NC BL 05/00/2000 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3100-22, July 1999 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 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................................................................. $17.33 2.3 37.5 $17.11 2.8 37.3 $18.19 2.8 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.30 2.3 37.9 21.43 2.8 37.8 20.90 3.3 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.12 2.5 37.8 26.84 3.3 37.8 24.85 3.4 37.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.09 2.8 40.6 32.20 2.9 40.8 26.48 6.7 39.7 Sales............................................................. 16.23 8.9 35.1 16.31 8.9 35.0 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.31 1.8 38.2 12.74 2.1 38.0 10.92 2.2 38.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.22 3.2 38.6 13.24 3.5 38.6 12.94 3.4 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.48 3.0 39.6 17.69 3.2 39.6 14.84 5.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.20 5.5 39.9 11.20 5.5 39.9 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 5.0 39.5 12.77 5.7 40.5 12.70 4.5 34.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 8.62 4.1 35.7 8.49 4.4 35.4 10.29 4.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.26 3.7 33.8 7.38 3.8 31.2 12.44 4.3 39.2 Full time........................................................... 18.07 2.3 40.0 17.99 2.8 40.1 18.40 2.8 39.6 Part time........................................................... 7.96 4.4 21.2 7.79 4.7 21.5 10.24 5.7 18.3 Union............................................................... 19.38 6.9 36.5 19.68 7.2 36.4 13.96 3.4 39.1 Nonunion............................................................ 17.17 2.4 37.6 16.86 3.0 37.4 18.27 2.8 38.5 Time................................................................ 17.23 2.3 37.4 16.96 2.8 37.1 18.19 2.8 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 19.40 11.6 40.2 19.40 11.6 40.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.57 3.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.91 3.9 36.1 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.98 7.5 37.5 15.00 7.6 37.5 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.80 4.3 37.6 14.80 4.4 37.6 15.01 11.0 35.6 500 workers or more................................................. 19.46 2.9 37.5 20.14 4.2 36.9 18.32 2.8 38.6 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.33 2.3 $17.11 2.8 $18.19 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.43 2.3 17.20 2.9 18.23 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.30 2.3 21.43 2.8 20.90 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.16 2.2 22.64 2.7 20.96 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.12 2.5 26.84 3.3 24.85 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.61 2.1 28.82 2.7 25.92 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.00 3.9 32.00 3.9 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 42.80 6.8 42.80 6.8 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.79 5.9 34.79 5.9 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.68 9.6 35.68 9.6 € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 33.67 7.1 33.67 7.1 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.92 3.3 27.92 3.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.62 5.4 30.62 5.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.92 4.6 31.92 4.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.78 4.2 29.97 4.2 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.82 4.5 30.01 4.5 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.58 7.8 29.26 8.0 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 34.83 9.4 34.83 9.4 € € Health related................................................ 23.22 3.5 22.96 4.6 23.81 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 21.54 2.1 20.99 2.3 22.71 3.9 Pharmacists................................................. 28.45 3.2 27.90 1.9 € € Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.84 3.7 17.84 3.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.73 10.4 31.92 35.3 40.11 10.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47.91 12.1 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.42 1.9 17.54 6.9 25.77 2.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.85 2.0 19.79 15.8 25.95 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.42 1.3 € € 26.51 1.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.15 4.7 15.06 12.6 26.13 4.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.23 9.0 € € 26.00 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.35 19.3 - - 20.46 22.1 Librarians.................................................. 20.35 19.3 € € 20.46 22.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 34.06 17.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.49 5.4 13.78 14.4 14.67 5.7 Social workers.............................................. 14.35 5.4 € € 14.67 5.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 36.48 20.5 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.00 22.3 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.28 11.6 22.69 12.6 - - Designers................................................... 18.37 24.9 18.37 24.9 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.97 11.5 31.26 11.0 € € Technical....................................................... 20.70 8.5 21.87 9.4 14.35 9.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.36 11.0 14.26 11.2 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.62 2.0 13.72 2.4 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.86 5.4 14.06 5.4 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... $20.09 9.1 $20.14 9.1 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.30 9.2 21.29 10.6 € € Drafters.................................................... 25.95 7.2 25.95 7.2 € € Chemical technicians........................................ 