NC BL 03/00/2004 Table: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, Bulletin 3120-47, 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................. $16.41 3.7 35.6 $15.53 5.1 34.8 $19.08 1.8 38.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.92 4.3 36.9 18.85 6.5 36.5 22.55 1.8 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.47 2.7 36.9 22.43 4.9 36.7 26.81 2.1 37.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 9.1 40.5 31.62 10.2 40.7 25.87 9.2 39.7 Sales............................................................. 13.76 7.9 32.6 13.68 8.5 32.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.32 6.9 37.7 13.45 8.8 37.3 12.91 1.9 38.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.55 4.3 37.2 14.68 4.9 37.4 13.68 3.4 36.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 2.6 40.0 18.55 2.9 40.0 17.01 6.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.51 12.0 39.7 14.72 12.6 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.28 4.6 37.3 14.05 5.9 39.6 11.37 3.3 32.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.19 6.0 31.6 8.92 6.3 31.2 11.62 8.8 35.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.69 4.3 30.2 7.43 3.0 26.9 14.29 3.7 40.2 Full time........................................................... 17.64 3.4 39.7 16.92 4.8 39.9 19.59 1.4 39.2 Part time........................................................... 8.30 5.5 21.2 8.20 6.0 20.9 9.35 3.3 25.5 Union............................................................... 17.35 5.7 39.5 17.38 5.6 39.5 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.28 4.1 35.1 15.19 6.0 34.1 19.09 1.8 38.2 Time................................................................ 16.29 4.1 35.5 15.32 5.6 34.6 19.08 1.8 38.2 Incentive........................................................... 19.37 13.3 39.2 19.37 13.3 39.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.15 9.5 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.01 5.0 30.9 11.91 5.1 30.8 17.51 8.8 37.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.03 7.7 36.2 16.02 8.3 36.1 16.16 14.0 36.9 500 workers or more................................................. 18.70 3.3 37.9 18.08 6.2 37.4 19.38 2.3 38.3 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, 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $16.41 3.7 $15.53 5.1 $19.08 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.62 3.8 15.72 5.4 19.15 1.6 White collar........................................................ 19.92 4.3 18.85 6.5 22.55 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.00 4.3 20.13 6.9 22.77 1.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.47 2.7 22.43 4.9 26.81 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.28 2.5 25.20 5.5 27.04 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.47 4.3 21.76 3.5 27.41 18.3 Physicians.................................................. 30.12 33.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.29 5.3 20.22 5.9 20.78 3.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.62 2.4 23.87 12.0 28.91 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.09 .4 – – 29.04 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.15 .5 – – 29.04 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.61 3.6 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 28.61 3.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 Social workers.............................................. 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.21 6.1 18.22 6.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 12.90 8.5 12.90 8.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.26 2.3 14.32 2.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.72 6.9 19.72 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 9.1 31.62 10.2 25.87 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.01 9.0 34.42 10.6 32.05 5.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.85 10.4 – – 34.85 10.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.96 10.7 37.00 10.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.18 5.6 23.88 6.4 18.91 1.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 4.8 21.67 7.0 – – Sales............................................................. 13.76 7.9 13.68 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.08 9.6 7.66 11.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.32 6.9 13.45 8.8 12.91 1.9 Secretaries................................................. 14.02 4.4 13.44 9.1 14.49 5.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.18 6.9 10.28 7.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.40 22.7 17.40 22.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.49 2.5 – – 9.49 2.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $12.00 4.0 $11.51 4.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.39 8.0 12.52 10.5 $12.02 4.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.33 .4 – – 11.33 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.23 5.7 – – 12.30 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.55 4.3 14.68 4.9 13.68 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 2.6 18.55 2.9 17.01 6.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.71 9.1 20.71 9.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.55 6.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.06 6.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.69 12.6 18.74 12.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.51 12.0 14.72 12.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 14.5 13.52 16.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.51 7.1 20.51 7.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.34 27.8 13.34 27.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.28 4.6 14.05 5.9 11.37 3.3 Truck drivers............................................... 13.85 10.7 15.23 12.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.74 .9 – – 11.71 .9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.07 10.7 14.07 10.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.76 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.19 6.0 8.92 6.3 11.62 8.8 Construction laborers....................................... 9.56 7.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.87 8.2 7.87 8.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.46 22.6 9.46 22.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.16 9.8 12.16 9.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.53 10.5 8.53 10.5 – – Service............................................................. 9.69 4.3 7.43 3.0 14.29 3.7 Protective service............................................ 13.49 14.2 – – 16.46 3.1 Firefighting................................................ 13.60 .4 – – 13.60 .4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.28 3.0 – – 17.28 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.60 2.3 – – 13.60 2.3 Food service.................................................. 6.38 4.3 6.17 4.2 10.45 .9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.29 10.7 4.29 10.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.80 18.4 3.80 18.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.03 4.5 7.79 4.7 10.45 .9 Cooks....................................................... 8.39 4.0 8.36 4.0 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.24 7.0 8.24 7.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.17 5.7 6.80 6.6 – – Health service................................................ 9.20 2.5 9.05 1.8 9.58 6.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.05 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.97 2.2 8.93 1.7 9.12 8.8 Cleaning and building service................................. $9.73 7.2 $9.27 9.1 $10.81 9.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.16 6.9 8.98 10.5 9.56 1.0 Personal service.............................................. 8.18 7.1 7.58 8.6 9.90 3.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $17.64 3.4 $16.92 4.8 $19.59 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.74 3.6 16.98 5.2 19.67 1.1 White collar........................................................ 20.79 4.1 19.95 6.4 22.62 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.41 4.4 20.65 7.1 22.84 1.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.70 2.7 22.70 5.1 26.82 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.54 2.6 25.73 6.0 27.05 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.54 5.1 21.68 4.1 27.41 18.3 Registered nurses........................................... 19.81 6.6 19.63 7.6 20.78 3.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.71 2.3 24.39 13.9 28.91 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.09 .4 – – 29.04 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.15 .5 – – 29.04 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.61 3.6 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 28.61 3.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 Social workers.............................................. 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.41 6.1 18.44 6.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.20 8.4 13.20 8.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.15 1.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.72 6.9 19.72 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.36 9.1 31.68 10.2 25.87 9.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.01 9.0 34.42 10.6 32.06 5.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.85 10.4 – – 34.85 10.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.96 10.7 37.00 10.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.20 5.6 23.95 6.4 18.91 1.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.33 5.2 21.74 7.9 – – Sales............................................................. 16.09 6.8 16.18 7.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.65 7.0 13.86 9.0 12.98 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.23 4.4 13.87 9.2 14.49 5.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.44 7.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.00 4.0 11.51 4.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.48 8.0 12.64 10.4 12.02 4.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.33 .4 – – 11.33 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.26 5.9 – – 12.30 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... $15.22 4.6 $15.35 5.3 $14.35 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 2.6 18.55 2.9 17.01 6.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.71 9.1 20.71 9.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.55 6.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.06 6.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.69 12.6 18.74 12.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.47 11.8 14.68 12.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 14.5 13.52 16.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.51 7.1 20.51 7.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.34 27.8 13.34 27.