NC BL 10/00/1999 Table: Columbus, OH, Bulletin 3095-82, August 1998 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................. $15.54 2.2 36.6 $14.61 2.7 36.1 $18.91 3.5 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.73 2.6 36.9 16.85 3.3 36.4 20.30 4.0 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.08 3.7 37.6 21.12 5.1 37.0 23.44 5.3 38.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 3.9 39.7 28.47 4.0 39.7 22.21 6.5 39.9 Sales............................................................. 11.45 9.4 30.7 11.45 9.4 30.7 - - - Administrative support............................................ 11.89 2.4 37.2 11.41 2.6 37.1 13.86 4.0 37.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.05 2.4 37.8 12.93 2.6 37.8 14.56 2.3 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.83 2.3 39.8 15.88 2.7 39.7 15.50 3.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.55 4.0 39.7 12.53 4.1 39.7 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.79 6.3 38.2 13.64 7.8 39.1 14.43 2.2 34.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.13 3.2 33.1 10.14 3.3 33.1 9.95 16.5 35.4 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.67 7.1 32.7 7.07 4.3 30.6 15.41 7.7 38.7 Full time........................................................... 16.37 2.2 39.7 15.53 2.7 39.7 19.16 3.5 39.6 Part time........................................................... 8.09 5.4 21.5 7.85 5.6 21.6 11.36 10.2 20.8 Union............................................................... 17.15 3.3 37.5 14.57 4.5 35.8 19.04 3.7 38.9 Nonunion............................................................ 15.09 2.8 36.3 14.61 3.0 36.1 18.71 6.3 37.8 Time................................................................ 15.55 2.2 36.5 14.59 2.7 36.0 18.91 3.5 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 15.12 15.1 39.7 15.12 15.1 39.7 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.53 4.6 39.7 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers....................................................... 13.35 5.8 35.4 13.34 5.9 35.4 14.08 4.3 36.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.14 4.9 35.9 13.77 5.2 35.9 19.11 9.7 36.5 500 workers or more................................................. 17.24 2.6 37.4 16.18 3.5 36.6 18.93 3.8 38.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $15.54 2.2 $14.61 2.7 $18.91 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 15.81 2.3 14.89 2.8 18.91 3.5 White collar........................................................ 17.73 2.6 16.85 3.3 20.30 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.43 2.6 17.70 3.3 20.30 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.08 3.7 21.12 5.1 23.44 5.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.05 3.2 23.94 3.2 24.17 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.54 4.2 27.70 4.2 ± ± Civil engineers............................................. 23.63 8.4 22.44 4.4 - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 23.11 4.9 23.11 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.01 5.6 31.01 5.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.00 2.9 24.01 2.9 ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 25.00 3.2 25.04 3.3 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.89 6.5 21.89 6.5 - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.49 11.1 28.71 14.2 ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.79 16.2 27.79 16.2 - - Health related................................................ 19.80 8.3 21.36 5.8 16.06 15.0 Registered nurses........................................... 20.26 4.1 19.93 5.1 21.44 5.2 Pharmacists................................................. 27.37 2.0 27.37 2.0 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.63 8.2 29.63 8.2 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 4.7 ± ± 26.97 5.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.94 3.3 - - 28.42 3.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.74 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.48 3.9 - - 26.48 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.60 8.9 - - 27.75 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.50 12.5 ± ± 21.77 12.8 Librarians.................................................. 21.50 12.5 - - 21.77 12.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.24 13.4 20.93 15.1 ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.88 21.5 ± ± 25.61 18.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.94 21.5 - - 25.61 18.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.30 4.4 21.30 4.4 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 26.07 12.9 26.07 12.9 - - Technical....................................................... 15.68 11.7 14.25 11.6 19.48 6.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.98 1.8 14.07 2.0 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.74 29.3 20.11 30.2 - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 14.14 15.7 - - - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.29 6.3 15.89 8.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 3.9 28.47 4.0 22.21 6.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.25 4.9 33.51 4.8 24.37 12.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.35 12.2 - - 19.35 12.2 Financial managers.......................................... 33.84 6.5 33.80 6.6 - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.44 8.5 36.44 8.5 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ $35.09 14.3 - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 19.16 6.5 $18.87 3.5 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.64 6.8 34.82 6.8 - - Management related............................................ 21.43 4.7 21.51 5.8 $21.28 8.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.56 5.3 21.98 4.2 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.95 20.8 23.50 25.1 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.15 3.5 19.14 6.1 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.25 10.3 22.45 10.4 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.36 6.8 - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.45 9.4 11.45 9.4 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.20 8.2 12.20 8.2 - - Advertising and related sales............................... 26.21 30.9 26.21 30.9 - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 23.66 15.4 23.66 15.4 - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.35 2.4 7.35 2.4 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.75 9.5 7.75 9.5 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.72 2.9 6.72 2.9 - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.36 2.1 11.36 2.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.89 2.4 11.41 2.6 13.86 4.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.78 4.5 14.12 5.7 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.9 13.26 3.9 15.40 6.1 Typists..................................................... 12.28 2.9 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.35 4.7 8.35 4.7 - - Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 8.68 5.7 8.68 5.7 - - Order clerks................................................ 10.68 16.7 10.68 16.7 - - Library clerks.............................................. 10.58 10.1 - - 8.88 4.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.75 7.3 12.79 7.8 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.08 5.5 11.11 3.8 14.36 6.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.28 10.9 10.28 10.9 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.21 7.0 9.58 7.0 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.50 6.8 13.50 6.8 - - Bill and account collectors................................. 11.30 4.8 11.33 5.0 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.36 5.0 9.96 5.6 11.67 1.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.45 4.6 9.32 5.1 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.31 4.4 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.85 8.7 11.99 9.6 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.05 2.4 12.93 2.6 14.56 2.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.83 2.3 15.88 2.7 15.50 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.76 5.9 16.76 5.9 - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 9.7 15.43 9.7 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.12 5.8 17.32 5.9 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.67 3.6 - - - - Carpenters.................................................. $14.30 7.2 $14.22 7.5 - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 15.49 15.0 15.63 17.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.16 6.3 21.16 6.3 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.55 4.0 12.53 4.1 ± ± Punching and stamping press operators....................... 12.78 6.5 12.78 6.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.66 12.9 14.66 12.9 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.60 4.9 12.44 5.7 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.33 5.9 11.33 5.9 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.19 9.2 11.19 9.2 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.79 6.3 13.64 7.8 $14.43 2.2 Truck drivers............................................... 13.21 13.2 13.19 13.5 - - Bus drivers................................................. 14.83 2.1 - - 14.83 2.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.22 7.1 13.22 7.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.13 3.2 10.14 3.3 9.95 16.5 Construction laborers....................................... 11.76 10.1 - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 11.66 5.6 11.66 5.6 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.46 5.1 9.46 5.1 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.68 7.4 11.68 7.4 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.00 6.0 8.89 6.2 - - Service............................................................. 9.67 7.1 7.07 4.3 15.41 7.7 Protective service............................................ 15.37 12.8 7.41 4.2 19.45 7.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.43 4.3 7.43 4.3 - - Food service.................................................. 6.05 6.6 5.60 6.5 9.23 3.6 Bartenders.................................................. 5.41 4.9 5.41 4.9 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.62 15.0 2.62 15.0 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.63 2.7 8.55 3.6 8.87 2.4 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.91 5.2 8.57 5.5 - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.39 19.5 5.39 19.5 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.46 4.5 6.93 1.6 - - Health service................................................ 8.50 2.6 8.45 2.7 9.22 3.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.84 13.6 9.84 13.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.36 2.3 8.30 2.5 9.22 3.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 9.74 4.6 8.73 4.7 11.63 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.83 5.0 8.67 5.4 11.63 6.8 Personal service.............................................. 8.48 6.2 7.64 7.5 10.34 7.6 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.28 9.1 6.83 9.4 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $16.37 2.2 $15.53 2.7 $19.16 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.52 2.2 15.67 2.7 19.16 3.5 White collar........................................................ 18.46 2.6 17.70 3.2 20.50 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.87 2.5 18.20 3.2 20.50 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.36 3.6 21.42 4.9 23.63 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.23 3.3 24.13 3.4 24.33 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.58 4.2 27.73 4.2 ± ± Civil engineers............................................. 23.63 8.4 22.44 4.4 - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 23.11 4.9 23.11 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.01 5.6 31.01 5.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.00 2.9 24.01 2.9 ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 25.00 3.2 25.04 3.3 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.89 6.5 21.89 6.5 - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.49 11.1 28.71 14.2 ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.79 16.2 27.79 16.2 - - Health related................................................ 19.63 9.1 21.45 6.3 15.63 14.7 Registered nurses........................................... 20.12 3.4 19.62 4.6 21.44 5.2 Pharmacists................................................. 27.37 2.0 27.37 2.0 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.65 7.8 30.65 7.8 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.95 4.7 ± ± 27.31 4.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.02 3.2 - - 28.48 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.48 3.9 - - 26.48 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.70 5.2 - - 29.72 3.