NC BL 05/00/2004 Table: Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Bulletin 3120-60, September 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, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................. $15.12 1.3 37.0 $14.50 1.4 37.3 $23.34 4.5 33.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.91 3.3 36.0 17.17 3.7 36.6 27.59 5.0 33.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.59 9.0 34.6 19.06 6.9 35.6 35.57 1.8 32.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.55 12.8 40.2 26.86 14.5 40.2 33.52 5.7 40.0 Sales............................................................. 12.92 12.0 32.7 12.92 12.0 32.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.03 2.0 36.7 12.13 2.4 37.3 11.50 .8 33.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.15 1.5 39.1 14.13 1.5 39.2 15.66 .7 32.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 39.5 17.95 2.6 39.5 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.72 1.9 39.8 13.72 1.9 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.66 13.3 34.8 13.23 15.9 35.8 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.12 2.4 36.5 11.12 2.4 36.5 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.26 7.8 28.8 9.18 9.2 27.5 14.99 5.1 35.9 Full time........................................................... 15.55 1.2 39.4 14.89 1.3 39.7 25.19 3.7 36.1 Part time........................................................... 8.51 5.4 19.1 7.61 5.1 18.2 12.75 1.8 24.7 Union............................................................... 18.68 2.9 37.3 15.45 4.6 38.6 32.07 7.6 32.7 Nonunion............................................................ 14.61 1.3 37.0 14.38 1.2 37.2 18.71 11.3 34.4 Time................................................................ 14.82 1.9 36.8 14.02 2.3 37.1 23.34 4.5 33.8 Incentive........................................................... 16.54 5.5 38.4 16.54 5.5 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.03 1.2 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.85 5.8 31.1 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.31 5.7 35.9 12.27 5.8 35.9 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.66 2.5 37.2 14.45 2.7 37.3 20.17 7.5 36.0 500 workers or more................................................. 18.19 2.1 37.7 16.76 .8 38.9 24.71 7.2 32.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $15.12 1.3 $14.50 1.4 $23.34 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 15.19 1.2 14.55 1.3 23.34 4.5 White collar........................................................ 18.91 3.3 17.17 3.7 27.59 5.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.66 3.2 17.82 3.5 27.59 5.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.59 9.0 19.06 6.9 35.57 1.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.09 4.0 22.96 6.9 35.57 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.56 2.9 30.56 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.05 10.8 21.38 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.08 1.3 21.08 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.78 7.9 – – 36.90 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.30 .3 – – 39.30 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.55 12.8 26.86 14.5 33.52 5.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.15 13.9 30.64 17.2 33.52 5.7 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.79 17.7 40.79 17.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.74 12.4 29.74 12.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.62 10.3 22.62 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 12.92 12.0 12.92 12.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.30 5.6 8.30 5.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 2.0 12.13 2.4 11.50 .8 Secretaries................................................. 13.09 3.8 13.37 5.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.28 1.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.24 3.4 13.19 3.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.91 8.6 11.91 8.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.79 4.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.04 .2 – – 11.04 .2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.15 1.5 14.13 1.5 15.66 .7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 17.95 2.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.42 4.2 18.42 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.04 8.0 15.04 8.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.71 5.8 21.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.72 1.9 $13.72 1.9 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.23 27.1 10.23 27.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.27 13.5 12.27 13.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.58 4.8 11.58 4.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.62 2.1 12.62 2.1 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.57 4.8 14.57 4.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.93 7.6 14.93 7.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.93 4.9 11.93 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.66 13.3 13.23 15.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.20 26.3 14.20 26.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.18 10.3 11.99 10.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 2.4 11.12 2.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 6.0 9.97 6.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 8.7 11.60 8.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.79 9.6 9.79 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.26 7.8 9.18 9.2 $14.99 5.1 Protective service............................................ 12.80 15.0 10.67 24.4 16.06 .6 Food service.................................................. 6.80 9.2 6.59 9.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 5.2 4.09 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.38 9.0 8.18 9.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.23 4.0 6.91 .3 – – Health service................................................ 9.62 3.1 9.49 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.63 3.1 9.49 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.79 22.1 12.66 31.6 17.06 3.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.73 13.5 – – 17.06 3.6 Personal service.............................................. 9.07 8.0 8.78 8.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $15.55 1.2 $14.89 1.3 $25.19 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.57 1.2 14.90 1.3 25.19 3.7 White collar........................................................ 19.66 3.3 17.73 3.5 29.87 3.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.17 3.2 18.11 3.4 29.87 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.09 9.9 19.36 7.8 36.55 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 2.3 24.21 3.2 36.55 1.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.56 2.9 30.56 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.49 11.3 20.65 1.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.08 1.3 21.08 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.93 1.9 – – 38.13 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.30 .3 – – 39.30 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 12.8 26.91 14.5 33.52 5.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.25 13.9 30.75 17.2 33.52 5.7 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.79 17.7 40.79 17.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.74 12.4 29.74 12.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.62 10.3 22.62 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 14.60 11.8 14.60 11.