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.73 5.3 14.24 6.2 11.89 5.2 Truck drivers............................................... 14.51 12.5 15.46 12.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.07 10.7 14.07 10.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.76 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.22 5.3 9.92 5.5 12.59 5.9 Construction laborers....................................... 9.56 7.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.61 7.5 10.61 7.5 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.46 22.6 9.46 22.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.48 11.0 12.48 11.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.45 4.8 9.48 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.12 6.7 7.98 7.2 14.85 4.4 Protective service............................................ 14.47 11.4 – – 16.49 3.2 Firefighting................................................ 13.60 .4 – – 13.60 .4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.28 3.0 – – 17.28 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.60 2.3 – – 13.60 2.3 Food service.................................................. 6.49 8.5 6.16 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 4.0 9.17 2.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.04 2.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.64 3.2 9.30 3.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.39 3.2 9.12 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.75 7.1 10.69 10.8 10.83 9.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.14 7.5 10.68 14.4 9.57 1.0 Personal service.............................................. 8.17 7.2 7.92 8.9 – – 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 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $8.30 5.5 $8.20 6.0 $9.35 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 8.36 5.3 8.24 5.9 9.35 3.3 White collar........................................................ 10.59 6.1 10.59 6.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.22 6.0 13.32 6.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.25 4.7 19.26 4.8 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 20.73 5.6 20.77 5.8 – – Health related................................................ 22.11 3.1 22.11 3.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.94 2.8 21.94 2.8 – – 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............................................................. 8.00 11.3 8.00 11.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.46 11.5 7.46 11.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.43 5.3 9.47 5.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.71 9.2 7.12 9.5 9.81 4.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.16 5.0 – – 10.38 5.2 Bus drivers................................................. 11.16 2.1 – – 11.06 2.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.80 6.9 6.70 6.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.24 .3 6.24 .3 – – Service............................................................. 6.95 5.8 6.79 6.5 8.59 6.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.30 8.2 6.17 8.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.25 23.0 5.25 23.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.00 2.3 6.85 1.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.04 2.1 7.04 2.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.78 5.8 6.33 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.48 3.8 8.67 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.48 4.0 8.70 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $700 3.4 39.7 $675 4.8 39.9 $768 1.3 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 704 3.6 39.7 678 5.2 39.9 771 1.0 39.2 White collar........................................................ 819 4.2 39.4 798 6.5 40.0 862 1.7 38.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 842 4.5 39.3 827 7.2 40.0 869 1.3 38.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 954 2.7 38.6 908 5.3 40.0 999 1.7 37.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,017 2.5 38.3 1,035 6.1 40.2 1,006 1.6 37.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 918 5.2 40.7 892 4.3 41.1 1,061 18.8 38.7 Registered nurses........................................... 783 6.3 39.5 780 7.4 39.7 802 6.0 38.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,046 1.8 36.4 951 10.2 39.0 1,050 1.7 36.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,053 .1 36.2 – – – 1,052 .0 36.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,052 1.0 36.1 – – – 1,048 1.0 36.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,091 3.6 38.1 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 1,091 3.6 38.1 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 797 6.9 39.5 – – – 765 8.2 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 797 6.9 39.5 – – – 765 8.2 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 731 6.7 39.7 732 7.1 39.7 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 511 9.7 38.7 511 9.7 38.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 546 2.0 38.6 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 789 6.9 40.0 789 6.9 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,237 9.0 40.8 1,299 10.0 41.0 1,033 9.1 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,398 8.7 41.1 1,424 10.1 41.4 1,278 5.5 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,394 10.4 40.0 – – – 1,394 10.4 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,498 10.3 40.5 1,501 10.4 40.6 – – – Management related............................................ 888 5.6 40.0 957 6.3 40.0 756 1.1 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 856 5.2 40.1 873 7.9 40.2 – – – Sales............................................................. 640 7.6 39.8 643 8.1 39.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 539 6.6 39.5 549 8.4 39.6 508 1.9 39.1 Secretaries................................................. 561 4.4 39.4 543 9.7 39.2 574 4.4 39.6 Receptionists............................................... 418 7.4 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $479 4.0 39.9 $460 4.2 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 495 7.8 39.7 501 10.1 39.6 $478 4.9 39.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 408 .5 36.0 – – – 408 .5 36.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 490 5.9 40.0 – – – 492 4.2 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 609 4.6 40.0 615 5.3 40.0 572 3.6 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 733 2.6 40.0 742 2.9 40.0 680 6.3 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 828 9.1 40.0 828 9.1 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 622 6.6 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 842 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 748 12.6 40.0 749 12.8 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 579 11.8 40.0 587 12.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 521 14.5 40.0 541 16.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 820 7.1 40.0 820 7.1 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 534 27.8 40.0 534 27.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 555 6.7 40.5 581 7.8 40.8 468 5.1 39.4 Truck drivers............................................... 605 16.1 41.7 652 16.7 42.2 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 563 10.7 40.0 563 10.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 511 7.4 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 406 5.5 39.7 394 5.7 39.7 504 5.9 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 382 7.5 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 424 7.5 40.0 424 7.5 40.0 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 370 24.1 39.1 370 24.1 39.1 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 486 12.1 39.0 486 12.1 39.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 378 4.8 40.0 379 5.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 447 6.9 40.2 309 5.9 38.8 626 5.0 42.2 Protective service............................................ 621 13.0 42.9 – – – 723 2.7 43.9 Firefighting................................................ 714 .2 52.5 – – – 714 .2 52.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 717 2.3 41.5 – – – 717 2.3 41.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 544 2.3 40.0 – – – 544 2.3 40.0 Food service.................................................. 248 7.0 38.3 237 5.8 38.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 363 5.6 38.1 354 5.3 38.6 – – – Cooks....................................................... 321 11.4 35.5 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 368 4.1 38.1 348 3.6 37.4 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 352 3.7 37.5 337 2.9 37.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 417 7.6 38.8 415 10.6 38.8 419 11.4 38.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 391 7.9 38.6 414 14.5 38.7 368 2.9 38.4 Personal service.............................................. $321 7.3 39.4 $317 8.9 40.0 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $35,231 3.4 1,997 $35,028 4.8 2,070 $35,712 1.3 1,823 All excluding sales............................................... 35,358 3.6 1,993 35,168 5.2 2,071 35,782 1.0 1,819 White collar........................................................ 40,273 4.2 1,937 41,371 6.5 2,074 38,311 1.7 1,694 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,136 4.5 1,922 42,859 7.2 2,075 38,480 1.3 1,684 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,103 2.7 1,786 46,855 5.3 2,064 41,889 1.7 1,562 Professional specialty.......................................... 45,580 2.5 1,718 53,087 6.1 2,063 41,976 1.6 1,552 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,051 5.2 2,088 46,359 4.3 2,138 50,433 18.8 1,840 Registered nurses........................................... 40,092 6.3 2,024 40,538 7.4 2,065 37,937 6.0 1,826 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,344 1.8 1,440 45,474 10.2 1,865 41,196 1.7 1,425 Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,599 .1 1,396 – – – 40,579 .0 1,397 Secondary school teachers................................... 40,570 1.0 1,392 – – – 40,461 1.0 1,393 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 50,205 3.6 1,755 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 50,205 3.6 1,755 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 41,429 6.9 2,052 – – – 39,771 8.2 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 41,429 6.9 2,052 – – – 39,771 8.2 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 38,020 6.7 2,065 38,056 7.1 2,064 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 26,559 9.7 2,012 26,559 9.7 2,012 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,399 2.0 2,007 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 41,019 6.9 2,080 41,019 6.9 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 64,125 9.0 2,112 67,478 10.0 2,130 53,153 9.1 2,054 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 72,439 8.7 2,130 74,072 10.1 2,152 65,147 5.5 2,032 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 72,498 10.4 2,080 – – – 72,498 10.4 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 77,918 10.3 2,108 78,027 10.4 2,109 – – – Management related............................................ 