NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin 3130-02, May 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................. $14.69 3.3 37.5 $13.78 4.0 37.2 $18.86 1.4 39.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.58 4.8 37.6 16.38 6.0 37.3 21.60 2.4 38.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.77 3.7 37.6 24.14 5.4 37.1 25.78 4.8 38.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 9.0 40.2 22.65 11.7 41.1 25.15 16.9 38.1 Sales............................................................. 11.05 14.1 33.3 11.04 14.2 33.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.74 3.7 38.5 12.70 4.5 38.4 12.94 2.7 38.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.13 3.8 39.5 15.14 4.2 39.5 15.01 3.2 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 5.9 40.0 17.30 7.0 40.1 17.07 8.2 39.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.75 3.0 39.5 12.75 3.0 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 5.5 40.4 16.67 5.5 40.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.55 5.4 37.7 12.72 6.2 37.3 11.57 4.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.57 4.5 35.6 7.61 6.9 34.7 13.65 8.9 41.0 Full time........................................................... 15.16 4.3 39.8 14.26 5.1 39.9 18.91 1.4 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.09 16.2 22.4 9.08 16.4 22.5 – – – Union............................................................... 14.40 6.7 39.7 14.15 6.3 39.7 23.06 7.1 40.0 Nonunion............................................................ 14.71 3.7 37.4 13.74 4.5 37.0 18.82 1.4 39.2 Time................................................................ 14.62 3.4 37.5 13.67 4.1 37.2 18.86 1.4 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 18.29 14.4 38.1 18.29 14.4 38.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.36 11.6 37.1 12.22 11.8 37.1 20.58 5.2 40.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.91 5.3 37.7 13.70 5.7 37.6 17.49 10.8 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.06 5.1 37.6 15.53 8.4 36.4 19.04 2.5 39.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $14.69 3.3 $13.78 4.0 $18.86 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.93 3.3 14.00 4.1 18.89 1.4 White collar........................................................ 17.58 4.8 16.38 6.0 21.60 2.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.54 5.3 17.43 6.8 21.65 2.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.77 3.7 24.14 5.4 25.78 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.33 4.5 26.23 7.5 26.43 4.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.86 4.4 30.07 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 29.93 3.4 29.93 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.04 9.2 23.77 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.27 .4 21.24 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 28.99 2.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.70 4.2 – – 28.08 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.51 4.7 – – 28.51 4.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.92 9.0 21.40 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.76 2.8 14.77 2.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.11 2.9 18.48 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 9.0 22.65 11.7 25.15 16.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 26.20 8.9 24.00 12.9 35.83 9.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.68 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.86 35.6 38.50 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 17.41 8.8 17.63 3.5 – – Sales............................................................. 11.05 14.1 11.04 14.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.04 9.0 8.99 9.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 3.7 12.70 4.5 12.94 2.7 Secretaries................................................. 13.48 4.6 13.25 7.8 13.79 6.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.45 9.5 13.98 10.9 11.53 12.6 General office clerks....................................... 12.01 5.5 11.52 6.2 13.26 2.7 Bank tellers................................................ 11.10 .0 11.10 .0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.27 4.9 12.21 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.13 3.8 15.14 4.2 15.01 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 5.9 17.30 7.0 17.07 8.2 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 11.47 14.5 11.61 17.6 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... $17.52 2.9 – – $17.52 2.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 16.89 8.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.75 3.0 $12.75 3.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.62 5.5 12.62 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 5.5 16.67 5.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.58 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.55 5.4 12.72 6.2 11.57 4.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.01 15.8 10.02 18.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.36 8.4 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.57 4.5 7.61 6.9 13.65 8.9 Protective service............................................ 12.83 4.2 – – 14.42 3.5 Firefighting................................................ 12.76 .8 – – 12.76 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.53 3.6 – – 16.53 3.6 Food service.................................................. 6.08 14.7 6.01 15.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.33 4.3 2.33 4.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.20 2.9 2.20 2.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.55 11.8 8.51 12.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.50 6.8 9.44 7.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 13.8 9.88 13.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.92 13.0 6.92 13.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.30 .9 9.30 .9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.29 .9 9.29 .9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.68 8.2 8.01 2.9 13.32 16.4 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.37 3.6 7.37 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.48 17.1 8.40 3.0 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $15.16 4.3 $14.26 5.1 $18.91 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.34 4.3 14.42 5.2 18.93 1.4 White collar........................................................ 17.94 5.8 16.72 7.3 21.68 2.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.65 5.6 17.49 7.5 21.73 2.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 3.8 23.89 5.6 25.89 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.51 4.4 26.48 7.6 26.54 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.86 4.4 30.07 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 29.93 3.4 29.93 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.28 9.8 24.01 10.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.25 .5 21.21 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.92 3.5 – – 28.28 3.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.51 4.7 – – 28.51 4.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.77 8.6 20.22 8.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.66 2.6 14.68 2.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.11 2.9 18.48 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 9.0 22.65 11.7 25.18 17.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 26.21 8.9 24.00 12.9 36.13 9.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.68 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.86 35.6 38.50 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 17.41 8.8 17.63 3.5 – – Sales............................................................. 11.86 16.6 11.87 16.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.91 4.0 12.90 4.9 12.98 2.7 Secretaries................................................. 13.56 4.8 13.28 8.1 13.91 6.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.45 9.5 13.98 10.9 11.53 12.6 General office clerks....................................... 11.96 5.4 11.44 5.8 13.26 2.