NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3125-36, March 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................. $16.60 3.6 35.3 $15.44 3.9 34.1 $19.14 7.1 38.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.98 4.7 35.9 17.48 4.3 34.5 21.34 9.3 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 4.8 36.3 21.96 4.9 35.5 24.73 7.7 37.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 8.4 40.8 28.23 8.9 41.0 26.57 15.1 40.6 Sales............................................................. 11.30 11.6 27.6 11.36 12.5 27.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.37 2.1 36.8 12.45 2.5 35.7 12.19 4.3 39.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.95 3.3 37.3 14.81 3.6 37.1 15.89 6.1 38.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 2.9 39.9 18.45 2.8 39.9 20.35 10.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.20 7.7 39.4 14.20 7.7 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 7.9 38.1 16.33 9.4 38.2 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.99 4.1 32.3 9.99 5.1 31.3 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.69 5.1 29.8 8.72 7.2 26.0 13.27 2.2 37.0 Full time........................................................... 17.67 3.7 39.7 16.76 3.4 39.7 19.41 7.8 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.09 7.0 21.1 9.48 6.9 20.9 14.48 13.6 23.5 Union............................................................... 18.28 2.2 38.1 18.88 2.3 39.2 17.99 3.1 37.7 Nonunion............................................................ 15.97 4.8 34.4 14.92 4.7 33.5 20.72 10.8 39.0 Time................................................................ 16.35 3.5 35.1 14.98 3.4 33.8 19.14 7.1 38.2 Incentive........................................................... 22.03 12.1 39.8 22.03 12.1 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.04 7.2 34.2 12.90 7.5 34.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.02 6.0 33.3 14.67 6.3 33.1 23.93 2.8 37.5 500 workers or more................................................. 18.81 4.7 37.3 18.66 3.1 36.1 18.92 7.6 38.2 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, 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $16.60 3.6 $15.44 3.9 $19.14 7.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.94 3.6 15.80 3.8 19.25 7.1 White collar........................................................ 18.98 4.7 17.48 4.3 21.34 9.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.92 4.8 18.70 3.9 21.55 9.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 4.8 21.96 4.9 24.73 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.31 6.6 25.03 6.5 25.48 9.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.33 3.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.24 25.5 36.24 25.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.38 10.8 – – 25.90 11.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.45 1.0 – – 32.45 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.04 3.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.04 3.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.97 7.0 18.31 8.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 8.4 28.23 8.9 26.57 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.48 5.3 29.31 8.1 29.60 7.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.76 9.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.01 9.4 28.64 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 23.84 19.8 27.15 18.4 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 16.91 18.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 11.30 11.6 11.36 12.5 – – Advertising and related sales............................... 16.76 8.5 16.76 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 16.2 8.29 16.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.37 2.1 12.45 2.5 12.19 4.3 Secretaries................................................. 12.55 4.4 12.79 4.8 12.39 6.6 Receptionists............................................... 10.70 2.2 10.70 2.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.50 8.4 13.50 8.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.86 4.2 9.86 4.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.77 6.7 13.25 11.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.40 5.4 11.22 7.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.95 3.3 14.81 3.6 15.89 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 2.9 18.45 2.8 20.35 10.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $18.79 11.4 $17.64 11.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.79 11.1 20.13 6.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.20 7.7 14.20 7.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.48 14.8 18.48 14.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.43 5.9 15.43 5.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.57 5.7 12.57 5.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 7.9 16.33 9.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.15 10.9 14.41 17.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 4.1 9.99 5.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.93 10.2 8.93 10.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.13 5.8 10.13 5.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.48 11.6 10.60 14.7 – – Service............................................................. 10.69 5.1 8.72 7.2 $13.27 2.2 Protective service............................................ 15.65 5.3 – – 16.06 5.0 Food service.................................................. 7.24 10.3 6.17 12.7 11.05 10.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.59 26.9 3.59 26.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.50 30.6 3.50 30.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 5.0 8.35 5.9 11.05 10.5 Cooks....................................................... 9.41 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.88 11.6 7.24 7.4 – – Health service................................................ 11.12 3.6 11.07 2.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.08 3.7 10.99 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.63 11.7 10.66 15.6 10.54 8.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 9.3 11.51 16.4 10.54 8.0 Personal service.............................................. 7.76 7.0 6.69 3.9 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.88 6.0 – – – – 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 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $17.67 3.7 $16.76 3.4 $19.41 7.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.84 3.8 16.90 3.6 19.53 7.9 White collar........................................................ 19.84 4.8 18.65 3.8 21.44 9.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.32 5.2 19.22 4.5 21.66 9.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.43 5.2 21.73 5.8 24.92 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 7.4 25.17 8.6 25.60 10.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.33 3.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.24 25.5 36.24 25.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.33 7.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.27 11.4 – – 25.73 12.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.45 1.0 – – 32.45 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.02 7.5 18.31 8.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 8.4 28.23 8.9 26.57 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.48 5.3 29.31 8.1 29.60 7.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.76 9.