NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Rockford, IL, Bulletin 3125-32, April 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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................................................................. $18.27 3.3 36.6 $17.44 4.2 37.0 $23.77 3.9 34.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.58 4.9 36.2 21.22 5.9 36.5 28.11 7.0 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.65 5.2 36.7 27.98 7.0 37.9 34.04 4.8 34.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.32 3.5 38.6 29.62 4.4 39.4 33.78 4.6 35.2 Sales............................................................. 16.56 16.4 30.7 16.58 16.4 30.8 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.94 3.6 37.3 12.54 4.3 37.3 14.70 2.1 37.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.79 4.7 38.4 16.76 4.9 38.6 17.47 6.5 34.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.95 2.6 39.8 23.95 2.8 39.8 23.96 3.3 39.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.89 9.0 39.6 15.89 9.1 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.48 3.7 33.8 15.57 4.1 34.7 14.97 5.2 29.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.65 4.2 36.9 11.62 4.3 36.9 12.17 1.8 36.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.48 4.6 32.5 8.02 1.8 32.4 17.15 8.7 32.5 Full time........................................................... 19.11 3.3 39.5 18.24 4.1 39.8 24.66 4.3 37.6 Part time........................................................... 9.91 8.1 21.1 9.69 9.1 22.0 11.84 8.3 15.5 Union............................................................... 22.34 4.0 37.3 20.98 5.5 37.5 25.39 5.7 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 16.57 3.4 36.4 16.36 3.6 36.9 20.08 2.8 29.5 Time................................................................ 18.08 3.4 36.6 17.18 4.3 37.0 23.77 3.9 34.2 Incentive........................................................... 22.75 10.1 36.7 22.75 10.1 36.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.03 4.9 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.72 4.5 34.5 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.84 8.3 35.1 13.82 8.5 35.6 14.52 10.2 21.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.40 3.2 37.7 16.67 3.7 37.9 24.17 2.1 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 22.13 4.9 36.3 21.50 6.5 36.8 24.14 5.2 34.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.27 3.3 $17.44 4.2 $23.77 3.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.37 3.3 17.50 4.2 23.79 3.9 White collar........................................................ 22.58 4.9 21.22 5.9 28.11 7.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.51 4.5 22.14 5.5 28.16 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.65 5.2 27.98 7.0 34.04 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.42 6.6 31.22 9.9 34.72 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.99 1.6 32.97 1.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.80 4.8 29.80 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.79 6.3 36.79 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 35.50 30.6 36.17 32.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.98 2.4 22.84 2.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.40 5.2 – – 38.40 5.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.63 2.4 – – 34.63 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.86 1.9 – – 33.86 1.9 Teachers, special education................................. 30.06 7.9 – – 30.06 7.9 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.06 .3 – – 11.06 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.90 14.6 18.27 15.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.12 5.2 20.31 5.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.96 3.8 17.94 4.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.32 3.5 29.62 4.4 33.78 4.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.57 4.4 33.51 5.7 33.76 5.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 35.06 5.3 – – 35.06 5.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.77 10.5 – – 36.57 11.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.51 6.4 36.32 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.07 5.1 24.53 5.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.75 16.1 25.75 16.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.56 16.4 16.58 16.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.30 13.1 28.30 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.53 4.2 7.51 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.94 3.6 12.54 4.3 14.70 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.28 7.0 13.99 8.4 14.83 10.6 Receptionists............................................... 9.01 6.5 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 13.49 6.3 13.49 6.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.31 8.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $12.10 4.9 $11.39 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.02 5.7 13.66 7.5 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.05 5.9 9.05 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.69 10.7 – – $10.69 10.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.18 2.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.79 4.7 16.76 4.9 17.47 6.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.95 2.6 23.95 2.8 23.96 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.62 8.2 22.61 8.2 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.84 5.1 25.84 5.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.03 4.6 18.03 4.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.89 9.0 15.89 9.1 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.08 11.2 13.08 11.2 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 17.77 3.9 17.77 3.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.92 1.9 16.92 1.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 14.40 7.6 14.40 7.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.69 17.0 10.69 17.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.32 11.6 14.32 11.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.74 14.2 13.74 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.65 12.3 18.65 12.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.41 1.2 11.41 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.48 3.7 15.57 4.1 14.97 5.2 Truck drivers............................................... 20.16 15.4 20.21 16.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.15 4.5 – – 15.15 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.35 10.7 13.35 10.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.65 4.2 11.62 4.3 12.17 1.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.81 5.8 10.81 5.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.57 13.7 11.57 13.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.05 3.9 10.05 3.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.57 20.4 13.46 27.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.48 4.6 8.02 1.8 17.15 8.7 Protective service............................................ 20.32 10.6 – – 22.56 10.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.58 21.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.99 4.8 6.84 5.8 8.97 6.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.37 17.2 4.37 17.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.19 17.8 4.19 17.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.03 10.7 9.04 12.2 8.97 6.2 Cooks....................................................... 9.75 1.3 9.60 .5 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.60 2.6 6.60 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.59 4.5 7.18 4.9 – – Health service................................................ $10.69 4.5 $10.36 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.2 10.29 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.58 5.7 8.23 3.9 $14.11 7.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.45 5.5 8.66 2.3 14.07 7.6 Personal service.............................................. 10.71 6.3 – – 10.67 9.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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................................................................... $19.11 3.3 $18.24 4.1 $24.66 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.07 3.2 18.15 4.1 24.66 4.3 White collar........................................................ 23.49 5.0 22.13 6.1 28.65 5.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.88 4.4 22.44 5.5 28.65 5.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.97 5.1 28.07 6.9 34.91 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.90 6.8 31.44 10.3 35.66 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.99 1.6 32.97 1.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.80 4.8 29.80 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.79 6.3 36.79 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 36.84 39.5 37.78 42.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.78 3.2 22.59 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.88 1.7 – – 39.88 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.63 2.4 – – 34.63 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.86 1.9 – – 33.86 1.9 Teachers, special education................................. 30.06 7.9 – – 30.06 7.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.90 14.6 18.27 15.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.14 5.4 20.34 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 3.2 30.07 4.1 34.27 4.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.68 4.4 33.51 5.7 34.25 5.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 35.27 5.3 – – 35.27 5.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.77 10.5 – – 36.57 11.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.51 6.4 36.32 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.83 4.2 25.30 4.1 – – Sales............................................................. 20.06 22.4 20.06 22.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.09 3.7 12.69 4.5 14.75 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.28 7.0 13.99 8.4 14.83 10.6 Order clerks................................................ 13.49 6.3 13.49 6.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.46 10.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.10 4.9 11.39 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.17 5.4 13.84 7.3 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.05 5.9 9.05 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.72 10.8 – – 10.72 10.8 Blue collar......................................................... 17.05 4.6 17.01 4.8 18.42 7.