NC BL 03/00/2006 Table: Huntsville, AL, Bulletin 3130-40, June 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................. $20.07 2.8 37.8 $20.08 3.3 37.5 $20.04 5.2 39.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.70 3.3 38.9 25.07 4.1 38.8 23.58 5.6 39.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.25 3.0 39.1 30.63 2.0 39.3 26.12 8.6 38.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 5.1 40.2 37.09 5.6 40.3 33.64 10.5 40.1 Sales............................................................. 13.06 10.6 35.3 13.15 11.2 35.1 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.42 3.1 39.6 13.59 3.9 39.5 12.93 5.0 39.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.05 2.4 39.3 16.04 2.7 39.4 16.19 1.8 38.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.00 3.1 39.8 16.62 3.0 39.7 19.26 14.7 40.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.89 5.2 39.7 16.89 5.2 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.37 4.1 37.7 14.25 5.8 39.1 14.61 4.6 35.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.11 2.2 37.1 10.02 2.5 36.5 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.28 7.1 31.3 7.95 6.2 28.0 11.59 8.4 39.0 Full time........................................................... 20.77 2.6 39.7 20.94 3.0 39.7 20.19 5.3 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.27 19.7 23.0 10.26 20.8 23.0 10.47 15.6 22.3 Union............................................................... 20.71 1.1 39.1 20.71 1.1 39.1 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.99 3.2 37.7 19.98 3.9 37.3 20.04 5.2 39.1 Time................................................................ 20.02 2.8 37.8 20.01 3.3 37.5 20.04 5.2 39.1 Incentive........................................................... 22.12 42.1 39.8 22.12 42.1 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.85 2.5 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.34 6.8 35.6 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.62 7.2 37.1 16.62 7.2 37.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.43 6.7 36.0 16.48 7.2 35.7 15.79 14.0 39.9 500 workers or more................................................. 23.54 2.2 39.4 25.28 3.5 39.7 20.59 5.4 39.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $20.07 2.8 $20.08 3.3 $20.04 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 20.60 2.8 20.72 3.4 20.19 5.2 White collar........................................................ 24.70 3.3 25.07 4.1 23.58 5.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.36 2.7 27.29 3.3 23.91 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.25 3.0 30.63 2.0 26.12 8.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.12 3.2 33.78 2.9 28.46 9.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.12 1.8 37.36 1.8 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 39.36 5.7 39.36 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.77 1.4 35.77 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.04 4.5 37.04 4.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.50 9.7 32.50 9.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.12 7.7 31.12 7.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.15 11.0 24.15 2.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.31 11.7 24.15 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.91 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.47 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 27.20 3.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.06 21.7 20.99 19.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.27 4.6 19.03 3.4 16.38 8.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.46 4.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.59 8.5 16.45 8.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 5.1 37.09 5.6 33.64 10.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.53 8.5 42.44 9.9 35.11 11.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.87 9.4 – – 26.87 9.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.58 8.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.96 8.2 45.18 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.00 7.0 28.32 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.34 4.8 27.23 4.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 9.4 30.83 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.06 10.6 13.15 11.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.37 8.2 8.25 9.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.42 3.1 13.59 3.9 12.93 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 16.02 3.0 17.69 6.0 13.93 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 9.3 11.53 9.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.65 9.4 12.65 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... $10.80 3.6 $11.14 8.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.66 7.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.05 2.4 16.04 2.7 $16.19 1.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.00 3.1 16.62 3.0 19.26 14.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.40 11.3 22.40 11.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.75 6.8 20.75 6.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.89 5.2 16.89 5.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.71 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.06 6.0 18.06 6.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.61 8.1 15.61 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.37 4.1 14.25 5.8 14.61 4.6 Truck drivers............................................... 14.70 5.4 14.75 7.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 2.2 10.02 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.28 1.8 9.28 1.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.61 6.8 9.61 6.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.51 5.3 11.51 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.28 7.1 7.95 6.2 11.59 8.4 Protective service............................................ 12.46 14.0 – – 14.86 8.1 Food service.................................................. 7.81 5.0 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.46 8.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.68 8.0 7.11 8.0 9.20 5.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.64 7.3 7.04 6.5 9.23 5.7 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $20.77 2.6 $20.94 3.0 $20.19 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 21.12 2.4 21.36 2.9 20.33 5.3 White collar........................................................ 25.28 3.1 25.84 3.9 23.70 5.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.40 2.4 27.33 2.8 24.00 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.21 2.9 30.58 1.3 26.21 8.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.08 3.3 33.76 2.7 28.54 9.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.12 1.8 37.36 1.8 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 39.36 5.7 39.36 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.77 1.4 35.77 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.04 4.5 37.04 4.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.52 9.5 31.52 9.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.98 6.9 29.98 6.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.50 11.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.44 12.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.91 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.47 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 27.20 3.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.46 23.0 22.60 16.0 – – Technical....................................................... 18.32 4.6 19.08 3.4 16.44 8.6 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.59 8.5 16.45 8.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 5.1 37.09 5.6 33.64 10.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.53 8.5 42.44 9.9 35.11 11.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.87 9.4 – – 26.87 9.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.58 8.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.96 8.2 45.18 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.00 7.0 28.32 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.34 4.8 27.23 4.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 9.4 30.83 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 14.90 15.0 15.11 16.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.55 5.9 9.43 7.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 3.0 13.65 3.8 12.99 4.9 Secretaries................................................. 16.02 3.0 17.69 6.0 13.93 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 9.3 11.53 9.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.93 8.4 12.93 8.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 3.6 11.14 8.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... $11.66 7.