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 2.3 12.23 2.6 11.64 1.3 Secretaries................................................. 13.01 3.5 13.30 5.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.24 3.4 13.19 3.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.91 8.6 11.91 8.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.21 1.5 14.20 1.5 14.97 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.99 2.6 18.09 2.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.42 4.2 18.42 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.04 8.0 15.04 8.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.71 5.8 21.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 1.9 13.72 1.9 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.23 27.1 10.23 27.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.27 13.5 12.27 13.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.58 4.8 11.58 4.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $12.62 2.1 $12.62 2.1 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.57 4.8 14.57 4.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.93 7.6 14.93 7.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.93 4.9 11.93 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.42 15.7 13.30 16.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.20 26.3 14.20 26.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.18 10.3 11.99 10.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.49 2.7 11.49 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.63 5.5 11.63 5.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 8.7 11.60 8.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.79 9.6 9.79 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.96 8.0 10.82 10.8 $15.48 5.4 Protective service............................................ 14.31 13.8 – – 16.09 .6 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ 9.63 3.1 9.49 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.64 3.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.23 24.0 13.02 34.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.86 14.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $8.51 5.4 $7.61 5.1 $12.75 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 8.65 5.5 7.64 5.5 12.75 1.8 White collar........................................................ 10.00 8.5 9.56 11.2 11.22 .6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.29 10.5 11.33 18.1 11.22 .6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.45 10.3 7.45 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.90 4.0 10.65 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.71 5.7 8.22 7.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.31 1.7 7.31 1.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.26 2.0 7.26 2.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.42 4.7 6.23 4.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.94 3.3 5.71 3.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 5.2 4.09 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.56 6.5 7.28 4.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.26 4.3 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $613 1.3 39.4 $591 1.4 39.7 $911 3.9 36.1 All excluding sales............................................... 614 1.3 39.4 591 1.4 39.7 911 3.9 36.1 White collar........................................................ 765 3.1 38.9 706 3.4 39.8 1,042 4.3 34.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 783 3.0 38.8 720 3.4 39.8 1,042 4.3 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 907 8.3 37.7 766 7.5 39.6 1,224 .9 33.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,106 1.9 36.4 964 2.9 39.8 1,224 .9 33.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,285 5.8 42.0 1,285 5.8 42.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 883 8.5 37.6 802 3.6 38.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 816 3.2 38.7 816 3.2 38.7 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,262 .6 33.3 – – – 1,267 .5 33.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,255 1.5 31.9 – – – 1,255 1.5 31.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 648 5.2 39.4 648 5.2 39.4 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,110 12.8 40.2 1,083 14.5 40.3 1,342 5.6 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,255 14.0 40.1 1,235 17.3 40.2 1,342 5.6 40.0 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,632 17.7 40.0 1,632 17.7 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,208 13.1 40.6 1,208 13.1 40.6 – – – Management related............................................ 913 10.3 40.3 913 10.3 40.3 – – – Sales............................................................. 586 11.7 40.1 586 11.7 40.1 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 477 2.1 39.3 485 2.6 39.7 422 3.4 36.3 Secretaries................................................. 491 3.9 37.7 525 4.1 39.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 530 3.4 40.0 528 3.4 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 476 8.6 40.0 476 8.6 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 564 2.0 39.7 564 2.0 39.7 556 6.8 37.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 721 2.5 40.1 725 2.5 40.1 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 737 4.2 40.0 737 4.2 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 602 8.0 40.0 602 8.0 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 877 6.3 40.4 877 6.3 40.4 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $546 2.2 39.8 $546 2.2 39.8 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 409 27.1 40.0 409 27.1 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 491 13.5 40.0 491 13.5 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 463 4.8 40.0 463 4.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 505 2.1 40.0 505 2.1 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 583 4.8 40.0 583 4.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 592 8.2 39.7 592 8.2 39.7 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 477 4.9 40.0 477 4.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 482 25.9 35.9 480 27.2 36.1 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 482 43.2 34.0 482 43.2 34.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 487 10.3 40.0 480 10.6 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 460 2.7 40.0 460 2.7 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 465 5.5 40.0 465 5.5 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 464 8.7 40.0 464 8.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 392 9.6 40.0 392 9.6 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 469 8.4 39.2 423 10.7 39.1 $614 9.1 39.6 Protective service............................................ 581 14.5 40.6 – – – 663 2.9 41.2 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – – – – Health service................................................ 364 6.0 37.8 361 6.9 38.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 364 6.4 37.7 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 569 24.0 40.0 521 34.7 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 555 14.0 40.0 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $31,310 1.3 2,014 $30,598 1.4 2,055 $39,171 3.9 1,555 All excluding sales............................................... 31,331 1.3 2,012 30,602 1.4 2,054 39,171 3.9 1,555 White collar........................................................ 37,868 3.1 1,926 36,676 3.4 2,069 42,170 4.3 1,412 White collar excluding sales.................................... 