22.55 7.6 22.55 7.6 € € Computer programmers........................................ 23.64 9.2 24.57 15.4 € € Legal assistants............................................ 19.59 4.8 19.59 4.8 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 15.80 13.5 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.09 2.8 32.20 2.9 $26.48 6.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.34 3.6 36.63 3.7 27.85 7.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.48 15.2 € € 27.44 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 30.88 5.8 31.12 6.0 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 41.31 15.4 41.31 15.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... 34.61 11.2 34.61 11.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.50 7.8 42.50 7.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.53 6.9 € € 32.72 7.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 24.97 9.0 24.77 9.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 31.32 30.9 33.28 30.6 € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 31.17 21.1 31.17 21.1 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.84 4.9 38.78 4.3 € € Management related............................................ 25.76 3.5 26.34 3.6 19.46 9.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.53 4.3 24.53 4.3 € € Other financial officers.................................... 29.52 10.8 29.52 10.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 28.64 6.4 28.64 6.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.38 11.9 29.10 11.7 € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 25.73 19.3 25.73 19.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.67 13.0 25.80 6.9 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.58 6.5 24.67 7.1 € € Sales............................................................. 16.23 8.9 16.31 8.9 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.32 11.0 22.32 11.0 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 17.97 26.8 17.97 26.8 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 17.56 20.1 17.56 20.1 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 21.45 18.7 21.45 18.7 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.62 9.2 25.62 9.2 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 20.83 26.3 20.83 26.3 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 20.02 6.7 20.02 6.7 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.09 4.9 19.09 4.9 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.23 13.7 9.23 13.7 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.85 7.9 8.85 7.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.90 2.9 6.84 2.9 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.99 15.4 11.99 15.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 1.8 12.74 2.1 10.92 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.06 5.7 15.70 7.5 € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 16.44 11.3 16.44 11.3 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. $17.61 8.6 $17.61 8.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.03 10.0 15.03 10.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.29 2.7 15.27 2.8 $11.63 4.6 Interviewers................................................ 11.50 12.8 € € € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.53 18.2 12.53 18.2 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.04 4.8 8.86 4.9 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.54 11.3 12.85 13.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.61 11.3 14.61 11.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.57 8.7 11.57 8.7 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.19 7.9 € € 9.23 8.5 File clerks................................................. 9.82 7.4 9.87 7.9 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.61 4.7 11.37 7.0 11.89 6.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.44 3.2 11.43 3.5 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.00 6.9 12.12 8.0 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 9.13 7.5 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.64 16.1 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.36 7.0 15.70 7.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.22 6.6 8.88 5.8 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.51 9.1 10.09 9.6 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.61 17.3 12.00 19.4 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.11 5.1 14.11 5.1 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.28 8.2 14.38 8.5 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.73 3.7 12.76 4.4 10.13 3.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 8.85 7.0 8.85 7.0 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.0 € € 10.26 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.71 5.1 13.18 6.5 11.54 6.0 Blue collar......................................................... 13.22 3.2 13.24 3.5 12.94 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.48 3.0 17.69 3.2 14.84 5.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.85 8.4 24.22 8.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.52 11.3 19.74 11.7 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.56 5.4 15.46 6.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.00 6.3 16.06 6.5 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.61 7.0 16.93 8.0 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.97 3.7 € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 16.13 5.9 16.13 5.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.71 3.2 19.09 3.5 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.79 8.5 16.57 10.6 € € Insulation workers.......................................... 12.26 9.1 12.26 9.1 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.52 10.9 9.24 10.9 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.09 8.9 26.15 6.1 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.34 3.8 18.34 3.8 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.20 6.7 11.20 6.7 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.32 9.2 16.32 9.2 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. $23.32 1.2 $23.32 1.