NC BL 06/00/2006 Table: Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Bulletin 3130-69, August 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................. $19.93 4.2 37.3 $19.01 5.0 37.4 $23.84 3.8 36.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.38 5.0 37.7 24.06 6.9 37.9 25.19 3.6 37.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.59 7.7 37.1 31.02 11.6 37.3 29.78 2.6 36.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 6.9 40.7 33.71 8.8 40.9 35.28 10.8 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.95 5.8 38.0 14.92 5.9 38.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 16.14 2.9 37.6 16.56 3.7 37.7 15.09 2.4 37.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.83 5.7 37.7 16.54 6.0 37.8 20.60 7.8 36.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.33 4.5 39.1 21.15 4.8 39.0 23.41 9.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.08 7.5 39.9 14.06 7.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 10.2 36.3 16.02 12.2 37.1 19.38 11.9 32.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.19 10.2 33.3 12.71 11.0 32.9 18.30 3.2 39.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.20 5.4 35.3 11.87 3.8 35.2 19.89 2.2 35.9 Full time........................................................... 20.32 4.4 39.8 19.35 5.2 39.7 24.55 3.7 40.2 Part time........................................................... 14.53 4.3 19.7 13.68 5.0 19.4 16.88 6.7 20.4 Union............................................................... 21.24 2.0 36.4 20.10 2.8 35.9 22.78 2.5 37.1 Nonunion............................................................ 19.17 6.7 37.8 18.62 7.0 38.0 28.85 6.7 35.9 Time................................................................ 19.96 4.3 37.3 19.02 5.1 37.4 23.84 3.8 36.9 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.92 7.4 38.0 15.93 7.4 38.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.71 9.2 36.5 18.53 9.7 36.5 22.80 4.6 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 23.10 3.0 37.8 22.44 4.1 38.3 23.97 3.9 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................... $19.93 4.2 $19.01 5.0 $23.84 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.20 4.3 19.28 5.3 23.86 3.9 White collar........................................................ 24.38 5.0 24.06 6.9 25.19 3.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.44 5.4 25.55 7.7 25.22 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.59 7.7 31.02 11.6 29.78 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.54 8.9 33.83 14.3 30.59 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.52 4.0 34.89 4.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 37.20 6.8 37.48 7.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.83 7.7 38.25 8.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.51 2.9 32.13 3.2 29.10 6.8 Registered nurses........................................... 32.48 2.5 32.10 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.35 8.3 – – 37.48 3.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 25.54 6.0 – – 25.14 11.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.69 5.1 17.98 7.6 31.33 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.37 1.4 – – 31.56 1.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.46 3.5 – – 32.27 2.4 Teachers, special education................................. 27.22 8.7 – – 29.25 .9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 21.30 31.1 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.65 3.3 – – 28.97 7.9 Psychologists............................................... 26.13 6.2 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.73 2.2 17.13 2.0 18.95 2.6 Social workers.............................................. 17.99 2.0 17.13 2.0 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.54 16.4 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.27 7.6 22.61 8.7 20.29 7.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 6.9 33.71 8.8 35.28 10.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.27 7.2 37.91 8.3 39.41 16.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 46.35 13.1 – – 46.35 13.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.53 10.6 41.47 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.8 22.53 9.4 28.25 9.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.42 13.3 19.92 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.95 5.8 14.92 5.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.78 11.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.14 2.9 16.56 3.7 15.09 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 17.08 7.1 17.94 10.0 15.38 3.5 Order clerks................................................ 11.73 16.9 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 13.31 4.1 – – 13.31 4.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 19.31 3.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $16.40 6.5 $16.41 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.55 9.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.50 3.6 16.81 6.9 $12.83 2.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.73 6.4 – – 13.73 6.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.31 6.7 15.01 3.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.83 5.7 16.54 6.0 20.60 7.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.33 4.5 21.15 4.8 23.41 9.4 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.17 16.8 16.98 18.5 – – Electricians................................................ 29.32 5.1 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 30.76 3.0 30.76 3.0 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.84 3.3 – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.03 24.2 19.03 24.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.08 7.5 14.06 7.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.21 6.6 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.86 5.5 13.86 5.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.31 5.6 20.31 5.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.75 6.4 12.75 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 10.2 16.02 12.2 19.38 11.9 Truck drivers............................................... 14.78 11.9 14.78 12.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.90 14.8 – – 18.10 11.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.32 10.4 13.32 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.19 10.2 12.71 11.0 18.30 3.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.11 13.8 12.11 13.8 – – Service............................................................. 13.20 5.4 11.87 3.8 19.89 2.2 Protective service............................................ 15.79 20.3 – – 23.25 4.4 Food service.................................................. 11.94 9.2 11.97 9.8 11.36 1.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 12.16 10.5 – – 11.44 1.3 Health service................................................ 11.78 5.6 11.76 5.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.87 2.5 10.83 2.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.91 4.2 12.64 5.4 14.08 2.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.67 7.6 10.47 9.0 14.05 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 11.35 10.5 11.28 11.0 12.81 1.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................... $20.32 4.4 $19.35 5.2 $24.55 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 20.61 4.6 19.65 5.5 24.57 3.8 White collar........................................................ 24.68 5.4 24.30 7.4 25.67 3.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.81 5.8 25.85 8.2 25.70 3.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 8.4 31.49 12.7 30.12 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.99 9.9 34.31 15.7 30.94 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.52 4.0 34.89 4.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 39.41 3.2 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.55 3.4 32.20 3.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.74 3.0 32.18 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.34 8.5 – – 37.90 2.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.92 5.4 17.89 7.6 31.79 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.52 1.9 – – 31.72 1.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.55 4.0 – – 32.42 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 27.26 8.6 – – 29.31 .6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.73 3.4 – – 28.97 7.9 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.18 3.7 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.18 3.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.55 7.9 22.87 9.2 20.63 7.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 6.9 33.71 8.8 35.28 10.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.27 7.2 37.91 8.3 39.41 16.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 46.35 13.1 – – 46.35 13.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.53 10.6 41.47 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.8 22.53 9.4 28.25 9.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.42 13.3 19.92 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.98 5.9 14.94 6.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.78 11.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.30 2.9 16.65 3.7 15.39 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 16.78 5.5 17.46 8.2 15.53 3.8 Order clerks................................................ 12.04 16.6 11.32 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 19.31 3.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.40 6.5 16.41 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.55 9.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.66 3.7 16.96 7.1 12.94 2.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.47 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $17.16 6.0 $16.85 6.2 $21.69 8.