NC BL 03/00/2004 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3120-45, July 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.74 3.1 35.3 $17.30 4.2 35.1 $23.25 2.6 35.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.86 3.9 35.1 20.02 5.7 35.1 26.61 3.5 35.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.97 3.6 34.5 26.14 5.1 35.0 33.55 4.9 33.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.58 7.1 39.3 31.96 8.3 40.3 26.16 6.4 36.4 Sales............................................................. 12.29 9.8 30.1 12.28 10.2 29.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.71 4.3 35.9 12.83 4.9 35.7 16.27 5.7 36.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.84 3.2 38.4 16.91 3.7 38.5 16.37 1.8 37.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 3.8 39.8 22.20 4.1 39.8 17.79 3.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.12 3.0 39.8 17.10 3.0 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 2.8 38.2 15.44 3.9 38.9 15.87 1.1 36.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.89 8.4 34.1 10.35 10.3 33.6 14.24 8.9 37.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.82 4.0 31.1 9.29 2.6 28.7 19.89 2.2 37.1 Full time........................................................... 19.98 3.4 39.3 18.65 4.8 39.8 23.67 2.5 37.9 Part time........................................................... 10.33 4.2 20.9 9.95 4.2 21.4 14.40 4.1 16.9 Union............................................................... 21.01 3.8 35.8 18.09 6.3 35.1 23.73 2.7 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.02 4.6 34.9 17.00 4.8 35.1 17.77 7.9 30.9 Time................................................................ 18.77 3.0 35.2 17.29 4.2 35.0 23.25 2.6 35.9 Incentive........................................................... 17.56 12.1 39.0 17.56 12.1 39.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.31 6.6 40.4 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.70 8.4 34.6 13.69 8.4 34.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.71 4.4 36.0 18.67 4.8 36.1 19.13 6.3 35.5 500 workers or more................................................. 21.52 3.6 35.2 19.44 6.2 34.5 23.83 2.9 36.0 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, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.74 3.1 $17.30 4.2 $23.25 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.09 3.1 17.65 4.3 23.32 2.5 White collar........................................................ 21.86 3.9 20.02 5.7 26.61 3.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.94 4.1 21.24 6.0 26.76 3.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.97 3.6 26.14 5.1 33.55 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.37 3.9 28.85 5.9 34.80 4.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.39 7.4 28.39 7.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.96 25.4 34.96 25.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.24 7.6 31.24 7.6 – – Health related................................................ 24.85 7.0 23.81 7.8 29.19 12.5 Registered nurses........................................... 23.44 3.3 24.14 3.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 52.54 11.2 48.11 13.8 54.58 14.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 37.19 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.29 6.3 20.00 15.1 34.77 6.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.89 11.4 – – 34.70 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.22 9.8 – – 35.22 9.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.45 10.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.07 6.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.78 6.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.98 14.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.41 3.7 17.01 3.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.52 5.4 14.33 5.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.35 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.58 7.1 31.96 8.3 26.16 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.63 8.2 38.33 8.9 29.07 13.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.41 12.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.60 9.3 34.69 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.74 6.5 22.22 9.5 23.90 3.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 21.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.72 7.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.29 9.8 12.28 10.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 16.3 15.07 16.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.01 3.2 9.01 3.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.91 10.1 8.44 10.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.71 4.3 $12.83 4.9 $16.27 5.7 Secretaries................................................. 15.72 2.1 14.25 4.6 17.71 2.2 Typists..................................................... 13.90 9.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.81 2.5 13.02 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.51 3.8 12.53 5.7 12.48 4.1 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.94 2.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.69 10.5 11.54 11.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.84 3.2 16.91 3.7 16.37 1.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 3.8 22.20 4.1 17.79 3.7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.74 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.31 15.4 21.31 15.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.88 7.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 29.62 4.3 29.62 4.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.12 3.0 17.10 3.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.79 4.4 11.79 4.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.76 7.1 11.76 7.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.80 6.5 18.50 7.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.12 23.3 17.12 23.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.04 3.8 18.04 3.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.32 22.2 16.32 22.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 2.8 15.44 3.9 15.87 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.21 1.4 15.11 .9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.06 8.8 18.06 8.8 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.73 7.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.89 8.4 10.35 10.3 14.24 8.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.76 13.2 7.76 13.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.89 22.2 10.89 22.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.08 20.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.82 4.0 9.29 2.6 19.89 2.2 Protective service............................................ 22.94 2.5 – – 23.16 2.5 Food service.................................................. 8.45 10.5 8.39 10.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.82 22.7 5.82 22.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.97 26.8 5.97 26.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.93 7.6 9.87 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.88 6.3 10.88 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.75 8.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.32 3.4 9.66 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.27 3.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.60 9.1 10.10 11.2 13.50 6.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $12.13 7.4 $10.77 10.0 $13.50 6.2 Personal service.............................................. 12.56 5.1 8.98 7.9 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 9.28 7.3 9.28 7.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 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................................................................... $19.98 3.4 $18.65 4.8 $23.67 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.19 3.5 18.85 4.9 23.74 2.4 White collar........................................................ 23.02 3.8 21.27 5.7 27.10 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.66 3.9 21.97 6.0 27.26 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.54 3.8 26.43 5.4 34.47 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.96 4.0 29.31 6.3 35.36 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.39 7.4 28.39 7.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.96 25.4 34.96 25.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.24 7.6 31.24 7.6 – – Health related................................................ 25.14 8.9 23.80 10.6 29.19 12.5 Registered nurses........................................... 23.18 4.0 24.19 5.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – 48.76 14.7 55.51 14.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.96 6.7 20.00 15.1 35.69 7.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.89 11.4 – – 34.70 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.22 9.8 – – 35.22 9.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.07 6.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.78 6.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.56 4.3 17.10 4.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.33 5.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.86 7.4 32.18 8.7 26.47 6.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.79 8.2 38.33 8.9 29.45 13.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.80 12.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.60 9.3 34.69 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.01 6.8 22.45 10.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 21.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.92 10.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.57 11.6 14.66 12.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 16.3 15.07 16.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.18 3.7 13.28 4.4 16.49 5.8 Secretaries................................................. 15.76 2.2 14.29 4.6 17.71 2.2 Typists..................................................... 13.75 10.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.81 2.5 13.02 2.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 18.57 15.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $12.82 3.8 $12.60 5.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.03 2.