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.20 5.5 11.20 5.5 - - Printing press operators.................................... 13.13 7.2 13.13 7.2 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.59 5.0 7.59 5.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 8.6 13.03 8.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.42 4.9 12.42 4.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.60 10.7 8.60 10.7 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.23 10.9 13.23 11.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 5.0 12.77 5.7 $12.70 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 11.71 6.0 11.78 6.2 € € Bus drivers................................................. 13.40 6.4 € € 12.59 4.1 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 18.35 9.6 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.38 5.8 9.38 5.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.18 12.4 15.48 12.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.62 4.1 8.49 4.4 10.29 4.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.35 7.4 € € 10.18 7.6 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.05 7.8 11.25 9.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.38 3.4 10.11 4.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.40 8.2 8.30 8.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.52 13.2 10.52 13.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.47 4.6 7.47 4.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.60 12.7 8.60 12.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 7.4 8.08 7.5 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.36 5.7 7.36 5.7 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.54 10.6 8.38 11.5 10.31 9.9 Service............................................................. 9.26 3.7 7.38 3.8 12.44 4.3 Protective service............................................ 14.35 5.7 8.52 7.9 15.87 3.8 Firefighting................................................ 14.95 2.4 € € 14.95 2.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.30 4.2 € € 18.30 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.59 3.2 € € 18.59 3.2 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.48 2.6 € € 11.48 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.21 10.3 € € € € Food service.................................................. 6.54 4.7 6.22 5.2 8.89 4.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.69 11.6 3.69 11.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.14 11.1 3.14 11.1 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.48 7.6 5.48 7.6 € € Other food service........................................... 7.57 3.9 7.32 4.6 8.89 4.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.79 6.6 13.79 6.6 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.00 5.3 8.06 5.6 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.56 3.8 6.49 3.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.10 6.0 5.98 4.7 9.23 3.8 Health service................................................ 8.65 2.2 8.26 3.1 9.24 2.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ $9.58 3.4 $9.26 6.6 $9.73 3.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.11 2.9 7.94 3.7 8.57 3.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.50 4.3 6.94 5.2 8.96 5.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.04 2.3 6.04 2.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.48 4.6 6.64 5.2 8.96 5.6 Personal service.............................................. 10.83 11.8 11.82 15.3 8.69 4.4 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.67 8.6 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.25 6.7 € € 8.51 5.6 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.30 9.5 6.77 9.8 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.07 2.3 $17.99 2.8 $18.40 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.07 2.3 17.95 2.9 18.43 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.93 2.2 22.21 2.7 21.10 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.48 2.2 23.01 2.7 21.18 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.46 2.5 27.20 3.4 25.17 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.95 2.1 29.15 2.8 26.31 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.97 3.9 31.97 3.9 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 42.80 6.8 42.80 6.8 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.79 5.9 34.79 5.9 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.68 9.6 35.68 9.6 € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 33.67 7.1 33.67 7.1 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.92 3.3 27.92 3.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.62 5.4 30.62 5.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.92 4.6 31.92 4.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.84 4.2 30.02 4.2 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.87 4.5 30.07 4.5 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.58 7.8 29.26 8.0 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 34.83 9.4 34.83 9.4 € € Health related................................................ 23.17 3.8 22.84 5.1 23.81 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 21.49 2.3 20.85 2.5 22.71 3.9 Pharmacists................................................. 28.59 3.2 28.10 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.06 10.2 - - 41.50 10.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 48.93 11.5 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.03 1.5 19.88 8.7 26.22 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.85 2.0 19.79 15.8 25.95 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.53 1.4 € € 26.62 1.