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.01 9.4 28.64 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 23.84 19.8 27.15 18.4 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 16.91 18.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.03 9.9 14.46 10.9 – – Advertising and related sales............................... 18.77 4.6 18.77 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 2.1 12.96 2.4 12.26 4.5 Secretaries................................................. 12.70 4.3 13.26 4.0 12.39 6.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.29 3.6 10.29 3.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.84 7.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.63 5.7 11.57 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.59 3.6 15.52 4.0 16.05 7.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.87 2.9 18.58 2.9 20.35 10.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.79 11.4 17.64 11.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.79 11.1 20.13 6.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.25 8.1 14.25 8.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ $18.48 14.8 $18.48 14.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.43 5.9 15.43 5.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.76 4.4 12.76 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.97 8.2 16.73 9.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.92 9.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.80 3.7 11.06 4.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.22 6.1 10.22 6.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.84 10.0 12.78 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 12.37 4.8 10.66 9.5 $13.63 2.8 Protective service............................................ 16.46 6.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.56 7.8 7.84 12.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.17 3.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.24 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.24 4.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $11.11 13.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.45 6.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $10.09 7.0 $9.48 6.9 $14.48 13.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.71 7.4 10.07 7.6 14.48 13.6 White collar........................................................ 12.71 10.5 11.92 10.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.80 7.9 15.16 8.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.86 10.7 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.08 8.7 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.58 2.1 6.58 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.99 2.8 9.97 3.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.98 4.5 7.87 4.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.72 16.5 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.95 5.0 7.89 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.60 11.4 6.90 12.4 11.04 10.3 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.54 20.1 5.50 24.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.62 30.8 3.62 30.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.58 33.2 3.58 33.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.39 12.4 8.06 9.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.83 12.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.35 9.2 6.60 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 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $702 3.7 39.7 $666 3.6 39.7 $769 7.7 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 708 3.8 39.7 671 3.7 39.7 774 7.7 39.6 White collar........................................................ 788 4.7 39.7 746 3.8 40.0 843 9.3 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 807 5.0 39.7 769 4.5 40.0 851 9.3 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 915 5.0 39.0 866 5.6 39.9 956 7.6 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 986 7.2 38.7 1,001 8.5 39.8 979 9.7 38.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,228 3.3 41.9 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,415 24.4 39.0 1,415 24.4 39.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 966 8.3 38.1 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 946 9.2 37.4 – – – 961 9.7 37.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,145 .8 35.3 – – – 1,145 .8 35.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 720 7.4 39.9 731 8.8 39.9 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,120 8.3 40.8 1,157 8.6 41.0 1,080 15.2 40.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,222 5.0 41.4 1,242 7.5 42.4 1,208 7.0 40.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,582 8.8 40.8 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,080 9.8 41.5 1,212 8.6 42.3 – – – Management related............................................ 948 19.8 39.8 1,078 18.5 39.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 674 18.3 39.9 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 560 9.8 39.9 577 10.8 39.9 – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 747 5.1 39.8 747 5.1 39.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 506 2.2 39.8 514 2.5 39.7 490 4.5 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 508 4.4 40.0 529 4.0 39.9 496 6.6 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 408 3.3 39.6 408 3.3 39.6 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 512 7.7 39.9 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 459 5.9 39.5 452 8.6 39.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 620 3.5 39.7 616 3.9 39.7 642 7.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 755 2.9 40.0 743 2.9 40.0 814 10.1 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $751 11.4 40.0 $706 11.7 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 711 11.1 40.0 805 6.5 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 565 7.9 39.6 565 7.9 39.6 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 739 14.8 40.0 739 14.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 601 5.9 38.9 601 5.9 38.9 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 510 4.4 40.0 510 4.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 676 8.2 39.9 666 9.6 39.8 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 637 9.4 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 426 3.7 39.4 433 4.9 39.2 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 409 6.1 40.0 409 6.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 474 10.0 40.0 511 10.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 488 6.8 39.4 403 12.8 37.8 $555 2.2 40.7 Protective service............................................ 680 4.5 41.3 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 340 8.5 39.7 310 13.2 39.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 364 2.9 39.7 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 446 4.0 39.7 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 446 4.0 39.7 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 415 17.5 37.4 – – – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 498 6.7 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $35,474 3.7 2,007 $34,493 3.6 2,058 $37,200 7.7 1,917 All excluding sales............................................... 35,753 3.8 2,004 34,773 3.7 2,057 37,397 7.7 1,915 White collar........................................................ 39,574 4.7 1,995 38,766 3.8 2,078 40,565 9.3 1,892 White collar excluding sales.................................... 40,405 5.0 1,988 39,950 4.5 2,079 40,905 9.3 1,889 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 43,684 5.0 1,865 44,916 5.6 2,067 42,786 7.6 1,717 Professional specialty.......................................... 