NC BL 03/00/2006 Table: St. Louis, MO-IL, Bulletin 3130-47, 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................. $19.31 5.0 36.5 $18.76 5.8 36.4 $21.94 4.6 36.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.69 3.9 36.5 22.26 4.8 36.5 24.02 6.6 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.31 3.5 35.4 28.93 3.0 35.2 27.29 8.0 35.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.71 7.1 40.0 33.87 8.6 40.2 27.99 11.1 39.1 Sales............................................................. 14.09 6.3 33.5 14.11 6.3 33.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.50 3.2 38.2 14.75 3.9 38.4 13.44 2.9 37.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 20.62 6.8 39.2 20.88 7.2 39.2 17.00 3.4 38.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.08 8.9 39.8 25.70 9.0 39.8 16.94 4.9 39.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.81 4.2 39.7 17.81 4.2 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.24 7.6 38.4 20.87 8.8 38.9 17.84 2.6 36.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.80 8.5 37.0 13.56 9.4 36.8 16.13 6.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.41 4.4 33.8 9.44 3.3 33.3 16.63 4.5 37.5 Full time........................................................... 20.11 5.2 39.3 19.66 6.3 39.5 22.19 4.5 38.6 Part time........................................................... 10.59 13.4 20.4 10.10 14.5 20.7 16.08 11.0 17.5 Union............................................................... 23.80 5.2 37.1 23.12 6.8 37.4 26.21 4.3 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.71 6.0 36.2 17.34 6.9 36.1 19.76 5.6 37.0 Time................................................................ 19.23 5.2 36.3 18.64 6.2 36.2 21.94 4.6 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 21.03 14.7 40.2 21.03 14.7 40.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 24.49 7.2 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.29 6.4 35.1 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.23 8.2 35.2 16.03 8.7 35.3 20.90 5.2 33.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.73 6.8 36.8 17.53 7.5 36.9 20.46 3.4 35.8 500 workers or more................................................. 21.85 9.2 36.9 21.68 13.0 36.8 22.24 5.3 37.1 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, 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $19.31 5.0 $18.76 5.8 $21.94 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.72 5.4 19.22 6.4 21.98 4.6 White collar........................................................ 22.69 3.9 22.26 4.8 24.02 6.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 3.6 24.20 4.3 24.07 6.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.31 3.5 28.93 3.0 27.29 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.87 3.6 30.10 3.4 29.55 7.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.87 3.7 31.92 3.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.98 8.1 35.48 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.39 9.9 35.42 9.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.32 4.0 27.55 3.0 45.58 17.0 Physicians.................................................. 61.78 4.4 60.26 13.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.90 3.1 24.91 3.3 24.82 3.2 Occupational therapists..................................... 23.92 3.0 23.92 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 36.52 15.4 – – 29.61 15.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 29.89 15.4 – – 29.87 23.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.40 3.9 15.41 22.0 33.04 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.61 .7 – – 36.61 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.92 4.8 – – 36.24 4.8 Teachers, special education................................. 24.82 9.8 – – 24.82 9.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.47 10.3 – – 17.89 13.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.10 15.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.73 8.6 – – 16.70 10.0 Social workers.............................................. 16.77 9.4 – – 16.70 10.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.28 3.8 25.61 5.0 9.73 2.0 Radiological technicians.................................... 25.17 12.7 25.17 12.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.34 4.1 17.43 2.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.26 11.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.71 7.1 33.87 8.6 27.99 11.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.29 6.8 40.96 7.7 37.29 14.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 32.23 12.6 – – 32.23 12.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.61 14.7 – – 41.64 18.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 47.30 5.8 47.40 5.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.46 5.1 26.83 6.8 20.35 5.5 Other financial officers.................................... 39.19 29.2 39.86 30.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.56 9.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 20.34 2.5 – – 20.34 2.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.69 4.5 20.75 3.6 16.09 3.0 Sales............................................................. $14.09 6.3 $14.11 6.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.87 5.0 – – – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.80 6.5 9.80 6.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 7.3 8.29 7.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.50 3.2 14.75 3.9 $13.44 2.9 Secretaries................................................. 15.67 2.7 15.96 3.4 14.97 3.2 Typists..................................................... 11.69 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.14 3.4 12.23 3.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.13 5.6 – – 11.13 5.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.88 4.2 14.17 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.66 3.4 14.63 3.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.72 18.0 16.01 19.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.56 15.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.72 13.3 12.41 17.6 13.75 5.3 Bank tellers................................................ 10.81 4.0 10.81 4.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.95 8.9 – – 11.95 8.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.19 6.3 16.36 6.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 20.62 6.8 20.88 7.2 17.00 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.08 8.9 25.70 9.0 16.94 4.9 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.28 7.1 21.58 8.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 4.2 17.81 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.38 2.7 20.38 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.24 7.6 20.87 8.8 17.84 2.6 Truck drivers............................................... 18.27 7.9 18.23 8.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.39 3.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.80 8.5 13.56 9.4 16.13 6.9 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20.06 2.7 20.06 2.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.61 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.41 4.4 9.44 3.3 16.63 4.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – 19.17 3.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.41 3.4 – – 20.41 3.4 Food service.................................................. 8.48 9.4 8.46 10.0 8.75 .7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.62 30.9 7.62 30.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 8.07 38.8 8.07 38.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.70 6.2 8.70 6.7 8.75 .7 Cooks....................................................... 11.12 5.3 11.33 5.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.59 5.0 9.94 4.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.11 7.3 7.06 7.1 – – Health service................................................ $9.90 2.3 $9.59 1.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.06 8.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.82 2.1 9.52 1.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.00 6.5 9.86 6.9 $11.31 8.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.33 3.6 8.32 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 8.5 9.91 9.5 10.62 3.5 Personal service.............................................. 12.24 14.3 12.32 15.2 – – 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 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $20.11 5.2 $19.66 6.3 $22.19 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.36 5.5 19.92 6.7 22.21 4.5 White collar........................................................ 23.32 3.7 23.02 4.5 24.20 6.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.24 3.7 24.25 4.4 24.22 6.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 3.8 28.78 3.6 27.43 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.82 3.8 29.84 3.9 29.78 7.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.87 3.7 31.92 3.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.98 8.1 35.48 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.39 9.9 35.42 9.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.67 4.3 26.57 1.1 46.28 17.2 Physicians.................................................. 56.52 6.1 40.78 3.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.90 3.1 24.89 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.19 15.1 44.51 15.3 30.06 17.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 29.86 16.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.95 4.1 – – 33.68 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.61 .7 – – 36.61 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.39 5.6 – – 36.48 5.6 Teachers, special education................................. 24.82 9.8 – – 24.82 9.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.81 14.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.10 15.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.73 8.6 – – 16.70 10.0 Social workers.............................................. 16.77 9.4 – – 16.70 10.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.41 4.0 25.88 5.1 9.66 1.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.33 4.2 17.42 2.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.24 15.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 6.4 34.46 7.6 27.89 11.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.50 6.3 42.54 6.8 37.07 14.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.69 14.1 – – 31.69 14.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.61 14.7 – – 41.64 18.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 47.30 5.8 47.40 5.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.46 5.1 26.83 6.8 20.35 5.5 Other financial officers.................................... 39.19 29.2 39.86 30.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.56 9.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 20.34 2.5 – – 20.34 2.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.69 4.5 20.75 3.6 16.09 3.0 Sales............................................................. 16.24 9.4 16.26 9.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $14.59 3.1 $14.83 3.8 $13.59 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 15.76 2.8 16.02 3.5 15.14 2.9 Typists..................................................... 11.69 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.23 3.6 12.27 3.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.88 4.2 14.17 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.66 3.4 14.63 3.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.72 18.0 16.01 19.