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.69 3.9 € € 26.38 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.62 8.9 € € 26.00 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.46 20.0 - - 20.60 23.1 Librarians.................................................. 20.46 20.0 € € 20.60 23.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 34.06 17.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.52 5.5 13.78 14.4 14.70 5.7 Social workers.............................................. 14.38 5.4 € € 14.70 5.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 36.48 20.5 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.00 22.3 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.73 11.8 23.98 12.5 - - Designers................................................... 18.37 24.9 18.37 24.9 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 31.26 11.0 31.26 11.0 € € Technical....................................................... 21.00 8.6 22.28 9.5 14.35 9.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.79 10.5 14.69 10.7 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.42 1.8 13.48 2.2 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.86 5.9 14.08 5.9 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.09 9.1 20.14 9.1 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. $20.30 9.2 $21.29 10.6 € € Drafters.................................................... 25.95 7.2 25.95 7.2 € € Chemical technicians........................................ 22.55 7.6 22.55 7.6 € € Computer programmers........................................ 23.64 9.2 24.57 15.4 € € Legal assistants............................................ 19.59 4.8 19.59 4.8 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 15.80 13.5 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.11 2.8 32.21 2.9 $26.51 6.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.34 3.6 36.63 3.7 27.85 7.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.48 15.2 € € 27.44 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 30.88 5.8 31.12 6.0 € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 41.31 15.4 41.31 15.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... 34.61 11.2 34.61 11.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.50 7.8 42.50 7.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.53 6.9 € € 32.72 7.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 24.97 9.0 24.77 9.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 31.32 30.9 33.28 30.6 € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 31.17 21.1 31.17 21.1 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.84 4.9 38.78 4.3 € € Management related............................................ 25.78 3.5 26.35 3.6 19.51 9.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.53 4.3 24.53 4.3 € € Other financial officers.................................... 29.52 10.8 29.52 10.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 28.64 6.4 28.64 6.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.57 12.1 29.19 11.7 € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 25.73 19.3 25.73 19.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.67 13.0 25.80 6.9 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.58 6.5 24.67 7.1 € € Sales............................................................. 18.19 9.0 18.30 9.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.32 11.0 22.32 11.0 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 19.09 26.0 19.09 26.0 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 17.56 20.1 17.56 20.1 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 21.71 18.6 21.71 18.6 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.62 9.2 25.62 9.2 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 20.83 26.3 20.83 26.3 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 20.29 6.3 20.29 6.3 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.11 4.9 19.11 4.9 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.14 17.3 10.14 17.3 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.66 6.8 9.66 6.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.79 3.8 7.76 4.2 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.18 16.3 12.18 16.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.47 1.8 12.94 2.2 10.98 2.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.06 5.7 15.70 7.5 € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 16.44 11.3 16.44 11.3 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.61 8.6 17.61 8.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... $15.10 10.0 $15.10 10.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.32 2.8 15.32 2.8 $11.66 4.6 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.99 19.3 12.99 19.3 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.38 4.8 9.19 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.18 11.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 14.61 11.3 14.61 11.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.64 9.0 11.64 9.0 € € File clerks................................................. 9.86 7.7 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.76 5.2 11.59 8.3 11.97 6.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.44 3.2 11.43 3.5 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.00 6.9 12.12 8.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.64 16.1 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.36 7.0 15.70 7.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.34 7.6 8.94 6.9 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.58 9.8 10.25 10.4 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.61 17.3 12.00 19.4 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.11 5.1 14.11 5.1 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.47 8.5 14.58 8.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.85 3.7 12.98 4.5 10.18 3.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 8.78 7.5 8.78 7.