.83 $16.40 $19.70 $19.54 $16.13 All excluding sales............................................. 20.36 12.56 16.14 20.19 19.86 – White collar........................................................ 24.61 16.26 17.04 24.31 24.40 17.84 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.92 19.47 – 25.77 25.44 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.32 20.07 – 28.52 28.51 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.34 23.68 – 31.86 31.86 – Technical....................................................... 20.31 17.04 – 19.71 19.75 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.89 – – 35.83 35.09 – Sales............................................................. 13.98 6.80 – 12.17 11.87 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.68 – – 13.55 13.63 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.19 7.89 16.24 15.88 16.09 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.69 – 20.63 21.92 21.69 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.86 – 16.30 15.73 16.06 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.66 – – 11.22 12.54 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.37 7.54 11.85 9.40 10.18 – Service............................................................. 10.90 7.29 – 10.29 10.29 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.3 17.6 5.1 3.8 3.7 25.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 17.6 5.2 3.8 3.6 – White collar........................................................ 4.3 12.0 8.7 4.4 4.6 27.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 7.4 – 4.3 4.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 7.7 – 3.2 3.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 7.7 – 3.1 3.1 – Technical....................................................... 7.9 6.2 – 7.6 7.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 – – 7.2 7.3 – Sales............................................................. 11.2 4.4 – 13.0 15.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.7 – – 6.3 5.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 7.8 11.4 5.2 10.8 8.2 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.2 – 6.6 10.8 8.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.6 – 4.2 7.1 6.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 – – 5.4 4.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 7.6 4.5 7.2 6.1 – Service............................................................. 11.6 15.0 – 12.6 12.6 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.07 $23.08 – – $22.68 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.67 23.12 – – 22.72 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 23.57 31.26 – – 30.33 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.93 31.61 – – 30.69 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.75 32.65 – – 32.20 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.02 35.52 – – 35.42 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 20.82 25.38 – – 25.38 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.15 37.36 – – 36.30 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 13.02 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.40 16.24 – – 16.08 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 16.22 17.54 – – 17.82 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.11 23.36 – – 24.40 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 16.06 – – 16.01 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 14.64 – – 15.31 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.81 11.32 – – 11.40 - – - - - Service............................................................. 8.04 – – – – - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 4.4 – – 4.7 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 4.5 – – 4.8 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 6.4 5.7 – – 6.8 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.0 5.9 – – 7.1 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 5.4 – – 6.5 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 7.7 – – 9.4 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 8.9 3.8 – – 3.8 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.7 8.9 – – 10.4 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 12.5 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.1 10.6 – – 10.2 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.1 7.3 – – 7.3 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.2 7.7 – – 5.2 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 5.2 – – 5.6 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.6 9.8 – – 12.6 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.0 3.0 – – 3.2 - – - - - Service............................................................. 7.0 – – – – - – - - - 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.07 $12.06 $20.40 $14.43 $26.17 All excluding sales............................................. 19.67 11.44 21.02 14.84 26.18 White collar........................................................ 23.57 16.23 24.53 15.43 30.29 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.93 18.14 26.46 17.25 30.33 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.75 18.50 28.09 18.45 30.75 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.02 – 32.82 22.63 34.64 Technical....................................................... 20.82 – 20.82 15.38 23.32 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.15 32.04 36.46 34.84 36.76 Sales............................................................. 13.02 14.61 12.18 11.89 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.40 10.82 13.74 11.99 16.28 Blue collar......................................................... 