NC BL 12/00/2002 Table: Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, Bulletin 3115-24, March 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.97 3.7 37.6 $19.49 3.4 37.3 $21.23 9.5 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.18 4.1 38.6 24.71 3.2 38.6 23.14 10.6 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 5.2 38.2 28.96 2.9 38.4 30.81 13.1 38.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 6.1 40.3 34.43 7.3 40.5 28.67 8.7 39.8 Sales............................................................. 20.99 16.2 37.7 21.03 16.4 37.7 - - - Administrative support............................................ 13.30 1.9 38.8 14.09 2.7 38.6 12.31 2.1 39.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.18 3.7 38.0 14.15 4.1 38.4 14.44 5.4 35.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 3.6 40.0 18.48 4.1 40.0 16.20 2.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.33 5.5 39.9 12.37 5.6 39.9 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.63 12.2 31.1 12.75 13.8 33.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.61 4.2 36.8 10.60 4.6 36.5 10.70 6.1 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.79 4.0 33.0 8.77 4.0 31.2 13.17 7.3 41.0 Full time........................................................... 20.60 3.7 39.7 20.30 3.3 39.9 21.37 9.6 39.1 Part time........................................................... 9.27 9.0 20.0 9.03 9.8 20.0 12.17 4.2 19.6 Union............................................................... 14.40 9.1 38.5 14.39 9.1 38.5 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 20.20 3.8 37.6 19.79 3.6 37.2 21.23 9.5 38.5 Time................................................................ 19.84 3.7 37.4 19.29 3.4 37.0 21.23 9.5 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 23.49 24.3 42.5 23.49 24.3 42.5 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.15 4.3 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.73 7.9 35.4 12.70 7.9 35.3 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.02 6.1 36.6 19.05 6.3 36.5 18.08 5.5 39.5 500 workers or more................................................. 22.40 4.6 38.7 23.26 3.4 38.9 21.35 9.8 38.5 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.97 3.7 $19.49 3.4 $21.23 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.90 3.8 19.36 3.4 21.24 9.5 White collar........................................................ 24.18 4.1 24.71 3.2 23.14 10.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.51 4.2 25.32 2.8 23.16 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 5.2 28.96 2.9 30.81 13.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.42 5.7 31.30 3.1 34.40 13.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.27 5.3 35.80 4.5 - - Civil engineers............................................. 27.25 8.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.38 3.4 35.38 3.4 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.42 3.6 35.42 3.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.75 7.9 29.96 8.0 - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 30.61 10.9 30.72 10.9 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 31.33 14.3 € € € € Health related................................................ 21.32 5.4 21.44 6.4 20.88 9.5 Registered nurses........................................... 23.07 2.7 23.74 2.9 20.91 5.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.15 2.2 - - 23.29 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.30 1.4 € € 23.30 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.38 7.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.59 4.3 - - 16.03 4.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.59 4.3 € € 16.03 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.22 10.6 24.22 10.6 € € Technical....................................................... 20.13 6.2 21.07 6.0 18.43 14.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.82 7.2 18.01 11.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.71 13.6 € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 29.19 7.3 28.72 10.6 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.33 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 6.1 34.43 7.3 28.67 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.30 7.0 44.05 8.5 33.65 3.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.50 10.8 € € 33.50 10.8 Financial managers.......................................... 33.13 6.0 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.31 9.4 44.83 10.0 € € Management related............................................ 24.02 4.4 24.33 5.7 23.13 4.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.12 3.5 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.17 3.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.33 8.1 € € € € Sales............................................................. 20.99 16.2 21.03 16.4 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.87 32.4 15.87 32.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.04 5.1 7.78 4.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.30 1.9 $14.09 2.7 $12.31 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 15.58 4.0 15.68 4.6 15.02 6.3 Order clerks................................................ 15.70 17.2 15.70 17.2 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.33 5.2 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 4.6 13.36 4.8 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 3.6 12.85 3.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.71 2.8 14.47 5.8 12.16 2.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.46 1.5 € € 11.46 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.74 6.3 14.81 6.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 3.7 14.15 4.1 14.44 5.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 3.6 18.48 4.1 16.20 2.4 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.99 5.7 17.23 6.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.95 5.9 24.95 5.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 5.5 12.37 5.6 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.37 13.0 14.37 13.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.96 7.5 9.96 7.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.63 12.2 12.75 13.8 - - Truck drivers............................................... 14.43 21.3 14.43 21.3 € € Driver-sales workers........................................ 15.08 18.4 15.08 18.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.61 4.2 10.60 4.6 10.70 6.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.02 7.5 10.18 8.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.98 7.4 12.98 7.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.11 5.8 8.93 5.6 € € Service............................................................. 9.79 4.0 8.77 4.0 13.17 7.3 Protective service............................................ 12.74 9.9 9.38 7.5 16.14 8.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.89 6.9 € € 26.89 6.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.31 8.0 € € 18.31 8.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.95 8.3 9.38 7.5 € € Food service.................................................. 8.63 5.9 8.71 6.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.96 21.2 4.96 21.2 € € Other food service........................................... 9.38 7.4 9.61 8.4 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.18 10.5 9.38 12.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.70 5.9 8.96 7.0 € € Health service................................................ 10.09 2.9 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.77 3.5 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.96 5.2 7.89 5.4 9.11 5.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.93 5.9 7.84 6.2 9.11 5.6 Personal service.............................................. 12.05 13.3 - - 13.62 10.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.60 3.7 $20.30 3.3 $21.37 9.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.48 3.7 20.09 3.2 21.38 9.6 White collar........................................................ 24.46 4.1 25.14 3.3 23.18 10.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.64 4.2 25.52 2.8 23.20 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.80 5.3 29.19 2.9 30.86 13.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.69 5.8 31.65 3.0 34.48 13.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.27 5.3 35.80 4.5 - - Civil engineers............................................. 27.25 8.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.38 3.4 35.38 3.4 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.42 3.6 35.42 3.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.75 7.9 29.96 8.0 - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 30.61 10.9 30.72 10.9 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 31.33 14.3 € € € € Health related................................................ 20.90 6.3 20.86 7.6 21.02 10.1 Registered nurses........................................... 22.93 3.3 23.66 3.9 21.09 6.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.16 2.2 - - 23.30 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.30 1.4 € € 23.30 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.38 7.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.59 4.3 - - 16.03 4.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.59 4.3 € € 16.03 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.90 8.9 24.90 8.9 € € Technical....................................................... 20.15 6.3 21.11 6.1 18.43 14.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.82 7.2 18.01 11.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.71 13.6 € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 29.19 7.3 28.72 10.6 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.33 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 6.1 34.43 7.3 28.67 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.30 7.0 44.05 8.5 33.65 3.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.50 10.8 € € 33.50 10.8 Financial managers.......................................... 33.13 6.0 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.31 9.4 44.83 10.0 € € Management related............................................ 24.02 4.4 24.33 5.7 23.13 4.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.12 3.5 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.17 3.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.33 8.1 € € € € Sales............................................................. 22.58 16.9 22.65 17.0 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.54 10.4 € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.37 1.9 $14.23 2.7 $12.32 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 15.63 4.0 15.75 4.6 15.02 6.3 Order clerks................................................ 