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.61 12.5 ± ± 21.89 12.8 Librarians.................................................. 21.61 12.5 - - 21.89 12.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 19.96 13.5 ± ± ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.96 21.5 ± ± 25.61 18.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.96 21.5 - - 25.61 18.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.75 5.3 21.75 5.3 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 26.07 12.9 26.07 12.9 - - Technical....................................................... 16.02 11.7 14.49 11.9 19.78 5.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.01 2.1 14.06 2.5 - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.44 5.9 16.24 8.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 3.9 28.47 4.0 22.21 6.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.25 4.9 33.51 4.8 24.37 12.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.35 12.2 - - 19.35 12.2 Financial managers.......................................... 33.84 6.5 33.80 6.6 - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.44 8.5 36.44 8.5 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.09 14.3 - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 19.16 6.5 18.87 3.5 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $34.64 6.8 $34.82 6.8 - - Management related............................................ 21.43 4.7 21.51 5.8 $21.28 8.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.56 5.3 21.98 4.2 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.95 20.8 23.50 25.1 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.15 3.5 19.14 6.1 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.25 10.3 22.45 10.4 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.36 6.8 - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.49 10.8 13.49 10.8 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.20 8.2 12.20 8.2 - - Advertising and related sales............................... 26.57 31.0 26.57 31.0 - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 23.66 15.4 23.66 15.4 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.93 5.2 6.93 5.2 - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.36 2.1 11.36 2.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 2.3 11.71 2.5 13.95 4.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.78 4.5 14.12 5.7 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.93 4.1 13.26 3.9 15.89 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 14.61 12.1 14.61 12.1 - - Library clerks.............................................. 11.51 7.8 - - 9.75 4.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.75 7.3 12.79 7.8 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.11 5.5 11.14 3.8 - - Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 8.48 7.1 8.48 7.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.39 11.3 10.39 11.3 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.76 5.5 10.18 4.0 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.50 6.8 13.50 6.8 - - Bill and account collectors................................. 11.40 5.4 11.43 5.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.40 5.4 9.96 6.2 11.67 1.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.46 4.6 9.33 5.2 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.52 3.4 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.89 9.1 12.04 10.1 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.34 2.5 13.22 2.7 14.88 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.80 2.3 15.85 2.7 15.50 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.76 5.9 16.76 5.9 - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 9.7 15.43 9.7 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.12 5.8 17.32 5.9 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.67 3.6 - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 13.52 6.8 - - - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 15.49 15.0 15.63 17.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.21 6.9 21.21 6.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.59 4.0 12.57 4.1 ± ± Punching and stamping press operators....................... 12.78 6.5 12.78 6.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $14.66 12.9 $14.66 12.9 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.60 4.9 12.44 5.7 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.38 6.0 11.38 6.0 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.19 9.2 11.19 9.2 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 6.3 13.90 7.7 $14.53 2.5 Truck drivers............................................... 13.21 13.2 13.19 13.5 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.22 7.1 13.22 7.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.75 3.7 10.72 3.7 ± ± Construction laborers....................................... 11.76 10.1 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.26 6.3 10.26 6.3 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.90 8.6 12.90 8.6 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.23 6.5 - - Service............................................................. 11.23 6.9 8.08 3.5 15.68 7.6 Protective service............................................ 17.00 11.5 ± ± 19.54 7.6 Food service.................................................. 7.52 7.1 7.00 8.2 9.24 3.7 Cooks....................................................... 8.86 3.0 8.86 4.3 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.75 4.1 9.43 4.2 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.03 5.7 - - - - Health service................................................ 8.54 2.7 8.48 2.9 ± ± Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.85 13.7 9.85 13.7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.37 2.2 8.30 2.3 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 10.19 4.3 9.23 4.3 11.63 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.35 4.7 9.28 5.2 11.63 6.8 Personal service.............................................. $9.19 6.0 $8.23 6.2 ± ± Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.65 6.4 8.20 7.3 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.09 5.4 $7.85 5.6 $11.36 10.2 All excluding sales............................................... 8.40 6.5 8.12 6.9 11.36 10.2 White collar........................................................ 9.71 6.5 9.42 6.9 12.92 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.43 8.5 11.21 9.6 12.92 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.60 11.1 17.09 12.1 14.15 24.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.61 12.3 20.70 12.3 15.56 28.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± ± ± ± - - Health related................................................ 21.15 12.5 20.78 15.0 ± ± Registered nurses........................................... 20.82 15.1 20.82 15.1 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. ± ± ± ± - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.09 24.6 ± ± ± ± Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± ± - - ± ± Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± ± ± ± - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... ± ± ± ± - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... ± ± ± ± - - Technical....................................................... 11.79 10.6 12.05 11.4 ± ± Sales............................................................. 6.76 2.6 6.76 2.6 - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.12 2.1 7.12 2.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.54 3.3 6.54 3.3 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.15 7.6 8.77 7.1 12.13 7.0 Library clerks.............................................. 7.67 4.6 - - 7.72 5.1 Blue collar......................................................... 8.41 7.5 8.22 8.5 ± ± Precision production, craft, and repair........................... ± ± ± ± - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... ± ± ± ± - - Transportation and material moving................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.56 6.8 7.59 7.1 ± ± Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.88 5.2 6.88 5.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.48 5.7 5.41 5.9 7.21 6.3 Protective service............................................ 6.80 2.5 ± ± ± ± Food service.................................................. 4.52 3.8 4.47 3.7 ± ± Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.45 9.7 2.45 9.7 - - Cooks....................................................... 7.93 4.6 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.07 4.7 7.07 4.7 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.92 2.3 6.92 2.3 - - Health service................................................ 8.31 5.0 8.33 5.2 ± ± Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $8.31 5.0 $8.33 5.2 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.53 3.0 6.53 3.0 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.53 3.0 6.53 3.0 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.02 6.6 5.85 8.3 ± ± 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $650 2.2 39.7 $616 2.7 39.7 $759 3.4 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 655 2.2 39.6 621 2.7 39.6 759 3.4 39.6 White collar........................................................ 731 2.6 39.6 702 3.2 39.6 810 4.0 39.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 746 2.5 39.6 720 3.2 39.6 810 4.0 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 882 3.6 39.5 847 4.9 39.6 929 5.2 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 953 3.3 39.4 953 3.4 39.5 954 5.9 39.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,097 4.3 39.8 1,103 4.4 39.8 ± ± ± Civil engineers............................................. 945 8.4 40.0 898 4.4 40.0 - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 925 4.9 40.0 925 4.9 40.0 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,240 5.6 40.0 1,240 5.6 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 952 3.1 39.7 953 3.1 39.7 ± ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 994 3.5 39.8 996 3.6 39.8 - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 864 6.9 39.5 864 6.9 39.5 - - - Natural scientists............................................ 980 11.1 40.0 1,148 14.2 40.0 ± ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 1,112 16.2 40.0 1,112 16.2 40.0 - - - Health related................................................ 778 9.1 39.7 849 6.4 39.6 623 14.5 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 789 3.9 39.2 766 5.2 39.0 849 5.3 39.6 Pharmacists................................................. 1,095 2.0 40.0 1,095 2.0 40.0 - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,115 5.2 36.4 1,115 5.2 36.4 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,040 4.4 38.6 ± ± ± 1,056 4.6 38.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,063 3.2 37.9 - - - 1,081 3.5 38.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,153 2.0 38.7 - - - 1,164 1.9 38.9 Teachers, special education................................. 1,026 3.5 38.7 - - - 1,026 3.5 38.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,113 5.0 38.8 - - - 1,150 3.4 38.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 824 12.0 38.1 ± ± ± 842 12.1 38.5 Librarians.................................................. 824 12.0 38.1 - - - 842 12.1 38.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 790 12.2 39.6 ± ± ± ± ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 917 21.6 39.9 ± ± ± 1,022 18.6 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 917 21.6 39.9 - - - 1,022 18.6 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 843 6.2 38.7 843 6.2 38.7 - - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 989 15.6 37.9 989 15.6 37.9 - - - Technical....................................................... 638 11.7 39.8 576 11.8 39.7 791 5.3 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 545 2.5 38.9 544 3.1 38.7 - - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 777 6.0 39.9 646 8.1 39.8 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,074 4.0 39.7 1,130 4.2 39.7 887 6.5 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,287 4.9 39.9 1,337 4.7 39.9 971 12.3 39.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 772 12.1 39.9 - - - 772 12.1 39.9 Financial managers.......................................... $1,394 5.8 41.2 $1,393 5.8 41.2 - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,437 8.7 39.4 1,437 8.7 39.4 - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,384 14.0 39.4 - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 766 6.5 40.0 755 3.5 40.0 - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,381 6.7 39.9 1,388 6.8 39.9 - - - Management related............................................ 848 4.8 39.6 847 6.0 39.4 $851 8.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 821 5.3 39.9 877 4.3 39.9 - - - Other financial officers.................................... 