NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: Memphis, TN-AR-MS, Bulletin 3125-60, 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................. $17.93 4.7 36.2 $16.99 5.9 35.9 $21.46 2.3 37.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.16 4.5 35.7 21.38 6.4 35.8 24.40 1.6 35.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.80 3.1 37.1 26.88 5.5 37.9 29.38 1.1 35.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.67 8.7 39.4 32.39 10.7 40.6 29.39 9.2 35.9 Sales............................................................. 14.69 7.1 33.1 14.82 7.3 33.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.26 2.5 33.8 13.58 3.0 33.6 12.25 5.0 34.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.49 5.2 36.8 15.31 5.5 36.7 18.30 1.3 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 6.3 40.1 20.52 7.0 40.1 22.36 13.7 39.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.53 7.5 40.0 14.41 7.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 6.5 35.0 14.84 6.7 35.0 14.90 9.9 36.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.34 6.7 33.9 11.25 7.1 33.5 12.59 3.8 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.76 4.6 36.5 8.49 4.0 34.3 17.23 6.3 40.9 Full time........................................................... 18.86 5.0 39.8 18.00 6.5 39.9 21.81 2.6 39.3 Part time........................................................... 9.99 6.4 20.5 9.70 7.1 20.9 13.27 6.1 17.6 Union............................................................... 21.16 2.8 37.8 20.32 4.5 36.7 22.38 2.8 39.6 Nonunion............................................................ 17.05 5.6 35.8 16.35 6.6 35.8 20.82 2.4 36.0 Time................................................................ 17.58 5.3 37.1 16.40 7.0 37.0 21.46 2.3 37.4 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.69 13.2 35.1 14.70 13.4 35.1 13.96 11.3 32.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.93 7.7 38.2 16.94 8.3 38.2 16.68 7.8 38.2 500 workers or more................................................. 19.29 5.8 35.6 17.90 8.1 34.8 22.01 2.9 37.4 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $17.93 4.7 $16.99 5.9 $21.46 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.17 4.8 17.19 6.3 21.57 2.3 White collar........................................................ 22.16 4.5 21.38 6.4 24.40 1.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 4.3 22.99 6.4 24.63 1.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.80 3.1 26.88 5.5 29.38 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.00 3.0 27.82 5.5 30.78 1.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.48 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.48 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.58 5.7 25.80 6.2 23.73 5.1 Registered nurses........................................... 23.83 1.9 23.70 2.0 25.12 6.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.71 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.51 1.1 – – 31.22 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.18 2.2 – – 31.19 .0 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.73 1.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 3.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.82 3.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.99 2.9 27.35 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 23.08 14.9 23.96 18.8 20.30 5.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.47 3.7 21.41 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.99 1.9 16.34 2.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.67 8.7 32.39 10.7 29.39 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.81 9.9 35.25 11.9 29.93 10.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.58 5.5 – – 24.58 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 1.4 – – 38.82 1.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.68 17.9 38.18 18.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 7.7 23.73 8.9 – – Sales............................................................. 14.69 7.1 14.82 7.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.58 7.6 9.61 8.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.26 2.5 13.58 3.0 12.25 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 15.30 3.5 16.06 2.0 12.96 1.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.83 4.2 14.35 4.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 2.6 11.01 3.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.25 1.9 – – 10.25 1.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.22 5.0 13.68 9.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.49 5.2 $15.31 5.5 $18.30 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 6.3 20.52 7.0 22.36 13.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.85 21.1 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.10 3.3 19.10 3.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.33 5.0 19.33 5.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 14.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.53 7.5 14.41 7.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 6.5 14.84 6.7 14.90 9.9 Truck drivers............................................... 17.77 6.1 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.44 10.5 11.36 10.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.64 6.9 15.64 6.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 6.7 11.25 7.1 12.59 3.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.95 10.7 9.95 10.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.44 3.4 12.44 3.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 11.0 10.55 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.76 4.6 8.49 4.0 17.23 6.3 Protective service............................................ 16.78 15.3 – – 20.29 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.87 5.4 – – 24.87 5.4 Firefighting................................................ 15.77 6.0 – – 15.77 6.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.85 6.5 – – 19.85 6.5 Food service.................................................. 6.89 11.2 5.96 19.7 11.52 5.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.31 2.2 8.52 8.7 11.52 5.0 Health service................................................ 10.96 4.1 11.04 4.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.38 4.9 11.75 6.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 5.6 10.61 5.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.13 4.5 8.72 4.8 10.18 5.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.64 3.2 9.32 3.2 10.18 5.8 Personal service.............................................. 9.43 8.9 8.76 9.0 12.16 4.6 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.22 9.4 – – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $18.86 5.0 $18.00 6.5 $21.81 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.01 5.2 18.10 6.9 21.92 2.5 White collar........................................................ 23.20 5.3 22.57 7.4 24.92 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.20 5.3 23.78 7.8 25.16 1.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.05 3.2 27.07 5.6 29.76 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.18 3.0 27.89 5.6 31.16 1.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.52 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.52 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.69 5.7 25.76 6.2 25.02 5.1 Registered nurses........................................... 23.83 1.9 23.69 2.0 25.33 6.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.71 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.79 1.3 – – 31.47 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.23 2.1 – – 31.19 .0 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.73 1.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 3.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.82 3.0 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.99 2.9 27.35 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 23.43 15.6 24.44 19.5 20.13 5.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.41 4.0 21.41 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.92 2.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.64 8.7 32.39 10.7 29.27 9.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 10.0 35.25 11.9 29.79 11.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.58 5.5 – – 24.58 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 1.4 – – 38.82 1.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.68 17.9 38.18 18.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 7.7 23.73 8.9 – – Sales............................................................. 16.60 7.9 16.83 8.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.58 6.6 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 2.9 13.74 3.5 12.54 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 15.30 3.5 16.06 2.0 12.96 1.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.82 4.4 14.29 4.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.45 3.7 14.45 3.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 2.6 11.01 3.8 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.24 5.3 13.75 9.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.94 6.0 $15.77 6.4 $18.32 1.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 6.3 20.52 7.0 22.40 13.