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.32 2.0 € € 10.32 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.80 5.4 13.27 7.0 11.68 6.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.60 3.3 13.63 3.6 13.14 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.71 3.0 17.94 3.1 14.84 5.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.85 8.4 24.22 8.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.52 11.3 19.74 11.7 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.56 5.4 15.46 6.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.00 6.3 16.06 6.5 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.61 7.0 16.93 8.0 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.97 3.7 € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 16.13 5.9 16.13 5.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.71 3.2 19.09 3.5 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.79 8.5 16.57 10.6 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.52 10.9 9.24 10.9 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.06 8.9 26.11 6.1 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.33 3.8 18.33 3.8 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.20 6.7 11.20 6.7 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.32 9.2 16.32 9.2 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 23.32 1.2 23.32 1.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.23 5.5 11.23 5.5 - - Printing press operators.................................... 13.13 7.2 13.13 7.2 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.61 5.1 7.61 5.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $13.08 8.7 $13.08 8.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.42 4.9 12.42 4.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.67 10.9 8.67 10.9 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.23 10.9 13.23 11.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.25 4.4 13.22 4.9 $13.46 5.2 Truck drivers............................................... 11.77 6.1 11.83 6.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.25 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 18.35 9.6 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.38 5.8 9.38 5.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.37 12.4 15.70 12.5 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.98 4.6 8.86 4.9 10.29 4.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.35 7.4 € € 10.18 7.6 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.36 7.6 11.65 9.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.38 3.4 10.11 4.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.40 8.2 8.30 8.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.52 13.2 10.52 13.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.77 6.9 8.77 6.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.59 15.0 8.59 15.0 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.36 7.7 8.21 7.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.78 5.7 7.78 5.7 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.88 11.7 8.72 12.9 10.31 9.9 Service............................................................. 10.06 3.9 8.01 4.6 12.53 4.3 Protective service............................................ 15.23 4.1 9.45 6.6 15.91 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.30 4.2 € € 18.30 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.59 3.2 € € 18.59 3.2 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.48 2.6 € € 11.48 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.83 8.0 9.50 3.9 € € Food service.................................................. 7.08 5.3 6.72 6.1 9.10 3.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.77 14.6 3.77 14.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.11 13.0 3.11 13.0 € € Other food service........................................... 8.20 3.4 7.98 4.2 9.10 3.9 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.79 6.6 13.79 6.6 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.14 5.6 8.16 5.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.87 3.9 6.81 4.1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.69 6.2 6.38 6.0 9.41 3.7 Health service................................................ 8.71 2.4 8.30 3.5 9.24 2.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.61 3.4 9.34 7.0 9.73 3.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.12 3.2 7.92 4.4 8.57 3.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.98 4.0 7.44 5.6 8.96 5.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.06 2.4 6.06 2.4 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.12 3.8 7.27 5.4 8.96 5.6 Personal service.............................................. 12.04 12.3 13.89 15.7 8.76 4.6 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.67 8.6 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ $8.32 6.3 € € $8.51 5.6 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.96 4.4 $7.79 4.7 $10.24 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.30 5.2 8.12 5.7 10.24 5.7 White collar........................................................ 10.11 5.8 10.01 6.4 11.00 8.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.11 7.5 13.56 8.6 11.00 8.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.04 8.9 18.65 8.6 12.20 13.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 18.11 10.7 21.00 9.8 12.20 13.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.81 7.2 23.81 7.2 € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.18 3.1 22.18 3.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 17.92 9.8 - - 17.36 9.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.68 11.1 13.25 12.7 9.17 6.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 13.08 13.9 12.93 15.7 € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 13.70 9.0 13.70 9.0 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 10.62 16.8 10.62 16.8 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.43 4.0 15.43 4.0 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.53 3.2 6.53 3.