46,043 5.6 2,074 49,581 6.3 2,070 39,337 1.1 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 44,493 5.2 2,086 45,403 7.9 2,089 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,235 7.6 2,066 33,400 8.1 2,065 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,351 6.6 2,004 28,539 8.4 2,059 24,081 1.9 1,855 Secretaries................................................. 28,286 4.4 1,988 28,242 9.7 2,037 28,316 4.4 1,954 Receptionists............................................... 21,717 7.4 2,080 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $24,917 4.0 2,077 $23,897 4.2 2,076 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,572 7.8 2,049 26,062 10.1 2,061 $24,211 4.9 2,014 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,182 .5 1,340 – – – 15,182 .5 1,340 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 25,496 5.9 2,080 – – – 25,586 4.2 2,080 Blue collar......................................................... 31,599 4.6 2,076 31,958 5.3 2,082 29,144 3.6 2,031 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,111 2.6 2,080 38,580 2.9 2,080 35,378 6.3 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 43,076 9.1 2,080 43,076 9.1 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,335 6.6 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 43,807 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 38,882 12.6 2,080 38,972 12.8 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,095 11.8 2,080 30,535 12.4 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,105 14.5 2,080 28,127 16.8 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 42,655 7.1 2,080 42,655 7.1 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 27,747 27.8 2,080 27,747 27.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,375 6.7 2,067 30,188 7.8 2,120 22,518 5.1 1,894 Truck drivers............................................... 31,445 16.1 2,167 33,912 16.7 2,193 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,265 10.7 2,080 29,265 10.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 26,550 7.4 2,080 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,125 5.5 2,067 20,491 5.7 2,065 26,190 5.9 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 19,882 7.5 2,080 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,059 7.5 2,080 22,059 7.5 2,080 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 19,234 24.1 2,034 19,234 24.1 2,034 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 25,295 12.1 2,027 25,295 12.1 2,027 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,663 4.8 2,080 19,709 5.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 22,874 6.9 2,057 16,032 5.9 2,009 31,465 5.0 2,119 Protective service............................................ 32,268 13.0 2,231 – – – 37,619 2.7 2,281 Firefighting................................................ 37,139 .2 2,730 – – – 37,139 .2 2,730 Police and detectives, public service....................... 37,275 2.3 2,157 – – – 37,275 2.3 2,157 Correctional institution officers........................... 28,295 2.3 2,080 – – – 28,295 2.3 2,080 Food service.................................................. 12,623 7.0 1,946 12,321 5.8 2,001 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,049 5.6 1,895 18,312 5.3 1,998 – – – Cooks....................................................... 16,226 11.4 1,794 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 19,127 4.1 1,984 18,117 3.6 1,947 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,305 3.7 1,949 17,523 2.9 1,922 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,643 7.6 1,920 21,575 10.6 2,018 19,546 11.4 1,805 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,095 7.9 1,883 21,524 14.5 2,015 16,839 2.9 1,760 Personal service.............................................. $15,842 7.3 1,940 $15,833 8.9 1,999 – – – 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $16.41 3.7 $15.53 5.1 $19.08 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.62 3.8 15.72 5.4 19.15 1.6 White collar........................................................ 19.92 4.3 18.85 6.5 22.55 1.8 1....................................................... 8.35 3.7 8.35 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.55 4.5 8.31 4.8 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.42 4.1 11.38 5.2 11.54 4.5 4....................................................... 14.01 11.0 14.10 12.4 13.41 3.0 5....................................................... 15.90 9.3 16.98 11.7 12.96 2.7 6....................................................... 17.26 5.9 17.87 8.8 16.23 4.2 7....................................................... 19.29 3.3 19.08 4.7 19.75 2.9 8....................................................... 22.86 3.9 20.56 4.6 24.72 6.7 9....................................................... 26.75 1.9 25.46 3.2 27.92 .9 10........................................................ 31.51 5.8 30.29 6.8 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 32.99 3.1 33.90 5.2 32.14 3.7 12........................................................ 45.18 4.7 45.33 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.47 3.9 18.24 4.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.00 4.3 20.13 6.9 22.77 1.4 1....................................................... 8.32 4.0 8.32 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.32 2.3 9.09 2.5 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.79 2.7 11.89 3.4 11.54 4.5 4....................................................... 15.17 13.1 15.55 15.0 13.43 3.3 5....................................................... 13.77 2.2 14.00 3.2 13.21 3.1 6....................................................... 16.46 4.3 16.80 8.7 16.23 4.2 7....................................................... 19.07 3.5 18.72 5.4 19.75 2.9 8....................................................... 22.86 3.9 20.56 4.6 24.72 6.7 9....................................................... 26.75 1.9 25.46 3.2 27.92 .9 10........................................................ 31.51 5.8 30.29 6.8 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 32.89 3.2 33.90 5.2 31.91 3.7 12........................................................ 45.18 4.7 45.33 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.52 3.9 18.24 4.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.47 2.7 22.43 4.9 26.81 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.28 2.5 25.20 5.5 27.04 1.9 5....................................................... – – – – 12.37 10.7 6....................................................... 16.39 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.42 2.5 19.35 4.6 20.90 2.9 8....................................................... 23.85 4.6 20.35 4.8 26.51 6.7 9....................................................... 26.88 2.3 23.85 5.1 28.01 1.1 10........................................................ 31.89 5.5 – – 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 31.17 4.4 – – 30.12 4.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.74 7.3 24.75 7.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.47 4.3 21.76 3.5 27.41 18.3 7....................................................... $18.93 4.9 $19.20 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 19.63 4.1 19.56 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.19 1.4 23.13 1.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 30.12 33.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.29 5.3 20.22 5.9 $20.78 3.4 7....................................................... 19.46 6.1 19.46 6.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.25 1.1 21.58 .9 – – 9....................................................... 22.91 2.2 22.78 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.62 2.4 23.87 12.0 28.91 2.2 9....................................................... 28.63 .3 – – 28.53 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.09 .4 – – 29.04 .4 9....................................................... 28.41 .4 – – 28.33 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.15 .5 – – 29.04 .3 9....................................................... 28.39 .6 – – 28.21 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.61 3.6 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 28.61 3.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 8....................................................... 17.95 4.0 – – 17.95 4.0 Social workers.............................................. 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 8....................................................... 17.95 4.0 – – 17.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.21 6.1 18.22 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 4.0 14.43 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.68 2.1 14.68 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.63 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.75 7.6 19.18 7.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 12.90 8.5 12.90 8.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.26 2.3 14.32 2.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.72 6.9 19.72 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.31 9.1 31.62 10.2 25.87 9.2 6....................................................... 20.47 1.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 14.70 11.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.59 7.5 – – 19.75 9.0 9....................................................... 27.16 4.4 27.40 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.34 4.1 33.79 5.6 32.76 6.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.01 9.0 34.42 10.6 32.05 5.9 9....................................................... 29.83 4.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 33.68 4.7 34.77 6.4 32.76 6.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.85 10.4 – – 34.85 10.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.96 10.7 37.00 10.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.18 5.6 23.88 6.4 18.91 1.1 8....................................................... $19.69 5.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 4.8 $21.67 7.0 – – Sales............................................................. 13.76 7.9 13.68 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.66 6.4 6.66 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.79 7.5 11.75 7.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.08 9.6 7.66 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.52 7.5 6.52 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.32 6.9 13.45 8.8 $12.91 1.9 1....................................................... 