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.85 21.1 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.10 3.3 19.10 3.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.33 5.0 19.33 5.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 14.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.53 7.5 14.41 7.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.43 6.8 15.45 7.1 14.90 9.9 Truck drivers............................................... 17.90 7.2 18.04 7.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.54 11.5 11.46 11.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 8.0 11.33 8.6 12.59 3.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.04 8.2 11.04 8.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.72 6.9 12.72 6.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 11.0 10.55 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 12.86 6.0 9.51 2.8 17.48 6.6 Protective service............................................ 16.79 15.3 – – 20.31 6.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.87 5.4 – – 24.87 5.4 Firefighting................................................ 15.77 6.0 – – 15.77 6.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.85 6.5 – – 19.85 6.5 Food service.................................................. 10.32 3.2 9.62 6.3 11.53 5.0 Other food service........................................... 10.55 3.1 – – 11.53 5.0 Health service................................................ 10.76 3.8 10.82 4.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.95 3.5 11.18 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 5.6 10.61 5.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.04 4.7 8.72 4.8 10.04 7.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.5 9.32 3.2 10.04 7.5 Personal service.............................................. 9.61 9.0 9.10 9.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $9.99 6.4 $9.70 7.1 $13.27 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 10.43 6.4 10.14 7.2 13.28 6.1 White collar........................................................ 11.67 9.0 11.27 11.8 14.19 7.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.96 4.8 13.89 6.1 14.20 7.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.57 7.5 19.97 10.4 19.04 11.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.72 11.1 – – 17.61 12.9 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.18 9.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.21 5.9 7.20 5.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.52 2.3 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.38 10.5 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.50 5.1 11.50 5.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.18 15.4 12.18 15.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.03 3.0 7.03 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 5.35 21.1 4.67 25.2 11.39 3.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.03 31.4 4.02 31.5 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.50 18.1 6.93 9.4 – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $751 5.1 39.8 $719 6.6 39.9 $858 2.1 39.3 All excluding sales............................................... 757 5.3 39.8 723 7.0 39.9 863 1.9 39.3 White collar........................................................ 910 5.4 39.2 896 7.6 39.7 945 1.5 37.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 947 5.5 39.1 943 8.1 39.7 953 1.3 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,082 3.7 38.6 1,056 6.2 39.0 1,125 1.1 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,127 3.9 38.6 1,097 6.9 39.4 1,171 1.2 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,448 7.3 40.8 1,457 7.3 40.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,448 7.3 40.8 1,457 7.3 40.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 971 9.3 37.8 971 10.1 37.7 976 4.5 39.0 Registered nurses........................................... 896 7.6 37.6 887 8.3 37.5 994 6.9 39.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,720 5.7 37.6 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,152 1.2 37.4 – – – 1,176 .2 37.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,129 2.2 37.4 – – – 1,163 .4 37.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,111 1.4 37.4 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 539 1.6 39.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 539 1.6 39.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,100 3.9 40.7 1,117 3.4 40.8 – – – Technical....................................................... 896 13.4 38.2 927 16.7 37.9 790 6.1 39.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 856 4.0 40.0 856 4.0 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 616 3.0 38.7 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 571 4.8 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,274 9.3 40.3 1,316 11.2 40.6 1,146 10.3 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,363 10.5 40.4 1,440 12.2 40.9 1,166 12.4 39.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 936 7.8 38.1 – – – 936 7.8 38.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,535 2.9 39.5 – – – 1,535 2.9 39.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,527 18.1 40.5 1,548 18.6 40.6 – – – Management related............................................ 955 7.8 39.9 949 8.9 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 662 7.6 39.9 672 7.9 39.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 459 7.1 39.7 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 528 3.3 39.3 549 3.9 40.0 469 6.3 37.4 Secretaries................................................. 607 4.0 39.7 642 2.0 40.0 503 2.7 38.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 590 4.6 39.8 572 4.5 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $578 3.7 40.0 $578 3.7 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 435 2.6 39.1 440 3.8 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 515 5.6 38.9 546 9.7 39.7 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 641 6.1 40.2 635 6.5 40.3 $722 2.5 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 831 6.4 40.1 823 7.1 40.1 893 13.5 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 899 24.0 41.2 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 772 3.8 40.4 772 3.8 40.4 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 773 5.0 40.0 773 5.0 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 606 14.7 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 581 7.5 40.0 577 7.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 627 7.1 40.6 631 7.5 40.8 539 17.9 36.2 Truck drivers............................................... 757 8.3 42.3 764 8.7 42.3 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 462 11.5 40.0 458 11.6 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 459 8.0 40.1 454 8.6 40.1 503 3.8 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 442 8.2 40.0 442 8.2 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 512 7.3 40.3 512 7.3 40.3 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 424 11.0 40.0 422 11.6 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 523 6.0 40.7 378 2.7 39.7 736 5.1 42.1 Protective service............................................ 719 17.0 42.8 – – – 899 3.6 44.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 997 5.2 40.1 – – – 997 5.2 40.1 Firefighting................................................ 836 6.0 53.0 – – – 836 6.0 53.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 786 7.9 39.6 – – – 786 7.9 39.6 Food service.................................................. 402 3.7 38.9 385 6.3 40.0 429 6.7 37.2 Other food service........................................... 410 3.1 38.8 – – – 429 6.7 37.2 Health service................................................ 420 4.7 39.0 425 5.2 39.3 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 428 4.8 39.1 444 5.0 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 414 6.8 39.0 414 6.8 39.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 359 4.7 39.7 346 4.7 39.7 397 8.2 39.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 378 3.8 39.5 369 3.4 39.6 397 8.2 39.5 Personal service.............................................. 375 8.1 39.0 362 9.0 39.8 – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $37,948 5.1 2,012 $37,266 6.6 2,070 $40,028 2.1 1,835 All excluding sales............................................... 38,189 5.3 2,009 37,462 7.0 2,070 40,250 1.9 1,836 White collar........................................................ 45,009 5.4 1,940 46,331 7.6 2,053 42,073 1.5 1,688 White collar excluding sales.................................... 46,529 5.5 1,922 48,709 8.1 2,048 42,464 1.3 1,688 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,368 3.7 1,831 54,078 6.2 1,997 47,584 1.1 1,599 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,423 3.9 1,796 55,916 6.9 2,005 48,301 1.2 1,550 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 75,305 7.3 2,120 75,768 7.3 2,126 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 75,305 7.3 2,120 75,768 7.3 2,126 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 50,497 9.3 1,965 50,472 10.1 1,959 50,767 4.5 2,029 Registered nurses........................................... 46,595 7.6 1,955 46,141 8.3 1,948 51,704 6.9 2,041 Teachers, college and university.............................. 