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.27 4.9 12.21 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.29 3.9 15.32 4.3 15.01 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 5.9 17.30 7.0 17.07 8.2 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 11.47 14.5 11.61 17.6 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 17.52 2.9 – – 17.52 2.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 16.89 8.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $12.89 3.5 $12.90 3.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.62 5.5 12.62 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 5.5 16.67 5.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.58 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 5.0 13.23 5.8 $11.57 4.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.51 11.8 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.43 9.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.13 3.1 8.10 4.8 13.67 8.9 Protective service............................................ 12.90 4.2 – – 14.45 3.5 Firefighting................................................ 12.76 .8 – – 12.76 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.64 3.5 – – 16.64 3.5 Food service.................................................. 6.80 13.0 6.73 13.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.39 6.2 2.39 6.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.23 3.9 2.23 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.20 6.2 9.17 6.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.67 5.6 9.63 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.77 5.3 7.77 5.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.29 1.0 9.29 1.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.28 1.0 9.28 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.00 11.8 8.23 1.8 13.32 16.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.53 17.2 8.43 2.9 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $9.09 16.2 $9.08 16.4 – – All excluding sales............................................... 9.24 19.0 9.23 19.3 – – White collar........................................................ 13.07 20.0 13.12 20.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.33 21.9 16.55 22.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.33 25.8 27.21 25.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 30.31 31.0 30.31 31.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.48 2.2 8.48 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.06 2.1 10.11 2.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.01 8.3 8.01 8.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.15 12.1 5.15 12.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 3.64 6.2 3.64 6.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.20 2.5 2.20 2.5 – – Other food service........................................... 5.39 11.5 5.39 11.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 4.86 22.7 4.86 22.7 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $604 4.2 39.8 $569 4.9 39.9 $748 1.4 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 611 4.2 39.8 575 5.0 39.9 749 1.4 39.6 White collar........................................................ 714 5.7 39.8 671 7.3 40.1 842 2.4 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 742 5.6 39.8 702 7.5 40.1 844 2.5 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 978 3.8 39.6 964 5.7 40.4 997 4.7 38.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,042 4.5 39.3 1,064 7.7 40.2 1,023 4.8 38.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,209 4.6 40.5 1,223 5.1 40.7 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,197 3.4 40.0 1,197 3.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 968 9.8 39.9 960 10.0 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 849 .4 39.9 849 .4 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,074 3.3 38.5 – – – 1,087 3.0 38.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,094 4.4 38.4 – – – 1,094 4.4 38.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 799 8.9 40.4 822 9.0 40.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 581 1.5 39.6 582 1.6 39.7 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 677 2.8 39.6 739 4.3 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 948 9.9 40.5 931 12.8 41.1 985 17.1 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,078 10.1 41.1 997 14.1 41.6 1,420 10.6 39.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,449 9.9 39.5 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,605 36.3 41.3 1,593 39.3 41.4 – – – Management related............................................ 684 8.3 39.3 699 3.7 39.6 – – – Sales............................................................. 474 16.6 39.9 474 16.8 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 513 3.8 39.7 514 4.7 39.8 510 3.0 39.3 Secretaries................................................. 537 4.9 39.6 530 8.1 39.9 546 6.7 39.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 538 9.5 40.0 559 10.9 40.0 461 12.6 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 478 5.4 40.0 457 5.8 40.0 529 2.9 39.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 490 4.8 40.0 489 4.9 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 613 3.9 40.1 615 4.3 40.1 598 3.3 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $691 6.0 40.0 $693 7.2 40.1 $680 8.3 39.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 456 14.5 39.7 464 17.6 40.0 – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 701 2.9 40.0 – – – 701 2.9 40.0 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 676 8.7 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 516 3.5 40.0 516 3.5 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 505 5.5 40.0 505 5.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 665 5.2 40.4 674 5.3 40.4 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 699 7.0 40.3 710 7.4 40.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 519 5.0 40.0 529 5.8 40.0 463 4.3 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 421 11.8 40.0 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 417 9.0 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 361 3.5 39.5 317 5.7 39.1 568 8.9 41.6 Protective service............................................ 541 6.1 41.9 – – – 639 4.1 44.2 Firefighting................................................ 674 1.1 52.8 – – – 674 1.1 52.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 668 3.8 40.1 – – – 668 3.8 40.1 Food service.................................................. 266 14.8 39.2 263 15.5 39.1 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 92 6.2 38.5 92 6.2 38.5 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 86 .3 38.4 86 .3 38.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 363 7.2 39.5 362 7.5 39.5 – – – Cooks....................................................... 383 6.3 39.6 381 7.1 39.6 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 301 5.6 38.7 301 5.6 38.7 – – – Health service................................................ 355 .8 38.3 355 .8 38.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 355 .8 38.3 355 .8 38.3 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 395 11.5 39.5 323 1.7 39.3 531 16.4 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 414 18.0 39.3 329 4.3 39.0 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $30,827 4.2 2,034 $29,517 4.9 2,070 $35,825 1.4 1,895 All excluding sales............................................... 31,157 4.2 2,031 29,846 5.0 2,069 35,855 1.4 1,894 White collar........................................................ 35,890 5.7 2,000 34,849 7.3 2,084 38,607 2.4 1,781 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,153 5.6 1,992 36,485 7.5 2,086 38,663 2.5 1,779 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 47,205 3.8 1,912 50,084 5.7 2,096 43,702 4.7 1,688 Professional specialty.......................................... 49,047 4.5 1,850 55,178 7.7 2,084 44,428 4.8 1,674 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 62,853 4.6 2,105 63,577 5.1 2,114 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 62,253 3.4 2,080 62,253 3.