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.56 15.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.85 13.9 12.52 18.4 13.93 5.1 Bank tellers................................................ 11.05 3.7 11.05 3.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.19 7.1 – – 12.19 7.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.35 6.0 16.54 6.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 21.02 6.8 21.29 7.1 17.11 3.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 8.9 25.77 8.9 16.96 5.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.28 7.1 21.58 8.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 4.2 17.81 4.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.39 2.8 20.39 2.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.90 6.3 21.53 7.0 18.30 2.7 Truck drivers............................................... 18.27 7.9 18.23 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.70 9.5 14.52 10.6 16.13 6.9 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20.03 2.8 20.03 2.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.61 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.14 7.2 10.06 5.0 17.08 4.9 Protective service............................................ – – – – 19.18 3.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.44 3.4 – – 20.44 3.4 Food service.................................................. 10.37 7.0 10.53 7.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.12 6.0 10.28 6.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.73 4.9 10.16 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.17 3.0 8.17 3.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.91 3.4 9.56 2.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.06 8.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.81 3.2 9.48 2.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.03 6.7 9.88 7.0 11.93 7.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.33 3.6 8.32 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.04 8.9 9.94 9.7 11.19 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 13.39 27.3 13.54 29.7 – – 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 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $10.59 13.4 $10.10 14.5 $16.08 11.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.31 16.7 10.73 18.6 16.42 10.6 White collar........................................................ 14.82 16.2 14.24 18.9 19.15 14.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.33 17.3 23.10 21.3 19.88 14.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.06 13.7 31.14 15.6 23.54 8.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.81 16.1 33.75 19.1 24.09 8.5 Health related................................................ 34.89 20.5 35.24 20.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.94 3.9 25.01 4.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.13 6.4 – – 19.40 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.77 14.7 19.31 14.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.24 5.2 8.25 5.3 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.39 5.1 9.39 5.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.68 5.2 7.68 5.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.91 8.1 12.49 10.9 9.95 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 9.30 7.0 8.95 8.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.85 8.8 8.85 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.78 7.2 6.63 7.2 9.72 4.8 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.36 6.9 6.29 6.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.27 33.7 5.27 33.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.80 1.8 6.71 1.5 – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $791 5.2 39.3 $777 6.2 39.5 $856 4.0 38.6 All excluding sales............................................... 799 5.5 39.3 786 6.7 39.4 856 4.0 38.6 White collar........................................................ 915 3.7 39.2 913 4.5 39.7 919 6.0 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 948 3.7 39.1 960 4.6 39.6 920 6.0 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,085 3.6 38.4 1,119 3.6 38.9 1,031 7.5 37.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,144 3.7 38.4 1,170 4.0 39.2 1,110 6.8 37.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,275 3.7 40.0 1,277 3.7 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,279 8.1 40.0 1,419 7.3 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,255 9.9 40.0 1,416 9.4 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,113 4.4 38.8 1,029 1.1 38.7 1,831 17.8 39.6 Physicians.................................................. 2,261 6.1 40.0 1,631 3.4 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 959 2.9 38.5 958 3.1 38.5 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,566 15.5 41.0 1,742 18.3 39.1 1,312 16.5 43.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,147 17.6 38.4 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,121 3.5 35.1 – – – 1,176 1.9 34.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,261 1.2 34.5 – – – 1,261 1.2 34.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,256 6.0 34.5 – – – 1,258 6.1 34.5 Teachers, special education................................. 919 7.7 37.0 – – – 919 7.7 37.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 662 14.6 35.2 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,150 14.3 39.5 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 666 8.3 39.8 – – – 666 9.7 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 668 9.2 39.9 – – – 666 9.7 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 861 3.9 38.4 984 4.0 38.0 386 1.6 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 525 4.2 39.4 677 1.6 38.8 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 609 15.7 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,336 7.1 40.3 1,396 8.6 40.5 1,102 12.1 39.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,683 7.5 40.5 1,732 8.3 40.7 1,476 16.5 39.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,222 11.9 38.6 – – – 1,222 11.9 38.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,722 16.8 40.4 – – – 1,712 21.4 41.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,950 7.7 41.2 1,954 7.7 41.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,020 5.4 40.1 1,081 7.4 40.3 799 5.6 39.3 Other financial officers.................................... 1,657 30.0 42.3 1,688 31.0 42.3 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 975 9.4 39.7 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 805 .7 39.6 – – – 805 .7 39.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... $784 4.8 39.8 $830 3.6 40.0 $631 2.4 39.2 Sales............................................................. 652 9.6 40.1 653 9.6 40.2 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 578 3.2 39.6 592 3.9 39.9 521 2.4 38.3 Secretaries................................................. 628 2.9 39.8 639 3.6 39.9 601 3.1 39.7 Typists..................................................... 466 6.9 39.9 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 489 3.6 40.0 491 3.7 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 589 8.8 42.4 614 8.7 43.4 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 567 4.8 38.6 565 5.2 38.6 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 617 18.3 39.3 640 19.0 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 782 15.4 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 508 13.7 39.6 498 18.3 39.8 542 5.3 38.9 Bank tellers................................................ 442 3.7 40.0 442 3.7 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 405 8.1 33.2 – – – 405 8.1 33.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 654 6.0 40.0 662 6.1 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 839 6.8 39.9 850 7.2 39.9 679 2.8 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1,005 8.9 40.0 1,030 9.0 40.0 678 5.0 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 811 7.1 40.0 863 8.5 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 709 4.4 39.8 709 4.4 39.8 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 815 2.8 40.0 815 2.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 830 6.5 39.7 860 7.0 39.9 710 2.0 38.8 Truck drivers............................................... 731 7.9 40.0 729 8.1 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 588 9.5 40.0 581 10.6 40.0 645 6.9 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 801 2.8 40.0 801 2.8 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 624 18.5 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 432 6.3 38.8 388 4.1 38.5 691 4.9 40.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – 782 4.0 40.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 808 3.5 39.5 – – – 808 3.5 39.5 Food service.................................................. 397 8.1 38.3 401 8.6 38.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 385 6.5 38.0 388 7.2 37.8 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 370 7.9 38.1 380 10.0 37.4 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 310 5.8 37.9 310 5.8 37.9 – – – Health service................................................ 381 4.7 38.5 368 4.0 38.5 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 428 11.4 38.7 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 378 4.6 38.5 365 3.8 38.5 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $400 5.8 39.9 $394 6.1 39.9 $475 7.7 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 324 1.9 38.9 324 1.8 38.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 399 8.8 39.7 395 9.6 39.7 444 4.0 39.7 Personal service.............................................. 375 13.5 28.0 374 14.2 27.6 – – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $40,249 5.2 2,001 $40,314 6.2 2,050 $39,986 4.0 1,802 All excluding sales............................................... 40,629 5.5 1,996 40,795 6.7 2,048 40,006 4.0 1,802 White collar........................................................ 45,687 3.7 1,959 47,368 4.5 2,058 41,514 6.0 1,715 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,122 3.7 1,944 49,766 4.6 2,052 41,542 6.0 1,715 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,146 3.6 1,845 57,761 3.6 2,007 44,785 7.5 1,632 Professional specialty.......................................... 53,909 3.7 1,808 60,212 4.0 2,018 47,274 6.8 1,587 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 66,280 3.7 2,080 66,386 3.7 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,489 8.1 2,079 73,772 7.3 2,079 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,276 9.9 2,079 73,633 9.4 2,079 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,031 4.4 1,989 53,126 1.1 1,999 88,293 17.8 1,908 Physicians.................................................. 117,572 6.1 2,080 84,814 3.4 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 49,311 2.9 1,981 49,814 3.1 2,001 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 71,278 15.5 1,866 85,861 18.3 1,929 53,839 16.5 1,791 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 50,554 17.6 1,693 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,264 3.5 1,385 – – – 45,624 1.9 1,355 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,777 1.2 1,332 – – – 48,777 1.2 1,332 Secondary school teachers................................... 47,621 6.0 1,308 – – – 47,658 6.1 1,306 Teachers, special education................................. 37,904 7.7 1,527 – – – 37,904 7.7 1,527 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26,046 14.6 1,385 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 55,931 14.3 1,922 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,511 8.3 2,003 – – – 33,374 9.7 1,999 Social workers.............................................. 