931 21.9 38.9 909 26.4 38.7 - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 800 3.7 39.7 754 6.2 39.4 - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 888 10.0 39.9 898 10.0 40.0 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,014 6.8 40.0 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 544 10.9 40.3 544 10.9 40.3 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 509 9.7 41.7 509 9.7 41.7 - - - Advertising and related sales............................... 1,055 31.1 39.7 1,055 31.1 39.7 - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 946 15.4 40.0 946 15.4 40.0 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 272 5.2 39.3 272 5.2 39.3 - - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 454 2.1 40.0 454 2.1 40.0 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 481 2.3 39.6 463 2.5 39.5 553 4.2 39.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 556 5.1 40.4 572 6.6 40.5 - - - Secretaries................................................. 546 4.2 39.2 520 3.8 39.2 621 6.1 39.1 Order clerks................................................ 585 12.1 40.0 585 12.1 40.0 - - - Library clerks.............................................. 445 9.9 38.6 - - - 359 6.1 36.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 500 7.1 39.2 502 7.6 39.3 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 477 5.8 39.4 435 3.8 39.1 - - - Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 323 8.1 38.1 323 8.1 38.1 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 416 11.3 40.0 416 11.3 40.0 - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 430 5.5 40.0 407 4.0 40.0 - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 525 7.1 38.9 525 7.1 38.9 - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 456 5.4 40.0 457 5.6 40.0 - - - General office clerks....................................... 413 5.5 39.8 395 6.2 39.7 467 1.7 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 375 4.9 39.6 369 5.5 39.6 - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 357 8.4 37.5 - - - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 472 9.1 39.7 478 10.1 39.7 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 532 2.5 39.9 528 2.7 39.9 584 3.0 39.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 631 2.4 39.9 633 2.7 39.9 620 3.5 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 671 5.9 40.0 671 5.9 40.0 - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 617 9.7 40.0 617 9.7 40.0 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $685 5.8 40.0 $693 5.9 40.0 - - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 691 3.1 41.5 - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 541 6.8 40.0 - - - - - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 620 15.0 40.0 625 17.6 40.0 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 848 6.9 40.0 848 6.9 40.0 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 503 4.0 40.0 502 4.1 40.0 ± ± ± Punching and stamping press operators....................... 511 6.5 40.0 511 6.5 40.0 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 586 12.9 40.0 586 12.9 40.0 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 504 4.9 40.0 498 5.7 40.0 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 455 6.0 40.0 455 6.0 40.0 - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 448 9.2 40.0 448 9.2 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 555 6.3 39.6 557 7.7 40.1 $544 4.6 37.5 Truck drivers............................................... 530 13.1 40.1 530 13.4 40.1 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 529 7.1 40.0 529 7.1 40.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 428 3.6 39.9 427 3.7 39.9 ± ± ± Construction laborers....................................... 470 10.1 40.0 - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 408 6.1 39.7 408 6.1 39.7 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 516 8.6 40.0 516 8.6 40.0 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 373 6.3 39.9 368 6.5 39.9 - - - Service............................................................. 443 7.2 39.5 315 3.9 39.0 629 8.2 40.1 Protective service............................................ 705 12.1 41.5 ± ± ± 822 7.8 42.0 Food service.................................................. 283 7.7 37.7 268 9.5 38.3 329 5.3 35.5 Cooks....................................................... 335 4.6 37.8 339 6.6 38.2 - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 372 3.6 38.2 377 4.2 40.0 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 285 5.4 35.5 - - - - - - Health service................................................ 329 2.9 38.5 326 3.0 38.4 ± ± ± Health aides, except nursing................................ 393 13.7 39.8 393 13.7 39.8 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 321 2.3 38.3 317 2.4 38.2 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 405 4.3 39.8 367 4.3 39.8 463 6.9 39.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 412 4.7 39.8 369 5.2 39.8 463 6.9 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 359 5.6 39.0 329 6.2 40.0 ± ± ± Service, n.e.c.............................................. 346 6.4 40.0 328 7.3 40.0 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $32,937 2.2 2,012 $31,848 2.7 2,051 $36,254 3.4 1,892 All excluding sales............................................... 33,167 2.2 2,007 32,086 2.7 2,048 36,254 3.4 1,892 White collar........................................................ 36,891 2.6 1,999 36,309 3.2 2,051 38,331 4.0 1,869 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,574 2.5 1,991 37,234 3.2 2,046 38,331 4.0 1,869 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 42,679 3.6 1,909 43,478 4.9 2,030 41,734 5.2 1,766 Professional specialty.......................................... 45,338 3.3 1,871 48,930 3.4 2,027 41,822 5.9 1,719 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 57,055 4.3 2,069 57,354 4.4 2,068 ± ± ± Civil engineers............................................. 49,154 8.4 2,080 46,674 4.4 2,080 - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 48,078 4.9 2,080 48,078 4.9 2,080 - - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 64,494 5.6 2,080 64,494 5.6 2,080 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 49,528 3.1 2,064 49,542 3.1 2,063 ± ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 51,695 3.5 2,068 51,771 3.6 2,068 - - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 44,947 6.9 2,054 44,947 6.9 2,054 - - - Natural scientists............................................ 50,935 11.1 2,080 59,720 14.2 2,080 ± ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 57,813 16.2 2,080 57,813 16.2 2,080 - - - Health related................................................ 40,370 9.1 2,057 44,139 6.4 2,058 32,121 14.5 2,055 Registered nurses........................................... 40,764 3.9 2,026 39,828 5.2 2,030 43,194 5.3 2,014 Pharmacists................................................. 56,939 2.0 2,080 56,939 2.0 2,080 - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 47,189 5.2 1,539 47,189 5.2 1,539 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 40,340 4.4 1,497 ± ± ± 40,870 4.6 1,496 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39,636 3.2 1,414 - - - 40,288 3.5 1,415 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,371 2.0 1,457 - - - 43,800 1.9 1,464 Teachers, special education................................. 39,093 3.5 1,476 - - - 39,093 3.5 1,476 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 43,645 5.0 1,521 - - - 44,317 3.4 1,491 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 37,626 12.0 1,741 ± ± ± 38,604 12.1 1,763 Librarians.................................................. 37,626 12.0 1,741 - - - 38,604 12.1 1,763 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 39,700 12.2 1,989 ± ± ± ± ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 47,429 21.6 2,066 ± ± ± 52,779 18.6 2,061 Social workers.............................................. 47,429 21.6 2,066 - - - 52,779 18.6 2,061 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,814 6.2 2,015 43,814 6.2 2,015 - - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 51,429 15.6 1,973 51,429 15.6 1,973 - - - Technical....................................................... 32,809 11.7 2,048 29,495 11.8 2,035 41,151 5.3 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,342 2.5 2,023 28,270 3.1 2,011 - - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 40,390 6.0 2,077 33,615 8.1 2,070 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 55,540 4.0 2,056 58,550 4.2 2,056 45,631 6.5 2,054 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 66,257 4.9 2,054 69,141 4.7 2,064 48,680 12.3 1,998 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40,128 12.1 2,073 - - - 40,128 12.1 2,073 Financial managers.......................................... $72,486 5.8 2,142 $72,418 5.8 2,143 - - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 74,721 8.7 2,051 74,721 8.7 2,051 - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 63,886 14.0 1,821 - - - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 39,857 6.5 2,080 39,258 3.5 2,080 - - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 71,094 6.7 2,052 71,448 6.8 2,052 - - - Management related............................................ 44,098 4.8 2,057 44,024 6.0 2,046 $44,246 8.0 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,703 5.3 2,077 45,618 4.3 2,075 - - - Other financial officers.................................... 48,426 21.9 2,022 47,285 26.4 2,012 - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 41,601 3.7 2,064 39,210 6.2 2,049 - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 46,190 10.0 2,076 46,681 10.0 2,080 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,749 6.8 2,080 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 28,263 10.9 2,096 28,263 10.9 2,096 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26,445 9.7 2,167 26,445 9.7 2,167 - - - Advertising and related sales............................... 54,842 31.1 2,064 54,842 31.1 2,064 - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 49,209 15.4 2,080 49,209 15.4 2,080 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 14,162 5.2 2,043 14,162 5.2 2,043 - - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 23,619 2.1 2,080 23,619 2.1 2,080 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,791 2.3 2,038 24,018 2.5 2,052 27,729 4.2 1,987 Supervisors, general office................................. 28,917 5.1 2,099 29,740 6.6 2,107 - - - Secretaries................................................. 27,543 4.2 1,977 27,002 3.8 2,036 28,965 6.1 1,823 Order clerks................................................ 30,395 12.1 2,080 30,395 12.1 2,080 - - - Library clerks.............................................. 22,392 9.9 1,945 - - - 17,238 6.1 1,768 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,426 7.1 1,995 26,113 7.6 2,042 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,738 5.8 2,043 22,638 3.8 2,033 - - - Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 16,785 8.1 1,979 16,785 8.1 1,979 - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 20,811 11.3 2,002 20,811 11.3 2,002 - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 22,373 5.5 2,080 21,169 4.0 2,080 - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 27,299 7.1 2,022 27,299 7.1 2,022 - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 23,704 5.4 2,080 23,775 5.6 2,080 - - - General office clerks....................................... 21,491 5.5 2,067 20,544 6.2 2,063 24,278 1.7 2,080 Data entry keyers........................................... 19,497 4.9 2,060 19,209 5.5 2,058 - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 15,471 8.4 1,625 - - - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 24,561 9.1 2,065 24,880 10.1 2,067 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 27,327 2.5 2,049 27,188 2.7 2,057 28,977 3.0 1,947 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 32,682 2.4 2,069 32,755 2.7 2,067 32,238 3.5 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 34,866 5.9 2,080 34,866 5.9 2,080 - - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 32,101 9.7 2,080 32,101 9.7 2,080 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $34,494 5.8 2,015 $34,847 5.9 2,012 - - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 35,922 3.1 2,155 - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 28,119 6.8 2,080 - - - - - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 32,216 15.0 2,080 32,513 17.6 2,080 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 44,116 6.9 2,080 44,116 6.9 2,080 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,631 4.0 2,036 25,589 4.1 2,036 ± ± ± Punching and stamping press operators....................... 