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.54 11.0 11.30 11.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 3.5 17.53 4.1 $16.63 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 3.8 22.20 4.1 17.79 3.7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.74 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.31 15.4 21.31 15.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.88 7.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 29.62 4.3 29.62 4.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 3.0 17.35 3.0 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.76 7.1 11.76 7.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.80 6.5 18.50 7.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.12 23.3 17.12 23.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.82 1.6 18.82 1.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.32 22.2 16.32 22.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.17 2.9 16.22 4.0 16.01 .8 Truck drivers............................................... 15.21 1.4 15.11 .9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.28 8.7 18.28 8.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.73 7.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.75 8.2 11.17 10.2 15.03 10.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.12 24.3 11.12 24.3 – – Service............................................................. 14.66 5.5 9.94 6.4 20.13 1.8 Protective service............................................ 23.48 1.6 – – 23.48 1.6 Food service.................................................. 9.65 16.4 9.58 16.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.87 6.1 10.82 6.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.27 4.7 11.27 4.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.56 8.3 10.27 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.55 8.5 10.21 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.76 9.4 10.29 12.2 13.50 6.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 7.6 11.07 11.1 13.50 6.2 Personal service.............................................. 13.90 12.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.33 4.2 $9.95 4.2 $14.40 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 10.64 4.7 10.22 4.7 14.40 4.1 White collar........................................................ 12.36 7.7 11.95 8.2 15.65 8.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.42 13.0 14.17 15.4 15.65 8.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.98 7.1 22.62 7.4 17.13 9.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.55 5.0 23.88 2.8 17.71 17.8 Health related................................................ 23.85 2.9 23.85 2.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.03 2.5 24.03 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.57 7.3 8.57 7.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.44 12.8 8.44 12.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.92 7.6 10.05 8.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 8.05 11.6 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.14 23.9 12.14 23.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.27 11.6 8.63 12.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.39 13.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.07 6.2 7.05 6.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.93 3.8 6.93 3.8 – – Service............................................................. 8.57 3.2 8.44 3.6 12.17 10.9 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.39 7.0 6.39 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.66 5.0 7.66 5.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.08 7.5 7.85 7.1 – – 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 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................................................................... $785 3.6 39.3 $742 5.1 39.8 $898 2.7 37.9 All excluding sales............................................... 792 3.6 39.2 749 5.1 39.8 900 2.7 37.9 White collar........................................................ 897 4.0 39.0 846 6.0 39.8 1,008 4.4 37.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 919 4.0 38.9 872 6.1 39.7 1,013 4.3 37.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,132 3.6 38.3 1,043 5.4 39.4 1,263 4.1 36.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,221 3.8 38.2 1,158 6.4 39.5 1,295 3.5 36.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,249 14.3 44.0 1,249 14.3 44.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,437 22.7 41.1 1,437 22.7 41.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 929 4.9 39.9 – – – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 929 4.9 39.9 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,245 7.9 39.9 1,245 7.9 39.9 – – – Health related................................................ 946 8.0 37.6 912 9.7 38.3 1,040 12.4 35.6 Registered nurses........................................... 870 3.8 37.5 915 4.3 37.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – 1,821 11.7 37.3 2,023 15.1 36.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,204 3.9 36.5 761 17.9 38.0 1,293 .5 36.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,168 8.6 36.6 – – – 1,279 2.3 36.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,335 1.2 37.9 – – – 1,335 1.2 37.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 705 5.9 39.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 701 6.5 39.4 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 683 4.1 38.9 670 3.8 39.2 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 570 5.5 39.8 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,251 9.0 40.5 1,319 10.6 41.0 1,033 7.9 39.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,518 12.0 41.2 1,607 13.7 41.9 1,127 17.2 38.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,218 12.3 39.5 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,384 9.3 40.0 1,388 10.5 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 911 6.7 39.6 889 9.8 39.6 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 870 21.4 40.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 937 8.9 39.2 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 591 13.6 40.6 595 14.2 40.6 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 603 16.3 40.0 603 16.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 550 3.5 38.8 523 4.2 39.4 616 5.7 37.4 Secretaries................................................. $584 2.0 37.0 $532 4.3 37.2 $652 0.8 36.8 Typists..................................................... 534 11.2 38.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 538 2.7 39.0 512 2.8 39.3 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 718 15.9 38.7 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 500 3.8 39.0 498 5.8 39.5 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 521 2.1 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 462 11.0 40.0 452 11.8 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 700 3.8 40.2 705 4.4 40.2 665 2.0 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 851 3.8 39.8 883 4.2 39.8 712 3.7 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 750 5.2 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 852 15.4 40.0 852 15.4 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 748 7.5 39.6 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,185 4.3 40.0 1,185 4.3 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 694 2.9 40.0 693 3.0 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 470 7.1 40.0 470 7.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 752 6.5 40.0 740 7.5 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 685 23.3 40.0 685 23.3 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 753 1.6 40.0 753 1.6 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 653 22.2 40.0 653 22.2 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 676 6.9 41.8 689 9.6 42.5 641 .8 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 662 9.9 43.5 680 14.3 45.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 731 8.7 40.0 731 8.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 655 9.8 39.2 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 460 9.1 39.1 435 11.3 38.9 601 10.0 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 445 24.3 40.0 445 24.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 561 5.7 38.3 379 6.8 38.1 774 2.9 38.5 Protective service............................................ 971 2.5 41.3 – – – 971 2.5 41.3 Food service.................................................. 358 18.3 37.1 358 18.9 37.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 404 7.2 37.2 407 7.3 37.6 – – – Cooks....................................................... 428 5.1 38.0 428 5.1 38.0 – – – Health service................................................ 443 8.3 38.3 390 3.2 37.9 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 443 8.6 38.3 387 3.0 38.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 455 9.5 38.7 401 12.3 38.9 519 7.6 38.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 475 7.9 38.5 428 11.4 38.6 519 7.6 38.4 Personal service.............................................. 480 7.4 34.5 – – – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 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................................................................... $39,722 3.6 1,988 $38,414 5.1 2,060 $42,902 2.7 1,813 All excluding sales............................................... 40,044 3.6 1,983 38,778 5.1 2,057 42,995 2.7 1,811 White collar........................................................ 44,652 4.0 1,940 43,676 6.0 2,053 46,554 4.4 1,718 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,610 4.0 1,928 44,978 6.1 2,048 46,737 4.3 1,715 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,353 3.6 1,806 53,190 5.4 2,013 53,551 4.1 1,554 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,497 3.8 1,768 58,759 6.4 2,005 54,275 3.5 1,535 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 64,958 14.3 2,288 64,958 14.3 2,288 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 74,717 22.7 2,137 74,717 22.7 2,137 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 48,308 4.9 2,073 – – – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 48,308 4.9 2,073 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 64,759 7.9 2,073 64,759 7.9 2,073 – – – Health related................................................ 