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 50,342 9.8 2,073 49,935 10.0 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 44,133 .4 2,077 44,126 .4 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,529 3.3 1,559 – – – 43,794 3.0 1,548 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,299 4.4 1,554 – – – 44,299 4.4 1,554 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 41,574 8.9 2,103 42,758 9.0 2,115 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,208 1.5 2,060 30,277 1.6 2,062 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 35,209 2.8 2,057 38,437 4.3 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 48,899 9.9 2,091 48,229 12.8 2,130 50,412 17.1 2,002 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 55,407 10.1 2,114 51,588 14.1 2,149 71,114 10.6 1,968 Administrators, education and related fields................ 68,907 9.9 1,878 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 83,437 36.3 2,147 82,828 39.3 2,152 – – – Management related............................................ 35,562 8.3 2,043 36,329 3.7 2,061 – – – Sales............................................................. 24,638 16.6 2,077 24,642 16.8 2,077 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,298 3.8 2,036 26,722 4.7 2,071 24,456 3.0 1,884 Secretaries................................................. 27,301 4.9 2,013 27,561 8.1 2,075 26,998 6.7 1,941 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,968 9.5 2,080 29,082 10.9 2,080 23,993 12.6 2,080 General office clerks....................................... 24,854 5.4 2,079 23,786 5.8 2,080 27,527 2.9 2,076 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 25,493 4.8 2,078 25,407 4.9 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,888 3.9 2,086 31,981 4.3 2,087 31,107 3.3 2,073 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $35,914 6.0 2,082 $36,052 7.2 2,085 $35,346 8.3 2,071 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 23,699 14.5 2,067 24,139 17.6 2,080 – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 36,433 2.9 2,080 – – – 36,433 2.9 2,080 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 35,132 8.7 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,811 3.5 2,079 26,817 3.5 2,079 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 26,243 5.5 2,080 26,243 5.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,585 5.2 2,100 35,034 5.3 2,101 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 36,344 7.0 2,097 36,895 7.4 2,099 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,963 5.0 2,080 27,510 5.8 2,080 24,061 4.3 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,870 11.8 2,080 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,694 9.0 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 18,681 3.5 2,046 16,380 5.7 2,021 29,557 8.9 2,163 Protective service............................................ 28,145 6.1 2,181 – – – 33,208 4.1 2,298 Firefighting................................................ 35,050 1.1 2,747 – – – 35,050 1.1 2,747 Police and detectives, public service....................... 34,732 3.8 2,087 – – – 34,732 3.8 2,087 Food service.................................................. 13,680 14.8 2,013 13,535 15.5 2,011 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4,787 6.2 2,002 4,787 6.2 2,002 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4,447 .3 1,996 4,447 .3 1,996 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,562 7.2 2,019 18,489 7.5 2,017 – – – Cooks....................................................... 19,905 6.3 2,059 19,803 7.1 2,057 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,640 5.6 2,012 15,640 5.6 2,012 – – – Health service................................................ 18,484 .8 1,990 18,484 .8 1,990 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,460 .8 1,989 18,460 .8 1,989 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,535 11.5 2,053 16,800 1.7 2,042 27,626 16.4 2,073 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,538 18.0 2,045 17,107 4.3 2,030 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $14.69 3.3 $13.78 4.0 $18.86 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.93 3.3 14.00 4.1 18.89 1.4 White collar........................................................ 17.58 4.8 16.38 6.0 21.60 2.4 1....................................................... 7.91 1.6 7.91 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.83 6.3 9.63 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.73 3.1 11.73 3.2 11.64 1.4 4....................................................... 12.31 3.6 12.46 4.7 11.88 3.8 5....................................................... 18.58 7.1 19.10 8.7 16.71 2.7 6....................................................... 16.69 4.9 17.61 3.7 13.60 8.9 7....................................................... 21.19 2.8 19.74 1.7 23.99 7.3 8....................................................... 24.67 2.9 23.40 4.5 25.24 4.1 10........................................................ 36.17 12.9 35.03 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 29.69 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.36 17.9 15.41 16.5 38.05 14.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.54 5.3 17.43 6.8 21.65 2.6 2....................................................... 9.34 4.3 8.83 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.37 1.6 12.39 1.6 11.63 1.9 4....................................................... 11.94 3.4 11.96 4.7 11.88 3.8 5....................................................... 17.53 5.1 17.77 6.4 16.71 2.7 6....................................................... 16.69 4.9 17.61 3.7 13.60 8.9 7....................................................... 21.19 2.8 19.74 1.7 23.99 7.3 8....................................................... 24.71 3.0 23.45 4.8 25.24 4.1 10........................................................ 36.17 12.9 35.03 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 29.69 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.78 23.7 17.66 22.5 38.05 14.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.77 3.7 24.14 5.4 25.78 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.33 4.5 26.23 7.5 26.43 4.9 6....................................................... 15.22 5.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.53 4.6 20.18 .6 24.84 7.0 8....................................................... 24.26 2.9 21.53 .5 25.03 4.0 9....................................................... 28.86 1.6 – – – – 10........................................................ 41.63 9.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.73 11.3 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.86 4.4 30.07 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 29.93 3.4 29.93 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.04 9.2 23.77 9.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.88 1.8 20.16 .1 – – 8....................................................... 21.78 .5 21.70 .4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.27 .4 21.24 .4 – – 7....................................................... 20.84 .8 20.85 .8 – – 8....................................................... 21.78 .5 21.70 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 28.99 2.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $27.70 4.2 – – $28.08 4.0 7....................................................... 28.59 9.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.51 4.7 – – 28.51 4.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.92 9.0 $21.40 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.42 3.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.42 5.8 16.46 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.06 7.3 17.81 8.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.76 2.8 14.77 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.51 1.5 14.53 1.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.11 2.9 18.48 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 9.0 22.65 11.7 25.15 16.9 7....................................................... 18.79 3.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.05 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.59 23.1 23.49 26.0 38.68 15.