67,331 5.7 1,473 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,810 1.2 1,488 – – – 46,845 .2 1,489 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,642 2.2 1,477 – – – 46,289 .4 1,484 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,854 1.4 1,475 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,041 1.6 2,029 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 28,041 1.6 2,029 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 56,894 3.9 2,108 57,771 3.4 2,113 – – – Technical....................................................... 46,573 13.4 1,988 48,213 16.7 1,973 41,062 6.1 2,039 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 44,527 4.0 2,080 44,527 4.0 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,026 3.0 2,011 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,673 4.8 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,708 9.3 2,077 68,451 11.2 2,113 57,611 10.3 1,968 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 70,148 10.5 2,077 74,887 12.2 2,124 58,373 12.4 1,959 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 48,651 7.8 1,979 – – – 48,651 7.8 1,979 Administrators, education and related fields................ 74,806 2.9 1,927 – – – 74,806 2.9 1,927 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 79,422 18.1 2,108 80,513 18.6 2,109 – – – Management related............................................ 49,651 7.8 2,075 49,368 8.9 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 34,241 7.6 2,063 34,943 7.9 2,076 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,006 7.1 1,987 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,653 3.3 1,984 28,562 3.9 2,078 22,013 6.3 1,755 Secretaries................................................. 31,544 4.0 2,062 33,363 2.0 2,077 26,145 2.7 2,018 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 30,661 4.6 2,069 29,732 4.5 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $30,053 3.7 2,080 $30,053 3.7 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 22,635 2.6 2,032 22,895 3.8 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 26,793 5.6 2,023 28,377 9.7 2,063 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,286 6.1 2,088 33,014 6.5 2,093 $36,950 2.5 2,017 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,199 6.4 2,085 42,808 7.1 2,086 46,437 13.5 2,073 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 46,761 24.0 2,140 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40,164 3.8 2,103 40,164 3.8 2,103 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,213 5.0 2,080 40,213 5.0 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,511 14.7 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,232 7.5 2,080 29,982 7.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,465 7.1 2,104 32,814 7.5 2,124 25,156 17.9 1,689 Truck drivers............................................... 39,362 8.3 2,199 39,718 8.7 2,202 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 24,007 11.5 2,080 23,838 11.6 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,842 8.0 2,084 23,618 8.6 2,085 26,178 3.8 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,971 8.2 2,080 22,971 8.2 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,624 7.3 2,093 26,624 7.3 2,093 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,025 11.0 2,080 21,949 11.6 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 26,646 6.0 2,072 19,547 2.7 2,056 36,599 5.1 2,094 Protective service............................................ 37,387 17.0 2,227 – – – 46,765 3.6 2,303 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 51,835 5.2 2,084 – – – 51,835 5.2 2,084 Firefighting................................................ 43,456 6.0 2,756 – – – 43,456 6.0 2,756 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40,855 7.9 2,058 – – – 40,855 7.9 2,058 Food service.................................................. 19,296 3.7 1,870 20,006 6.3 2,080 18,358 6.7 1,593 Other food service........................................... 19,578 3.1 1,856 – – – 18,358 6.7 1,593 Health service................................................ 21,848 4.7 2,030 22,086 5.2 2,042 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 22,249 4.8 2,031 23,083 5.0 2,064 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,537 6.8 2,029 21,537 6.8 2,029 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 18,259 4.7 2,020 18,014 4.7 2,065 18,974 8.2 1,889 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,102 3.8 1,999 19,170 3.4 2,057 18,974 8.2 1,889 Personal service.............................................. 18,239 8.1 1,897 18,268 9.0 2,008 – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $17.93 4.7 $16.99 5.9 $21.46 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.17 4.8 17.19 6.3 21.57 2.3 White collar........................................................ 22.16 4.5 21.38 6.4 24.40 1.6 1....................................................... 7.93 7.2 7.93 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.20 5.5 10.27 7.0 9.93 1.3 3....................................................... 11.33 1.7 11.51 2.1 10.82 2.9 4....................................................... 14.47 2.7 14.75 3.0 12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 17.04 3.5 16.88 3.7 17.59 8.0 6....................................................... 18.78 3.0 18.89 3.8 18.42 7.4 7....................................................... 22.87 3.4 23.47 3.8 21.21 3.7 8....................................................... 27.92 2.1 25.88 2.8 30.85 2.3 9....................................................... 29.13 4.1 28.49 6.9 30.07 2.0 10........................................................ 35.96 4.4 33.99 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.94 3.1 36.66 3.7 39.56 3.3 12........................................................ 58.98 22.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.58 29.3 21.38 29.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 4.3 22.99 6.4 24.63 1.4 1....................................................... 8.61 6.9 8.61 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.11 4.8 – – 9.93 1.3 3....................................................... 11.97 3.0 12.43 4.0 11.08 2.0 4....................................................... 14.09 3.0 14.40 3.5 12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 17.05 3.5 16.88 3.7 17.59 8.0 6....................................................... 18.82 3.1 18.97 4.1 18.42 7.4 7....................................................... 22.88 3.4 23.49 3.8 21.21 3.7 8....................................................... 28.24 1.9 24.82 3.3 30.85 2.3 9....................................................... 29.13 4.1 28.49 6.9 30.07 2.0 10........................................................ 35.96 4.4 33.99 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.94 3.1 36.66 3.7 39.56 3.3 12........................................................ 58.98 22.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.58 29.3 21.38 29.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.80 3.1 26.88 5.5 29.38 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.00 3.0 27.82 5.5 30.78 1.2 5....................................................... 22.38 5.3 – – 20.84 12.8 7....................................................... 23.83 3.9 24.57 3.3 18.77 8.2 8....................................................... 29.63 2.1 22.44 2.7 32.82 1.0 9....................................................... 29.16 4.0 27.45 8.0 30.61 .9 10........................................................ 38.41 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.36 6.5 34.91 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.48 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.24 7.0 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.48 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.24 7.0 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $25.58 5.7 $25.80 6.2 $23.73 5.1 7....................................................... 23.77 .5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.83 1.9 23.70 2.0 25.12 6.0 7....................................................... 23.80 .5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.71 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.51 1.1 – – 31.22 .4 9....................................................... 30.54 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.18 2.2 – – 31.19 .0 9....................................................... 30.49 2.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 29.73 1.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 3.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.82 3.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.99 2.9 27.35 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 23.08 14.9 23.96 18.8 20.30 5.3 4....................................................... 13.81 5.8 13.81 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.39 2.1 15.85 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.65 11.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.67 4.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.47 3.7 21.41 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.99 1.9 16.34 2.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.67 8.7 32.39 10.7 29.39 9.2 7....................................................... 22.26 6.