38,558 3.0 1,911 37,435 3.4 2,067 42,170 4.3 1,412 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 42,049 8.3 1,746 39,758 7.5 2,054 45,721 .9 1,251 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,309 1.9 1,555 49,971 2.9 2,064 45,721 .9 1,251 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 66,795 5.8 2,186 66,795 5.8 2,186 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 43,163 8.5 1,837 41,684 3.6 2,019 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 42,457 3.2 2,014 42,457 3.2 2,014 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 46,194 .6 1,218 – – – 46,315 .5 1,215 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,615 1.5 1,161 – – – 45,615 1.5 1,161 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 33,706 5.2 2,048 33,706 5.2 2,048 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,391 12.8 2,080 56,319 14.5 2,093 66,074 5.6 1,971 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 64,591 14.0 2,067 64,244 17.3 2,089 66,074 5.6 1,971 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 84,853 17.7 2,080 84,853 17.7 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 62,806 13.1 2,112 62,806 13.1 2,112 – – – Management related............................................ 47,453 10.3 2,098 47,453 10.3 2,098 – – – Sales............................................................. 30,437 11.7 2,085 30,437 11.7 2,085 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,500 2.1 2,015 25,218 2.6 2,062 19,842 3.4 1,705 Secretaries................................................. 24,065 3.9 1,850 27,317 4.1 2,054 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,227 3.4 2,057 27,388 3.4 2,076 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 24,775 8.6 2,080 24,775 8.6 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 29,133 2.0 2,050 29,153 2.0 2,052 26,638 6.8 1,780 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,473 2.5 2,084 37,696 2.5 2,084 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 38,305 4.2 2,080 38,305 4.2 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,291 8.0 2,080 31,291 8.0 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 45,496 6.3 2,095 45,496 6.3 2,095 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $28,225 2.2 2,057 $28,225 2.2 2,057 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 21,277 27.1 2,080 21,277 27.1 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 25,524 13.5 2,080 25,524 13.5 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 24,093 4.8 2,080 24,093 4.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,240 2.1 2,080 26,240 2.1 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 30,147 4.8 2,069 30,147 4.8 2,069 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 30,467 8.2 2,041 30,467 8.2 2,041 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 24,823 4.9 2,080 24,823 4.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 24,614 25.9 1,834 24,783 27.2 1,864 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 24,878 43.2 1,752 24,878 43.2 1,752 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,325 10.3 2,080 24,937 10.6 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,837 2.7 2,074 23,837 2.7 2,074 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,190 5.5 2,080 24,190 5.5 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 24,119 8.7 2,080 24,119 8.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,358 9.6 2,080 20,358 9.6 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,308 8.4 2,032 21,973 10.7 2,031 $31,517 9.1 2,036 Protective service............................................ 30,209 14.5 2,111 – – – 34,487 2.9 2,143 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – – – – Health service................................................ 18,932 6.0 1,966 18,772 6.9 1,977 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,909 6.4 1,962 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 29,597 24.0 2,080 27,084 34.7 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,835 14.0 2,080 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $15.12 1.3 $14.50 1.4 $23.34 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 15.19 1.2 14.55 1.3 23.34 4.5 White collar........................................................ 18.91 3.3 17.17 3.7 27.59 5.0 1....................................................... 8.14 6.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.21 3.5 8.80 4.8 10.64 1.8 3....................................................... 10.59 4.5 10.47 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 3.4 12.27 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.02 6.7 14.27 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.25 5.8 16.35 5.9 25.96 17.9 7....................................................... 19.05 6.3 18.09 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.06 4.6 22.80 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 31.90 3.3 26.13 4.7 39.08 1.6 10........................................................ 33.53 5.4 33.93 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 39.94 2.6 38.39 4.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.66 3.2 17.82 3.5 27.59 5.0 2....................................................... 9.87 5.3 9.51 7.5 10.64 1.8 3....................................................... 10.63 4.8 10.52 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 3.3 12.43 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.89 6.5 15.35 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.18 8.7 17.75 7.4 25.96 17.9 7....................................................... 19.05 6.3 18.09 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.62 3.4 22.22 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.90 3.3 26.13 4.7 39.08 1.6 10........................................................ 32.66 5.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.94 2.6 38.39 4.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.59 9.0 19.06 6.9 35.57 1.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.09 4.0 22.96 6.9 35.57 1.8 6....................................................... 31.64 4.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.95 5.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.04 2.2 25.19 2.9 40.44 1.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.56 2.9 30.56 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.17 2.1 30.17 2.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.05 10.8 21.38 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.08 1.3 21.08 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.78 7.9 – – 36.90 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.30 .3 – – 39.30 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.55 12.8 $26.86 14.5 $33.52 5.7 7....................................................... 20.62 7.6 20.62 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 27.87 15.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 41.84 2.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.15 13.9 30.64 17.2 33.52 5.7 9....................................................... 27.87 15.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 41.84 2.5 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.79 17.7 40.79 17.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.74 12.4 29.74 12.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.62 10.3 22.62 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 12.92 12.0 12.92 12.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.76 4.0 7.76 4.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.30 5.6 8.30 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.89 3.0 7.89 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.03 2.0 12.13 2.4 11.50 .8 2....................................................... 10.29 4.7 – – 10.64 1.8 3....................................................... 