23,250 6.5 1,819 23,250 6.5 1,819 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,496 12.9 2,080 30,496 12.9 2,080 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 26,205 4.9 2,080 25,870 5.7 2,080 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 23,678 6.0 2,080 23,678 6.0 2,080 - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 23,271 9.2 2,080 23,271 9.2 2,080 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 28,026 6.3 2,000 28,974 7.7 2,084 $24,482 4.6 1,685 Truck drivers............................................... 27,570 13.1 2,087 27,535 13.4 2,087 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,489 7.1 2,080 27,489 7.1 2,080 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,282 3.6 2,073 22,221 3.7 2,073 ± ± ± Construction laborers....................................... 24,456 10.1 2,080 - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,191 6.1 2,066 21,191 6.1 2,066 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,835 8.6 2,080 26,835 8.6 2,080 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,390 6.3 2,076 19,151 6.5 2,076 - - - Service............................................................. 22,437 7.2 1,997 16,344 3.9 2,022 30,804 8.2 1,964 Protective service............................................ 36,643 12.1 2,156 ± ± ± 42,729 7.8 2,186 Food service.................................................. 13,944 7.7 1,855 13,925 9.5 1,990 13,991 5.3 1,514 Cooks....................................................... 16,428 4.6 1,854 17,602 6.6 1,986 - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 17,439 3.6 1,789 19,613 4.2 2,080 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 12,993 5.4 1,619 - - - - - - Health service................................................ 17,085 2.9 2,001 16,930 3.0 1,996 ± ± ± Health aides, except nursing................................ 20,411 13.7 2,071 20,411 13.7 2,071 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,686 2.3 1,993 16,483 2.4 1,986 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 21,073 4.3 2,069 19,100 4.3 2,069 24,062 6.9 2,069 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,407 4.7 2,069 19,191 5.2 2,069 24,062 6.9 2,069 Personal service.............................................. 16,833 5.6 1,832 16,809 6.2 2,042 ± ± ± Service, n.e.c.............................................. 17,012 6.4 1,967 15,795 7.3 1,927 - - - 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 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, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $15.54 2.2 $14.61 2.7 $18.91 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 15.81 2.3 14.89 2.8 18.91 3.5 White collar........................................................ 17.73 2.6 16.85 3.3 20.30 4.0 1....................................................... 7.16 3.3 7.14 3.4 - - 2....................................................... 7.95 4.2 7.81 4.2 10.76 4.9 3....................................................... 8.92 3.4 8.85 3.6 9.91 6.1 4....................................................... 11.33 3.8 11.23 4.3 12.09 3.1 5....................................................... 12.68 1.7 12.71 2.0 12.60 2.6 6....................................................... 14.52 2.1 14.77 2.4 14.03 3.9 7....................................................... 16.82 1.7 16.77 2.0 16.97 2.7 8....................................................... 19.04 2.9 19.46 2.8 17.25 8.2 9....................................................... 23.65 2.6 21.79 4.0 25.01 3.9 10........................................................ 24.58 4.3 24.08 4.2 - - 11........................................................ 26.63 4.1 27.62 3.6 24.34 8.9 12........................................................ 35.66 4.5 36.83 5.0 - - 13........................................................ 43.12 2.6 43.76 2.2 - - 14........................................................ 50.84 4.9 50.84 4.9 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.45 10.5 24.81 10.4 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.43 2.6 17.70 3.3 20.30 4.0 1....................................................... 7.50 5.2 7.48 5.5 - - 2....................................................... 8.08 4.9 7.92 4.9 10.76 4.9 3....................................................... 9.55 2.3 9.51 2.5 9.91 6.1 4....................................................... 11.66 4.0 11.60 4.6 12.09 3.1 5....................................................... 12.68 1.6 12.71 2.0 12.60 2.6 6....................................................... 14.59 2.2 14.92 2.6 14.03 3.9 7....................................................... 16.85 1.7 16.80 2.0 16.97 2.7 8....................................................... 19.22 3.1 19.76 2.8 17.25 8.2 9....................................................... 23.60 2.6 21.64 4.0 25.01 3.9 10........................................................ 25.09 3.8 24.58 3.6 - - 11........................................................ 26.47 4.2 27.45 3.7 24.34 8.9 12........................................................ 34.43 2.6 35.17 2.7 - - 13........................................................ 43.12 2.6 43.76 2.2 - - 14........................................................ 50.84 4.9 50.84 4.9 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.30 10.2 25.71 10.0 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.08 3.7 21.12 5.1 23.44 5.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.05 3.2 23.94 3.2 24.17 6.0 5....................................................... 12.32 2.3 - - - - 6....................................................... 13.29 5.8 15.32 4.6 - - 7....................................................... 18.03 3.0 18.52 3.1 15.32 8.0 8....................................................... 20.17 3.9 20.30 4.6 19.51 4.8 9....................................................... 24.64 3.3 21.16 5.5 27.22 3.7 10........................................................ 27.18 3.2 26.49 2.1 - - 11........................................................ 25.58 7.9 27.85 4.8 - - 12........................................................ 34.42 3.2 35.89 2.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... $26.88 10.8 $26.88 10.8 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.54 4.2 27.70 4.2 ± ± 9....................................................... 23.83 5.4 23.83 5.4 - - 11........................................................ 32.16 6.7 31.38 7.5 - - 12........................................................ 34.51 2.7 34.51 2.7 - - Civil engineers............................................. 23.63 8.4 22.44 4.4 - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 23.11 4.9 23.11 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.01 5.6 31.01 5.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.00 2.9 24.01 2.9 ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 25.00 3.2 25.04 3.3 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.89 6.5 21.89 6.5 - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.49 11.1 28.71 14.2 ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.79 16.2 27.79 16.2 - - Health related................................................ 19.80 8.3 21.36 5.8 $16.06 15.0 8....................................................... 20.10 8.9 20.20 9.1 - - 9....................................................... 19.85 7.2 19.39 9.3 21.50 4.3 Registered nurses........................................... 20.26 4.1 19.93 5.1 21.44 5.2 8....................................................... 20.36 9.9 20.49 10.2 - - 9....................................................... 19.65 4.4 19.14 6.2 - - Pharmacists................................................. 27.37 2.0 27.37 2.0 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.63 8.2 29.63 8.2 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.53 4.7 ± ± 26.97 5.0 9....................................................... 28.77 2.1 - - 29.11 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.94 3.3 - - 28.42 3.6 9....................................................... 28.00 3.2 - - 28.48 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.74 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 9....................................................... 29.74 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.48 3.9 - - 26.48 3.9 9....................................................... 27.35 4.0 - - 27.35 4.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.60 8.9 - - 27.75 8.1 9....................................................... 30.44 1.7 - - 30.44 1.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.50 12.5 ± ± 21.77 12.8 9....................................................... 25.79 10.3 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 21.50 12.5 - - 21.77 12.8 9....................................................... 25.79 10.3 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.24 13.4 20.93 15.1 ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.88 21.5 ± ± 25.61 18.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.94 21.5 - - 25.61 18.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.30 4.4 21.30 4.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.42 21.0 24.42 21.0 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 26.07 12.9 26.07 12.9 - - Technical....................................................... 15.68 11.7 14.25 11.6 19.48 6.5 4....................................................... 9.23 11.0 9.14 11.5 - - 5....................................................... 13.31 4.3 13.52 4.2 - - 6....................................................... $14.67 5.6 $14.67 5.7 - - 7....................................................... 16.76 3.3 17.26 2.8 - - 8....................................................... 19.04 2.7 19.18 2.8 - - 9....................................................... 21.90 6.1 27.84 17.2 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.98 1.8 14.07 2.0 - - Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.74 29.3 20.11 30.2 - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 14.14 15.7 - - - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.29 6.3 15.89 8.0 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 3.9 28.47 4.0 $22.21 6.5 6....................................................... 14.79 5.3 14.46 8.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.27 3.1 16.25 3.2 - - 8....................................................... 19.08 3.0 19.12 3.1 - - 9....................................................... 21.31 2.7 21.82 2.9 20.70 4.2 10........................................................ 22.94 7.0 22.94 7.0 - - 11........................................................ 27.12 3.9 27.28 4.8 26.67 6.7 12........................................................ 34.44 4.5 34.45 5.0 - - 13........................................................ 44.01 2.3 44.02 2.3 - - 14........................................................ 52.14 4.6 52.14 4.6 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.25 4.9 33.51 4.8 24.37 12.4 8....................................................... 21.67 2.5 - - - - 9....................................................... 21.26 5.1 21.96 4.5 - - 11........................................................ 29.01 6.2 30.05 6.2 26.14 13.8 12........................................................ 34.60 4.8 34.63 5.3 - - 13........................................................ 44.27 2.6 44.28 2.6 - - 14........................................................ 52.14 4.6 52.14 4.6 - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.35 12.2 - - 19.35 12.2 Financial managers.......................................... 33.84 6.5 33.80 6.6 - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.44 8.5 36.44 8.5 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.09 14.3 - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 19.16 6.5 18.87 3.5 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.64 6.8 34.82 6.8 - - 9....................................................... 24.11 7.7 24.11 7.7 - - 11........................................................ 29.36 6.3 29.73 6.7 - - 12........................................................ 31.85 6.9 31.85 6.9 - - 13........................................................ 44.88 3.0 44.88 3.0 - - 14........................................................ 54.12 3.6 54.12 3.6 - - Management related............................................ 21.43 4.7 21.51 5.8 21.28 8.0 6....................................................... 14.55 5.8 14.46 8.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.83 2.5 16.83 2.5 - - 8....................................................... 18.27 3.0 - - - - 9....................................................... 21.34 3.1 21.64 3.3 21.17 4.2 11........................................................ 25.29 3.0 24.58 2.5 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.56 5.3 21.98 4.2 - - 9....................................................... 