NC BL 05/00/2004 Table: Springfield, MO, Bulletin 3120-61, 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................. $15.96 5.7 36.6 $15.33 7.2 36.5 $19.33 3.4 36.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.94 7.9 36.2 16.87 10.2 36.2 21.96 2.8 36.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.66 13.1 36.4 23.61 22.1 37.7 23.74 3.8 34.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.90 3.1 41.1 24.44 3.8 41.2 31.21 4.0 40.8 Sales............................................................. 13.97 14.0 31.9 13.97 14.0 31.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.32 3.7 37.6 11.33 4.3 37.4 11.30 3.8 38.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.54 9.8 38.5 15.54 10.5 38.6 15.49 3.2 37.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.72 3.8 38.7 16.46 4.4 38.6 19.64 2.2 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.35 2.2 39.8 13.35 2.2 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.91 18.1 40.6 20.47 17.2 41.5 11.01 5.6 30.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.57 5.3 34.1 11.19 6.3 33.2 13.68 5.2 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.34 4.3 33.2 8.41 2.8 32.0 12.61 6.5 38.1 Full time........................................................... 16.76 5.6 40.0 16.18 7.1 40.1 19.58 3.4 39.1 Part time........................................................... 7.96 4.4 19.8 7.84 4.6 20.5 10.29 6.1 11.7 Union............................................................... 17.94 12.5 38.2 18.16 14.0 38.0 16.47 4.2 39.9 Nonunion............................................................ 15.55 5.3 36.2 14.72 6.5 36.2 19.82 3.9 36.3 Time................................................................ 15.73 5.4 36.3 15.01 6.8 36.3 19.33 3.4 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 19.75 9.7 40.7 19.75 9.7 40.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.40 2.7 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.30 10.3 35.3 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.70 8.9 31.9 12.68 9.0 31.9 14.86 10.7 32.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.49 8.6 37.1 15.34 9.9 37.3 16.80 1.2 35.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.63 8.6 37.9 16.58 12.0 38.1 20.44 5.1 37.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $15.96 5.7 $15.33 7.2 $19.33 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.21 5.6 15.54 7.3 19.33 3.4 White collar........................................................ 17.94 7.9 16.87 10.2 21.96 2.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.07 9.4 18.00 13.1 21.96 2.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.66 13.1 23.61 22.1 23.74 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.42 12.8 28.97 23.6 24.04 3.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.77 6.4 28.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.25 30.2 32.60 31.6 17.87 1.9 Registered nurses........................................... 20.89 1.9 20.98 2.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.79 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.01 4.0 – – 25.06 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.93 4.1 – – 25.93 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.52 1.8 – – 25.52 1.8 Teachers, special education................................. 25.43 9.8 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 9.53 2.4 – – 9.53 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.37 7.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.77 3.8 15.53 4.8 18.46 5.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.96 2.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.90 3.1 24.44 3.8 31.21 4.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.06 2.0 27.02 3.1 35.84 3.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.93 3.7 – – 35.47 4.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.40 6.4 27.46 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.34 6.7 20.91 7.9 23.17 10.2 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 11.6 22.99 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.97 14.0 13.97 14.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.86 21.6 21.86 21.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.09 22.9 14.09 22.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.08 10.5 22.08 10.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.79 3.1 9.79 3.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.25 2.2 7.25 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.32 3.7 11.33 4.3 11.30 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 12.47 6.2 12.78 8.7 12.12 10.1 Receptionists............................................... 8.64 4.0 8.64 4.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.03 4.0 11.00 4.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.82 3.4 10.82 3.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $10.55 13.3 $9.75 13.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.00 14.5 12.00 14.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.44 6.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 8.96 7.4 – – $8.96 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.54 9.8 15.54 10.5 15.49 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.72 3.8 16.46 4.4 19.64 2.2 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.05 4.4 18.05 4.4 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.35 3.0 13.35 3.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.29 7.2 19.29 7.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.60 8.6 10.60 8.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 2.2 13.35 2.2 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 10.2 11.95 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.59 8.7 13.59 8.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 6.9 12.98 6.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.34 7.2 15.34 7.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 13.88 3.9 13.88 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.91 18.1 20.47 17.2 11.01 5.6 Truck drivers............................................... 15.53 11.9 16.26 11.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.09 3.7 11.09 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.57 5.3 11.19 6.3 13.68 5.2 Construction laborers....................................... 13.68 4.9 – – 11.69 1.4 Production helpers.......................................... 9.58 6.1 9.58 6.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.92 5.2 7.92 5.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.05 5.7 9.05 5.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.16 10.9 13.21 12.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.34 4.3 8.41 2.8 12.61 6.5 Protective service............................................ 13.44 8.7 – – 15.67 3.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.21 1.1 – – 16.21 1.1 Food service.................................................. 7.47 3.8 7.46 3.9 7.59 6.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.06 20.6 4.06 20.6 – – Other food service........................................... 7.73 5.6 7.74 5.9 7.59 6.5 Cooks....................................................... 8.82 7.8 – – 7.59 6.5 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.03 7.1 8.03 7.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.04 3.1 9.01 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.75 6.5 8.75 6.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.91 5.7 8.87 7.1 11.10 3.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 5.7 8.98 7.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.45 5.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $16.76 5.6 $16.18 7.1 $19.58 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.83 5.7 16.20 7.4 19.58 3.4 White collar........................................................ 18.94 8.6 17.98 11.3 22.21 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.63 10.1 18.61 14.3 22.21 2.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.25 14.1 24.40 24.2 24.03 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.83 12.8 29.51 23.7 24.35 3.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.77 6.4 28.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.23 30.8 33.56 32.1 18.73 1.5 Registered nurses........................................... 21.26 .6 21.38 .5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.83 2.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.53 4.1 – – 25.53 4.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.93 4.1 – – 25.93 4.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.52 1.8 – – 25.52 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.37 7.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.18 1.4 15.94 1.9 18.46 5.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.96 2.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.89 3.0 24.44 3.8 31.21 4.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.05 2.0 27.01 3.1 35.84 3.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.93 3.7 – – 35.47 4.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.40 6.4 27.46 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.34 6.7 20.91 7.9 23.17 10.2 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 11.6 22.99 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 16.04 11.6 16.04 11.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.86 21.6 21.86 21.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.49 26.4 15.49 26.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.08 10.5 22.08 10.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.67 3.1 7.67 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.61 4.0 11.65 4.8 11.38 3.9 Secretaries................................................. 12.47 6.2 12.78 8.7 12.12 10.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.03 4.0 11.00 4.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.82 3.4 10.82 3.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.00 14.5 12.00 14.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.50 7.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 8.96 7.4 – – 8.96 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... $15.79 9.7 $15.80 10.4 $15.64 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.74 3.9 16.49 4.5 19.64 2.2 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.05 4.4 18.05 4.4 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.35 3.0 13.35 3.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.29 7.2 19.29 7.