10.63 4.8 10.52 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.86 1.4 12.95 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.85 1.0 16.90 .8 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.09 3.8 13.37 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.31 2.2 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.28 1.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.24 3.4 13.19 3.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.91 8.6 11.91 8.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.79 4.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.04 .2 – – 11.04 .2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.15 1.5 14.13 1.5 15.66 .7 1....................................................... 10.18 9.3 10.18 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.72 1.2 10.64 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.98 3.5 13.95 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 2.6 14.94 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.21 3.5 16.24 3.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.19 6.7 19.25 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.24 3.0 20.24 3.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 17.95 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.70 6.3 16.89 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.62 1.9 16.81 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 20.05 3.9 20.14 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.25 3.2 20.25 3.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.42 4.2 18.42 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.04 8.0 15.04 8.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... $21.71 5.8 $21.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 1.9 13.72 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.94 12.0 10.94 12.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.57 2.1 10.57 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.41 4.7 14.41 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 4.0 14.67 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 4.0 15.46 4.0 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.23 27.1 10.23 27.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.27 13.5 12.27 13.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.58 4.8 11.58 4.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.62 2.1 12.62 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.44 2.0 12.44 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.34 .8 13.34 .8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.57 4.8 14.57 4.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.93 7.6 14.93 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 12.68 11.6 12.68 11.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.95 1.8 10.95 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.91 5.9 15.91 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.61 4.1 16.61 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.93 4.9 11.93 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.66 13.3 13.23 15.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.87 5.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.63 10.7 10.62 12.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.70 5.8 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.20 26.3 14.20 26.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.18 10.3 11.99 10.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 10.7 12.21 10.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 2.4 11.12 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.82 5.5 8.82 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.55 2.5 11.55 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.71 7.1 11.71 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 6.0 9.97 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.60 11.0 8.60 11.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 8.7 11.60 8.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.79 9.6 9.79 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.26 7.8 9.18 9.2 $14.99 5.1 1....................................................... 6.35 7.0 5.96 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.96 17.6 7.96 17.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.89 5.7 8.47 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.45 9.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.66 15.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.80 15.0 10.67 24.4 16.06 .6 Food service.................................................. $6.80 9.2 $6.59 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.56 5.9 5.56 5.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 5.2 4.09 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.38 9.0 8.18 9.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.87 .9 6.87 .9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.23 4.0 6.91 .3 – – Health service................................................ 9.62 3.1 9.49 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.63 3.1 9.49 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.79 22.1 12.66 31.6 $17.06 3.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.73 13.5 – – 17.06 3.6 Personal service.............................................. 9.07 8.0 8.78 8.0 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $15.55 1.2 $14.89 1.3 $25.19 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.57 1.2 14.90 1.3 25.19 3.7 White collar........................................................ 19.66 3.3 17.73 3.5 29.87 3.6 2....................................................... 9.59 1.2 9.55 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 5.0 10.71 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.23 3.7 12.25 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.41 7.3 14.55 7.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.25 5.8 16.35 5.9 25.96 17.9 7....................................................... 19.05 6.3 18.09 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.65 4.5 22.34 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.90 3.3 26.13 4.7 39.08 1.6 10........................................................ 33.53 5.4 33.93 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 39.94 2.6 38.39 4.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.17 3.2 18.11 3.4 29.87 3.6 2....................................................... 10.03 5.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.79 5.3 10.67 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.39 3.7 12.43 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.11 7.0 15.35 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.18 8.7 17.75 7.4 25.96 17.9 7....................................................... 19.05 6.3 18.09 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.07 2.7 21.60 2.8 – – 9....................................................... 31.90 3.3 26.13 4.7 39.08 1.6 10........................................................ 32.66 5.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.94 2.6 38.39 4.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.09 9.9 19.36 7.8 36.55 1.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 2.3 24.21 3.2 36.55 1.1 6....................................................... 31.64 4.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.82 1.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.04 2.2 25.19 2.9 40.44 1.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.56 2.9 30.56 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.17 2.1 30.17 2.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.49 11.3 20.65 1.