20.70 5.3 22.12 7.4 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.95 20.8 23.50 25.1 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ $20.15 3.5 $19.14 6.1 - - 9....................................................... 20.93 1.8 - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.25 10.3 22.45 10.4 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.36 6.8 - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.45 9.4 11.45 9.4 - - 1....................................................... 6.74 3.5 6.74 3.5 - - 2....................................................... 7.13 2.4 7.13 2.4 - - 3....................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 - - 4....................................................... 9.06 8.9 9.06 8.9 - - 5....................................................... 12.70 9.0 12.70 9.0 - - 7....................................................... 16.53 7.9 16.53 7.9 - - 8....................................................... 17.65 7.2 17.65 7.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.20 8.2 12.20 8.2 - - Advertising and related sales............................... 26.21 30.9 26.21 30.9 - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 23.66 15.4 23.66 15.4 - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.35 2.4 7.35 2.4 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.75 9.5 7.75 9.5 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.72 2.9 6.72 2.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.61 3.8 6.61 3.8 - - 3....................................................... 6.73 4.5 6.73 4.5 - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.36 2.1 11.36 2.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.89 2.4 11.41 2.6 $13.86 4.0 1....................................................... 7.50 5.2 7.48 5.5 - - 2....................................................... 8.30 4.9 8.14 5.0 10.76 4.9 3....................................................... 9.59 2.3 9.51 2.5 10.48 5.4 4....................................................... 11.96 3.6 11.92 4.1 12.18 3.3 5....................................................... 12.64 2.0 12.54 2.3 12.93 3.8 6....................................................... 14.81 2.6 15.05 3.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.57 2.8 15.92 3.6 17.52 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.78 4.5 14.12 5.7 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.89 3.9 13.26 3.9 15.40 6.1 4....................................................... 11.56 5.0 11.48 5.4 - - 5....................................................... 13.24 3.1 12.87 4.1 - - 7....................................................... 17.32 2.5 16.91 6.0 - - Typists..................................................... 12.28 2.9 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.35 4.7 8.35 4.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.35 4.7 8.35 4.7 - - Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 8.68 5.7 8.68 5.7 - - Order clerks................................................ 10.68 16.7 10.68 16.7 - - Library clerks.............................................. 10.58 10.1 - - 8.88 4.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.75 7.3 12.79 7.8 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.08 5.5 11.11 3.8 14.36 6.7 3....................................................... 10.39 3.7 - - - - 4....................................................... 10.60 2.5 10.61 2.5 - - 5....................................................... $13.20 5.4 $13.32 5.2 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.28 10.9 10.28 10.9 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.21 7.0 9.58 7.0 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.50 6.8 13.50 6.8 - - Bill and account collectors................................. 11.30 4.8 11.33 5.0 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.36 5.0 9.96 5.6 $11.67 1.7 2....................................................... 8.34 6.8 8.34 6.8 - - 3....................................................... 9.51 5.8 9.52 5.9 - - 4....................................................... 11.77 1.5 - - - - 5....................................................... 12.86 4.6 13.12 4.9 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.45 4.6 9.32 5.1 - - 3....................................................... 9.56 4.2 9.36 5.0 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.31 4.4 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.85 8.7 11.99 9.6 - - 5....................................................... 12.20 4.7 12.72 4.5 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.05 2.4 12.93 2.6 14.56 2.3 1....................................................... 8.15 3.3 8.18 3.3 - - 2....................................................... 11.16 5.2 11.09 5.4 - - 3....................................................... 10.85 3.7 10.83 3.8 - - 4....................................................... 12.85 2.4 12.70 2.5 14.99 2.3 5....................................................... 14.96 5.2 15.08 5.5 13.71 2.4 6....................................................... 14.71 3.9 14.54 4.1 - - 7....................................................... 17.15 2.7 17.80 2.5 14.80 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.83 2.3 15.88 2.7 15.50 3.5 3....................................................... 12.34 8.1 12.34 8.1 - - 4....................................................... 13.93 8.4 14.02 8.7 - - 5....................................................... 15.80 3.3 16.16 3.9 14.11 3.9 6....................................................... 15.22 5.6 14.96 6.1 - - 7....................................................... 17.54 3.1 18.08 3.0 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.76 5.9 16.76 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 16.21 5.0 16.21 5.0 - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 9.7 15.43 9.7 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.12 5.8 17.32 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 18.78 6.5 18.78 6.5 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.67 3.6 - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 14.30 7.2 14.22 7.5 - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 15.49 15.0 15.63 17.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.16 6.3 21.16 6.3 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.55 4.0 12.53 4.1 ± ± 3....................................................... 10.80 4.3 10.80 4.3 - - 4....................................................... 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 - - 5....................................................... 14.25 8.7 14.25 8.7 - - 6....................................................... $13.27 5.5 $13.27 5.5 - - 7....................................................... 14.60 5.5 15.33 5.9 - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 12.78 6.5 12.78 6.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.66 12.9 14.66 12.9 - - 5....................................................... 17.91 10.0 17.91 10.0 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.60 4.9 12.44 5.7 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.33 5.9 11.33 5.9 - - 4....................................................... 10.92 3.7 10.92 3.7 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.19 9.2 11.19 9.2 - - 5....................................................... 10.65 11.5 10.65 11.5 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.79 6.3 13.64 7.8 $14.43 2.2 2....................................................... 10.14 6.7 - - - - 3....................................................... 10.95 8.6 10.46 10.3 - - 4....................................................... 13.71 5.5 13.15 7.0 - - 5....................................................... 16.60 12.8 17.35 13.7 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.21 13.2 13.19 13.5 - - Bus drivers................................................. 14.83 2.1 - - 14.83 2.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.22 7.1 13.22 7.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.13 3.2 10.14 3.3 9.95 16.5 1....................................................... 8.29 4.2 8.34 4.3 - - 2....................................................... 10.12 7.0 10.06 7.1 - - 3....................................................... 10.37 6.0 10.37 6.0 - - 4....................................................... 12.91 3.9 12.94 4.0 - - Construction laborers....................................... 11.76 10.1 - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 11.66 5.6 11.66 5.6 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.46 5.1 9.46 5.1 - - 1....................................................... 7.27 4.9 7.27 4.9 - - 2....................................................... 9.42 9.0 9.42 9.0 - - 3....................................................... 9.58 8.9 9.58 8.9 - - 4....................................................... 13.70 4.5 13.70 4.5 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.68 7.4 11.68 7.4 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.00 6.0 8.89 6.2 - - 1....................................................... 9.08 7.8 9.08 7.8 - - Service............................................................. 9.67 7.1 7.07 4.3 15.41 7.7 1....................................................... 6.62 8.2 6.27 7.6 11.25 7.4 2....................................................... 7.32 7.7 6.92 8.4 10.08 3.7 3....................................................... 7.58 7.5 6.79 9.6 9.63 4.6 4....................................................... 9.52 7.7 8.98 6.5 - - 5....................................................... 10.13 12.8 - - - - 7....................................................... 15.80 7.8 - - - - Protective service............................................ 15.37 12.8 7.41 4.2 19.45 7.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.43 4.3 7.43 4.3 - - Food service.................................................. 6.05 6.6 5.60 6.5 9.23 3.6 1....................................................... $5.05 11.7 $4.93 11.5 - - 2....................................................... 5.37 16.2 5.11 17.5 - - 3....................................................... 6.03 16.1 4.81 17.3 - - 4....................................................... 9.61 3.3 - - - - Bartenders.................................................. 5.41 4.9 5.41 4.9 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.62 15.0 2.62 15.0 - - 2....................................................... 2.36 7.7 2.36 7.7 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.63 2.7 8.55 3.6 $8.87 2.4 2....................................................... 8.53 3.4 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.91 5.2 8.57 5.5 - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.39 19.5 5.39 19.5 - - 1....................................................... 5.39 19.5 5.39 19.5 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.46 4.5 6.93 1.6 - - 1....................................................... 6.95 1.8 6.95 1.8 - - Health service................................................ 8.50 2.6 8.45 2.7 9.22 3.0 1....................................................... 7.87 1.6 7.87 1.6 - - 2....................................................... 8.75 3.1 8.61 2.9 - - 3....................................................... 8.55 5.0 8.49 5.7 - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.84 13.6 9.84 13.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.36 2.3 8.30 2.5 9.22 3.0 1....................................................... 7.91 1.6 7.91 1.6 - - 2....................................................... 8.73 4.3 - - - - 3....................................................... 8.57 5.1 8.51 5.8 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 9.74 4.6 8.73 4.7 11.63 6.8 1....................................................... 8.66 9.1 7.50 4.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.53 5.8 8.53 5.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.60 6.4 10.25 14.5 10.72 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.83 5.0 8.67 5.4 11.63 6.8 1....................................................... 8.96 10.3 7.60 6.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.53 5.8 8.53 5.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.80 7.5 - - 10.72 7.4 Personal service.............................................. 8.48 6.2 7.64 7.5 10.34 7.6 1....................................................... 6.03 8.7 5.92 9.3 - - 3....................................................... 7.77 7.9 7.98 7.8 - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.28 9.1 6.83 9.4 - - 1....................................................... 