45,765 7.2 1,798 51,789 8.5 2,058 43,420 9.7 1,696 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,877 3.3 2,178 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 73,578 24.4 2,030 73,578 24.4 2,030 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,541 8.3 1,877 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,016 9.2 1,544 – – – 39,347 9.7 1,529 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43,034 .8 1,326 – – – 43,034 .8 1,326 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 37,313 7.4 2,071 38,017 8.8 2,077 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 58,263 8.3 2,123 60,164 8.6 2,132 56,154 15.2 2,114 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 63,536 5.0 2,155 64,585 7.5 2,203 62,830 7.0 2,122 Administrators, education and related fields................ 82,249 8.8 2,122 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 56,169 9.8 2,160 63,001 8.6 2,200 – – – Management related............................................ 49,315 19.8 2,069 56,066 18.5 2,065 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 35,050 18.3 2,072 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 29,117 9.8 2,076 30,003 10.8 2,075 – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 38,842 5.1 2,070 38,842 5.1 2,070 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,283 2.2 2,067 26,744 2.5 2,064 25,428 4.5 2,074 Secretaries................................................. 26,335 4.4 2,073 27,437 4.0 2,069 25,710 6.6 2,075 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,218 3.3 2,061 21,218 3.3 2,061 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,613 7.7 2,073 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 23,850 5.9 2,051 23,483 8.6 2,030 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,666 3.5 2,031 31,833 3.9 2,051 30,648 7.3 1,909 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,253 2.9 2,080 38,637 2.9 2,080 42,319 10.1 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $39,074 11.4 2,080 $36,695 11.7 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 36,997 11.1 2,080 41,868 6.5 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,800 7.9 2,021 28,800 7.9 2,021 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 38,443 14.8 2,080 38,443 14.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,955 5.9 2,006 30,955 5.9 2,006 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 26,545 4.4 2,080 26,545 4.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,169 8.2 2,073 34,655 9.6 2,072 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 33,110 9.4 2,080 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,935 3.7 1,938 22,541 4.9 2,038 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21,267 6.1 2,080 21,267 6.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,624 10.0 2,080 26,590 10.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,770 6.8 2,002 20,971 12.8 1,967 $27,651 2.2 2,029 Protective service............................................ 33,108 4.5 2,011 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 17,512 8.5 2,046 16,142 13.2 2,059 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,727 2.9 2,042 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 23,197 4.0 2,063 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,197 4.0 2,063 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 21,582 17.5 1,943 – – – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,902 6.7 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $16.60 3.6 $15.44 3.9 $19.14 7.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.94 3.6 15.80 3.8 19.25 7.1 White collar........................................................ 18.98 4.7 17.48 4.3 21.34 9.3 3....................................................... 10.86 1.2 10.81 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.09 3.2 12.41 1.6 11.34 8.9 5....................................................... 13.84 3.8 14.35 3.9 13.37 5.5 6....................................................... 14.91 6.0 16.40 6.1 13.90 5.5 7....................................................... 19.73 4.9 19.56 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.15 12.5 30.06 16.0 22.78 14.5 9....................................................... 25.39 7.1 24.39 3.5 25.99 12.2 10........................................................ 29.12 5.9 28.85 9.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.77 9.5 31.20 8.8 – – 12........................................................ 34.60 8.4 33.84 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.37 12.8 18.89 12.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.92 4.8 18.70 3.9 21.55 9.4 2....................................................... 9.87 3.3 9.83 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.88 1.1 10.84 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.08 3.7 12.33 1.8 11.51 11.1 5....................................................... 13.90 3.9 14.54 3.8 13.37 5.5 6....................................................... 14.91 6.0 16.40 6.1 13.90 5.5 7....................................................... 20.09 4.8 20.01 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.49 12.8 30.88 16.5 22.78 14.5 9....................................................... 25.24 7.0 23.97 3.2 25.99 12.2 10........................................................ 29.22 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.77 9.5 31.20 8.8 – – 12........................................................ 34.60 8.4 33.84 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.05 12.6 19.54 13.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 4.8 21.96 4.9 24.73 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.31 6.6 25.03 6.5 25.48 9.7 5....................................................... 15.00 3.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.45 5.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.38 8.3 26.66 11.8 25.97 11.8 9....................................................... 26.25 12.5 – – 26.65 13.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.08 9.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.33 3.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.24 25.5 36.24 25.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – 8....................................................... 30.95 8.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.38 10.8 – – 25.90 11.5 8....................................................... 27.40 .3 – – 27.40 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.45 1.0 – – 32.45 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $16.04 3.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.04 3.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.97 7.0 $18.31 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 17.92 12.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 8.4 28.23 8.9 $26.57 15.1 9....................................................... 24.59 3.8 25.01 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.11 10.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.94 8.4 20.89 4.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.48 5.3 29.31 8.1 29.60 7.2 9....................................................... 24.91 5.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.26 10.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.57 .7 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.76 9.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.01 9.4 28.64 9.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.59 8.6 – – – – Management related............................................ 