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.08 1.3 21.08 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.93 1.9 – – 38.13 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.30 .3 – – 39.30 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.46 5.0 16.46 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.60 12.8 $26.91 14.5 $33.52 5.7 7....................................................... 20.62 7.6 20.62 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 27.87 15.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 41.84 2.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.25 13.9 30.75 17.2 33.52 5.7 9....................................................... 27.87 15.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 41.84 2.5 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.79 17.7 40.79 17.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.74 12.4 29.74 12.4 – – Management related............................................ 22.62 10.3 22.62 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 14.60 11.8 14.60 11.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 2.3 12.23 2.6 11.64 1.3 2....................................................... 10.03 5.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.79 5.3 10.67 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.90 1.6 13.00 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.85 1.0 16.90 .8 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.01 3.5 13.30 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.06 1.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.24 3.4 13.19 3.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.91 8.6 11.91 8.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.21 1.5 14.20 1.5 14.97 3.3 1....................................................... 10.39 9.7 10.39 9.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.70 1.2 10.67 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.98 3.6 13.98 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 2.6 14.94 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 16.21 3.5 16.24 3.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.19 6.7 19.25 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.24 3.0 20.24 3.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.99 2.6 18.09 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.70 6.3 16.89 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.62 1.9 16.81 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 20.05 3.9 20.14 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.25 3.2 20.25 3.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.42 4.2 18.42 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.04 8.0 15.04 8.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.71 5.8 21.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 1.9 13.72 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.94 12.0 10.94 12.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.57 2.1 10.57 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.41 4.7 14.41 4.7 – – 4....................................................... $14.67 4.0 $14.67 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 4.0 15.46 4.0 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 10.23 27.1 10.23 27.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 12.27 13.5 12.27 13.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.58 4.8 11.58 4.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.62 2.1 12.62 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.44 2.0 12.44 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.34 .8 13.34 .8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.57 4.8 14.57 4.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.93 7.6 14.93 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 12.68 11.6 12.68 11.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.95 1.8 10.95 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.91 5.9 15.91 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.61 4.1 16.61 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.93 4.9 11.93 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.42 15.7 13.30 16.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 12.8 10.62 12.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.70 5.8 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.20 26.3 14.20 26.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.18 10.3 11.99 10.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 10.7 12.21 10.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.49 2.7 11.49 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.18 6.1 9.18 6.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.59 2.7 11.59 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.13 7.8 12.13 7.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.63 5.5 11.63 5.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.60 8.7 11.60 8.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.79 9.6 9.79 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.96 8.0 10.82 10.8 $15.48 5.4 3....................................................... 8.63 6.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.53 9.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.66 15.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.31 13.8 – – 16.09 .6 Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ 9.63 3.1 9.49 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.64 3.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.23 24.0 13.02 34.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.86 14.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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................................................................... $8.51 5.4 $7.61 5.1 $12.75 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 8.65 5.5 7.64 5.5 12.75 1.8 White collar........................................................ 10.00 8.5 9.56 11.2 11.22 .6 2....................................................... 8.45 8.6 6.78 2.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.29 10.5 11.33 18.1 11.22 .6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. – – – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.45 10.3 7.45 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.90 4.0 10.65 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.71 5.7 8.22 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.31 2.5 7.31 2.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.31 1.7 7.31 1.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.31 2.5 7.31 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.26 2.0 7.26 2.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.42 4.7 6.23 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.51 6.2 5.49 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.24 9.7 6.24 9.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.94 3.3 5.71 3.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.49 6.4 5.49 6.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.09 5.2 4.09 5.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.56 6.5 7.28 4.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.26 4.3 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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....................................................... $15.55 $8.51 $18.68 $14.61 $14.82 $16.54 All excluding sales............................................. 15.57 8.65 18.97 14.65 14.86 16.74 White collar........................................................ 19.66 10.00 29.58 17.76 19.09 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.17 11.29 32.89 18.29 19.66 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.09 – 36.09 20.32 23.59 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 – 36.09 25.03 29.09 – Technical....................................................... 