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 26.20 8.9 24.00 12.9 35.83 9.3 8....................................................... 30.45 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.99 22.9 25.67 28.8 38.68 15.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.68 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.86 35.6 38.50 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 17.41 8.8 17.63 3.5 – – Sales............................................................. 11.05 14.1 11.04 14.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.90 1.9 7.90 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.55 6.3 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.04 9.0 8.99 9.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 3.7 12.70 4.5 12.94 2.7 2....................................................... 9.34 4.3 8.83 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.37 1.6 12.39 1.6 11.63 1.9 4....................................................... 11.78 3.6 11.68 4.9 12.01 4.0 5....................................................... 18.80 8.9 – – 16.97 3.0 6....................................................... 18.88 3.1 19.20 3.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.48 4.6 13.25 7.8 13.79 6.0 4....................................................... 12.49 5.9 12.09 10.4 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.45 9.5 13.98 10.9 11.53 12.6 4....................................................... 11.58 8.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.01 5.5 11.52 6.2 13.26 2.7 4....................................................... 11.73 6.5 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 11.10 .0 11.10 .0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.27 4.9 12.21 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.13 3.8 $15.14 4.2 $15.01 3.2 1....................................................... 9.94 12.2 9.94 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.69 3.0 10.68 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 5.5 12.04 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.42 4.2 13.73 5.0 11.94 4.1 5....................................................... 16.80 4.7 17.10 4.7 13.91 4.1 6....................................................... 19.36 2.2 19.24 2.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.15 7.0 18.45 7.8 22.39 4.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 5.9 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 5.9 17.30 7.0 17.07 8.2 4....................................................... 13.36 3.7 13.51 4.8 12.80 6.5 5....................................................... 15.19 5.0 15.96 7.8 13.82 3.1 6....................................................... 19.87 3.2 19.64 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.33 5.8 17.29 3.8 22.39 4.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 11.47 14.5 11.61 17.6 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 17.52 2.9 – – 17.52 2.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 16.89 8.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.75 3.0 12.75 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.80 4.4 9.80 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.80 3.6 12.80 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.26 11.2 15.26 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.62 5.5 12.62 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 5.5 16.67 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.36 14.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.58 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.55 5.4 12.72 6.2 11.57 4.3 1....................................................... 10.83 14.5 10.85 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.18 6.3 11.30 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.62 3.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.01 15.8 10.02 18.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.36 8.4 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.57 4.5 7.61 6.9 13.65 8.9 1....................................................... 8.03 12.6 6.97 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 4.91 28.8 4.91 28.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.69 16.3 8.68 16.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.41 3.6 10.01 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.61 1.7 – – 13.61 1.7 6....................................................... 13.45 4.0 – – 13.91 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.83 4.2 – – 14.42 3.5 6....................................................... 13.91 4.5 – – 13.91 4.5 Firefighting................................................ $12.76 0.8 – – $12.76 0.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.53 3.6 – – 16.53 3.6 Food service.................................................. 6.08 14.7 $6.01 15.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.94 14.2 5.94 14.2 – – 2....................................................... 4.06 27.0 4.06 27.0 – – 3....................................................... 6.17 32.0 6.17 32.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.33 4.3 2.33 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 2.85 3.6 2.85 3.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.20 2.9 2.20 2.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.55 11.8 8.51 12.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.04 7.6 8.04 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.03 10.3 6.03 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.65 6.4 9.65 6.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.50 6.8 9.44 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.43 6.8 9.43 6.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 13.8 9.88 13.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.92 13.0 6.92 13.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.90 8.4 7.90 8.4 – – Health service................................................ 9.30 .9 9.30 .9 – – 3....................................................... 9.60 .5 9.60 .5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.29 .9 9.29 .9 – – 3....................................................... 9.58 .4 9.58 .4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.68 8.2 8.01 2.9 13.32 16.4 1....................................................... 9.25 15.0 7.65 2.9 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.37 3.6 7.37 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.48 17.1 8.40 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.61 19.7 8.01 1.7 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $15.16 4.3 $14.26 5.1 $18.91 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.34 4.3 14.42 5.2 18.93 1.4 White collar........................................................ 17.94 5.8 16.72 7.3 21.68 2.2 2....................................................... 9.82 6.3 9.61 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.10 3.5 12.11 3.6 11.93 1.7 4....................................................... 12.29 3.7 12.43 4.8 11.88 3.8 5....................................................... 18.74 7.2 19.33 9.0 16.71 2.7 6....................................................... 16.76 5.0 17.57 3.8 13.87 9.3 7....................................................... 21.28 3.1 19.77 1.9 23.99 7.3 8....................................................... 24.73 3.0 23.50 4.8 25.24 4.1 10........................................................ 36.17 12.9 35.03 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 29.69 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.67 16.9 14.56 14.8 39.60 15.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.65 5.6 17.49 7.5 21.73 2.4 2....................................................... 9.32 4.3 8.80 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 1.6 12.54 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.91 3.4 11.92 4.7 11.88 3.8 5....................................................... 17.65 5.2 17.95 6.6 16.71 2.7 6....................................................... 16.76 5.0 17.57 3.8 13.87 9.3 7....................................................... 21.28 3.1 19.77 1.9 23.99 7.3 8....................................................... 