48,001 8.0 1,909 47,434 9.7 1,993 49,454 12.4 1,694 Registered nurses........................................... 44,867 3.8 1,936 47,595 4.3 1,967 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – 69,123 11.7 1,418 70,913 15.1 1,277 Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,143 3.9 1,521 36,863 17.9 1,843 52,370 .5 1,467 Elementary school teachers.................................. 46,532 8.6 1,459 – – – 50,394 2.3 1,452 Secondary school teachers................................... 54,602 1.2 1,550 – – – 54,602 1.2 1,550 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 36,665 5.9 2,029 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 36,455 6.5 2,050 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 35,509 4.1 2,022 34,857 3.8 2,038 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,626 5.5 2,068 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,031 9.0 2,107 68,614 10.6 2,132 53,722 7.9 2,029 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,914 12.0 2,145 83,587 13.7 2,180 58,627 17.2 1,990 Administrators, education and related fields................ 63,331 12.3 2,056 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 71,960 9.3 2,080 72,156 10.5 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 47,379 6.7 2,059 46,240 9.8 2,059 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 45,225 21.4 2,080 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 48,738 8.9 2,037 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 30,732 13.6 2,110 30,955 14.2 2,111 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31,347 16.3 2,080 31,347 16.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,468 3.5 2,008 27,156 4.2 2,046 31,624 5.7 1,918 Secretaries................................................. $30,345 2.0 1,926 $27,653 4.3 1,935 $33,887 0.8 1,914 Typists..................................................... 27,760 11.2 2,018 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,967 2.7 2,026 26,631 2.8 2,045 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 37,345 15.9 2,011 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,021 3.8 2,030 25,894 5.8 2,056 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 27,100 2.1 2,080 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,506 11.0 2,037 22,981 11.8 2,033 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 36,355 3.8 2,088 36,630 4.4 2,090 34,585 2.0 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,173 3.8 2,067 45,814 4.2 2,063 37,011 3.7 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 38,986 5.2 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 44,326 15.4 2,080 44,326 15.4 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,910 7.5 2,061 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 61,610 4.3 2,080 61,610 4.3 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 36,070 2.9 2,077 36,020 3.0 2,077 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 24,464 7.1 2,080 24,464 7.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 39,106 6.5 2,080 38,488 7.5 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 35,614 23.3 2,080 35,614 23.3 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 39,155 1.6 2,080 39,155 1.6 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 33,953 22.2 2,080 33,953 22.2 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,091 6.9 2,171 35,755 9.6 2,205 33,311 .8 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 34,434 9.9 2,264 35,378 14.3 2,341 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 38,026 8.7 2,080 38,026 8.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 34,077 9.8 2,037 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,897 9.1 2,033 22,611 11.3 2,025 31,253 10.0 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 23,138 24.3 2,080 23,138 24.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 28,426 5.7 1,939 19,629 6.8 1,975 38,235 2.9 1,900 Protective service............................................ 50,471 2.5 2,149 – – – 50,471 2.5 2,149 Food service.................................................. 18,489 18.3 1,916 18,634 18.9 1,945 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,837 7.2 1,917 21,175 7.3 1,958 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,239 5.1 1,974 22,239 5.1 1,974 – – – Health service................................................ 23,024 8.3 1,992 20,260 3.2 1,973 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,013 8.6 1,993 20,148 3.0 1,974 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,662 9.5 2,012 20,835 12.3 2,024 26,978 7.6 1,999 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,702 7.9 2,004 22,240 11.4 2,009 26,978 7.6 1,999 Personal service.............................................. 21,662 7.4 1,558 – – – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.74 3.1 $17.30 4.2 $23.25 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.09 3.1 17.65 4.3 23.32 2.5 White collar........................................................ 21.86 3.9 20.02 5.7 26.61 3.5 1....................................................... 9.53 9.3 8.46 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.99 6.4 8.90 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.65 7.9 11.32 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.84 3.7 12.96 4.9 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 14.63 3.5 14.29 4.6 15.48 3.1 6....................................................... 16.42 6.2 – – 17.23 5.7 7....................................................... 20.96 4.9 20.40 5.6 22.47 9.6 8....................................................... 30.26 2.9 23.03 3.2 38.07 5.3 9....................................................... 26.68 6.8 25.52 9.1 27.63 11.3 10........................................................ 34.04 1.6 34.42 1.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.20 3.3 34.31 4.2 33.89 5.5 12........................................................ 40.38 4.4 39.95 4.6 40.84 7.5 13........................................................ 59.97 6.8 57.34 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.18 10.7 16.17 11.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.94 4.1 21.24 6.0 26.76 3.4 2....................................................... 10.33 6.4 9.38 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.99 11.3 12.67 13.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.57 3.2 13.85 4.9 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 14.93 4.1 14.51 5.5 15.91 2.5 6....................................................... 16.47 6.5 – – 17.23 5.7 7....................................................... 20.21 4.6 19.24 3.7 22.47 9.6 8....................................................... 30.29 2.9 23.07 3.2 38.07 5.3 9....................................................... 26.68 6.8 25.52 9.1 27.63 11.3 10........................................................ 34.00 1.7 34.38 1.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.21 2.8 35.72 3.8 33.89 5.5 12........................................................ 40.38 4.4 39.95 4.6 40.84 7.5 13........................................................ 59.97 6.8 57.34 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.81 10.6 16.82 10.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.97 3.6 26.14 5.1 33.55 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.37 3.9 28.85 5.9 34.80 4.5 5....................................................... 14.46 9.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.91 4.8 21.21 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 33.34 3.4 24.21 4.5 38.69 5.5 9....................................................... 27.00 8.9 26.20 11.3 27.53 14.2 11........................................................ 35.78 3.2 36.14 4.4 35.24 4.8 12........................................................ 43.56 3.8 – – – – 13........................................................ 56.46 5.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.45 3.7 24.53 3.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 9....................................................... 28.39 2.7 29.15 2.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.39 7.4 28.39 7.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $34.96 25.4 $34.96 25.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.24 7.6 31.24 7.6 – – Health related................................................ 24.85 7.0 23.81 7.8 $29.19 12.5 7....................................................... 21.90 4.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.74 1.1 24.39 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 23.78 15.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.44 3.3 24.14 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.00 4.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.09 5.0 24.69 4.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 52.54 11.2 48.11 13.8 54.58 14.3 13........................................................ 60.43 10.5 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 37.19 9.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.29 6.3 20.00 15.1 34.77 6.6 8....................................................... 38.60 4.7 – – 40.03 3.5 9....................................................... 26.38 15.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.89 11.4 – – 34.70 9.1 8....................................................... 38.95 3.2 – – 38.95 3.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.22 9.8 – – 35.22 9.8 8....................................................... 41.40 3.2 – – 41.40 3.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.45 10.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.07 6.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.78 6.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.98 14.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.41 3.7 17.01 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.29 6.3 13.29 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.87 3.4 15.53 4.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.52 5.4 14.33 5.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.35 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.58 7.1 31.96 8.3 26.16 6.4 7....................................................... 