16.72 15.6 16.72 15.6 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.61 4.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.72 4.3 13.60 4.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 3.6 12.85 3.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.75 2.8 14.69 5.7 12.16 2.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.46 1.5 € € 11.46 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.74 6.3 14.81 6.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 3.7 14.46 4.1 14.86 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 3.6 18.48 4.1 16.20 2.4 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.99 5.7 17.23 6.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.95 5.9 24.95 5.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 5.5 12.37 5.6 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.37 13.0 14.37 13.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.96 7.5 9.96 7.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.72 10.7 14.72 10.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 14.43 21.3 14.43 21.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.70 4.6 10.70 5.0 10.70 6.1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.64 8.2 € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.52 8.6 13.52 8.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.11 5.8 8.93 5.6 € € Service............................................................. 10.43 4.5 9.31 5.1 13.18 7.3 Protective service............................................ 13.22 9.1 - - 16.14 8.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.89 6.9 € € 26.89 6.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.31 8.0 € € 18.31 8.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.25 8.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 9.26 9.5 9.50 11.4 - - Other food service........................................... 9.67 9.6 10.04 11.8 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.29 11.3 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.85 6.9 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.04 3.3 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 8.35 4.8 8.28 5.2 9.11 5.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.37 5.4 8.29 5.9 9.11 5.6 Personal service.............................................. 12.66 16.5 - - 13.93 11.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.27 9.0 $9.03 9.8 $12.17 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.46 10.0 9.21 11.0 12.17 4.2 White collar........................................................ 13.18 14.5 13.13 15.5 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.79 13.5 17.10 14.3 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.00 9.7 21.21 10.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 21.28 10.0 21.53 10.4 - - Health related................................................ 23.28 3.0 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.50 2.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.76 2.8 7.76 2.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.61 2.2 7.61 2.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.61 5.8 9.42 6.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.61 12.5 7.49 12.2 - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.53 9.7 9.53 9.7 € € Service............................................................. 7.27 4.3 7.27 4.4 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.96 6.1 6.96 6.1 € € Other food service........................................... 8.24 11.9 8.24 11.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 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................................................................... $817 3.6 39.7 $810 3.2 39.9 $836 9.6 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 810 3.7 39.5 798 3.2 39.7 836 9.6 39.1 White collar........................................................ 967 4.1 39.5 1,004 3.0 40.0 898 10.7 38.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 968 4.2 39.3 1,011 2.8 39.6 898 10.7 38.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,159 5.3 38.9 1,150 2.9 39.4 1,176 13.3 38.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,266 5.9 38.7 1,247 3.1 39.4 1,296 14.2 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,373 5.4 40.1 1,436 4.6 40.1 - - - Civil engineers............................................. 1,087 8.4 39.9 € € € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,388 3.5 39.2 1,388 3.5 39.2 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,387 3.7 39.2 1,387 3.7 39.2 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 1,249 8.0 39.3 1,173 7.9 39.2 - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 1,200 11.3 39.2 1,204 11.3 39.2 € € € Medical scientists.......................................... 1,244 14.4 39.7 € € € € € € Health related................................................ 822 6.0 39.3 816 7.2 39.1 841 10.1 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 893 4.2 39.0 912 5.6 38.6 844 6.2 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 828 2.1 35.7 - - - 828 1.2 35.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 823 1.3 35.3 € € € 823 1.3 35.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,120 7.5 39.5 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 606 4.4 38.9 - - - 618 5.1 38.5 Social workers.............................................. 606 4.4 38.9 € € € 618 5.1 38.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 971 9.7 39.0 971 9.7 39.0 € € € Technical....................................................... 798 6.1 39.6 831 5.7 39.4 737 14.4 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 713 7.2 40.0 721 11.1 40.0 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 749 13.5 40.0 € € € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 1,120 6.8 38.4 1,082 9.5 37.7 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 532 10.5 39.9 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,328 6.1 40.3 1,394 7.3 40.5 1,140 8.7 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,668 6.9 40.4 1,790 8.3 40.6 1,337 4.0 39.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,325 10.2 39.5 € € € 1,325 10.2 39.5 Financial managers.......................................... 1,341 4.9 40.5 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,797 8.5 40.6 1,824 9.0 40.7 € € € Management related............................................ 966 4.7 40.2 982 6.0 40.4 921 4.5 39.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,170 3.0 40.2 € € € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 936 4.6 40.4 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 773 8.1 40.0 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. $952 14.7 42.2 $956 14.8 42.2 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 342 10.4 40.0 € € € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 528 1.9 39.5 564 2.7 39.6 $484 2.3 39.3 Secretaries................................................. 619 3.5 39.6 625 4.0 39.7 592 6.9 39.4 Order clerks................................................ 669 15.6 40.0 669 15.6 40.0 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 544 4.8 40.0 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 549 4.3 40.0 544 4.5 40.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 514 3.6 40.0 514 3.6 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 502 2.5 39.4 551 5.3 37.5 486 2.6 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 403 1.4 35.2 € € € 403 1.4 35.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 588 6.2 39.9 590 6.4 39.9 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 578 3.7 39.9 577 4.1 39.9 595 5.1 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 722 3.7 40.0 739 4.2 40.0 648 2.4 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 680 5.7 40.0 689 6.0 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 1,019 7.2 40.8 1,019 7.2 40.8 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 492 5.5 39.9 494 5.5 39.9 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 485 5.4 40.0 485 5.4 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 575 13.0 40.0 575 13.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 398 7.5 40.0 398 7.5 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 588 10.7 40.0 588 10.7 40.0 € € € Truck drivers............................................... 576 21.2 39.9 576 21.2 39.9 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 424 4.2 39.6 423 4.6 39.6 428 6.1 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 426 8.2 40.0 € € € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 541 8.6 40.0 541 8.6 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 364 5.8 40.0 357 5.6 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 419 5.0 40.1 369 5.8 39.7 543 8.0 41.2 Protective service............................................ 548 9.9 41.4 - - - 689 9.3 42.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,110 7.5 41.3 € € € 1,110 7.5 41.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 769 7.8 42.0 € € € 769 7.8 42.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 410 8.6 40.0 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 372 11.2 40.1 384 13.5 40.4 - - - Other food service........................................... 394 11.0 40.7 413 13.6 41.2 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 366 11.4 39.4 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 353 6.9 39.9 € € € € € € Health service................................................ $395 4.3 39.3 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $328 5.3 39.3 $325 5.7 39.2 $362 5.4 39.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 328 6.0 39.2 324 6.6 39.1 362 5.4 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 469 11.7 37.0 - - - 553 10.9 39.7 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,543 3.6 2,016 $42,089 3.2 2,074 $40,300 9.6 1,886 All excluding sales............................................... 41,102 3.7 2,007 41,476 3.2 2,064 40,313 9.6 1,886 White collar........................................................ 48,619 4.1 1,988 52,196 3.0 2,076 42,688 10.7 1,841 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,542 4.2 1,970 52,549 2.8 2,059 42,708 10.7 1,841 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,881 5.3 1,909 59,713 2.9 2,046 52,764 13.3 1,710 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,076 5.9 1,868 64,737 3.1 2,045 56,066 14.2 1,626 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 71,373 5.4 2,083 74,676 4.6 2,086 - - - Civil engineers............................................. 56,528 8.4 2,075 € € € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 72,179 3.5 2,040 72,179 3.5 2,040 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 72,124 3.7 2,036 72,124 3.7 2,036 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 61,197 8.0 1,927 61,016 7.9 2,037 - - - Chemists, except biochemists................................ 