33,578 9.2 2,003 – – – 33,374 9.7 1,999 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 44,782 3.9 1,998 51,156 4.0 1,977 20,085 1.6 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,314 4.2 2,049 35,181 1.6 2,019 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 31,693 15.7 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,282 7.1 2,091 72,578 8.6 2,106 56,670 12.1 2,032 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 87,229 7.5 2,102 90,066 8.3 2,117 75,558 16.5 2,038 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 63,539 11.9 2,005 – – – 63,539 11.9 2,005 Administrators, education and related fields................ 87,463 16.8 2,053 – – – 86,442 21.4 2,076 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 101,404 7.7 2,144 101,628 7.7 2,144 – – – Management related............................................ 52,963 5.4 2,080 56,225 7.4 2,095 41,239 5.6 2,027 Other financial officers.................................... 86,146 30.0 2,198 87,773 31.0 2,202 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 50,689 9.4 2,064 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 41,870 .7 2,059 – – – 41,870 .7 2,059 Management related, n.e.c................................... $40,490 4.8 2,056 $43,164 3.6 2,080 $31,828 2.4 1,978 Sales............................................................. 33,911 9.6 2,088 33,952 9.6 2,088 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,516 3.2 2,023 30,772 3.9 2,076 24,778 2.4 1,823 Secretaries................................................. 32,196 2.9 2,043 33,220 3.6 2,074 29,848 3.1 1,972 Typists..................................................... 24,255 6.9 2,074 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 25,430 3.6 2,080 25,521 3.7 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,637 8.8 2,207 31,941 8.7 2,254 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,464 4.8 2,010 29,358 5.2 2,006 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 31,265 18.3 1,988 33,300 19.0 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 40,676 15.4 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,080 13.7 2,029 25,902 18.3 2,068 26,618 5.3 1,911 Bank tellers................................................ 22,979 3.7 2,080 22,979 3.7 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 15,257 8.1 1,252 – – – 15,257 8.1 1,252 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,016 6.0 2,080 34,406 6.1 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 43,602 6.8 2,075 44,205 7.2 2,076 35,123 2.8 2,053 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 52,272 8.9 2,079 53,565 9.0 2,079 35,273 5.0 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,191 7.1 2,080 44,877 8.5 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 36,894 4.4 2,072 36,894 4.4 2,072 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 42,401 2.8 2,080 42,401 2.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 42,927 6.5 2,054 44,635 7.0 2,073 36,229 2.0 1,980 Truck drivers............................................... 38,000 7.9 2,080 37,909 8.1 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,572 9.5 2,080 30,209 10.6 2,080 33,553 6.9 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 41,671 2.8 2,080 41,671 2.8 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 32,463 18.5 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 22,388 6.3 2,010 20,123 4.1 1,999 35,430 4.9 2,074 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – 40,683 4.0 2,122 Police and detectives, public service....................... 41,995 3.5 2,054 – – – 41,995 3.5 2,054 Food service.................................................. 20,529 8.1 1,979 20,868 8.6 1,981 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,877 6.5 1,963 20,201 7.2 1,965 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 19,261 7.9 1,980 19,736 10.0 1,943 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,112 5.8 1,971 16,112 5.8 1,971 – – – Health service................................................ 19,819 4.7 2,001 19,134 4.0 2,001 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 22,247 11.4 2,011 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,630 4.6 2,000 18,974 3.8 2,001 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $20,781 5.8 2,072 $20,477 6.1 2,073 $24,683 7.7 2,069 Maids and housemen.......................................... 16,871 1.9 2,025 16,841 1.8 2,024 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,739 8.8 2,065 20,520 9.6 2,065 23,099 4.0 2,064 Personal service.............................................. 18,873 13.5 1,409 19,113 14.2 1,412 – – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $19.31 5.0 $18.76 5.8 $21.94 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.72 5.4 19.22 6.4 21.98 4.6 White collar........................................................ 22.69 3.9 22.26 4.8 24.02 6.6 2....................................................... 9.63 4.1 9.55 4.2 10.76 2.9 3....................................................... 11.00 5.9 10.84 6.4 12.03 8.7 4....................................................... 14.09 5.0 15.10 5.5 11.56 3.7 5....................................................... 16.51 2.6 17.06 3.5 14.73 2.7 6....................................................... 18.23 4.4 18.60 5.2 16.15 7.2 7....................................................... 23.22 2.8 23.25 2.8 23.07 10.2 8....................................................... 27.32 2.4 22.95 2.4 29.68 3.7 9....................................................... 31.14 5.2 30.56 5.2 35.40 12.8 10........................................................ 30.42 8.4 35.26 6.1 23.49 6.3 11........................................................ 43.07 3.7 45.90 2.9 30.32 11.1 12........................................................ 42.99 4.9 43.63 4.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.28 4.2 47.24 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.91 26.3 26.32 28.9 32.92 13.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 3.6 24.20 4.3 24.07 6.5 2....................................................... 10.47 2.3 10.44 2.5 10.76 2.9 3....................................................... 12.38 5.7 12.37 6.8 12.39 9.1 4....................................................... 14.11 5.3 15.22 5.9 11.56 3.7 5....................................................... 16.30 3.4 16.83 4.5 14.73 2.7 6....................................................... 17.88 3.9 18.49 4.9 16.15 7.2 7....................................................... 23.38 2.7 23.44 2.5 23.07 10.2 8....................................................... 27.32 2.4 22.95 2.4 29.68 3.7 9....................................................... 31.23 5.6 30.64 5.6 35.40 12.8 10........................................................ 30.42 8.4 35.26 6.1 23.49 6.3 11........................................................ 43.07 3.7 45.90 2.9 30.32 11.1 12........................................................ 42.99 4.9 43.63 4.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.28 4.2 47.24 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.39 11.6 34.40 13.1 34.29 11.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.31 3.5 28.93 3.0 27.29 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.87 3.6 30.10 3.4 29.55 7.2 6....................................................... 18.30 15.4 18.84 18.7 – – 7....................................................... 24.70 3.8 24.89 3.3 24.08 12.5 8....................................................... 28.35 3.1 23.08 1.2 29.95 3.9 9....................................................... 29.55 6.1 27.85 3.2 36.03 14.6 10........................................................ 27.46 7.7 – – 23.49 6.3 11........................................................ 36.63 3.8 39.44 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 44.45 2.2 – – – – 13........................................................ 54.45 6.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.87 3.7 31.92 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 27.94 2.7 27.94 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.65 1.4 28.83 1.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.98 8.1 35.48 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... $31.39 9.9 $35.42 9.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.32 4.0 27.55 3.0 $45.58 17.0 7....................................................... 23.66 1.5 23.62 1.5 – – 8....................................................... 24.03 2.4 23.82 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.89 4.5 25.81 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 45.32 7.7 45.32 7.7 – – Physicians.................................................. 61.78 4.4 60.26 13.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.90 3.1 24.91 3.3 24.82 3.2 7....................................................... 24.03 .6 23.99 .6 – – 8....................................................... 23.89 2.5 23.82 2.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 5.6 25.19 5.8 – – Occupational therapists..................................... 23.92 3.0 23.92 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 36.52 15.4 – – 29.61 15.8 9....................................................... 26.48 1.8 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 29.89 15.4 – – 29.87 23.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.40 3.9 15.41 22.0 33.04 2.2 7....................................................... 29.12 7.5 – – 29.87 6.4 8....................................................... 33.63 3.3 – – 33.93 3.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.61 .7 – – 36.61 .7 7....................................................... 30.64 2.8 – – 30.64 2.8 8....................................................... 38.09 1.5 – – 38.09 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.92 4.8 – – 36.24 4.8 8....................................................... 35.72 6.2 – – 35.92 6.1 Teachers, special education................................. 24.82 9.8 – – 24.82 9.8 8....................................................... 24.20 9.1 – – 24.20 9.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.47 10.3 – – 17.89 13.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.10 15.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.73 8.6 – – 16.70 10.0 8....................................................... 16.97 9.4 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.77 9.4 – – 16.70 10.0 8....................................................... 16.84 9.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.28 3.8 25.61 5.0 9.73 2.0 5....................................................... 17.77 3.2 18.07 2.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.16 5.2 17.16 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 24.40 7.7 24.62 7.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.17 12.7 25.17 12.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.34 4.1 17.43 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.24 1.8 17.24 1.8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.26 11.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.71 7.1 33.87 8.6 27.99 11.1 6....................................................... $18.97 4.8 – – $19.05 5.7 7....................................................... 20.64 1.0 $20.47 1.1 21.49 3.3 8....................................................... 