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $24.07 2.7 $24.07 2.9 $23.96 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.62 8.2 22.61 8.2 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.84 5.1 25.84 5.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.03 4.6 18.03 4.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.90 9.2 15.90 9.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.08 11.2 13.08 11.2 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 17.77 3.9 17.77 3.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.92 1.9 16.92 1.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 14.81 4.7 14.81 4.7 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.69 17.0 10.69 17.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.32 11.6 14.32 11.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.74 14.2 13.74 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.64 12.6 18.64 12.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.41 1.2 11.41 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.38 3.6 16.47 4.0 15.74 7.9 Truck drivers............................................... 21.07 14.1 21.18 14.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.35 10.7 13.35 10.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 19.06 10.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.88 4.5 11.84 4.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.61 10.6 11.61 10.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.60 11.9 12.60 11.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.05 3.9 10.05 3.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.60 20.4 13.46 27.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.97 4.9 9.04 2.3 17.90 9.6 Protective service............................................ 21.43 11.1 – – 23.41 10.1 Food service.................................................. 8.27 5.9 8.16 7.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.08 8.5 10.28 9.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.73 1.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.02 4.1 7.70 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.73 4.8 10.38 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.57 3.7 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.93 6.3 8.43 4.1 14.40 7.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.72 5.8 8.78 2.0 14.40 7.5 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.91 8.1 $9.69 9.1 $11.84 8.3 All excluding sales............................................... 10.23 9.1 10.00 10.5 11.89 8.3 White collar........................................................ 12.94 13.2 12.95 14.2 12.73 15.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.90 14.3 17.51 15.0 13.00 16.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.42 17.8 26.47 13.4 11.65 12.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.10 19.4 28.09 12.3 11.65 12.2 Health related................................................ 29.75 9.4 29.75 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 2.6 23.89 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.65 12.2 – – 11.65 12.2 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.06 .3 – – 11.06 .3 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.42 7.7 8.41 7.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.95 2.4 6.91 2.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.73 5.7 10.68 5.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.79 5.9 – – 12.06 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.16 5.0 – – 13.44 6.3 Bus drivers................................................. 13.44 6.3 – – 13.44 6.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.57 7.9 6.02 7.8 11.09 13.1 Protective service............................................ 11.90 32.1 – – 14.18 34.1 Food service.................................................. 5.34 10.4 5.29 10.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.61 19.9 4.61 19.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.34 21.3 4.34 21.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.52 3.3 6.46 3.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.52 1.9 6.52 1.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.46 10.1 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.31 11.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.68 8.2 – – 8.17 2.3 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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................................................................... $755 3.4 39.5 $727 4.2 39.8 $927 4.2 37.6 All excluding sales............................................... 754 3.3 39.6 724 4.1 39.9 927 4.2 37.6 White collar........................................................ 916 5.2 39.0 880 6.6 39.8 1,040 5.2 36.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 932 4.5 39.0 897 5.8 40.0 1,040 5.2 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,151 5.1 38.4 1,121 7.4 39.9 1,221 1.7 35.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,249 6.6 38.0 1,254 10.9 39.9 1,241 1.5 34.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,334 2.0 40.4 1,333 2.0 40.4 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,193 4.8 40.0 1,193 4.8 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,472 6.3 40.0 1,472 6.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,467 39.3 39.8 1,511 42.9 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 906 3.2 39.8 904 3.4 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,336 1.0 33.5 – – – 1,336 1.0 33.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,249 1.6 36.1 – – – 1,249 1.6 36.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,221 1.1 36.0 – – – 1,221 1.1 36.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,110 6.4 36.9 – – – 1,110 6.4 36.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 747 14.0 39.5 721 15.1 39.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 805 5.4 40.0 813 5.6 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,241 3.1 40.3 1,217 3.9 40.5 1,363 5.1 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,370 4.4 40.7 1,369 5.7 40.9 1,374 5.5 40.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,420 6.5 40.3 – – – 1,420 6.5 40.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,311 10.5 40.0 – – – 1,463 11.5 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,482 7.6 40.6 1,476 7.6 40.6 – – – Management related............................................ 1,027 4.0 39.8 1,009 4.1 39.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 770 24.3 38.4 770 24.3 38.4 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 516 3.7 39.4 505 4.6 39.8 561 2.3 38.0 Secretaries................................................. 568 6.8 39.8 560 8.4 40.0 585 10.2 39.4 Order clerks................................................ 539 6.3 40.0 539 6.3 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 458 10.2 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 484 4.9 40.0 456 7.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 563 5.4 39.7 551 7.2 39.8 – – – Bank tellers................................................ $353 6.8 39.0 $353 6.8 39.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 357 14.2 33.3 – – – $357 14.2 33.3 Blue collar......................................................... 680 4.6 39.9 679 4.7 39.9 707 7.5 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 963 2.7 40.0 964 2.8 40.0 940 3.6 39.2 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 909 8.3 40.2 909 8.3 40.2 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,042 4.6 40.3 1,042 4.6 40.3 – – – Machinists.................................................. 720 4.8 40.0 720 4.8 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 634 9.3 39.8 634 9.3 39.8 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 523 11.2 40.0 523 11.2 40.0 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 711 3.9 40.0 711 3.9 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 677 1.9 40.0 677 1.9 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 495 7.9 40.0 495 7.9 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 592 4.7 40.0 592 4.7 40.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 425 16.2 39.8 425 16.2 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 572 11.5 39.9 572 11.5 39.9 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 512 19.8 37.3 512 19.8 37.3 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 745 12.7 40.0 745 12.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 456 1.2 40.0 456 1.2 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 658 5.0 40.2 675 5.8 41.0 558 5.7 35.4 Truck drivers............................................... 958 20.0 45.4 969 20.7 45.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 531 10.9 39.7 531 10.9 39.7 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 762 10.2 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 471 4.4 39.7 469 4.6 39.6 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 442 13.7 38.1 442 13.7 38.1 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 504 11.9 40.0 504 11.9 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 394 3.9 39.2 394 3.9 39.2 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 544 20.4 40.0 538 27.6 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 478 4.9 39.9 357 3.6 39.5 730 9.6 40.8 Protective service............................................ 922 10.4 43.0 – – – 1,021 8.3 43.6 Food service.................................................. 321 8.1 38.8 320 9.5 39.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 386 11.9 38.3 399 12.8 38.8 – – – Cooks....................................................... 385 1.6 39.5 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 281 6.2 35.1 266 8.1 34.6 – – – Health service................................................ 426 4.6 39.7 415 4.7 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 419 3.4 39.6 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $433 6.7 39.6 $332 5.3 39.4 $576 7.5 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 469 5.8 40.0 351 2.0 40.0 576 7.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $37,733 3.4 1,975 $37,109 4.2 2,034 $41,013 4.2 1,663 All excluding sales............................................... 37,635 3.3 1,974 36,960 4.1 2,036 41,013 4.2 1,663 White collar........................................................ 44,950 5.2 1,914 45,483 6.6 2,055 43,457 5.2 1,517 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,481 4.5 1,905 46,313 5.8 2,064 43,457 5.2 1,517 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,816 5.1 1,795 57,455 7.4 2,047 47,556 1.7 1,362 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,767 6.6 1,725 63,916 10.9 2,033 47,923 1.5 1,344 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,389 2.0 2,103 69,312 2.0 2,102 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 62,024 4.8 2,082 62,024 4.8 2,082 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 76,530 6.3 2,080 76,530 6.