23.84 19.8 27.15 18.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.00 1.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 16.91 18.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 11.30 11.6 11.36 12.5 – – Advertising and related sales............................... 16.76 8.5 16.76 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 16.2 8.29 16.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.37 2.1 12.45 2.5 12.19 4.3 2....................................................... 9.87 3.3 9.83 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.89 1.2 10.85 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.96 3.6 12.27 1.8 11.20 9.6 5....................................................... 13.58 5.8 14.82 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 13.84 4.2 14.53 4.6 13.59 4.5 7....................................................... 19.20 4.5 19.22 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.15 6.9 11.15 6.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.55 4.4 12.79 4.8 12.39 6.6 4....................................................... 12.17 6.1 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.70 2.2 10.70 2.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.50 8.4 13.50 8.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.86 4.2 9.86 4.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.77 6.7 13.25 11.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.40 5.4 11.22 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 2.0 9.94 2.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.95 3.3 14.81 3.6 15.89 6.1 1....................................................... $7.33 2.6 $7.33 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.74 3.7 10.88 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.30 2.3 11.40 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.22 3.3 13.86 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.35 4.9 14.93 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.79 4.8 16.79 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.92 4.5 21.65 3.2 $18.47 11.9 9....................................................... 25.86 2.0 25.89 2.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 2.9 18.45 2.8 20.35 10.1 5....................................................... 13.76 5.7 13.74 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 14.20 3.6 14.20 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.35 5.2 21.21 3.8 17.74 12.4 9....................................................... 24.80 1.7 24.63 1.9 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.79 11.4 17.64 11.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.47 8.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.79 11.1 20.13 6.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.20 7.7 14.20 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.58 11.9 11.58 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.40 .4 12.40 .4 – – 5....................................................... 16.01 4.0 16.01 4.0 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.48 14.8 18.48 14.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.43 5.9 15.43 5.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.57 5.7 12.57 5.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 7.9 16.33 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.38 4.2 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.15 10.9 14.41 17.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 4.1 9.99 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.20 3.1 7.20 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 6.8 10.11 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 2.2 11.14 2.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.93 10.2 8.93 10.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.13 5.8 10.13 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.36 9.6 9.36 9.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.48 11.6 10.60 14.7 – – Service............................................................. 10.69 5.1 8.72 7.2 13.27 2.2 1....................................................... 7.93 4.3 7.92 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.91 16.4 5.70 24.2 10.31 4.7 3....................................................... 8.98 5.1 8.74 6.7 9.77 1.4 4....................................................... 9.84 6.0 – – – – Protective service............................................ 15.65 5.3 – – 16.06 5.0 Food service.................................................. 7.24 10.3 6.17 12.7 11.05 10.5 1....................................................... $7.28 7.6 $7.24 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.55 10.3 6.47 10.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.59 26.9 3.59 26.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.50 30.6 3.50 30.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 5.0 8.35 5.9 $11.05 10.5 1....................................................... 7.28 7.6 7.24 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.91 5.2 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.41 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.88 11.6 7.24 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.24 7.4 7.24 7.4 – – Health service................................................ 11.12 3.6 11.07 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.88 3.0 11.09 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.08 3.7 10.99 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.78 3.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.63 11.7 10.66 15.6 10.54 8.0 2....................................................... 10.39 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 9.3 11.51 16.4 10.54 8.0 2....................................................... 10.49 6.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.76 7.0 6.69 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 8.0 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.88 6.0 – – – – 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $17.67 3.7 $16.76 3.4 $19.41 7.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.84 3.8 16.90 3.6 19.53 7.9 White collar........................................................ 19.84 4.8 18.65 3.8 21.44 9.6 3....................................................... 10.87 1.4 10.82 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.12 3.3 12.46 1.7 11.34 8.9 5....................................................... 13.84 3.8 14.35 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 14.81 6.3 16.40 6.1 13.59 4.5 7....................................................... 19.49 4.6 19.02 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.06 13.7 30.29 18.0 22.78 14.5 9....................................................... 25.25 7.2 24.39 3.5 25.78 12.6 10........................................................ 29.12 5.9 28.85 9.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.78 9.5 31.22 8.9 – – 12........................................................ 34.60 8.4 33.84 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.21 10.8 20.86 12.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.32 5.2 19.22 4.5 21.66 9.6 3....................................................... 10.87 1.4 10.82 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.12 3.9 12.39 1.9 11.51 11.1 5....................................................... 13.91 3.9 14.54 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 14.81 6.3 16.40 6.1 13.59 4.5 7....................................................... 