6.07 9.1 5.97 9.8 - - 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 appendices 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NON- RESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 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, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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................................................................... $16.37 2.2 $15.53 2.7 $19.16 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.52 2.2 15.67 2.7 19.16 3.5 White collar........................................................ 18.46 2.6 17.70 3.2 20.50 4.0 1....................................................... 7.96 4.9 7.93 5.1 - - 2....................................................... 8.27 3.8 8.12 3.8 10.95 4.6 3....................................................... 9.08 3.9 8.98 4.2 10.46 5.4 4....................................................... 11.50 3.7 11.42 4.1 12.09 3.2 5....................................................... 12.69 1.8 12.73 2.1 12.59 3.1 6....................................................... 14.55 2.1 14.81 2.4 14.02 3.9 7....................................................... 16.84 1.7 16.80 2.0 16.98 2.7 8....................................................... 18.79 2.6 19.19 2.3 17.25 8.2 9....................................................... 23.71 2.6 21.89 4.1 25.03 3.9 10........................................................ 24.58 4.3 24.08 4.2 - - 11........................................................ 26.56 4.2 27.56 3.7 24.34 8.9 12........................................................ 35.66 4.5 36.83 5.0 - - 13........................................................ 43.12 2.6 43.76 2.2 - - 14........................................................ 50.84 4.9 50.84 4.9 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.42 10.1 25.83 10.1 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.87 2.5 18.20 3.2 20.50 4.0 1....................................................... 8.17 6.6 8.15 7.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.36 4.1 8.19 4.1 10.95 4.6 3....................................................... 9.55 2.7 9.46 3.0 10.46 5.4 4....................................................... 11.65 4.0 11.58 4.6 12.09 3.2 5....................................................... 12.69 1.7 12.73 2.1 12.59 3.1 6....................................................... 14.62 2.2 14.96 2.6 14.02 3.9 7....................................................... 16.88 1.7 16.84 2.0 16.98 2.7 8....................................................... 18.95 2.8 19.46 2.1 17.25 8.2 9....................................................... 23.66 2.6 21.73 4.1 25.03 3.9 10........................................................ 25.09 3.8 24.58 3.6 - - 11........................................................ 26.40 4.3 27.37 3.8 24.34 8.9 12........................................................ 34.43 2.6 35.17 2.7 - - 13........................................................ 43.12 2.6 43.76 2.2 - - 14........................................................ 50.84 4.9 50.84 4.9 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.41 9.7 26.89 9.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.36 3.6 21.42 4.9 23.63 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.23 3.3 24.13 3.4 24.33 6.0 5....................................................... 12.34 2.4 - - - - 6....................................................... 13.37 6.4 15.86 5.3 - - 7....................................................... 18.14 3.0 18.64 3.1 15.36 8.1 8....................................................... 19.76 3.0 19.82 3.5 19.51 4.8 9....................................................... 24.76 3.3 21.29 5.6 27.28 3.7 10........................................................ 27.18 3.2 26.49 2.1 - - 11........................................................ 25.36 8.1 27.67 5.2 - - 12........................................................ 34.42 3.2 35.89 2.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... $27.59 10.6 $27.59 10.6 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.58 4.2 27.73 4.2 ± ± 9....................................................... 23.83 5.4 23.83 5.4 - - 11........................................................ 32.16 6.7 31.38 7.5 - - 12........................................................ 34.51 2.7 34.51 2.7 - - Civil engineers............................................. 23.63 8.4 22.44 4.4 - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 23.11 4.9 23.11 4.9 - - Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.01 5.6 31.01 5.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.00 2.9 24.01 2.9 ± ± Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 25.00 3.2 25.04 3.3 - - Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.89 6.5 21.89 6.5 - - Natural scientists............................................ 24.49 11.1 28.71 14.2 ± ± Chemists, except biochemists................................ 27.79 16.2 27.79 16.2 - - Health related................................................ 19.63 9.1 21.45 6.3 $15.63 14.7 8....................................................... 18.50 2.2 18.58 2.3 - - 9....................................................... 19.92 7.9 19.63 10.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 20.12 3.4 19.62 4.6 21.44 5.2 9....................................................... 19.96 4.4 19.50 6.4 - - Pharmacists................................................. 27.37 2.0 27.37 2.0 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.65 7.8 30.65 7.8 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.95 4.7 ± ± 27.31 4.9 9....................................................... 28.80 2.1 - - 29.12 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.02 3.2 - - 28.48 3.5 9....................................................... 28.02 3.2 - - 28.48 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 9....................................................... 29.76 2.1 - - 29.92 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.48 3.9 - - 26.48 3.9 9....................................................... 27.35 4.0 - - 27.35 4.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.70 5.2 - - 29.72 3.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 21.61 12.5 ± ± 21.89 12.8 9....................................................... 25.79 10.3 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 21.61 12.5 - - 21.89 12.8 9....................................................... 25.79 10.3 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 19.96 13.5 ± ± ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 22.96 21.5 ± ± 25.61 18.5 Social workers.............................................. 22.96 21.5 - - 25.61 18.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.75 5.3 21.75 5.3 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.70 21.6 25.70 21.6 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 26.07 12.9 26.07 12.9 - - Technical....................................................... 16.02 11.7 14.49 11.9 19.78 5.3 4....................................................... 9.16 11.3 - - - - 5....................................................... 13.39 5.2 13.39 5.2 - - 6....................................................... 14.74 5.9 14.74 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 16.85 3.5 17.42 3.0 - - 8....................................................... $19.04 2.7 $19.18 2.8 - - 9....................................................... 21.90 6.1 27.84 17.2 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.01 2.1 14.06 2.5 - - Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.44 5.9 16.24 8.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 3.9 28.47 4.0 $22.21 6.5 6....................................................... 14.79 5.3 14.46 8.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.27 3.1 16.25 3.2 - - 8....................................................... 19.08 3.0 19.12 3.1 - - 9....................................................... 21.31 2.7 21.82 2.9 20.70 4.2 10........................................................ 22.94 7.0 22.94 7.0 - - 11........................................................ 27.12 3.9 27.28 4.8 26.67 6.7 12........................................................ 34.44 4.5 34.45 5.0 - - 13........................................................ 44.01 2.3 44.02 2.3 - - 14........................................................ 52.14 4.6 52.14 4.6 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.25 4.9 33.51 4.8 24.37 12.4 8....................................................... 21.67 2.5 - - - - 9....................................................... 21.26 5.1 21.96 4.5 - - 11........................................................ 29.01 6.2 30.05 6.2 26.14 13.8 12........................................................ 34.60 4.8 34.63 5.3 - - 13........................................................ 44.27 2.6 44.28 2.6 - - 14........................................................ 52.14 4.6 52.14 4.6 - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.35 12.2 - - 19.35 12.2 Financial managers.......................................... 33.84 6.5 33.80 6.6 - - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.44 8.5 36.44 8.5 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.09 14.3 - - - - Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 19.16 6.5 18.87 3.5 - - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.64 6.8 34.82 6.8 - - 9....................................................... 24.11 7.7 24.11 7.7 - - 11........................................................ 29.36 6.3 29.73 6.7 - - 12........................................................ 31.85 6.9 31.85 6.9 - - 13........................................................ 44.88 3.0 44.88 3.0 - - 14........................................................ 54.12 3.6 54.12 3.6 - - Management related............................................ 21.43 4.7 21.51 5.8 21.28 8.0 6....................................................... 14.55 5.8 14.46 8.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.83 2.5 16.83 2.5 - - 8....................................................... 18.27 3.0 - - - - 9....................................................... 21.34 3.1 21.64 3.3 21.17 4.2 11........................................................ 25.29 3.0 24.58 2.5 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.56 5.3 21.98 4.2 - - 9....................................................... 20.70 5.3 22.12 7.4 - - Other financial officers.................................... 23.95 20.8 23.50 25.1 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.15 3.5 19.14 6.1 - - 9....................................................... 20.93 1.8 - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.25 10.3 22.45 10.4 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.36 6.8 - - - - Sales............................................................. $13.49 10.8 $13.49 10.8 - - 1....................................................... 7.43 5.5 7.43 5.5 - - 3....................................................... 7.23 8.1 7.23 8.1 - - 4....................................................... 10.14 3.9 10.14 3.9 - - 5....................................................... 12.78 9.2 12.78 9.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.53 7.9 16.53 7.9 - - 8....................................................... 17.65 7.2 17.65 7.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.20 8.2 12.20 8.2 - - Advertising and related sales............................... 26.57 31.0 26.57 31.0 - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 23.66 15.4 23.66 15.4 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.93 5.2 6.93 5.2 - - Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.36 2.1 11.36 2.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 2.3 11.71 2.5 $13.95 4.1 1....................................................... 8.17 6.6 8.15 7.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.61 3.5 8.44 3.5 10.95 4.6 3....................................................... 9.55 2.8 9.45 3.0 10.51 5.5 4....................................................... 11.94 3.5 11.90 4.1 12.18 3.4 5....................................................... 12.66 2.1 12.60 2.3 12.87 4.5 6....................................................... 14.81 2.6 15.05 3.2 - - 7....................................................... 16.57 2.8 15.92 3.6 17.52 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.78 4.5 14.12 5.7 - - Secretaries................................................. 13.93 4.1 13.26 3.9 15.89 5.7 4....................................................... 11.53 5.1 11.48 5.4 - - 5....................................................... 13.24 3.8 12.87 4.1 - - 7....................................................... 