16.46 – – 16.46 16.46 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.60 – – 27.55 27.55 – Sales............................................................. 14.60 7.45 – 13.41 13.30 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 10.90 – 11.98 12.03 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.21 10.71 15.70 13.87 13.18 16.80 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.99 – 19.41 17.43 17.77 18.29 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 – 14.16 13.65 12.06 17.03 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.42 – 21.78 11.93 14.78 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.49 7.31 11.82 11.03 11.12 – Service............................................................. 11.96 6.42 16.00 9.96 10.27 – 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....................................................... 1.2 5.4 2.9 1.3 1.9 5.5 All excluding sales............................................. 1.2 5.5 2.1 1.3 1.7 5.8 White collar........................................................ 3.3 8.5 8.7 3.9 3.3 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 10.5 5.5 3.9 3.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.9 – 1.0 8.6 9.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.3 – 1.0 7.6 4.0 – Technical....................................................... 5.0 – – 5.0 5.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.8 – – 12.8 12.8 – Sales............................................................. 11.8 10.3 – 12.8 16.1 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 4.0 – 2.3 2.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 5.7 4.1 1.9 1.3 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 – 3.5 2.2 3.7 8.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.9 – 6.0 2.9 1.0 5.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.7 – 8.8 5.7 8.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.7 1.7 9.2 2.4 2.4 – Service............................................................. 8.0 4.7 12.6 7.8 7.9 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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....................................................... $14.50 $15.03 – – $15.01 $12.85 $18.84 $11.07 – $13.31 All excluding sales............................................. 14.55 14.94 – – 14.93 13.20 18.84 11.67 – 13.31 White collar........................................................ 17.17 19.77 – – 19.77 14.90 – 12.80 – 16.05 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.82 19.58 – – 19.58 16.08 – 18.03 – 16.05 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.06 24.85 – – 24.74 17.28 – – – 17.28 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.96 31.62 – – 31.50 19.88 – – – 19.88 Technical....................................................... 16.46 19.37 – – 19.37 – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.86 29.46 – – 29.49 22.39 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.92 22.29 – – 22.29 9.77 – 9.77 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.13 12.95 – – 12.93 10.66 – – – 10.49 Blue collar......................................................... 14.13 14.14 – – 14.13 13.98 – 11.57 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.95 17.91 – – 17.91 18.32 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 13.75 – – 13.75 – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 12.42 – – 12.08 – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 11.51 – – 11.50 8.76 – 8.60 – – Service............................................................. 9.18 – – – – 8.36 – 7.07 – 8.57 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....................................................... 1.4 1.2 – – 1.2 5.8 28.3 11.8 – 5.3 All excluding sales............................................. 1.3 1.1 – – 1.1 5.9 28.3 15.3 – 5.3 White collar........................................................ 3.7 2.4 – – 2.4 6.0 – 10.5 – 6.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 2.8 – – 2.8 6.0 – 9.2 – 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.9 2.7 – – 2.7 5.1 – – – 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 .4 – – .3 8.2 – – – 8.2 Technical....................................................... 5.0 11.2 – – 11.2 – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14.5 16.9 – – 17.0 2.7 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.0 18.6 – – 18.6 8.8 – 8.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 4.4 – – 4.5 3.2 – – – 3.8 Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 1.3 – – 1.3 15.8 – 11.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 2.6 – – 2.6 10.3 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.9 2.0 – – 2.0 – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.9 2.3 – – 2.5 – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.4 2.8 – – 2.8 6.0 – 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 9.2 – – – – 5.5 – 14.0 – 3.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 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....................................................... $14.50 $12.27 $15.21 $14.45 $16.76 All excluding sales............................................. 14.55 12.51 15.16 14.36 16.76 White collar........................................................ 17.17 14.31 18.36 18.77 17.67 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.82 16.07 18.40 18.88 17.67 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.06 – 20.49 20.45 20.52 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.96 – 22.65 23.44 21.99 Technical....................................................... 16.46 – 17.37 16.74 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.86 24.14 27.22 28.48 24.28 Sales............................................................. 12.92 9.64 17.92 17.92 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.13 13.48 11.72 11.67 11.80 Blue collar......................................................... 14.13 11.99 14.75 13.73 16.84 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.95 18.17 17.88 17.14 20.02 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.72 10.94 14.58 13.17 16.88 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 – 13.84 14.58 11.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.12 8.98 11.57 11.56 – Service............................................................. 9.18 6.19 10.05 9.57 11.65 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....................................................... 1.4 5.8 1.2 2.7 0.8 All excluding sales............................................. 1.3 5.7 1.2 2.6 .8 White collar........................................................ 3.7 6.5 3.7 4.9 4.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 5.0 3.8 5.1 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.9 – 4.2 5.0 6.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 – 6.8 14.5 2.9 Technical....................................................... 5.0 – 8.3 3.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14.5 19.5 17.3 24.4 5.0 Sales............................................................. 12.0 11.1 18.2 18.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 5.5 2.7 3.5 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 5.4 1.9 2.1 1.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 5.4 3.2 1.7 9.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.9 5.9 2.5 1.9 .5 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.9 – 10.8 14.6 3.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.4 8.6 2.3 2.1 – Service............................................................. 9.2 11.2 8.1 9.0 19.