19.88 4.4 19.49 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 27.42 14.1 31.24 18.7 22.78 14.5 9....................................................... 25.10 7.1 23.97 3.2 25.78 12.6 10........................................................ 29.22 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.78 9.5 31.22 8.9 – – 12........................................................ 34.60 8.4 33.84 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.94 11.0 21.72 15.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.43 5.2 21.73 5.8 24.92 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 7.4 25.17 8.6 25.60 10.2 7....................................................... 21.09 5.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.16 10.3 26.30 16.1 25.97 11.8 9....................................................... 26.02 13.0 – – 26.42 14.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.34 10.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.33 3.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.24 25.5 36.24 25.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.33 7.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.27 11.4 – – 25.73 12.0 8....................................................... 27.40 .3 – – 27.40 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.45 1.0 – – 32.45 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.02 7.5 $18.31 8.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 8.4 28.23 8.9 $26.57 15.1 9....................................................... 24.59 3.8 25.01 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.11 10.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.94 8.4 20.89 4.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.48 5.3 29.31 8.1 29.60 7.2 9....................................................... 24.91 5.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.26 10.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.57 .7 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.76 9.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.01 9.4 28.64 9.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.59 8.6 – – – – Management related............................................ 23.84 19.8 27.15 18.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.00 1.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 16.91 18.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.03 9.9 14.46 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.56 1.1 15.56 1.1 – – Advertising and related sales............................... 18.77 4.6 18.77 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 2.1 12.96 2.4 12.26 4.5 3....................................................... 10.88 1.4 10.82 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.99 3.7 12.34 1.9 11.20 9.6 5....................................................... 13.58 5.8 14.82 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 13.84 4.2 14.53 4.6 13.59 4.5 7....................................................... 19.20 4.5 19.22 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.59 8.1 12.59 8.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.70 4.3 13.26 4.0 12.39 6.6 4....................................................... 12.17 6.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.29 3.6 10.29 3.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.84 7.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.63 5.7 11.57 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.59 3.6 15.52 4.0 16.05 7.3 2....................................................... 11.09 5.6 11.31 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.30 2.3 11.40 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 3.1 13.86 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.50 5.1 15.14 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.79 4.8 16.79 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.92 4.5 21.65 3.2 18.47 11.9 9....................................................... 25.86 2.0 25.89 2.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.87 2.9 18.58 2.9 20.35 10.1 5....................................................... $14.06 5.4 $14.04 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.20 3.6 14.20 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.35 5.2 21.21 3.8 $17.74 12.4 9....................................................... 24.80 1.7 24.63 1.9 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.79 11.4 17.64 11.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.47 8.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.79 11.1 20.13 6.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.25 8.1 14.25 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.58 11.9 11.58 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.40 .4 12.40 .4 – – 5....................................................... 16.01 4.0 16.01 4.0 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.48 14.8 18.48 14.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.43 5.9 15.43 5.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.76 4.4 12.76 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.97 8.2 16.73 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.39 4.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.92 9.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.80 3.7 11.06 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.45 11.3 11.02 17.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 2.2 11.14 2.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.22 6.1 10.22 6.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.84 10.0 12.78 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 12.37 4.8 10.66 9.5 13.63 2.8 2....................................................... 10.54 4.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.64 3.8 9.54 6.5 9.77 1.4 4....................................................... 9.72 7.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ 16.46 6.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.56 7.8 7.84 12.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.17 3.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.24 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.24 4.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.11 13.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.45 6.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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................................................................... $10.09 7.0 $9.48 6.9 $14.48 13.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.71 7.4 10.07 7.6 14.48 13.6 White collar........................................................ 12.71 10.5 11.92 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.76 3.2 10.76 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 3.7 11.04 3.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.80 7.9 15.16 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.73 5.3 9.57 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 2.9 10.99 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 3.7 11.04 3.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.86 10.7 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.08 8.7 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.58 2.1 6.58 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.99 2.8 9.97 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.73 5.3 9.57 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 2.9 10.99 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.88 3.7 10.88 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.98 4.5 7.87 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.15 2.8 9.15 2.