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 76,273 39.3 2,070 78,576 42.9 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 47,127 3.2 2,069 46,988 3.4 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 48,473 1.0 1,215 – – – 48,473 1.0 1,215 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,631 1.6 1,318 – – – 45,631 1.6 1,318 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,437 1.1 1,312 – – – 44,437 1.1 1,312 Teachers, special education................................. 40,117 6.4 1,335 – – – 40,117 6.4 1,335 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 38,858 14.0 2,056 37,514 15.1 2,053 – – – Technical....................................................... 41,870 5.4 2,079 42,291 5.6 2,079 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 64,275 3.1 2,089 63,259 3.9 2,104 69,136 5.1 2,018 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 70,780 4.4 2,102 71,196 5.7 2,125 69,456 5.5 2,028 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 73,852 6.5 2,094 – – – 73,852 6.5 2,094 Administrators, education and related fields................ 63,351 10.5 1,933 – – – 67,858 11.5 1,856 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 77,081 7.6 2,111 76,742 7.6 2,113 – – – Management related............................................ 53,392 4.0 2,067 52,485 4.1 2,075 – – – Sales............................................................. 40,045 24.3 1,996 40,045 24.3 1,996 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,199 3.7 2,001 26,274 4.6 2,070 25,933 2.3 1,758 Secretaries................................................. 29,158 6.8 2,042 29,108 8.4 2,080 29,249 10.2 1,973 Order clerks................................................ 28,050 6.3 2,080 28,050 6.3 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,835 10.2 2,080 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,162 4.9 2,080 23,688 7.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,127 5.4 2,056 28,633 7.2 2,069 – – – Bank tellers................................................ $18,349 6.8 2,027 $18,349 6.8 2,027 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12,837 14.2 1,197 – – – $12,837 14.2 1,197 Blue collar......................................................... 34,457 4.6 2,020 34,437 4.7 2,025 34,999 7.5 1,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 46,950 2.7 1,951 46,842 2.8 1,946 48,903 3.6 2,041 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 47,265 8.3 2,090 47,250 8.3 2,090 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 54,159 4.6 2,096 54,159 4.6 2,096 – – – Machinists.................................................. 37,456 4.8 2,078 37,456 4.8 2,078 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,957 9.3 2,072 32,945 9.3 2,072 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 27,180 11.2 2,079 27,180 11.2 2,079 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 36,965 3.9 2,080 36,965 3.9 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 35,188 1.9 2,080 35,188 1.9 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 25,738 7.9 2,080 25,738 7.9 2,080 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 30,784 4.7 2,079 30,784 4.7 2,079 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 22,122 16.2 2,070 22,122 16.2 2,070 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,718 11.5 2,075 29,718 11.5 2,075 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 26,648 19.8 1,939 26,648 19.8 1,939 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 38,723 12.7 2,078 38,723 12.7 2,078 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 23,723 1.2 2,080 23,723 1.2 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,342 5.0 2,036 35,078 5.8 2,130 24,662 5.7 1,567 Truck drivers............................................... 49,792 20.0 2,363 50,414 20.7 2,380 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,592 10.9 2,067 27,592 10.9 2,067 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 39,645 10.2 2,080 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,640 4.4 1,990 23,513 4.6 1,986 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,977 13.7 1,979 22,977 13.7 1,979 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,209 11.9 2,080 26,209 11.9 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,499 3.9 2,039 20,499 3.9 2,039 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 28,278 20.4 2,080 27,989 27.6 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,034 4.9 2,008 18,108 3.6 2,004 36,110 9.6 2,017 Protective service............................................ 47,945 10.4 2,238 – – – 53,117 8.3 2,269 Food service.................................................. 15,437 8.1 1,867 15,791 9.5 1,936 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,062 11.9 1,792 19,244 12.8 1,873 – – – Cooks....................................................... 19,718 1.6 2,025 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 11,435 6.2 1,427 10,783 8.1 1,400 – – – Health service................................................ 22,172 4.6 2,067 21,585 4.7 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,774 3.4 2,060 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $22,518 6.7 2,061 $17,264 5.3 2,047 $29,949 7.5 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,376 5.8 2,080 18,263 2.0 2,080 29,949 7.5 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.27 3.3 $17.44 4.2 $23.77 3.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.37 3.3 17.50 4.2 23.79 3.9 White collar........................................................ 22.58 4.9 21.22 5.9 28.11 7.0 1....................................................... 8.41 4.8 8.27 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.08 3.9 8.98 4.6 9.83 3.6 3....................................................... 10.29 5.5 9.83 5.2 13.07 12.4 4....................................................... 13.24 4.6 12.98 5.3 14.71 3.4 5....................................................... 15.84 6.7 15.98 7.6 15.16 13.8 6....................................................... 17.16 4.6 17.68 6.1 16.04 7.5 7....................................................... 22.80 5.2 22.53 6.4 24.17 6.9 8....................................................... 25.90 5.6 24.53 8.3 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 31.78 3.4 27.27 4.9 40.03 1.4 10........................................................ 31.50 2.5 30.61 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.20 4.8 34.02 5.1 36.80 4.2 12........................................................ 40.67 5.9 41.61 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.41 13.8 19.17 13.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.51 4.5 22.14 5.5 28.16 6.9 1....................................................... 9.27 2.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.84 3.8 9.84 4.4 9.83 3.6 3....................................................... 11.02 3.8 10.52 3.1 13.07 12.4 4....................................................... 13.01 3.7 12.65 3.9 14.71 3.4 5....................................................... 16.24 7.0 16.50 8.1 15.16 13.8 6....................................................... 17.64 4.2 18.51 5.9 16.04 7.5 7....................................................... 21.62 3.2 20.94 3.2 24.17 6.9 8....................................................... 25.90 5.6 24.53 8.3 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 32.11 3.6 27.43 5.3 40.03 1.4 10........................................................ 30.55 7.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.74 5.3 32.43 5.6 36.80 4.2 12........................................................ 40.67 5.9 41.61 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.09 13.4 18.77 12.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.65 5.2 27.98 7.0 34.04 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.42 6.6 31.22 9.9 34.72 4.7 7....................................................... 23.71 5.1 22.90 5.0 25.72 7.9 8....................................................... 27.51 7.2 26.49 12.7 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 33.09 5.1 24.43 8.9 40.67 .6 11........................................................ 32.30 6.0 32.22 6.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.30 6.5 43.30 6.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.99 1.6 32.97 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.15 1.7 30.15 1.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.11 8.4 34.04 8.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.80 4.8 29.80 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.79 6.3 36.79 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $35.50 30.6 $36.17 32.3 – – 9....................................................... 22.52 3.0 22.13 2.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.98 2.4 22.84 2.4 – – 9....................................................... 22.45 3.2 22.02 2.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.40 5.2 – – $38.40 5.2 8....................................................... 31.32 1.7 – – 31.32 1.7 9....................................................... 41.81 .4 – – 41.81 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.63 2.4 – – 34.63 2.4 9....................................................... 35.67 .2 – – 35.67 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.86 1.9 – – 33.86 1.9 9....................................................... 35.21 .4 – – 35.21 .4 Teachers, special education................................. 30.06 7.9 – – 30.06 7.9 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.06 .3 – – 11.06 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.90 14.6 18.27 15.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.12 5.2 20.31 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.80 7.3 18.83 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.53 3.9 20.53 3.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.96 3.8 17.94 4.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.32 3.5 29.62 4.4 33.78 4.6 8....................................................... 20.02 7.3 20.02 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.90 4.5 31.17 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 33.90 11.0 33.10 14.0 – – 12........................................................ 37.76 8.1 39.02 10.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.57 4.4 33.51 5.7 33.76 5.3 9....................................................... 32.87 5.2 33.57 5.1 – – 11........................................................ 