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.26 2.4 $16.26 2.6 $16.26 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.24 3.2 16.89 3.0 19.26 14.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.40 11.3 22.40 11.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.75 6.8 20.75 6.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.96 5.2 16.96 5.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.71 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.06 6.0 18.06 6.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.61 8.1 15.61 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.43 4.2 14.34 5.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.67 5.6 14.71 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.44 2.5 10.43 2.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.56 5.0 10.56 5.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.61 6.8 9.61 6.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.51 5.3 11.51 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.12 6.1 8.78 3.9 11.68 8.2 Protective service............................................ 12.87 13.8 – – 14.86 8.1 Food service.................................................. 9.50 3.6 9.44 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.6 9.44 5.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.45 4.7 7.87 5.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.39 4.4 7.73 4.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $10.27 19.7 $10.26 20.8 $10.47 15.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.17 26.2 11.19 28.1 10.90 15.1 White collar........................................................ 14.29 26.3 14.50 26.8 9.04 13.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.61 28.6 25.79 28.4 10.06 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.59 25.3 31.99 24.2 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.20 24.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.94 4.0 7.97 4.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.20 4.6 7.25 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.62 16.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.85 11.6 8.00 11.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.24 12.9 7.24 12.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.18 13.8 7.18 13.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.38 6.5 6.34 6.9 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $824 2.6 39.7 $832 3.2 39.7 $799 4.6 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 837 2.5 39.6 847 3.1 39.7 804 4.6 39.5 White collar........................................................ 1,013 3.0 40.1 1,041 3.9 40.3 934 4.7 39.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,056 2.4 40.0 1,101 3.0 40.3 945 5.0 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,167 3.1 39.9 1,235 1.9 40.4 1,023 7.4 39.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,283 3.1 40.0 1,371 1.8 40.6 1,106 8.5 38.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,526 1.2 41.1 1,536 .9 41.1 – – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 1,574 5.7 40.0 1,574 5.7 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,605 5.8 44.9 1,605 5.8 44.9 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,498 5.2 40.2 1,498 5.2 40.2 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,482 4.5 40.0 1,482 4.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,265 9.2 40.1 1,265 9.2 40.1 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,203 6.6 40.1 1,203 6.6 40.1 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,281 12.2 39.4 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,198 12.8 39.4 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,087 3.5 39.0 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,072 4.6 39.0 – – – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 1,049 5.8 38.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 658 22.9 40.0 902 16.1 39.9 – – – Technical....................................................... 728 4.6 39.8 756 3.4 39.6 660 9.1 40.2 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 664 8.5 40.0 658 8.5 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,464 5.0 40.2 1,493 5.5 40.3 1,350 10.5 40.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,627 8.2 40.2 1,706 9.5 40.2 1,405 11.0 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,075 9.4 40.0 – – – 1,075 9.4 40.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,614 8.3 39.8 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,804 8.0 40.1 1,813 8.2 40.1 – – – Management related............................................ 1,132 6.5 40.4 1,143 6.8 40.4 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,079 4.9 41.0 1,123 3.6 41.2 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,229 9.5 39.9 1,229 9.5 39.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 602 13.7 40.4 611 14.8 40.5 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 380 6.0 39.8 375 7.2 39.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 539 3.0 40.0 546 3.8 40.0 520 4.9 40.0 Secretaries................................................. $641 3.0 40.0 $708 6.0 40.0 $557 5.8 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 540 9.3 40.0 461 9.7 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 522 8.5 40.4 522 8.5 40.4 – – – General office clerks....................................... 432 3.6 40.0 445 8.8 40.0 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 466 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 650 2.4 40.0 650 2.6 40.0 653 1.8 40.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 691 3.3 40.1 677 3.0 40.1 777 15.9 40.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 885 11.7 39.5 885 11.7 39.5 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 860 9.0 41.5 860 9.0 41.5 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 675 5.2 39.8 675 5.2 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 623 3.9 39.6 623 3.9 39.6 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 722 6.0 40.0 722 6.0 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 619 8.7 39.7 619 8.7 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 589 5.1 40.8 590 7.1 41.2 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 606 7.2 41.3 617 10.4 42.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 419 2.7 40.1 418 3.1 40.1 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 422 5.0 40.0 422 5.0 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 387 7.6 40.3 387 7.6 40.3 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 460 5.3 40.0 460 5.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 373 7.0 36.9 306 7.2 34.8 463 10.1 39.6 Protective service............................................ 531 16.2 41.3 – – – 622 11.5 41.9 Food service.................................................. 325 4.7 34.2 357 7.3 37.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 325 4.7 34.2 357 7.3 37.9 – – – Health service................................................ 362 3.6 39.3 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 358 4.3 39.3 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 273 8.3 32.3 224 6.6 28.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 270 8.5 32.1 216 6.8 28.0 – – – 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $41,796 2.6 2,012 $43,224 3.2 2,064 $37,377 4.6 1,851 All excluding sales............................................... 42,381 2.5 2,007 44,025 3.1 2,061 37,559 4.6 1,848 White collar........................................................ 50,588 3.0 2,001 54,046 3.9 2,092 42,181 4.7 1,780 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,546 2.4 1,990 57,129 3.0 2,090 42,551 5.0 1,773 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,222 3.1 1,925 63,994 1.9 2,093 42,930 7.4 1,638 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,654 3.1 1,891 70,974 1.8 2,103 44,456 8.5 1,558 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 79,336 1.2 2,138 79,879 .9 2,138 – – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 81,863 5.7 2,080 81,863 5.7 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 83,484 5.8 2,334 83,484 5.8 2,334 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 77,917 5.2 2,092 77,917 5.2 2,092 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 77,042 4.5 2,080 77,042 4.5 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 65,777 9.2 2,087 65,777 9.2 2,087 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 62,575 6.6 2,087 62,575 6.6 2,087 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 66,628 12.2 2,050 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 62,318 12.8 2,047 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,179 3.5 1,475 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,417 4.6 1,472 – – – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 40,194 5.8 1,478 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33,968 22.9 2,064 46,140 16.1 2,041 – – – Technical....................................................... 