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.72 16.5 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.95 5.0 7.89 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.15 2.8 9.15 2.8 – – Service............................................................. 7.60 11.4 6.90 12.4 11.04 10.3 1....................................................... 6.75 4.8 6.72 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.27 22.0 5.31 25.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.11 7.5 8.11 7.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. $6.54 20.1 $5.50 24.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.14 9.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 6.67 4.3 6.67 4.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.62 30.8 3.62 30.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.58 33.2 3.58 33.2 – – Other food service........................................... 9.39 12.4 8.06 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.14 9.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.83 12.9 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.35 9.2 $6.60 4.6 – – 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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....................................................... $17.67 $10.09 $18.28 $15.97 $16.35 $22.03 All excluding sales............................................. 17.84 10.71 18.28 16.40 16.68 23.55 White collar........................................................ 19.84 12.71 19.91 18.75 18.80 22.76 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.32 15.80 19.91 19.93 19.70 26.57 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.43 22.86 24.81 22.77 23.46 – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.46 24.08 26.09 24.90 25.46 – Technical....................................................... 18.02 – – 18.25 17.97 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.44 – – 28.92 25.89 – Sales............................................................. 14.03 – – 11.30 10.46 16.08 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 9.99 12.16 12.42 12.41 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.59 7.98 18.46 12.91 14.53 21.10 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.87 – 20.78 17.23 18.45 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.25 – 18.25 12.15 13.55 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.97 8.72 19.71 12.99 16.61 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.80 7.95 12.00 9.37 9.88 – Service............................................................. 12.37 7.60 14.16 8.81 10.69 – 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....................................................... 3.7 7.0 2.2 4.8 3.5 12.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 7.4 2.2 4.8 3.4 16.9 White collar........................................................ 4.8 10.5 5.7 5.1 4.9 23.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 7.9 5.7 5.0 4.8 42.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 10.7 6.9 5.1 5.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 7.4 8.7 11.9 6.4 6.7 – Technical....................................................... 7.5 – – 8.3 7.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 – – 6.2 8.1 – Sales............................................................. 9.9 – – 11.6 10.6 22.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.1 2.8 7.7 2.2 2.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.9 – 4.5 2.8 3.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.1 – 1.9 6.9 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.2 16.5 6.7 8.7 8.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 5.0 6.3 4.3 4.0 – Service............................................................. 4.8 11.4 3.3 6.3 5.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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....................................................... $15.44 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.80 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 17.48 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.70 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.96 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 25.03 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 18.31 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.23 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.36 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.81 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.45 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.20 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.33 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.72 - – - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.3 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.5 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 8.4 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.5 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 9.4 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.1 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.2 - – - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Lincoln, NE, March 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....................................................... $15.44 $12.90 $16.10 $14.67 $18.66 All excluding sales............................................. 15.80 12.84 16.63 15.30 18.68 White collar........................................................ 17.48 16.02 17.89 16.74 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.70 16.13 19.54 18.96 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.96 16.80 23.95 21.11 – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.03 18.86 26.13 21.21 – Technical....................................................... 18.31 15.93 20.09 21.02 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.23 23.60 29.67 32.45 21.47 Sales............................................................. 11.36 14.51 11.03 10.84 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 12.33 12.48 12.87 11.47 Blue collar......................................................... 14.81 12.65 15.04 13.19 17.49 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.45 13.50 18.85 18.57 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.20 12.72 14.34 12.14 17.08 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.33 11.76 18.64 13.47 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.99 – 9.87 8.63 12.19 Service............................................................. 8.72 7.52 10.09 9.11 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 7.5 4.3 6.3 3.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 7.8 4.2 6.5 3.2 White collar........................................................ 4.3 4.2 5.1 6.9 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 4.3 4.7 6.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 3.6 5.3 5.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 6.5 7.7 7.6 12.3 – Technical....................................................... 8.4 7.2 10.4 8.1 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 8.2 10.5 12.5 9.0 Sales............................................................. 12.5 23.1 12.9 13.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 4.4 2.3 3.3 4.8 Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 6.4 4.1 5.0 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 14.8 3.1 4.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 7.1 8.7 9.6 2.