32.94 13.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.44 6.3 43.59 3.5 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 35.06 5.3 – – 35.06 5.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.77 10.5 – – 36.57 11.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.51 6.4 36.32 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.07 5.1 24.53 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.65 4.4 27.65 4.4 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.75 16.1 25.75 16.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.56 16.4 16.58 16.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.30 13.1 28.30 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.53 4.2 7.51 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.94 3.6 12.54 4.3 14.70 2.1 1....................................................... 9.27 2.4 – – – – 2....................................................... $9.87 4.0 $9.87 4.7 $9.83 3.6 3....................................................... 10.99 4.0 10.46 3.5 13.07 12.4 4....................................................... 12.98 3.8 12.62 3.8 14.71 4.2 5....................................................... 15.55 8.6 15.44 10.2 16.01 14.8 6....................................................... 17.98 5.8 17.29 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.37 3.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.28 7.0 13.99 8.4 14.83 10.6 4....................................................... 13.82 11.2 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.01 6.5 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 13.49 6.3 13.49 6.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.31 8.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.10 4.9 11.39 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.02 5.7 13.66 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.87 3.6 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.05 5.9 9.05 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.69 10.7 – – 10.69 10.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.18 2.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.79 4.7 16.76 4.9 17.47 6.5 1....................................................... 10.53 3.7 10.55 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.48 4.9 11.50 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 17.54 15.0 17.72 15.3 14.04 3.7 4....................................................... 16.51 4.1 16.23 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.72 3.8 16.47 3.9 20.67 8.3 6....................................................... 18.24 1.1 18.22 1.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.28 2.8 26.43 2.9 22.45 2.7 8....................................................... 29.89 3.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.13 6.1 29.13 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.84 12.5 15.84 12.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.95 2.6 23.95 2.8 23.96 3.3 2....................................................... 12.13 15.6 12.13 15.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.22 8.7 15.49 8.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.90 3.6 16.05 1.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.66 1.0 18.62 1.0 – – 7....................................................... 26.56 3.1 26.63 3.1 24.28 4.6 9....................................................... 29.13 6.1 29.13 6.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.62 8.2 22.61 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.99 8.8 25.01 8.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.84 5.1 25.84 5.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.03 4.6 18.03 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 4.0 16.60 4.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.89 9.0 15.89 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.57 4.8 10.57 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.13 2.4 11.13 2.4 – – 3....................................................... $18.90 13.7 $18.90 13.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.65 2.3 15.61 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.68 4.8 15.68 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.97 .7 17.97 .7 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.08 11.2 13.08 11.2 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 17.77 3.9 17.77 3.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.92 1.9 16.92 1.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 14.40 7.6 14.40 7.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.69 17.0 10.69 17.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.32 11.6 14.32 11.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.74 14.2 13.74 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.65 12.3 18.65 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.56 10.3 10.56 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.35 12.3 17.35 12.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.41 1.2 11.41 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.48 3.7 15.57 4.1 $14.97 5.2 2....................................................... 12.83 1.5 12.75 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 16.42 11.8 17.48 13.4 13.73 6.5 Truck drivers............................................... 20.16 15.4 20.21 16.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.15 4.5 – – 15.15 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.35 10.7 13.35 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.40 1.9 12.40 1.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.65 4.2 11.62 4.3 12.17 1.8 1....................................................... 9.98 5.2 10.01 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.36 9.1 11.45 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.04 7.4 10.45 6.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.81 5.8 10.81 5.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.57 13.7 11.57 13.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.05 3.9 10.05 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.41 10.8 9.41 10.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.57 20.4 13.46 27.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.25 9.4 9.36 10.2 – – Service............................................................. 10.48 4.6 8.02 1.8 17.15 8.7 1....................................................... 6.76 4.2 6.49 4.8 8.53 6.9 2....................................................... 6.43 12.8 6.07 12.5 9.67 8.1 3....................................................... 9.33 10.4 7.84 7.6 12.25 15.5 4....................................................... 11.73 4.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 11.99 6.1 11.08 4.8 16.90 8.0 Protective service............................................ 20.32 10.6 – – 22.56 10.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.58 21.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.99 4.8 6.84 5.8 8.97 6.2 1....................................................... 5.85 5.9 – – – – 2....................................................... $5.57 13.6 $5.47 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.20 8.1 6.69 6.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.37 17.2 4.37 17.2 – – 2....................................................... 4.64 27.2 4.64 27.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.19 17.8 4.19 17.8 – – 2....................................................... 4.64 27.2 4.64 27.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.03 10.7 9.04 12.2 $8.97 6.2 1....................................................... 7.81 3.7 7.84 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.30 5.6 7.08 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.08 8.9 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.75 1.3 9.60 .5 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.60 2.6 6.60 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.59 4.5 7.18 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.04 5.7 6.78 9.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.69 4.5 10.36 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 3.2 10.29 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.58 5.7 8.23 3.9 14.11 7.7 1....................................................... 8.20 5.3 7.95 5.5 10.17 5.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.45 5.5 8.66 2.3 14.07 7.6 1....................................................... 8.41 5.3 8.06 5.2 10.17 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 10.71 6.3 – – 10.67 9.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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................................................................... $19.11 3.3 $18.24 4.1 $24.66 4.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.07 3.2 18.15 4.1 24.66 4.3 White collar........................................................ 23.49 5.0 22.13 6.1 28.65 5.9 1....................................................... 8.89 4.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.64 4.1 9.59 4.7 9.91 4.1 3....................................................... 10.29 5.5 9.66 5.0 13.12 12.6 4....................................................... 13.27 5.0 13.01 5.7 14.69 3.7 5....................................................... 16.26 7.2 16.26 8.1 16.23 13.3 6....................................................... 17.04 5.0 17.46 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.13 4.7 22.85 5.8 24.53 7.0 8....................................................... 24.60 3.4 22.05 3.8 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 31.99 3.4 27.47 4.9 40.05 1.4 10........................................................ 31.50 2.5 30.61 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.35 4.8 34.18 5.1 36.80 4.2 12........................................................ 40.67 5.9 41.61 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 14.1 19.17 13.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.88 4.4 22.44 5.5 28.65 5.9 2....................................................... 9.87 4.2 9.86 4.9 9.91 4.1 3....................................................... 10.90 4.0 10.22 3.1 13.12 12.6 4....................................................... 13.01 3.8 12.66 3.9 14.69 3.7 5....................................................... 16.50 7.4 16.55 8.5 16.23 13.3 6....................................................... 17.50 4.5 18.26 6.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.99 2.9 21.31 2.6 24.53 7.0 8....................................................... 24.60 3.4 22.05 3.8 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 32.33 3.6 27.65 5.4 40.05 1.4 10........................................................ 