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.39 3.1 27.50 3.4 23.95 1.9 9....................................................... 29.90 8.2 30.28 9.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.00 2.2 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.81 9.9 35.25 11.9 29.93 10.9 8....................................................... 26.71 4.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.88 9.1 31.59 10.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.00 2.2 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.58 5.5 – – 24.58 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 1.4 – – 38.82 1.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.68 17.9 38.18 18.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 7.7 23.73 8.9 – – Sales............................................................. 14.69 7.1 14.82 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.41 10.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.57 6.4 8.57 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.21 4.7 10.31 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.62 3.7 15.62 3.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.58 7.6 9.61 8.8 – – 2....................................................... $8.37 14.4 $8.37 14.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.60 9.8 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.26 2.5 13.58 3.0 $12.25 5.0 1....................................................... 8.61 6.9 8.61 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.09 5.0 – – 9.93 1.3 3....................................................... 12.03 3.2 12.51 4.1 11.08 2.1 4....................................................... 14.26 3.3 14.73 3.7 12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 16.27 3.3 16.19 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 2.5 18.95 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 17.72 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.39 14.5 12.39 14.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.30 3.5 16.06 2.0 12.96 1.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.83 4.2 14.35 4.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 2.6 11.01 3.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.25 1.9 – – 10.25 1.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.22 5.0 13.68 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.00 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.49 5.2 15.31 5.5 18.30 1.3 1....................................................... 9.09 5.5 9.04 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.10 6.7 11.06 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.78 7.9 13.85 8.2 12.16 4.0 4....................................................... 15.96 7.2 16.02 7.5 14.22 4.0 5....................................................... 18.18 3.3 18.37 3.5 15.85 2.1 6....................................................... 21.63 4.2 21.73 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.87 2.2 20.99 2.6 24.69 3.1 9....................................................... 31.58 5.3 31.21 5.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 6.3 20.52 7.0 22.36 13.7 4....................................................... 15.88 18.2 15.95 18.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.74 6.7 16.83 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.87 6.1 21.90 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.50 1.2 20.38 2.1 24.79 3.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.85 21.1 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.10 3.3 19.10 3.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.33 5.0 19.33 5.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 14.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.53 7.5 14.41 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.72 6.4 13.72 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 6.5 14.84 6.7 14.90 9.9 2....................................................... 9.93 8.9 9.93 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.43 16.3 13.65 17.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.74 8.8 15.79 9.1 – – 5....................................................... $19.25 3.8 $19.45 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.13 1.6 21.23 1.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.77 6.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.71 5.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.44 10.5 11.36 10.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.64 6.9 15.64 6.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 6.7 11.25 7.1 $12.59 3.8 1....................................................... 9.03 7.2 8.97 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.71 8.2 13.02 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.16 11.5 14.27 12.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.95 10.7 9.95 10.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.55 5.1 8.55 5.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.44 3.4 12.44 3.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 11.0 10.55 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.76 4.6 8.49 4.0 17.23 6.3 1....................................................... 5.63 11.8 5.43 13.3 8.14 3.8 2....................................................... 9.51 5.2 9.24 5.7 10.98 4.9 3....................................................... 9.96 6.6 8.86 5.5 11.54 5.6 4....................................................... 11.73 5.4 11.37 6.1 12.53 8.6 5....................................................... 16.54 7.5 – – 16.84 8.1 6....................................................... 16.71 6.6 – – 16.71 6.6 7....................................................... 22.21 4.1 – – 22.21 4.1 Protective service............................................ 16.78 15.3 – – 20.29 6.4 3....................................................... 11.15 12.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.29 10.1 – – 17.29 10.1 7....................................................... 22.21 4.1 – – 22.21 4.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.87 5.4 – – 24.87 5.4 Firefighting................................................ 15.77 6.0 – – 15.77 6.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.85 6.5 – – 19.85 6.5 Food service.................................................. 6.89 11.2 5.96 19.7 11.52 5.0 1....................................................... 3.42 9.7 3.22 8.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.31 2.2 8.52 8.7 11.52 5.0 1....................................................... 5.85 25.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.96 4.1 11.04 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 2.8 10.53 2.8 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.38 4.9 11.75 6.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 5.6 10.61 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.09 2.9 10.09 2.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.13 4.5 8.72 4.8 10.18 5.8 1....................................................... 8.50 2.6 8.66 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.32 5.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.64 3.2 9.32 3.2 10.18 5.8 1....................................................... 8.51 2.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.32 5.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.43 8.9 $8.76 9.0 $12.16 4.6 2....................................................... 10.27 7.6 9.53 5.1 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.22 9.4 – – – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $18.86 5.0 $18.00 6.5 $21.81 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.01 5.2 18.10 6.9 21.92 2.5 White collar........................................................ 23.20 5.3 22.57 7.4 24.92 1.7 2....................................................... 10.53 2.2 10.71 3.0 10.07 1.0 3....................................................... 11.40 1.9 11.60 2.5 10.82 3.1 4....................................................... 14.30 2.9 14.57 3.2 12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 17.23 4.0 16.95 4.3 18.17 7.9 6....................................................... 18.85 2.9 18.99 3.7 18.42 7.4 7....................................................... 22.89 3.4 23.50 3.8 21.21 3.8 8....................................................... 27.96 2.1 25.90 2.8 30.87 2.2 9....................................................... 29.21 4.2 28.47 7.0 30.33 1.9 10........................................................ 35.96 4.4 33.99 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.87 3.2 36.66 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 59.36 22.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.24 31.4 22.24 31.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.20 5.3 23.78 7.8 25.16 1.5 2....................................................... 10.57 2.1 10.88 3.0 10.07 1.0 3....................................................... 12.00 3.1 12.43 4.0 11.11 2.1 4....................................................... 13.80 3.2 14.10 3.9 12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 17.24 4.1 16.95 4.4 18.17 7.9 6....................................................... 18.90 3.0 19.07 4.0 18.42 7.4 7....................................................... 