62,406 11.3 2,039 62,612 11.3 2,038 € € € Medical scientists.......................................... 57,119 14.4 1,823 € € € € € € Health related................................................ 42,745 6.0 2,045 42,446 7.2 2,035 43,717 10.1 2,080 Registered nurses........................................... 46,455 4.2 2,026 47,437 5.6 2,005 43,869 6.2 2,080 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,154 2.1 1,561 - - - 35,907 1.2 1,541 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35,698 1.3 1,532 € € € 35,698 1.3 1,532 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 58,224 7.5 2,052 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 31,529 4.4 2,022 - - - 32,133 5.1 2,004 Social workers.............................................. 31,529 4.4 2,022 € € € 32,133 5.1 2,004 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 50,498 9.7 2,028 50,498 9.7 2,028 € € € Technical....................................................... 41,490 6.1 2,059 43,234 5.7 2,048 38,301 14.4 2,079 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 37,067 7.2 2,080 37,466 11.1 2,080 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 38,956 13.5 2,082 € € € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 58,234 6.8 1,995 56,285 9.5 1,960 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 27,673 10.5 2,076 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,020 6.1 2,095 72,481 7.3 2,105 59,294 8.7 2,068 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 86,684 6.9 2,099 92,995 8.3 2,111 69,500 4.0 2,065 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 68,884 10.2 2,056 € € € 68,884 10.2 2,056 Financial managers.......................................... 69,745 4.9 2,105 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 93,465 8.5 2,109 94,846 9.0 2,116 € € € Management related............................................ 50,242 4.7 2,091 51,044 6.0 2,098 47,913 4.5 2,071 Accountants and auditors.................................... 60,824 3.0 2,088 € € € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 48,653 4.6 2,100 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 40,207 8.1 2,080 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. $49,528 14.7 2,193 $49,701 14.8 2,195 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 17,771 10.4 2,080 € € € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,069 1.9 2,025 29,309 2.7 2,060 $24,447 2.3 1,984 Secretaries................................................. 32,184 3.5 2,059 32,455 4.0 2,061 30,785 6.9 2,050 Order clerks................................................ 34,788 15.6 2,080 34,788 15.6 2,080 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 28,302 4.8 2,079 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,468 4.3 2,074 28,224 4.5 2,075 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 26,720 3.6 2,080 26,720 3.6 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 26,103 2.5 2,047 28,667 5.3 1,951 25,265 2.6 2,078 Teachers' aides............................................. 17,234 1.4 1,504 € € € 17,234 1.4 1,504 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 30,557 6.2 2,073 30,685 6.4 2,072 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 30,077 3.7 2,075 29,987 4.1 2,074 30,917 5.1 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,568 3.7 2,081 38,454 4.2 2,081 33,698 2.4 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,339 5.7 2,080 35,836 6.0 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 52,986 7.2 2,124 52,986 7.2 2,124 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,606 5.5 2,076 25,680 5.5 2,076 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 25,230 5.4 2,080 25,230 5.4 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,895 13.0 2,080 29,895 13.0 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 20,718 7.5 2,080 20,718 7.5 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 30,590 10.7 2,078 30,590 10.7 2,078 € € € Truck drivers............................................... 29,940 21.2 2,075 29,940 21.2 2,075 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,033 4.2 2,059 22,009 4.6 2,057 22,262 6.1 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,129 8.2 2,080 € € € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 28,117 8.6 2,080 28,117 8.6 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 18,944 5.8 2,080 18,582 5.6 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 21,643 5.0 2,075 19,189 5.8 2,062 27,771 8.0 2,108 Protective service............................................ 28,447 9.9 2,152 - - - 35,820 9.3 2,219 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 57,727 7.5 2,147 € € € 57,727 7.5 2,147 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40,013 7.8 2,185 € € € 40,013 7.8 2,185 Guards and police, except public service.................... 21,281 8.6 2,077 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 19,081 11.2 2,062 19,952 13.5 2,100 - - - Other food service........................................... 20,194 11.0 2,089 21,496 13.6 2,141 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 18,198 11.4 1,960 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,219 6.9 2,058 € € € € € € Health service................................................ $20,522 4.3 2,045 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $16,977 5.3 2,033 $16,880 5.7 2,038 $18,043 5.4 1,982 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 16,982 6.0 2,029 16,868 6.6 2,034 18,043 5.4 1,982 Personal service.............................................. 24,369 11.7 1,925 - - - 28,770 10.9 2,065 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.97 3.7 $19.49 3.4 $21.23 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.90 3.8 19.36 3.4 21.24 9.5 White collar........................................................ 24.18 4.1 24.71 3.2 23.14 10.6 2....................................................... 9.73 5.3 9.48 7.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.44 1.9 11.25 3.9 11.50 2.1 4....................................................... 12.52 3.7 12.63 5.9 12.34 1.5 5....................................................... 17.08 6.2 17.22 6.4 14.97 6.4 6....................................................... 16.39 3.6 15.60 5.0 17.46 5.3 7....................................................... 21.26 4.0 21.41 5.3 20.88 3.9 8....................................................... 23.68 5.5 24.53 6.4 20.07 2.6 9....................................................... 27.12 3.6 29.22 5.5 24.66 2.9 10........................................................ 32.69 6.0 32.71 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 34.73 5.6 33.11 6.8 37.57 7.2 12........................................................ 49.87 15.3 43.86 8.3 60.65 31.7 13........................................................ 45.34 3.1 45.19 3.1 € € 14........................................................ 60.01 5.0 59.88 5.1 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.51 4.2 25.32 2.8 23.16 10.7 2....................................................... 10.90 5.2 11.39 7.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.52 1.9 11.58 4.0 11.50 2.1 4....................................................... 12.74 1.9 13.06 3.1 12.34 1.6 5....................................................... 15.73 4.7 15.80 5.0 14.80 7.0 6....................................................... 16.60 3.9 15.88 5.8 17.45 5.3 7....................................................... 21.12 4.2 21.23 5.8 20.88 3.9 8....................................................... 22.95 4.2 23.71 4.9 20.07 2.6 9....................................................... 27.08 3.7 29.18 5.5 24.66 2.9 10........................................................ 33.26 6.0 33.28 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 34.05 5.9 31.84 6.9 37.57 7.2 12........................................................ 48.03 16.1 40.46 3.0 60.65 31.7 13........................................................ 45.34 3.1 45.19 3.1 € € 14........................................................ 60.01 5.0 59.88 5.1 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.62 5.2 28.96 2.9 30.81 13.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.42 5.7 31.30 3.1 34.40 13.8 5....................................................... 18.13 9.2 18.89 8.9 € € 6....................................................... 18.65 5.9 17.49 10.6 19.83 4.3 7....................................................... 25.30 4.4 26.63 5.2 22.40 4.4 8....................................................... 25.14 4.9 26.43 4.8 19.83 4.8 9....................................................... 26.82 4.6 30.53 7.0 23.73 1.3 10........................................................ 31.28 3.6 31.29 3.7 € € 11........................................................ 34.22 8.8 30.62 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 49.95 20.5 39.19 2.9 € € 13........................................................ 43.71 4.5 € € € € 14........................................................ 56.65 3.1 56.65 3.1 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.27 5.3 35.80 4.5 - - 9....................................................... 36.03 12.1 36.11 12.1 € € 11........................................................ $37.48 5.6 $36.61 6.3 € € Civil engineers............................................. 27.25 8.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.38 3.4 35.38 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 37.98 5.9 37.98 5.9 € € 12........................................................ 37.05 3.5 37.05 3.5 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.42 3.6 35.42 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 39.70 4.2 39.70 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 37.12 3.4 37.12 3.4 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.75 7.9 29.96 8.0 - - 11........................................................ 31.59 15.0 € € € € Chemists, except biochemists................................ 30.61 10.9 30.72 10.9 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 31.33 14.3 € € € € Health related................................................ 21.32 5.4 21.44 6.4 $20.88 9.5 9....................................................... 23.73 3.4 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.07 2.7 23.74 2.9 20.91 5.8 9....................................................... 23.73 3.4 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.15 2.2 - - 23.29 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.30 1.4 € € 23.30 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.38 7.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.59 4.3 - - 16.03 4.