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.40 4.6 21.22 4.9 23.41 9.4 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.17 16.8 16.98 18.5 – – Electricians................................................ 29.32 5.1 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 30.76 3.0 30.76 3.0 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.84 3.3 – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.03 24.2 19.03 24.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.08 7.5 14.06 7.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.21 6.6 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.86 5.5 13.86 5.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.31 5.6 20.31 5.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.75 6.4 12.75 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.09 9.2 16.47 10.4 21.82 9.5 Truck drivers............................................... 14.78 11.9 14.78 12.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.32 10.4 13.32 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.03 12.8 13.51 13.9 18.68 5.0 Service............................................................. 13.54 6.6 12.08 4.8 21.05 2.9 Protective service............................................ 16.11 20.5 – – 23.62 3.8 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ 11.79 4.4 11.79 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.03 1.0 11.03 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.33 2.7 13.12 3.6 14.18 2.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.96 8.6 10.75 10.7 14.16 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 12.57 9.7 – – – – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.53 4.3 $13.68 5.0 $16.88 6.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.54 4.4 13.67 5.1 16.88 6.7 White collar........................................................ 19.39 4.8 19.42 4.5 19.35 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.66 4.9 19.87 4.8 19.35 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.43 5.2 23.76 7.3 25.48 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.98 5.8 25.75 10.1 26.24 4.9 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.32 .5 31.68 .6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.38 .6 31.68 .6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.39 13.1 – – 24.18 14.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.96 8.7 15.03 12.6 12.44 2.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.09 4.6 – – 13.09 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 11.80 6.1 11.08 8.7 14.95 2.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 8.9 – – 15.29 4.6 Bus drivers................................................. 13.56 7.4 – – 15.29 4.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.46 1.3 9.47 1.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.26 5.4 10.04 7.0 11.20 3.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.83 7.5 – – 11.30 2.1 Other food service........................................... 10.73 5.2 – – 11.39 1.5 Health service................................................ 11.75 11.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – 12.46 1.3 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 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................... $809 4.4 39.8 $769 5.2 39.7 $986 3.5 40.2 All excluding sales............................................... 821 4.6 39.8 781 5.5 39.8 987 3.5 40.2 White collar........................................................ 984 5.5 39.9 967 7.5 39.8 1,028 3.0 40.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,030 5.9 39.9 1,030 8.4 39.9 1,029 3.0 40.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,240 8.6 40.0 1,256 12.9 39.9 1,211 2.2 40.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,325 10.0 40.2 1,377 16.0 40.1 1,244 1.5 40.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,398 2.9 40.5 1,414 3.2 40.5 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,576 3.2 40.0 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,282 3.7 40.6 1,261 4.3 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,280 3.7 39.1 1,255 3.8 39.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,177 7.0 38.8 – – – 1,402 1.8 37.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,151 5.3 39.8 712 7.6 39.8 1,266 .6 39.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,255 1.5 39.8 – – – 1,263 1.4 39.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,262 4.0 40.0 – – – 1,297 3.0 40.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,074 10.2 39.4 – – – 1,172 .6 40.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,222 4.4 42.5 – – – 1,147 7.5 39.6 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 727 3.7 40.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 727 3.7 40.0 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 884 7.0 39.2 894 8.2 39.1 825 7.0 40.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,388 7.8 40.7 1,379 10.3 40.9 1,411 10.8 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,572 8.5 41.1 1,570 10.2 41.4 1,576 16.3 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,854 13.1 40.0 – – – 1,854 13.1 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,642 14.1 42.6 1,795 12.5 43.3 – – – Management related............................................ 971 7.6 39.7 893 8.6 39.6 1,130 9.9 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 817 13.3 40.0 797 14.6 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 589 5.8 39.3 588 5.9 39.3 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 508 11.3 39.7 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 645 2.9 39.6 657 3.7 39.5 613 2.3 39.8 Secretaries................................................. 664 6.1 39.6 687 9.1 39.4 621 3.8 40.0 Order clerks................................................ 482 16.6 40.0 453 15.5 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 766 3.5 39.7 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 641 5.8 39.1 641 6.3 39.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $622 9.5 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 586 3.7 40.0 $678 7.1 40.0 $517 2.5 39.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 675 10.1 38.6 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 683 5.9 39.8 670 6.1 39.8 867 8.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 854 4.5 39.9 846 4.8 39.9 936 9.4 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 687 16.8 40.0 679 18.5 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,173 5.1 40.0 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 1,230 3.0 40.0 1,230 3.0 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 782 4.1 39.4 – – – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 761 24.2 40.0 761 24.2 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 563 7.5 40.0 562 7.5 40.0 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 688 6.6 40.0 – – – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 554 5.5 40.0 554 5.5 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 813 5.6 40.0 813 5.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 510 6.4 40.0 510 6.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 684 9.2 40.0 659 10.4 40.0 873 9.5 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 591 11.9 40.0 591 12.3 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 533 10.4 40.0 533 10.4 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 546 12.3 38.9 525 13.3 38.8 747 5.0 40.0 Service............................................................. 537 6.4 39.7 476 4.6 39.4 864 3.2 41.1 Protective service............................................ 653 21.5 40.6 – – – 979 4.1 41.5 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – – – – Health service................................................ 436 6.4 37.0 436 6.4 37.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 401 2.9 36.4 401 2.9 36.4 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 532 2.8 39.9 523 3.8 39.9 567 2.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 476 8.5 39.8 427 10.4 39.7 566 2.9 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 465 3.5 37.0 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,088 4.4 2,022 $39,763 5.2 2,055 $46,434 3.5 1,892 All excluding sales............................................... 41,651 4.6 2,021 40,383 5.5 2,055 46,460 3.5 1,891 White collar........................................................ 48,930 5.5 1,983 49,773 7.5 2,048 46,967 3.0 1,830 White collar excluding sales.................................... 50,985 5.9 1,976 52,973 8.4 2,049 47,003 3.0 1,829 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,039 8.6 1,903 64,163 12.9 2,037 51,004 2.2 1,693 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,827 10.0 1,874 69,961 16.0 2,039 51,561 1.5 1,666 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 72,684 2.9 2,106 73,521 3.2 2,107 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 81,967 3.2 2,080 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 65,918 3.7 2,089 65,233 4.3 2,026 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 65,916 3.7 2,014 65,252 3.8 2,028 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49,909 7.0 1,645 – – – 54,070 1.8 1,427 Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,430 5.3 1,571 34,427 7.6 1,924 47,667 .6 1,499 Elementary school teachers.................................. 47,479 1.5 1,506 – – – 47,732 1.4 1,505 Secondary school teachers................................... 47,634 4.0 1,510 – – – 48,953 3.0 1,510 Teachers, special education................................. 40,683 10.2 1,492 – – – 43,676 .6 1,490 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 62,705 4.4 2,182 – – – 57,607 7.5 1,988 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 36,339 3.7 1,998 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 36,339 3.7 1,998 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 45,969 7.0 2,039 46,476 8.2 2,032 42,920 7.0 2,080 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 71,655 7.8 2,100 71,509 10.3 2,121 72,041 10.8 2,042 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 81,072 8.5 2,119 81,322 10.2 2,145 80,318 16.3 2,038 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 96,410 13.1 2,080 – – – 96,410 13.1 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 85,360 14.1 2,215 93,338 12.5 2,251 – – – Management related............................................ 