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.82 2.7 6.82 2.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.08 3.9 6.08 3.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.25 3.9 9.44 4.0 7.46 3.6 Receptionists............................................... 7.13 10.7 7.13 10.7 € € General office clerks....................................... 8.34 8.9 8.65 9.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.05 5.3 6.79 5.7 10.18 9.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.50 15.8 - - 10.18 9.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.25 4.1 6.25 4.1 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.59 1.4 5.59 1.4 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.64 10.9 8.64 10.9 € € Service............................................................. $6.01 4.1 $5.93 4.3 $8.04 6.6 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.23 5.5 5.11 5.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.50 14.9 3.50 14.9 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.21 15.2 3.21 15.2 € € Other food service........................................... 5.95 3.4 5.84 3.2 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.90 3.6 5.90 3.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.68 4.9 5.34 .8 € € Health service................................................ 8.10 5.6 8.10 5.6 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.04 6.5 8.04 6.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $5.82 4.9 $5.82 4.9 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.83 5.2 5.83 5.2 € € Personal service.............................................. 5.70 4.9 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 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................................................................... $722 2.3 40.0 $721 2.9 40.1 $729 2.8 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 721 2.4 39.9 718 3.0 40.0 730 2.8 39.6 White collar........................................................ 876 2.3 39.9 890 2.8 40.1 834 3.3 39.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 896 2.2 39.8 920 2.8 40.0 837 3.3 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,048 2.4 39.6 1,082 3.2 39.8 989 3.4 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,119 2.2 40.0 1,185 3.0 40.6 1,032 3.2 39.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,317 4.3 41.2 1,317 4.3 41.2 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 1,739 7.3 40.6 1,739 7.3 40.6 € € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 1,409 5.9 40.5 1,409 5.9 40.5 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 1,528 12.3 42.8 1,528 12.3 42.8 € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,347 7.1 40.0 1,347 7.1 40.0 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 1,117 3.3 40.0 1,117 3.3 40.0 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,251 5.1 40.9 1,251 5.1 40.9 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,325 4.8 41.5 1,325 4.8 41.5 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,204 4.0 40.4 1,212 4.0 40.4 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,208 4.2 40.4 1,216 4.2 40.4 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 1,069 8.0 40.2 1,178 8.2 40.3 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 1,409 9.7 40.5 1,409 9.7 40.5 € € € Health related................................................ 923 3.8 39.8 912 5.1 39.9 945 4.8 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 855 2.2 39.8 832 2.4 39.9 899 3.8 39.6 Pharmacists................................................. 1,144 3.2 40.0 1,124 2.0 40.0 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,576 10.9 38.4 - - - 1,590 11.1 38.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,864 13.0 38.1 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,019 1.6 39.1 789 8.4 39.7 1,026 1.6 39.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 999 2.2 38.6 792 15.8 40.0 1,002 2.2 38.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,049 1.4 39.5 € € € 1,053 1.3 39.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,023 3.9 39.8 € € € 1,052 4.4 39.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,019 9.0 39.8 € € € 1,035 9.0 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 804 20.7 39.3 - - - 807 23.8 39.2 Librarians.................................................. 804 20.7 39.3 € € € 807 23.8 39.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,363 17.2 40.0 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 581 5.5 40.0 551 14.4 40.0 588 5.7 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 575 5.4 40.0 € € € 588 5.7 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,513 19.1 41.5 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 1,541 20.7 41.6 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 944 11.7 39.8 954 12.4 39.8 - - - Designers................................................... 735 24.9 40.0 735 24.9 40.0 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,219 10.0 39.0 1,219 10.0 39.0 € € € Technical....................................................... 799 7.2 38.1 840 7.8 37.7 574 9.6 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $589 10.4 39.8 $585 10.6 39.8 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 531 1.5 39.6 532 1.9 39.5 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 554 5.9 40.0 563 5.9 40.0 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 804 9.1 40.0 806 9.1 40.0 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 812 9.2 40.0 852 10.6 40.0 € € € Drafters.................................................... 1,038 7.2 40.0 1,038 7.2 40.0 € € € Chemical technicians........................................ 912 7.7 40.5 912 7.7 40.5 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 936 8.7 39.6 965 14.5 39.3 € € € Legal assistants............................................ 