8.32 4.0 8.32 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.24 2.4 8.98 2.5 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.86 2.9 11.99 3.8 11.54 4.5 4....................................................... 15.27 14.7 15.73 17.1 13.43 3.3 5....................................................... 13.40 2.9 13.49 4.6 13.28 3.3 6....................................................... 14.38 5.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.32 6.0 20.05 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.36 5.2 12.36 5.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.02 4.4 13.44 9.1 14.49 5.0 4....................................................... 14.71 7.2 12.91 5.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.18 6.9 10.28 7.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.40 22.7 17.40 22.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.49 2.5 – – 9.49 2.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.00 4.0 11.51 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.56 6.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.39 8.0 12.52 10.5 12.02 4.7 3....................................................... 11.19 5.2 11.32 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.04 13.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.33 .4 – – 11.33 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.23 5.7 – – 12.30 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.55 4.3 14.68 4.9 13.68 3.4 1....................................................... 7.44 6.4 7.37 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.25 10.2 9.26 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.10 5.1 14.77 5.9 10.42 3.8 4....................................................... 13.82 6.6 14.64 8.7 11.59 3.5 5....................................................... 14.86 3.5 15.37 3.4 12.49 2.6 6....................................................... 17.36 4.2 18.20 3.0 14.39 1.3 7....................................................... 18.93 3.1 19.09 3.5 17.96 1.1 8....................................................... 19.31 7.0 18.83 7.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 2.6 18.55 2.9 17.01 6.3 3....................................................... 12.47 6.1 12.51 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.67 3.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.92 3.6 15.52 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.04 2.1 17.30 2.2 – – 7....................................................... $18.57 2.9 $18.68 3.3 $18.00 1.4 8....................................................... 19.28 6.9 18.79 7.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.71 9.1 20.71 9.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.55 6.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.06 6.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.69 12.6 18.74 12.8 – – 7....................................................... 18.97 13.9 – – – – Supervisors, production 7....................................................... 19.47 5.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.51 12.0 14.72 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.99 6.5 7.99 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 19.72 11.3 19.72 11.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.48 12.6 16.11 12.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.77 5.1 15.77 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.11 8.2 18.11 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.99 17.6 23.99 17.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 14.5 13.52 16.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.77 5.8 12.45 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.51 7.1 20.51 7.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.34 27.8 13.34 27.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.28 4.6 14.05 5.9 11.37 3.3 2....................................................... 9.73 2.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.09 6.4 12.41 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.85 8.4 – – 11.69 5.2 5....................................................... 12.77 3.0 13.28 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.64 5.4 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.85 10.7 15.23 12.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.74 .9 – – 11.71 .9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.07 10.7 14.07 10.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.76 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.19 6.0 8.92 6.3 11.62 8.8 1....................................................... 7.06 6.5 7.05 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.18 8.6 10.36 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.14 4.5 9.91 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.42 3.2 11.25 3.4 – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.56 7.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.87 8.2 7.87 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.64 2.0 5.64 2.0 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.46 22.6 9.46 22.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.16 9.8 12.16 9.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.53 10.5 8.53 10.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. 2....................................................... 8.92 7.8 8.92 7.8 – – Service............................................................. $9.69 4.3 $7.43 3.0 $14.29 3.7 1....................................................... 7.04 2.2 6.76 2.1 8.98 3.4 2....................................................... 7.08 8.2 7.00 8.8 9.67 6.8 3....................................................... 8.25 5.1 7.95 4.4 9.48 5.4 4....................................................... 10.98 6.8 9.25 7.3 12.15 6.1 5....................................................... 13.63 1.4 12.28 16.8 13.86 1.6 6....................................................... 13.85 2.1 – – 13.85 2.1 7....................................................... 15.50 4.8 – – 15.50 4.8 8....................................................... 20.35 6.4 – – 20.35 6.4 Protective service............................................ 13.49 14.2 – – 16.46 3.1 4....................................................... 14.57 2.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.94 2.0 – – 13.94 2.0 6....................................................... 13.77 2.4 – – 13.77 2.4 7....................................................... 15.50 4.8 – – 15.50 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 13.60 .4 – – 13.60 .4 5....................................................... 13.30 .8 – – 13.30 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.28 3.0 – – 17.28 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.60 2.3 – – 13.60 2.3 Food service.................................................. 6.38 4.3 6.17 4.2 10.45 .9 1....................................................... 6.24 7.3 6.03 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 5.46 18.4 5.40 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.22 6.8 8.22 6.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.29 10.7 4.29 10.7 – – 1....................................................... 5.46 21.6 5.46 21.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.80 18.4 3.80 18.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.03 4.5 7.79 4.7 10.45 .9 1....................................................... 6.77 4.4 6.48 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.45 7.8 8.39 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.52 4.2 8.52 4.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.39 4.0 8.36 4.0 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.24 7.0 8.24 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.10 8.6 8.10 8.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.17 5.7 6.80 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.78 5.8 6.33 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 9.20 2.5 9.05 1.8 9.58 6.9 2....................................................... 8.69 2.0 8.69 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.07 5.0 9.38 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.12 4.1 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.05 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.97 2.2 8.93 1.7 9.12 8.8 2....................................................... 8.71 2.1 8.71 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.02 5.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.73 7.2 9.27 9.1 10.81 9.8 1....................................................... 7.99 4.5 7.69 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 4.6 – – 9.94 4.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $9.16 6.9 $8.98 10.5 $9.56 1.0 1....................................................... 8.04 4.7 7.73 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 4.6 – – 9.94 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 8.18 7.1 7.58 8.6 9.90 3.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $17.64 3.4 $16.92 4.8 $19.59 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.74 3.6 16.98 5.2 19.67 1.1 White collar........................................................ 20.79 4.1 19.95 6.4 22.62 1.8 1....................................................... 8.59 2.8 8.59 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.37 3.1 9.08 3.5 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.79 2.8 11.81 3.7 11.74 3.2 4....................................................... 14.47 10.9 14.64 12.3 13.41 3.0 5....................................................... 16.01 9.4 17.16 11.7 12.96 2.7 6....................................................... 17.34 6.1 18.03 9.2 16.23 4.2 7....................................................... 19.24 3.5 18.98 5.1 19.75 2.9 8....................................................... 22.88 4.1 20.40 5.2 24.72 6.7 9....................................................... 26.82 2.0 25.53 3.3 27.95 .8 10........................................................ 31.51 5.8 30.29 6.8 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 32.99 3.1 33.90 5.2 32.14 3.7 12........................................................ 45.18 4.7 45.33 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.16 7.7 18.94 8.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.41 4.4 20.65 7.1 22.84 1.3 2....................................................... 9.41 3.2 9.11 3.6 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.78 2.3 11.80 3.0 11.74 3.2 4....................................................... 15.29 13.2 15.71 15.1 13.43 3.3 5....................................................... 13.86 2.2 14.14 3.3 13.21 3.1 6....................................................... 16.54 4.6 17.09 10.0 16.23 4.2 7....................................................... 19.00 3.7 18.59 5.9 19.75 2.9 8....................................................... 22.88 4.1 20.40 5.2 24.72 6.7 9....................................................... 