17.32 2.5 16.91 6.0 - - Order clerks................................................ 14.61 12.1 14.61 12.1 - - Library clerks.............................................. 11.51 7.8 - - 9.75 4.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.75 7.3 12.79 7.8 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.11 5.5 11.14 3.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.39 3.7 - - - - 4....................................................... 10.61 2.5 10.61 2.5 - - 5....................................................... 13.20 5.4 13.32 5.2 - - Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 8.48 7.1 8.48 7.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.39 11.3 10.39 11.3 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.76 5.5 10.18 4.0 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.50 6.8 13.50 6.8 - - Bill and account collectors................................. 11.40 5.4 11.43 5.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 10.40 5.4 9.96 6.2 11.67 1.7 2....................................................... 8.10 6.2 8.10 6.2 - - 3....................................................... 9.40 6.7 9.42 6.8 - - 4....................................................... 11.77 1.5 - - - - 5....................................................... 12.88 4.8 - - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.46 4.6 9.33 5.2 - - 3....................................................... 9.58 4.2 9.38 5.0 - - Teachers' aides............................................. $9.52 3.4 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.89 9.1 $12.04 10.1 - - 5....................................................... 12.20 4.7 12.72 4.5 - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.34 2.5 13.22 2.7 $14.88 2.6 1....................................................... 8.85 3.8 8.85 3.8 - - 2....................................................... 11.42 5.2 11.36 5.4 - - 3....................................................... 10.86 3.8 10.84 3.8 - - 4....................................................... 12.83 2.4 12.68 2.6 14.98 2.4 5....................................................... 14.96 5.2 15.08 5.5 13.67 2.4 6....................................................... 14.62 4.0 14.44 4.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.14 2.7 17.78 2.6 14.80 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.80 2.3 15.85 2.7 15.50 3.5 3....................................................... 12.34 8.1 12.34 8.1 - - 4....................................................... 13.93 8.4 14.02 8.7 - - 5....................................................... 15.80 3.3 16.16 3.9 14.11 3.9 6....................................................... 15.06 5.7 14.77 6.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.52 3.1 18.06 3.0 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.76 5.9 16.76 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 16.21 5.0 16.21 5.0 - - Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 9.7 15.43 9.7 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.12 5.8 17.32 5.9 - - 7....................................................... 18.78 6.5 18.78 6.5 - - Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.67 3.6 - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 13.52 6.8 - - - - Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 15.49 15.0 15.63 17.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.21 6.9 21.21 6.9 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.59 4.0 12.57 4.1 ± ± 3....................................................... 10.80 4.3 10.80 4.3 - - 4....................................................... 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 - - 5....................................................... 14.25 8.7 14.25 8.7 - - 6....................................................... 13.27 5.5 13.27 5.5 - - 7....................................................... 14.60 5.5 15.33 5.9 - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 12.78 6.5 12.78 6.5 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.66 12.9 14.66 12.9 - - 5....................................................... 17.91 10.0 17.91 10.0 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.60 4.9 12.44 5.7 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.38 6.0 11.38 6.0 - - 4....................................................... 10.92 3.7 10.92 3.7 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.19 9.2 11.19 9.2 - - 5....................................................... 10.65 11.5 10.65 11.5 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 6.3 13.90 7.7 14.53 2.5 2....................................................... $10.14 6.7 - - - - 3....................................................... 10.76 9.5 $10.46 10.3 - - 4....................................................... 13.69 5.9 13.12 7.5 - - 5....................................................... 16.63 12.9 17.35 13.7 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.21 13.2 13.19 13.5 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.22 7.1 13.22 7.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.75 3.7 10.72 3.7 ± ± 1....................................................... 9.09 4.9 9.09 4.9 - - 2....................................................... 10.52 7.9 10.46 8.0 - - 3....................................................... 10.39 6.3 10.39 6.3 - - 4....................................................... 12.91 3.9 12.94 4.0 - - Construction laborers....................................... 11.76 10.1 - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.26 6.3 10.26 6.3 - - 1....................................................... 8.12 7.8 8.12 7.8 - - 3....................................................... 9.64 9.4 9.64 9.4 - - 4....................................................... 13.70 4.5 13.70 4.5 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.90 8.6 12.90 8.6 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.23 6.5 - - 1....................................................... 9.71 7.6 9.71 7.6 - - Service............................................................. 11.23 6.9 8.08 3.5 $15.68 7.6 1....................................................... 8.20 4.6 7.72 2.4 11.80 4.8 2....................................................... 7.90 7.4 7.45 8.2 10.27 3.3 3....................................................... 8.69 6.5 7.80 10.7 9.89 4.5 4....................................................... 9.67 7.1 9.14 5.9 - - 5....................................................... 10.13 12.8 - - - - 7....................................................... 15.80 7.8 - - - - Protective service............................................ 17.00 11.5 ± ± 19.54 7.6 Food service.................................................. 7.52 7.1 7.00 8.2 9.24 3.7 1....................................................... 7.47 6.2 7.25 6.5 - - 2....................................................... 5.47 27.0 - - - - 3....................................................... 7.26 14.8 - - - - 4....................................................... 9.61 3.3 - - - - Cooks....................................................... 8.86 3.0 8.86 4.3 - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.75 4.1 9.43 4.2 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.03 5.7 - - - - Health service................................................ 8.54 2.7 8.48 2.9 ± ± 1....................................................... 7.90 1.6 7.90 1.6 - - 2....................................................... 8.62 3.6 - - - - 3....................................................... 8.71 4.5 8.62 5.4 - - Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.85 13.7 9.85 13.7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.37 2.2 8.30 2.3 - - 1....................................................... 7.94 1.6 7.94 1.6 - - 3....................................................... 8.75 4.5 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 10.19 4.3 9.23 4.3 11.63 6.8 1....................................................... $9.29 9.5 $7.90 5.1 - - 2....................................................... 8.89 4.3 8.89 4.3 - - 3....................................................... 10.74 6.7 10.82 15.0 $10.72 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.35 4.7 9.28 5.2 11.63 6.8 1....................................................... 9.85 10.5 8.19 6.7 - - 2....................................................... 8.89 4.3 8.89 4.3 - - 3....................................................... 10.98 7.9 - - 10.72 7.4 Personal service.............................................. 9.19 6.0 8.23 6.2 ± ± Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.65 6.4 8.20 7.3 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendices 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NON- RESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. 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, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.09 5.4 $7.85 5.6 $11.36 10.2 All excluding sales............................................... 8.40 6.5 8.12 6.9 11.36 10.2 White collar........................................................ 9.71 6.5 9.42 6.9 12.92 10.2 1....................................................... 6.46 2.4 6.45 2.5 - - 2....................................................... 6.85 7.4 6.82 7.5 - - 3....................................................... 8.44 4.0 8.49 4.2 - - 4....................................................... 9.11 15.1 8.93 15.7 - - 5....................................................... 12.48 3.6 12.37 4.1 - - 8....................................................... 22.48 17.1 22.48 17.1 - - 9....................................................... 19.83 9.2 - - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 11.43 8.5 11.21 9.6 12.92 10.2 1....................................................... 6.50 2.3 6.48 2.6 - - 2....................................................... 6.75 10.4 6.71 10.5 - - 4....................................................... 12.11 9.6 12.13 10.9 - - 5....................................................... 12.55 3.5 12.49 4.1 - - 8....................................................... 22.48 17.1 22.48 17.1 - - 9....................................................... 19.83 9.2 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.60 11.1 17.09 12.1 14.15 24.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.61 12.3 20.70 12.3 15.56 28.9 8....................................................... 22.48 17.1 22.48 17.1 - - 9....................................................... 19.83 9.2 - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± ± ± ± - - Health related................................................ 21.15 12.5 20.78 15.0 ± ± Registered nurses........................................... 20.82 15.1 20.82 15.1 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. ± ± ± ± - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 11.09 24.6 ± ± ± ± Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± ± - - ± ± Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± ± ± ± - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... ± ± ± ± - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... ± ± ± ± - - Technical....................................................... 11.79 10.6 12.05 11.4 ± ± 5....................................................... 13.04 6.7 - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.76 2.6 6.76 2.6 - - 1....................................................... 6.43 3.8 6.43 3.8 - - 2....................................................... 7.04 2.8 7.04 2.8 - - 3....................................................... 7.04 4.4 7.04 4.4 - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 7.12 2.1 7.12 2.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.54 3.3 6.54 3.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.21 3.0 6.21 3.0 - - 3....................................................... 6.93 5.5 6.93 5.5 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.15 7.6 8.77 7.1 12.13 7.0 1....................................................... $6.50 2.3 $6.48 2.6 - - 4....................................................... 12.38 10.7 12.41 12.2 - - 5....................................................... 12.37 4.5 - - - - Library clerks.............................................. 7.67 4.6 - - $7.72 5.1 Blue collar......................................................... 8.41 7.5 8.22 8.5 ± ± 1....................................................... 7.12 6.9 7.13 7.4 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... ± ± ± ± - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... ± ± ± ± - - Transportation and material moving................................ ± ± ± ± ± ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.56 6.8 7.59 7.1 ± ± 1....................................................... 