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.20 $13.20 $17.47 $24.46 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.27 13.25 17.55 24.46 White collar.................................... 9.00 10.78 15.30 23.35 34.55 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 11.33 16.04 24.47 34.55 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.95 15.28 20.42 29.59 41.00 Professional specialty...................... 14.70 20.30 28.46 37.10 48.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.41 28.75 30.73 31.96 33.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 18.00 19.53 20.38 24.47 45.68 Registered nurses....................... 18.07 19.57 20.30 22.50 24.50 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 11.14 28.46 33.80 44.52 51.38 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.46 30.50 37.38 50.82 51.94 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 9.53 12.35 15.60 19.61 25.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.76 20.08 24.70 32.31 42.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.00 22.63 25.40 36.92 46.90 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 26.00 32.19 35.64 40.88 79.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.50 22.50 22.63 42.40 48.08 Management related........................ 14.66 18.55 20.67 24.83 34.55 Sales......................................... 6.50 8.25 9.70 14.50 24.08 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.15 8.25 8.25 11.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.00 11.33 13.83 15.86 Secretaries............................. 9.97 11.51 12.64 14.19 16.73 Receptionists........................... 9.22 10.25 10.50 10.78 10.83 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 11.33 13.74 14.85 15.42 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 10.00 12.52 14.08 14.40 General office clerks................... 8.36 9.22 9.75 11.16 17.40 Teachers' aides......................... 9.07 9.76 10.88 12.12 13.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.69 10.63 13.11 16.22 21.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.08 15.36 17.88 21.08 23.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.60 15.65 17.94 20.00 22.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.25 11.49 14.50 18.25 18.25 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 17.00 20.67 25.96 31.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.74 10.61 12.92 15.10 21.09 Punching and stamping press operators... 5.50 5.75 11.12 13.51 14.46 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 9.67 11.18 16.17 16.17 Molding and casting machine operators... $10.20 $10.61 $11.49 $13.11 $13.11 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.97 11.82 12.41 13.51 14.50 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.95 15.06 15.58 21.53 Assemblers.............................. 8.69 10.60 13.25 17.00 24.33 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.14 9.78 10.95 14.65 14.65 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.82 12.00 16.20 24.46 Truck drivers........................... 5.55 11.00 12.85 17.42 24.46 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 10.70 11.50 13.50 15.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.55 8.50 11.00 13.00 15.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.19 10.17 11.58 15.07 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.67 11.48 13.00 13.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.23 9.12 11.00 12.75 Service......................................... 6.05 7.01 9.00 11.19 18.31 Protective service........................ 6.30 8.00 11.42 16.90 20.78 Food service.............................. 2.59 4.00 6.81 9.20 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.26 2.49 3.25 5.75 7.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 6.61 7.65 10.00 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.35 6.50 6.81 7.50 9.20 Health service............................ 8.09 8.90 9.40 10.32 11.42 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.09 8.90 9.43 10.35 11.42 Cleaning and building service............. 6.05 7.12 13.41 19.31 26.22 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.05 9.48 14.22 18.31 20.40 Personal service.......................... 7.70 7.70 8.50 10.50 11.19 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.02 $13.00 $17.00 $23.35 All excluding sales........................... 8.30 10.18 13.07 17.13 23.35 White collar.................................... 9.00 10.45 14.53 21.01 27.32 White collar excluding sales................ 9.41 10.97 15.49 22.50 28.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.79 14.25 19.15 23.35 27.57 Professional specialty...................... 13.90 19.57 23.05 27.41 32.97 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.41 28.75 30.73 31.96 33.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.88 19.15 20.30 22.50 25.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.07 19.57 20.30 22.50 24.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.53 12.35 15.60 19.61 25.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.20 20.00 24.04 32.19 40.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.00 22.50 25.25 36.92 42.91 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 26.00 32.19 35.64 40.88 79.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.50 22.50 22.63 42.40 48.08 Management related........................ 14.66 18.55 20.67 24.83 34.55 Sales......................................... 6.50 8.25 9.70 14.50 24.08 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.15 8.25 8.25 11.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.00 11.33 14.08 16.73 Secretaries............................. 9.85 11.51 13.62 15.25 18.32 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 11.33 13.70 14.85 15.42 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 10.00 12.52 14.08 14.40 Blue collar..................................... 8.69 10.61 13.10 16.19 21.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.08 15.36 18.01 21.08 23.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.60 15.65 17.94 20.00 22.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.25 11.49 14.50 18.25 18.25 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 17.00 20.67 25.96 31.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.74 10.61 12.92 15.10 21.09 Punching and stamping press operators... 5.50 5.75 11.12 13.51 14.46 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 9.67 11.18 16.17 16.17 Molding and casting machine operators... 10.20 10.61 11.49 13.11 13.11 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.97 11.82 12.41 13.51 14.50 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.95 15.06 15.58 21.53 Assemblers.............................. 8.69 10.60 13.25 17.00 24.33 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $8.14 $9.78 $10.95 $14.65 $14.65 Transportation and material moving............ 8.95 10.70 12.00 13.89 24.46 Truck drivers........................... 5.55 11.00 12.85 17.42 24.46 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 10.52 11.02 12.75 16.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.55 8.50 11.00 13.00 15.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.19 10.17 11.58 15.07 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.67 11.48 13.00 13.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.23 9.12 11.00 12.75 Service......................................... 5.75 6.81 8.09 10.00 13.41 Protective service........................ 6.05 7.50 8.15 10.25 21.14 Food service.............................. 2.49 3.50 6.65 8.00 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.26 2.49 3.25 5.75 7.