23.56 6.4 23.29 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 34.26 13.1 34.38 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 42.24 5.7 42.26 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.98 13.0 39.17 18.7 35.57 10.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.29 6.8 40.96 7.7 37.29 14.4 9....................................................... 32.46 8.8 32.72 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 44.23 5.3 44.56 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.59 11.5 42.36 16.7 37.13 9.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 32.23 12.6 – – 32.23 12.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.04 9.9 – – 34.04 9.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.61 14.7 – – 41.64 18.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.32 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 47.30 5.8 47.40 5.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.46 5.1 26.83 6.8 20.35 5.5 6....................................................... 19.27 4.1 – – 19.43 4.5 7....................................................... 21.55 4.7 21.80 4.8 20.04 9.9 8....................................................... 21.09 2.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.80 17.6 34.81 18.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 39.19 29.2 39.86 30.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.56 9.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 20.34 2.5 – – 20.34 2.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.69 4.5 20.75 3.6 16.09 3.0 Sales............................................................. 14.09 6.3 14.11 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.73 4.8 7.73 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.43 5.0 9.48 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.72 7.5 18.72 7.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.87 5.0 – – – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.80 6.5 9.80 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.75 8.0 9.75 8.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 7.3 8.29 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.61 6.0 7.61 6.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.50 3.2 14.75 3.9 13.44 2.9 2....................................................... 10.47 2.4 10.44 2.5 10.81 2.8 3....................................................... 12.47 5.9 12.49 7.1 12.39 9.1 4....................................................... 14.73 5.2 15.22 6.0 12.95 2.9 5....................................................... 16.36 3.7 16.76 4.7 14.99 2.5 6....................................................... 17.81 4.1 19.49 1.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.55 3.7 18.52 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.05 11.0 13.05 11.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.67 2.7 15.96 3.4 14.97 3.2 3....................................................... 12.86 6.1 12.47 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 2.1 15.20 2.5 14.09 2.2 5....................................................... $16.84 3.7 $17.11 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.30 5.4 19.54 6.7 – – Typists..................................................... 11.69 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.14 3.4 12.23 3.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.13 5.6 – – $11.13 5.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.88 4.2 14.17 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.66 3.4 14.63 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.10 5.0 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.72 18.0 16.01 19.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.56 15.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.72 13.3 12.41 17.6 13.75 5.3 3....................................................... 12.11 6.1 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.81 4.0 10.81 4.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.95 8.9 – – 11.95 8.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.19 6.3 16.36 6.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 20.62 6.8 20.88 7.2 17.00 3.4 1....................................................... 9.89 6.0 9.89 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 14.88 13.3 14.87 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.18 2.7 18.31 2.7 14.13 7.1 4....................................................... 18.12 9.5 18.34 10.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.95 12.1 18.33 15.3 16.46 3.6 6....................................................... 21.69 8.2 22.52 9.2 – – 7....................................................... 26.10 2.8 26.62 3.3 20.24 4.7 8....................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.07 8.9 21.07 8.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.08 8.9 25.70 9.0 16.94 4.9 5....................................................... 17.51 13.3 18.01 15.7 – – 6....................................................... 22.27 8.9 23.13 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 26.30 3.1 26.76 3.5 19.54 6.4 8....................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.28 7.1 21.58 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.97 7.5 – – – – Electricians 7....................................................... 29.01 6.6 29.01 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 4.2 17.81 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 17.83 1.7 17.83 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 20.86 10.6 20.86 10.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.82 13.3 15.82 13.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.38 2.7 20.38 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 21.80 13.2 21.80 13.2 – – 4....................................................... 23.33 6.4 23.33 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.24 7.6 20.87 8.8 17.84 2.6 3....................................................... $23.82 7.1 $25.42 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 20.50 7.5 20.50 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 22.30 12.4 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.27 7.9 18.23 8.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.39 3.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.80 8.5 13.56 9.4 $16.13 6.9 1....................................................... 9.36 6.2 9.36 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 14.61 16.5 14.61 16.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.49 9.9 18.82 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.21 23.4 – – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20.06 2.7 20.06 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 20.51 1.3 20.51 1.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.61 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.41 4.4 9.44 3.3 16.63 4.5 1....................................................... 8.39 6.3 8.35 7.0 8.83 1.4 2....................................................... 8.01 10.3 7.97 10.6 – – 3....................................................... – – – – 13.13 13.1 4....................................................... 10.36 8.1 10.10 8.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 8.7 17.09 17.6 13.17 4.3 7....................................................... 18.89 3.5 – – 19.15 .1 8....................................................... 19.40 8.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.27 2.2 – – 22.27 2.2 Protective service............................................ – – – – 19.17 3.8 7....................................................... 19.59 1.7 – – 19.15 .1 9....................................................... 22.27 2.2 – – 22.27 2.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.41 3.4 – – 20.41 3.4 Food service.................................................. 8.48 9.4 8.46 10.0 8.75 .7 1....................................................... 7.06 4.1 6.71 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.23 17.4 7.21 17.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.92 5.9 9.92 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.89 5.9 12.10 5.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.62 30.9 7.62 30.9 – – 2....................................................... 6.94 43.6 6.94 43.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 8.07 38.8 8.07 38.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.70 6.2 8.70 6.7 8.75 .7 1....................................................... 7.30 3.4 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.12 5.3 11.33 5.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.59 5.0 9.94 4.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.11 7.3 7.06 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.53 6.9 7.44 7.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.90 2.3 9.59 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.62 4.0 9.63 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 7.4 9.36 6.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.06 8.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $9.82 2.1 $9.52 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.55 3.7 9.55 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 7.4 9.36 6.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.00 6.5 9.86 6.9 $11.31 8.5 1....................................................... 9.51 9.1 9.50 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 10.1 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.33 3.6 8.32 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.34 4.5 8.33 4.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 8.5 9.91 9.5 10.62 3.5 1....................................................... 10.27 14.3 10.28 14.7 – – Personal service.............................................. $12.24 14.3 $12.32 15.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $20.11 5.2 $19.66 6.3 $22.19 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.36 5.5 19.92 6.7 22.21 4.5 White collar........................................................ 23.32 3.7 23.02 4.5 24.20 6.5 2....................................................... 10.59 2.0 10.53 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.53 7.7 11.31 8.6 12.69 8.9 4....................................................... 14.03 5.2 15.04 5.8 11.56 3.8 5....................................................... 16.54 2.7 16.99 3.5 14.97 3.1 6....................................................... 18.08 4.3 18.43 5.1 16.09 7.5 7....................................................... 23.41 2.8 23.47 2.5 23.11 11.3 8....................................................... 27.40 2.5 22.97 2.4 29.78 3.8 9....................................................... 31.27 5.3 30.58 5.3 37.32 10.7 10........................................................ 30.41 8.4 35.26 6.1 23.45 6.2 11........................................................ 43.00 3.8 45.90 2.9 29.24 11.4 12........................................................ 42.99 4.9 43.63 4.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.28 4.2 47.24 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.24 24.6 25.56 27.2 32.52 14.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.24 3.7 24.25 4.4 24.22 6.5 2....................................................... 10.59 2.0 10.53 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.68 6.2 12.68 7.6 12.69 8.9 4....................................................... 14.04 5.5 15.16 6.2 11.56 3.8 5....................................................... 16.33 3.5 16.75 4.5 14.97 3.1 6....................................................... 