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.59 4.3 € € 16.03 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.22 10.6 24.22 10.6 € € 7....................................................... 22.81 9.4 22.81 9.4 € € Technical....................................................... 20.13 6.2 21.07 6.0 18.43 14.4 5....................................................... 16.24 5.9 16.01 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 16.30 3.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.26 4.5 18.58 7.9 € € 8....................................................... 20.76 6.7 21.23 8.6 € € 9....................................................... 27.96 6.0 26.58 8.7 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.82 7.2 18.01 11.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.71 13.6 € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 29.19 7.3 28.72 10.6 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.33 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 6.1 34.43 7.3 28.67 8.7 7....................................................... 19.27 7.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.82 6.7 24.07 7.5 22.17 4.2 9....................................................... 27.53 10.4 27.49 12.2 27.75 9.8 10........................................................ 37.07 13.2 37.07 13.2 € € 11........................................................ 33.20 4.4 33.86 7.3 32.64 5.6 12........................................................ 42.54 9.9 42.66 11.3 41.65 4.5 13........................................................ 53.14 9.2 53.14 9.2 € € 14........................................................ $72.48 9.2 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.30 7.0 $44.05 8.5 $33.65 3.8 9....................................................... 30.45 10.9 30.77 12.9 28.91 9.6 11........................................................ 34.72 4.6 € € 34.07 3.3 12........................................................ 48.48 5.7 50.09 6.4 41.65 4.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.50 10.8 € € 33.50 10.8 Financial managers.......................................... 33.13 6.0 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.31 9.4 44.83 10.0 € € Management related............................................ 24.02 4.4 24.33 5.7 23.13 4.6 7....................................................... 19.15 8.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 22.36 4.5 22.32 5.2 € € 9....................................................... 19.06 4.3 € € € € 11........................................................ 29.74 5.1 31.19 4.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.12 3.5 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.17 3.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.33 8.1 € € € € Sales............................................................. 20.99 16.2 21.03 16.4 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.87 32.4 15.87 32.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.04 5.1 7.78 4.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.30 1.9 14.09 2.7 12.31 2.1 2....................................................... 11.39 7.6 11.39 7.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.52 1.9 11.58 4.0 11.51 2.2 4....................................................... 12.68 2.0 13.02 3.3 12.28 1.5 5....................................................... 14.82 5.8 14.87 6.1 13.98 4.0 6....................................................... 14.76 4.0 € € 14.98 2.6 7....................................................... 16.98 6.2 16.97 6.4 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.58 4.0 15.68 4.6 15.02 6.3 4....................................................... 13.86 4.2 13.95 4.7 € € 5....................................................... 16.77 7.8 17.02 8.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 15.70 17.2 15.70 17.2 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.33 5.2 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 4.6 13.36 4.8 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 3.6 12.85 3.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.71 2.8 14.47 5.8 12.16 2.6 3....................................................... 11.44 1.5 € € 11.53 1.5 4....................................................... 12.66 3.3 € € 12.23 2.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.46 1.5 € € 11.46 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.74 6.3 14.81 6.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 3.7 14.15 4.1 14.44 5.4 1....................................................... 8.70 5.3 8.70 5.3 € € 2....................................................... 11.09 2.5 11.18 2.7 10.24 6.5 3....................................................... 12.64 7.4 12.85 8.5 11.41 4.2 4....................................................... 13.02 6.6 13.04 6.7 € € 5....................................................... $15.83 5.7 $15.88 5.9 $14.68 3.4 6....................................................... 17.43 5.2 17.40 5.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.53 2.5 19.38 2.2 16.37 2.5 8....................................................... 25.40 4.9 25.43 5.0 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 3.6 18.48 4.1 16.20 2.4 4....................................................... 12.66 6.1 12.68 6.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.81 7.1 15.97 7.4 14.28 3.3 6....................................................... 17.79 5.9 17.76 6.1 € € 7....................................................... 18.57 2.6 19.46 2.3 16.37 2.5 8....................................................... 25.79 4.0 25.82 4.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.99 5.7 17.23 6.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.95 5.9 24.95 5.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 5.5 12.37 5.6 - - 1....................................................... 9.76 4.9 9.76 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 12.03 3.1 12.03 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.41 5.9 12.94 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.06 10.3 12.06 10.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.45 11.1 15.45 11.1 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.37 13.0 14.37 13.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.96 7.5 9.96 7.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.63 12.2 12.75 13.8 - - 2....................................................... 11.02 3.6 € € € € 3....................................................... 14.88 15.4 16.58 17.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 14.43 21.3 14.43 21.3 € € Driver-sales workers........................................ 15.08 18.4 15.08 18.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.61 4.2 10.60 4.6 10.70 6.1 1....................................................... 8.61 3.5 8.60 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 10.47 2.5 10.51 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.34 4.9 11.34 5.1 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.02 7.5 10.18 8.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.98 7.4 12.98 7.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.11 5.8 8.93 5.6 € € Service............................................................. 9.79 4.0 8.77 4.0 13.17 7.3 1....................................................... 7.57 4.5 7.45 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.53 6.6 8.54 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.98 5.1 8.95 6.1 9.15 5.5 4....................................................... 9.30 6.9 8.29 5.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.88 6.5 € € 12.32 1.9 6....................................................... 15.03 5.7 € € 16.15 3.2 7....................................................... 15.00 4.9 € € 13.99 8.7 Protective service............................................ $12.74 9.9 $9.38 7.5 $16.14 8.0 5....................................................... 12.30 1.8 € € 12.30 1.8 6....................................................... 16.03 3.4 € € 16.03 3.4 7....................................................... 14.95 8.5 € € 13.82 8.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.89 6.9 € € 26.89 6.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.31 8.0 € € 18.31 8.0 6....................................................... 15.83 6.1 € € 15.83 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.95 8.3 9.38 7.5 € € Food service.................................................. 8.63 5.9 8.71 6.7 - - 1....................................................... 7.19 4.9 6.80 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 7.65 16.9 7.65 16.9 € € 3....................................................... 8.82 10.4 € € € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.96 21.2 4.96 21.2 € € Other food service........................................... 9.38 7.4 9.61 8.4 € € 1....................................................... 7.21 5.3 6.77 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.18 8.2 9.36 10.1 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.18 10.5 9.38 12.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.17 7.0 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.70 5.9 8.96 7.0 € € Health service................................................ 10.09 2.9 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.77 3.5 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.96 5.2 7.89 5.4 9.11 5.6 1....................................................... 7.35 4.1 7.25 3.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.30 5.9 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.93 5.9 7.84 6.2 9.11 5.6 1....................................................... 7.37 4.5 7.25 4.3 € € Personal service.............................................. 12.05 13.3 - - 13.62 10.7 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.60 3.7 $20.30 3.3 $21.37 9.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.48 3.7 20.09 3.2 21.38 9.6 White collar........................................................ 24.46 4.1 25.14 3.3 23.18 10.7 2....................................................... 10.86 4.7 11.24 6.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.49 1.9 11.45 4.0 11.50 2.1 4....................................................... 12.60 3.8 12.73 6.2 12.38 1.6 5....................................................... 17.12 6.2 17.25 6.5 15.01 6.6 6....................................................... 16.39 3.6 15.60 5.0 17.46 5.3 7....................................................... 21.26 4.0 21.41 5.4 20.88 3.9 8....................................................... 23.68 5.6 24.55 6.5 20.07 2.6 9....................................................... 27.27 3.7 29.58 5.6 24.71 2.9 10........................................................ 