16.22 11.28 17.11 14.42 21.20 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.11 14.02 23.61 21.15 26.57 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 11.71 16.24 13.58 19.19 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 10.15 16.31 15.36 17.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.81 8.08 10.10 9.27 13.96 Service............................................................. 8.04 7.20 8.63 9.42 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 10.1 4.9 6.7 5.3 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 8.5 4.7 6.5 5.3 White collar........................................................ 6.4 9.8 7.3 9.4 5.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.0 11.9 5.9 8.3 5.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 10.1 6.0 10.7 5.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 – 6.4 5.1 8.8 Technical....................................................... 8.9 – 8.9 14.5 4.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.7 10.9 8.1 16.7 9.4 Sales............................................................. 12.5 12.7 15.2 15.8 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.1 9.2 6.9 4.5 6.9 Blue collar......................................................... 8.1 6.8 8.5 9.0 11.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.2 11.2 6.0 8.9 7.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 25.0 7.1 1.8 8.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.6 8.8 6.1 10.0 7.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.0 5.9 7.3 8.2 7.0 Service............................................................. 7.0 5.9 8.7 6.1 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.84 $10.60 $16.60 $26.63 $34.67 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.87 17.00 26.63 35.02 White collar.................................... 9.85 13.87 22.13 31.93 38.46 White collar excluding sales................ 10.85 15.43 23.83 32.81 39.73 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.75 21.00 26.63 33.88 41.90 Professional specialty...................... 19.81 23.42 30.39 35.90 48.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.27 32.05 35.75 42.98 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 19.53 22.98 27.59 34.85 37.50 Registered nurses....................... 18.75 21.95 25.77 28.43 32.61 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.86 25.33 31.27 48.60 65.36 Teachers, except college and university... 19.78 22.29 27.45 32.66 35.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.60 23.26 27.95 32.66 35.75 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.00 14.67 22.23 22.23 22.23 Technical................................... 11.00 14.75 19.70 26.63 26.63 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.47 13.19 15.00 16.49 17.78 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.81 12.10 16.21 21.34 25.73 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.45 28.21 34.32 38.72 46.95 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.78 34.66 37.74 42.91 66.67 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.07 38.20 42.91 64.72 Management related........................ 24.45 26.63 32.38 35.87 43.50 Sales......................................... 6.60 8.10 10.90 15.00 23.21 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.31 9.54 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.75 10.50 12.98 17.84 19.15 Secretaries............................. 10.40 11.53 15.23 17.16 19.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.73 10.85 12.42 14.14 16.33 General office clerks................... 10.27 12.82 17.61 19.15 19.15 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.57 10.57 13.10 14.52 19.24 Blue collar..................................... 7.80 10.55 13.92 21.49 26.63 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.88 16.00 22.10 27.39 30.37 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.39 17.80 27.88 27.88 28.53 Machinery maintenance................... 11.47 13.51 16.17 17.77 21.21 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.00 12.98 14.52 27.01 27.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.85 11.90 14.50 20.25 23.83 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 11.50 12.45 13.68 13.68 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.90 12.10 14.15 16.72 16.72 Mixing and blending machine operators... 13.03 13.03 13.91 14.50 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 15.36 19.13 23.83 23.83 23.83 Assemblers.............................. $10.55 $10.55 $14.65 $15.77 $15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 11.60 14.98 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 8.70 9.63 11.37 13.92 20.78 Truck drivers........................... 9.21 9.58 10.75 11.25 12.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 13.11 14.42 20.78 20.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 7.16 8.60 12.00 14.55 Production helpers...................... 6.80 6.80 9.76 12.37 19.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 7.00 7.52 11.75 12.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 6.80 11.94 11.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.30 7.84 8.24 12.00 12.15 Service......................................... 6.00 7.28 9.02 11.94 17.00 Protective service........................ 6.00 9.67 12.16 16.20 19.21 Food service.............................. 5.50 7.00 8.30 9.55 11.02 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.50 7.00 8.30 9.40 10.65 Health service............................ 7.04 7.46 8.14 9.21 10.