22.90 3.5 23.52 3.8 21.21 3.8 8....................................................... 28.30 1.9 24.84 3.4 30.87 2.2 9....................................................... 29.21 4.2 28.47 7.0 30.33 1.9 10........................................................ 35.96 4.4 33.99 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.87 3.2 36.66 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 59.36 22.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.24 31.4 22.24 31.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.05 3.2 27.07 5.6 29.76 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.18 3.0 27.89 5.6 31.16 1.3 5....................................................... 23.72 4.1 – – 23.44 9.9 7....................................................... 23.88 4.0 24.63 3.2 – – 8....................................................... 29.76 2.3 22.30 2.5 32.86 1.0 9....................................................... 29.19 4.0 27.39 8.2 30.71 1.0 10........................................................ 38.41 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.25 6.7 34.91 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.52 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.24 7.0 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.52 6.2 35.64 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.24 7.0 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.69 5.7 25.76 6.2 25.02 5.1 7....................................................... 23.78 .5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... $23.83 1.9 $23.69 2.0 $25.33 6.9 7....................................................... 23.81 .5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.71 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.79 1.3 – – 31.47 .3 9....................................................... 30.54 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.23 2.1 – – 31.19 .0 9....................................................... 30.49 2.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 29.73 1.3 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 3.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.82 3.0 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.99 2.9 27.35 2.2 – – Technical....................................................... 23.43 15.6 24.44 19.5 20.13 5.9 4....................................................... 13.74 5.6 13.74 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.17 3.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.65 11.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.67 4.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.41 4.0 21.41 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.92 2.8 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.27 4.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.64 8.7 32.39 10.7 29.27 9.5 7....................................................... 22.26 6.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.39 3.1 27.50 3.4 23.95 1.9 9....................................................... 29.90 8.2 30.28 9.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.00 2.2 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 10.0 35.25 11.9 29.79 11.3 8....................................................... 26.71 4.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.88 9.1 31.59 10.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.00 2.2 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.58 5.5 – – 24.58 5.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 1.4 – – 38.82 1.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.68 17.9 38.18 18.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 7.7 23.73 8.9 – – Sales............................................................. 16.60 7.9 16.83 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.33 5.9 10.45 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.62 3.7 15.62 3.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.58 6.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.60 9.8 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 2.9 13.74 3.5 12.54 5.6 2....................................................... 10.51 2.5 10.81 3.6 10.07 1.0 3....................................................... 12.04 3.2 12.51 4.1 11.11 2.1 4....................................................... $13.92 3.7 $14.38 4.4 $12.47 3.7 5....................................................... 16.27 3.3 16.19 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 2.5 18.95 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 17.72 5.6 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.30 3.5 16.06 2.0 12.96 1.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.82 4.4 14.29 4.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.45 3.7 14.45 3.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 2.6 11.01 3.8 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.24 5.3 13.75 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.00 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.94 6.0 15.77 6.4 18.32 1.4 1....................................................... 8.90 6.5 8.84 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.13 8.3 11.08 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.98 8.3 14.06 8.6 12.16 4.0 4....................................................... 16.17 7.0 16.24 7.3 14.32 3.1 5....................................................... 18.18 3.3 18.37 3.5 15.85 2.1 6....................................................... 21.63 4.2 21.73 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.87 2.2 20.99 2.6 24.69 3.1 9....................................................... 31.58 5.3 31.21 5.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 6.3 20.52 7.0 22.40 13.5 4....................................................... 15.90 18.2 15.95 18.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.74 6.7 16.83 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.87 6.1 21.90 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.50 1.2 20.38 2.1 24.79 3.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 21.85 21.1 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.10 3.3 19.10 3.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.33 5.0 19.33 5.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.15 14.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.53 7.5 14.41 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.72 6.4 13.72 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.43 6.8 15.45 7.1 14.90 9.9 3....................................................... 13.43 16.4 13.65 17.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.11 7.4 16.20 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 19.25 3.8 19.45 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.13 1.6 21.23 1.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.90 7.2 18.04 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.71 5.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.54 11.5 11.46 11.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 8.0 11.33 8.6 12.59 3.8 1....................................................... 8.70 9.5 8.59 9.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.68 8.5 13.00 10.4 – – 3....................................................... $15.02 15.3 $15.24 17.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.04 8.2 11.04 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.66 5.2 9.66 5.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.72 6.9 12.72 6.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 11.0 10.55 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 12.86 6.0 9.51 2.8 $17.48 6.6 1....................................................... 8.53 2.7 8.59 3.1 8.16 4.0 2....................................................... 9.74 4.7 9.58 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 6.4 9.58 5.9 11.72 5.9 4....................................................... 11.54 5.6 11.08 6.1 12.53 8.6 5....................................................... 16.54 7.5 – – 16.84 8.1 6....................................................... 16.71 6.6 – – 16.71 6.6 7....................................................... 22.21 4.1 – – 22.21 4.1 Protective service............................................ 16.79 15.3 – – 20.31 6.4 5....................................................... 17.29 10.1 – – 17.29 10.1 7....................................................... 22.21 4.1 – – 22.21 4.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.87 5.4 – – 24.87 5.4 Firefighting................................................ 15.77 6.0 – – 15.77 6.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.85 6.5 – – 19.85 6.5 Food service.................................................. 10.32 3.2 9.62 6.3 11.53 5.0 Other food service........................................... 10.55 3.1 – – 11.53 5.0 Health service................................................ 10.76 3.8 10.82 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 2.8 10.53 2.8 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.95 3.5 11.18 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 5.6 10.61 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.09 2.9 10.09 2.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.04 4.7 8.72 4.8 10.04 7.5 1....................................................... 