32.69 6.0 32.71 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 34.73 5.6 33.11 6.8 37.57 7.2 12........................................................ 49.87 15.3 43.86 8.3 60.65 31.7 13........................................................ 45.34 3.1 45.19 3.1 € € 14........................................................ 60.01 5.0 59.88 5.1 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.64 4.2 25.52 2.8 23.20 10.7 2....................................................... 11.20 5.6 12.11 6.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.54 1.9 11.69 4.0 11.50 2.1 4....................................................... 12.81 1.9 13.17 3.1 12.38 1.6 5....................................................... 15.75 4.8 15.82 5.1 14.84 7.1 6....................................................... 16.60 3.9 15.88 5.8 17.45 5.3 7....................................................... 21.12 4.3 21.23 5.9 20.88 3.9 8....................................................... 22.94 4.3 23.72 5.0 20.07 2.6 9....................................................... 27.23 3.8 29.54 5.7 24.71 2.9 10........................................................ 33.26 6.0 33.28 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 34.05 5.9 31.84 6.9 37.57 7.2 12........................................................ 48.03 16.1 40.46 3.0 60.65 31.7 13........................................................ 45.34 3.1 45.19 3.1 € € 14........................................................ 60.01 5.0 59.88 5.1 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.80 5.3 29.19 2.9 30.86 13.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.69 5.8 31.65 3.0 34.48 13.8 5....................................................... 18.18 9.1 18.89 8.9 € € 6....................................................... 18.65 5.9 17.49 10.6 19.83 4.3 7....................................................... 25.38 4.5 26.77 5.3 22.40 4.4 8....................................................... 25.22 5.1 26.61 4.9 19.83 4.8 9....................................................... 27.01 4.8 31.33 7.2 23.78 1.3 10........................................................ 31.28 3.6 31.29 3.7 € € 11........................................................ 34.22 8.8 30.62 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 49.95 20.5 39.19 2.9 € € 13........................................................ 43.71 4.5 € € € € 14........................................................ 56.65 3.1 56.65 3.1 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.27 5.3 35.80 4.5 - - 9....................................................... 36.03 12.1 36.11 12.1 € € 11........................................................ $37.48 5.6 $36.61 6.3 € € Civil engineers............................................. 27.25 8.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 35.38 3.4 35.38 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 37.98 5.9 37.98 5.9 € € 12........................................................ 37.05 3.5 37.05 3.5 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.42 3.6 35.42 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 39.70 4.2 39.70 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 37.12 3.4 37.12 3.4 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.75 7.9 29.96 8.0 - - 11........................................................ 31.59 15.0 € € € € Chemists, except biochemists................................ 30.61 10.9 30.72 10.9 € € Medical scientists.......................................... 31.33 14.3 € € € € Health related................................................ 20.90 6.3 20.86 7.6 $21.02 10.1 9....................................................... 23.81 4.7 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.93 3.3 23.66 3.9 21.09 6.2 9....................................................... 23.81 4.7 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.16 2.2 - - 23.30 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 23.30 1.4 € € 23.30 1.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 28.38 7.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.59 4.3 - - 16.03 4.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.59 4.3 € € 16.03 4.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.90 8.9 24.90 8.9 € € 7....................................................... 22.81 9.4 22.81 9.4 € € Technical....................................................... 20.15 6.3 21.11 6.1 18.43 14.4 5....................................................... 16.19 6.2 15.94 6.8 € € 6....................................................... 16.30 3.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.26 4.5 18.58 7.9 € € 8....................................................... 20.76 6.7 21.23 8.6 € € 9....................................................... 27.96 6.0 26.58 8.7 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.82 7.2 18.01 11.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.71 13.6 € € € € Computer programmers........................................ 29.19 7.3 28.72 10.6 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 13.33 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 6.1 34.43 7.3 28.67 8.7 7....................................................... 19.27 7.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.82 6.7 24.07 7.5 22.17 4.2 9....................................................... 27.53 10.4 27.49 12.2 27.75 9.8 10........................................................ 37.07 13.2 37.07 13.2 € € 11........................................................ 33.20 4.4 33.86 7.3 32.64 5.6 12........................................................ 42.54 9.9 42.66 11.3 41.65 4.5 13........................................................ 53.14 9.2 53.14 9.2 € € 14........................................................ $72.48 9.2 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.30 7.0 $44.05 8.5 $33.65 3.8 9....................................................... 30.45 10.9 30.77 12.9 28.91 9.6 11........................................................ 34.72 4.6 € € 34.07 3.3 12........................................................ 48.48 5.7 50.09 6.4 41.65 4.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 33.50 10.8 € € 33.50 10.8 Financial managers.......................................... 33.13 6.0 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.31 9.4 44.83 10.0 € € Management related............................................ 24.02 4.4 24.33 5.7 23.13 4.6 7....................................................... 19.15 8.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 22.36 4.5 22.32 5.2 € € 9....................................................... 19.06 4.3 € € € € 11........................................................ 29.74 5.1 31.19 4.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.12 3.5 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.17 3.9 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.33 8.1 € € € € Sales............................................................. 22.58 16.9 22.65 17.0 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.54 10.4 € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.37 1.9 14.23 2.7 12.32 2.1 2....................................................... 12.11 6.0 12.11 6.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.55 1.9 11.69 4.1 11.51 2.2 4....................................................... 12.76 2.0 13.13 3.4 12.32 1.5 5....................................................... 14.86 5.9 14.92 6.2 13.91 4.1 6....................................................... 14.76 4.0 € € 14.98 2.6 7....................................................... 16.98 6.2 16.97 6.4 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.63 4.0 15.75 4.6 15.02 6.3 4....................................................... 13.87 4.2 13.97 4.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.77 7.8 17.02 8.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 16.72 15.6 16.72 15.6 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.61 4.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.72 4.3 13.60 4.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.85 3.6 12.85 3.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.75 2.8 14.69 5.7 12.16 2.6 3....................................................... 11.44 1.5 € € 11.53 1.5 4....................................................... 12.76 3.3 € € 12.23 2.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.46 1.5 € € 11.46 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.74 6.3 14.81 6.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 3.7 14.46 4.1 14.86 5.1 1....................................................... 9.21 4.5 9.20 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 11.10 2.5 11.18 2.7 € € 3....................................................... 12.75 8.4 12.88 8.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.02 6.6 13.04 6.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.85 5.8 15.90 6.0 14.68 3.4 6....................................................... $17.43 5.2 $17.40 5.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.53 2.5 19.38 2.2 $16.37 2.5 8....................................................... 25.40 4.9 25.43 5.0 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 3.6 18.48 4.1 16.20 2.4 4....................................................... 12.66 6.1 12.68 6.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.81 7.1 15.97 7.4 14.28 3.3 6....................................................... 17.79 5.9 17.76 6.1 € € 7....................................................... 18.57 2.6 19.46 2.3 16.37 2.5 8....................................................... 25.79 4.0 25.82 4.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.99 5.7 17.23 6.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.95 5.9 24.95 5.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 5.5 12.37 5.6 - - 1....................................................... 9.76 4.9 9.76 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 12.03 3.1 12.03 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.41 5.9 12.94 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.06 10.3 12.06 10.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.45 11.1 15.45 11.1 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.37 13.0 14.37 13.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.96 7.5 9.96 7.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.72 10.7 14.72 10.7 € € 3....................................................... 16.58 17.2 16.58 17.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 14.43 21.3 14.43 21.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.70 4.6 10.70 5.0 10.70 6.1 1....................................................... 