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.60 8.6 10.60 8.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 2.2 13.35 2.2 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 10.2 11.95 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.59 8.7 13.59 8.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 6.9 12.98 6.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.34 7.2 15.34 7.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 13.88 3.9 13.88 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.03 18.1 20.50 17.3 10.86 6.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.55 12.1 16.30 11.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.09 3.7 11.09 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 5.3 12.12 6.3 13.68 5.2 Construction laborers....................................... 13.68 4.9 – – 11.69 1.4 Production helpers.......................................... 9.78 5.3 9.78 5.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.17 6.6 9.17 6.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.17 9.0 14.40 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 10.09 3.5 9.06 1.2 12.79 6.1 Protective service............................................ 14.00 8.7 – – 15.73 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.21 1.1 – – 16.21 1.1 Food service.................................................. 8.32 3.2 8.33 3.3 7.95 3.3 Other food service........................................... 8.43 2.7 8.45 2.8 7.95 3.3 Cooks....................................................... 9.04 7.8 – – 7.95 3.3 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.51 4.9 8.51 4.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.25 6.4 9.25 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.91 5.7 8.87 7.1 11.10 3.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 5.7 8.98 7.0 – – 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $7.96 4.4 $7.84 4.6 $10.29 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 8.36 4.8 8.22 5.1 10.29 6.1 White collar........................................................ 8.49 5.5 8.38 5.8 10.67 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.20 10.7 10.15 11.9 10.67 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.98 11.4 – – 11.55 7.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 13.51 12.0 – – 11.55 7.6 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 9.87 1.9 – – 9.74 1.8 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.53 2.4 – – 9.53 2.4 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.94 4.2 6.94 4.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.70 2.9 7.70 2.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.83 1.8 6.83 1.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.45 9.3 8.45 9.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.52 9.8 8.28 10.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.20 8.4 7.20 8.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.50 5.7 6.50 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 6.84 2.9 6.77 2.6 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.18 5.3 6.15 6.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.36 16.8 4.36 16.8 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 3.9 6.49 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 7.80 5.5 7.80 5.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.80 5.5 7.80 5.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.93 8.5 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $669 6.0 40.0 $649 7.6 40.1 $766 3.2 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 672 6.1 39.9 650 7.9 40.1 766 3.2 39.1 White collar........................................................ 757 8.9 40.0 725 11.8 40.3 861 2.5 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 784 10.3 39.9 753 14.7 40.4 861 2.5 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 955 14.5 39.4 983 25.4 40.3 917 3.0 38.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,053 13.6 39.2 1,199 25.2 40.6 927 2.9 38.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,208 6.9 42.0 1,208 6.9 42.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,317 32.9 40.9 1,375 34.4 41.0 744 1.0 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 850 .7 40.0 855 .6 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 982 2.7 39.5 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 938 3.3 36.8 – – – 938 3.3 36.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 954 2.8 36.8 – – – 954 2.8 36.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 934 .8 36.6 – – – 934 .8 36.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 575 7.5 40.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 644 1.5 39.8 634 2.1 39.8 734 5.8 39.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 557 2.0 39.9 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,066 2.3 41.2 1,009 3.0 41.3 1,273 3.8 40.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,195 1.3 41.1 1,110 2.1 41.1 1,479 3.1 41.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,399 2.5 38.9 – – – 1,368 .7 38.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,189 3.0 43.4 1,161 3.6 42.3 – – – Management related............................................ 880 6.5 41.2 869 7.6 41.5 927 10.2 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 905 11.4 39.5 907 11.5 39.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 642 13.0 40.1 642 13.0 40.1 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 932 24.2 42.7 932 24.2 42.7 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 605 29.8 39.0 605 29.8 39.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 893 10.7 40.4 893 10.7 40.4 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 304 3.1 39.6 304 3.1 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 465 4.7 40.0 468 5.5 40.2 448 4.3 39.4 Secretaries................................................. 490 6.8 39.3 494 10.0 38.7 485 10.1 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 441 4.0 40.0 440 4.0 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 438 3.3 40.5 438 3.3 40.5 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... $480 14.5 40.0 $480 14.5 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 380 7.8 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 329 7.7 36.7 – – – $329 7.7 36.7 Blue collar......................................................... 633 10.4 40.1 634 11.1 40.2 610 3.4 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 663 4.0 39.6 653 4.6 39.6 786 2.2 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 710 4.1 39.3 710 4.1 39.3 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 527 2.4 39.5 527 2.4 39.5 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 784 5.7 40.6 784 5.7 40.6 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 384 10.5 36.3 384 10.5 36.3 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 532 2.2 39.8 532 2.2 39.8 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 478 10.2 40.0 478 10.2 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 543 8.7 40.0 543 8.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 513 5.6 39.6 513 5.6 39.6 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 614 7.2 40.0 614 7.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 484 3.8 39.9 484 3.8 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 555 3.9 40.0 555 3.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 826 20.0 41.2 853 18.8 41.6 376 12.6 34.7 Truck drivers............................................... 707 19.6 45.4 756 19.8 46.4 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 443 3.6 39.9 443 3.6 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 495 5.4 39.9 483 6.5 39.9 547 5.2 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 547 4.9 40.0 – – – 468 1.4 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 387 4.4 39.6 387 4.4 39.6 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 363 5.9 39.6 363 5.9 39.6 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 567 9.0 40.0 576 10.0 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 398 3.7 39.4 354 1.6 39.0 519 5.9 40.6 Protective service............................................ 580 8.9 41.4 – – – 663 2.8 42.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 649 .9 40.1 – – – 649 .9 40.1 Food service.................................................. 319 4.4 38.3 321 4.5 38.5 282 5.6 35.5 Other food service........................................... 323 3.6 38.3 325 3.7 38.4 282 5.6 35.5 Cooks....................................................... 352 8.4 39.0 – – – 282 5.6 35.5 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 334 6.3 39.2 334 6.3 39.2 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 361 8.3 39.0 361 8.3 39.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 390 5.8 39.3 343 5.7 38.7 444 3.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 392 5.9 39.3 347 5.6 38.7 – – – 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $33,729 6.0 2,013 $33,517 7.6 2,071 $34,619 3.2 1,768 All excluding sales............................................... 33,781 6.1 2,007 33,555 7.9 2,071 34,619 3.2 1,768 White collar........................................................ 37,475 8.9 1,978 37,519 11.8 2,087 37,356 2.5 1,682 White collar excluding sales.................................... 38,417 10.3 1,958 38,935 14.7 2,092 37,356 2.5 1,682 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,271 14.5 1,826 50,405 25.4 2,066 37,756 3.0 1,571 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,235 13.6 1,761 60,911 25.2 2,064 37,772 2.9 1,551 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 62,799 6.9 2,183 62,799 6.9 2,183 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 68,320 32.9 2,119 71,520 34.4 2,131 37,593 1.0 2,007 Registered nurses........................................... 44,133 .7 2,075 44,439 .6 2,078 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40,446 2.7 1,629 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34,767 3.3 1,362 – – – 34,767 3.3 1,362 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35,308 2.8 1,362 – – – 35,308 2.8 1,362 Secondary school teachers................................... 