26.82 2.0 25.53 3.3 27.95 .8 10........................................................ 31.51 5.8 30.29 6.8 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 32.89 3.2 33.90 5.2 31.91 3.7 12........................................................ 45.18 4.7 45.33 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.22 7.8 18.94 8.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.70 2.7 22.70 5.1 26.82 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.54 2.6 25.73 6.0 27.05 1.9 5....................................................... – – – – 12.37 10.7 6....................................................... 16.39 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.42 2.9 18.63 8.6 20.90 2.9 8....................................................... 23.92 4.8 20.08 5.4 26.51 6.7 9....................................................... 26.98 2.4 23.90 5.6 28.05 1.0 10........................................................ 31.89 5.5 – – 34.05 6.3 11........................................................ 31.17 4.4 – – 30.12 4.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.98 7.3 25.04 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.54 5.1 21.68 4.1 27.41 18.3 7....................................................... 17.94 10.4 – – – – 8....................................................... $19.21 4.1 $19.05 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 23.10 1.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 19.81 6.6 19.63 7.6 $20.78 3.4 8....................................................... 21.02 1.2 21.36 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.71 2.3 24.39 13.9 28.91 2.2 9....................................................... 28.63 .3 – – 28.53 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.09 .4 – – 29.04 .4 9....................................................... 28.41 .4 – – 28.33 .3 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.15 .5 – – 29.04 .3 9....................................................... 28.39 .6 – – 28.21 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.61 3.6 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 28.61 3.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 8....................................................... 17.95 4.0 – – 17.95 4.0 Social workers.............................................. 20.19 7.5 – – 19.12 8.2 8....................................................... 17.95 4.0 – – 17.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.41 6.1 18.44 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.43 4.0 14.43 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.68 2.1 14.68 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.75 7.6 19.18 7.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.20 8.4 13.20 8.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.15 1.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.72 6.9 19.72 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.36 9.1 31.68 10.2 25.87 9.2 6....................................................... 20.47 1.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 14.70 11.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.59 7.5 – – 19.75 9.0 9....................................................... 27.16 4.4 27.40 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 33.34 4.1 33.79 5.6 32.76 6.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.38 10.3 24.38 10.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.01 9.0 34.42 10.6 32.06 5.9 9....................................................... 29.83 4.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 33.68 4.7 34.77 6.4 32.76 6.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.85 10.4 – – 34.85 10.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.96 10.7 37.00 10.8 – – Management related............................................ 22.20 5.6 23.95 6.4 18.91 1.1 8....................................................... 19.69 5.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.33 5.2 21.74 7.9 – – Sales............................................................. 16.09 6.8 16.18 7.2 – – 4....................................................... $12.51 6.6 $12.48 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.65 7.0 13.86 9.0 $12.98 2.1 2....................................................... 9.35 3.4 8.99 3.8 10.62 1.3 3....................................................... 11.85 2.5 11.89 3.4 11.74 3.2 4....................................................... 15.41 14.8 15.93 17.2 13.43 3.3 5....................................................... 13.38 2.9 13.45 4.7 13.28 3.3 6....................................................... 14.38 5.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.32 6.0 20.05 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.06 5.6 13.06 5.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.23 4.4 13.87 9.2 14.49 5.0 4....................................................... 15.00 6.5 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.44 7.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.00 4.0 11.51 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.56 6.5 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.48 8.0 12.64 10.4 12.02 4.7 3....................................................... 11.23 5.5 11.38 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.04 13.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.33 .4 – – 11.33 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.26 5.9 – – 12.30 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 4.6 15.35 5.3 14.35 3.5 1....................................................... 8.31 7.5 8.25 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.35 11.7 9.33 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.98 5.7 15.29 6.4 11.09 .7 4....................................................... 13.76 6.2 14.54 8.2 11.56 3.7 5....................................................... 14.93 3.5 15.37 3.4 12.68 3.3 6....................................................... 17.36 4.2 18.20 3.0 14.39 1.3 7....................................................... 18.93 3.1 19.09 3.5 17.96 1.1 8....................................................... 19.31 7.0 18.83 7.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 2.6 18.55 2.9 17.01 6.3 3....................................................... 12.47 6.1 12.51 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.67 3.1 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.92 3.6 15.52 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.04 2.1 17.30 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.57 2.9 18.68 3.3 18.00 1.4 8....................................................... 19.28 6.9 18.79 7.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.71 9.1 20.71 9.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.55 6.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 21.06 6.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 18.69 12.6 18.74 12.8 – – 7....................................................... 18.97 13.9 – – – – Supervisors, production 7....................................................... 19.47 5.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.47 11.8 $14.68 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.99 6.5 7.99 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 19.72 11.3 19.72 11.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.34 12.2 15.97 11.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.77 5.1 15.77 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.11 8.2 18.11 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.99 17.6 23.99 17.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 14.5 13.52 16.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.77 5.8 12.45 8.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.51 7.1 20.51 7.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.34 27.8 13.34 27.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.73 5.3 14.24 6.2 $11.89 5.2 3....................................................... 13.02 11.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.91 9.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.96 3.3 13.28 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.64 5.4 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.51 12.5 15.46 12.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.07 10.7 14.07 10.7 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.76 7.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.22 5.3 9.92 5.5 12.59 5.9 1....................................................... 7.91 8.9 7.90 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.91 8.8 10.91 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.45 4.7 10.25 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.42 3.2 11.25 3.4 – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.56 7.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.61 7.5 10.61 7.5 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.46 22.6 9.46 22.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.48 11.0 12.48 11.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.45 4.8 9.48 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.92 7.8 8.92 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.12 6.7 7.98 7.2 14.85 4.4 1....................................................... 8.38 5.5 8.05 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.09 13.8 6.97 14.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.67 6.8 – – 10.03 2.6 4....................................................... 11.06 7.1 9.25 7.3 12.37 6.5 5....................................................... 13.63 1.4 12.28 16.8 13.86 1.6 6....................................................... 13.85 2.1 – – 13.85 2.1 7....................................................... 15.50 4.8 – – 15.50 4.8 8....................................................... 20.35 6.4 – – 20.35 6.4 Protective service............................................ 14.47 11.4 – – 16.49 3.2 4....................................................... 14.57 2.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.94 2.0 – – 13.94 2.0 6....................................................... $13.77 2.4 – – $13.77 2.4 7....................................................... 15.50 4.8 – – 15.50 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 13.60 .4 – – 13.60 .4 5....................................................... 13.30 .8 – – 13.30 .8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.28 3.0 – – 17.28 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.60 2.3 – – 13.60 2.3 Food service.................................................. 6.49 8.5 $6.16 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 4.0 9.17 2.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.04 2.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.64 3.2 9.30 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.82 1.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.39 3.2 9.12 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.75 7.1 10.69 10.8 10.83 9.7 1....................................................... 