8.61 3.9 8.60 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 10.47 2.5 10.51 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.33 5.2 11.33 5.3 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.64 8.2 € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.52 8.6 13.52 8.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.11 5.8 8.93 5.6 € € Service............................................................. 10.43 4.5 9.31 5.1 13.18 7.3 1....................................................... 7.95 5.2 7.86 6.7 € € 2....................................................... 8.80 5.7 8.82 5.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.34 4.8 9.39 6.1 9.15 5.5 4....................................................... 9.57 12.9 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.88 6.5 € € 12.32 1.9 6....................................................... 15.03 5.7 € € 16.15 3.2 7....................................................... 15.00 4.9 € € 13.99 8.7 Protective service............................................ 13.22 9.1 - - 16.14 8.0 5....................................................... 12.30 1.8 € € 12.30 1.8 6....................................................... 16.03 3.4 € € 16.03 3.4 7....................................................... $14.95 8.5 € € $13.82 8.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.89 6.9 € € 26.89 6.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.31 8.0 € € 18.31 8.0 6....................................................... 15.83 6.1 € € 15.83 6.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.25 8.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 9.26 9.5 $9.50 11.4 - - 2....................................................... 8.19 16.3 8.19 16.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 8.8 € € € € Other food service........................................... 9.67 9.6 10.04 11.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 8.8 € € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.29 11.3 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.85 6.9 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.04 3.3 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 8.35 4.8 8.28 5.2 9.11 5.6 1....................................................... 7.68 4.5 7.54 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.90 4.3 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.37 5.4 8.29 5.9 9.11 5.6 1....................................................... 7.79 5.3 7.65 5.6 € € Personal service.............................................. 12.66 16.5 - - 13.93 11.1 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.27 9.0 $9.03 9.8 $12.17 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.46 10.0 9.21 11.0 12.17 4.2 White collar........................................................ 13.18 14.5 13.13 15.5 - - 2....................................................... 7.59 2.6 7.59 2.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.03 5.9 10.02 7.7 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.79 13.5 17.10 14.3 - - 4....................................................... 10.34 8.7 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.00 9.7 21.21 10.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 21.28 10.0 21.53 10.4 - - Health related................................................ 23.28 3.0 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.50 2.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 7.76 2.8 7.76 2.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.61 2.2 7.61 2.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.61 5.8 9.42 6.6 - - 4....................................................... 10.34 8.7 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 8.61 12.5 7.49 12.2 - - 1....................................................... 6.98 9.7 6.98 9.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.53 9.7 9.53 9.7 € € 1....................................................... 8.62 10.3 8.62 10.3 € € Service............................................................. 7.27 4.3 7.27 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 6.78 4.1 6.78 4.1 € € 2....................................................... 6.81 30.6 € € € € 3....................................................... 7.51 10.9 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.96 6.1 6.96 6.1 € € Other food service........................................... 8.24 11.9 8.24 11.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.60 $9.27 $14.40 $20.20 $19.84 $23.49 All excluding sales............................................. 20.48 9.46 14.40 20.15 19.90 20.10 White collar........................................................ 24.46 13.18 - 24.19 24.14 24.93 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.64 16.79 - 24.53 24.51 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.80 21.00 - 29.64 29.62 € Professional specialty.......................................... 32.69 21.28 - 32.48 32.42 € Technical....................................................... 20.15 - € 20.13 20.13 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.94 € € 32.94 33.06 - Sales............................................................. 22.58 7.76 € 20.99 18.22 24.98 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.37 9.61 - 13.25 13.31 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 8.61 13.27 14.30 14.02 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.05 € 18.97 18.02 18.01 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 € 11.25 12.59 12.33 € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.72 - - 11.65 12.06 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.70 9.53 11.83 10.33 10.61 € Service............................................................. 10.43 7.27 - 9.74 9.79 - 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 9.0 9.1 3.8 3.7 24.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 10.0 9.1 3.9 3.8 6.7 White collar........................................................ 4.1 14.5 - 4.1 4.1 27.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 13.5 - 4.2 4.2 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.3 9.7 - 5.3 5.2 € Professional specialty.......................................... 5.8 10.0 - 5.8 5.7 € Technical....................................................... 6.3 - € 6.2 6.2 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.1 € € 6.1 6.3 - Sales............................................................. 16.9 2.8 € 16.2 11.0 30.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.9 5.8 - 1.9 1.9 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 12.5 7.3 4.1 3.9 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 € 10.9 3.7 3.8 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 € 5.4 6.6 5.5 € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 - - 11.7 13.1 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.6 9.7 6.0 4.9 4.2 € Service............................................................. 4.5 4.3 - 4.2 4.0 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.49 $22.15 € - $22.50 - $24.80 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.36 21.82 € - 22.16 - 24.22 - - - White collar........................................................ 24.71 30.47 € - 30.47 - 29.19 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.32 30.28 € - 30.28 - 28.72 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.96 32.12 € - 32.12 - 30.05 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.30 34.70 € - 34.70 - 31.25 - - - Technical....................................................... 21.07 18.47 € - 18.47 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.43 38.47 € - 38.47 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 21.03 33.64 € - 33.64 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.09 15.54 € - 15.54 - 16.02 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.15 14.02 € - 13.71 - 16.40 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.48 18.68 € - 18.63 - 20.00 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.37 12.51 € - 12.51 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 13.55 € - 13.55 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.60 10.26 € - 10.20 - 11.99 - - - Service............................................................. 8.77 - € - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 3.4 4.3 € - 4.2 - 13.4 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 4.3 € - 4.3 - 12.4 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.2 3.6 € - 3.6 - 9.5 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 3.7 € - 3.7 - 7.8 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 3.4 € - 3.4 - 13.4 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.1 2.6 € - 2.6 - 15.2 - - - Technical....................................................... 6.0 5.0 € - 5.0 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 6.1 € - 6.1 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 16.4 14.2 € - 14.2 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 6.9 € - 6.9 - 15.1 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 5.2 € - 5.6 - 17.9 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 6.3 € - 8.7 - 14.2 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.6 5.6 € - 5.6 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.8 12.7 € - 12.7 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.6 5.7 € - 7.0 - 12.3 - - - Service............................................................. 4.0 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.49 $12.70 $21.47 $19.05 $23.26 All excluding sales............................................. 19.36 12.91 21.13 18.04 23.07 White collar........................................................ 24.71 17.13 25.67 24.75 26.14 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.32 21.40 25.64 24.87 25.92 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.96 26.54 29.13 28.73 29.25 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.30 26.85 31.70 30.34 32.19 Technical....................................................... 21.07 - 21.11 20.05 21.30 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.43 27.11 34.95 35.66 34.71 Sales............................................................. 21.03 11.13 25.92 24.46 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.09 13.51 14.16 14.75 13.89 Blue collar......................................................... 14.15 13.34 14.50 14.39 14.66 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.48 17.25 19.21 19.51 18.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.37 10.92 12.77 12.80 12.73 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 - 13.20 13.33 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.60 9.81 11.06 9.84 12.03 Service............................................................. 