34,332 .8 1,345 – – – 34,332 .8 1,345 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 29,892 7.5 2,080 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 33,406 1.5 2,064 32,984 2.1 2,069 37,386 5.8 2,025 Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,719 2.0 2,057 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,812 2.3 2,117 52,467 3.0 2,147 62,839 3.8 2,013 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 60,950 1.3 2,098 57,730 2.1 2,137 70,847 3.1 1,977 Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,483 2.5 1,795 – – – 60,857 .7 1,716 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 61,804 3.0 2,255 60,362 3.6 2,198 – – – Management related............................................ 45,775 6.5 2,145 45,178 7.6 2,161 48,199 10.2 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 47,040 11.4 2,053 47,174 11.5 2,052 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,218 13.0 2,071 33,218 13.0 2,071 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 48,486 24.2 2,218 48,486 24.2 2,218 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 31,434 29.8 2,029 31,434 29.8 2,029 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 46,434 10.7 2,103 46,434 10.7 2,103 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 14,875 3.1 1,938 14,875 3.1 1,938 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 23,823 4.7 2,053 24,336 5.5 2,089 21,402 4.3 1,881 Secretaries................................................. 25,222 6.8 2,023 25,708 10.0 2,011 24,668 10.1 2,036 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,944 4.0 2,081 22,883 4.0 2,081 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 22,781 3.3 2,105 22,781 3.3 2,105 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... $24,965 14.5 2,080 $24,965 14.5 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 19,759 7.8 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11,967 7.7 1,335 – – – $11,967 7.7 1,335 Blue collar......................................................... 32,523 10.4 2,059 32,696 11.1 2,069 30,170 3.4 1,928 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 33,999 4.0 2,031 33,415 4.6 2,026 40,854 2.2 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 36,899 4.1 2,045 36,899 4.1 2,045 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 27,378 2.4 2,051 27,378 2.4 2,051 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 40,642 5.7 2,107 40,642 5.7 2,107 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 19,977 10.5 1,885 19,977 10.5 1,885 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,614 2.2 2,069 27,614 2.2 2,069 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 24,865 10.2 2,080 24,865 10.2 2,080 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 28,257 8.7 2,080 28,257 8.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,696 5.6 2,057 26,696 5.6 2,057 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 31,861 7.2 2,076 31,861 7.2 2,076 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,132 3.8 2,071 25,132 3.8 2,071 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 28,566 3.9 2,058 28,566 3.9 2,058 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 42,271 20.0 2,111 44,377 18.8 2,165 15,386 12.6 1,417 Truck drivers............................................... 35,585 19.6 2,288 39,314 19.8 2,412 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,033 3.6 2,076 23,033 3.6 2,076 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,196 5.4 2,031 24,498 6.5 2,020 28,450 5.2 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 25,562 4.9 1,868 – – – 24,321 1.4 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 20,120 4.4 2,057 20,120 4.4 2,057 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 18,868 5.9 2,057 18,868 5.9 2,057 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 29,477 9.0 2,080 29,957 10.0 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 20,297 3.7 2,012 18,199 1.6 2,008 25,879 5.9 2,023 Protective service............................................ 30,134 8.9 2,152 – – – 34,495 2.8 2,194 Police and detectives, public service....................... 33,774 .9 2,083 – – – 33,774 .9 2,083 Food service.................................................. 15,775 4.4 1,897 16,187 4.5 1,942 10,161 5.6 1,278 Other food service........................................... 15,961 3.6 1,894 16,395 3.7 1,940 10,161 5.6 1,278 Cooks....................................................... 16,596 8.4 1,835 – – – 10,161 5.6 1,278 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 17,357 6.3 2,040 17,357 6.3 2,040 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,788 8.3 2,031 18,788 8.3 2,031 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,255 5.8 2,044 17,861 5.7 2,014 23,096 3.4 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,403 5.9 2,043 18,051 5.6 2,011 – – – 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $15.96 5.7 $15.33 7.2 $19.33 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.21 5.6 15.54 7.3 19.33 3.4 White collar........................................................ 17.94 7.9 16.87 10.2 21.96 2.8 1....................................................... 7.06 7.3 7.03 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.39 6.2 8.42 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.72 4.0 8.72 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.14 2.3 11.18 2.3 10.93 9.0 5....................................................... 14.76 2.0 14.90 2.0 14.27 5.3 6....................................................... 17.04 4.6 16.11 4.8 18.67 10.5 7....................................................... 18.44 4.1 18.40 4.6 18.73 7.5 8....................................................... 23.77 5.4 23.23 9.1 24.11 6.9 9....................................................... 24.73 2.1 24.85 2.3 24.02 2.9 10........................................................ 35.74 7.9 37.10 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.6 32.58 10.0 30.71 8.3 12........................................................ 41.26 7.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.15 6.0 17.87 6.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.07 9.4 18.00 13.1 21.96 2.8 1....................................................... 7.92 6.3 7.87 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.86 9.2 8.93 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.46 4.8 9.48 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.36 3.1 11.48 3.4 10.93 9.0 5....................................................... 13.83 1.9 13.64 1.8 14.27 5.3 6....................................................... 16.86 5.1 15.51 6.4 18.67 10.5 7....................................................... 18.60 4.4 18.58 5.0 18.73 7.5 8....................................................... 23.48 5.3 21.83 2.5 24.11 6.9 9....................................................... 24.73 2.1 24.86 2.3 24.02 2.9 10........................................................ 29.94 6.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.6 32.58 10.0 30.71 8.3 12........................................................ 41.26 7.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.00 7.5 17.65 8.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.66 13.1 23.61 22.1 23.74 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.42 12.8 28.97 23.6 24.04 3.7 5....................................................... 15.86 4.6 – – 19.95 3.3 6....................................................... 18.98 11.4 – – 20.30 12.4 7....................................................... 20.80 2.8 – – 20.40 9.2 8....................................................... 23.84 6.1 22.43 2.1 24.22 7.4 9....................................................... 22.29 3.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.54 8.3 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.77 6.4 28.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.25 30.2 32.60 31.6 17.87 1.9 Registered nurses........................................... 20.89 1.9 20.98 2.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.79 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $25.01 4.0 – – $25.06 4.0 5....................................................... 17.91 6.8 – – 18.34 6.1 6....................................................... 24.02 1.5 – – 24.02 1.5 7....................................................... 23.89 6.5 – – 23.89 6.5 8....................................................... 25.92 4.8 – – 25.92 4.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.93 4.1 – – 25.93 4.1 6....................................................... 25.29 1.9 – – 25.29 1.9 8....................................................... 26.34 4.2 – – 26.34 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.52 1.8 – – 25.52 1.8 6....................................................... 23.63 .9 – – 23.63 .9 8....................................................... 26.58 1.9 – – 26.58 1.9 Teachers, special education................................. 25.43 9.8 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 9.53 2.4 – – 9.53 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.37 7.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.77 3.8 $15.53 4.8 18.46 5.9 4....................................................... 12.38 7.6 12.19 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.88 2.0 13.88 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.96 2.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.90 3.1 24.44 3.8 31.21 4.0 7....................................................... 18.89 8.5 18.89 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.35 8.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.99 3.4 27.05 3.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.60 5.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.18 7.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.19 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.97 13.4 24.97 13.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.06 2.0 27.02 3.1 35.84 3.4 9....................................................... 27.38 5.6 27.02 5.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.60 5.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.97 7.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.19 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.97 13.4 24.97 13.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.93 3.7 – – 35.47 4.