30.55 7.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.90 5.3 32.59 5.7 36.80 4.2 12........................................................ 40.67 5.9 41.61 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.05 13.6 18.77 12.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.97 5.1 28.07 6.9 34.91 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.90 6.8 31.44 10.3 35.66 2.5 7....................................................... 23.86 5.3 22.90 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 26.03 5.0 22.56 6.8 28.80 5.1 9....................................................... 33.46 5.1 24.69 9.3 40.69 .6 11........................................................ 32.50 6.1 32.43 6.2 – – 12........................................................ 43.30 6.5 43.30 6.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.99 1.6 32.97 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.15 1.7 30.15 1.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.11 8.4 34.04 8.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 29.80 4.8 29.80 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.79 6.3 36.79 6.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 36.84 39.5 37.78 42.9 – – 9....................................................... $22.37 3.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.78 3.2 $22.59 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.88 1.7 – – $39.88 1.7 8....................................................... 31.32 1.7 – – 31.32 1.7 9....................................................... 41.84 .4 – – 41.84 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.63 2.4 – – 34.63 2.4 9....................................................... 35.67 .2 – – 35.67 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.86 1.9 – – 33.86 1.9 9....................................................... 35.21 .4 – – 35.21 .4 Teachers, special education................................. 30.06 7.9 – – 30.06 7.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.90 14.6 18.27 15.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.14 5.4 20.34 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 18.82 7.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.53 3.9 20.53 3.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 3.2 30.07 4.1 34.27 4.9 8....................................................... 20.02 7.3 20.02 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.91 4.5 31.17 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 33.90 11.0 33.10 14.0 – – 12........................................................ 37.76 8.1 39.02 10.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.68 4.4 33.51 5.7 34.25 5.5 9....................................................... 32.88 5.2 33.57 5.1 – – 11........................................................ 32.94 13.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.44 6.3 43.59 3.5 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 35.27 5.3 – – 35.27 5.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.77 10.5 – – 36.57 11.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.51 6.4 36.32 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.83 4.2 25.30 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.65 4.4 27.65 4.4 – – Sales............................................................. 20.06 22.4 20.06 22.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.09 3.7 12.69 4.5 14.75 2.2 2....................................................... 9.91 4.4 9.91 5.3 9.91 4.1 3....................................................... 10.86 4.4 10.10 3.7 13.12 12.6 4....................................................... 12.98 3.8 12.63 3.8 14.68 4.6 5....................................................... 15.55 8.6 15.44 10.2 16.01 14.8 6....................................................... 17.98 5.8 17.29 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.37 3.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.28 7.0 13.99 8.4 14.83 10.6 4....................................................... 13.82 11.2 – – – – Order clerks................................................ $13.49 6.3 $13.49 6.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.46 10.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.10 4.9 11.39 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.17 5.4 13.84 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.87 3.6 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.05 5.9 9.05 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.72 10.8 – – $10.72 10.8 Blue collar......................................................... 17.05 4.6 17.01 4.8 18.42 7.8 1....................................................... 10.71 3.8 10.72 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.53 4.9 11.54 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 17.63 15.2 17.75 15.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.51 4.1 16.23 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.80 3.9 16.55 4.0 20.67 8.3 6....................................................... 18.24 1.1 18.22 1.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.28 2.8 26.43 2.9 22.45 2.7 8....................................................... 29.89 3.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.13 6.1 29.13 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.84 12.5 15.84 12.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.07 2.7 24.07 2.9 23.96 3.3 4....................................................... 17.22 8.7 15.49 8.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.90 3.6 16.05 1.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.66 1.0 18.62 1.0 – – 7....................................................... 26.56 3.1 26.63 3.1 24.28 4.6 9....................................................... 29.13 6.1 29.13 6.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.62 8.2 22.61 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.99 8.8 25.01 8.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 25.84 5.1 25.84 5.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.03 4.6 18.03 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 4.0 16.60 4.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.90 9.2 15.90 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.64 4.2 10.64 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.13 2.4 11.13 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 18.89 14.0 18.89 14.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.65 2.3 15.61 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.68 4.8 15.68 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.97 .7 17.97 .7 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 13.08 11.2 13.08 11.2 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 17.77 3.9 17.77 3.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.92 1.9 16.92 1.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 14.81 4.7 14.81 4.7 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.69 17.0 10.69 17.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.32 11.6 14.32 11.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... $13.74 14.2 $13.74 14.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.64 12.6 18.64 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.56 10.3 10.56 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.35 12.3 17.35 12.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.41 1.2 11.41 1.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.38 3.6 16.47 4.0 $15.74 7.9 2....................................................... 12.79 1.5 12.75 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 17.34 11.5 17.97 12.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 21.07 14.1 21.18 14.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.35 10.7 13.35 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.40 1.9 12.40 1.9 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 19.06 10.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.88 4.5 11.84 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.16 5.6 10.19 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.41 9.2 11.45 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.05 7.5 10.45 6.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.61 10.6 11.61 10.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.60 11.9 12.60 11.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.05 3.9 10.05 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.41 10.8 9.41 10.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.60 20.4 13.46 27.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.27 9.5 9.36 10.2 – – Service............................................................. 11.97 4.9 9.04 2.3 17.90 9.6 1....................................................... 8.30 3.8 8.24 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.24 10.5 5.62 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.53 10.6 9.06 9.7 – – 5....................................................... 11.50 5.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 21.43 11.1 – – 23.41 10.1 Food service.................................................. 8.27 5.9 8.16 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.41 5.0 8.59 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 5.12 5.1 4.93 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.31 11.9 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.08 8.5 10.28 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.41 5.0 8.59 5.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.73 1.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.02 4.1 7.70 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.67 5.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.73 4.8 10.38 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.57 3.7 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.93 6.3 8.43 4.1 14.40 7.5 1....................................................... 8.21 5.6 8.00 5.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.72 5.8 8.78 2.0 14.40 7.5 1....................................................... 8.47 5.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.91 8.1 $9.69 9.1 $11.84 8.3 All excluding sales............................................... 10.23 9.1 10.00 10.5 11.89 8.3 White collar........................................................ 12.94 13.2 12.95 14.2 12.73 15.2 2....................................................... 7.60 8.5 7.60 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.28 7.9 10.28 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 10.65 6.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 20.52 15.