8.77 8.15 9.46 8.49 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.4 7.9 3.3 6.3 3.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 8.9 3.3 6.5 3.4 White collar........................................................ 3.2 13.7 3.0 5.9 3.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 12.2 2.8 5.4 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 15.7 2.9 8.2 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.1 15.7 3.1 8.9 3.0 Technical....................................................... 6.0 - 6.1 11.5 6.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 13.3 7.7 8.6 10.0 Sales............................................................. 16.4 8.2 15.7 16.9 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 8.6 2.9 6.3 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 8.6 4.7 7.0 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 9.2 3.7 6.0 3.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.6 8.5 6.2 9.8 4.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.8 - 16.6 17.3 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.6 5.0 6.8 4.4 11.8 Service............................................................. 4.0 5.9 5.0 5.5 - 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.57 $11.23 $15.81 $23.65 $35.65 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.27 15.81 23.64 35.65 White collar.................................... 11.15 13.12 20.58 29.74 42.23 White collar excluding sales................ 11.45 13.60 21.15 30.48 42.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.32 20.92 25.21 35.36 45.06 Professional specialty...................... 19.78 22.28 27.96 38.21 46.77 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.64 26.28 31.44 43.09 45.73 Civil engineers......................... 19.78 23.64 23.64 25.96 44.89 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.17 30.56 34.56 38.78 45.06 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.69 31.68 34.99 40.51 45.06 Natural scientists........................ 22.20 22.75 30.81 39.79 43.96 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.21 25.19 29.42 33.63 47.01 Medical scientists...................... 22.75 22.75 30.81 39.79 39.79 Health related............................ 14.69 19.12 21.35 24.17 25.79 Registered nurses....................... 20.32 21.35 22.28 24.46 27.80 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.58 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.23 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 23.22 26.75 27.48 27.48 41.02 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.90 14.21 16.75 17.52 18.35 Social workers.......................... 11.90 14.21 16.75 17.52 18.35 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.99 15.07 21.86 25.88 41.86 Technical................................... 12.36 15.13 19.33 22.74 30.23 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.46 14.46 18.06 19.14 22.23 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.25 13.72 22.74 22.74 22.74 Computer programmers.................... 19.70 22.18 30.23 33.33 35.33 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.36 10.36 11.15 14.55 22.55 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.53 21.64 29.37 37.68 53.57 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.61 29.67 35.42 47.94 62.62 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.45 21.83 32.69 42.07 43.02 Financial managers...................... 22.61 29.67 35.42 35.42 37.68 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.54 31.96 40.23 58.09 71.39 Management related........................ 16.18 18.96 21.64 28.36 33.23 Accountants and auditors................ 20.51 23.64 33.23 33.23 33.23 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 20.18 21.64 21.64 25.57 28.36 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.18 16.18 17.39 18.96 30.76 Sales......................................... 7.66 9.67 15.60 26.77 35.11 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 8.62 9.63 33.32 35.11 Cashiers................................ 6.63 7.13 7.66 8.35 9.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... $10.63 $11.45 $12.36 $14.45 $17.34 Secretaries............................. 12.89 13.73 15.50 16.96 20.60 Order clerks............................ 6.73 9.33 15.08 22.40 22.40 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.63 11.95 14.45 14.45 14.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.92 12.43 13.50 14.85 16.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.42 11.33 13.12 13.12 14.78 General office clerks................... 11.09 11.45 12.10 12.87 16.06 Teachers' aides......................... 11.15 11.15 11.48 11.92 12.17 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.10 13.60 13.79 14.91 19.88 Blue collar..................................... 8.20 10.23 13.07 18.06 20.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.54 15.73 18.16 19.07 24.67 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.07 14.57 17.08 18.40 19.14 Supervisors, production................. 19.92 21.74 25.59 28.15 28.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.17 9.95 12.00 13.99 17.32 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.73 11.40 11.78 13.99 13.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.98 9.98 12.82 18.78 21.64 Assemblers.............................. 8.17 8.17 9.23 10.75 12.74 Transportation and material moving............ 6.20 9.25 11.93 14.58 22.24 Truck drivers........................... 11.40 11.40 11.50 22.24 22.24 Driver-sales workers.................... 5.89 14.58 17.53 17.53 18.06 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.20 8.78 10.13 11.61 14.31 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.34 8.81 9.42 10.33 15.75 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.65 11.56 11.88 12.84 21.05 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.20 8.20 8.20 9.78 11.34 Service......................................... 6.95 7.64 8.87 10.75 14.08 Protective service........................ 8.57 8.57 11.75 15.20 20.11 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.59 25.21 27.68 27.68 35.86 Police and detectives, public service... 14.08 14.51 17.68 22.38 24.54 Guards and police, except public service 8.38 8.57 8.92 12.05 12.05 Food service.............................. 5.90 7.25 8.08 10.49 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.75 8.00 9.78 Other food service....................... 6.97 7.89 8.08 10.89 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 7.18 9.61 11.00 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 7.75 8.08 10.42 10.49 Health service............................ 8.79 9.35 10.27 10.27 11.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.28 8.79 9.35 10.63 11.90 Cleaning and building service............. 6.30 7.06 7.09 9.49 9.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.33 7.06 7.09 9.49 9.86 Personal service.......................... 7.64 9.19 10.59 10.75 18.06 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.49 $15.93 $24.67 $35.47 All excluding sales........................... 8.20 10.73 15.97 24.17 35.47 White collar.................................... 11.00 13.99 21.35 31.96 44.00 White collar excluding sales................ 11.93 14.78 22.23 32.55 44.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.26 21.20 27.12 35.36 45.06 Professional specialty...................... 19.37 22.75 30.56 38.21 45.37 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.86 28.19 34.53 45.02 45.73 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.17 30.56 34.56 38.78 45.06 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.69 31.68 34.99 40.51 45.06 Natural scientists........................ 21.99 22.75 28.57 33.21 47.01 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.21 25.19 29.42 33.63 47.01 Health related............................ 12.25 19.12 22.28 24.17 27.80 Registered nurses....................... 21.35 22.28 22.70 24.46 27.88 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - 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............... 13.99 15.07 21.86 25.88 41.86 Technical................................... 14.46 15.32 19.91 23.15 29.74 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.46 14.46 17.90 19.69 22.23 Computer programmers.................... 18.17 22.18 25.58 35.33 43.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.39 20.48 29.67 43.79 58.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.61 29.67 40.23 53.57 64.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.54 31.96 40.23 58.09 74.52 Management related........................ 16.18 17.53 21.41 28.98 33.23 Sales......................................... 7.66 9.67 15.60 26.77 35.11 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 8.62 9.63 33.32 35.11 Cashiers................................ 6.63 7.13 7.66 8.17 9.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.42 11.66 13.50 16.06 18.63 Secretaries............................. 12.89 13.94 15.91 16.75 20.60 Order clerks............................ 6.73 9.33 15.08 22.40 22.40 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.92 12.13 13.50 13.90 16.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.42 11.33 13.12 13.12 14.78 General office clerks................... 9.45 11.20 16.06 16.72 17.61 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.47 13.60 13.79 16.92 19.88 Blue collar..................................... 8.20 9.98 12.74 18.24 20.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $11.38 $16.28 $18.78 $20.00 $24.92 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.07 14.57 17.08 18.40 19.14 Supervisors, production................. 19.92 21.74 25.59 28.15 28.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.17 9.95 12.00 13.99 17.32 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.73 11.40 11.78 13.99 13.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.98 9.98 12.82 18.78 21.64 Assemblers.............................. 8.17 8.17 9.23 10.75 12.74 Transportation and material moving............ 6.20 9.00 11.78 15.97 22.24 Truck drivers........................... 11.40 11.40 11.50 22.24 22.24 Driver-sales workers.................... 5.89 14.58 17.53 17.53 18.06 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.14 8.65 10.00 11.61 14.31 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.23 8.14 9.42 10.33 15.75 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.65 11.56 11.88 12.84 21.05 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.20 8.20 8.20 9.78 9.78 Service......................................... 6.07 7.07 8.57 9.86 11.40 Protective service........................ 8.38 8.57 8.57 8.92 11.75 Guards and police, except public service 8.38 8.57 8.57 8.92 11.75 Food service.............................. 