8.50 2.7 8.66 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.32 5.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.56 3.5 9.32 3.2 10.04 7.5 1....................................................... 8.51 2.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.32 5.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.61 9.0 9.10 9.2 – – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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................................................................... $9.99 6.4 $9.70 7.1 $13.27 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 10.43 6.4 10.14 7.2 13.28 6.1 White collar........................................................ 11.67 9.0 11.27 11.8 14.19 7.0 1....................................................... 7.15 12.7 7.14 12.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.85 12.8 9.88 15.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.16 18.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.96 4.8 13.89 6.1 14.20 7.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.16 18.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.57 7.5 19.97 10.4 19.04 11.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.72 11.1 – – 17.61 12.9 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.18 9.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.21 5.9 7.20 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.52 4.3 7.52 4.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.52 2.3 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.38 10.5 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.50 5.1 11.50 5.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.18 15.4 12.18 15.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.03 3.0 7.03 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.03 3.0 7.03 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 5.35 21.1 4.67 25.2 11.39 3.6 1....................................................... 2.85 14.7 2.83 14.9 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.03 31.4 4.02 31.5 – – 1....................................................... 2.69 15.7 2.68 15.8 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.50 18.1 $6.93 9.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 17.3 – – – – 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 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $18.86 $9.99 $21.16 $17.05 $17.58 – All excluding sales............................................. 19.01 10.43 21.51 17.25 17.85 – White collar........................................................ 23.20 11.67 27.10 21.41 21.96 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.20 13.96 30.10 22.56 23.36 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.05 19.57 34.47 26.23 27.58 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.18 20.72 – 28.53 28.87 – Technical....................................................... 23.43 – 56.04 17.92 23.08 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.64 – – 31.67 31.54 – Sales............................................................. 16.60 7.21 15.69 14.46 14.12 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 12.38 18.28 12.73 13.16 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.94 11.50 19.37 13.69 14.87 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.72 – 21.41 20.02 19.33 $28.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.53 – 18.24 11.86 14.59 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.43 12.18 18.90 13.72 14.05 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 – 15.04 10.68 11.12 – Service............................................................. 12.86 5.35 17.21 10.12 11.76 – 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....................................................... 5.0 6.4 2.8 5.6 5.3 – All excluding sales............................................. 5.2 6.4 2.9 5.8 5.5 – White collar........................................................ 5.3 9.0 9.1 4.8 5.3 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.3 4.8 10.0 4.5 5.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 7.5 10.0 3.9 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.0 11.1 – 4.0 3.3 – Technical....................................................... 15.6 – 42.8 5.2 14.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.7 – – 8.7 8.4 – Sales............................................................. 7.9 5.9 5.7 8.5 7.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 10.5 3.5 3.2 2.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.0 5.1 1.6 6.3 5.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.3 – 3.0 11.9 4.4 15.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 – 2.5 12.2 7.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.8 15.4 3.2 8.6 7.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.0 – 9.2 6.5 7.5 – Service............................................................. 6.0 21.1 5.5 3.6 4.6 – 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $16.99 - – - - - $21.62 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.19 - – - - - 21.64 - - - White collar........................................................ 21.38 - – - - - 27.06 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.99 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.88 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 27.82 - – - - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 23.96 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.39 - – - - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 14.82 - – - - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.58 - – - - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.31 - – - - - 19.19 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.52 - – - - - 28.58 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.41 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 - – - - - 16.94 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.25 - – - - - – - - - Service............................................................. 8.49 - – - - - – - - - 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....................................................... 5.9 - – - - - 8.7 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 6.3 - – - - - 9.1 - - - White collar........................................................ 6.4 - – - - - 11.3 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.5 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 - – - - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 18.8 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.7 - – - - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 7.3 - – - - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 - – - - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.5 - – - - - 5.4 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.0 - – - - - 5.7 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 - – - - - 7.2 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.1 - – - - - – - - - Service............................................................. 4.0 - – - - - – - - - 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, 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....................................................... $16.99 $14.70 $17.50 $16.94 $17.90 All excluding sales............................................. 17.19 14.68 17.77 17.25 18.19 White collar........................................................ 21.38 22.61 21.17 21.84 20.88 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.99 24.27 22.77 23.77 22.31 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.88 29.01 26.52 25.38 26.85 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.82 – 26.77 29.70 26.05 Technical....................................................... 23.96 – 25.73 17.36 29.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.39 30.97 32.75 36.72 29.12 Sales............................................................. 14.82 15.08 14.78 11.02 15.87 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.58 12.34 13.76 13.32 13.98 Blue collar......................................................... 15.31 12.93 15.83 15.74 15.96 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.52 17.55 21.40 18.57 25.23 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.41 10.44 16.06 16.23 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.84 11.02 15.27 15.88 14.71 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.25 10.30 11.39 12.49 10.19 Service............................................................. 8.49 6.01 9.53 9.41 9.62 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....................................................... 5.9 13.4 6.2 8.3 8.1 All excluding sales............................................. 6.3 13.9 6.4 8.3 9.2 White collar........................................................ 6.4 16.2 6.2 12.0 5.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 16.1 5.8 11.2 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.5 26.7 4.0 6.4 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 – 3.0 12.7 1.7 Technical....................................................... 18.8 – 19.8 7.6 24.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.7 15.5 12.0 17.8 8.0 Sales............................................................. 7.3 14.2 8.6 17.9 11.