7.31 7.2 7.33 7.7 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.88 5.2 6.88 5.2 - - 1....................................................... 6.59 6.3 6.59 6.3 - - Service............................................................. 5.48 5.7 5.41 5.9 7.21 6.3 1....................................................... 4.88 10.0 4.84 10.0 - - 2....................................................... 5.80 13.6 5.67 14.2 - - 3....................................................... 5.89 10.8 5.85 11.5 - - Protective service............................................ 6.80 2.5 ± ± ± ± Food service.................................................. 4.52 3.8 4.47 3.7 ± ± 1....................................................... 4.34 11.3 4.34 11.3 - - 2....................................................... 5.29 16.7 5.20 17.1 - - 3....................................................... 4.02 9.0 3.95 8.5 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.45 9.7 2.45 9.7 - - 2....................................................... 2.48 13.5 2.48 13.5 - - Cooks....................................................... 7.93 4.6 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.07 4.7 7.07 4.7 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.92 2.3 6.92 2.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.94 2.7 6.94 2.7 - - Health service................................................ 8.31 5.0 8.33 5.2 ± ± 3....................................................... 8.29 6.6 8.30 6.7 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.31 5.0 8.33 5.2 - - 3....................................................... 8.29 6.6 8.30 6.7 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.53 3.0 6.53 3.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.61 3.9 6.61 3.9 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.53 3.0 6.53 3.0 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.02 6.6 5.85 8.3 ± ± 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendices 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NON- RESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 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....................................................... $16.37 $8.09 $17.15 $15.09 $15.55 $15.12 All excluding sales............................................. 16.52 8.40 17.31 15.37 15.87 12.27 White collar........................................................ 18.46 9.71 19.88 17.34 17.78 15.68 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.87 11.43 20.38 18.06 18.55 ± Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.36 16.60 24.88 21.20 22.08 - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.23 19.61 25.37 23.49 24.05 - Technical....................................................... 16.02 11.79 ± 15.77 15.68 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.02 - ± 27.40 27.02 - Sales............................................................. 13.49 6.76 ± 11.68 10.31 21.48 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 9.15 14.32 11.48 11.90 ± Blue collar......................................................... 13.34 8.41 14.75 12.08 13.04 ± Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.80 ± 16.50 15.40 16.03 ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.59 ± 14.31 11.36 12.55 ± Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 ± 16.62 12.24 13.64 ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.75 7.56 11.45 9.65 10.13 - Service............................................................. 11.23 5.48 16.02 7.29 9.67 - 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....................................................... 2.2 5.4 3.3 2.8 2.2 15.1 All excluding sales............................................. 2.2 6.5 3.2 2.9 2.3 5.1 White collar........................................................ 2.6 6.5 4.4 3.0 2.6 19.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.5 8.5 4.4 3.0 2.6 ± Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 11.1 6.5 4.5 3.7 - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.3 12.3 6.8 3.7 3.2 - Technical....................................................... 11.7 10.6 ± 12.1 11.7 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.9 - ± 3.9 3.9 - Sales............................................................. 10.8 2.6 ± 9.8 7.1 35.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 7.6 4.2 2.5 2.4 ± Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 7.5 4.2 2.7 2.5 ± Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.3 ± 4.2 2.9 2.4 ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.0 ± 7.9 4.4 4.0 ± Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 ± 7.9 6.2 6.5 ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 6.8 4.6 3.8 3.2 - Service............................................................. 6.9 5.7 8.1 4.4 7.1 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.61 $16.53 ± ± $16.87 ± ± ± ± $14.75 All excluding sales............................................. 14.89 16.44 ± ± 16.77 ± ± ± ± 14.56 White collar........................................................ 16.85 23.23 ± ± 23.71 ± ± ± ± 17.42 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.70 23.42 ± ± 23.88 ± ± ± ± 17.26 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.12 25.35 ± ± 25.46 ± ± ± ± 19.83 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.94 26.65 - ± 26.65 ± ± ± ± 21.65 Technical....................................................... 14.25 19.06 ± ± 19.11 ± ± ± ± 15.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.47 30.32 ± ± 32.04 ± ± ± ± 26.71 Sales............................................................. 11.45 20.64 - ± 21.46 ± ± ± ± 21.55 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.41 12.98 ± ± 13.18 ± ± ± ± 10.24 Blue collar......................................................... 12.93 13.29 - ± 13.44 ± ± ± ± 9.82 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.88 15.33 - ± 16.11 ± ± ± ± 13.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.53 12.65 - ± 12.66 ± ± ± ± ± Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 13.78 - ± 14.07 ± ± ± ± 8.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 11.56 - ± 12.05 ± ± ± ± 8.02 Service............................................................. 7.07 10.68 - ± 10.68 ± ± ± ± 8.11 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....................................................... 2.7 4.6 ± ± 4.9 ± ± ± ± 4.9 All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 4.6 ± ± 4.9 ± ± ± ± 4.9 White collar........................................................ 3.3 6.0 ± ± 6.2 ± ± ± ± 5.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 5.9 ± ± 6.1 ± ± ± ± 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 5.1 ± ± 5.2 ± ± ± ± 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 6.4 - ± 6.4 ± ± ± ± 4.8 Technical....................................................... 11.6 2.5 ± ± 2.8 ± ± ± ± 7.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.0 6.9 ± ± 7.0 ± ± ± ± 7.8 Sales............................................................. 9.4 18.7 - ± 19.3 ± ± ± ± 33.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 7.7 ± ± 8.3 ± ± ± ± 4.4 Blue collar......................................................... 2.6 3.4 - ± 3.7 ± ± ± ± 8.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 3.6 - ± 4.1 ± ± ± ± 11.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.1 4.4 - ± 4.4 ± ± ± ± ± Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 8.7 - ± 12.5 ± ± ± ± 4.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.3 4.1 - ± 4.1 ± ± ± ± 5.3 Service............................................................. 4.3 8.3 - ± 8.3 ± ± ± ± 2.6 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All private 50 - 99 industry workers 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.61 $13.34 $14.94 $13.77 $16.18 All excluding sales............................................. 14.89 13.37 15.25 14.05 16.49 White collar........................................................ 16.85 15.89 17.08 16.44 17.62 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.70 16.73 17.90 17.50 18.21 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.12 16.61 22.76 20.76 23.75 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.94 21.14 24.77 23.16 25.52 Technical....................................................... 14.25 ± 16.89 14.82 18.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.47 24.55 29.39 28.41 30.59 Sales............................................................. 11.45 13.10 10.66 10.83 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.41 11.01 11.45 11.64 11.30 Blue collar......................................................... 12.93 11.82 13.25 12.42 14.26 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.88 16.01 15.85 15.08 16.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.53 10.37 13.14 11.93 15.08 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 13.25 13.77 12.61 15.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 8.87 10.51 10.02 10.91 Service............................................................. 7.07 6.46 7.26 6.94 8.18 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All private 50 - 99 industry workers 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(3) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.7 5.9 3.1 5.2 3.5 All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 6.0 3.1 5.3 3.3 White collar........................................................ 3.3 8.0 3.6 6.3 4.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 8.8 3.4 6.1 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 15.6 2.9 5.2 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 9.0 3.1 5.8 3.5 Technical....................................................... 11.6 ± 5.6 5.1 7.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.0 13.1 4.0 5.4 6.4 Sales............................................................. 9.4 19.7 9.1 9.6 18.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 11.2 2.7 4.8 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 2.6 4.7 3.0 3.5 4.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 5.6 3.1 4.0 4.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.1 6.0 4.7 3.7 8.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 6.4 10.1 11.2 14.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.3 5.9 3.5 5.9 4.5 Service............................................................. 4.3 7.4 5.4 6.7 8.4 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 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORD- INGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 426,500 333,600 92,900 All excluding sales............................................. 395,300 302,400 92,900 White collar........................................................ 263,100 194,600 68,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 231,900 163,400 68,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 89,700 50,700 39,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 69,300 35,700 33,700 Technical....................................................... 20,300 15,000 ± Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 39,400 30,200 9,200 Sales............................................................. 31,200 31,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 102,800 82,400 20,400 Blue collar......................................................... 103,800 95,800 8,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 27,100 23,400 3,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,100 34,500 ± Transportation and material moving................................ 12,500 9,600 3,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,000 28,400 ± Service............................................................. 59,600 43,200 16,400 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Columbus, OH, August 1998 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 2,200 220 62 158 97 61 Private industry.................................................... 2,100 187 58 129 86 43 Goods-producing industries........................................ 400 52 16 36 21 15 Mining.......................................................... (2) 1 1 - - - Construction.................................................... 100 8 5 3 3 - Manufacturing................................................... 300 43 10 33 18 15 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,600 135 42 93 65 28 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 200 12 4 8 7 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 800 44 17 27 19 8 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 100 13 1 12 4 8 Services........................................................ 600 66 20 46 35 11 State and local government.......................................... 100 33 4 29 11 18 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.