24.77 3.1 23.55 5.2 25.24 4.1 10........................................................ 36.17 12.9 35.03 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 29.69 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.29 19.9 16.91 17.0 39.60 15.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 3.8 23.89 5.6 25.89 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.51 4.4 26.48 7.6 26.54 4.7 7....................................................... 22.69 4.8 20.27 .6 24.84 7.0 8....................................................... 24.33 3.0 21.43 .5 25.03 4.0 9....................................................... 28.86 1.6 – – – – 10........................................................ 41.63 9.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.73 11.3 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.86 4.4 30.07 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 29.93 3.4 29.93 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.28 9.8 24.01 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.94 2.1 20.25 .1 – – 8....................................................... 21.66 .4 21.57 .2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.25 .5 21.21 .4 – – 7....................................................... 20.93 .4 20.94 .3 – – 8....................................................... 21.66 .4 21.57 .2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.92 3.5 – – 28.28 3.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.51 4.7 – – 28.51 4.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $19.77 8.6 $20.22 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 6.3 16.65 6.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.95 7.5 17.70 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.66 2.6 14.68 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.46 .8 14.48 .9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.11 2.9 18.48 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 9.0 22.65 11.7 $25.18 17.2 7....................................................... 18.79 3.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.05 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.63 23.4 23.49 26.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 26.21 8.9 24.00 12.9 36.13 9.7 8....................................................... 30.45 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.07 23.2 25.67 28.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.68 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.86 35.6 38.50 38.5 – – Management related............................................ 17.41 8.8 17.63 3.5 – – Sales............................................................. 11.86 16.6 11.87 16.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.91 4.0 12.90 4.9 12.98 2.7 2....................................................... 9.32 4.3 8.80 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 1.6 12.54 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.78 3.6 11.66 4.9 12.01 4.0 5....................................................... 18.80 8.9 – – 16.97 3.0 6....................................................... 18.88 3.1 19.20 3.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.56 4.8 13.28 8.1 13.91 6.6 4....................................................... 12.49 5.9 12.09 10.4 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.45 9.5 13.98 10.9 11.53 12.6 4....................................................... 11.58 8.7 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.96 5.4 11.44 5.8 13.26 2.7 4....................................................... 11.73 6.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.27 4.9 12.21 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.29 3.9 15.32 4.3 15.01 3.2 1....................................................... 10.61 11.4 10.63 11.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 3.1 10.80 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.11 5.8 12.10 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.42 4.2 13.73 5.0 11.94 4.1 5....................................................... 16.80 4.7 17.10 4.7 13.91 4.1 6....................................................... 19.36 2.2 19.24 2.4 – – 7....................................................... $19.15 7.0 $18.45 7.8 $22.39 4.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.87 5.9 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 5.9 17.30 7.0 17.07 8.2 4....................................................... 13.36 3.7 13.51 4.8 12.80 6.5 5....................................................... 15.19 5.0 15.96 7.8 13.82 3.1 6....................................................... 19.87 3.2 19.64 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.33 5.8 17.29 3.8 22.39 4.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 11.47 14.5 11.61 17.6 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 17.52 2.9 – – 17.52 2.9 Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 16.89 8.7 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.89 3.5 12.90 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.80 4.4 9.80 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.80 3.6 12.80 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.26 11.2 15.26 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.62 5.5 12.62 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 5.5 16.67 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.36 14.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.33 6.8 17.58 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 5.0 13.23 5.8 11.57 4.3 1....................................................... 11.37 10.7 11.42 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.48 6.8 11.66 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.62 3.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.51 11.8 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.43 9.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.13 3.1 8.10 4.8 13.67 8.9 1....................................................... 8.28 14.2 7.05 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.55 27.9 5.55 27.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.09 11.5 9.08 11.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.42 3.7 10.02 4.7 – – 5....................................................... 13.71 1.5 – – 13.71 1.5 6....................................................... 13.45 4.0 – – 13.91 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.90 4.2 – – 14.45 3.5 6....................................................... 13.91 4.5 – – 13.91 4.5 Firefighting................................................ 12.76 .8 – – 12.76 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.64 3.5 – – 16.64 3.5 Food service.................................................. 6.80 13.0 6.73 13.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.07 16.6 6.07 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.04 25.0 7.04 25.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.39 6.2 2.39 6.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.23 3.9 2.23 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.20 6.2 9.17 6.6 – – 1....................................................... $8.24 6.6 $8.24 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.65 6.4 9.65 6.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.67 5.6 9.63 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.43 6.8 9.43 6.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.77 5.3 7.77 5.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.29 1.0 9.29 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.59 .4 9.59 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.28 1.0 9.28 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.57 .3 9.57 .3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.00 11.8 8.23 1.8 $13.32 16.4 1....................................................... 9.67 18.8 7.84 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.53 17.2 8.43 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.69 19.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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................................................................... $9.09 16.2 $9.08 16.4 – – All excluding sales............................................... 