37,874 4.6 2,067 39,295 3.4 2,059 34,317 9.1 2,088 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 34,504 8.5 2,080 34,219 8.5 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 75,965 5.0 2,087 77,659 5.5 2,094 69,424 10.5 2,064 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 84,324 8.2 2,081 88,733 9.5 2,091 72,070 11.0 2,053 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,883 9.4 2,080 – – – 55,883 9.4 2,080 Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,981 8.3 2,020 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 93,820 8.0 2,087 94,283 8.2 2,087 – – – Management related............................................ 58,847 6.5 2,101 59,431 6.8 2,098 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 56,105 4.9 2,130 58,381 3.6 2,144 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 63,900 9.5 2,072 63,900 9.5 2,072 – – – Sales............................................................. 31,321 13.7 2,102 31,780 14.8 2,104 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,786 6.0 2,071 19,512 7.2 2,069 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,005 3.0 2,078 28,410 3.8 2,082 26,853 4.9 2,067 Secretaries................................................. $33,073 3.0 2,065 $36,794 6.0 2,080 $28,516 5.8 2,047 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,064 9.3 2,080 23,980 9.7 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 27,143 8.5 2,100 27,143 8.5 2,100 – – – General office clerks....................................... 22,457 3.6 2,080 23,162 8.8 2,080 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 24,257 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,817 2.4 2,079 33,802 2.6 2,078 33,973 1.8 2,090 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 35,955 3.3 2,085 35,189 3.0 2,083 40,391 15.9 2,098 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 46,008 11.7 2,054 46,008 11.7 2,054 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,743 9.0 2,156 44,743 9.0 2,156 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,079 5.2 2,068 35,079 5.2 2,068 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,386 3.9 2,061 32,386 3.9 2,061 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 37,568 6.0 2,080 37,568 6.0 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 32,209 8.7 2,063 32,209 8.7 2,063 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,624 5.1 2,123 30,702 7.1 2,140 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 31,499 7.2 2,147 32,089 10.4 2,182 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,764 2.7 2,084 21,749 3.1 2,085 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,962 5.0 2,080 21,962 5.0 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20,144 7.6 2,096 20,144 7.6 2,096 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 23,934 5.3 2,080 23,934 5.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 18,983 7.0 1,877 15,905 7.2 1,812 22,885 10.1 1,959 Protective service............................................ 27,611 16.2 2,146 – – – 32,360 11.5 2,177 Food service.................................................. 14,260 4.7 1,501 18,581 7.3 1,968 – – – Other food service........................................... 14,260 4.7 1,501 18,581 7.3 1,968 – – – Health service................................................ 18,846 3.6 2,046 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,633 4.3 2,045 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14,134 8.3 1,672 11,641 6.6 1,479 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13,944 8.5 1,661 11,249 6.8 1,455 – – – 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $20.07 2.8 $20.08 3.3 $20.04 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 20.60 2.8 20.72 3.4 20.19 5.2 White collar........................................................ 24.70 3.3 25.07 4.1 23.58 5.6 2....................................................... 10.30 3.6 10.31 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.07 4.7 10.92 7.1 11.39 1.6 4....................................................... 12.43 6.3 12.14 6.8 14.35 6.0 5....................................................... 17.10 6.9 18.76 6.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.77 8.7 20.10 9.5 – – 7....................................................... 24.28 4.9 22.58 5.2 26.95 7.6 8....................................................... 28.69 2.9 29.66 4.8 27.33 1.6 9....................................................... 30.42 2.6 30.33 2.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.44 3.6 34.56 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 40.93 2.8 40.96 2.9 – – 12........................................................ 43.48 4.3 42.04 4.2 – – 13........................................................ 54.10 4.8 54.10 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.99 11.3 26.73 15.4 27.56 11.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.36 2.7 27.29 3.3 23.91 6.0 2....................................................... 10.56 4.0 10.65 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.01 5.2 12.66 8.6 11.22 2.3 4....................................................... 13.41 2.2 13.18 2.3 14.35 6.0 5....................................................... 16.91 7.2 18.54 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.69 5.3 18.90 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.28 4.9 22.58 5.2 26.95 7.6 8....................................................... 27.89 4.7 28.31 7.9 27.33 1.6 9....................................................... 30.33 2.6 30.23 2.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.44 3.6 34.56 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 40.95 2.9 40.98 3.0 – – 12........................................................ 43.57 4.4 42.12 4.2 – – 13........................................................ 54.10 4.8 54.10 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.02 12.3 33.22 16.5 27.56 11.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.25 3.0 30.63 2.0 26.12 8.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.12 3.2 33.78 2.9 28.46 9.5 7....................................................... 26.43 5.2 24.83 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 29.47 4.4 30.51 9.1 28.59 .9 9....................................................... 30.94 3.8 30.39 3.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.73 3.2 34.69 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.12 3.5 40.12 3.5 – – 12........................................................ 42.51 3.6 40.81 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 28.3 32.61 13.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.12 1.8 37.36 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 36.84 9.8 36.84 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.27 2.7 32.27 2.7 – – 10........................................................ 36.77 2.0 36.77 2.0 – – 11........................................................ 39.39 5.5 39.39 5.5 – – 12........................................................ $41.25 0.6 $41.25 0.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.46 9.0 36.46 9.0 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 39.36 5.7 39.36 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.77 1.4 35.77 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.04 4.5 37.04 4.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.50 9.7 32.50 9.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.43 2.0 32.43 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 31.40 4.3 31.40 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 42.91 1.9 42.91 1.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.12 7.7 31.12 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.43 2.0 32.43 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.99 6.7 28.99 6.7 – – 12........................................................ 42.91 1.9 42.91 1.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.15 11.0 24.15 2.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.31 11.7 24.15 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.91 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.47 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 27.20 3.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.06 21.7 20.99 19.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.27 4.6 19.03 3.4 $16.38 8.7 4....................................................... 15.30 2.9 15.40 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.39 8.7 19.40 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.89 3.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.06 8.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.08 11.2 25.49 11.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.46 4.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.59 8.5 16.45 8.