50,221 7.6 2,056 46,412 8.6 2,060 57,897 9.9 2,049 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,476 13.3 2,080 41,427 14.6 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 30,639 5.8 2,046 30,563 5.9 2,045 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 26,422 11.3 2,067 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,120 2.9 2,032 33,925 3.7 2,038 31,015 2.3 2,015 Secretaries................................................. 33,521 6.1 1,998 35,724 9.1 2,047 29,751 3.8 1,915 Order clerks................................................ 25,042 16.6 2,080 23,556 15.5 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 39,853 3.5 2,064 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 33,340 5.8 2,033 33,314 6.3 2,030 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $32,343 9.5 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,469 3.7 2,078 $35,281 7.1 2,080 $26,872 2.5 2,076 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,341 10.1 1,965 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 35,464 5.9 2,066 34,812 6.1 2,066 44,966 8.2 2,073 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,384 4.5 2,074 44,011 4.8 2,074 48,686 9.4 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,707 16.8 2,080 35,325 18.5 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 60,981 5.1 2,080 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 63,985 3.0 2,080 63,985 3.0 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 40,656 4.1 2,050 – – – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 39,580 24.2 2,080 39,580 24.2 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,293 7.5 2,080 29,250 7.5 2,080 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 35,789 6.6 2,080 – – – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,822 5.5 2,080 28,822 5.5 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 42,252 5.6 2,080 42,252 5.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 26,514 6.4 2,080 26,514 6.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,195 9.2 2,059 33,903 10.4 2,059 44,912 9.5 2,058 Truck drivers............................................... 30,733 11.9 2,080 30,751 12.3 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,702 10.4 2,080 27,702 10.4 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,416 12.3 2,025 27,281 13.3 2,019 38,847 5.0 2,080 Service............................................................. 27,836 6.4 2,055 24,702 4.6 2,045 44,450 3.2 2,112 Protective service............................................ 33,828 21.5 2,100 – – – 50,365 4.1 2,132 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – – – – Health service................................................ 22,659 6.4 1,922 22,659 6.4 1,922 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,861 2.9 1,891 20,861 2.9 1,891 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 27,600 2.8 2,070 27,209 3.8 2,073 29,174 2.8 2,058 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,650 8.5 2,061 22,194 10.4 2,064 29,117 2.9 2,056 Personal service.............................................. 23,120 3.5 1,839 – – – – – – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................... $19.93 4.2 $19.01 5.0 $23.84 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.20 4.3 19.28 5.3 23.86 3.9 White collar........................................................ 24.38 5.0 24.06 6.9 25.19 3.6 2....................................................... 12.55 10.8 – – 11.48 3.1 3....................................................... 13.69 4.3 14.04 4.8 12.13 2.9 4....................................................... 14.51 2.7 14.54 3.7 14.44 1.5 5....................................................... 16.76 5.8 16.78 6.5 16.55 3.8 6....................................................... 18.91 4.6 18.61 5.1 21.38 4.4 7....................................................... 21.65 5.9 22.47 8.0 19.78 3.2 8....................................................... 24.43 6.3 25.20 5.5 23.58 11.1 9....................................................... 30.05 1.8 30.12 2.3 29.99 2.7 10........................................................ 36.19 4.0 35.62 4.7 38.81 7.2 11........................................................ 35.23 7.0 35.54 8.4 34.00 10.8 12........................................................ 47.14 4.6 45.99 5.0 – – 13........................................................ 70.54 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.62 9.4 39.71 13.6 43.17 6.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.44 5.4 25.55 7.7 25.22 3.6 2....................................................... 11.76 3.9 – – 11.48 3.1 3....................................................... 14.03 3.7 14.80 4.8 11.90 2.5 4....................................................... 14.61 2.6 14.68 3.7 14.44 1.5 5....................................................... 16.79 7.0 16.83 8.0 16.55 3.8 6....................................................... 19.18 4.7 18.90 5.3 21.38 4.4 7....................................................... 21.56 6.2 22.38 8.7 19.79 3.1 8....................................................... 24.11 6.8 24.74 6.5 23.58 11.1 9....................................................... 30.05 1.8 30.12 2.3 29.99 2.7 10........................................................ 36.19 4.0 35.62 4.7 38.81 7.2 11........................................................ 35.23 7.0 35.54 8.4 34.00 10.8 12........................................................ 47.14 4.6 45.99 5.0 – – 13........................................................ 70.54 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.62 9.4 39.71 13.6 43.17 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.59 7.7 31.02 11.6 29.78 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.54 8.9 33.83 14.3 30.59 2.0 5....................................................... 15.48 17.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.64 8.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.24 10.9 19.15 11.5 25.57 5.8 8....................................................... 25.10 8.2 26.35 6.4 24.35 12.7 9....................................................... 30.10 1.8 30.23 2.5 30.00 2.6 10........................................................ 36.20 5.9 35.22 7.2 39.56 8.6 11........................................................ 36.91 7.0 36.34 8.2 40.18 1.8 12........................................................ 42.67 1.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.82 7.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.52 4.0 34.89 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.62 8.2 32.77 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.83 2.8 39.01 2.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $37.20 6.8 $37.48 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 34.56 4.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.83 7.7 38.25 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 34.56 4.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.51 2.9 32.13 3.2 $29.10 6.8 9....................................................... 29.85 2.0 30.80 2.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.48 2.5 32.10 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.40 2.5 31.41 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.35 8.3 – – 37.48 3.4 10........................................................ 35.21 13.7 – – 43.86 5.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 25.54 6.0 – – 25.14 11.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.69 5.1 17.98 7.6 31.33 .9 8....................................................... 25.77 16.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.92 1.5 20.93 11.8 31.64 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.37 1.4 – – 31.56 1.3 9....................................................... 31.54 1.6 – – 31.70 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.46 3.5 – – 32.27 2.4 9....................................................... 31.45 3.6 – – 32.27 2.4 Teachers, special education................................. 27.22 8.7 – – 29.25 .9 9....................................................... 27.32 8.6 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 21.30 31.1 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.65 3.3 – – 28.97 7.9 9....................................................... 28.77 6.6 – – – – Psychologists............................................... 26.13 6.2 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.73 2.2 17.13 2.0 18.95 2.6 Social workers.............................................. 17.99 2.0 17.13 2.0 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.54 16.4 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.27 7.6 22.61 8.7 20.29 7.7 5....................................................... 16.71 15.5 16.71 15.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.16 5.3 19.80 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.89 9.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.55 8.2 28.55 8.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 6.9 33.71 8.8 35.28 10.8 7....................................................... 22.57 3.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.52 6.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.29 4.3 – – – – 10........................................................ 36.19 3.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.54 12.3 30.38 17.6 – – 12........................................................ 