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.40 6.4 27.46 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.34 6.7 20.91 7.9 23.17 10.2 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 11.6 22.99 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.97 14.0 13.97 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.31 3.0 7.31 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.58 .9 7.58 .9 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 2.1 10.57 2.1 – – 5....................................................... $17.46 3.0 $17.46 3.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.86 21.6 21.86 21.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.09 22.9 14.09 22.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 5.1 10.57 5.1 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.08 10.5 22.08 10.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.79 3.1 9.79 3.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.25 2.2 7.25 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.92 8.9 6.92 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 3.6 7.26 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.48 1.6 7.48 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.32 3.7 11.33 4.3 $11.30 3.8 1....................................................... 7.92 6.3 7.87 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.86 9.2 8.93 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.47 4.8 9.49 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.21 3.6 11.34 4.1 10.81 8.9 5....................................................... 12.26 4.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.38 5.3 14.98 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 15.60 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.93 21.6 15.93 21.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.47 6.2 12.78 8.7 12.12 10.1 4....................................................... 11.28 3.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 8.64 4.0 8.64 4.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.03 4.0 11.00 4.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.82 3.4 10.82 3.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.55 13.3 9.75 13.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.00 14.5 12.00 14.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.44 6.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 8.96 7.4 – – 8.96 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.54 9.8 15.54 10.5 15.49 3.2 1....................................................... 8.71 1.4 8.71 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.00 8.8 10.99 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 2.5 12.32 2.6 11.79 7.6 4....................................................... 13.41 4.0 13.58 4.3 11.48 1.7 5....................................................... 14.88 5.8 14.97 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 14.64 2.6 14.74 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.38 8.5 21.55 8.8 19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 21.64 2.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.37 13.7 26.10 13.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.72 3.8 16.46 4.4 19.64 2.2 3....................................................... 13.31 6.0 13.31 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.82 6.5 11.82 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 13.97 9.7 13.97 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.46 3.0 15.46 3.0 – – 7....................................................... $19.45 4.9 $19.48 5.6 $19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 21.64 2.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.05 4.4 18.05 4.4 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.35 3.0 13.35 3.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.29 7.2 19.29 7.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.30 2.7 18.30 2.7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.60 8.6 10.60 8.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 2.2 13.35 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.96 2.3 8.96 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 4.0 10.80 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 4.4 12.74 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 8.4 14.35 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.80 .5 13.80 .5 – – 6....................................................... 13.64 2.3 13.64 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.45 7.4 18.45 7.4 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 10.2 11.95 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.59 8.7 13.59 8.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 6.9 12.98 6.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.34 7.2 15.34 7.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 8.8 11.83 8.8 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 13.88 3.9 13.88 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.91 18.1 20.47 17.2 11.01 5.6 2....................................................... 10.14 3.6 10.08 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.83 2.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.27 9.4 13.69 10.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.61 11.9 16.81 12.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.53 11.9 16.26 11.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.09 3.7 11.09 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.57 5.3 11.19 6.3 13.68 5.2 1....................................................... 7.93 4.9 7.93 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.57 13.5 11.57 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.63 7.9 10.65 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.96 5.6 13.49 5.6 11.43 1.7 Construction laborers....................................... 13.68 4.9 – – 11.69 1.4 Production helpers.......................................... 9.58 6.1 9.58 6.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.92 5.2 7.92 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.75 5.3 6.75 5.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.05 5.7 9.05 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.71 6.6 9.71 6.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.16 10.9 13.21 12.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.34 4.3 8.41 2.8 12.61 6.5 1....................................................... $7.73 6.5 $7.71 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.80 8.5 7.78 7.2 $10.13 6.5 3....................................................... 8.40 6.9 8.39 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.55 7.5 9.33 3.7 – – 5....................................................... 10.71 3.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 11.24 4.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.44 8.7 – – 15.67 3.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.21 1.1 – – 16.21 1.1 Food service.................................................. 7.47 3.8 7.46 3.9 7.59 6.5 1....................................................... 6.68 4.6 6.62 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.27 10.9 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.06 20.6 4.06 20.6 – – 1....................................................... 4.06 12.2 4.06 12.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.73 5.6 7.74 5.9 7.59 6.5 1....................................................... 7.16 4.0 7.11 4.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.82 7.8 – – 7.59 6.5 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.03 7.1 8.03 7.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.04 3.1 9.01 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.75 6.5 8.75 6.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.91 5.7 8.87 7.1 11.10 3.4 1....................................................... 8.92 8.1 8.95 8.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 5.7 8.98 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.05 8.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.45 5.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $16.76 5.6 $16.18 7.1 $19.58 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 16.83 5.7 16.20 7.4 19.58 3.4 White collar........................................................ 18.94 8.6 17.98 11.3 22.21 2.7 1....................................................... 7.71 4.4 7.64 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 9.1 8.92 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.18 4.1 9.18 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.23 2.7 11.29 2.8 10.97 9.1 5....................................................... 14.87 2.0 14.92 2.0 14.69 6.0 6....................................................... 17.40 4.7 16.54 4.7 18.70 10.9 7....................................................... 18.42 4.2 18.35 4.7 18.90 8.2 8....................................................... 23.78 5.4 23.23 9.1 24.11 6.9 9....................................................... 24.73 2.1 24.85 2.3 24.02 2.9 10........................................................ 35.74 7.9 37.10 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.6 32.58 10.0 30.71 8.3 12........................................................ 41.26 7.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.22 6.0 17.87 6.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.63 10.1 18.61 14.3 22.21 2.7 1....................................................... 8.04 4.2 7.93 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.05 11.1 9.13 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.72 4.9 9.74 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.44 3.7 11.60 4.3 10.97 9.1 5....................................................... 13.89 1.8 13.57 1.9 14.69 6.0 6....................................................... 17.27 5.2 15.95 6.2 18.70 10.9 7....................................................... 18.58 4.5 18.52 5.2 18.90 8.2 8....................................................... 23.48 5.3 21.83 2.5 24.11 6.9 9....................................................... 24.73 2.1 24.86 2.3 24.02 2.9 10........................................................ 29.94 6.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.6 32.58 10.0 30.71 8.3 12........................................................ 41.26 7.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.09 7.4 17.65 8.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.25 14.1 24.40 24.2 24.03 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.83 12.8 29.51 23.7 24.35 3.6 6....................................................... 