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.90 14.3 17.51 15.0 13.00 16.4 3....................................................... 11.54 9.9 11.57 10.1 – – 9....................................................... 20.52 15.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.42 17.8 26.47 13.4 11.65 12.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.10 19.4 28.09 12.3 11.65 12.2 Health related................................................ 29.75 9.4 29.75 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 2.6 23.89 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.65 12.2 – – 11.65 12.2 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.06 .3 – – 11.06 .3 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.42 7.7 8.41 7.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.95 2.4 6.91 2.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.73 5.7 10.68 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.54 9.9 11.57 10.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.79 5.9 – – 12.06 3.8 3....................................................... 14.32 14.3 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.16 5.0 – – 13.44 6.3 Bus drivers................................................. 13.44 6.3 – – 13.44 6.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.57 7.9 6.02 7.8 11.09 13.1 1....................................................... 4.71 4.3 – – 8.34 3.2 2....................................................... 6.67 18.6 6.61 20.3 – – 3....................................................... $6.01 5.8 $6.01 5.8 – – Protective service............................................ 11.90 32.1 – – $14.18 34.1 Food service.................................................. 5.34 10.4 5.29 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.11 24.0 6.11 24.0 – – 3....................................................... 6.01 5.8 6.01 5.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.61 19.9 4.61 19.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.34 21.3 4.34 21.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.52 3.3 6.46 3.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.52 1.9 6.52 1.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.46 10.1 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.31 11.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.68 8.2 – – $8.17 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 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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....................................................... $19.11 $9.91 $22.34 $16.57 $18.08 $22.75 All excluding sales............................................. 19.07 10.23 22.34 16.58 18.34 19.83 White collar........................................................ 23.49 12.94 29.63 21.36 22.41 24.56 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.88 16.90 29.63 22.26 23.55 22.48 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.97 23.42 35.81 27.69 29.70 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.90 24.10 37.24 30.48 32.50 – Technical....................................................... 20.14 – 19.12 20.21 20.12 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 – – 30.32 30.12 – Sales............................................................. 20.06 8.42 – 16.56 10.92 25.79 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.09 10.73 15.41 12.54 12.98 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.05 10.79 20.98 13.41 16.80 16.35 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24.07 – 27.04 20.32 24.04 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.90 – 20.55 12.72 15.96 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.38 12.16 17.07 13.57 14.95 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.88 – 15.22 9.32 11.65 – Service............................................................. 11.97 6.57 16.91 8.85 10.48 – 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....................................................... 3.3 8.1 4.0 3.4 3.4 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 9.1 4.0 3.3 3.3 20.2 White collar........................................................ 5.0 13.2 8.5 5.5 4.8 11.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 14.3 8.5 5.1 4.4 26.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 17.8 3.0 6.7 5.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 19.4 2.1 9.2 6.6 – Technical....................................................... 5.4 – 12.2 5.5 5.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.2 – – 3.5 3.7 – Sales............................................................. 22.4 7.7 – 16.4 12.1 13.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 5.7 3.8 4.1 3.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 5.9 5.4 3.3 4.7 14.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 – 3.4 4.4 2.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 – 8.0 2.0 8.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.6 5.0 7.4 10.3 3.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 – 7.8 3.0 4.2 – Service............................................................. 4.9 7.9 11.5 4.4 4.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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....................................................... $17.44 $20.03 – – $19.34 $14.72 $22.39 - $14.00 $16.20 All excluding sales............................................. 17.50 19.76 – – 19.04 14.91 21.29 - 14.09 16.24 White collar........................................................ 21.22 26.25 – – 26.07 18.81 24.69 - 14.00 21.40 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.14 25.66 – – 25.45 20.24 23.11 - 14.09 21.62 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.98 28.90 – – 28.65 27.19 22.02 - – 28.91 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.22 31.93 – – 31.72 30.56 23.43 - – 33.39 Technical....................................................... 20.31 20.48 – – 20.48 20.19 – - – 20.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.62 33.79 – – 33.79 27.92 – - 22.31 22.97 Sales............................................................. 16.58 31.91 – – 31.91 13.07 – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.54 14.95 – – 14.95 11.75 16.63 - 11.37 10.49 Blue collar......................................................... 16.76 18.17 – – 17.18 12.52 – - – 10.62 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.95 24.13 – – 21.68 23.28 – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.89 16.91 – – 16.91 9.96 – - – 9.47 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 16.95 – – 16.95 – – - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.62 13.95 – – 12.83 8.49 – - – 8.00 Service............................................................. 8.02 – – – – 7.94 – - – 9.46 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.2 4.9 – – 5.7 4.5 6.4 - 7.8 7.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 5.1 – – 6.0 4.0 8.5 - 7.6 7.0 White collar........................................................ 5.9 5.7 – – 5.8 7.7 9.4 - 7.8 10.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 6.6 – – 6.8 6.9 15.7 - 7.6 10.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.0 4.9 – – 5.2 12.0 28.1 - – 13.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.9 2.1 – – 2.2 19.0 25.9 - – 22.6 Technical....................................................... 5.4 4.2 – – 4.2 8.7 – - – 8.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 4.9 – – 4.9 6.6 – - 2.9 11.4 Sales............................................................. 16.4 8.5 – – 8.5 24.1 – - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 3.9 – – 3.9 5.0 11.4 - 11.7 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 4.9 – – 6.4 5.0 – - – 7.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 3.2 – – 3.7 6.6 – - – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 8.5 – – 8.5 2.6 – - – 4.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.1 4.0 – – 4.0 – – - – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 8.2 – – 8.7 1.4 – - – 2.1 Service............................................................. 1.8 – – – – 1.7 – - – 4.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 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....................................................... $17.44 $13.82 $18.56 $16.67 $21.50 All excluding sales............................................. 17.50 13.45 18.65 16.68 21.50 White collar........................................................ 21.22 17.19 22.81 19.44 28.07 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.14 17.42 23.70 20.18 28.07 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.98 19.03 29.56 25.96 32.65 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.22 20.00 33.82 29.86 37.03 Technical....................................................... 20.31 – 20.85 18.64 22.97 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.62 27.34 30.97 26.72 36.98 Sales............................................................. 16.58 16.56 16.60 16.60 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.54 12.15 12.72 12.53 13.10 Blue collar......................................................... 16.76 14.80 17.05 15.81 19.13 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.95 20.70 24.80 26.55 22.43 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.89 12.82 16.21 13.58 20.93 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 – 15.77 14.82 16.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.62 8.70 12.07 12.22 11.67 Service............................................................. 8.02 7.31 9.00 7.16 10.55 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.2 8.5 4.5 3.7 6.5 All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 7.9 4.4 3.3 6.5 White collar........................................................ 5.9 12.1 6.4 5.0 11.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 13.2 6.2 2.7 11.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.0 15.6 7.5 2.8 13.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.9 14.8 11.3 5.5 20.7 Technical....................................................... 5.4 – 5.1 7.1 4.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 10.9 5.2 6.3 4.8 Sales............................................................. 16.4 26.2 23.4 23.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 11.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 12.8 5.0 4.2 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 9.2 2.4 4.6 2.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 8.4 9.3 6.4 8.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.1 – 4.0 13.4 8.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 6.7 4.5 3.7 11.4 Service............................................................. 