49.32 6.1 46.67 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.78 6.8 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.27 7.2 37.91 8.3 39.41 16.3 10........................................................ $36.19 3.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 28.72 13.0 $30.06 17.8 – – 12........................................................ 49.32 6.1 46.67 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.78 6.8 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 46.35 13.1 – – $46.35 13.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.53 10.6 41.47 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.8 22.53 9.4 28.25 9.9 7....................................................... 23.42 3.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.52 6.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.50 6.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.42 13.3 19.92 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.95 5.8 14.92 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.06 13.0 12.96 13.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.78 11.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.14 2.9 16.56 3.7 15.09 2.4 2....................................................... 11.76 3.9 – – 11.48 3.1 3....................................................... 13.93 3.7 14.69 4.9 11.90 2.5 4....................................................... 14.53 2.8 14.58 4.0 14.44 1.5 5....................................................... 17.11 5.4 17.18 6.5 16.76 2.3 6....................................................... 18.93 6.2 18.57 6.6 22.66 7.0 7....................................................... 21.39 8.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 17.08 7.1 17.94 10.0 15.38 3.5 4....................................................... 14.57 3.6 – – 13.94 1.7 5....................................................... 19.40 10.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.78 4.6 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 11.73 16.9 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 13.31 4.1 – – 13.31 4.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 19.31 3.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.40 6.5 16.41 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.62 4.7 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.55 9.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.50 3.6 16.81 6.9 12.83 2.1 4....................................................... 14.33 5.8 16.65 14.8 13.77 4.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.73 6.4 – – 13.73 6.4 2....................................................... 11.57 6.5 – – 11.57 6.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.31 6.7 15.01 3.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.83 5.7 16.54 6.0 20.60 7.8 1....................................................... 10.54 10.7 10.54 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.57 9.3 10.58 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.78 7.3 12.76 7.6 13.30 2.6 4....................................................... 14.85 5.7 14.47 6.3 17.86 4.2 5....................................................... 17.55 5.1 16.90 4.9 20.60 6.1 6....................................................... 20.50 9.6 20.02 10.2 – – 7....................................................... $24.17 2.2 $24.15 2.1 $24.48 12.9 8....................................................... 31.55 9.0 31.55 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.33 4.5 21.15 4.8 23.41 9.4 3....................................................... 11.35 18.2 11.35 18.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.28 12.4 14.12 13.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.95 8.1 16.62 8.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.45 9.2 20.93 10.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.91 2.9 25.04 2.9 23.81 11.2 8....................................................... 31.88 10.8 31.88 10.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.17 16.8 16.98 18.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.51 2.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.32 5.1 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 30.76 3.0 30.76 3.0 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.84 3.3 – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.03 24.2 19.03 24.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.08 7.5 14.06 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.44 4.1 9.44 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.15 4.3 12.15 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.18 5.3 14.08 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.31 3.6 16.31 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.32 4.6 20.32 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.21 6.6 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.86 5.5 13.86 5.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.31 5.6 20.31 5.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.75 6.4 12.75 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.57 10.2 16.02 12.2 19.38 11.9 3....................................................... 12.82 1.7 12.77 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.39 10.2 15.29 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.01 6.7 19.21 9.8 20.86 6.6 Truck drivers............................................... 14.78 11.9 14.78 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 19.00 8.9 19.31 10.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.90 14.8 – – 18.10 11.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.32 10.4 13.32 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.19 10.2 12.71 11.0 18.30 3.2 1....................................................... 10.87 15.5 10.87 15.5 – – 2....................................................... 14.49 8.7 14.63 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.25 8.0 16.25 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.51 11.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.11 13.8 12.11 13.8 – – Service............................................................. 13.20 5.4 11.87 3.8 19.89 2.2 1....................................................... 8.49 2.7 8.25 1.7 – – 2....................................................... $10.63 5.5 $10.22 6.1 $13.52 5.6 3....................................................... 11.44 4.4 11.37 4.5 12.47 9.5 4....................................................... 13.04 3.0 12.64 3.5 15.45 2.0 5....................................................... 18.00 5.7 17.34 7.8 20.11 2.5 7....................................................... 27.26 5.8 – – 27.26 5.8 Protective service............................................ 15.79 20.3 – – 23.25 4.4 5....................................................... 17.57 9.8 – – 20.11 2.5 7....................................................... 27.31 5.9 – – 27.31 5.9 Food service.................................................. 11.94 9.2 11.97 9.8 11.36 1.8 1....................................................... 7.87 3.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.53 6.5 – – 12.11 1.0 Other food service........................................... 12.16 10.5 – – 11.44 1.3 Health service................................................ 11.78 5.6 11.76 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.55 10.3 11.55 10.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.87 2.5 10.83 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.76 5.6 10.76 5.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.91 4.2 12.64 5.4 14.08 2.7 1....................................................... 9.12 7.5 8.82 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.07 3.1 12.88 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.14 10.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.67 7.6 10.47 9.0 14.05 2.9 2....................................................... 13.07 4.3 12.72 3.9 – – Personal service.............................................. 11.35 10.5 11.28 11.0 12.81 1.6 3....................................................... 12.17 2.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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................................................................... $20.32 4.4 $19.35 5.2 $24.55 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 20.61 4.6 19.65 5.5 24.57 3.8 White collar........................................................ 24.68 5.4 24.30 7.4 25.67 3.2 2....................................................... 12.82 13.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.80 4.6 14.20 5.0 11.78 3.2 4....................................................... 14.49 2.6 14.52 3.7 14.42 1.3 5....................................................... 16.52 5.4 16.50 6.0 16.76 2.3 6....................................................... 18.86 4.9 18.54 5.4 21.51 4.4 7....................................................... 21.59 6.1 22.47 8.1 19.45 3.8 8....................................................... 24.17 6.8 24.87 5.3 23.27 13.0 9....................................................... 30.07 1.9 30.14 2.5 30.02 2.8 10........................................................ 36.09 4.1 35.63 4.7 38.35 7.8 11........................................................ 35.23 7.0 35.54 8.4 34.00 10.8 12........................................................ 47.14 4.6 45.99 5.0 – – 13........................................................ 70.54 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.89 9.3 39.71 13.6 44.34 5.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.81 5.8 25.85 8.2 25.70 3.2 3....................................................... 14.26 3.8 15.18 4.7 11.48 2.4 4....................................................... 14.59 2.6 14.67 3.7 14.42 1.3 5....................................................... 16.50 6.6 16.46 7.5 16.76 2.3 6....................................................... 