20.05 12.3 – – 20.43 13.1 7....................................................... – – – – 20.72 10.3 8....................................................... 23.84 6.1 22.43 2.1 24.22 7.4 9....................................................... 22.29 3.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 29.54 8.3 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.77 6.4 28.77 6.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.23 30.8 33.56 32.1 18.73 1.5 Registered nurses........................................... 21.26 .6 21.38 .5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.83 2.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.53 4.1 – – 25.53 4.1 6....................................................... $24.41 1.3 – – $24.41 1.3 7....................................................... 24.94 7.4 – – 24.94 7.4 8....................................................... 25.92 4.8 – – 25.92 4.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.93 4.1 – – 25.93 4.1 6....................................................... 25.29 1.9 – – 25.29 1.9 8....................................................... 26.34 4.2 – – 26.34 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.52 1.8 – – 25.52 1.8 6....................................................... 23.63 .9 – – 23.63 .9 8....................................................... 26.58 1.9 – – 26.58 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.37 7.5 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.18 1.4 $15.94 1.9 18.46 5.9 4....................................................... 13.56 3.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.88 2.0 13.88 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.96 2.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.89 3.0 24.44 3.8 31.21 4.0 7....................................................... 18.89 8.5 18.89 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.35 8.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.99 3.4 27.05 3.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.60 5.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.18 7.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.19 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.93 13.3 24.93 13.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.05 2.0 27.01 3.1 35.84 3.4 9....................................................... 27.38 5.6 27.02 5.7 – – 10........................................................ 29.60 5.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.97 7.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.19 9.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.93 13.3 24.93 13.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.93 3.7 – – 35.47 4.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.40 6.4 27.46 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.34 6.7 20.91 7.9 23.17 10.2 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 11.6 22.99 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 16.04 11.6 16.04 11.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.93 2.5 7.93 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.68 2.4 10.68 2.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.70 2.9 17.70 2.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.86 21.6 21.86 21.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.49 26.4 15.49 26.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.08 10.5 22.08 10.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.67 3.1 7.67 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $11.61 4.0 $11.65 4.8 $11.38 3.9 1....................................................... 8.04 4.2 7.93 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.05 11.1 9.13 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.74 5.0 9.75 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.23 3.9 11.38 4.6 10.84 9.0 5....................................................... 11.96 4.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.38 5.3 14.98 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 15.60 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.93 21.6 15.93 21.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.47 6.2 12.78 8.7 12.12 10.1 4....................................................... 11.28 3.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.03 4.0 11.00 4.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.82 3.4 10.82 3.4 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.00 14.5 12.00 14.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.50 7.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 8.96 7.4 – – 8.96 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.79 9.7 15.80 10.4 15.64 3.2 1....................................................... 9.19 1.1 9.19 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.03 9.0 11.03 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.43 1.7 12.52 1.6 11.79 7.6 4....................................................... 13.59 4.1 13.74 4.4 11.53 2.6 5....................................................... 14.88 5.8 14.97 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 14.64 2.6 14.74 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.40 8.5 21.57 8.9 19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 21.64 2.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.37 13.7 26.10 13.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.74 3.9 16.49 4.5 19.64 2.2 3....................................................... 13.31 6.0 13.31 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.89 6.8 11.89 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.97 9.7 13.97 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.46 3.0 15.46 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.45 5.0 19.48 5.7 19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 21.64 2.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.05 4.4 18.05 4.4 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.35 3.0 13.35 3.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.29 7.2 19.29 7.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.30 2.7 18.30 2.7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.60 8.6 10.60 8.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 2.2 13.35 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.96 2.3 8.96 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 4.0 10.80 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 4.4 12.74 4.4 – – 4....................................................... $14.35 8.4 $14.35 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.80 .5 13.80 .5 – – 6....................................................... 13.64 2.3 13.64 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.45 7.4 18.45 7.4 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 10.2 11.95 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.59 8.7 13.59 8.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 6.9 12.98 6.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.34 7.2 15.34 7.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 8.8 11.83 8.8 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 13.88 3.9 13.88 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.03 18.1 20.50 17.3 $10.86 6.9 2....................................................... 10.09 3.5 10.08 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.83 2.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.68 10.6 13.71 11.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.61 11.9 16.81 12.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.55 12.1 16.30 11.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.09 3.7 11.09 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 5.3 12.12 6.3 13.68 5.2 1....................................................... 9.28 3.4 9.28 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.72 14.5 11.72 14.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.50 5.5 11.75 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.34 5.1 – – 11.43 1.7 Construction laborers....................................... 13.68 4.9 – – 11.69 1.4 Production helpers.......................................... 9.78 5.3 9.78 5.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.17 6.6 9.17 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.02 6.9 10.02 6.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.17 9.0 14.40 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 10.09 3.5 9.06 1.2 12.79 6.1 1....................................................... 8.22 8.2 8.25 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.88 6.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.87 4.0 8.86 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.27 7.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 10.71 3.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.00 8.7 – – 15.73 3.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.21 1.1 – – 16.21 1.1 Food service.................................................. 8.32 3.2 8.33 3.3 7.95 3.3 1....................................................... 7.36 12.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.83 3.8 7.85 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.43 2.7 8.45 2.8 7.95 3.3 1....................................................... 7.70 9.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.83 3.8 7.85 3.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.04 7.8 – – 7.95 3.3 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $8.51 4.9 $8.51 4.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.25 6.4 9.25 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.91 5.7 8.87 7.1 $11.10 3.4 1....................................................... 8.92 8.1 8.95 8.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.99 5.7 8.98 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.05 8.0 – – – – 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, Springfield, MO, 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................................................................... $7.96 4.4 $7.84 4.6 $10.29 6.1 All excluding sales............................................... 8.36 4.8 8.22 5.1 10.29 6.1 White collar........................................................ 8.49 5.5 8.38 5.8 10.67 5.1 1....................................................... 6.67 9.9 6.67 9.