1.8 2.5 6.1 6.1 4.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.05 $15.54 $24.13 $31.89 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.40 15.83 24.20 31.80 White collar.................................... 8.57 11.97 19.23 29.15 40.74 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 12.72 20.00 29.62 41.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.50 19.59 26.29 36.08 47.82 Professional specialty...................... 16.83 22.00 28.64 39.67 51.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.95 26.77 31.70 38.27 46.55 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.50 26.73 28.97 33.60 36.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.25 27.96 36.26 46.55 49.75 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.00 21.08 23.76 29.47 62.50 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 19.85 22.76 25.75 28.87 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 22.12 29.44 38.19 46.46 61.39 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.82 28.47 34.88 41.59 45.06 Secondary school teachers............... 23.06 26.89 33.69 40.74 46.19 Teachers, special education............. 21.01 23.26 27.78 35.37 42.98 Substitute teachers..................... 10.62 10.62 10.62 10.71 14.41 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.06 12.02 17.18 23.75 29.32 Technical................................... 12.60 15.94 19.25 24.13 28.85 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.23 16.71 19.00 19.25 19.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.72 24.00 30.10 37.24 41.79 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.08 28.41 32.88 38.50 43.18 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.83 32.83 32.83 35.90 41.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.04 24.04 32.50 39.40 45.47 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.10 37.24 40.09 48.88 Management related........................ 17.27 19.23 24.00 29.62 36.87 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.24 12.24 26.36 35.26 39.20 Sales......................................... 6.55 7.30 10.03 22.46 34.25 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.17 28.40 30.71 31.89 34.28 Cashiers................................ 6.43 6.80 7.25 8.05 9.30 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.40 9.57 12.31 15.27 19.16 Secretaries............................. 10.42 11.88 13.65 15.83 18.29 Receptionists........................... 7.00 7.88 8.78 9.83 11.40 Order clerks............................ 8.50 8.75 12.57 16.51 20.75 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.24 9.57 10.75 12.50 13.77 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.96 9.31 11.00 13.56 17.50 General office clerks................... $8.70 $10.03 $13.46 $16.59 $21.07 Bank tellers............................ 7.40 8.22 9.00 9.69 11.11 Teachers' aides......................... 8.00 8.81 10.12 11.86 13.26 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.48 12.62 12.62 12.62 15.52 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 10.70 15.25 21.94 25.94 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.72 18.87 24.48 30.22 33.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.00 19.10 20.45 26.83 30.52 Supervisors, production................. 19.23 23.51 24.48 29.84 30.40 Machinists.............................. 15.09 16.30 17.43 19.04 22.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.24 11.04 14.98 19.35 25.94 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 9.00 10.25 13.09 14.98 16.83 Numerical control machine operators..... 14.65 15.99 18.28 19.84 19.84 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 12.00 16.77 17.81 18.28 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.50 7.50 10.25 15.89 19.48 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.49 10.89 15.18 17.01 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 9.32 9.90 11.07 13.26 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 11.35 13.30 19.35 19.35 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 11.69 14.00 17.47 18.60 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 11.04 18.87 25.94 25.94 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.51 10.26 11.62 11.72 12.08 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 11.49 14.10 19.00 23.51 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 13.00 19.22 24.00 32.35 Bus drivers............................. 11.34 12.39 14.85 16.95 18.83 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.75 12.50 16.45 19.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.38 9.86 13.37 19.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.50 10.40 12.59 15.60 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.90 7.24 9.77 14.37 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 8.30 8.48 10.50 17.13 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.40 9.35 11.05 16.43 25.56 Service......................................... 3.30 6.50 9.41 12.85 19.48 Protective service........................ 8.25 14.89 22.92 25.26 27.40 Guards and police, except public service 7.40 8.25 9.00 12.62 23.00 Food service.............................. 3.09 3.30 6.70 8.71 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.30 3.30 3.80 8.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.30 3.30 3.35 8.75 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.00 10.70 13.25 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 11.50 11.94 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.55 6.00 6.50 7.19 7.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.05 7.45 7.75 8.35 9.00 Health service............................ $9.07 $9.57 $10.20 $11.69 $13.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.38 9.57 9.93 11.25 12.01 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.40 9.65 13.57 15.63 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 10.82 13.98 16.64 Personal service.......................... 7.20 8.52 10.70 13.00 13.63 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.65 $9.75 $14.59 $22.88 $30.13 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.00 14.98 22.90 30.10 White collar.................................... 8.25 11.26 18.20 27.24 37.33 White collar excluding sales................ 9.26 12.55 19.20 27.69 37.48 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.65 19.00 25.00 30.46 43.96 Professional specialty...................... 16.83 20.68 27.19 36.41 49.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.95 26.77 31.70 38.15 46.55 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.50 26.73 28.97 33.60 36.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.25 27.96 36.26 46.55 49.75 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.00 21.10 23.73 29.47 62.50 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 19.85 22.76 25.05 28.73 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.00 11.00 16.32 28.23 29.32 Technical................................... 13.78 16.15 19.25 24.13 28.85 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.23 16.71 19.00 19.25 19.36 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.56 22.98 28.67 37.24 41.79 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 28.41 34.71 38.50 42.14 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.10 37.24 40.09 47.90 Management related........................ 17.27 19.23 24.00 28.56 37.48 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.24 12.24 26.36 35.26 39.20 Sales......................................... 6.55 7.30 10.03 22.46 34.25 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.17 28.40 30.71 31.89 34.28 Cashiers................................ 6.43 6.80 7.25 8.00 9.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.30 9.38 12.00 14.19 18.09 Secretaries............................. 11.26 12.10 13.65 15.83 16.70 Order clerks............................ 8.50 8.75 12.57 16.51 20.75 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.96 9.31 11.00 12.81 17.23 General office clerks................... 8.22 10.00 12.72 16.00 21.07 Bank tellers............................ 7.40 8.22 9.00 9.69 11.11 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 10.62 15.23 21.94 25.94 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.40 18.21 24.78 30.40 33.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.00 19.10 20.45 26.83 30.52 Supervisors, production................. 19.23 23.51 24.48 29.84 30.40 Machinists.............................. 15.09 16.30 17.43 19.04 22.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.23 $11.04 $14.98 $19.35 $25.94 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 9.00 10.25 13.09 14.98 16.83 Numerical control machine operators..... 14.65 15.99 18.28 19.84 19.84 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 12.00 16.77 17.81 18.28 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.50 7.50 10.25 15.89 19.48 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.49 10.89 15.18 17.01 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 9.32 9.90 11.07 13.26 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 11.35 13.30 19.35 19.35 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 11.69 14.00 17.47 18.60 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 11.04 18.87 25.94 25.94 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.51 10.26 11.62 11.72 12.08 Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 11.35 14.10 19.10 24.85 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 13.00 19.55 24.02 32.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.75 12.50 16.45 19.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.35 9.75 13.37 19.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.50 10.40 12.59 15.60 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.90 7.24 9.77 14.37 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 8.30 8.48 10.50 17.13 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.40 9.35 10.82 12.86 25.56 Service......................................... 3.30 5.50 8.00 10.25 12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.09 3.30 6.50 8.70 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.30 3.30 3.80 8.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.30 3.30 3.35 8.75 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.70 8.00 11.20 13.25 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 9.45 11.50 11.50 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.55 6.00 6.50 7.19 7.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 3.09 7.00 7.75 8.01 8.73 Health service............................ 8.85 9.57 10.08 11.47 12.38 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.35 9.57 9.90 11.19 11.79 Cleaning and building service............. 