8.73 6.5 8.30 10.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.14 7.5 10.68 14.4 9.57 1.0 1....................................................... 8.82 6.1 8.44 10.8 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.17 7.2 7.92 8.9 – – 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $8.30 5.5 $8.20 6.0 $9.35 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 8.36 5.3 8.24 5.9 9.35 3.3 White collar........................................................ 10.59 6.1 10.59 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.56 6.0 7.56 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 9.44 9.7 9.44 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 22.41 .2 22.41 .2 – – 9....................................................... 22.91 1.9 23.34 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 25.2 13.10 25.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.22 6.0 13.32 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.02 16.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.41 .2 22.41 .2 – – 9....................................................... 22.91 1.9 23.34 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 25.2 13.10 25.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.25 4.7 19.26 4.8 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 20.73 5.6 20.77 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.41 .2 22.41 .2 – – 9....................................................... 22.91 1.9 23.34 1.2 – – Health related................................................ 22.11 3.1 22.11 3.1 – – 8....................................................... 22.41 .2 22.41 .2 – – 9....................................................... 23.34 1.2 23.34 1.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.94 2.8 21.94 2.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.41 .2 22.41 .2 – – 9....................................................... 23.34 1.2 23.34 1.2 – – 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............................................................. 8.00 11.3 8.00 11.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.48 3.3 6.48 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.46 11.5 7.46 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.26 1.3 6.26 1.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.43 5.3 9.47 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.02 16.8 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.71 9.2 7.12 9.5 9.81 4.7 1....................................................... 6.03 3.7 6.02 3.7 – – 2....................................................... $8.41 6.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.52 5.7 $8.93 11.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.16 5.0 – – $10.38 5.2 3....................................................... 9.97 5.3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.16 2.1 – – 11.06 2.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.80 6.9 6.70 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.03 3.7 6.02 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.36 6.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.24 .3 6.24 .3 – – 1....................................................... 5.64 2.0 5.64 2.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.95 5.8 6.79 6.5 8.59 6.6 1....................................................... 6.49 2.1 6.36 1.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.06 21.9 7.05 22.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.62 5.0 7.37 4.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.30 8.2 6.17 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.01 7.1 5.75 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.34 40.6 6.34 40.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.29 4.1 7.29 4.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.25 23.0 5.25 23.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.00 2.3 6.85 1.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.75 4.5 6.44 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.69 1.2 7.69 1.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.04 2.1 7.04 2.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.78 5.8 6.33 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.78 5.8 6.33 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.48 3.8 8.67 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.61 4.3 8.61 4.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.48 4.0 8.70 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $17.64 $8.30 $17.35 $16.28 $16.29 $19.37 All excluding sales............................................. 17.74 8.36 17.35 16.52 16.57 19.95 White collar........................................................ 20.79 10.59 – 19.78 20.01 18.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.41 13.22 – 20.89 21.08 18.19 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.70 19.25 – 24.47 24.47 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.54 20.73 – 26.28 26.28 – Technical....................................................... 18.41 – – 17.75 18.21 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.36 – – 30.31 30.27 – Sales............................................................. 16.09 8.00 – 13.76 11.48 18.97 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.65 9.43 – 12.26 13.35 12.75 Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 7.71 16.10 13.86 14.43 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.32 – 16.77 19.38 18.29 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.47 – 18.75 12.41 14.17 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.73 10.16 12.67 13.52 13.13 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.22 6.80 10.48 9.00 9.16 – Service............................................................. 11.12 6.95 – 9.64 9.69 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.4 5.5 5.7 4.1 4.1 13.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 5.3 5.7 4.3 4.0 10.3 White collar........................................................ 4.1 6.1 – 4.4 4.9 11.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 6.0 – 4.5 4.4 7.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 4.7 – 2.7 2.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.6 5.6 – 2.5 2.5 – Technical....................................................... 6.1 – – 6.1 6.1 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.1 – – 9.1 9.6 – Sales............................................................. 6.8 11.3 – 7.9 8.1 17.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.0 5.3 – 2.4 7.2 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 9.2 3.1 5.0 4.4 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 – 4.9 4.6 2.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.8 – 4.5 12.0 11.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 5.0 7.8 6.7 4.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 6.9 3.5 6.9 6.1 – Service............................................................. 6.7 5.8 – 4.3 4.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $15.53 $17.15 – $13.82 $17.76 - - $11.72 - $15.23 All excluding sales............................................. 15.72 17.09 – 12.60 17.76 - - 11.10 - 15.35 White collar........................................................ 18.85 23.64 – – 25.04 - - 14.42 - 18.98 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 24.39 – – 25.04 - - 16.22 - 19.27 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.43 22.05 – – 22.05 - - – - 21.43 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.20 – – – – - - – - 24.36 Technical....................................................... 18.22 21.20 – – 21.20 - - – - 16.71 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.62 – – – – - - 27.11 - 26.70 Sales............................................................. 13.68 – – – – - - 13.13 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.45 14.21 – – 14.32 - - 11.85 - 10.58 Blue collar......................................................... 14.68 15.33 – 12.51 15.83 - - 12.44 - 11.39 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.55 18.38 – 15.46 18.83 - - 18.05 - 20.60 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.72 14.38 – – 14.37 - - 17.26 - – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.05 13.58 – – 13.58 - - 13.81 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.92 10.07 – 9.26 10.63 - - 8.29 - – Service............................................................. 7.43 – – – – - - 6.02 - 8.34 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 9.5 – 16.4 10.5 - - 6.2 - 7.6 All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 9.7 – 4.3 10.5 - - 4.1 - 8.3 White collar........................................................ 6.5 23.0 – – 25.5 - - 3.5 - 3.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.9 25.3 – – 25.5 - - 7.6 - 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 6.4 – – 6.4 - - – - 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 – – – – - - – - 5.1 Technical....................................................... 6.4 12.8 – – 12.8 - - – - 6.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.2 – – – – - - 11.7 - 6.9 Sales............................................................. 8.5 – – – – - - 8.8 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.8 7.8 – – 9.3 - - 3.0 - 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 6.7 – 4.9 7.2 - - 14.1 - 13.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.9 2.9 – 3.6 2.7 - - 7.9 - 12.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.6 14.3 – – 14.6 - - 19.5 - – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 1.6 – – 2.0 - - 13.4 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.3 5.9 – .2 8.3 - - 11.0 - – Service............................................................. 3.0 – – – – - - 6.7 - 4.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $15.53 $11.91 $16.96 $16.02 $18.08 All excluding sales............................................. 15.72 11.55 17.33 16.58 18.09 White collar........................................................ 18.85 16.08 19.52 19.43 19.63 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 16.69 20.80 21.98 19.65 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.43 17.30 22.80 24.19 21.26 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.20 – 26.05 31.06 22.98 Technical....................................................... 18.22 – 18.27 19.19 15.85 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.62 25.57 33.24 31.78 34.58 Sales............................................................. 13.68 14.85 13.13 13.15 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.45 12.72 13.65 15.48 12.02 Blue collar......................................................... 