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.31 3.8 7.31 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.10 1.3 7.07 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.28 6.9 10.32 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 11.76 14.1 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.26 6.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.20 10.7 10.15 11.9 10.67 5.1 4....................................................... 10.56 10.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.29 16.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.26 6.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.98 11.4 – – 11.55 7.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 13.51 12.0 – – 11.55 7.6 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 9.87 1.9 – – 9.74 1.8 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.53 2.4 – – 9.53 2.4 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.94 4.2 6.94 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.00 4.4 7.00 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.04 1.4 7.04 1.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.70 2.9 7.70 2.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.83 1.8 6.83 1.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.45 9.3 8.45 9.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.52 9.8 8.28 10.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.40 4.0 6.40 4.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.20 8.4 7.20 8.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.40 4.0 6.40 4.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.50 5.7 6.50 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 6.84 2.9 6.77 2.6 – – 1....................................................... $6.27 12.4 $6.17 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.91 7.4 6.91 8.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.18 5.3 6.15 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 5.89 9.7 5.89 9.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.36 16.8 4.36 16.8 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 3.9 6.49 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 7.80 5.5 7.80 5.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.80 5.5 7.80 5.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.93 8.5 – – – – 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, Springfield, MO, 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....................................................... $16.76 $7.96 $17.94 $15.55 $15.73 $19.75 All excluding sales............................................. 16.83 8.36 18.41 15.71 16.14 17.74 White collar........................................................ 18.94 8.49 12.28 18.14 17.75 20.56 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.63 10.20 16.07 19.15 19.17 16.44 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.25 12.98 20.95 23.74 23.66 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.83 13.51 21.54 26.51 26.42 – Technical....................................................... 16.18 – – 15.52 15.77 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.89 – – 25.90 26.13 – Sales............................................................. 16.04 6.94 7.37 14.43 11.86 23.35 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.61 8.45 – 11.32 11.07 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.79 8.52 18.87 13.28 15.32 19.06 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.74 – 19.03 15.18 16.66 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 – 15.50 12.23 13.35 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.03 – – 14.36 19.72 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.41 7.20 13.12 10.52 11.57 – Service............................................................. 10.09 6.84 – 9.28 9.32 – 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....................................................... 5.6 4.4 12.5 5.3 5.4 9.7 All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 4.8 12.0 5.4 5.6 12.7 White collar........................................................ 8.6 5.5 15.5 8.0 8.3 14.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.1 10.7 13.5 9.6 9.8 26.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14.1 11.4 2.8 13.5 13.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 12.8 12.0 2.1 12.9 12.8 – Technical....................................................... 1.4 – – 4.7 3.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.0 – – 3.1 2.9 – Sales............................................................. 11.6 4.2 2.1 14.3 8.4 19.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 9.3 – 3.7 2.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 9.7 9.8 12.2 3.8 9.9 4.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 – 3.9 3.6 4.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 – 3.7 3.3 2.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.1 – – 12.3 21.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 8.4 5.7 7.0 5.3 – Service............................................................. 3.5 2.9 – 4.4 4.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Springfield, MO, 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....................................................... $15.33 $15.40 – $18.24 $15.08 $15.30 - $12.30 - $15.27 All excluding sales............................................. 15.54 15.16 – 18.24 14.79 15.72 - 11.91 - 15.52 White collar........................................................ 16.87 20.58 – – 20.82 16.34 - 13.39 - 18.34 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.00 20.34 – – 20.63 17.63 - 14.00 - 18.96 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.61 21.61 – – 21.61 23.94 - – - 24.09 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.97 28.03 – – 28.03 29.11 - – - 29.98 Technical....................................................... 15.53 14.27 – – 14.27 15.78 - – - 14.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.44 24.80 – – 24.80 24.31 - 23.54 - 24.25 Sales............................................................. 13.97 – – – – 13.26 - 12.98 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.33 13.18 – – 13.20 11.16 - 9.84 - 10.54 Blue collar......................................................... 15.54 14.14 – 18.57 13.54 17.49 - 12.54 - 11.27 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.46 15.96 – 19.11 14.37 17.11 - 15.48 - 14.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 13.41 – – 13.41 12.84 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.47 14.36 – – 14.36 – - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 12.56 – – 12.18 9.72 - 8.51 - – Service............................................................. 8.41 – – – – 8.41 - 7.87 - 8.70 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....................................................... 7.2 2.7 – 0.5 3.2 10.3 - 12.1 - 15.1 All excluding sales............................................. 7.3 1.7 – .5 2.0 10.7 - 8.5 - 15.8 White collar........................................................ 10.2 3.2 – – 3.1 11.7 - 12.9 - 23.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 13.1 3.7 – – 3.7 15.3 - 9.2 - 24.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.1 6.4 – – 6.4 25.6 - – - 28.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.6 6.6 – – 6.6 26.8 - – - 28.6 Technical....................................................... 4.8 3.6 – – 3.6 5.0 - – - 9.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 6.3 – – 6.3 5.1 - 5.1 - 5.9 Sales............................................................. 14.0 – – – – 15.8 - 19.3 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 9.6 – – 11.0 4.6 - 4.2 - 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 10.5 2.3 – 2.2 2.8 18.5 - 9.4 - 3.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 2.6 – 2.2 3.5 8.5 - 8.1 - 4.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 1.5 – – 1.5 19.9 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.2 21.2 – – 21.2 – - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.3 6.0 – – 7.7 9.5 - 2.4 - – Service............................................................. 2.8 – – – – 2.8 - 4.9 - 3.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, 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....................................................... $15.33 $12.68 $15.86 $15.34 $16.58 All excluding sales............................................. 15.54 13.12 15.99 15.34 16.80 White collar........................................................ 16.87 13.15 17.55 15.13 19.72 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.00 14.84 18.47 14.99 20.51 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.61 – 23.79 18.24 25.73 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.97 – 29.39 25.13 30.25 Technical....................................................... 15.53 – 15.55 13.85 16.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.44 22.44 25.18 22.23 27.89 Sales............................................................. 13.97 10.59 14.92 15.32 13.57 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.33 10.02 11.58 10.58 12.32 Blue collar......................................................... 15.54 14.01 15.85 16.81 13.22 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.46 16.90 16.30 16.98 14.70 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.35 12.75 13.43 13.40 13.49 Transportation and material moving................................ 20.47 11.85 21.17 21.78 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 8.58 11.79 12.18 11.14 Service............................................................. 8.41 7.39 8.68 7.91 9.37 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....................................................... 7.2 9.0 7.8 9.9 12.0 All excluding sales............................................. 7.3 8.2 8.0 11.0 12.7 White collar........................................................ 10.2 13.0 11.7 7.8 20.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 13.1 12.1 14.8 6.6 22.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.1 – 22.4 9.4 28.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.6 – 23.7 12.4 27.1 Technical....................................................... 4.8 – 4.8 2.5 3.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 5.7 4.9 8.9 4.1 Sales............................................................. 14.0 18.6 15.3 18.0 22.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 8.4 4.5 4.6 7.7 Blue collar......................................................... 