19.13 5.0 18.83 5.5 21.51 4.4 7....................................................... 21.50 6.4 22.38 8.7 19.46 3.8 8....................................................... 23.77 7.3 24.27 6.0 23.27 13.0 9....................................................... 30.07 1.9 30.14 2.5 30.02 2.8 10........................................................ 36.09 4.1 35.63 4.7 38.35 7.8 11........................................................ 35.23 7.0 35.54 8.4 34.00 10.8 12........................................................ 47.14 4.6 45.99 5.0 – – 13........................................................ 70.54 22.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.89 9.3 39.71 13.6 44.34 5.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 8.4 31.49 12.7 30.12 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.99 9.9 34.31 15.7 30.94 1.9 7....................................................... 19.78 10.6 19.13 11.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.66 10.1 25.41 5.6 24.10 17.1 9....................................................... 30.13 1.9 30.27 2.7 30.03 2.7 10........................................................ 36.04 6.0 35.23 7.2 39.05 9.3 11........................................................ 36.91 7.0 36.34 8.2 40.18 1.8 12........................................................ 42.67 1.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.52 4.0 34.89 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.62 8.2 32.77 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.83 2.8 39.01 2.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 39.41 3.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.56 4.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists 9....................................................... 34.56 4.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $31.55 3.4 $32.20 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.61 2.4 30.70 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.74 3.0 32.18 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.38 2.9 31.40 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.34 8.5 – – $37.90 2.9 10........................................................ 34.85 13.8 – – 43.64 5.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.92 5.4 17.89 7.6 31.79 .9 8....................................................... 28.79 13.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.96 1.6 – – 31.71 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.52 1.9 – – 31.72 1.8 9....................................................... 31.60 1.8 – – 31.77 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.55 4.0 – – 32.42 3.0 9....................................................... 31.54 4.0 – – 32.42 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 27.26 8.6 – – 29.31 .6 9....................................................... 27.32 8.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.73 3.4 – – 28.97 7.9 9....................................................... 28.77 6.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.18 3.7 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.18 3.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.55 7.9 22.87 9.2 20.63 7.0 6....................................................... 19.84 5.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.37 8.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.55 8.2 28.55 8.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 6.9 33.71 8.8 35.28 10.8 7....................................................... 22.57 3.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.52 6.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.29 4.3 – – – – 10........................................................ 36.19 3.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.54 12.3 30.38 17.6 – – 12........................................................ 49.32 6.1 46.67 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.78 6.8 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.27 7.2 37.91 8.3 39.41 16.3 10........................................................ 36.19 3.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 28.72 13.0 30.06 17.8 – – 12........................................................ 49.32 6.1 46.67 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.78 6.8 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 46.35 13.1 – – 46.35 13.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.53 10.6 41.47 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.42 7.8 22.53 9.4 28.25 9.9 7....................................................... 23.42 3.1 – – – – 8....................................................... $22.52 6.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.50 6.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.42 13.3 $19.92 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.98 5.9 14.94 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.98 13.7 12.87 14.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.78 11.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.30 2.9 16.65 3.7 $15.39 2.5 3....................................................... 14.15 3.8 15.08 4.9 11.48 2.4 4....................................................... 14.55 2.7 14.61 3.9 14.42 1.3 5....................................................... 16.80 4.3 16.81 5.3 16.76 2.3 6....................................................... 18.93 6.2 18.57 6.6 22.66 7.0 7....................................................... 21.39 8.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.78 5.5 17.46 8.2 15.53 3.8 4....................................................... 14.64 3.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.70 9.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.78 4.6 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 12.04 16.6 11.32 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 19.31 3.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.40 6.5 16.41 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.62 4.7 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.55 9.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.66 3.7 16.96 7.1 12.94 2.6 4....................................................... 14.27 6.1 – – 13.68 5.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.47 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.16 6.0 16.85 6.2 21.69 8.2 1....................................................... 10.96 13.3 10.96 13.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 9.5 10.53 9.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 8.2 12.53 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 5.8 14.46 6.3 18.08 4.6 5....................................................... 17.58 5.2 16.90 4.9 21.64 3.6 6....................................................... 20.50 9.6 20.02 10.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.17 2.2 24.15 2.1 24.48 12.9 8....................................................... 31.55 9.0 31.55 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.40 4.6 21.22 4.9 23.41 9.4 4....................................................... 14.28 12.4 14.12 13.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.95 8.1 16.62 8.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.45 9.2 20.93 10.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.91 2.9 25.04 2.9 23.81 11.2 8....................................................... 31.88 10.8 31.88 10.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.17 16.8 16.98 18.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.51 2.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.32 5.1 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... $30.76 3.0 $30.76 3.0 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19.84 3.3 – – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.03 24.2 19.03 24.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.08 7.5 14.06 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.44 4.1 9.44 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.15 4.3 12.15 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.18 5.4 14.08 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.31 3.6 16.31 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.32 4.6 20.32 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.21 6.6 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.86 5.5 13.86 5.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 20.31 5.6 20.31 5.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.75 6.4 12.75 6.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.09 9.2 16.47 10.4 $21.82 9.5 4....................................................... 15.40 10.4 15.29 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.54 7.5 19.21 9.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.78 11.9 14.78 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 19.00 8.9 19.31 10.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.32 10.4 13.32 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.03 12.8 13.51 13.9 18.68 5.0 3....................................................... 16.25 8.0 16.25 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.51 11.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.54 6.6 12.08 4.8 21.05 2.9 1....................................................... 8.56 3.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.92 6.7 10.58 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.47 4.6 11.37 4.7 13.37 8.2 4....................................................... 13.25 2.8 12.76 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.97 5.8 17.30 8.1 20.11 2.5 7....................................................... 27.26 5.8 – – 27.26 5.8 Protective service............................................ 16.11 20.5 – – 23.62 3.8 5....................................................... 17.57 9.8 – – 20.11 2.5 7....................................................... 