14.68 12.65 15.51 13.22 17.31 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.55 19.29 18.40 17.63 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.72 10.92 16.23 12.94 19.39 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.05 15.13 13.32 15.10 12.39 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.92 8.64 9.12 8.72 10.15 Service............................................................. 7.43 6.32 8.68 8.27 9.99 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 5.1 5.7 8.3 6.2 All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 5.5 5.8 9.1 6.2 White collar........................................................ 6.5 8.7 7.8 9.3 13.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.9 12.9 7.6 7.6 13.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 11.2 4.7 7.9 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 – 5.6 11.3 3.6 Technical....................................................... 6.4 – 6.6 9.1 4.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.2 16.7 10.9 9.3 16.7 Sales............................................................. 8.5 16.1 7.8 7.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.8 4.9 10.6 17.2 3.5 Blue collar......................................................... 4.9 6.7 4.5 10.0 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.9 8.1 2.6 9.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.6 19.0 8.1 12.0 7.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 9.6 4.3 13.6 9.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.3 11.0 7.6 10.7 3.2 Service............................................................. 3.0 4.7 5.4 5.5 8.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.65 $14.00 $21.36 $28.58 All excluding sales........................... 7.29 9.91 14.36 21.99 28.65 White collar.................................... 9.17 11.62 17.13 25.04 34.81 White collar excluding sales................ 9.97 12.49 19.48 26.00 36.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.36 18.35 23.71 28.58 35.73 Professional specialty...................... 16.27 21.34 24.55 30.29 37.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 13.50 17.00 20.69 24.46 29.15 Physicians.............................. 11.96 11.98 12.60 54.65 69.82 Registered nurses....................... 14.50 17.55 20.56 23.39 25.18 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 22.30 24.24 27.75 32.65 38.54 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.38 24.54 27.77 32.17 37.44 Secondary school teachers............... 23.24 24.30 27.75 32.65 38.06 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 23.11 24.96 30.59 31.65 34.89 Librarians.............................. 23.11 24.96 30.59 31.65 34.89 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.04 15.49 20.51 24.36 24.51 Social workers.......................... 14.04 15.49 20.51 24.36 24.51 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.00 14.31 16.28 22.85 27.05 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.23 9.51 13.50 15.60 17.49 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 13.13 14.39 15.44 16.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.58 15.68 17.13 24.66 25.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.63 20.97 28.60 38.87 45.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.63 26.64 34.81 42.11 48.73 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.51 32.41 37.13 42.55 42.55 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.25 29.00 38.49 42.54 47.89 Management related........................ 15.67 18.24 21.06 23.97 30.81 Accountants and auditors................ 18.03 19.23 20.06 22.74 23.97 Sales......................................... 6.55 8.50 10.50 15.75 25.08 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.25 8.00 9.25 10.40 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.54 10.09 12.02 15.10 21.11 Secretaries............................. 10.51 11.74 13.61 15.35 20.11 Receptionists........................... 8.25 8.72 9.36 10.10 13.22 Order clerks............................ 8.14 9.31 24.36 24.36 24.36 Library clerks.......................... 8.48 8.48 9.15 10.19 10.86 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.75 10.00 12.02 12.99 15.94 General office clerks................... $8.72 $9.86 $11.91 $13.75 $19.48 Teachers' aides......................... 9.54 10.18 10.95 12.31 13.98 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.50 11.35 14.00 14.50 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 10.00 13.55 17.85 23.38 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.40 14.50 17.16 22.13 26.16 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.46 18.23 19.71 23.89 24.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.31 12.41 15.75 17.47 17.85 Electricians............................ 18.31 18.31 20.67 23.64 24.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.17 15.95 17.85 23.75 23.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.29 14.00 18.80 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 9.40 11.75 15.67 21.22 Assemblers.............................. 12.00 16.75 20.00 25.31 25.55 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.43 8.14 15.40 16.25 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 9.06 10.27 12.50 15.75 19.25 Truck drivers........................... 8.83 9.83 13.65 19.25 19.25 Bus drivers............................. 9.67 10.22 11.33 13.36 13.90 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.14 10.32 11.84 20.87 20.87 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 9.63 10.25 11.49 15.45 16.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 7.00 9.25 10.70 12.77 Construction laborers................... 7.00 7.75 9.50 10.30 12.54 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.40 5.60 7.00 10.70 11.00 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.16 4.84 10.35 10.35 16.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 10.30 11.89 12.79 18.65 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.00 10.70 Service......................................... 5.50 6.75 8.50 11.75 16.18 Protective service........................ 6.66 8.00 13.13 16.44 21.36 Firefighting............................ 11.30 12.00 12.94 14.99 17.65 Police and detectives, public service... 14.11 15.08 16.26 17.97 23.58 Correctional institution officers....... 11.83 12.85 13.14 14.04 16.13 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.35 6.50 8.12 10.56 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 9.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.00 10.63 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.60 8.30 9.08 9.95 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.30 7.00 7.50 9.00 12.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.65 6.00 6.50 7.76 10.56 Health service............................ 7.45 8.22 9.07 9.97 11.04 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.23 9.12 9.62 11.24 12.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.44 8.00 8.89 9.83 10.48 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.50 $8.50 $10.76 $15.34 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.43 8.25 10.66 11.26 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.25 7.95 9.41 10.64 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.89 $9.00 $12.75 $20.00 $26.48 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 9.06 13.13 20.45 26.56 White collar.................................... 8.53 10.70 15.67 24.36 32.86 White collar excluding sales................ 9.44 11.83 17.16 24.36 37.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.00 15.92 21.62 25.15 31.73 Professional specialty...................... 14.50 20.02 23.08 27.43 38.28 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 12.97 16.38 20.62 24.16 26.77 Registered nurses....................... 14.50 17.16 20.60 23.38 25.19 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.98 20.98 22.14 23.20 30.16 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.00 14.31 16.28 23.18 28.13 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.23 9.51 13.50 15.60 17.49 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.16 13.13 14.39 15.44 16.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.58 15.68 17.13 24.66 25.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.63 21.19 30.50 39.66 47.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.63 26.20 37.77 42.40 49.48 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.25 29.00 38.87 42.54 48.15 Management related........................ 18.03 19.44 22.74 26.99 37.12 Accountants and auditors................ 18.03 19.23 19.77 22.74 29.31 Sales......................................... 6.50 8.45 10.50 15.80 25.08 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 8.00 9.00 9.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.25 9.90 11.95 15.29 24.36 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.76 12.50 15.58 20.14 Receptionists........................... 8.21 8.72 10.00 10.24 13.22 Order clerks............................ 8.14 9.31 24.36 24.36 24.36 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.64 9.75 11.32 12.02 14.50 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.69 12.09 13.63 19.48 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 9.91 14.16 17.85 23.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.17 15.20 17.47 23.38 26.56 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $16.46 $18.23 $19.71 $23.89 $24.66 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.17 15.95 17.85 23.75 23.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.14 14.36 18.90 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.49 8.66 13.25 16.89 21.90 Assemblers.............................. 12.00 16.75 20.00 25.31 25.55 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.43 8.14 15.40 16.25 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 9.61 10.35 13.95 16.75 19.25 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 11.70 14.88 19.25 19.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.14 10.32 11.84 20.87 20.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.40 6.35 8.75 10.41 12.10 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.40 5.60 7.00 10.70 11.00 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.16 4.84 10.35 10.35 16.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 10.30 11.89 12.79 18.65 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.00 10.70 Service......................................... 2.13 6.25 7.43 8.99 10.66 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.35 6.44 8.00 10.40 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 9.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.14 8.59 10.56 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.60 8.25 9.08 9.82 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.30 7.00 7.50 9.00 12.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.65 6.00 6.25 7.00 10.56 Health service............................ 7.49 8.22 8.96 9.84 10.42 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.45 8.20 8.90 9.75 10.35 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.00 8.25 10.66 11.