10.5 5.7 12.0 14.0 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 4.3 6.0 7.2 3.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 20.1 3.9 5.7 3.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.2 12.5 16.5 14.9 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.3 7.8 6.5 6.2 10.5 Service............................................................. 2.8 10.0 2.6 4.8 1.1 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.50 $13.33 $19.48 $26.73 All excluding sales........................... 7.90 10.00 13.50 19.54 26.82 White collar.................................... 7.60 9.97 14.96 22.38 30.30 White collar excluding sales................ 8.71 11.25 16.00 23.54 30.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.61 15.71 20.79 26.14 32.66 Professional specialty...................... 13.01 18.75 22.58 27.32 35.67 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.23 23.60 27.65 35.83 37.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 15.46 18.42 21.95 26.32 107.17 Registered nurses....................... 15.50 17.73 21.13 24.15 26.31 Teachers, college and university.......... 12.61 18.12 22.70 28.69 34.00 Teachers, except college and university... 19.88 20.99 24.30 29.28 32.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.23 21.42 24.97 30.61 33.14 Secondary school teachers............... 20.47 21.28 24.76 28.41 32.48 Teachers, special education............. 18.89 22.44 24.30 31.03 31.03 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 10.00 10.00 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.89 12.54 13.48 15.97 20.93 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 10.30 13.16 15.30 17.44 21.13 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.70 13.00 13.70 15.30 16.25 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.85 19.23 25.65 30.00 36.71 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 22.16 30.00 32.45 44.81 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.47 32.52 35.65 42.79 43.31 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 19.23 25.96 30.65 44.81 Management related........................ 13.02 16.20 21.13 26.60 28.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.75 15.85 25.66 27.53 28.47 Sales......................................... 6.30 7.25 10.00 17.50 24.82 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 10.65 17.32 41.03 41.03 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 7.00 9.25 15.00 35.14 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 10.20 17.50 23.03 24.82 36.42 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.40 7.00 9.00 11.00 14.00 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.09 7.95 8.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.64 8.74 10.75 12.95 14.96 Secretaries............................. 9.60 11.71 11.71 12.78 16.29 Receptionists........................... 7.18 7.64 8.00 9.41 11.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.27 9.60 11.00 12.00 12.72 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.71 10.00 11.33 12.10 13.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.00 7.95 9.71 13.35 15.02 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ $8.90 $10.29 $10.55 $11.58 $17.87 General office clerks................... 6.90 7.93 8.73 10.78 12.16 Teachers' aides......................... 6.65 7.26 9.43 10.01 10.99 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 11.26 14.20 18.68 23.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 12.74 17.34 19.82 23.31 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 17.07 18.91 18.98 18.99 Machinery maintenance................... 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.84 16.74 Supervisors, production................. 16.47 17.91 18.92 19.57 24.13 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.10 9.25 9.50 13.00 14.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.50 13.30 16.05 16.82 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 8.75 10.80 16.08 16.56 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.65 13.22 13.64 15.69 16.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 13.94 16.05 16.23 Welders and cutters..................... 10.75 12.70 15.05 17.34 23.24 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 9.74 12.45 15.19 15.46 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 13.30 13.50 16.82 16.82 Transportation and material moving............ 10.33 12.59 18.34 26.13 33.37 Truck drivers........................... 10.97 13.20 13.20 16.25 23.26 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 10.50 11.25 11.85 12.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 8.60 11.57 14.61 15.90 Construction laborers................... 11.07 11.09 13.21 15.10 17.09 Production helpers...................... 6.75 7.55 9.45 11.55 12.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.50 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.20 7.50 8.81 10.60 11.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 12.00 12.00 15.07 19.17 Service......................................... 6.25 7.27 8.83 10.95 13.59 Protective service........................ 9.11 9.11 15.42 16.67 16.95 Police and detectives, public service... 15.09 15.64 16.33 16.95 17.44 Food service.............................. 5.35 6.15 7.25 8.50 10.47 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.30 4.50 5.50 7.20 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.27 7.50 8.70 10.50 Cooks................................... 6.92 7.89 8.29 9.47 11.53 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.15 6.75 7.64 9.00 10.50 Health service............................ 7.00 7.70 8.98 10.13 11.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 7.50 8.11 9.74 11.55 Cleaning and building service............. 7.39 8.04 10.25 11.43 12.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.13 10.25 11.43 12.67 Personal service.......................... 5.82 5.82 6.50 8.25 10.46 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, Springfield, MO, September 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.36 $9.14 $13.00 $18.50 $25.06 All excluding sales........................... 7.70 9.55 13.20 18.60 25.14 White collar.................................... 7.25 9.25 13.46 20.48 28.07 White collar excluding sales................ 8.36 10.53 14.25 21.15 28.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.00 15.00 18.69 24.65 31.58 Professional specialty...................... 12.98 18.13 21.98 26.32 43.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.23 23.60 27.65 35.83 37.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 15.96 18.87 22.38 26.48 107.17 Registered nurses....................... 15.46 17.82 21.27 24.58 26.32 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.15 13.00 15.28 16.66 21.05 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.30 19.06 24.85 30.00 30.76 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.60 19.23 29.09 30.65 36.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.73 19.23 25.25 32.00 44.81 Management related........................ 12.75 15.85 20.49 26.60 28.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.75 15.82 25.66 27.53 28.47 Sales......................................... 6.30 7.25 10.00 17.50 24.82 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 10.65 17.32 41.03 41.03 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 7.00 9.25 15.00 35.14 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 10.20 17.50 23.03 24.82 36.42 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.40 7.00 9.00 11.00 14.00 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.09 7.95 8.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.69 10.68 12.95 14.91 Secretaries............................. 11.55 11.71 11.71 12.14 20.48 Receptionists........................... 7.18 7.64 8.00 9.41 11.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.27 9.60 11.00 12.00 12.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.71 10.00 11.33 12.10 13.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 6.00 7.70 9.00 13.35 13.55 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 8.90 10.29 10.55 11.58 17.87 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 11.25 14.20 18.60 23.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.75 12.36 16.94 19.82 22.83 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 17.07 18.91 18.98 18.99 Machinery maintenance................... $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $14.84 $16.74 Supervisors, production................. 16.47 17.91 18.92 19.57 24.13 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.10 9.25 9.50 13.00 14.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.50 13.30 16.05 16.82 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 8.75 10.80 16.08 16.56 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.65 13.22 13.64 15.69 16.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 13.94 16.05 16.23 Welders and cutters..................... 10.75 12.70 15.05 17.34 23.24 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 9.74 12.45 15.19 15.46 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 13.30 13.50 16.82 16.82 Transportation and material moving............ 10.60 13.20 20.09 26.45 33.58 Truck drivers........................... 11.70 13.20 13.20 16.42 23.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 10.50 11.25 11.85 12.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.91 11.50 14.34 15.29 Production helpers...................... 6.75 7.55 9.45 11.55 12.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.50 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.20 7.50 8.81 10.60 11.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 12.00 12.00 15.07 19.61 Service......................................... 6.10 7.00 8.00 9.70 11.23 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.30 6.15 7.25 8.50 10.47 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.30 4.50 5.50 7.20 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.25 7.50 8.80 10.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.15 6.75 7.64 9.00 10.50 Health service............................ 7.00 7.66 8.86 9.96 11.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 7.50 8.11 9.74 11.55 Cleaning and building service............. 7.13 7.69 8.28 10.34 10.