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 5.1 37.09 5.6 33.64 10.5 7....................................................... 20.39 4.8 20.43 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.82 4.0 25.72 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.83 5.2 30.60 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.84 5.5 42.02 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.30 11.6 59.08 10.6 38.08 8.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.53 8.5 42.44 9.9 35.11 11.0 9....................................................... 30.44 4.7 31.42 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 46.69 2.8 48.06 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.37 12.0 60.33 10.2 38.08 8.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.87 9.4 – – 26.87 9.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.58 8.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $44.96 8.2 $45.18 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.97 11.9 60.33 10.2 – – Management related............................................ 28.00 7.0 28.32 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.56 4.1 21.56 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.98 4.8 25.72 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.93 2.7 33.93 2.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.34 4.8 27.23 4.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 9.4 30.83 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.06 10.6 13.15 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 15.8 8.85 15.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.93 10.0 9.50 12.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.43 9.7 10.43 9.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.37 8.2 8.25 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.06 19.1 9.06 19.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.29 5.4 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.42 3.1 13.59 3.9 $12.93 5.0 2....................................................... 10.45 4.4 10.52 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.01 5.2 12.66 8.6 11.22 2.3 4....................................................... 13.19 2.2 12.80 2.1 14.52 6.3 5....................................................... 16.05 13.9 16.88 11.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.09 7.4 19.09 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.80 4.2 19.98 4.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.02 3.0 17.69 6.0 13.93 5.8 4....................................................... 13.87 8.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 9.3 11.53 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.98 10.8 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.65 9.4 12.65 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 3.6 11.14 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.02 4.4 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.66 7.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.05 2.4 16.04 2.7 16.19 1.8 1....................................................... 8.01 1.8 8.01 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.52 4.0 9.43 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 16.72 3.5 17.12 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.00 10.6 17.21 11.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.38 3.8 17.50 4.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.68 7.8 20.23 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.27 3.5 22.84 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.32 11.6 17.55 10.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.00 3.1 16.62 3.0 19.26 14.7 5....................................................... 16.45 7.2 15.74 9.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.94 7.7 20.43 6.7 – – 7....................................................... $22.69 4.9 $23.49 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.24 5.1 24.08 4.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.40 11.3 22.40 11.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.75 6.8 20.75 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.55 1.6 22.55 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.89 5.2 16.89 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.08 1.8 9.08 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 18.36 2.7 18.36 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 18.25 14.0 18.25 14.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.28 4.0 19.28 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 10.2 21.04 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.74 .2 14.74 .2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.71 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.06 6.0 18.06 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.34 1.3 19.34 1.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.61 8.1 15.61 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.37 4.1 14.25 5.8 $14.61 4.6 4....................................................... 14.44 9.6 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.70 5.4 14.75 7.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 2.2 10.02 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.53 1.0 8.53 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.96 5.7 11.99 7.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.28 1.8 9.28 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.13 .6 9.13 .6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.61 6.8 9.61 6.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.51 5.3 11.51 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.28 7.1 7.95 6.2 11.59 8.4 1....................................................... 7.56 4.3 6.99 3.1 8.76 4.3 2....................................................... 10.31 7.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.14 9.5 7.77 9.8 – – Protective service............................................ 12.46 14.0 – – 14.86 8.1 Food service.................................................. 7.81 5.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.46 8.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.68 8.0 7.11 8.0 9.20 5.6 1....................................................... 7.33 8.1 6.61 6.7 8.95 4.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.64 7.3 7.04 6.5 9.23 5.7 1....................................................... 7.37 8.2 6.64 6.7 – – 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $20.77 2.6 $20.94 3.0 $20.19 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 21.12 2.4 21.36 2.9 20.33 5.3 White collar........................................................ 25.28 3.1 25.84 3.9 23.70 5.6 2....................................................... 10.61 4.0 10.68 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.32 5.5 13.11 9.2 11.39 1.6 4....................................................... 12.50 6.2 12.17 6.6 14.52 6.3 5....................................................... 17.10 6.9 18.76 6.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.79 8.8 20.13 9.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.28 4.9 22.58 5.2 26.95 7.6 8....................................................... 28.69 2.9 29.66 4.8 27.33 1.6 9....................................................... 30.76 2.5 30.67 2.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.44 3.6 34.56 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 40.43 2.3 40.43 2.4 – – 12........................................................ 43.48 4.3 42.04 4.2 – – 13........................................................ 54.10 4.8 54.10 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.20 11.2 26.92 15.2 27.81 11.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.40 2.4 27.33 2.8 24.00 6.0 2....................................................... 10.60 4.2 10.67 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.08 5.2 12.80 8.5 11.22 2.3 4....................................................... 13.41 2.2 13.12 2.2 14.52 6.3 5....................................................... 16.91 7.2 18.54 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.70 5.3 18.92 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.28 4.9 22.58 5.2 26.95 7.6 8....................................................... 27.89 4.7 28.31 7.9 27.33 1.6 9....................................................... 30.68 2.5 30.58 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 35.44 3.6 34.56 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 40.45 2.3 40.44 2.5 – – 12........................................................ 43.57 4.4 42.12 4.2 – – 13........................................................ 54.10 4.8 54.10 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.13 12.3 33.22 16.5 27.81 11.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.21 2.9 30.58 1.3 26.21 8.