17.61 3.5 18.15 4.5 16.09 7.5 7....................................................... 23.59 2.7 23.70 2.2 23.11 11.3 8....................................................... 27.40 2.5 22.97 2.4 29.78 3.8 9....................................................... 31.37 5.7 30.67 5.7 37.32 10.7 10........................................................ 30.41 8.4 35.26 6.1 23.45 6.2 11........................................................ 43.00 3.8 45.90 2.9 29.24 11.4 12........................................................ 42.99 4.9 43.63 4.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.28 4.2 47.24 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.72 11.6 32.55 13.3 33.86 12.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 3.8 28.78 3.6 27.43 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.82 3.8 29.84 3.9 29.78 7.5 6....................................................... 16.96 14.5 17.36 18.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.77 4.2 24.94 3.5 24.22 14.4 8....................................................... 28.47 3.2 23.12 1.2 30.06 4.0 9....................................................... 29.73 6.3 27.84 3.3 38.53 12.2 10........................................................ 27.44 7.7 – – 23.45 6.2 11........................................................ 36.42 3.8 39.44 2.1 – – 12........................................................ 44.45 2.2 – – – – 13........................................................ 54.45 6.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.35 11.3 45.21 10.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.87 3.7 31.92 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 27.94 2.7 27.94 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.65 1.4 28.83 1.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $31.98 8.1 $35.48 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.39 9.9 35.42 9.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.67 4.3 26.57 1.1 $46.28 17.2 7....................................................... 23.50 1.5 23.44 1.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.08 2.4 23.88 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.89 4.5 25.81 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 45.32 7.7 45.32 7.7 – – Physicians.................................................. 56.52 6.1 40.78 3.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.90 3.1 24.89 3.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.94 .5 23.88 .5 – – 8....................................................... 23.94 2.4 23.87 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 5.6 25.19 5.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.19 15.1 44.51 15.3 30.06 17.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 29.86 16.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.95 4.1 – – 33.68 2.4 7....................................................... 30.23 9.4 – – 30.96 8.5 8....................................................... 33.90 3.2 – – 34.18 3.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.61 .7 – – 36.61 .7 7....................................................... 30.64 2.8 – – 30.64 2.8 8....................................................... 38.09 1.5 – – 38.09 1.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.39 5.6 – – 36.48 5.6 8....................................................... 36.08 6.9 – – 36.17 6.9 Teachers, special education................................. 24.82 9.8 – – 24.82 9.8 8....................................................... 24.20 9.1 – – 24.20 9.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.81 14.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.10 15.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.73 8.6 – – 16.70 10.0 8....................................................... 16.97 9.4 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.77 9.4 – – 16.70 10.0 8....................................................... 16.84 9.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.41 4.0 25.88 5.1 9.66 1.6 5....................................................... 17.55 3.0 17.70 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 17.16 5.2 17.16 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 24.45 8.2 24.68 8.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.33 4.2 17.42 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.22 2.0 17.22 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.24 15.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 6.4 34.46 7.6 27.89 11.2 6....................................................... 18.97 4.8 – – 19.05 5.7 7....................................................... 21.75 4.0 21.80 4.8 21.49 3.3 8....................................................... $23.56 6.4 $23.29 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 34.26 13.1 34.38 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 42.24 5.7 42.26 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.83 13.2 39.17 18.7 $35.11 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.50 6.3 42.54 6.8 37.07 14.8 9....................................................... 32.46 8.8 32.72 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 44.23 5.3 44.56 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.43 11.6 42.36 16.7 36.65 10.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.69 14.1 – – 31.69 14.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.35 12.2 – – 33.35 12.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.61 14.7 – – 41.64 18.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.32 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 47.30 5.8 47.40 5.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.46 5.1 26.83 6.8 20.35 5.5 6....................................................... 19.27 4.1 – – 19.43 4.5 7....................................................... 21.55 4.7 21.80 4.8 20.04 9.9 8....................................................... 21.09 2.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.80 17.6 34.81 18.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 39.19 29.2 39.86 30.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.56 9.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 20.34 2.5 – – 20.34 2.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.69 4.5 20.75 3.6 16.09 3.0 Sales............................................................. 16.24 9.4 16.26 9.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.72 7.5 18.72 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.59 3.1 14.83 3.8 13.59 2.4 2....................................................... 10.59 2.0 10.53 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.80 6.4 12.84 8.0 12.69 8.9 4....................................................... 14.66 5.4 15.14 6.3 12.96 3.0 5....................................................... 16.39 3.7 16.76 4.7 15.09 2.2 6....................................................... 17.80 4.1 19.49 1.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.55 3.7 18.52 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.05 11.0 13.05 11.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.76 2.8 16.02 3.5 15.14 2.9 3....................................................... 13.21 3.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.81 2.0 15.34 2.3 14.09 2.2 5....................................................... 16.84 3.7 17.11 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.30 5.6 – – – – Typists..................................................... 11.69 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.23 3.6 12.27 3.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.88 4.2 14.17 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.66 3.4 14.63 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.10 5.0 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.72 18.0 16.01 19.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 19.56 15.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $12.85 13.9 $12.52 18.4 $13.93 5.1 Bank tellers................................................ 11.05 3.7 11.05 3.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.19 7.1 – – 12.19 7.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.35 6.0 16.54 6.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 21.02 6.8 21.29 7.1 17.11 3.6 1....................................................... 10.53 5.2 10.53 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 16.14 12.7 16.11 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 18.18 2.7 18.29 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.12 9.5 18.34 10.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.96 12.2 18.33 15.3 16.47 3.6 6....................................................... 21.69 8.2 22.52 9.2 – – 7....................................................... 26.10 2.8 26.62 3.3 20.24 4.7 8....................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.07 8.9 21.07 8.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 8.9 25.77 8.9 16.96 5.0 5....................................................... 17.52 13.4 18.01 15.7 – – 6....................................................... 22.27 8.9 23.13 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 26.30 3.1 26.76 3.5 19.54 6.4 8....................................................... 32.71 5.8 32.71 5.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.28 7.1 21.58 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.97 7.5 – – – – Electricians 7....................................................... 29.01 6.6 29.01 6.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 4.2 17.81 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 17.82 1.8 17.82 1.8 – – 4....................................................... 20.86 10.6 20.86 10.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.82 13.3 15.82 13.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.39 2.8 20.39 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 21.84 13.3 21.84 13.3 – – 4....................................................... 23.33 6.4 23.33 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.90 6.3 21.53 7.0 18.30 2.7 3....................................................... 24.64 6.2 25.42 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 20.50 7.5 20.50 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 22.30 12.4 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.27 7.9 18.23 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.70 9.5 14.52 10.6 16.13 6.9 1....................................................... 9.94 4.8 9.94 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 16.84 13.5 16.84 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.41 10.1 18.74 10.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.21 23.4 – – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20.03 2.8 20.03 2.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $15.61 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.14 7.2 $10.06 5.0 $17.08 4.9 1....................................................... 8.99 7.5 9.01 8.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.20 7.4 9.19 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 8.8 10.31 9.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 8.7 17.09 17.6 13.17 4.3 7....................................................... 18.91 3.6 – – 19.19 .1 8....................................................... 19.40 8.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.27 2.2 – – 22.27 2.2 Protective service............................................ – – – – 19.18 3.8 7....................................................... 19.63 1.7 – – 19.19 .1 9....................................................... 22.27 2.2 – – 22.27 2.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.44 3.4 – – 20.44 3.4 Food service.................................................. 10.37 7.0 10.53 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.68 5.8 7.29 9.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.12 6.0 10.28 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.01 4.1 7.72 3.9 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.73 4.9 10.16 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.17 3.0 8.17 3.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.91 3.4 9.56 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.53 4.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.88 8.2 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.06 8.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.81 3.2 9.48 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 8.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.03 6.7 9.88 7.0 11.93 7.8 1....................................................... 9.52 9.3 9.52 9.5 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.33 3.6 8.32 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.34 4.5 8.33 4.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.04 8.9 9.94 9.7 11.19 3.8 1....................................................... 10.33 14.7 10.34 15.1 – – Personal service.............................................. 13.39 27.3 13.54 29.7 – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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................................................................... $10.59 13.4 $10.10 14.5 $16.08 11.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.31 16.7 10.73 18.6 16.42 10.6 White collar........................................................ 14.82 16.2 14.24 18.9 19.15 14.8 2....................................................... 7.93 5.0 7.91 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.67 3.7 9.71 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.87 4.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.43 17.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.79 12.2 20.58 13.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.65 8.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.33 17.3 23.10 21.3 19.88 14.3 3....................................................... 10.52 1.7 10.53 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.87 4.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.43 17.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.79 12.2 20.58 13.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.65 8.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.06 13.7 31.14 15.6 23.54 8.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.81 16.1 33.75 19.1 24.09 8.5 7....................................................... 24.03 3.6 24.42 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.65 8.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 34.89 20.5 35.24 20.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.56 2.7 24.63 2.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.94 3.9 25.01 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 24.53 3.1 24.62 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.13 6.4 – – 19.40 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.77 14.7 19.31 14.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.24 5.2 8.25 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.73 4.8 7.73 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.36 4.4 9.47 4.6 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.39 5.1 9.39 5.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.68 5.2 7.68 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.61 6.0 7.61 6.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.91 8.1 12.49 10.9 9.95 3.6 3....................................................... 10.52 1.7 10.53 2.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.30 7.0 8.95 8.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $8.85 8.8 $8.85 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.78 7.2 6.63 7.2 $9.72 4.8 1....................................................... 6.61 3.6 6.42 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.34 12.4 6.28 12.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.36 6.9 6.29 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.48 4.0 6.29 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.14 11.3 6.10 11.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.27 33.7 5.27 33.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.80 1.8 6.71 1.5 – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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....................................................... $20.11 $10.59 $23.80 $17.71 $19.23 $21.03 All excluding sales............................................. 20.36 11.31 24.22 18.04 19.64 22.87 White collar........................................................ 23.32 14.82 25.71 22.15 22.87 20.49 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.24 22.33 27.62 23.54 24.24 22.26 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 29.06 38.36 26.42 28.31 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.82 30.81 35.60 28.58 29.87 – Technical....................................................... 22.41 18.77 – 19.19 22.28 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 – 22.17 33.20 31.24 – Sales............................................................. 16.24 8.24 13.11 14.24 11.97 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.59 11.91 16.51 13.99 14.72 12.22 Blue collar......................................................... 21.02 9.30 24.08 14.90 20.53 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 – 28.00 19.22 25.10 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 – 22.23 12.57 17.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.90 – 21.14 14.86 20.24 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.70 8.85 16.60 10.73 13.80 – Service............................................................. 11.14 6.78 14.41 10.02 10.41 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.2 13.4 5.2 6.0 5.2 14.7 All excluding sales............................................. 5.5 16.7 5.2 6.6 5.5 31.8 White collar........................................................ 3.7 16.2 5.0 4.7 4.1 17.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 17.3 5.3 4.3 3.5 45.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 13.7 1.9 4.0 3.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 16.1 2.3 4.3 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 4.0 14.7 – 5.4 3.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 – 10.7 7.4 6.9 – Sales............................................................. 9.4 5.2 20.1 8.4 7.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 8.1 5.7 3.4 3.1 6.8 Blue collar......................................................... 6.8 7.0 6.7 8.3 7.1 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.9 – 8.0 14.3 9.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 – 7.2 8.1 4.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 – 6.7 16.6 7.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.5 8.8 7.0 8.3 8.5 – Service............................................................. 7.2 7.2 14.8 3.8 4.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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....................................................... $18.76 $24.49 – $31.73 $23.18 $16.29 $22.31 - - $15.83 All excluding sales............................................. 19.22 24.53 – 31.73 23.19 16.67 22.88 - - 15.87 White collar........................................................ 22.26 27.89 – – 28.38 20.64 23.56 - - 22.33 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.20 28.20 – – 28.76 22.79 25.13 - - 22.97 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.93 31.29 – – 31.35 27.83 44.01 - - 26.11 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.10 33.48 – – 33.48 28.35 31.36 - - 28.13 Technical....................................................... 25.61 – – – – 26.56 – - - 20.66 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.87 37.57 – – 39.48 32.31 32.37 - - 28.11 Sales............................................................. 14.11 – – – – 13.47 – - - 14.71 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.75 15.62 – – 15.60 14.55 17.87 - - 12.96 Blue collar......................................................... 20.88 22.89 – 32.82 20.07 17.23 20.27 - - 13.61 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.70 28.79 – 33.61 24.70 20.18 22.05 - - 18.88 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 17.92 – – 17.92 – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.87 22.16 – – 21.93 20.38 – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.56 18.06 – – 16.31 12.64 15.64 - - 10.82 Service............................................................. 9.44 – – – – 9.24 – - - 9.46 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.8 7.2 – 8.7 6.8 6.4 12.1 - - 10.0 All excluding sales............................................. 6.4 7.2 – 8.7 7.0 7.3 11.6 - - 10.4 White collar........................................................ 4.8 5.5 – – 5.7 5.3 12.6 - - 6.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 5.4 – – 5.7 4.7 11.3 - - 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.0 5.5 – – 5.5 3.7 2.8 - - 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 5.1 – – 5.2 4.8 6.5 - - 5.2 Technical....................................................... 5.0 – – – – 6.0 – - - 6.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.6 5.5 – – 4.5 11.9 23.5 - - 10.2 Sales............................................................. 6.3 – – – – 5.3 – - - .1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 2.8 – – 2.5 4.6 10.1 - - 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 7.2 9.0 – 3.7 4.8 8.5 14.7 - - 8.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.0 10.3 – 4.8 12.5 6.7 16.6 - - 14.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 4.3 – – 4.3 – – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.8 13.9 – – 15.5 12.7 – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.4 24.3 – – 33.4 9.9 19.5 - - 15.2 Service............................................................. 3.3 – – – – 3.3 – - - 3.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, 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....................................................... $18.76 $16.03 $19.74 $17.53 $21.68 All excluding sales............................................. 19.22 16.00 20.21 18.31 21.69 White collar........................................................ 22.26 16.71 23.89 19.83 27.26 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.20 17.17 25.49 22.58 27.30 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.93 19.53 29.27 25.09 31.19 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.10 23.30 30.29 26.71 31.82 Technical....................................................... 25.61 – 26.29 21.15 29.18 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.87 34.45 33.77 32.03 35.11 Sales............................................................. 14.11 16.14 11.82 11.63 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.75 12.40 15.66 15.21 16.03 Blue collar......................................................... 