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.04 7.46 8.14 9.20 10.87 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 6.50 7.51 9.22 10.49 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.45 6.95 8.34 10.35 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.30 6.50 7.72 9.68 10.65 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.57 10.43 19.43 21.71 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.38 $10.25 $16.00 $26.63 $33.45 All excluding sales........................... 7.70 10.75 16.89 26.63 34.23 White collar.................................... 8.69 13.04 22.23 31.93 39.17 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 15.97 26.20 33.35 41.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.25 21.13 26.63 32.68 42.08 Professional specialty...................... 20.07 26.00 31.31 36.83 48.45 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.27 32.05 35.75 42.98 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.62 24.15 27.44 29.92 34.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.41 23.98 27.15 29.00 32.68 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.19 15.50 22.12 26.63 26.63 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.10 14.07 15.50 17.00 19.10 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.27 11.07 15.35 21.13 30.22 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.45 28.13 34.32 39.27 47.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.89 34.07 38.20 43.27 66.67 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.07 38.20 42.91 64.72 Management related........................ 24.45 26.63 32.56 35.87 43.73 Sales......................................... 6.60 8.10 10.90 15.00 23.21 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.31 9.54 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.30 9.52 12.82 17.04 19.15 Secretaries............................. 9.99 13.65 15.97 17.47 24.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 9.75 10.85 13.73 14.24 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 11.14 14.42 19.24 23.21 Blue collar..................................... 7.60 10.75 14.38 21.50 27.01 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.88 16.72 23.03 27.88 30.50 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.39 17.80 27.88 27.88 28.53 Machinery maintenance................... 11.17 11.67 13.51 19.81 21.85 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.00 12.98 15.42 27.38 27.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.85 11.90 14.50 20.25 23.83 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 11.50 12.45 13.68 13.68 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.90 12.10 14.15 16.72 16.72 Mixing and blending machine operators... 13.03 13.03 13.91 14.50 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 15.36 19.13 23.83 23.83 23.83 Assemblers.............................. $10.55 $10.55 $14.65 $15.77 $15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 11.60 14.98 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 9.40 11.75 14.42 20.78 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 13.11 14.42 20.78 20.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 6.80 8.31 11.94 12.84 Production helpers...................... 6.80 6.80 9.76 12.37 19.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 7.00 7.52 11.75 12.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 6.80 11.94 11.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.30 7.84 8.24 12.00 12.15 Service......................................... 5.40 6.00 7.75 9.27 10.87 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.45 6.50 7.80 9.02 10.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.45 6.56 7.80 9.00 10.04 Health service............................ 7.40 7.70 8.81 10.26 10.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.40 7.70 8.81 10.26 10.87 Cleaning and building service............. $5.30 $5.45 $6.00 $8.52 $10.65 Maids and housemen...................... 5.50 6.00 6.25 7.50 11.25 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.68 $11.25 $17.77 $25.52 $35.75 All excluding sales........................... 8.68 11.25 17.77 25.52 35.75 White collar.................................... 11.38 14.85 22.06 32.08 37.70 White collar excluding sales................ 11.38 14.85 22.06 32.08 37.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.75 20.79 26.67 34.90 41.70 Professional specialty...................... 18.43 22.60 29.70 35.75 46.48 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.20 22.71 27.95 32.66 35.75 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.54 12.46 15.03 22.06 22.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.08 10.92 13.10 17.84 17.84 Secretaries............................. 10.65 11.19 12.60 15.75 19.47 Blue collar..................................... 8.56 9.49 11.58 14.81 22.22 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.04 8.30 10.87 15.08 19.43 Protective service........................ 10.56 11.65 13.12 17.17 20.57 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 6.95 7.94 9.35 10.44 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.15 $11.00 $16.89 $26.63 $35.04 All excluding sales........................... 8.30 11.36 17.78 26.63 35.69 White collar.................................... 10.15 14.10 22.29 32.45 39.08 White collar excluding sales................ 10.85 15.49 24.70 33.42 40.15 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.43 22.09 27.15 34.86 43.74 Professional specialty...................... 19.95 23.78 31.07 36.06 48.60 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.27 32.05 35.75 42.98 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.10 24.00 28.74 35.82 37.62 Registered nurses....................... 18.96 21.95 26.79 29.31 32.68 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.86 25.33 31.27 48.60 65.36 Teachers, except college and university... 