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 11.0 3.6 8.0 2.4 Blue collar......................................................... 5.5 12.1 6.6 7.8 10.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.0 7.8 8.7 9.4 10.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 19.1 4.0 7.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 5.7 7.8 9.7 17.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.1 9.7 8.4 8.4 12.4 Service............................................................. 4.0 17.9 3.7 5.2 5.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.28 $10.38 $15.10 $23.12 $30.83 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.56 15.19 23.25 31.25 White collar.................................... 9.68 12.55 20.62 28.35 36.13 White collar excluding sales................ 10.69 13.95 22.29 28.83 36.34 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.63 21.00 25.74 31.25 39.65 Professional specialty...................... 19.75 24.07 27.45 33.65 39.97 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.01 31.71 36.07 40.19 44.57 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.01 31.71 36.07 40.19 44.57 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.55 21.00 24.02 26.82 29.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.55 21.00 23.75 26.31 27.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.25 33.58 42.27 54.93 70.26 Teachers, except college and university... 24.07 26.47 30.23 34.15 39.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.07 26.24 29.53 33.84 36.97 Secondary school teachers............... 24.07 25.72 28.83 33.49 36.26 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 12.00 14.09 14.30 17.78 Social workers.......................... 10.00 12.00 14.09 14.30 17.78 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 24.92 25.74 26.04 31.25 31.25 Technical................................... 12.06 15.00 18.45 22.36 25.13 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.65 19.49 22.00 24.62 25.99 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.58 15.18 16.00 16.92 18.03 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.27 12.10 14.60 15.42 17.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.32 24.46 29.03 36.13 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.09 25.96 31.88 36.34 42.78 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.09 23.09 23.21 23.42 26.74 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.56 37.86 40.88 41.83 41.83 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.29 25.96 31.88 42.50 79.33 Management related........................ 15.38 18.99 24.46 28.03 31.02 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.50 11.50 21.28 28.00 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 9.46 11.56 15.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.14 10.50 12.59 15.17 18.51 Secretaries............................. 12.57 13.92 15.63 16.68 17.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.55 13.61 14.50 15.65 18.30 General office clerks................... 9.81 10.35 11.29 11.71 12.05 Teachers' aides......................... 9.14 9.16 10.55 11.08 11.39 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.95 11.38 12.59 13.30 18.51 Blue collar..................................... $8.80 $10.36 $14.25 $19.53 $23.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 16.51 19.75 23.75 28.85 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.15 13.00 25.00 25.00 33.54 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.50 19.04 20.97 22.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.84 18.65 19.75 21.55 21.55 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.00 11.03 14.79 17.40 20.19 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 9.96 14.94 17.62 23.71 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.30 13.96 19.08 20.78 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 15.06 19.08 19.65 20.98 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 9.00 11.02 12.60 14.35 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 12.10 13.91 15.06 15.17 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.70 10.77 13.26 15.96 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.40 7.55 10.20 11.56 14.14 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.64 10.36 11.12 13.64 17.13 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 9.00 10.69 13.30 13.84 Service......................................... 6.63 8.25 10.00 13.87 22.91 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.90 16.85 22.91 25.26 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 22.95 22.95 25.26 25.26 25.26 Firefighting............................ 12.66 15.18 16.85 16.85 16.85 Police and detectives, public service... 13.87 13.87 22.91 22.91 22.91 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.50 9.57 11.48 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.25 8.15 9.00 10.58 11.83 Health service............................ 8.18 9.93 10.79 12.20 12.86 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.33 9.96 10.51 12.20 13.60 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.52 9.40 11.00 12.20 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 7.54 9.25 10.50 11.07 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.64 9.00 9.75 10.60 11.82 Personal service.......................... 6.37 7.73 8.82 11.10 12.76 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 8.20 10.10 10.51 13.08 14.04 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.75 $10.00 $14.30 $21.16 $28.61 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.00 14.50 21.16 28.62 White collar.................................... 9.32 12.19 19.00 26.73 34.29 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 13.95 20.62 27.89 36.13 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.35 20.14 24.85 28.62 36.07 Professional specialty...................... 19.55 22.62 26.04 31.25 38.76 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.00 32.07 36.07 40.19 45.66 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.00 32.07 36.07 40.19 45.66 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.55 21.00 24.19 26.85 29.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.55 20.91 23.59 26.25 27.74 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 24.92 25.74 26.04 31.25 31.25 Technical................................... 12.00 14.50 16.61 21.33 25.16 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.46 19.26 22.02 24.68 26.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.70 15.97 16.00 16.94 18.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.94 25.36 30.83 36.13 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.29 26.92 31.88 36.34 52.77 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.29 25.96 31.88 42.50 79.33 Management related........................ 15.38 19.96 24.46 26.81 29.86 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.33 11.56 21.28 28.00 Cashiers................................ 5.90 6.40 10.00 11.56 15.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.50 13.39 15.39 18.78 Secretaries............................. 14.03 15.33 16.00 16.99 17.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.60 13.61 14.50 15.00 15.88 General office clerks................... 9.50 10.35 10.85 11.71 12.23 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.13 10.97 12.56 14.36 18.51 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.02 14.09 19.33 23.16 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 16.84 19.75 22.75 28.85 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.50 19.04 20.97 22.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.84 18.65 19.75 21.55 21.55 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 9.96 14.88 17.62 21.50 Transportation and material moving............ $9.00 $10.10 $13.96 $19.08 $20.78 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 9.00 10.92 12.41 14.35 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 12.10 13.91 15.06 15.17 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.33 10.71 13.28 15.90 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.40 7.55 10.20 11.56 14.14 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.64 10.36 11.12 13.64 17.13 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 8.50 10.69 13.30 13.84 Service......................................... 2.13 7.37 9.00 10.19 12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.25 9.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.10 7.50 9.00 9.57 10.60 Health service............................ 7.96 9.74 11.00 12.26 12.89 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.07 10.18 10.99 12.56 13.64 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.52 9.40 11.00 12.20 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. $7.25 $7.39 $9.00 $9.75 $10.60 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 9.00 9.25 10.11 10.60 Personal service.......................... 6.37 7.00 8.13 9.79 12.60 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.35 $12.59 $21.23 $27.21 $34.45 All excluding sales........................... 10.51 12.59 21.23 27.21 34.69 White collar.................................... 10.85 13.03 25.03 31.58 39.13 White collar excluding sales................ 10.85 13.62 25.03 31.99 39.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.49 24.56 28.50 34.10 39.97 Professional specialty...................... 