20.88 20.03 21.30 18.94 24.61 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.70 25.13 26.21 25.93 26.56 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.81 – 19.08 14.96 24.90 Transportation and material moving................................ 20.87 – 22.15 – 22.15 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.56 10.92 15.14 11.85 20.01 Service............................................................. 9.44 8.04 9.89 9.49 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.8 8.7 7.1 7.5 13.0 All excluding sales............................................. 6.4 11.0 7.5 7.2 13.0 White collar........................................................ 4.8 5.5 5.1 10.2 4.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 9.8 4.3 7.2 5.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.0 21.4 3.0 7.3 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 24.4 3.2 9.1 4.2 Technical....................................................... 5.0 – 5.3 6.0 8.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.6 15.5 9.8 12.9 11.4 Sales............................................................. 6.3 8.1 8.3 8.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 7.7 3.8 8.0 4.7 Blue collar......................................................... 7.2 16.9 5.5 9.8 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.0 14.2 5.4 9.3 3.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.2 – 11.8 5.9 1.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.8 – 8.6 – 13.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.4 9.0 10.7 15.7 7.9 Service............................................................. 3.3 11.0 3.7 5.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.27 $16.15 $25.52 $32.96 All excluding sales........................... 8.47 10.50 16.70 26.30 34.06 White collar.................................... 9.38 13.36 19.81 28.56 40.26 White collar excluding sales................ 10.33 14.47 20.60 29.55 42.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.83 18.88 26.00 32.43 45.98 Professional specialty...................... 15.95 21.29 27.81 34.60 47.92 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.01 28.84 29.16 33.17 40.38 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.89 21.40 32.21 39.01 47.70 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.89 21.40 31.45 38.51 46.68 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.95 21.27 25.00 30.99 46.79 Physicians.............................. 19.80 62.50 62.50 78.78 84.08 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 21.00 24.75 28.92 31.08 Occupational therapists................. 16.55 19.31 24.65 28.23 31.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.84 26.00 32.36 52.79 52.79 Other post-secondary teachers........... 15.35 21.18 26.38 36.80 47.39 Teachers, except college and university... 15.39 23.93 30.74 39.72 47.58 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.60 28.69 35.19 44.55 50.15 Secondary school teachers............... 26.13 28.63 34.46 41.52 51.86 Teachers, special education............. 16.25 16.25 23.93 32.02 39.86 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 18.00 20.47 22.43 24.19 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.60 23.85 25.22 35.59 47.58 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.06 14.56 15.09 16.55 19.77 Social workers.......................... 14.06 14.56 15.09 16.29 18.06 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 9.03 14.00 19.02 25.22 31.40 Radiological technicians................ 21.18 23.30 23.58 30.16 31.41 Licensed practical nurses............... 8.78 8.90 11.93 17.24 19.02 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.38 10.25 13.58 17.43 21.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.53 21.64 28.13 42.49 50.60 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.23 31.20 41.10 47.06 57.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.79 25.69 29.77 32.42 62.28 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.27 32.85 35.42 50.60 68.45 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 33.31 42.49 46.55 52.25 57.94 Management related........................ 17.09 20.25 22.41 27.16 34.04 Other financial officers................ 21.20 22.29 23.89 46.08 46.08 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.91 21.20 21.20 26.00 37.30 Construction inspectors................. 14.88 18.53 19.93 21.43 23.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.00 18.00 20.25 20.40 20.40 Sales......................................... 7.30 8.79 12.18 19.23 24.29 Sales workers, other commodities........ $7.50 $9.00 $10.50 $13.36 $13.92 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.70 8.50 9.25 9.25 14.55 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.15 7.55 9.25 10.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.78 13.87 17.90 20.30 Secretaries............................. 11.58 13.94 15.00 17.93 19.94 Typists................................. 9.58 9.88 10.71 14.01 14.46 Receptionists........................... 9.87 11.43 11.90 13.94 14.14 Library clerks.......................... 8.18 8.78 11.14 13.04 15.39 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.54 12.60 12.88 14.34 16.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.17 12.74 15.45 16.00 19.23 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.20 14.00 18.01 27.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.00 14.65 19.10 23.01 28.56 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.00 10.53 16.36 18.65 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 9.14 10.30 11.57 13.72 Teachers' aides......................... 8.10 9.40 10.84 14.02 17.03 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.60 13.17 16.58 18.75 21.09 Blue collar..................................... 10.14 13.24 20.54 27.27 31.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.24 19.20 26.01 31.10 34.76 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.68 18.25 18.85 23.66 29.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.60 12.44 15.16 25.45 27.05 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 11.99 22.91 26.73 27.31 Transportation and material moving............ 13.01 15.84 20.64 25.86 27.53 Truck drivers........................... 13.30 13.30 21.72 21.72 25.35 Bus drivers............................. 11.80 13.01 19.34 19.34 19.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.36 11.71 20.24 21.54 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.20 20.24 20.54 20.84 20.84 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 10.41 18.14 20.78 26.35 Service......................................... 6.25 7.75 9.27 11.54 16.18 Protective service........................ – – – – – Police and detectives, public service... 16.22 16.43 20.45 23.40 24.60 Food service.............................. 5.50 6.50 8.01 10.97 13.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.25 2.25 6.50 12.00 14.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.25 2.25 10.00 13.50 14.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.01 10.61 12.41 Cooks................................... 8.75 10.50 10.97 12.75 13.25 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.25 8.53 9.27 10.50 11.44 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 6.50 8.00 8.34 Health service............................ 8.00 8.35 9.27 10.94 12.60 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.26 9.00 10.59 11.79 13.09 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.30 9.24 10.94 12.51 Cleaning and building service............. $7.40 $7.60 $9.18 $11.54 $15.40 Maids and housemen...................... 7.09 7.50 7.60 9.04 10.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 7.75 9.21 10.24 15.40 Personal service.......................... 5.90 6.90 8.45 10.56 31.81 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $9.87 $15.29 $25.17 $31.59 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.00 16.00 26.30 32.55 White collar.................................... 9.25 13.00 19.84 27.70 37.13 White collar excluding sales................ 10.43 14.54 20.92 28.84 42.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.75 20.79 26.38 31.35 44.40 Professional specialty...................... 17.88 22.25 28.52 32.81 47.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.08 28.84 29.16 33.22 40.48 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.69 29.97 35.12 42.78 49.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.66 30.16 35.10 41.44 49.09 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.73 21.00 24.76 30.30 37.92 Physicians.............................. 19.20 19.80 84.08 84.08 84.08 Registered nurses....................... 17.75 20.82 24.75 29.03 31.16 Occupational therapists................. 16.55 19.31 24.65 28.23 31.22 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 12.30 12.32 12.32 19.85 23.27 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.75 17.43 22.14 27.17 32.34 Radiological technicians................ 21.18 23.30 23.58 30.16 31.41 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.00 16.15 17.24 18.19 20.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.25 22.12 29.57 42.79 51.24 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.23 32.83 42.49 47.06 57.94 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 33.31 42.49 46.55 52.40 57.94 Management related........................ 19.37 20.40 23.32 27.89 35.82 Other financial officers................ 21.20 22.29 23.89 46.08 46.08 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.00 20.25 20.25 20.40 20.66 Sales......................................... 7.30 8.79 12.18 19.23 24.29 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.70 8.50 9.25 9.25 14.55 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.15 7.50 9.25 10.55 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.18 10.54 14.11 18.17 20.60 Secretaries............................. 11.68 14.34 15.05 17.93 20.54 Receptionists........................... 10.00 11.43 11.90 13.94 14.14 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.90 12.64 12.88 14.34 16.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.23 13.87 15.45 16.00 18.99 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.20 14.00 18.01 27.00 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 18.65 18.67 Bank tellers............................ 8.50 9.14 10.30 11.57 13.72 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.83 13.17 17.00 19.16 21.43 Blue collar..................................... $10.00 $13.00 $21.14 $27.53 $31.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.24 19.97 27.42 31.10 34.76 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 17.48 18.85 19.20 23.78 29.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.60 12.44 15.16 25.45 27.05 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 11.99 22.91 26.73 27.31 Transportation and material moving............ 13.30 15.84 21.72 26.56 27.53 Truck drivers........................... 13.30 13.30 21.72 21.72 25.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.20 10.97 20.24 21.54 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.20 20.24 20.54 20.84 20.84 Service......................................... 6.00 7.50 9.00 10.81 12.94 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.50 6.50 8.00 11.00 13.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.25 2.25 6.50 12.00 14.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.25 2.25 10.00 13.50 14.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.97 12.75 Cooks................................... 9.50 10.52 10.97 12.75 13.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.00 9.25 9.27 11.00 13.54 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 6.50 8.00 8.08 Health service............................ 