6.28 7.00 7.89 9.41 10.82 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.85 11.43 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.42 $13.57 $21.18 $30.56 $42.84 All excluding sales........................... 10.48 13.57 21.18 30.66 42.84 White collar.................................... 11.49 15.98 25.24 38.21 47.82 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 15.98 25.24 38.22 47.82 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.06 23.75 32.89 43.65 55.96 Professional specialty...................... 16.89 23.83 33.56 43.74 55.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.12 29.44 38.19 46.46 61.39 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.82 28.47 34.88 41.59 45.06 Secondary school teachers............... 23.06 26.89 33.69 40.74 46.19 Teachers, special education............. 21.01 23.26 27.78 35.37 42.98 Substitute teachers..................... 10.62 10.62 10.62 10.71 14.41 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.93 27.83 32.83 35.88 43.27 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.93 27.83 32.83 36.97 45.04 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.83 32.83 32.83 35.90 41.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.93 24.93 35.97 44.26 47.98 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.15 11.49 14.36 17.47 21.47 Secretaries............................. 10.24 11.85 13.15 18.29 20.12 Teachers' aides......................... 8.00 8.81 10.12 11.86 13.26 Blue collar..................................... 10.53 12.67 16.64 22.97 24.67 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 20.44 21.66 23.79 25.30 29.28 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.68 12.10 14.02 17.66 19.22 Bus drivers............................. 11.34 12.39 14.85 16.95 18.83 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $8.00 $10.48 $12.73 $13.77 $16.75 Service......................................... 7.94 11.15 15.74 23.02 26.52 Protective service........................ 14.79 18.63 23.17 26.05 28.19 Food service.............................. 7.00 7.65 8.25 10.04 11.98 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.65 8.25 10.04 11.98 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.00 12.41 13.57 15.63 19.01 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.89 12.06 13.57 15.61 19.01 Personal service.......................... 6.65 8.27 10.70 13.37 13.78 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.38 $11.00 $16.64 $25.09 $33.18 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.03 16.71 24.93 32.83 White collar.................................... 9.23 12.62 20.00 29.99 41.46 White collar excluding sales................ 9.59 13.19 20.13 30.10 41.58 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.86 19.68 26.73 36.36 48.56 Professional specialty...................... 17.56 22.66 28.87 39.79 52.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.95 26.77 31.70 38.27 46.55 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.50 26.73 28.97 33.60 36.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.25 27.96 36.26 46.55 49.75 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.00 20.05 23.40 29.30 72.63 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 19.85 22.31 25.05 28.85 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.23 30.77 38.98 46.73 61.39 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.82 28.47 34.88 41.59 45.06 Secondary school teachers............... 23.06 26.89 33.69 40.74 46.19 Teachers, special education............. 21.01 23.26 27.78 35.37 42.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.06 12.02 17.18 23.75 29.32 Technical................................... 12.55 15.94 19.25 24.13 28.85 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.85 24.02 30.10 37.24 41.79 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.04 28.41 33.29 38.50 43.18 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 32.83 32.83 32.83 35.90 41.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.04 24.04 32.50 39.40 45.47 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 28.41 30.10 37.24 40.09 48.88 Management related........................ 17.56 19.23 24.02 29.62 37.48 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.15 15.08 28.85 38.69 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.59 12.62 15.68 19.16 Secretaries............................. 10.42 11.88 13.65 15.83 18.29 Order clerks............................ 8.50 8.75 12.57 16.51 20.75 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.24 9.32 11.49 12.50 13.77 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.96 9.31 11.00 13.56 17.50 General office clerks................... 9.00 10.03 13.46 16.64 21.07 Bank tellers............................ 7.40 8.22 9.00 9.69 11.11 Teachers' aides......................... 8.02 8.86 10.13 11.86 13.26 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.89 15.81 21.94 26.04 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.91 18.87 24.48 30.22 33.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $18.00 $19.10 $20.45 $26.83 $30.52 Supervisors, production................. 19.23 23.51 24.48 29.84 30.40 Machinists.............................. 15.09 16.30 17.43 19.04 22.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.24 11.04 14.98 19.35 25.94 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 9.00 10.25 13.09 14.98 16.83 Numerical control machine operators..... 14.65 15.99 18.28 19.84 19.84 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 12.00 16.77 17.81 18.28 19.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.50 7.50 10.25 15.89 19.48 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.89 10.89 15.18 19.10 19.12 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 9.32 9.90 11.07 13.26 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 11.35 13.30 19.35 19.35 Welders and cutters..................... 7.00 11.69 14.00 17.47 18.60 Assemblers.............................. 9.50 11.04 18.87 25.94 25.94 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.51 10.26 11.62 11.72 12.08 Transportation and material moving............ 9.51 12.15 15.18 19.10 25.94 Truck drivers........................... 12.86 14.70 20.25 24.10 32.41 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.75 12.50 16.45 19.10 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 12.27 15.18 19.00 25.94 25.94 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.40 10.05 13.55 19.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.60 11.42 13.28 18.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.24 9.25 14.37 14.37 19.10 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 8.30 8.48 10.50 17.13 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.40 9.35 11.05 16.43 25.56 Service......................................... 5.92 8.00 10.20 13.98 22.92 Protective service........................ 10.28 16.07 22.92 25.68 27.98 Food service.............................. 3.30 4.20 8.00 10.70 13.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.60 7.75 8.71 11.50 13.25 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 9.45 11.50 11.94 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.65 7.75 8.59 9.00 Health service............................ 9.03 9.57 10.36 11.70 13.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.55 9.57 9.95 11.28 12.01 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 8.00 10.30 13.57 16.30 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 11.30 13.98 17.21 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $3.30 $6.50 $8.30 $11.05 $18.87 All excluding sales........................... 3.30 6.40 8.50 11.71 19.36 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.28 9.81 14.00 23.93 White collar excluding sales................ 8.30 9.83 12.24 22.65 29.30 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.62 14.00 21.10 28.71 43.22 Professional specialty...................... 10.62 14.00 23.04 29.30 43.96 Health related............................ 20.59 23.00 25.97 43.22 43.96 Registered nurses....................... 19.93 22.00 25.00 27.22 29.30 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.62 10.62 10.62 10.71 14.41 Substitute teachers..................... 10.62 10.62 10.62 10.71 14.41 Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 6.55 7.28 9.17 10.90 Cashiers................................ 6.24 6.50 7.00 7.25 7.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.47 9.83 11.05 19.94 Blue collar..................................... 6.90 8.50 10.40 12.50 15.17 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 9.50 12.15 14.10 15.55 Bus drivers............................. 10.64 11.68 13.14 15.17 16.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 3.09 3.30 6.50 8.01 10.50 Protective service........................ 6.75 7.25 7.50 23.00 23.00 Food service.............................. 3.09 3.30 5.00 7.00 8.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.09 3.09 3.30 5.00 9.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.09 3.09 3.30 3.35 9.50 Other food service....................... 5.25 6.00 6.70 7.40 8.01 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.19 7.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 3.09 3.09 7.55 8.01 8.31 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.10 7.40 8.00 11.42 Personal service.......................... 6.65 7.95 9.49 11.50 13.00 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, Rockford, IL, April 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 85,600 71,800 13,700 All excluding sales............................................. 80,000 66,300 13,700 White collar........................................................ 35,200 26,800 8,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 29,600 21,200 8,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15,400 9,900 5,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 12,500 7,100 5,400 Technical....................................................... 2,900 2,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,700 3,000 700 Sales............................................................. 5,600 5,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,500 8,400 2,100 Blue collar......................................................... 37,200 35,600 1,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,800 8,400 500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15,800 15,800 - Transportation and material moving................................ 3,500 2,800 800 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9,000 8,600 400 Service............................................................. 13,100 9,500 3,700 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.