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.24 10.66 10.76 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.25 7.75 8.32 9.50 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.83 $12.19 $16.25 $24.55 $32.14 All excluding sales........................... 9.83 12.22 16.42 24.59 32.14 White collar.................................... 11.02 14.42 22.93 28.58 35.67 White collar excluding sales................ 11.15 14.80 23.01 28.70 35.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.41 22.69 25.98 31.23 37.44 Professional specialty...................... 16.95 22.93 26.31 31.23 37.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.41 18.04 21.58 26.20 54.65 Registered nurses....................... 17.04 17.94 20.06 23.69 25.06 Teachers, except college and university... 23.01 24.30 27.77 32.76 38.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.35 24.48 27.75 32.17 37.38 Secondary school teachers............... 23.24 24.30 27.75 32.62 37.44 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.65 15.02 17.78 22.93 26.20 Social workers.......................... 13.65 15.02 17.78 22.93 26.20 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.62 18.46 23.41 33.37 37.51 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.41 27.71 32.41 37.13 42.55 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.51 32.41 37.13 42.55 42.55 Management related........................ 15.11 16.25 18.46 21.56 22.93 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.60 10.65 12.49 14.91 16.84 Secretaries............................. 11.21 12.42 14.04 15.35 20.11 Library clerks.......................... 8.48 8.48 9.15 10.19 10.86 General office clerks................... 9.05 10.34 11.35 13.97 15.34 Teachers' aides......................... 9.54 10.18 10.95 12.31 13.98 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.27 10.62 11.71 13.70 15.98 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 10.28 12.51 16.01 20.73 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.41 12.88 16.72 20.73 23.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 9.79 10.80 12.76 14.04 Bus drivers............................. $9.67 $10.22 $11.33 $13.36 $13.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.87 9.32 11.42 12.87 15.50 Service......................................... 8.39 10.64 13.29 16.84 21.08 Protective service........................ 11.83 13.12 15.08 17.97 24.17 Firefighting............................ 11.30 12.00 12.94 14.99 17.65 Police and detectives, public service... 14.11 15.08 16.26 17.97 23.58 Correctional institution officers....... 11.83 12.85 13.14 14.04 16.13 Food service.............................. 7.48 8.20 9.32 13.06 14.82 Other food service....................... 7.48 8.20 9.32 13.06 14.82 Health service............................ 7.36 7.61 9.41 10.51 12.59 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.21 7.61 8.41 10.51 12.29 Cleaning and building service............. $7.76 $8.20 $9.40 $11.85 $16.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.73 8.07 8.97 10.88 11.93 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.78 10.64 10.64 10.64 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $10.70 $15.35 $22.90 $29.74 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.80 15.51 23.17 29.74 White collar.................................... 9.94 12.35 18.60 25.86 36.10 White collar excluding sales................ 10.35 12.82 19.90 26.75 37.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.39 18.45 23.99 28.68 36.29 Professional specialty...................... 16.27 21.72 24.84 30.49 37.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 12.85 15.80 20.09 24.46 35.50 Registered nurses....................... 14.00 16.38 19.62 23.13 25.07 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.56 24.24 27.75 32.65 38.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.38 24.54 27.77 32.17 37.44 Secondary school teachers............... 23.24 24.30 27.75 32.65 38.06 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 23.11 24.96 30.59 31.65 34.89 Librarians.............................. 23.11 24.96 30.59 31.65 34.89 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.04 15.49 20.51 24.36 24.51 Social workers.......................... 14.04 15.49 20.51 24.36 24.51 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.17 14.34 17.00 23.18 28.13 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.23 9.80 13.64 15.88 17.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 13.00 14.34 15.44 16.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.58 15.68 17.13 24.66 25.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.63 20.97 28.63 38.87 45.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.63 26.68 34.81 42.11 48.73 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.51 32.41 37.13 42.55 42.55 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.25 29.00 38.49 42.54 47.89 Management related........................ 15.67 18.16 21.06 23.97 30.83 Accountants and auditors................ 18.03 19.23 20.06 22.74 23.97 Sales......................................... 8.25 9.62 14.00 19.38 27.94 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.02 10.50 12.19 15.35 21.73 Secretaries............................. 10.62 11.83 13.76 15.40 20.11 Receptionists........................... 8.72 8.95 9.89 10.27 15.80 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.75 10.00 12.02 12.99 15.94 General office clerks................... 8.72 10.00 12.02 13.85 19.48 Teachers' aides......................... 9.54 10.18 10.95 12.31 13.98 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.50 11.35 14.00 14.50 Blue collar..................................... $8.14 $10.35 $14.75 $18.31 $23.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.40 14.50 17.16 22.13 26.16 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.46 18.23 19.71 23.89 24.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.31 12.41 15.75 17.47 17.85 Electricians............................ 18.31 18.31 20.67 23.64 24.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.17 15.95 17.85 23.75 23.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.29 14.00 18.58 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 9.40 11.75 15.67 21.22 Assemblers.............................. 12.00 16.75 20.00 25.31 25.55 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.43 8.14 15.40 16.25 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 9.61 10.35 13.35 16.28 19.25 Truck drivers........................... 9.00 11.13 14.39 19.25 19.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.14 10.32 11.84 20.87 20.87 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 9.63 10.25 11.49 15.45 16.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.50 10.00 11.48 14.65 Construction laborers................... 7.00 7.75 9.50 10.30 12.54 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 9.25 10.70 11.00 12.64 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.16 4.84 10.35 10.35 16.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.75 10.30 11.89 13.06 19.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.25 7.50 9.50 10.41 11.12 Service......................................... 6.25 7.72 10.28 13.49 17.53 Protective service........................ 7.16 10.95 13.61 17.22 22.49 Firefighting............................ 11.30 12.00 12.94 14.99 17.65 Police and detectives, public service... 14.11 15.08 16.26 17.97 23.58 Correctional institution officers....... 11.83 12.85 13.14 14.04 16.13 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.00 9.50 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.63 13.25 Cooks................................... 7.60 8.30 8.75 9.50 10.59 Health service............................ 8.18 8.64 9.46 10.28 11.56 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.58 8.33 9.14 10.15 11.06 Cleaning and building service............. 7.43 8.19 9.91 11.55 16.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.34 7.99 9.43 10.76 12.46 Personal service.......................... 6.25 6.45 7.90 8.91 11.22 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.00 $7.50 $9.00 $11.55 All excluding sales........................... 5.40 6.00 7.49 9.00 12.02 White collar.................................... 6.20 7.00 8.75 11.00 20.72 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.14 10.00 19.66 22.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.23 15.83 20.72 22.22 24.96 Professional specialty...................... 17.00 19.66 21.63 23.20 25.19 Health related............................ 18.54 20.09 21.63 24.17 25.91 Registered nurses....................... 18.54 20.09 21.63 24.16 25.69 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......................................... 5.60 6.45 8.00 9.40 10.40 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.75 9.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.00 8.50 10.10 12.52 Blue collar..................................... 5.40 6.00 6.89 9.00 10.70 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.60 9.00 9.54 10.89 13.28 Bus drivers............................. 9.35 9.85 10.57 12.01 13.68 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.40 5.50 6.00 7.50 9.13 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.50 6.00 6.89 8.00 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.24 9.32 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.35 5.65 6.25 7.50 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.35 5.15 6.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.65 6.00 6.25 7.00 8.85 Health service............................ 7.25 7.58 8.40 9.24 9.85 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.21 7.58 8.44 9.24 9.86 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 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 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 290,300 217,700 72,600 All excluding sales............................................. 267,100 195,600 71,500 White collar........................................................ 143,700 98,900 44,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 120,600 76,900 43,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,900 26,800 28,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,300 16,700 27,600 Technical....................................................... 10,600 10,100 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 18,400 14,100 4,300 Sales............................................................. 23,100 22,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 47,200 36,000 11,300 Blue collar......................................................... 85,000 72,900 12,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 29,800 25,500 4,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19,100 18,100 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13,200 8,400 4,800 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,900 20,900 2,000 Service............................................................. 61,600 45,900 15,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.