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 6.61 7.25 10.00 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.35 6.50 6.81 7.01 7.82 Health service............................ 8.00 8.81 9.37 10.12 11.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.81 9.39 10.12 11.31 Cleaning and building service............. 6.05 6.92 9.48 15.52 26.22 Personal service.......................... 7.70 7.70 7.70 9.71 10.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.36 $12.34 $17.21 $32.31 $45.68 All excluding sales........................... 10.36 12.34 17.21 32.31 45.68 White collar.................................... 10.30 12.64 28.72 40.20 50.82 White collar excluding sales................ 10.30 12.64 28.72 40.20 50.82 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.40 28.72 35.69 45.68 51.38 Professional specialty...................... 15.40 28.72 35.69 45.68 51.38 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 25.80 29.74 36.38 48.06 51.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.46 30.50 37.38 50.82 51.94 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 25.13 25.13 32.31 43.10 49.74 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.13 25.13 32.31 43.10 49.74 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.18 9.90 11.36 12.76 13.80 Teachers' aides......................... 9.07 9.76 10.88 12.12 13.83 Blue collar..................................... 10.84 15.41 15.85 17.11 17.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Service......................................... 10.32 11.19 16.12 17.56 19.31 Protective service........................ 11.42 16.12 16.27 17.45 19.19 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 14.13 14.43 18.31 19.75 20.40 Janitors and cleaners................... 14.13 14.43 18.31 19.75 20.40 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.92 $10.55 $13.50 $18.07 $24.70 All excluding sales........................... 8.95 10.61 13.51 18.12 24.70 White collar.................................... 9.45 11.33 16.11 24.47 34.55 White collar excluding sales................ 9.79 11.51 17.31 24.94 34.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.50 15.60 21.50 29.74 41.50 Professional specialty...................... 18.71 21.96 28.75 37.11 49.32 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.41 28.75 30.73 31.96 33.69 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.00 19.53 20.38 24.00 45.68 Registered nurses....................... 18.07 19.57 20.30 22.50 24.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 28.17 30.11 36.51 48.61 51.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.46 30.50 37.38 50.82 51.94 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.53 12.35 15.60 19.61 25.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.76 20.08 24.70 32.31 42.40 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.00 22.63 25.40 37.68 47.17 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 26.00 32.19 35.64 40.88 79.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.50 22.50 22.63 42.40 48.08 Management related........................ 14.66 18.55 20.67 24.83 34.55 Sales......................................... 8.25 8.25 11.25 17.31 25.86 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.04 11.50 14.08 16.25 Secretaries............................. 9.85 11.51 12.64 13.62 16.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 11.33 13.74 14.85 15.42 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 10.00 12.52 14.08 14.40 Blue collar..................................... 8.81 10.70 13.11 16.26 21.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.25 15.38 17.95 21.08 23.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.60 15.65 17.94 20.00 22.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.25 11.49 14.50 18.25 18.25 Supervisors, production................. 14.50 17.00 20.67 25.96 31.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.74 10.61 12.92 15.10 21.09 Punching and stamping press operators... 5.50 5.75 11.12 13.51 14.46 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 9.67 11.18 16.17 16.17 Molding and casting machine operators... 10.20 10.61 11.49 13.11 13.11 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.97 11.82 12.41 13.51 14.50 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.95 15.06 15.58 21.53 Assemblers.............................. 8.69 10.60 13.25 17.00 24.33 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $8.14 $9.78 $10.95 $14.65 $14.65 Transportation and material moving............ 8.95 10.70 12.00 15.00 24.46 Truck drivers........................... 5.55 11.00 12.85 17.42 24.46 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.80 10.70 11.50 13.50 15.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.00 11.30 13.51 15.07 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 10.17 11.58 14.28 15.07 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.67 11.48 13.00 13.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 8.23 9.12 11.00 12.75 Service......................................... 7.40 8.30 10.00 14.43 19.75 Protective service........................ 8.00 9.00 16.12 17.50 20.96 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 8.09 8.90 9.40 10.32 11.42 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.09 8.90 9.43 10.35 11.42 Cleaning and building service............. $6.05 $7.12 $14.18 $19.75 $26.22 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.05 10.00 14.23 19.06 20.40 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $3.50 $6.50 $7.25 $10.00 $12.48 All excluding sales........................... 3.25 6.40 7.50 10.84 13.71 White collar.................................... 6.05 6.90 9.40 11.30 13.07 White collar excluding sales................ 6.30 8.25 11.08 12.08 14.19 Professional specialty and technical.......... - - - - - Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 9.50 11.18 12.10 14.03 Blue collar..................................... 6.50 7.00 8.74 16.19 17.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.60 8.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.55 8.70 Service......................................... 2.69 5.30 6.61 7.75 9.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.39 3.25 6.50 7.01 9.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.26 2.49 3.25 5.75 7.00 Other food service....................... 6.35 6.50 6.85 7.75 10.24 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.35 6.50 6.81 7.72 9.20 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 65,000 58,900 6,100 All excluding sales............................................. 62,800 56,700 6,100 White collar........................................................ 19,100 14,900 4,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16,900 12,600 4,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7,300 4,600 2,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 4,800 2,100 2,700 Technical....................................................... - - – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2,900 2,600 300 Sales............................................................. 2,200 2,200 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6,700 5,400 1,300 Blue collar......................................................... 38,400 37,700 700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,100 5,900 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,800 25,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,500 2,000 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3,900 3,900 – Service............................................................. 7,500 6,400 1,200 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.