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.4 13.4 8.1 1.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.1 – 5.1 4.8 3.9 Service............................................................. 7.2 4.7 13.9 15.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.26 $10.50 $14.00 $20.97 $27.95 All excluding sales........................... 8.67 10.64 14.21 21.78 28.63 White collar.................................... 9.50 11.61 15.91 23.99 32.96 White collar excluding sales................ 10.36 12.25 17.05 24.76 34.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.35 16.75 21.98 28.14 37.60 Professional specialty...................... 15.07 17.42 23.69 31.08 38.63 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.11 25.61 29.86 31.08 38.29 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.22 16.65 40.98 50.41 50.41 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ – – – – – Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 15.07 17.05 26.37 33.63 37.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.28 26.37 33.63 37.75 39.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.00 14.27 15.42 17.49 18.60 Social workers.......................... 14.00 14.27 15.42 17.49 18.60 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.54 14.00 17.07 22.34 24.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.39 19.91 24.14 31.61 46.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 23.03 27.58 34.09 44.23 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 31.49 31.49 39.86 46.33 46.33 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.75 19.91 25.34 31.25 34.62 Management related........................ 11.95 15.53 20.96 24.10 47.12 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.49 11.95 12.89 23.50 24.10 Sales......................................... 6.25 7.14 10.10 12.98 18.46 Advertising and related sales........... 7.14 8.67 13.26 20.19 20.19 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.25 7.00 10.10 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.27 10.40 11.75 13.53 16.08 Secretaries............................. 9.52 10.89 12.25 14.68 15.51 Receptionists........................... 8.80 10.30 10.68 11.36 12.62 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 12.46 12.46 12.46 14.19 16.10 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.13 9.06 9.50 10.94 11.51 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.42 11.32 11.74 13.52 17.83 General office clerks................... 9.57 9.88 10.88 13.45 14.00 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.08 13.53 19.12 24.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.75 13.50 18.20 23.00 25.64 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.07 13.07 18.12 24.01 25.07 Supervisors, production................. 13.35 14.71 15.31 18.86 29.23 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.97 $10.00 $13.72 $17.56 $20.83 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.00 11.66 21.78 24.27 24.27 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.55 10.31 17.56 20.25 20.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.77 9.26 10.31 15.20 20.83 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.52 13.88 17.80 26.91 Truck drivers........................... 10.75 12.65 15.34 16.73 20.28 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 8.00 9.62 11.16 12.93 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.75 6.50 8.00 11.16 11.16 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.75 9.62 11.48 17.42 Service......................................... 5.75 7.50 9.77 12.73 16.02 Protective service........................ 9.03 11.82 13.37 16.93 25.58 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.50 7.50 9.68 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.25 6.00 6.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.70 9.00 10.50 12.50 Cooks................................... 7.50 8.25 9.17 10.50 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 7.25 9.00 10.30 Health service............................ 9.16 9.62 10.64 12.26 13.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.16 9.53 10.52 12.18 13.75 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.50 9.77 11.39 14.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.33 10.02 11.14 12.91 14.90 Personal service.......................... 5.30 6.50 7.25 8.96 10.71 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.00 8.26 8.96 10.71 10.71 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.84 $13.07 $19.95 $25.07 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.05 13.50 20.59 25.34 White collar.................................... 8.67 11.00 14.42 22.34 29.27 White collar excluding sales................ 10.05 11.60 16.28 23.50 30.15 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.57 16.74 21.11 25.26 31.60 Professional specialty...................... 16.22 18.31 23.45 29.27 38.63 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.22 16.65 40.98 50.41 50.41 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.35 13.40 17.07 22.38 24.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.00 20.96 25.34 31.61 40.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.75 24.39 30.28 34.09 38.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.75 24.39 29.74 31.61 36.71 Management related........................ 17.16 19.47 23.50 27.95 47.12 Sales......................................... 6.25 7.00 9.84 13.46 18.87 Advertising and related sales........... 7.14 8.67 13.26 20.19 20.19 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.25 7.00 10.10 12.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.24 10.30 11.74 13.78 16.59 Secretaries............................. 7.69 11.08 12.43 15.51 16.35 Receptionists........................... 8.80 10.30 10.68 11.36 12.62 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 12.46 12.46 12.46 14.19 16.10 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.13 9.06 9.50 10.94 11.51 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.32 11.32 11.74 13.50 18.99 General office clerks................... 9.58 9.95 10.32 13.45 14.00 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 10.00 13.50 19.02 23.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.68 13.30 18.15 22.90 25.07 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.07 13.07 15.84 22.73 25.07 Supervisors, production................. 14.92 15.31 16.26 24.61 30.37 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.97 10.00 13.72 17.56 20.83 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.00 11.66 21.78 24.27 24.27 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.55 10.31 17.56 20.25 20.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.77 9.26 10.31 15.20 20.83 Transportation and material moving............ $10.00 $10.36 $13.88 $16.65 $28.87 Truck drivers........................... 6.00 11.50 13.55 16.25 21.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.00 9.50 11.16 13.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.75 6.50 8.00 11.16 11.16 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 6.85 9.92 12.36 17.42 Service......................................... 2.25 6.50 8.35 10.00 13.08 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.25 6.50 8.25 10.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.25 6.00 6.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.00 8.25 9.50 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.00 Health service............................ 9.52 9.99 10.50 12.21 13.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.50 9.95 10.50 11.90 13.10 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.00 9.77 11.14 14.