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.08 3.3 33.76 2.7 28.54 9.6 7....................................................... 26.43 5.2 24.83 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 29.47 4.4 30.51 9.1 28.59 .9 9....................................................... 31.54 3.6 30.98 3.5 – – 10........................................................ 35.73 3.2 34.69 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.88 6.1 38.88 6.1 – – 12........................................................ 42.51 3.6 40.81 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 28.3 32.61 13.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.12 1.8 37.36 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 36.84 9.8 36.84 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.27 2.7 32.27 2.7 – – 10........................................................ 36.77 2.0 36.77 2.0 – – 11........................................................ 39.39 5.5 39.39 5.5 – – 12........................................................ $41.25 0.6 $41.25 0.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.46 9.0 36.46 9.0 – – Aerospace engineers......................................... 39.36 5.7 39.36 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.77 1.4 35.77 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 37.24 5.9 37.24 5.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.04 4.5 37.04 4.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.52 9.5 31.52 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.43 2.0 32.43 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 31.40 4.3 31.40 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 42.91 1.9 42.91 1.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.98 6.9 29.98 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.43 2.0 32.43 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.99 6.7 28.99 6.7 – – 12........................................................ 42.91 1.9 42.91 1.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.50 11.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.44 12.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.91 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.47 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 27.20 3.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.46 23.0 22.60 16.0 – – Technical....................................................... 18.32 4.6 19.08 3.4 $16.44 8.6 5....................................................... 17.39 8.7 19.40 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 8.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.08 11.2 25.49 11.4 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.59 8.5 16.45 8.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 5.1 37.09 5.6 33.64 10.5 7....................................................... 20.39 4.8 20.43 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.82 4.0 25.72 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.83 5.2 30.60 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.84 5.5 42.02 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.30 11.6 59.08 10.6 38.08 8.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.53 8.5 42.44 9.9 35.11 11.0 9....................................................... 30.44 4.7 31.42 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 46.69 2.8 48.06 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.37 12.0 60.33 10.2 38.08 8.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.87 9.4 – – 26.87 9.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.58 8.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.96 8.2 45.18 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.97 11.9 60.33 10.2 – – Management related............................................ 28.00 7.0 28.32 7.5 – – 7....................................................... $21.56 4.1 $21.56 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.98 4.8 25.72 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.93 2.7 33.93 2.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.34 4.8 27.23 4.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 9.4 30.83 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 14.90 15.0 15.11 16.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.07 15.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.56 10.3 10.56 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.55 5.9 9.43 7.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 3.0 13.65 3.8 $12.99 4.9 2....................................................... 10.49 4.6 10.54 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.08 5.2 12.80 8.5 11.22 2.3 4....................................................... 13.12 2.3 12.69 2.2 14.52 6.3 5....................................................... 16.05 13.9 16.88 11.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.09 7.4 19.09 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.80 4.2 19.98 4.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.02 3.0 17.69 6.0 13.93 5.8 4....................................................... 13.87 8.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 9.3 11.53 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.98 10.8 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.93 8.4 12.93 8.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.80 3.6 11.14 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.02 4.4 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.66 7.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.26 2.4 16.26 2.6 16.26 2.0 1....................................................... 8.18 2.2 8.18 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.56 4.6 9.45 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 16.73 3.5 17.12 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.05 10.9 17.21 11.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.38 3.8 17.50 4.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.68 7.8 20.23 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.29 3.6 22.86 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.32 11.6 17.55 10.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.24 3.2 16.89 3.0 19.26 14.7 5....................................................... 16.45 7.2 15.74 9.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.94 7.7 20.43 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.69 4.9 23.49 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.24 5.1 24.08 4.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.40 11.3 22.40 11.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.75 6.8 20.75 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.55 1.6 22.55 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $16.96 5.2 $16.96 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.24 2.1 9.24 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.36 2.7 18.36 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 18.25 14.0 18.25 14.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.28 4.0 19.28 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.07 10.4 21.07 10.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.74 .2 14.74 .2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.71 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.06 6.0 18.06 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.34 1.3 19.34 1.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.61 8.1 15.61 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.43 4.2 14.34 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.33 11.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.67 5.6 14.71 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.44 2.5 10.43 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.88 1.3 8.88 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.96 5.7 11.99 7.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.56 5.0 10.56 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.76 1.9 10.76 1.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.61 6.8 9.61 6.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.51 5.3 11.51 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.12 6.1 8.78 3.9 $11.68 8.2 1....................................................... 8.24 2.9 7.68 4.7 8.80 4.4 2....................................................... 10.47 6.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.04 7.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.87 13.8 – – 14.86 8.1 Food service.................................................. 9.50 3.6 9.44 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.6 9.44 5.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.45 4.7 7.87 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.13 6.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.39 4.4 7.73 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.18 5.9 – – – – 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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................................................................... $10.27 19.7 $10.26 20.8 $10.47 15.