19.59 5.8 19.16 9.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.67 3.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.34 6.3 24.83 9.5 – – 10........................................................ 35.83 6.5 35.83 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.32 4.3 35.32 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 34.99 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.59 24.6 28.71 24.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.63 8.2 38.33 8.9 29.07 13.1 9....................................................... 24.72 12.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.33 4.5 35.33 4.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $30.41 12.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.60 9.3 $34.69 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 22.74 6.5 22.22 9.5 $23.90 3.1 7....................................................... 18.70 5.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.00 3.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 21.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.72 7.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.29 9.8 12.28 10.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.12 5.1 7.12 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.53 6.2 9.53 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.80 5.2 9.80 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 12.93 5.3 13.04 6.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 16.3 15.07 16.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.01 3.2 9.01 3.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.91 10.1 8.44 10.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.08 6.1 7.08 6.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.71 4.3 12.83 4.9 16.27 5.7 2....................................................... 10.33 6.4 9.38 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.98 11.5 12.65 13.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.77 3.6 13.99 6.0 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 14.94 4.4 14.58 6.2 15.68 2.8 7....................................................... 21.34 17.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.82 4.7 11.66 4.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.72 2.1 14.25 4.6 17.71 2.2 4....................................................... 16.51 2.5 13.58 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 8.8 13.11 8.8 – – Typists..................................................... 13.90 9.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.81 2.5 13.02 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.54 4.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.51 3.8 12.53 5.7 12.48 4.1 2....................................................... 11.36 6.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.83 5.3 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.94 2.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.69 10.5 11.54 11.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.84 3.2 16.91 3.7 16.37 1.8 1....................................................... 8.93 12.3 8.96 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.88 4.3 11.49 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 18.27 5.1 18.94 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 18.50 6.4 18.63 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.18 3.3 16.24 4.6 16.03 .5 6....................................................... 16.27 3.6 16.02 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.31 3.0 23.98 3.5 19.88 5.3 8....................................................... 25.32 11.7 25.32 11.7 – – 9....................................................... $29.54 5.6 $29.54 5.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 3.8 22.20 4.1 $17.79 3.7 5....................................................... 16.92 7.8 17.26 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.35 4.6 18.77 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.69 3.3 24.56 3.8 19.88 5.3 8....................................................... 25.58 13.2 25.58 13.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.54 5.6 29.54 5.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.74 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.31 15.4 21.31 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.98 14.0 24.98 14.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.88 7.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 29.62 4.3 29.62 4.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.12 3.0 17.10 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.22 8.1 12.22 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 19.41 6.7 19.41 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 20.80 5.8 20.81 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.90 6.1 15.90 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.03 5.2 15.03 5.2 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.79 4.4 11.79 4.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.76 7.1 11.76 7.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.80 6.5 18.50 7.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.12 23.3 17.12 23.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.04 3.8 18.04 3.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.32 22.2 16.32 22.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 2.8 15.44 3.9 15.87 1.1 5....................................................... 16.27 3.4 16.36 6.0 16.13 1.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.21 1.4 15.11 .9 – – 5....................................................... 15.61 3.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.06 8.8 18.06 8.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 5.1 16.44 5.1 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.73 7.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.89 8.4 10.35 10.3 14.24 8.9 1....................................................... 9.16 14.4 9.21 14.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.57 10.1 10.15 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.74 11.5 15.29 16.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.76 13.2 7.76 13.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.95 3.9 6.95 3.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.89 22.2 10.89 22.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.08 20.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.82 4.0 9.29 2.6 19.89 2.2 1....................................................... 8.81 6.9 7.73 5.5 12.22 6.8 2....................................................... $10.04 3.3 $8.25 3.9 $17.61 3.3 3....................................................... 9.74 5.5 9.45 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 5.4 11.39 3.6 15.37 7.0 5....................................................... 17.36 11.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.73 15.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 22.94 2.5 – – 23.16 2.5 Food service.................................................. 8.45 10.5 8.39 10.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.49 6.8 7.11 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.56 16.7 8.56 16.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.82 22.7 5.82 22.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.97 26.8 5.97 26.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.93 7.6 9.87 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.90 7.1 7.49 2.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.88 6.3 10.88 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.75 8.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.32 3.4 9.66 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.27 3.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.60 9.1 10.10 11.2 13.50 6.2 2....................................................... 9.73 15.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.13 7.4 10.77 10.0 13.50 6.2 Personal service.............................................. 12.56 5.1 8.98 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 14.31 8.3 8.49 1.7 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 9.28 7.3 9.28 7.3 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 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................................................................... $19.98 3.4 $18.65 4.8 $23.67 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.19 3.5 18.85 4.9 23.74 2.4 White collar........................................................ 23.02 3.8 21.27 5.7 27.10 3.9 1....................................................... 12.68 10.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.47 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.61 11.4 12.24 13.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.92 3.6 12.98 4.9 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 14.72 3.6 14.30 4.6 15.78 3.0 6....................................................... 16.52 7.6 – – 17.77 6.2 7....................................................... 21.10 5.2 20.49 6.0 22.74 9.7 8....................................................... 30.65 3.3 22.88 3.6 38.24 5.3 9....................................................... 26.68 6.9 25.53 9.1 27.63 11.3 10........................................................ 34.04 1.6 34.42 1.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.07 3.3 34.31 4.2 33.36 6.0 12........................................................ 40.38 4.4 39.95 4.6 40.84 7.5 13........................................................ 59.97 6.8 57.34 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.18 10.2 16.21 10.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.66 3.9 21.97 6.0 27.26 3.8 1....................................................... 12.90 10.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.47 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.42 13.2 13.13 16.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.50 3.5 13.67 5.4 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 15.01 4.2 14.50 5.5 16.28 1.8 6....................................................... 16.59 8.0 – – 17.77 6.2 7....................................................... 