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.17 7.82 8.62 10.34 10.95 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 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.47 $12.30 $18.08 $24.33 $31.52 All excluding sales........................... 9.47 12.30 18.08 24.33 31.52 White collar.................................... 10.05 13.48 21.13 27.92 33.81 White collar excluding sales................ 10.05 13.48 21.13 27.92 33.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.24 19.54 22.87 28.11 32.82 Professional specialty...................... 13.24 19.85 23.01 28.27 33.01 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.06 15.06 18.86 21.13 21.13 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 19.89 20.99 24.30 29.28 32.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.23 21.42 24.97 30.61 33.14 Secondary school teachers............... 20.47 21.28 24.76 28.41 32.48 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 10.00 10.00 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.66 16.29 19.54 21.13 21.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.58 23.05 27.97 37.10 44.90 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.92 27.97 35.46 44.90 48.60 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.65 32.52 35.46 38.05 42.79 Management related........................ 19.54 19.54 21.13 26.43 29.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.14 9.42 10.77 13.04 16.29 Secretaries............................. 8.78 9.60 11.97 13.04 16.29 Teachers' aides......................... 6.65 7.26 9.43 10.01 10.99 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 11.82 15.90 19.06 23.69 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.07 17.96 19.06 23.69 23.99 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 8.00 11.73 13.21 13.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 11.07 11.09 12.32 15.90 19.48 Construction laborers................... 9.81 11.09 11.66 12.58 13.21 Service......................................... 8.00 9.79 12.54 15.64 16.95 Protective service........................ 12.91 14.38 15.64 16.95 17.44 Police and detectives, public service... 15.09 15.64 16.33 16.95 17.44 Food service.............................. 6.27 6.80 7.38 8.34 9.09 Other food service....................... $6.27 $6.80 $7.38 $8.34 $9.09 Cooks................................... 6.27 6.80 7.38 8.34 9.09 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.83 9.39 11.59 12.54 13.59 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, Springfield, MO, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.38 $14.20 $20.23 $27.58 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.75 14.25 20.21 27.44 White collar.................................... 8.46 11.00 15.82 23.26 30.65 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 11.65 16.29 24.41 30.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.00 16.24 21.08 26.35 33.14 Professional specialty...................... 14.52 19.23 22.87 27.36 35.89 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.23 23.60 27.65 35.83 37.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.12 19.01 22.22 26.35 107.17 Registered nurses....................... 16.12 18.22 21.15 24.47 26.32 Teachers, college and university.......... 12.61 18.12 22.60 28.86 34.40 Teachers, except college and university... 20.07 21.23 24.52 29.88 32.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.23 21.42 24.97 30.61 33.14 Secondary school teachers............... 20.47 21.28 24.76 28.41 32.48 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.89 12.54 13.48 15.97 20.93 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.70 13.33 15.50 18.20 21.13 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.70 13.00 13.70 15.30 16.25 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.85 19.23 25.65 30.00 36.71 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 22.16 30.00 32.45 44.81 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.47 32.52 35.65 42.79 43.31 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 19.23 25.96 30.65 44.81 Management related........................ 13.02 16.20 21.13 26.60 28.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.75 15.85 25.66 27.53 28.47 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.50 13.10 20.77 36.42 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 10.65 17.32 41.03 41.03 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 8.00 10.08 17.36 39.46 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 10.20 17.50 23.03 24.82 36.42 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.85 7.95 8.35 8.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.00 14.96 Secretaries............................. 9.60 11.71 11.71 12.78 16.29 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.27 9.60 11.00 12.00 12.72 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.71 10.00 11.33 12.10 13.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 8.90 10.29 10.55 11.58 17.87 General office clerks................... 6.90 8.06 8.73 10.86 12.16 Teachers' aides......................... 6.65 7.26 9.43 10.01 10.99 Blue collar..................................... 9.12 11.55 14.75 18.83 23.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.00 $12.74 $17.34 $19.86 $23.31 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 17.07 18.91 18.98 18.99 Machinery maintenance................... 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.84 16.74 Supervisors, production................. 16.47 17.91 18.92 19.57 24.13 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.10 9.25 9.50 13.00 14.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 10.50 13.30 16.05 16.82 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 8.75 10.80 16.08 16.56 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.65 13.22 13.64 15.69 16.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 13.94 16.05 16.23 Welders and cutters..................... 10.75 12.70 15.05 17.34 23.24 Assemblers.............................. 7.51 9.74 12.45 15.19 15.46 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 13.30 13.50 16.82 16.82 Transportation and material moving............ 10.40 12.90 18.58 26.13 33.45 Truck drivers........................... 10.82 13.20 13.20 16.25 23.26 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.00 10.50 11.25 11.85 12.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.90 9.74 12.00 15.10 15.90 Construction laborers................... 11.07 11.09 13.21 15.10 17.09 Production helpers...................... 7.50 7.90 9.45 11.55 12.72 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.75 11.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 11.69 12.00 12.32 15.07 19.61 Service......................................... 7.13 7.90 9.14 11.43 15.42 Protective service........................ 9.11 9.75 15.42 16.67 16.95 Police and detectives, public service... 15.09 15.64 16.33 16.95 17.44 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.18 8.00 9.30 11.53 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.50 7.19 8.00 9.47 11.53 Cooks................................... 7.45 8.00 8.32 9.47 11.53 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.75 7.44 8.10 9.70 11.61 Health service............................ - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.40 7.75 8.78 10.33 12.44 Cleaning and building service............. 7.39 8.04 10.25 11.43 12.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.13 10.25 11.43 12.67 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, Springfield, MO, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.25 $7.00 $8.79 $11.88 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 6.25 7.25 9.31 12.00 White collar.................................... 5.75 6.25 7.25 9.00 12.00 White collar excluding sales................ 6.25 7.25 9.00 12.00 15.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.95 9.80 12.00 15.71 18.87 Professional specialty...................... 8.57 10.00 12.00 15.31 23.11 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 8.57 8.57 10.00 10.71 10.71 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 10.00 10.00 10.71 Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.60 7.35 8.70 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.40 6.50 7.30 8.80 8.80 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.25 6.60 7.20 8.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.25 6.60 7.64 9.00 11.88 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.00 7.00 11.00 12.19 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.50 11.26 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.75 6.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 Service......................................... 5.30 6.05 6.50 7.50 9.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.50 6.15 6.75 7.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.38 4.75 5.50 7.25 Other food service....................... 5.30 6.00 6.25 6.80 7.75 Health service............................ 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.71 9.74 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.71 9.74 Personal service.......................... 5.75 6.50 6.50 10.46 12.35 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, Springfield, MO, September 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 71,500 58,900 12,600 All excluding sales............................................. 62,500 49,900 12,600 White collar........................................................ 36,900 28,000 8,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28,000 19,100 8,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13,100 6,900 6,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 10,100 4,000 6,000 Technical....................................................... 3,100 2,800 200 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4,100 3,100 900 Sales............................................................. 8,900 8,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,800 9,100 1,700 Blue collar......................................................... 24,600 22,900 1,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,800 7,200 600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,900 6,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ - - 500 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4,800 4,200 600 Service............................................................. 10,000 8,000 2,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.