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 10.02 11.17 14.90 14.90 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 6.50 7.25 7.75 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.11 $11.82 $15.19 $24.80 $33.63 All excluding sales........................... 10.03 11.95 15.42 24.89 33.63 White collar.................................... 10.87 12.89 18.60 27.30 37.75 White collar excluding sales................ 11.14 13.26 18.75 27.40 37.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.51 16.75 23.24 31.08 37.75 Professional specialty...................... 15.07 16.80 24.80 32.19 38.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.07 17.54 26.37 33.63 37.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.28 26.37 33.63 37.75 39.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.43 18.75 24.14 31.49 46.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 22.50 27.30 33.34 46.33 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.39 10.45 11.95 13.27 14.93 Secretaries............................. 9.62 10.62 12.25 14.68 14.68 Blue collar..................................... 8.85 10.59 14.71 19.20 27.39 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.35 15.10 18.86 25.26 27.95 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 9.13 10.53 12.12 14.31 17.35 Protective service........................ 11.82 12.42 13.49 16.93 25.58 Food service.............................. 9.13 9.48 10.30 14.31 14.31 Other food service....................... 9.13 9.48 10.30 14.31 14.31 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.42 9.51 10.73 12.18 13.47 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.42 9.51 10.73 12.18 13.47 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $11.32 $14.90 $22.38 $28.81 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 11.38 15.07 22.63 29.48 White collar.................................... 10.45 12.42 16.80 24.31 34.09 White collar excluding sales................ 10.63 12.56 17.07 24.89 34.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.04 16.59 21.99 27.94 37.75 Professional specialty...................... 15.07 17.25 23.66 31.85 38.70 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.11 25.61 29.86 31.08 38.29 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.22 16.65 40.98 50.41 50.41 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.54 18.83 22.61 30.00 40.17 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.07 17.05 26.37 33.63 37.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.28 26.37 33.63 37.75 39.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.35 13.83 17.07 22.34 24.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.39 19.91 24.14 31.61 46.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 23.03 27.58 34.09 44.23 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 31.49 31.49 39.86 46.33 46.33 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.75 19.91 25.34 31.25 34.62 Management related........................ 11.95 15.53 20.96 24.10 47.12 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.49 11.95 12.89 23.50 24.10 Sales......................................... 9.19 10.22 12.50 15.39 20.19 Advertising and related sales........... 8.67 10.20 14.96 20.19 26.31 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.55 10.67 12.15 14.00 16.35 Secretaries............................. 9.62 11.20 12.43 14.68 15.51 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.50 9.50 9.50 10.99 11.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.86 11.32 11.95 13.86 18.99 General office clerks................... 9.58 9.88 11.12 13.45 14.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.08 10.75 14.00 20.25 24.35 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.75 13.50 18.63 23.00 25.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.07 13.07 18.12 24.01 25.07 Supervisors, production................. 13.35 14.71 15.31 18.86 29.23 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.04 13.72 17.56 20.83 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 11.00 11.66 21.78 24.27 24.27 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.55 10.31 17.56 20.25 20.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.83 9.27 10.44 15.20 20.83 Transportation and material moving............ $10.00 $12.00 $14.44 $19.08 $27.65 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 13.75 15.45 16.73 20.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.85 10.81 11.48 14.76 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.50 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.26 9.00 10.95 13.19 17.42 Service......................................... 8.00 9.13 11.12 13.71 18.22 Protective service........................ 11.82 12.42 14.05 16.93 25.58 Food service.............................. 4.75 8.00 9.00 9.89 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.70 8.25 9.00 10.00 11.00 Health service............................ 9.16 9.85 10.64 12.50 13.95 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.16 9.85 10.64 12.50 13.95 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $8.50 $9.77 $12.18 $14.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.53 10.73 12.18 14.90 14.90 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.58 $6.50 $8.40 $10.71 $18.30 All excluding sales........................... 5.33 6.75 9.00 11.14 21.17 White collar.................................... 6.25 7.24 9.51 16.58 28.65 White collar excluding sales................ 8.13 9.59 12.27 21.47 29.27 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 18.30 21.63 29.27 31.08 Professional specialty...................... 15.18 18.60 27.05 29.27 31.08 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.13 8.54 10.00 11.00 12.85 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 6.50 7.85 9.17 9.92 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.00 6.00 7.25 11.00 14.72 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.75 6.50 8.20 9.17 9.75 Service......................................... 2.13 5.69 7.00 10.00 11.14 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.25 9.00 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.00 9.00 10.60 14.31 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 7.00 9.50 10.60 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 6.75 8.60 10.71 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 77,500 53,300 24,200 All excluding sales............................................. 71,800 47,800 23,900 White collar........................................................ 42,200 26,100 16,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 36,400 20,600 15,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16,400 7,600 8,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 12,600 4,400 8,200 Technical....................................................... 3,800 3,200 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,200 3,300 2,900 Sales............................................................. 5,800 5,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13,800 9,700 4,100 Blue collar......................................................... 22,400 19,300 3,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,900 5,800 1,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,800 5,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,500 2,100 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,100 5,500 - Service............................................................. 12,900 8,000 5,000 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.