20.31 5.1 19.25 4.2 22.74 9.7 8....................................................... 30.68 3.3 22.91 3.6 38.24 5.3 9....................................................... 26.68 6.9 25.53 9.1 27.63 11.3 10........................................................ 34.00 1.7 34.38 1.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.07 2.7 35.72 3.8 33.36 6.0 12........................................................ 40.38 4.4 39.95 4.6 40.84 7.5 13........................................................ 59.97 6.8 57.34 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.55 10.5 16.59 10.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.54 3.8 26.43 5.4 34.47 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.96 4.0 29.31 6.3 35.36 4.6 5....................................................... 14.77 10.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.09 6.0 21.25 7.6 – – 8....................................................... 34.07 4.1 24.17 5.6 38.69 5.5 9....................................................... 27.00 8.9 26.20 11.3 27.53 14.2 11........................................................ 35.54 3.2 36.14 4.4 34.63 5.0 12........................................................ 43.56 3.8 – – – – 13........................................................ 56.46 5.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.48 4.8 24.48 4.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 9....................................................... 28.39 2.7 29.15 2.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ $28.39 7.4 $28.39 7.4 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.96 25.4 34.96 25.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.31 5.3 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.24 7.6 31.24 7.6 – – Health related................................................ 25.14 8.9 23.80 10.6 $29.19 12.5 8....................................................... 28.03 6.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.78 15.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.18 4.0 24.19 5.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – 48.76 14.7 55.51 14.0 13........................................................ 60.43 10.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.96 6.7 20.00 15.1 35.69 7.0 8....................................................... 38.60 4.7 – – 40.03 3.5 9....................................................... 26.38 15.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.89 11.4 – – 34.70 9.1 8....................................................... 38.95 3.2 – – 38.95 3.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.22 9.8 – – 35.22 9.8 8....................................................... 41.40 3.2 – – 41.40 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.07 6.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.78 6.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.56 4.3 17.10 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.91 3.6 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.33 5.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.86 7.4 32.18 8.7 26.47 6.6 7....................................................... 19.83 5.9 19.52 10.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.80 3.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.34 6.3 24.83 9.5 – – 10........................................................ 35.83 6.5 35.83 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.32 4.3 35.32 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 34.99 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.60 25.1 28.71 24.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.79 8.2 38.33 8.9 29.45 13.7 9....................................................... 24.72 12.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.33 4.5 35.33 4.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.80 12.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.60 9.3 34.69 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.01 6.8 22.45 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.93 6.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.00 3.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 21.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $23.92 10.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.57 11.6 $14.66 12.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.01 4.8 10.01 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.05 5.1 13.21 6.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 16.3 15.07 16.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.18 3.7 13.28 4.4 $16.49 5.8 1....................................................... 12.90 10.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.47 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.42 13.2 13.13 16.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.71 3.8 13.85 6.5 15.91 1.1 5....................................................... 14.93 4.5 14.56 6.2 15.68 2.8 7....................................................... 21.34 17.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.82 4.7 11.66 4.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.76 2.2 14.29 4.6 17.71 2.2 4....................................................... 16.57 2.4 13.61 1.8 – – Typists..................................................... 13.75 10.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.81 2.5 13.02 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.54 4.8 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 18.57 15.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.82 3.8 12.60 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.83 5.3 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.03 2.1 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.54 11.0 11.30 11.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 3.5 17.53 4.1 16.63 2.0 1....................................................... 10.02 13.9 10.02 13.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.02 4.9 11.63 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 18.51 5.2 18.97 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 19.48 5.9 19.68 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 3.4 16.25 4.7 16.03 .5 6....................................................... 16.27 3.6 16.02 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.31 3.0 23.98 3.5 19.88 5.3 8....................................................... 25.32 11.7 25.32 11.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.54 5.6 29.54 5.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 3.8 22.20 4.1 17.79 3.7 5....................................................... 16.92 7.8 17.26 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.35 4.6 18.77 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.69 3.3 24.56 3.8 19.88 5.3 8....................................................... 25.58 13.2 25.58 13.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.54 5.6 29.54 5.6 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.74 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.31 15.4 21.31 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.98 14.0 24.98 14.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $18.88 7.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 29.62 4.3 $29.62 4.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 3.0 17.35 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.30 8.6 12.30 8.6 – – 3....................................................... 19.41 6.7 19.41 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 20.80 5.8 20.81 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.90 6.1 15.90 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.03 5.2 15.03 5.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.76 7.1 11.76 7.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.80 6.5 18.50 7.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.12 23.3 17.12 23.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.82 1.6 18.82 1.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.32 22.2 16.32 22.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.17 2.9 16.22 4.0 $16.01 0.8 5....................................................... 16.28 3.5 16.38 6.4 16.13 1.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.21 1.4 15.11 .9 – – 5....................................................... 15.62 3.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.28 8.7 18.28 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 5.1 16.44 5.1 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.73 7.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.75 8.2 11.17 10.2 15.03 10.0 1....................................................... 10.14 15.6 10.14 15.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.00 12.4 10.37 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.84 11.6 15.46 17.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.12 24.3 11.12 24.3 – – Service............................................................. 14.66 5.5 9.94 6.4 20.13 1.8 1....................................................... 11.28 8.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.56 9.7 7.77 10.5 17.68 3.1 3....................................................... 10.01 4.1 9.77 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.51 5.8 11.51 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.36 11.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.73 15.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 23.48 1.6 – – 23.48 1.6 Food service.................................................. 9.65 16.4 9.58 16.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.87 6.1 10.82 6.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.27 4.7 11.27 4.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.56 8.3 10.27 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.55 8.5 10.21 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.76 9.4 10.29 12.2 13.50 6.2 2....................................................... 9.73 15.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 7.6 11.07 11.1 13.50 6.2 Personal service.............................................. $13.90 12.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 14.81 13.