21.98 25.72 29.88 35.49 39.97 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.66 21.02 23.90 26.11 30.90 Registered nurses....................... 19.34 21.52 24.00 26.88 30.90 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.85 27.22 30.79 35.09 39.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.16 27.36 30.58 34.40 38.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.14 17.79 19.93 25.13 25.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.09 23.21 26.74 36.13 40.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.09 23.21 26.74 37.86 41.83 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.09 23.09 23.21 23.42 26.74 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.56 37.86 40.88 41.83 41.83 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.14 10.40 11.39 12.59 18.30 Secretaries............................. 9.25 12.17 13.15 13.90 15.17 Teachers' aides......................... 9.14 9.16 10.55 11.08 11.39 Blue collar..................................... 11.13 12.76 15.49 22.92 27.21 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.17 15.45 22.86 27.21 29.85 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.97 11.73 13.45 17.19 21.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.85 10.93 12.05 13.15 16.60 Service......................................... $9.94 $11.54 $16.85 $22.91 $25.26 Protective service........................ 13.87 16.85 20.97 22.95 26.10 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 22.95 22.95 25.26 25.26 25.26 Firefighting............................ 12.66 15.18 16.85 16.85 16.85 Police and detectives, public service... 13.87 13.87 22.91 22.91 22.91 Food service.............................. 8.81 9.64 11.48 11.74 15.48 Other food service....................... 8.81 9.64 11.48 11.74 15.48 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.64 9.29 10.70 11.82 11.82 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.64 9.29 10.70 11.82 11.82 Personal service.......................... 9.22 10.51 12.71 14.23 15.33 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $10.92 $16.40 $24.15 $31.31 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.00 16.50 24.24 31.88 White collar.................................... 10.35 13.50 22.24 28.66 36.26 White collar excluding sales................ 10.86 14.50 23.21 29.66 36.34 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.95 21.47 26.04 31.38 39.97 Professional specialty...................... 20.00 24.07 27.50 33.84 39.97 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.01 31.74 36.07 40.19 44.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.01 31.74 36.07 40.19 44.71 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.55 21.00 24.11 26.78 28.69 Registered nurses....................... 19.55 20.89 23.73 26.34 27.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.25 33.58 42.27 54.93 70.26 Teachers, except college and university... 24.56 26.71 30.48 34.40 39.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.07 26.24 29.53 33.84 37.13 Secondary school teachers............... 24.07 25.72 28.83 33.49 36.26 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 12.00 14.09 14.30 17.78 Social workers.......................... 10.00 12.00 14.09 14.30 17.78 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 24.92 25.74 26.04 31.25 31.25 Technical................................... 12.00 14.60 18.62 22.36 25.13 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.46 19.26 22.02 24.68 26.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.29 14.48 15.97 17.21 18.45 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.27 12.10 14.60 15.42 17.14 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.32 24.46 29.03 36.13 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.09 25.96 31.88 36.34 42.78 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.09 23.09 23.21 23.42 26.74 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.56 37.86 40.88 41.83 41.83 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.29 25.96 31.88 42.50 79.33 Management related........................ 15.38 18.99 24.46 28.03 31.02 Sales......................................... 8.60 10.00 13.26 23.73 29.07 Cashiers................................ 9.22 10.00 10.75 13.20 15.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.38 10.50 12.60 15.21 19.35 Secretaries............................. 12.57 13.92 15.63 16.68 17.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.54 13.61 14.50 15.72 18.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 13.05 13.05 14.61 15.21 16.16 General office clerks................... 9.81 10.35 11.29 11.71 12.05 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.95 11.37 12.59 13.30 18.51 Blue collar..................................... $9.00 $10.64 $15.06 $19.81 $23.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 16.51 19.75 23.75 28.85 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 12.15 13.00 25.00 25.00 33.54 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 17.50 19.04 20.97 22.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.84 18.65 19.75 21.55 21.55 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.00 11.03 14.79 17.40 20.19 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 9.96 14.94 17.62 23.71 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.85 15.06 19.16 21.16 Truck drivers........................... 10.79 15.00 19.08 20.00 24.52 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 9.00 11.35 12.82 14.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.50 11.00 13.30 16.62 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.25 9.15 11.56 12.78 15.15 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.50 10.00 11.69 13.37 19.90 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 9.00 10.69 13.30 13.84 Service......................................... 7.55 9.00 10.60 15.19 22.91 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.90 16.85 22.91 25.26 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 22.95 22.95 25.26 25.26 25.26 Firefighting............................ 12.66 15.18 16.85 16.85 16.85 Police and detectives, public service... 13.87 13.87 22.91 22.91 22.91 Food service.............................. 8.15 8.80 9.72 11.48 14.63 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.50 9.00 9.94 11.48 14.63 Health service............................ 8.16 9.86 10.72 12.19 12.71 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.27 9.96 10.43 11.99 13.19 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.52 9.40 11.00 12.20 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 7.39 9.00 10.11 11.07 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 9.00 9.29 10.60 11.82 Personal service.......................... 6.63 7.93 9.20 11.61 12.70 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $6.70 $9.40 $12.62 $16.17 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 7.50 10.70 13.49 16.77 White collar.................................... 6.25 7.65 11.07 15.00 17.27 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 11.07 12.89 16.00 19.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.07 16.00 19.75 24.00 30.00 Professional specialty...................... 10.09 11.07 23.50 24.86 30.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 10.09 23.50 24.00 30.00 30.00 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.65 6.15 7.28 8.04 9.00 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 6.25 6.90 7.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.40 12.17 15.00 17.27 Blue collar..................................... 7.55 9.40 10.94 13.34 16.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.80 9.50 11.72 14.04 17.67 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 6.00 7.00 7.95 8.75 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.50 10.70 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.50 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.75 5.75 7.50 9.00 14.45 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, Memphis, TN-AR-MS, February 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 231,100 180,100 51,100 All excluding sales............................................. 213,800 163,200 50,600 White collar........................................................ 111,200 78,900 32,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 93,900 62,100 31,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,600 25,700 18,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 36,000 19,200 16,800 Technical....................................................... 8,500 6,500 2,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,300 11,100 4,100 Sales............................................................. 17,300 16,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 34,100 25,200 8,900 Blue collar......................................................... 77,300 72,900 4,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20,200 18,000 2,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12,800 12,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 21,000 20,400 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,300 22,000 1,400 Service............................................................. 42,600 28,200 14,400 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.