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.17 26.2 11.19 28.1 10.90 15.1 White collar........................................................ 14.29 26.3 14.50 26.8 9.04 13.3 2....................................................... 7.95 6.0 8.03 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.97 2.6 7.97 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.66 12.7 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.61 28.6 25.79 28.4 10.06 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.59 25.3 31.99 24.2 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.20 24.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.94 4.0 7.97 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.94 2.7 7.94 2.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.20 4.6 7.25 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.62 16.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.85 11.6 8.00 11.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.25 6.6 7.25 6.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.24 12.9 7.24 12.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.24 12.9 7.24 12.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.18 13.8 7.18 13.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.18 13.8 7.18 13.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.38 6.5 6.34 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.40 4.3 6.39 4.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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....................................................... $20.77 $10.27 $20.71 $19.99 $20.02 $22.12 All excluding sales............................................. 21.12 11.17 20.85 20.57 20.48 – White collar........................................................ 25.28 14.29 19.33 24.76 24.79 22.86 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.40 24.61 22.82 26.38 26.15 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.21 30.59 – 29.26 29.25 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.08 33.20 – 32.10 32.12 – Technical....................................................... 18.32 – – 18.19 18.27 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.39 – – 36.44 35.73 – Sales............................................................. 14.90 7.94 – 13.03 11.13 17.44 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 11.62 – 13.40 13.42 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.26 8.85 20.86 13.59 16.05 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.24 – 25.23 15.07 17.00 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.96 – 20.87 13.04 16.89 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.43 – – 14.21 14.27 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.44 7.24 10.95 9.90 10.11 – Service............................................................. 10.12 6.38 – 9.28 9.27 – 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....................................................... 2.6 19.7 1.1 3.2 2.8 42.1 All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 26.2 1.1 3.2 2.9 – White collar........................................................ 3.1 26.3 14.4 3.3 2.1 44.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 28.6 18.4 2.7 2.3 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 25.3 – 3.0 3.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.3 24.3 – 3.2 3.2 – Technical....................................................... 4.6 – – 4.6 4.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 – – 5.1 4.1 – Sales............................................................. 15.0 4.0 – 10.9 6.2 41.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 16.7 – 3.1 3.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.4 11.6 .9 2.2 2.4 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 – 4.6 4.4 3.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 – 2.9 5.0 5.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 – – 5.3 4.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.5 12.9 2.6 3.1 2.2 – Service............................................................. 6.1 6.5 – 7.2 7.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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....................................................... $20.08 $21.85 – - $21.94 $18.34 - $10.00 $14.96 $22.52 All excluding sales............................................. 20.72 21.59 – - 21.67 19.74 - 10.60 – 22.47 White collar........................................................ 25.07 30.53 – - 30.51 22.04 - 9.99 15.25 28.94 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.29 30.25 – - 30.21 25.29 - 11.71 – 28.92 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.63 30.56 – - 30.66 30.68 - – – 31.23 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.78 34.50 – - 34.68 33.36 - – – 33.94 Technical....................................................... 19.03 19.39 – - 19.39 18.69 - – – 18.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.09 40.41 – - 41.73 32.31 - – – 35.18 Sales............................................................. 13.15 36.18 – - 36.18 10.38 - 9.41 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.59 14.50 – - 14.50 13.23 - 10.54 – 14.72 Blue collar......................................................... 16.04 16.59 – - 16.77 13.44 - 11.53 – 14.39 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.62 16.73 – - 17.18 16.26 - – – 17.28 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.89 17.27 – - 17.27 – - – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.25 13.14 – - 14.17 15.15 - – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.02 10.29 – - 10.29 9.73 - 9.31 – – Service............................................................. 7.95 – – - – 7.90 - 7.51 – 7.97 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....................................................... 3.3 2.5 – - 2.6 6.8 - 5.1 5.4 8.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 2.1 – - 2.2 7.3 - 8.3 – 8.7 White collar........................................................ 4.1 7.9 – - 8.2 5.4 - 4.0 5.3 2.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 7.2 – - 7.5 3.5 - 9.3 – 2.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.0 4.2 – - 4.4 1.9 - – – 1.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.9 3.9 – - 4.1 3.9 - – – 4.2 Technical....................................................... 3.4 1.9 – - 1.9 6.4 - – – 6.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.6 5.3 – - 4.0 6.9 - – – 6.1 Sales............................................................. 11.2 15.5 – - 15.5 5.8 - 2.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 2.9 – - 2.9 5.3 - 4.2 – 10.1 Blue collar......................................................... 2.7 2.7 – - 2.7 7.3 - 14.1 – 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 1.7 – - .9 12.4 - – – 4.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 5.0 – - 5.0 – - – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.8 7.0 – - 2.5 8.4 - – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.5 1.8 – - 1.8 4.9 - 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 6.2 – – - – 6.5 - 7.5 – 7.9 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, Huntsville, AL, June 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....................................................... $20.08 $16.62 $20.88 $16.48 $25.28 All excluding sales............................................. 20.72 17.04 21.52 17.45 25.06 White collar........................................................ 25.07 21.33 25.88 19.94 32.11 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.29 23.90 27.92 23.09 31.81 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.63 27.39 31.15 28.43 32.94 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.78 31.99 34.04 30.48 36.34 Technical....................................................... 19.03 15.15 19.86 20.97 19.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.09 32.53 38.24 29.28 42.08 Sales............................................................. 13.15 13.85 12.86 10.35 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.59 10.78 14.16 14.23 14.02 Blue collar......................................................... 16.04 12.62 16.91 15.05 17.97 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.62 15.00 17.08 18.13 16.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.89 11.24 17.46 14.21 18.87 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.25 15.33 13.03 13.38 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.02 9.14 11.31 11.39 – Service............................................................. 7.95 – 8.09 8.05 – 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....................................................... 3.3 7.2 3.4 7.2 3.