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.33 4.2 $9.95 4.2 $14.40 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 10.64 4.7 10.22 4.7 14.40 4.1 White collar........................................................ 12.36 7.7 11.95 8.2 15.65 8.7 1....................................................... 8.12 7.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.60 8.9 8.23 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 6.4 9.84 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 14.4 12.74 14.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.78 7.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.18 21.7 15.82 22.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.42 13.0 14.17 15.4 15.65 8.7 2....................................................... 9.71 4.0 9.75 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.80 6.5 10.80 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 18.78 7.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.22 12.0 19.99 13.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.98 7.1 22.62 7.4 17.13 9.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.55 5.0 23.88 2.8 17.71 17.8 7....................................................... 19.96 7.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.38 2.3 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.85 2.9 23.85 2.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.03 2.5 24.03 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.57 7.3 8.57 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.04 5.1 7.04 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.44 10.0 9.44 10.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.44 12.8 8.44 12.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.92 7.6 10.05 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.71 4.0 9.75 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.40 6.9 10.40 6.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 8.05 11.6 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.14 23.9 12.14 23.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.27 11.6 8.63 12.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.02 7.7 6.99 8.1 – – 2....................................................... $9.19 8.8 $9.19 8.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.39 13.2 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.07 6.2 7.05 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.69 4.4 6.63 4.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.93 3.8 6.93 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.95 3.9 6.95 3.9 – – Service............................................................. 8.57 3.2 8.44 3.6 $12.17 10.9 1....................................................... 7.39 3.5 7.14 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.58 9.8 8.16 6.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.39 7.0 6.39 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.78 5.8 6.78 5.8 – – Other food service........................................... 7.66 5.0 7.66 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.18 2.0 7.18 2.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.08 7.5 7.85 7.1 – – 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 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.98 $10.33 $21.01 $17.02 $18.77 $17.56 All excluding sales............................................. 20.19 10.64 21.31 17.34 19.13 – White collar........................................................ 23.02 12.36 25.54 19.92 21.94 19.19 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.66 14.42 26.61 20.87 22.92 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.54 20.98 32.04 26.09 28.97 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.96 22.55 33.98 28.68 31.37 – Technical....................................................... 17.56 – 19.14 16.42 17.41 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.86 – 26.71 31.56 30.56 – Sales............................................................. 14.57 8.57 10.35 12.85 10.07 18.47 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.18 9.92 16.93 12.40 13.71 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 9.27 18.56 14.89 16.88 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.37 – 21.85 20.83 21.37 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 – 20.77 12.79 17.12 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.17 11.39 16.26 14.97 15.49 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.75 7.07 12.29 8.66 10.89 – Service............................................................. 14.66 8.57 16.35 9.31 12.83 – 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....................................................... 3.4 4.2 3.8 4.6 3.0 12.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 4.7 3.7 4.7 3.1 – White collar........................................................ 3.8 7.7 4.3 5.7 3.9 18.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 13.0 3.4 6.0 4.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 7.1 4.3 4.5 3.6 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 5.0 3.5 5.3 3.9 – Technical....................................................... 4.3 – 5.5 4.5 3.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 – 5.0 8.2 7.2 – Sales............................................................. 11.6 7.3 9.2 11.2 5.4 19.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 7.6 5.7 4.6 4.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 11.6 5.6 5.1 3.3 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.8 – 4.3 5.4 3.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.0 – 8.0 6.2 3.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2.9 13.2 4.0 4.4 3.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.2 6.2 9.5 8.8 8.4 – Service............................................................. 5.5 3.2 5.3 5.0 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.30 $20.31 - - $20.31 - - $11.55 $14.36 - All excluding sales............................................. 17.65 20.16 - - 20.16 - - 12.30 13.97 - White collar........................................................ 20.02 24.84 - - 24.84 - - 12.55 14.36 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.24 24.63 - - 24.63 - - 16.99 13.97 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.14 26.35 - - 26.35 - - – – - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.85 31.36 - - 31.36 - - – – - Technical....................................................... 17.01 14.73 - - 14.73 - - – – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.96 32.44 - - 32.44 - - – 20.88 - Sales............................................................. 12.28 – - - – - - 9.88 – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.83 15.11 - - 15.11 - - 11.11 12.65 - Blue collar......................................................... 16.91 18.71 - - 18.71 - - 12.40 – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.20 23.48 - - 23.51 - - 16.19 – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.10 17.64 - - 17.64 - - – – - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.44 17.51 - - 17.51 - - – – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.35 13.57 - - 13.57 - - 7.82 – - Service............................................................. 9.29 – - - – - - 7.66 – - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.2 6.6 - - 6.7 - - 7.1 11.9 - All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 6.3 - - 6.3 - - 7.6 12.6 - White collar........................................................ 5.7 5.5 - - 5.5 - - 3.7 11.9 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.0 5.6 - - 5.6 - - 7.1 12.6 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 8.5 - - 8.5 - - – – - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 6.5 - - 6.5 - - – – - Technical....................................................... 3.7 6.7 - - 6.7 - - – – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.3 10.9 - - 10.9 - - – 32.1 - Sales............................................................. 10.2 – - - – - - 8.0 – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.9 13.5 - - 13.5 - - 7.6 8.5 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 5.0 - - 5.0 - - 13.0 – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 4.5 - - 4.5 - - 17.1 – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.0 2.7 - - 2.7 - - – – - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 16.4 - - 17.1 - - – – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.3 6.5 - - 6.5 - - 7.3 – - Service............................................................. 2.6 – - - – - - 9.0 – - 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.30 $13.69 $19.02 $18.67 $19.44 All excluding sales............................................. 17.65 13.73 19.48 19.58 19.36 White collar........................................................ 20.02 15.68 21.44 22.71 19.88 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.24 16.39 22.61 25.37 19.75 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.14 14.68 27.70 31.14 23.67 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.85 – 29.73 33.49 25.02 Technical....................................................... 17.01 – 18.70 18.62 18.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.96 33.54 31.37 35.21 26.99 Sales............................................................. 12.28 13.26 11.59 10.21 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.83 10.84 13.64 13.74 13.54 Blue collar......................................................... 16.91 14.34 18.56 15.02 22.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.20 19.78 23.86 21.03 26.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.10 12.59 18.72 13.47 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.44 15.77 15.25 14.78 15.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.35 10.28 10.51 9.49 11.78 Service............................................................. 9.29 8.25 10.00 9.84 10.17 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.2 8.4 4.1 4.8 6.2 All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 7.5 3.8 3.8 6.3 White collar........................................................ 5.7 15.4 6.4 7.5 9.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.0 15.7 5.8 5.2 9.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 5.4 4.6 2.9 10.