3.75 7.00 7.96 10.49 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.75 8.00 9.78 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.75 8.42 11.00 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.00 10.89 11.00 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.50 8.63 10.49 10.49 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.30 7.06 7.09 9.49 9.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.07 7.06 7.07 9.49 9.86 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.63 $11.95 $15.73 $23.36 $36.44 All excluding sales........................... 10.63 11.93 15.73 23.42 36.44 White collar.................................... 11.15 12.09 18.90 24.93 38.35 White collar excluding sales................ 11.15 12.09 18.90 24.93 38.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.48 19.51 23.09 36.44 48.09 Professional specialty...................... 20.45 22.25 23.64 38.35 81.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.69 18.25 20.10 21.08 25.79 Registered nurses....................... 18.25 18.25 20.99 21.08 25.79 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.23 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.23 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.90 14.52 16.90 17.52 18.35 Social workers.......................... 11.90 14.52 16.90 17.52 18.35 Technical................................... 10.36 13.72 18.06 19.51 30.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.64 21.64 27.12 35.42 35.42 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.00 32.11 35.42 35.42 42.07 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.45 21.83 32.69 42.07 43.02 Management related........................ 20.55 21.64 21.64 25.06 27.12 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.63 11.27 12.00 12.87 14.45 Secretaries............................. 11.62 13.00 14.64 17.34 17.34 General office clerks................... 11.09 11.45 12.09 12.36 14.58 Teachers' aides......................... 11.15 11.15 11.48 11.92 12.17 Blue collar..................................... 10.37 11.93 15.73 15.73 17.32 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.73 15.73 15.73 17.32 17.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.81 8.81 10.93 12.08 12.08 Service......................................... 8.08 8.44 12.05 15.29 20.11 Protective service........................ $12.05 $12.05 $14.51 $18.21 $24.54 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.59 25.21 27.68 27.68 35.86 Police and detectives, public service... 14.08 14.51 17.68 22.38 24.54 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.44 8.44 8.44 10.34 11.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.44 8.44 8.44 10.34 11.75 Personal service.......................... 9.19 10.59 12.82 18.06 18.91 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.25 $11.50 $16.54 $24.92 $35.86 All excluding sales........................... 9.23 11.52 16.33 24.32 35.86 White collar.................................... 11.23 13.41 20.62 30.23 42.43 White collar excluding sales................ 11.45 13.67 21.16 30.76 42.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.32 20.92 25.58 35.65 45.06 Professional specialty...................... 19.78 22.28 28.19 38.30 47.01 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.64 26.28 31.44 43.09 45.73 Civil engineers......................... 19.78 23.64 23.64 25.96 44.89 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.17 30.56 34.56 38.78 45.06 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.69 31.68 34.99 40.51 45.06 Natural scientists........................ 22.20 22.75 30.81 39.79 43.96 Chemists, except biochemists............ 17.21 25.19 29.42 33.63 47.01 Medical scientists...................... 22.75 22.75 30.81 39.79 39.79 Health related............................ 12.25 19.12 21.08 22.70 27.80 Registered nurses....................... 20.10 21.08 22.28 24.17 27.88 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.58 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.23 21.99 22.46 24.49 27.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 23.22 26.75 27.48 27.48 41.02 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.90 14.21 16.75 17.52 18.35 Social workers.......................... 11.90 14.21 16.75 17.52 18.35 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.30 19.34 24.00 25.88 41.86 Technical................................... 12.36 15.13 19.33 22.74 30.23 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.46 14.46 18.06 19.14 22.23 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.25 13.72 22.74 22.74 22.74 Computer programmers.................... 19.70 22.18 30.23 33.33 35.33 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.36 10.36 11.15 14.55 22.55 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.53 21.64 29.37 37.68 53.57 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.61 29.67 35.42 47.94 62.62 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.45 21.83 32.69 42.07 43.02 Financial managers...................... 22.61 29.67 35.42 35.42 37.68 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.54 31.96 40.23 58.09 71.39 Management related........................ 16.18 18.96 21.64 28.36 33.23 Accountants and auditors................ 20.51 23.64 33.23 33.23 33.23 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 20.18 21.64 21.64 25.57 28.36 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.18 16.18 17.39 18.96 30.76 Sales......................................... 9.63 9.67 18.85 26.77 40.89 Cashiers................................ 6.63 6.63 8.17 9.26 9.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.74 11.45 12.36 14.45 17.34 Secretaries............................. $12.89 $13.94 $15.50 $16.96 $20.60 Order clerks............................ 9.33 14.78 16.36 22.40 22.40 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.63 11.95 14.45 14.45 14.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.94 12.43 13.50 14.85 16.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.42 11.33 13.12 13.12 14.78 General office clerks................... 11.09 11.45 12.10 12.87 16.06 Teachers' aides......................... 11.15 11.15 11.48 11.92 12.17 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.10 13.60 13.79 14.91 19.88 Blue collar..................................... 8.81 10.48 13.50 18.16 20.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.54 15.73 18.16 19.07 24.67 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.07 14.57 17.08 18.40 19.14 Supervisors, production................. 19.92 21.74 25.59 28.15 28.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.17 9.95 12.00 13.99 17.32 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.73 11.40 11.78 13.99 13.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.98 9.98 12.82 18.78 21.64 Assemblers.............................. 8.17 8.17 9.23 10.75 12.74 Transportation and material moving............ 10.72 11.50 13.48 17.53 22.24 Truck drivers........................... 11.40 11.40 11.50 22.24 22.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.20 8.78 10.33 11.61 14.31 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.14 9.23 9.57 10.33 15.75 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 11.56 11.56 11.88 12.84 22.70 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.20 8.20 8.20 9.78 11.34 Service......................................... 7.06 7.96 9.35 11.40 15.29 Protective service........................ 8.57 8.92 12.05 15.29 20.11 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.59 25.21 27.68 27.68 35.86 Police and detectives, public service... 14.08 14.51 17.68 22.38 24.54 Guards and police, except public service 8.57 8.57 8.92 12.05 12.05 Food service.............................. 6.95 7.89 8.08 10.49 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.18 7.89 8.08 11.00 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 7.18 9.61 11.00 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 8.08 8.08 10.49 10.49 Health service............................ 8.79 9.35 10.27 10.27 11.90 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.06 7.65 9.72 9.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.06 8.35 9.72 9.86 Personal service.......................... 7.64 7.64 10.75 10.75 18.06 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.90 $6.73 $7.75 $10.00 $14.53 All excluding sales........................... 5.90 6.20 8.00 10.06 18.26 White collar.................................... 7.13 7.66 9.36 21.17 24.46 White collar excluding sales................ 9.12 10.00 18.26 24.46 24.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.00 18.26 23.33 24.46 24.46 Professional specialty...................... 11.00 21.17 23.33 24.46 24.46 Health related............................ 21.17 22.54 24.46 24.46 24.46 Registered nurses....................... 22.54 23.33 24.46 24.46 24.46 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.13 7.43 7.66 7.99 8.62 Cashiers................................ 7.13 7.13 7.63 7.66 7.99 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.73 8.22 9.36 10.00 10.06 Blue collar..................................... 5.89 6.20 7.23 11.93 11.93 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.80 7.34 8.50 12.11 14.53 Service......................................... 3.75 6.07 7.07 8.38 9.78 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.90 7.25 9.45 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.90 5.90 7.75 9.45 12.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, 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, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, March 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 243,200 174,400 68,800 All excluding sales............................................. 228,900 160,200 68,700 White collar........................................................ 152,900 97,600 55,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 138,700 83,500 55,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 76,100 45,900 30,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,100 35,500 24,600 Technical....................................................... 16,000 10,400 5,600 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16,600 12,200 4,400 Sales............................................................. 14,300 14,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 46,000 25,300 20,700 Blue collar......................................................... 53,000 46,600 6,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18,900 15,400 3,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14,900 14,700 - Transportation and material moving................................ 8,000 6,200 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11,200 10,300 900 Service............................................................. 37,300 30,200 7,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.