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 7.1 3.5 7.9 2.6 White collar........................................................ 4.1 11.1 3.8 6.3 7.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 6.8 3.9 5.3 6.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.0 6.8 2.6 2.9 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.9 7.5 3.6 4.2 4.4 Technical....................................................... 3.4 16.5 1.4 4.7 1.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.6 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.3 Sales............................................................. 11.2 28.2 18.8 5.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 10.3 3.4 4.8 4.5 Blue collar......................................................... 2.7 4.4 2.2 3.1 1.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 9.7 1.2 2.1 .4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 4.5 3.9 7.3 3.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.8 7.0 10.0 10.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.5 5.5 3.7 3.1 – Service............................................................. 6.2 – 7.0 7.7 – 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, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.93 $10.25 $16.63 $26.81 $37.02 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.82 17.53 27.36 37.09 White collar.................................... 9.40 13.00 22.47 33.65 42.98 White collar excluding sales................ 10.75 15.29 24.79 34.84 43.59 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 20.55 28.57 36.68 43.12 Professional specialty...................... 20.09 24.93 31.36 37.98 44.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.63 31.78 36.68 42.10 46.83 Aerospace engineers..................... 28.46 31.37 36.72 45.51 52.60 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 27.43 32.13 36.68 36.68 44.35 Industrial engineers.................... 34.15 37.09 37.09 41.51 43.73 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.78 30.35 37.74 42.63 45.87 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.43 24.52 29.81 38.43 45.99 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.19 24.10 29.68 36.57 43.59 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 22.50 24.38 25.67 35.57 57.17 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 24.38 24.93 35.57 36.75 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 20.62 24.36 27.95 31.16 34.13 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.21 24.60 27.78 30.25 31.91 Secondary school teachers............... 20.44 23.82 27.77 30.72 32.68 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 10.37 10.37 10.37 18.35 34.32 Technical................................... 12.66 13.70 16.93 20.72 27.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.26 14.65 16.00 16.50 17.50 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.05 13.21 16.00 19.06 22.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.82 26.98 32.50 45.45 54.04 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.15 31.43 36.66 50.48 59.00 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.91 21.77 31.41 31.43 31.43 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.07 35.27 40.68 50.48 50.48 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.88 32.50 42.92 55.01 70.29 Management related........................ 18.75 22.56 27.86 32.87 37.38 Accountants and auditors................ 18.75 22.56 27.86 29.55 33.17 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.37 22.14 27.80 37.74 45.45 Sales......................................... 6.93 7.75 9.24 12.25 22.26 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.80 8.00 9.45 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.90 10.10 12.37 16.06 19.52 Secretaries............................. 10.43 12.00 16.36 19.25 20.34 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 9.50 14.20 16.00 17.24 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 9.25 11.30 16.08 17.57 General office clerks................... 7.90 8.84 10.00 12.20 14.64 Data entry keyers....................... 10.01 10.82 11.29 13.19 13.80 Blue collar..................................... $7.75 $10.25 $14.90 $21.00 $26.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 7.12 9.15 17.04 21.27 30.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.85 19.65 20.56 23.65 30.57 Supervisors, production................. 15.44 16.83 19.00 23.89 30.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.70 15.30 23.69 26.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.40 13.10 14.90 17.98 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.73 18.58 26.47 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.29 12.00 24.02 24.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 12.73 15.24 16.44 18.50 Truck drivers........................... 10.25 13.22 14.51 17.18 18.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.90 8.43 9.55 11.60 13.57 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 8.00 8.90 11.00 11.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.90 7.50 8.50 12.55 12.55 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.43 9.55 10.00 15.50 15.91 Service......................................... 5.75 7.07 8.57 10.33 13.90 Protective service........................ 7.50 8.25 11.90 14.87 19.62 Food service.............................. 5.00 6.00 7.75 10.00 11.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.75 6.25 8.00 10.14 11.28 Health service............................ 7.50 8.50 8.90 9.63 11.29 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.50 8.90 9.63 11.03 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 6.00 7.25 8.84 10.32 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.40 6.00 7.25 8.80 10.24 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, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.66 $9.75 $16.50 $26.61 $37.52 All excluding sales........................... 7.93 10.50 17.57 26.99 37.81 White collar.................................... 9.00 12.50 22.50 34.72 44.75 White collar excluding sales................ 10.95 16.00 25.04 36.68 45.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.31 22.20 29.81 37.63 44.40 Professional specialty...................... 21.15 25.67 33.85 39.64 45.99 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.00 32.28 36.68 42.31 46.88 Aerospace engineers..................... 28.46 31.37 36.72 45.51 52.60 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 27.43 32.13 36.68 36.68 44.35 Industrial engineers.................... 34.15 37.09 37.09 41.51 43.73 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.78 30.35 37.74 42.63 45.87 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.43 24.52 29.81 38.43 45.99 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.19 24.10 29.68 36.57 43.59 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.50 22.50 24.93 24.93 26.14 Registered nurses....................... 22.50 22.50 24.93 24.93 26.14 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.00 17.31 17.81 34.32 37.98 Technical................................... 12.26 14.60 17.95 22.61 27.68 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.05 13.21 15.68 19.06 22.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.05 26.90 32.50 47.64 55.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.42 32.03 41.46 52.89 67.96 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.88 32.50 44.23 55.69 70.29 Management related........................ 19.20 22.88 27.52 33.06 37.38 Accountants and auditors................ 22.56 22.99 29.18 29.55 33.17 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.37 22.14 27.80 37.74 45.45 Sales......................................... 6.93 7.75 9.05 12.00 22.26 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.80 7.90 9.25 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.10 12.50 16.08 20.20 Secretaries............................. 12.00 15.40 18.43 20.20 21.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 9.50 9.50 15.16 15.21 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 9.25 11.30 16.08 17.57 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.30 15.00 Blue collar..................................... 7.66 9.76 14.90 21.27 26.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 7.12 8.58 15.76 21.27 30.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.85 19.65 20.56 23.65 30.57 Supervisors, production................. $15.44 $16.83 $19.00 $23.89 $30.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.70 15.30 23.69 26.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.40 13.10 14.90 17.98 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.73 18.58 26.47 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.29 12.00 24.02 24.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.27 14.76 17.18 18.50 Truck drivers........................... 10.25 13.00 14.25 18.50 18.