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 – 5.9 3.2 14.3 Technical....................................................... 3.7 – 2.1 4.5 1.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.3 10.6 10.0 9.7 18.3 Sales............................................................. 10.2 24.0 13.1 5.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.9 6.8 5.1 5.1 7.3 Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 6.1 3.1 3.9 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 7.3 4.9 3.8 4.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.0 2.1 2.4 5.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 5.5 5.8 7.8 12.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.3 11.6 13.7 10.9 21.2 Service............................................................. 2.6 6.7 1.4 2.3 1.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.20 $15.61 $23.43 $31.50 All excluding sales........................... 8.90 11.54 16.00 23.84 31.76 White collar.................................... 9.33 12.25 17.52 27.76 40.00 White collar excluding sales................ 10.47 13.13 18.81 28.58 40.82 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.45 18.53 25.93 36.48 47.69 Professional specialty...................... 16.32 21.20 28.07 39.05 49.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Industrial engineers.................... 22.72 27.18 30.00 30.00 31.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 21.20 26.97 33.52 42.35 48.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 12.20 20.60 21.91 26.22 31.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 12.20 20.60 21.91 26.22 31.75 Natural scientists........................ 19.19 22.10 35.34 40.00 40.00 Health related............................ 13.49 18.81 24.44 27.47 38.75 Registered nurses....................... 16.38 20.59 24.33 26.50 28.20 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.11 37.91 47.13 60.69 89.30 Other post-secondary teachers........... 26.49 28.11 39.78 43.83 46.08 Teachers, except college and university... 16.13 21.81 29.26 40.33 53.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 13.88 20.23 28.93 39.97 55.93 Secondary school teachers............... 19.36 23.73 35.89 42.20 51.85 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.50 23.18 26.14 28.99 33.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.13 15.46 16.91 19.79 21.30 Social workers.......................... 15.13 15.46 16.91 18.72 21.19 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.25 16.66 18.26 27.13 34.68 Technical................................... 12.45 13.80 16.66 19.24 24.37 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 13.53 14.45 15.84 17.04 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 16.20 16.46 17.24 18.87 18.91 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.87 21.26 28.29 35.13 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.48 26.39 34.57 44.66 53.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.63 23.52 33.70 36.06 38.66 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.00 25.00 33.51 43.94 46.62 Management related........................ 13.07 18.67 21.38 28.29 31.75 Accountants and auditors................ 12.40 12.98 22.00 23.47 35.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.44 20.53 20.60 23.33 29.79 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.80 9.60 13.70 22.98 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.40 11.40 12.55 16.75 28.27 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.92 9.30 9.30 9.82 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.95 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.58 12.76 15.78 19.13 Secretaries............................. 11.27 14.00 15.67 18.31 19.13 Typists................................. 9.97 9.97 13.92 15.99 19.10 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $11.61 $12.25 $14.23 $15.71 $16.48 General office clerks................... 10.15 11.00 12.07 13.72 14.57 Data entry keyers....................... 10.83 11.67 13.39 14.14 14.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.10 8.82 10.90 14.20 16.63 Blue collar..................................... 9.53 12.48 15.60 20.50 26.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.45 17.41 20.13 26.11 29.93 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.64 16.40 18.25 19.00 24.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.46 17.55 19.14 29.37 29.93 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.05 16.60 18.99 21.26 24.39 Supervisors, production................. 26.54 27.98 28.36 31.50 35.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.82 11.63 15.25 25.35 26.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 10.10 10.10 12.34 13.02 14.21 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.75 10.70 10.70 13.03 17.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.04 15.60 20.45 22.55 26.04 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.29 15.12 25.88 25.88 Assemblers.............................. 8.83 11.20 16.71 25.43 26.11 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.89 12.04 15.68 22.70 25.43 Transportation and material moving............ 11.04 14.00 15.25 17.04 19.89 Truck drivers........................... 12.85 14.34 15.25 15.83 16.95 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.39 16.26 17.95 19.89 25.35 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.39 14.52 17.04 17.42 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.43 11.01 13.01 15.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.50 6.95 7.25 9.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.43 7.43 7.43 12.25 17.08 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.75 6.75 8.80 12.18 19.92 Service......................................... 6.90 8.43 10.60 15.95 23.40 Protective service........................ 19.36 21.68 23.40 24.25 27.09 Food service.............................. 3.30 5.30 9.00 10.72 12.91 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 4.75 9.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 4.75 9.00 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 11.62 12.91 Cooks................................... 8.90 9.75 10.72 12.04 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 7.00 8.75 9.80 10.49 Health service............................ 8.03 8.55 9.75 11.12 12.67 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.03 8.55 9.75 11.10 12.67 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 9.50 11.50 13.75 15.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 9.95 11.52 14.31 17.24 Personal service.......................... 7.58 8.24 10.06 15.95 22.79 Welfare service aides................... 8.20 8.43 9.00 10.22 10.59 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.34 $13.94 $22.01 $29.40 All excluding sales........................... 8.39 10.70 14.40 22.47 29.93 White collar.................................... 8.80 11.35 15.42 25.94 37.38 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 12.16 16.63 26.96 38.94 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 16.83 24.04 33.39 40.95 Professional specialty...................... 14.67 19.91 26.98 36.17 42.79 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Industrial engineers.................... 22.72 27.18 30.00 30.00 31.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 21.20 26.97 33.52 42.35 48.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ 19.19 22.10 35.34 40.00 40.00 Health related............................ 13.49 17.64 24.54 27.47 38.75 Registered nurses....................... 17.38 22.01 24.70 27.30 28.29 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.49 36.06 42.64 59.14 83.85 Teachers, except college and university... 13.48 13.88 16.42 25.00 28.81 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.25 13.61 15.84 19.24 23.91 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 13.53 14.14 15.17 16.84 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.36 21.74 28.58 38.94 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.29 27.00 34.57 48.08 61.27 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.00 25.00 34.07 43.94 47.02 Management related........................ 12.79 16.39 21.35 25.79 35.13 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.80 9.30 13.70 22.98 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.40 11.40 12.55 16.75 28.27 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.92 9.30 9.30 9.82 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.90 8.80 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.60 10.10 12.00 14.40 17.55 Secretaries............................. 9.59 12.28 14.27 15.79 18.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.61 12.00 12.25 13.23 16.59 General office clerks................... 10.15 11.00 11.54 13.72 15.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.10 8.81 10.00 13.55 16.63 Blue collar..................................... 9.10 11.63 15.25 21.85 26.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.46 18.00 21.26 28.36 29.93 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.46 17.55 19.14 29.37 29.93 Supervisors, production................. 26.54 27.98 28.36 31.50 35.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.82 $11.63 $15.22 $25.35 $26.04 Molding and casting machine operators... 10.10 10.10 12.34 13.02 14.21 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.75 10.70 10.70 13.03 17.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.04 15.60 17.44 22.55 26.04 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.29 15.12 25.88 25.88 Assemblers.............................. 8.83 11.20 16.71 25.43 26.11 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.89 12.04 15.68 22.70 25.43 Transportation and material moving............ 10.69 13.00 15.25 16.95 20.20 Truck drivers........................... 11.71 14.00 15.25 15.25 18.10 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.39 16.26 17.95 19.89 25.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.43 10.50 12.84 13.22 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.50 6.95 7.25 9.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.43 7.43 7.43 12.25 17.08 Service......................................... 6.25 8.03 9.42 10.88 12.04 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 5.30 9.00 10.72 12.91 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 4.75 9.