19.78 22.29 27.45 32.66 35.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.60 23.26 27.95 32.66 35.75 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.85 14.75 21.68 26.63 26.63 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.98 13.00 14.53 15.67 17.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.68 10.83 15.06 21.12 30.22 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.45 28.34 34.32 38.72 46.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.78 34.66 37.74 42.91 66.67 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.07 38.20 42.91 64.72 Management related........................ 24.45 26.63 32.40 35.87 43.50 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.69 12.61 16.07 24.02 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.83 10.53 12.98 17.84 19.15 Secretaries............................. 10.40 11.53 15.23 17.16 19.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.73 10.85 12.42 14.14 16.33 General office clerks................... 10.27 12.82 17.61 19.15 19.15 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.57 10.57 13.10 17.69 19.24 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.95 14.28 21.50 26.63 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.88 16.00 22.10 27.39 30.37 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.39 17.80 27.88 27.88 28.53 Machinery maintenance................... 11.47 13.51 16.17 17.77 21.21 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.00 12.98 14.52 27.01 27.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.85 12.10 14.50 20.25 23.83 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 11.50 12.45 13.68 13.68 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.90 12.10 14.15 16.72 16.72 Mixing and blending machine operators... 13.03 13.03 13.91 14.50 21.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 15.36 19.66 23.83 23.83 23.83 Assemblers.............................. 10.55 10.55 14.65 15.77 15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $9.60 $9.60 $11.60 $14.98 $21.50 Transportation and material moving............ 8.70 9.75 11.37 14.28 20.78 Truck drivers........................... 9.21 9.58 10.75 11.25 12.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 13.11 14.42 20.78 20.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 7.65 9.17 12.00 15.64 Production helpers...................... 6.80 6.80 9.76 12.37 19.66 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.80 6.80 6.80 11.94 11.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.30 7.84 8.24 12.00 12.15 Service......................................... 7.00 7.80 9.58 12.37 17.88 Protective service........................ 7.60 10.55 12.33 16.35 19.56 Food service.............................. 7.00 7.75 8.89 9.99 12.06 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 7.80 8.89 9.85 11.06 Health service............................ 7.04 7.40 8.14 9.35 10.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.04 7.38 8.14 9.21 10.87 Cleaning and building service............. 6.45 6.81 7.78 9.35 10.35 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.75 6.95 8.36 10.35 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.14 8.61 9.79 10.44 Personal service.......................... 8.14 8.57 12.54 19.43 21.71 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.40 $6.00 $8.39 $17.75 $23.64 All excluding sales........................... 5.30 5.90 9.40 19.01 24.61 White collar.................................... 6.40 8.25 17.75 22.06 26.00 White collar excluding sales................ 12.46 14.00 19.10 24.19 26.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.46 15.86 20.79 24.61 26.72 Professional specialty...................... 14.36 22.50 24.78 26.00 28.00 Health related............................ 14.36 22.50 24.77 26.00 28.00 Registered nurses....................... 14.36 22.50 24.77 26.00 28.00 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.46 12.46 19.01 19.10 22.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.75 6.00 6.65 7.32 8.10 Cashiers................................ 5.65 6.00 6.80 7.32 8.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.50 6.20 7.35 8.99 10.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.65 6.25 7.35 8.15 10.24 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 7.35 7.52 8.81 Service......................................... 5.30 5.40 5.90 8.52 10.74 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 84,700 58,500 26,200 All excluding sales............................................. 79,400 53,200 26,200 White collar........................................................ 45,700 28,600 17,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 40,400 23,300 17,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24,100 12,300 11,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 17,400 7,700 9,700 Technical....................................................... 6,700 4,600 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,500 5,100 - Sales............................................................. 5,300 5,300 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,800 5,900 4,900 Blue collar......................................................... 25,400 23,500 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,800 7,300 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,600 8,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,600 1,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6,400 5,800 - Service............................................................. 13,600 6,400 7,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.