8.00 8.25 9.24 10.63 11.79 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.00 10.40 11.79 Cleaning and building service............. 7.40 7.60 9.02 11.38 15.40 Maids and housemen...................... 7.09 7.50 7.60 9.00 10.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.44 7.75 9.16 9.57 15.40 Personal service.......................... 5.90 6.90 8.05 10.08 31.97 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.05 $13.87 $17.94 $26.41 $39.86 All excluding sales........................... 10.05 13.91 17.96 26.45 40.02 White collar.................................... 10.14 14.06 19.57 31.52 44.63 White collar excluding sales................ 10.19 14.14 19.57 31.57 44.68 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.19 15.64 25.22 35.48 47.58 Professional specialty...................... 14.83 17.56 26.92 37.83 48.04 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.85 24.42 62.50 62.50 62.50 Registered nurses....................... 20.87 21.85 23.42 28.00 30.28 Teachers, college and university.......... 16.48 23.24 27.38 34.87 44.71 Other post-secondary teachers........... 15.02 16.77 31.05 37.83 45.37 Teachers, except college and university... 16.55 26.14 32.07 41.09 47.88 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.60 28.69 35.19 44.55 50.15 Secondary school teachers............... 26.33 29.03 34.48 41.52 51.91 Teachers, special education............. 16.25 16.25 23.93 32.02 39.86 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 10.71 19.49 20.57 22.43 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.06 14.56 14.83 15.97 17.85 Social workers.......................... 14.06 14.56 14.83 15.97 17.85 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.78 8.78 9.03 10.05 10.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.75 18.68 23.69 32.85 47.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.79 26.28 32.85 43.92 62.28 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.79 25.69 29.77 32.42 62.28 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.27 32.49 42.12 50.60 67.99 Management related........................ 15.21 16.45 19.57 22.41 24.44 Construction inspectors................. 14.88 18.53 19.93 21.43 23.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.96 15.58 16.37 16.80 18.18 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.67 11.12 12.89 15.08 17.94 Secretaries............................. 11.15 12.52 14.81 17.20 19.22 Library clerks.......................... 8.18 8.78 11.14 13.04 15.39 General office clerks................... 10.44 11.94 13.91 15.00 17.31 Teachers' aides......................... 8.10 9.40 10.84 14.02 17.03 Blue collar..................................... 12.35 14.27 17.28 19.34 21.01 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.14 $14.30 $17.26 $19.62 $21.01 Transportation and material moving............ 12.75 15.47 19.34 19.34 22.89 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 11.69 14.02 16.69 18.14 20.04 Service......................................... 8.53 11.67 16.22 21.14 24.20 Protective service........................ 12.27 16.22 18.98 22.68 25.00 Police and detectives, public service... 16.22 16.43 20.45 23.40 24.60 Food service.............................. 8.30 8.53 8.53 8.90 9.73 Other food service....................... 8.30 8.53 8.53 8.90 9.73 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $8.05 $9.03 $10.47 $12.65 $16.72 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.05 8.98 9.55 12.16 12.65 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.37 $17.32 $26.31 $34.21 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.50 17.69 26.73 34.76 White collar.................................... 10.14 14.14 20.11 28.84 41.34 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 14.56 20.60 29.57 42.78 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.83 18.72 26.13 32.58 45.98 Professional specialty...................... 15.95 21.27 27.91 34.93 47.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.01 28.84 29.16 33.17 40.38 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.89 21.40 32.21 39.01 47.70 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.89 21.40 31.45 38.51 46.68 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.85 21.27 24.82 31.00 44.91 Physicians.............................. 19.80 62.50 62.50 62.50 62.50 Registered nurses....................... 17.84 21.01 24.75 28.75 31.20 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.56 26.31 38.15 52.79 52.79 Other post-secondary teachers........... 15.02 20.80 26.38 37.04 47.39 Teachers, except college and university... 16.25 24.75 31.57 40.11 47.58 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.60 28.69 35.19 44.55 50.15 Secondary school teachers............... 26.33 29.59 34.81 41.97 51.91 Teachers, special education............. 16.25 16.25 23.93 32.02 39.86 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 13.57 20.47 22.47 23.27 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.60 23.85 25.22 35.59 47.58 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.06 14.56 15.09 16.55 19.77 Social workers.......................... 14.06 14.56 15.09 16.29 18.06 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.90 14.42 18.88 25.61 31.41 Licensed practical nurses............... 8.78 8.90 11.59 17.24 18.80 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.00 10.80 15.84 20.79 21.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.37 21.64 28.85 42.49 50.73 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.72 32.49 42.49 47.06 57.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.79 25.69 29.63 32.32 62.28 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.27 32.85 35.42 50.60 68.45 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 33.31 42.49 46.55 52.25 57.94 Management related........................ 17.09 20.25 22.41 27.16 34.04 Other financial officers................ 21.20 22.29 23.89 46.08 46.08 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.91 21.20 21.20 26.00 37.30 Construction inspectors................. 14.88 18.53 19.93 21.43 23.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.00 18.00 20.25 20.40 20.40 Sales......................................... 9.00 10.50 14.41 20.73 24.29 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 11.06 13.94 17.90 20.29 Secretaries............................. $11.85 $14.11 $15.08 $17.93 $20.09 Typists................................. 9.58 9.88 10.71 14.01 14.46 Receptionists........................... 9.87 11.43 11.90 13.94 14.14 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.54 12.60 12.88 14.34 16.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.17 12.74 15.45 16.00 19.23 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.20 14.00 18.01 27.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.00 14.65 19.10 23.01 28.56 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.00 10.58 17.31 18.65 Bank tellers............................ 8.89 10.08 10.33 11.78 13.72 Teachers' aides......................... 8.28 9.69 11.05 14.48 17.03 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.74 13.17 16.86 18.75 21.09 Blue collar..................................... 10.41 13.25 20.84 27.42 31.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.25 19.62 26.01 31.10 34.76 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.68 18.25 18.85 23.66 29.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.60 12.44 15.16 25.45 27.08 Assemblers.............................. 10.71 11.99 22.91 26.73 27.31 Transportation and material moving............ 13.30 16.56 21.72 26.30 27.53 Truck drivers........................... 13.30 13.30 21.72 21.72 25.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.82 10.27 11.85 20.54 21.54 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.20 20.24 20.54 20.84 20.84 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 10.41 18.14 20.78 26.35 Service......................................... 7.50 8.44 9.68 12.14 16.52 Protective service........................ - - - - - Police and detectives, public service... 16.22 16.43 20.55 23.40 24.60 Food service.............................. 8.00 8.30 10.50 12.00 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.00 8.25 9.35 11.19 13.54 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.41 8.53 9.27 10.50 11.22 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 8.00 8.01 8.05 9.23 Health service............................ 8.00 8.34 9.24 11.01 12.63 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.26 9.00 10.59 11.79 13.09 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.24 10.75 12.60 Cleaning and building service............. 7.40 7.60 9.31 11.54 15.40 Maids and housemen...................... 7.09 7.50 7.60 9.04 10.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.44 7.75 9.31 10.25 15.40 Personal service.......................... 5.90 7.30 8.67 12.98 32.29 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.50 $7.60 $10.00 $20.60 All excluding sales........................... 5.75 6.50 7.50 10.94 23.00 White collar.................................... 7.10 7.45 9.25 20.00 27.64 White collar excluding sales................ 9.06 10.53 20.54 26.00 30.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 21.00 23.98 30.00 50.00 Professional specialty...................... 17.71 21.65 26.00 30.30 50.00 Health related............................ 19.00 21.65 27.19 30.30 84.08 Registered nurses....................... 18.22 21.00 24.44 29.75 30.30 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.71 14.00 20.54 22.57 27.80 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 9.38 12.97 23.58 23.58 23.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.75 7.15 7.85 9.00 9.50 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.45 8.50 9.00 9.25 13.00 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.14 10.18 12.41 20.60 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.50 8.50 10.35 14.56 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.50 8.50 9.25 11.00 Service......................................... 3.90 6.00 6.50 7.50 10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.25 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.21 2.25 3.90 7.00 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.75 8.30 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 621,100 506,000 115,000 All excluding sales............................................. 572,600 458,100 114,400 White collar........................................................ 316,100 230,300 85,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 267,700 182,400 85,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 139,800 81,200 58,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 114,500 60,900 53,600 Technical....................................................... 25,300 20,300 5,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 39,000 31,000 8,000 Sales............................................................. 48,500 47,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 88,800 70,200 18,600 Blue collar......................................................... 149,800 139,700 10,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 65,700 61,000 4,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 43,300 43,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13,800 10,700 3,200 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,000 24,800 2,200 Service............................................................. 155,200 136,000 19,100 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.