9.24 19.0 9.23 19.3 – – White collar........................................................ 13.07 20.0 13.12 20.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.33 21.9 16.55 22.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 2.6 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.33 25.8 27.21 25.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 30.31 31.0 30.31 31.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.48 2.2 8.48 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.06 2.1 10.11 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 2.6 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.01 8.3 8.01 8.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.15 12.1 5.15 12.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.59 9.3 6.59 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 3.88 17.4 3.88 17.4 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 3.64 6.2 3.64 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 3.88 17.4 3.88 17.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.20 2.5 2.20 2.5 – – Other food service........................................... 5.39 11.5 5.39 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 5.17 11.2 5.17 11.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 4.86 22.7 4.86 22.7 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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....................................................... $15.16 $9.09 $14.40 $14.71 $14.62 $18.29 All excluding sales............................................. 15.34 9.24 14.41 14.97 14.90 16.60 White collar........................................................ 17.94 13.07 – 17.88 17.57 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.65 16.33 – 18.93 18.60 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 26.33 18.91 24.94 24.77 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.51 – – 26.39 26.33 – Technical....................................................... 19.77 30.31 – 21.17 20.92 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23.39 – – 23.39 23.39 – Sales............................................................. 11.86 8.48 – 10.82 10.24 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.91 10.06 – 12.56 12.74 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.29 8.01 14.57 15.19 14.93 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.25 – 19.95 17.04 17.11 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.89 – – 12.46 12.36 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.47 – – 16.59 16.21 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 – – 12.63 12.46 – Service............................................................. 9.13 5.15 – 8.56 8.56 – 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....................................................... 4.3 16.2 6.7 3.7 3.4 14.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 19.0 7.0 3.7 3.4 14.9 White collar........................................................ 5.8 20.0 – 5.2 4.8 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.6 21.9 – 5.8 5.3 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 25.8 4.6 4.2 3.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.4 – – 4.5 4.5 – Technical....................................................... 8.6 31.0 – 9.6 9.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.0 – – 9.0 9.0 – Sales............................................................. 16.6 2.2 – 14.7 11.6 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 2.1 – 4.2 3.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 8.3 3.8 4.3 3.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 – 3.4 6.4 5.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.5 – – 4.6 3.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 – – 5.5 6.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 – – 6.9 5.4 – Service............................................................. 3.1 12.1 – 4.5 4.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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....................................................... $13.78 - – - - - - - $14.08 - All excluding sales............................................. 14.00 - – - - - - - 14.08 - White collar........................................................ 16.38 - – - - - - - 14.08 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.43 - – - - - - - 14.08 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.14 - – - - - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 26.23 - – - - - - - – - Technical....................................................... 21.40 - – - - - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.65 - – - - - - - – - Sales............................................................. 11.04 - – - - - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.70 - – - - - - - 12.34 - Blue collar......................................................... 15.14 - – - - - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.30 - – - - - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.75 - – - - - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.67 - – - - - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.72 - – - - - - - – - Service............................................................. 7.61 - – - - - - - – - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 - – - - - - - 3.2 - All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 - – - - - - - 3.2 - White collar........................................................ 6.0 - – - - - - - 3.2 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.8 - – - - - - - 3.2 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 - – - - - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 7.5 - – - - - - - – - Technical....................................................... 9.2 - – - - - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.7 - – - - - - - – - Sales............................................................. 14.2 - – - - - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 - – - - - - - 7.4 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 - – - - - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.0 - – - - - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.0 - – - - - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 - – - - - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.2 - – - - - - - – - Service............................................................. 6.9 - – - - - - - – - 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 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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....................................................... $13.78 $12.22 $14.29 $13.70 $15.53 All excluding sales............................................. 14.00 12.29 14.52 13.91 15.90 White collar........................................................ 16.38 14.72 16.92 15.36 19.33 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.43 15.94 17.83 16.06 20.79 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.14 21.60 24.32 25.25 23.75 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.23 24.52 26.39 28.39 25.40 Technical....................................................... 21.40 – 21.71 22.25 21.30 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.65 28.61 19.30 18.77 – Sales............................................................. 11.04 11.73 10.51 8.87 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.70 12.18 12.89 12.29 14.87 Blue collar......................................................... 15.14 13.83 15.55 15.47 15.98 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.30 – 18.31 17.42 21.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.75 – 12.98 12.79 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.67 – 17.23 17.42 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.72 15.77 11.99 12.25 – Service............................................................. 7.61 6.45 8.03 8.04 8.01 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 11.8 4.8 5.7 8.