27.31 5.9 – – 27.31 5.9 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ 11.79 4.4 11.79 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.03 1.0 11.03 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.33 2.7 13.12 3.6 14.18 2.8 2....................................................... 13.13 3.0 12.95 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 11.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.96 8.6 10.75 10.7 14.16 2.9 2....................................................... 13.07 4.3 12.72 3.9 – – Personal service.............................................. $12.57 9.7 – – – – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.53 4.3 $13.68 5.0 $16.88 6.7 All excluding sales............................................... 14.54 4.4 13.67 5.1 16.88 6.7 White collar........................................................ 19.39 4.8 19.42 4.5 19.35 10.2 2....................................................... 11.43 5.2 – – 10.97 4.0 3....................................................... 12.89 4.1 12.58 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.84 7.8 14.81 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.00 5.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.57 3.3 29.85 4.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.66 4.9 19.87 4.8 19.35 10.2 2....................................................... 11.43 5.2 – – 10.97 4.0 3....................................................... 12.54 4.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.84 7.8 14.81 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.00 5.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.57 3.3 29.85 4.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.43 5.2 23.76 7.3 25.48 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.98 5.8 25.75 10.1 26.24 4.9 9....................................................... 29.57 3.3 29.85 4.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.32 .5 31.68 .6 – – 9....................................................... 31.56 .3 31.49 .3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.38 .6 31.68 .6 – – 9....................................................... 31.49 .3 31.49 .3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.39 13.1 – – 24.18 14.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.96 8.7 15.03 12.6 12.44 2.1 2....................................................... 11.43 5.2 – – 10.97 4.0 3....................................................... 12.54 4.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.27 11.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.09 4.6 – – 13.09 4.6 2....................................................... 11.59 6.9 – – 11.59 6.9 Blue collar......................................................... 11.80 6.1 11.08 8.7 14.95 2.8 1....................................................... 8.94 .7 8.94 .7 – – 3....................................................... 14.05 11.1 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $13.13 8.9 – – $15.29 4.6 Bus drivers................................................. 13.56 7.4 – – 15.29 4.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.46 1.3 $9.47 1.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.02 1.3 9.02 1.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.26 5.4 10.04 7.0 11.20 3.6 1....................................................... 8.22 3.1 7.84 .9 – – 2....................................................... 9.19 4.7 – – 12.35 1.6 3....................................................... 11.01 4.4 – – 10.13 5.6 4....................................................... 12.09 10.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.83 7.5 – – 11.30 2.1 2....................................................... 10.07 12.6 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.73 5.2 – – 11.39 1.5 Health service................................................ 11.75 11.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – 12.46 1.3 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 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....................................................... $20.32 $14.53 $21.24 $19.17 $19.96 – All excluding sales............................................. 20.61 14.54 21.61 19.35 20.19 – White collar........................................................ 24.68 19.39 22.49 25.48 24.55 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.81 19.66 23.41 26.66 25.44 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 24.43 29.49 31.26 30.59 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.99 25.98 30.21 34.19 32.54 – Technical....................................................... 22.55 – 24.14 21.70 22.27 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.13 – 27.55 34.99 34.13 – Sales............................................................. 14.98 – – 16.05 14.10 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.30 13.96 16.55 15.80 16.14 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.16 11.80 20.60 13.77 16.78 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.40 – 25.45 16.93 21.32 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.08 – 18.82 12.44 14.08 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.09 13.13 18.25 14.40 16.57 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.03 9.46 15.50 10.53 13.19 – Service............................................................. 13.54 10.26 17.82 11.83 13.20 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.4 4.3 2.0 6.7 4.3 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 4.4 1.6 7.0 4.4 – White collar........................................................ 5.4 4.8 3.1 7.3 5.1 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.8 4.9 2.2 7.6 5.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.4 5.2 2.3 11.0 7.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 9.9 5.8 2.5 12.8 8.9 – Technical....................................................... 7.9 – 13.5 9.0 7.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 – 7.3 7.4 6.9 – Sales............................................................. 5.9 – – 7.4 8.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 8.7 3.3 4.2 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.0 6.1 2.0 7.6 5.8 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 – 4.7 6.3 4.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 – 2.2 7.4 7.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.2 8.9 5.8 14.4 10.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.8 1.3 7.4 10.1 10.2 – Service............................................................. 6.6 5.4 3.4 4.3 5.4 – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.01 - $18.41 $29.53 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.28 - 17.92 29.53 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 24.06 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.55 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 33.83 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 22.61 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.71 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.92 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.56 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 16.54 - 18.14 28.46 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.15 - – 31.15 - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.06 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.02 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 11.87 - – – - - - - - - 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....................................................... 5.0 - 4.7 2.7 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.3 - 12.6 2.7 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 6.9 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.7 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 11.6 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 14.3 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 8.7 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.8 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 5.9 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.0 - 14.6 6.8 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 - – 12.4 - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.0 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.8 - – – - - - - - - 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.01 $15.93 $19.98 $18.53 $22.44 All excluding sales............................................. 19.28 16.11 20.25 18.76 22.72 White collar........................................................ 24.06 18.18 25.39 24.25 26.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.55 19.40 26.79 26.10 27.49 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.02 24.30 31.98 32.89 31.23 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.83 22.53 35.57 35.84 35.30 Technical....................................................... 22.61 – 21.63 20.15 22.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.71 – 33.66 30.91 37.39 Sales............................................................. 14.92 13.60 15.42 15.42 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.56 15.05 17.05 16.48 17.74 Blue collar......................................................... 16.54 15.91 16.81 15.75 20.13 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.15 21.39 21.02 20.53 22.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.06 – 14.34 12.74 19.11 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.02 13.24 17.95 17.59 21.41 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 – 13.32 13.12 14.54 Service............................................................. 11.87 11.43 12.00 12.22 – 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....................................................... 5.0 7.4 6.0 9.7 4.1 All excluding sales............................................. 