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.90 8.00 9.30 11.54 14.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 8.00 8.90 11.00 11.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.90 7.50 8.50 12.55 12.55 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.43 9.55 10.00 15.50 15.91 Service......................................... 5.50 6.25 8.00 9.01 10.34 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.25 5.75 6.50 8.00 9.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 5.75 6.50 8.00 9.43 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, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.85 $11.60 $17.14 $27.77 $35.27 All excluding sales........................... 8.85 11.61 17.50 27.80 35.44 White collar.................................... 10.37 13.78 21.98 31.43 38.01 White collar excluding sales................ 10.37 14.20 22.90 31.43 38.01 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.25 18.57 27.21 31.91 38.01 Professional specialty...................... 17.48 23.33 28.73 34.46 38.01 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.88 13.28 15.29 18.68 21.04 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.21 27.86 31.43 40.68 50.48 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.77 31.41 34.78 42.07 50.48 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.91 21.77 31.41 31.43 31.43 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.66 10.07 12.07 16.00 17.80 Secretaries............................. 9.89 10.82 12.61 17.06 19.25 Blue collar..................................... 10.32 12.70 15.35 18.62 26.03 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.82 16.01 18.62 20.19 27.19 Transportation and material moving............ 11.90 13.48 15.35 15.71 16.41 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.37 8.50 10.42 13.47 18.47 Protective service........................ 10.26 12.49 13.90 18.12 20.19 Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.17 8.00 8.80 10.24 11.84 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.04 8.00 8.84 10.25 11.84 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.03 $17.64 $27.41 $37.12 All excluding sales........................... 8.60 11.50 18.17 27.86 37.17 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.75 23.13 34.04 43.16 White collar excluding sales................ 10.82 15.38 24.93 34.81 43.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 20.58 28.73 36.68 42.77 Professional specialty...................... 20.16 25.00 31.38 37.84 43.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.63 31.78 36.68 42.10 46.83 Aerospace engineers..................... 28.46 31.37 36.72 45.51 52.60 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 27.43 32.13 36.68 36.68 44.35 Industrial engineers.................... 34.15 37.09 37.09 41.51 43.73 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.78 30.35 37.74 42.63 45.87 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.19 24.04 29.68 36.80 43.83 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.16 23.89 29.10 35.46 42.02 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 23.29 24.93 27.53 35.57 57.17 Registered nurses....................... 22.65 24.93 27.26 35.57 36.75 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.62 24.36 27.95 31.16 34.13 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.21 24.60 27.78 30.25 31.91 Secondary school teachers............... 20.44 23.82 27.77 30.72 32.68 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 10.37 10.37 10.37 18.35 34.32 Technical................................... 12.66 13.70 17.26 21.04 27.01 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.05 13.21 16.00 19.06 22.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.82 26.98 32.50 45.45 54.04 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.15 31.43 36.66 50.48 59.00 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.91 21.77 31.41 31.43 31.43 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.07 35.27 40.68 50.48 50.48 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.88 32.50 42.92 55.01 70.29 Management related........................ 18.75 22.56 27.86 32.87 37.38 Accountants and auditors................ 18.75 22.56 27.86 29.55 33.17 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.37 22.14 27.80 37.74 45.45 Sales......................................... 7.17 8.32 10.50 14.20 23.97 Cashiers................................ 7.40 8.62 9.25 10.94 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.10 12.37 16.08 19.52 Secretaries............................. 10.43 12.00 16.36 19.25 20.34 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 9.50 14.20 16.00 17.24 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.20 9.88 13.46 16.08 17.57 General office clerks................... 7.90 8.84 10.00 12.20 14.64 Data entry keyers....................... 10.01 10.82 11.29 13.19 13.80 Blue collar..................................... $8.11 $10.50 $15.00 $21.00 $26.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 7.12 9.50 17.50 21.27 30.57 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.85 19.65 20.56 23.65 30.57 Supervisors, production................. 15.44 16.83 19.00 23.89 30.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.20 11.73 15.36 23.69 26.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.40 13.10 14.90 17.98 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.73 18.58 26.47 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.29 12.00 24.02 24.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.25 12.73 14.92 16.44 18.50 Truck drivers........................... 10.25 13.22 14.51 17.18 18.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.50 9.98 11.90 14.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.25 8.90 10.90 11.51 11.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.90 7.50 8.50 12.55 12.55 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.43 9.55 10.00 15.50 15.91 Service......................................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.29 14.81 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.50 12.82 15.24 19.62 Food service.............................. 7.37 7.75 9.40 11.25 11.28 Other food service....................... 7.37 7.75 9.40 11.25 11.28 Health service............................ 7.50 8.50 8.90 9.63 11.43 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.50 8.90 9.59 11.03 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.98 8.17 9.50 11.15 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.00 7.00 8.16 9.43 10.84 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, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.00 $7.55 $9.04 $16.50 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 5.75 7.00 10.00 22.50 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.73 8.50 14.93 28.08 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 14.93 20.00 35.54 49.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.42 18.00 22.55 42.44 54.33 Professional specialty...................... 8.00 22.50 28.08 45.09 54.33 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.10 7.50 7.76 8.64 9.27 Cashiers................................ 5.90 6.00 7.35 7.76 8.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 5.78 8.84 11.87 14.93 14.93 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 9.00 15.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.55 6.00 7.00 8.75 8.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.40 6.00 6.75 8.75 8.75 Service......................................... 5.15 5.50 6.00 7.10 8.60 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Huntsville, AL, June 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 70,100 54,300 15,800 All excluding sales............................................. 64,900 49,400 15,500 White collar........................................................ 38,900 28,300 10,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 33,700 23,400 10,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19,800 12,800 7,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 16,000 10,000 6,000 Technical....................................................... 3,800 2,700 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,500 4,400 1,100 Sales............................................................. 5,200 4,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8,400 6,300 2,100 Blue collar......................................................... 20,700 18,700 2,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,700 5,700 900 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,100 10,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 1,800 1,200 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2,200 1,800 - Service............................................................. 10,500 7,200 3,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.