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 12.4 4.4 5.5 7.7 White collar........................................................ 6.0 13.8 7.8 9.0 10.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.8 16.3 7.1 8.8 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 19.7 5.5 8.6 7.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.5 23.5 7.7 10.7 11.2 Technical....................................................... 9.2 – 9.0 16.1 10.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.7 11.7 10.1 10.4 – Sales............................................................. 14.2 16.2 21.8 11.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.5 6.9 6.0 2.7 15.2 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 10.0 6.3 5.8 13.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.0 – 7.6 5.2 14.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.0 – 7.4 9.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 – 5.5 5.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.2 20.5 7.9 9.0 – Service............................................................. 6.9 24.3 6.4 4.7 16.7 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.37 $9.42 $13.00 $18.60 $24.43 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.70 13.15 19.05 24.88 White collar.................................... 8.74 10.79 14.25 21.82 28.81 White collar excluding sales................ 9.60 11.83 15.70 22.58 29.69 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.71 18.24 23.49 28.81 33.80 Professional specialty...................... 17.27 20.47 24.49 29.69 36.12 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.95 25.72 29.57 32.04 37.75 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.67 28.96 30.20 32.25 34.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.00 18.70 20.98 23.62 42.95 Registered nurses....................... 17.12 19.35 21.00 22.82 24.70 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.26 27.99 27.99 30.80 36.12 Teachers, except college and university... 21.24 22.94 27.00 30.14 36.47 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.78 23.34 27.00 30.14 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 13.01 14.88 18.90 24.87 28.60 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.65 14.42 15.75 16.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.70 13.22 15.67 18.44 22.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.50 15.70 19.28 25.91 38.10 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.50 16.57 20.25 32.83 44.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.39 30.39 34.24 41.84 45.74 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 14.56 15.22 25.61 56.94 84.61 Management related........................ 11.22 14.02 16.96 20.04 22.58 Sales......................................... 7.03 7.50 9.01 12.75 14.75 Cashiers................................ 6.79 7.30 8.16 10.19 13.53 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.90 10.04 12.50 13.60 19.29 Secretaries............................. 9.50 10.21 13.86 15.70 16.89 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.79 11.34 12.76 15.22 20.47 General office clerks................... 10.48 10.48 10.66 12.44 15.42 Bank tellers............................ 8.75 9.25 10.89 13.01 14.07 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.74 10.74 11.63 13.60 15.21 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 12.00 14.40 18.76 20.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 13.90 16.50 19.50 25.72 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.25 8.50 9.70 14.00 17.92 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.75 14.31 16.16 19.18 24.50 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ $10.65 $13.67 $19.25 $19.25 $21.38 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.10 10.00 12.58 14.59 15.86 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 11.50 12.32 14.00 14.59 Transportation and material moving............ 11.10 12.58 15.95 19.35 20.50 Truck drivers........................... 11.02 15.95 19.05 19.35 20.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.83 9.95 12.00 14.00 17.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 8.00 9.95 11.25 13.28 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.80 8.85 9.72 11.89 13.10 Service......................................... 2.13 7.00 8.50 10.35 13.75 Protective service........................ 9.46 10.44 12.86 14.60 16.95 Firefighting............................ 10.17 10.57 12.15 14.52 15.45 Police and detectives, public service... 13.84 14.71 15.71 18.67 20.21 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.76 9.00 10.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.39 10.00 11.75 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.25 9.00 10.30 13.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.95 7.45 9.00 13.25 13.74 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 6.25 7.00 8.15 9.00 Health service............................ 8.06 8.50 9.38 10.00 10.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.06 8.50 9.38 10.00 10.40 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.25 8.40 11.64 14.11 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.20 7.75 8.50 13.91 15.13 Personal service.......................... – – – – – 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.03 $8.95 $12.50 $16.92 $21.95 All excluding sales........................... 7.20 9.11 12.58 17.46 22.16 White collar.................................... 8.25 10.50 13.15 19.89 25.81 White collar excluding sales................ 9.44 11.64 14.15 20.81 28.60 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.42 18.00 21.96 28.66 33.62 Professional specialty...................... 17.85 19.68 22.95 28.96 40.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.23 25.72 29.57 32.23 37.75 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.67 28.96 30.20 32.25 34.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.00 18.86 20.98 23.62 42.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.00 19.24 21.00 22.75 24.70 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.43 15.35 19.26 25.54 28.85 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.69 14.43 15.94 16.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.19 14.71 16.59 18.92 22.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.50 15.70 19.28 22.05 32.83 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.50 15.70 19.28 23.66 40.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 14.56 15.22 25.34 56.94 84.61 Management related........................ 14.94 15.87 16.96 18.94 20.98 Sales......................................... 7.03 7.50 8.92 12.85 14.75 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.30 8.16 10.19 13.53 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.94 10.05 12.50 13.50 19.45 Secretaries............................. 9.67 9.85 12.71 15.70 15.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.61 11.75 13.00 15.25 20.52 General office clerks................... 10.48 10.48 10.66 11.47 14.42 Bank tellers............................ 8.75 9.25 10.89 13.01 14.07 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.74 10.74 11.46 13.60 15.21 Blue collar..................................... 9.30 12.00 14.48 18.76 20.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.00 16.55 19.41 25.89 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.25 8.50 9.51 14.00 17.92 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.10 9.84 12.58 14.59 15.86 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 11.50 12.32 14.00 14.59 Transportation and material moving............ $11.25 $12.58 $16.25 $19.35 $20.50 Truck drivers........................... 11.25 15.95 19.35 19.35 20.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.80 11.00 12.12 14.00 17.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.45 7.83 11.00 12.67 13.28 Service......................................... 2.13 6.50 8.10 9.75 11.11 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.75 8.95 10.74 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.25 10.00 11.75 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.30 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.95 7.45 9.00 13.25 13.74 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 6.25 7.00 8.15 9.00 Health service............................ 