5.3 7.7 6.1 10.3 4.3 White collar........................................................ 6.9 7.7 8.2 15.1 5.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.7 6.9 8.7 16.6 6.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 11.6 5.9 13.1 26.9 6.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 14.3 5.8 16.1 32.5 1.5 Technical....................................................... 8.7 – 8.5 7.8 12.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.8 – 9.6 13.8 6.9 Sales............................................................. 5.9 17.2 7.3 9.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 7.4 5.0 3.9 10.2 Blue collar......................................................... 6.0 13.5 5.6 7.9 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 16.4 4.9 8.0 1.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 – 7.3 9.5 3.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 15.5 8.5 12.2 5.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.0 – 8.9 9.5 12.2 Service............................................................. 3.8 7.8 5.9 8.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $12.00 $16.90 $24.45 $34.42 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.29 17.36 24.80 34.85 White collar.................................... 11.52 15.14 21.16 30.87 40.45 White collar excluding sales................ 12.74 16.10 22.09 32.68 41.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.50 22.09 28.66 36.14 42.32 Professional specialty...................... 18.58 24.51 31.05 37.64 43.63 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 30.33 34.69 38.68 41.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.00 33.82 39.13 43.17 45.54 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.00 34.89 40.77 43.80 45.82 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 24.10 26.29 31.77 34.41 39.30 Registered nurses....................... 24.95 28.85 32.70 35.24 39.07 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.22 23.31 28.37 35.92 45.37 Other post-secondary teachers........... 21.08 21.22 25.06 28.66 29.81 Teachers, except college and university... 13.55 23.95 28.73 35.76 39.38 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.43 25.87 31.50 36.65 39.86 Secondary school teachers............... 23.45 26.67 32.30 36.76 39.78 Teachers, special education............. 19.18 22.50 27.92 29.85 36.27 Vocational and educational counselors... 11.30 11.30 13.94 33.16 38.87 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.57 23.07 26.92 32.51 36.13 Psychologists........................... 21.13 23.07 25.86 26.47 28.39 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.94 14.65 16.90 20.36 23.33 Social workers.......................... 13.94 15.18 17.41 20.51 23.33 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 19.71 19.92 25.57 36.40 36.40 Technical................................... 13.07 17.09 21.01 26.02 32.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.03 23.97 33.02 42.55 50.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.75 29.35 41.06 45.85 53.12 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.70 36.84 46.20 56.13 56.13 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.09 29.79 42.55 45.85 49.47 Management related........................ 14.42 19.71 22.73 27.22 36.65 Accountants and auditors................ 14.42 14.42 20.65 24.82 26.84 Sales......................................... 9.00 10.50 14.00 15.95 24.43 Cashiers................................ 8.25 9.70 13.25 15.45 15.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 13.24 15.72 18.46 21.90 Secretaries............................. 13.40 14.78 16.11 18.63 23.04 Order clerks............................ 9.00 9.26 9.78 12.56 19.23 Library clerks.......................... 10.20 11.25 13.16 15.70 16.18 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 16.27 18.25 19.78 21.16 22.18 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.65 13.65 16.38 19.12 19.25 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 13.00 13.50 14.32 18.34 19.92 General office clerks................... 9.89 10.99 14.02 17.35 19.71 Teachers' aides......................... $9.64 $11.39 $13.67 $15.86 $17.19 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.82 15.23 17.65 20.36 21.34 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.82 15.60 21.13 26.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.35 16.42 21.07 26.47 31.35 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.50 17.34 21.65 23.00 Electricians............................ 23.77 28.53 31.35 31.35 31.35 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 26.47 26.47 33.16 33.16 33.16 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.48 17.68 21.07 22.00 22.20 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.75 10.75 17.40 25.60 26.98 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.08 13.50 16.78 20.51 Printing press operators................ 11.75 15.30 18.84 19.28 19.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.04 10.99 12.29 15.41 20.00 Welders and cutters..................... 15.45 16.11 20.99 23.64 23.64 Assemblers.............................. 9.38 10.00 11.94 16.00 16.65 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 10.71 15.10 19.27 25.37 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 14.44 17.50 25.37 Bus drivers............................. 10.20 11.82 14.40 21.77 21.77 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.83 10.17 13.13 16.02 16.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.50 11.50 16.11 21.08 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.45 8.80 12.00 15.45 15.45 Service......................................... 7.50 9.55 12.09 14.60 21.06 Protective service........................ 9.00 10.00 13.00 20.40 27.69 Food service.............................. 7.50 8.59 11.48 13.45 16.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 7.50 9.19 11.91 13.59 16.00 Health service............................ 9.25 10.00 10.50 14.00 15.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 10.00 10.25 11.64 14.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.75 10.00 13.22 13.99 19.62 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 9.00 12.00 13.44 16.30 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.00 11.50 14.28 15.39 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.25 $15.75 $22.57 $33.16 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.40 16.09 23.04 33.65 White collar.................................... 10.99 14.65 20.00 30.33 40.64 White collar excluding sales................ 12.75 16.02 21.54 32.70 42.07 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.24 21.22 29.15 36.21 43.52 Professional specialty...................... 18.00 24.16 32.06 38.46 45.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 30.94 35.71 39.01 42.09 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.00 33.82 40.00 43.52 45.56 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.00 36.27 41.51 44.35 45.86 Health related............................ 24.72 28.02 32.24 34.55 38.96 Registered nurses....................... 24.76 28.92 32.70 34.73 38.30 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 9.52 12.13 14.63 24.26 28.16 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.94 13.94 16.41 19.20 22.18 Social workers.......................... 13.94 13.94 16.41 19.20 22.18 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.02 16.55 22.00 26.99 33.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.03 21.63 35.00 42.55 48.64 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.25 29.79 41.83 43.09 50.14 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 29.79 36.78 42.55 46.72 49.69 Management related........................ 14.42 19.23 21.63 24.37 29.33 Accountants and auditors................ 14.42 14.42 19.86 24.73 26.80 Sales......................................... 9.00 10.50 14.00 15.65 24.43 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 13.65 16.26 19.25 22.18 Secretaries............................. 13.85 15.15 16.56 21.02 23.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.65 13.65 16.38 18.14 19.25 General office clerks................... 10.99 13.75 17.31 19.23 22.21 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.84 13.45 15.19 16.30 17.69 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.50 15.45 20.65 26.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 16.05 21.00 26.47 32.14 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.50 16.64 21.65 23.00 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 26.47 26.47 33.16 33.16 33.16 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.75 10.75 17.40 25.60 26.98 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.07 13.50 16.78 20.51 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.04 10.99 12.29 15.41 20.00 Welders and cutters..................... 15.45 16.11 20.99 23.64 23.64 Assemblers.............................. $9.38 $10.00 $11.94 $16.00 $16.65 Transportation and material moving............ 9.96 10.20 15.00 19.00 24.50 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 14.70 17.50 25.37 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.83 10.17 13.13 16.02 16.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.50 11.25 15.45 21.15 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.45 8.80 12.00 15.45 15.45 Service......................................... 7.50 9.25 11.25 13.46 16.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 7.50 8.50 11.48 13.59 16.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 9.25 10.00 10.50 14.00 15.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 10.00 10.25 11.23 14.00 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $9.50 $13.03 $13.46 $20.19 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 7.75 10.50 12.73 13.86 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.00 11.50 14.52 15.39 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.40 $16.10 $21.77 $29.39 $37.81 All excluding sales........................... 