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 4.75 9.00 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 11.62 12.91 Cooks................................... 8.90 9.75 10.72 12.04 13.00 Health service............................ 8.03 8.39 9.68 10.67 11.55 Cleaning and building service............. 6.25 7.50 9.76 11.52 15.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.86 11.05 12.40 15.68 Personal service.......................... 7.36 8.20 8.43 10.20 11.31 Welfare service aides................... 8.20 8.43 9.00 10.22 10.59 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.33 $15.64 $19.76 $26.24 $39.82 All excluding sales........................... 13.40 15.64 19.84 26.71 39.82 White collar.................................... 13.53 16.46 21.29 32.15 47.35 White collar excluding sales................ 13.68 16.61 21.30 32.31 47.37 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.66 21.66 28.93 41.42 55.56 Professional specialty...................... 18.71 22.94 30.28 43.10 55.93 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.19 20.05 22.24 38.45 52.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.28 39.95 48.65 62.96 95.58 Teachers, except college and university... 18.19 24.00 32.24 42.73 55.93 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.36 24.62 30.82 43.01 55.93 Secondary school teachers............... 19.36 23.73 35.89 42.20 51.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.06 20.53 24.50 31.44 36.06 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.37 24.44 30.26 36.06 38.66 Management related........................ 19.06 20.24 21.38 28.29 31.44 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.20 13.53 15.52 18.55 19.35 Secretaries............................. 15.52 16.45 17.82 19.13 19.48 General office clerks................... 9.37 11.23 13.53 13.75 14.57 Blue collar..................................... 13.33 14.75 16.41 17.81 20.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.05 15.64 18.39 20.14 21.09 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.99 14.78 16.14 17.04 17.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.15 12.90 14.72 15.66 19.92 Service......................................... 11.94 15.30 21.68 23.40 26.96 Protective service........................ 20.59 21.75 23.40 24.25 27.09 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $9.95 $11.44 $13.40 $14.79 $18.52 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.95 11.44 13.40 14.79 18.52 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $12.38 $16.71 $25.00 $33.72 All excluding sales........................... 10.10 12.54 16.91 25.30 34.36 White collar.................................... 10.58 13.03 18.91 28.88 40.93 White collar excluding sales................ 11.06 13.53 19.28 29.80 41.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.45 18.81 26.63 37.48 48.55 Professional specialty...................... 16.32 21.30 28.93 39.82 49.90 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Industrial engineers.................... 22.72 27.18 30.00 30.00 31.06 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 21.20 26.97 33.52 42.35 48.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 12.20 20.60 21.91 26.22 31.75 Computer systems analysts and scientists 12.20 20.60 21.91 26.22 31.75 Natural scientists........................ 19.19 22.10 35.34 40.00 40.00 Health related............................ 13.49 16.34 24.44 28.29 40.95 Registered nurses....................... 16.32 20.05 23.73 26.96 28.29 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.42 22.90 29.80 40.33 54.05 Elementary school teachers.............. 13.88 20.23 28.93 39.97 55.93 Secondary school teachers............... 19.36 23.73 35.89 42.20 51.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.13 15.46 16.91 19.79 21.30 Social workers.......................... 15.13 15.46 16.91 18.72 21.19 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.25 13.75 16.83 20.05 24.62 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 13.53 14.14 15.17 17.04 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.39 21.74 28.29 35.24 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.52 26.39 34.57 44.81 53.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.63 26.44 34.36 36.06 38.66 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.00 25.00 33.51 43.94 46.62 Management related........................ 13.07 19.45 21.74 28.29 31.75 Accountants and auditors................ 12.40 12.98 22.00 23.47 35.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 19.99 20.60 20.60 26.17 33.65 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.00 11.48 17.14 28.88 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.40 11.40 12.55 16.75 28.27 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.85 11.06 13.23 16.26 19.28 Secretaries............................. 11.74 14.01 15.74 18.31 19.13 Typists................................. 9.97 9.97 13.55 15.99 19.10 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.61 12.25 14.23 15.71 16.48 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.42 11.30 19.96 25.76 25.76 General office clerks................... 10.83 11.06 12.25 13.85 14.57 Data entry keyers....................... 11.20 11.67 13.40 14.14 14.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.56 8.90 10.90 12.76 15.52 Blue collar..................................... $10.50 $13.01 $16.11 $21.34 $26.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.45 17.41 20.13 26.11 29.93 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.64 16.40 18.25 19.00 24.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.46 17.55 19.14 29.37 29.93 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.05 16.60 18.99 21.26 24.39 Supervisors, production................. 26.54 27.98 28.36 31.50 35.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.10 11.63 15.60 25.35 26.04 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.75 10.70 10.70 13.03 17.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.04 15.60 20.45 22.55 26.04 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.29 15.12 25.88 25.88 Assemblers.............................. 10.50 11.60 17.70 25.63 26.11 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.89 12.04 15.68 22.70 25.43 Transportation and material moving............ 12.77 14.54 15.43 17.04 19.89 Truck drivers........................... 12.85 14.34 15.25 15.91 16.95 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.39 16.30 17.95 19.89 25.35 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.39 14.52 17.04 17.42 20.45 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.43 8.80 12.25 13.01 16.09 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.43 7.43 7.43 12.25 17.08 Service......................................... 7.58 9.95 12.04 21.68 23.51 Protective service........................ 20.69 21.87 23.40 24.25 27.09 Food service.............................. 3.30 8.75 10.00 12.00 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.75 9.80 10.49 12.04 13.00 Cooks................................... 9.75 10.00 11.62 12.04 13.75 Health service............................ 6.90 9.94 11.01 12.42 16.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.90 9.94 10.98 12.38 16.12 Cleaning and building service............. 7.14 9.50 11.50 14.09 16.32 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.67 10.46 11.93 14.55 17.24 Personal service.......................... 8.20 8.54 11.31 21.13 23.84 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.16 $7.50 $8.80 $11.12 $16.63 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.75 9.00 11.55 17.00 White collar.................................... 7.00 7.65 9.50 15.78 23.73 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.60 12.15 17.64 25.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.77 16.46 21.25 25.12 27.47 Professional specialty...................... 15.67 19.19 23.73 26.29 27.50 Health related............................ 18.51 22.12 24.54 26.29 27.47 Registered nurses....................... 19.69 22.12 24.54 26.29 27.47 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 7.15 7.75 9.00 14.00 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.25 7.65 8.80 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 7.85 9.14 11.00 15.04 General office clerks................... 5.15 5.15 8.60 9.50 10.51 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.50 7.50 12.00 16.63 16.63 Blue collar..................................... 5.55 6.25 8.25 11.91 13.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.55 10.00 12.42 12.62 16.09 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.40 6.25 6.50 7.50 9.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.25 6.95 7.25 8.20 Service......................................... 5.25 8.00 8.50 9.68 10.67 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 4.75 6.50 7.75 9.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.25 6.75 7.68 8.50 9.40 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.36 8.43 8.50 9.61 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 264,900 198,000 67,000 All excluding sales............................................. 248,500 181,900 66,700 White collar........................................................ 138,200 96,400 41,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 121,800 80,300 41,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 57,700 32,400 25,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,800 25,500 23,400 Technical....................................................... 8,800 7,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16,200 12,100 4,200 Sales............................................................. 16,400 16,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 47,900 35,800 12,100 Blue collar......................................................... 75,900 65,400 10,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18,100 14,800 3,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,200 25,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 19,300 14,100 5,200 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13,300 11,500 1,700 Service............................................................. 50,800 36,200 14,600 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.