8.06 8.50 9.38 10.00 10.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.06 8.50 9.38 10.00 10.40 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.25 $7.50 $8.50 $9.75 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.50 8.40 9.52 9.75 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.89 $12.06 $16.19 $23.94 $30.14 All excluding sales........................... 9.86 12.06 16.25 23.94 30.14 White collar.................................... 10.13 13.75 20.97 27.99 33.10 White collar excluding sales................ 10.13 13.94 20.98 27.99 33.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.17 21.24 25.32 29.73 33.83 Professional specialty...................... 17.27 21.82 25.63 30.14 34.36 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.69 23.34 27.39 30.14 36.89 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.78 23.34 27.00 30.14 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.22 13.94 22.58 34.24 41.84 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.59 30.39 34.24 41.84 53.03 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.81 9.82 12.42 15.22 19.20 Secretaries............................. 9.21 11.23 14.23 15.31 17.46 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.94 7.94 10.13 14.25 16.70 General office clerks................... 10.38 10.91 11.70 15.42 18.48 Blue collar..................................... 9.78 10.55 13.71 18.73 22.18 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.43 11.23 15.21 20.93 25.72 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.75 14.31 16.16 19.18 24.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.07 9.72 9.95 12.85 17.06 Service......................................... 9.82 11.00 13.75 15.13 19.19 Protective service........................ 10.49 12.43 14.01 15.97 19.12 Firefighting............................ 10.17 10.57 12.15 14.52 15.45 Police and detectives, public service... 13.84 14.71 15.71 18.67 20.21 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $8.99 $10.81 $13.71 $14.30 $19.19 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.85 $9.85 $13.15 $19.05 $24.90 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.00 13.28 19.28 25.15 White collar.................................... 9.04 11.70 14.93 22.25 28.93 White collar excluding sales................ 9.80 12.38 15.87 22.94 29.69 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.05 18.44 23.67 28.81 33.42 Professional specialty...................... 17.27 20.59 24.88 29.93 36.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.95 25.72 29.57 32.04 37.75 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.67 28.96 30.20 32.25 34.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.00 18.69 21.00 23.62 43.74 Registered nurses....................... 17.00 19.24 21.04 22.81 24.70 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.61 23.03 27.06 30.14 36.47 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.78 23.34 27.00 30.14 41.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.83 14.84 18.50 24.56 27.12 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.51 14.42 15.66 16.48 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.70 13.22 15.67 18.44 22.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.50 15.70 19.28 25.91 38.10 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.50 16.30 20.25 32.83 44.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.39 30.39 34.24 41.84 45.74 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 14.56 15.22 25.61 56.94 84.61 Management related........................ 11.22 14.02 16.96 20.04 22.58 Sales......................................... 7.03 7.55 10.60 14.00 14.92 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.94 10.30 12.50 14.10 19.40 Secretaries............................. 9.55 10.21 14.20 15.70 16.95 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.79 11.34 12.76 15.22 20.47 General office clerks................... 10.48 10.48 10.66 12.42 15.42 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.74 10.74 11.63 13.60 15.21 Blue collar..................................... 9.79 12.00 14.50 18.79 20.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 13.90 16.50 19.50 25.72 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 8.25 8.50 9.70 14.00 17.92 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.75 14.31 16.16 19.18 24.50 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 10.65 13.67 19.25 19.25 21.38 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.50 $10.50 $12.67 $14.59 $15.86 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 11.50 12.32 14.00 14.59 Transportation and material moving............ 11.10 12.58 15.95 19.35 20.50 Truck drivers........................... 11.02 15.95 19.05 19.35 20.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.24 11.00 12.34 14.00 17.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.83 8.75 11.00 11.25 13.28 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.80 8.85 9.78 12.16 13.10 Service......................................... 2.13 7.45 9.00 10.75 14.00 Protective service........................ 9.66 10.44 12.86 14.64 17.08 Firefighting............................ 10.17 10.57 12.15 14.52 15.45 Police and detectives, public service... 13.94 14.73 15.77 18.88 20.39 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.50 9.70 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.80 9.00 10.05 13.00 Cooks................................... 7.50 8.39 9.00 10.30 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.15 10.00 Health service............................ 8.06 8.50 9.40 9.97 10.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.06 8.50 9.40 9.97 10.40 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 7.50 8.50 12.06 14.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.20 7.75 8.50 13.91 15.13 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $6.00 $8.00 $10.02 $14.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 2.13 7.50 10.46 16.65 White collar.................................... 7.50 8.16 9.36 12.08 20.24 White collar excluding sales................ 8.80 9.26 10.78 18.15 31.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.87 16.12 20.00 50.96 50.96 Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.00 15.26 19.60 50.96 50.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 7.50 8.16 9.07 10.19 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.00 9.68 10.67 11.99 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 7.00 7.55 9.30 10.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 5.50 7.00 8.54 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.50 7.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 Other food service....................... 2.13 2.13 5.75 7.00 8.06 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 2.13 5.50 6.50 8.06 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 146,900 119,900 27,000 All excluding sales............................................. 136,700 109,800 26,900 White collar........................................................ 73,300 55,200 18,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 63,000 45,000 18,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25,900 15,100 10,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 18,800 8,600 10,200 Technical....................................................... 7,100 6,600 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,100 4,200 1,900 Sales............................................................. 10,200 10,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 31,100 25,700 5,400 Blue collar......................................................... 35,200 31,700 3,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 11,000 8,800 2,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,100 8,100 - Transportation and material moving................................ 9,200 8,700 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6,900 6,000 900 Service............................................................. 38,400 33,100 5,300 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.