12.40 16.10 21.77 29.40 37.88 White collar.................................... 12.61 16.18 24.01 32.40 39.78 White collar excluding sales................ 12.54 16.18 24.04 32.43 39.78 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.67 23.79 28.30 36.11 41.18 Professional specialty...................... 20.62 24.87 29.58 36.76 42.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.57 22.11 27.26 34.41 42.35 Teachers, college and university.......... 16.16 31.61 41.22 45.37 54.28 Other post-secondary teachers........... 13.14 15.23 17.14 29.23 54.28 Teachers, except college and university... 23.37 25.87 31.12 36.76 39.78 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.58 26.02 31.67 36.75 40.43 Secondary school teachers............... 24.25 27.33 32.74 36.87 39.78 Teachers, special education............. 22.24 26.19 29.85 30.57 38.00 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.41 24.05 26.47 28.39 42.03 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.10 16.10 18.51 22.36 25.94 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.46 19.44 20.36 22.09 24.38 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 23.70 25.77 29.85 43.80 56.13 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.85 26.09 33.54 53.87 56.13 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.70 36.84 46.20 56.13 56.13 Management related........................ 19.60 23.51 26.87 36.65 37.44 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.22 12.20 14.84 17.36 19.83 Secretaries............................. 13.19 13.92 14.84 17.11 18.27 Library clerks.......................... 10.20 11.25 13.16 15.70 16.18 General office clerks................... 9.53 10.31 12.74 14.69 16.67 Teachers' aides......................... 9.64 11.39 13.67 15.86 17.19 Blue collar..................................... 14.47 17.97 19.81 22.38 28.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 17.95 19.81 22.20 28.46 29.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.07 15.36 21.77 21.77 26.59 Bus drivers............................. $12.40 $14.47 $19.61 $21.77 $21.77 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 15.61 18.03 18.67 19.50 19.81 Service......................................... 10.81 13.80 18.73 25.63 29.77 Protective service........................ 15.89 18.47 22.57 28.58 31.57 Food service.............................. 9.69 10.24 10.89 12.15 13.87 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 9.69 10.52 11.44 12.15 13.87 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.49 12.27 14.14 16.30 16.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.49 12.27 14.14 16.30 16.68 Personal service.......................... 10.56 11.80 12.59 13.72 14.98 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.58 $12.50 $17.50 $24.85 $34.97 All excluding sales........................... 9.72 12.75 17.92 25.18 35.76 White collar.................................... 11.85 15.21 21.34 31.39 41.04 White collar excluding sales................ 13.00 16.38 22.18 33.02 41.99 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.17 22.45 29.11 36.40 42.91 Professional specialty...................... 19.71 24.72 31.44 38.08 43.99 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 30.33 34.69 38.68 41.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 33.82 34.14 40.26 43.58 45.61 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 23.62 26.02 32.02 35.22 40.19 Registered nurses....................... 24.76 28.37 32.93 36.21 39.86 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.22 23.31 28.37 35.92 45.23 Teachers, except college and university... 13.99 24.25 28.95 35.80 39.38 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.45 25.87 31.65 36.75 40.67 Secondary school teachers............... 23.43 26.68 32.56 36.87 39.78 Teachers, special education............. 19.18 22.50 27.92 29.85 36.27 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.57 23.07 27.38 32.51 36.13 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.94 14.65 17.65 20.70 23.55 Social workers.......................... 13.94 14.65 17.65 20.70 23.55 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.96 17.17 21.34 26.75 33.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.03 23.97 33.02 42.55 50.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.75 29.35 41.06 45.85 53.12 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.70 36.84 46.20 56.13 56.13 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.09 29.79 42.55 45.85 49.47 Management related........................ 14.42 19.71 22.73 27.22 36.65 Accountants and auditors................ 14.42 14.42 20.65 24.82 26.84 Sales......................................... 9.00 10.50 14.00 15.95 24.43 Cashiers................................ 8.25 9.70 13.25 15.45 15.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.70 13.55 15.99 18.79 21.90 Secretaries............................. 13.59 14.78 16.11 18.27 22.35 Order clerks............................ 9.09 9.50 10.00 12.61 21.06 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 16.27 18.25 19.78 21.16 22.18 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.65 13.65 16.38 19.12 19.25 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 13.00 13.50 14.32 18.34 19.92 General office clerks................... 10.22 11.24 14.39 17.45 19.71 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.82 15.23 18.20 20.36 21.34 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.00 16.00 21.48 26.87 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.24 16.42 21.25 26.47 31.35 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $9.75 $12.50 $17.34 $21.65 $23.00 Electricians............................ 23.77 28.53 31.35 31.35 31.35 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 26.47 26.47 33.16 33.16 33.16 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.48 17.68 21.07 22.00 22.20 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.75 10.75 17.40 25.60 26.98 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.08 13.50 16.78 20.51 Printing press operators................ 11.75 15.30 18.84 19.28 19.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.04 10.99 12.29 15.41 20.00 Welders and cutters..................... 15.45 16.11 20.99 23.64 23.64 Assemblers.............................. 9.38 10.00 11.94 16.00 16.65 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 10.71 15.53 20.84 26.17 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 14.44 17.50 25.37 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.83 10.17 13.13 16.02 16.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.00 13.50 18.14 22.05 Service......................................... 8.00 10.00 12.74 15.25 21.72 Protective service........................ 9.00 10.00 13.00 21.14 28.58 Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 9.51 10.00 10.50 13.92 16.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 10.00 10.40 11.75 14.35 Cleaning and building service............. 8.00 10.70 13.32 14.57 19.62 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 10.00 12.04 13.99 16.30 Personal service.......................... 9.00 11.16 11.76 15.39 15.39 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.11 $12.28 $16.95 $25.33 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.00 12.15 17.00 25.33 White collar.................................... 9.51 13.03 16.37 25.02 32.24 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 13.25 16.86 25.33 32.54 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.42 17.48 24.15 31.18 34.41 Professional specialty...................... 15.18 18.00 28.54 32.24 34.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 26.73 29.90 31.18 33.24 35.24 Registered nurses....................... 26.73 29.71 31.66 33.54 35.24 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 13.25 13.29 24.25 32.74 35.76 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.12 9.82 13.19 16.02 22.75 Teachers' aides......................... 9.64 11.39 13.33 14.55 16.38 Blue collar..................................... 7.45 8.00 11.35 14.40 17.89 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.20 10.45 13.72 14.47 16.55 Bus drivers............................. 10.20 10.75 14.20 15.30 16.67 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.45 7.80 8.40 11.50 11.50 Service......................................... 7.35 7.50 10.00 11.70 15.10 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 7.50 7.50 9.69 11.44 12.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.80 9.50 10.63 11.97 13.87 Health service............................ 7.35 10.25 11.64 15.10 15.10 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 470,300 370,200 100,100 All excluding sales............................................. 448,200 348,300 99,900 White collar........................................................ 232,500 159,000 73,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 210,400 137,100 73,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 108,100 64,800 43,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 88,700 48,100 40,600 Technical....................................................... 19,500 16,700 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 23,300 16,900 6,400 Sales............................................................. 22,200 21,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 78,900 55,400 23,500 Blue collar......................................................... 156,600 144,200 12,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 50,600 46,800 3,900 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 45,400 45,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 30,400 24,500 5,900 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,200 28,000 2,200 Service............................................................. 81,200 67,000 14,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.