784 4.8 40.0 784 4.8 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 649 15.0 41.1 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,264 2.8 40.6 1,315 3.0 40.8 $1,058 6.7 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,405 3.7 40.9 1,513 3.7 41.3 1,111 7.3 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,099 15.2 40.0 € € € 1,097 15.3 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,268 6.6 41.1 1,280 6.9 41.1 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 1,652 15.4 40.0 1,652 15.4 40.0 € € € Purchasing managers......................................... 1,436 10.8 41.5 1,436 10.8 41.5 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,743 9.3 41.0 1,743 9.3 41.0 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,298 6.9 39.9 € € € 1,306 7.1 39.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 999 9.0 40.0 991 9.1 40.0 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 1,238 31.4 39.5 1,331 30.6 40.0 € € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 1,308 23.9 42.0 1,308 23.9 42.0 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,528 5.0 41.5 1,617 4.2 41.7 € € € Management related............................................ 1,037 3.7 40.2 1,060 3.8 40.2 780 9.4 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 982 4.4 40.0 982 4.4 40.0 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 1,208 12.5 40.9 1,208 12.5 40.9 € € € Management analysts......................................... 1,166 6.7 40.7 1,166 6.7 40.7 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,064 11.7 40.0 1,169 11.1 40.0 € € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 1,029 19.3 40.0 1,029 19.3 40.0 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 867 13.0 40.0 1,032 6.9 40.0 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 986 6.9 40.1 989 7.6 40.1 € € € Sales............................................................. 738 9.1 40.6 742 9.2 40.6 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 895 11.0 40.1 895 11.0 40.1 € € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 746 23.9 39.1 746 23.9 39.1 € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 703 20.1 40.0 703 20.1 40.0 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 876 18.7 40.3 876 18.7 40.3 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,020 9.3 39.8 1,020 9.3 39.8 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 1,050 25.5 50.4 1,050 25.5 50.4 € € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 849 3.3 41.9 849 3.3 41.9 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 878 6.9 46.0 878 6.9 46.0 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 397 17.2 39.2 397 17.2 39.2 € € € Sales counter clerks........................................ $380 7.4 39.4 $380 7.4 39.4 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 301 4.3 38.7 299 4.7 38.5 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 479 16.2 39.4 479 16.2 39.4 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 495 1.8 39.7 514 2.2 39.7 $437 2.2 39.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 604 5.8 40.1 631 7.6 40.2 € € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 682 11.8 41.5 682 11.8 41.5 € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 707 8.7 40.1 707 8.7 40.1 € € € Computer operators.......................................... 604 10.0 40.0 604 10.0 40.0 € € € Secretaries................................................. 571 2.8 39.9 612 2.8 39.9 464 4.7 39.8 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 519 19.3 40.0 519 19.3 40.0 € € € Receptionists............................................... 356 5.8 37.9 349 5.9 37.9 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 527 11.9 40.0 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 579 11.5 39.6 579 11.5 39.6 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 463 9.0 39.8 463 9.0 39.8 € € € File clerks................................................. 392 7.5 39.8 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 468 5.3 39.8 461 8.4 39.7 476 6.1 39.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 449 3.5 39.3 448 3.8 39.2 € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 480 6.9 40.0 485 8.0 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 506 16.1 40.1 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 615 7.0 40.0 628 7.3 40.0 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 373 7.6 39.9 357 6.9 39.9 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 383 9.8 40.0 410 10.4 40.0 € € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 504 17.3 40.0 480 19.4 40.0 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 536 5.3 38.0 536 5.3 38.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 575 8.3 39.8 580 8.6 39.8 € € € General office clerks....................................... 472 3.6 39.8 516 4.3 39.8 406 3.7 39.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 351 7.5 40.0 351 7.5 40.0 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 408 2.2 39.6 € € € 408 2.2 39.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 511 5.4 39.9 530 7.0 39.9 467 6.1 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 551 3.4 40.6 554 3.7 40.6 519 3.6 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 714 3.0 40.3 724 3.2 40.4 594 5.7 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 914 8.4 40.0 969 8.5 40.0 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 863 11.1 44.2 875 11.4 44.3 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 622 5.4 40.0 618 6.2 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 640 6.3 40.0 642 6.5 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 664 7.1 40.0 676 8.0 39.9 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 679 3.7 40.0 € € € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 645 5.9 40.0 645 5.9 40.0 € € € Electricians................................................ $748 3.2 40.0 $764 3.4 40.0 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 671 8.5 40.0 663 10.6 40.0 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 381 10.9 40.0 370 10.9 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 969 9.0 40.3 1,052 6.2 40.3 € € € Machinists.................................................. 733 3.8 40.0 733 3.8 40.0 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 391 8.1 34.9 391 8.1 34.9 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 718 10.3 44.0 718 10.3 44.0 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 941 1.5 40.3 941 1.5 40.3 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 449 5.5 40.0 449 5.5 40.0 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 525 7.2 40.0 525 7.2 40.0 € € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 304 5.1 39.9 304 5.1 39.9 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 523 8.7 40.0 523 8.7 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 497 4.9 40.0 497 4.9 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 347 10.9 40.0 347 10.9 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 529 10.9 40.0 529 11.1 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 570 5.5 43.0 578 6.1 43.7 $512 6.3 38.0 Truck drivers............................................... 538 7.0 45.7 543 7.1 45.9 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 543 7.6 38.1 € € € € € € Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 734 9.6 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 373 6.0 39.7 373 6.0 39.7 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 615 12.4 40.0 628 12.5 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 359 4.6 40.0 354 5.0 40.0 412 4.3 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 374 7.4 40.0 € € € 407 7.6 40.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 467 6.0 41.1 481 7.1 41.3 € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 415 3.4 40.0 404 4.1 40.0 € € € Construction laborers....................................... 336 8.2 40.0 332 8.4 40.0 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 421 13.2 40.0 421 13.2 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 350 7.7 39.9 350 7.7 39.9 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 339 14.6 39.5 339 14.6 39.5 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 338 7.9 40.4 332 8.1 40.4 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 311 5.7 40.0 311 5.7 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 355 11.7 40.0 348 12.9 39.9 413 9.9 40.0 Service............................................................. 389 3.9 38.6 301 4.0 37.6 500 4.6 39.9 Protective service............................................ 622 4.1 40.8 378 6.6 40.0 651 3.8 40.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 732 4.2 40.0 € € € 732 4.2 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 744 3.2 40.0 € € € 744 3.2 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 459 2.6 40.0 € € € 459 2.6 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 430 7.8 39.7 380 3.9 40.0 € € € Food service.................................................. $268 6.6 37.9 $259 7.7 38.5 $319 5.7 35.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 139 15.9 36.8 139 15.9 36.8 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 113 14.6 36.5 113 14.6 36.5 € € € Other food service........................................... 314 4.4 38.3 313 5.4 39.2 319 5.7 35.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 627 10.4 45.5 627 10.4 45.5 € € € Cooks....................................................... 304 6.3 37.3 311 6.2 38.0 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 258 4.4 37.5 256 4.8 37.6 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 288 5.7 37.5 250 6.2 39.2 334 5.1 35.5 Health service................................................ 343 2.6 39.4 323 3.9 38.9 369 2.7 39.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 385 3.4 40.0 374 7.0 40.0 389 3.7 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 316 3.5 39.0 306 4.9 38.6 341 3.5 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 316 4.0 39.7 294 5.7 39.6 357 5.5 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 238 3.1 39.3 238 3.1 39.3 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 323 3.8 39.8 289 5.5 39.7 357 5.5 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 381 5.5 31.7 394 7.0 28.3 350 4.6 40.0 Welfare service aides....................................... 347 8.6 40.0 € € € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 333 6.3 40.0 € € € 340 5.6 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 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................................................................... $36,337 2.3 2,010 $37,354 2.9 2,077 $33,171 2.8 1,803 All excluding sales............................................... 36,181 2.4 2,003 37,226 3.0 2,074 33,224 2.8 1,802 White collar........................................................ 43,392 2.3 1,979 46,104 2.8 2,076 36,685 3.3 1,738 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,081 2.2 1,961 47,613 2.8 2,069 36,776 3.3 1,737 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,638 2.4 1,876 55,741 3.2 2,049 41,185 3.4 1,636 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,792 2.2 1,853 61,021 3.0 2,093 42,101 3.2 1,600 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,485 4.3 2,142 68,485 4.3 2,142 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 90,419 7.3 2,112 90,419 7.3 2,112 € € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 73,250 5.9 2,105 73,250 5.9 2,105 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 79,461 12.3 2,227 79,461 12.3 2,227 € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 70,044 7.1 2,080 70,044 7.1 2,080 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 58,077 3.3 2,080 58,077 3.3 2,080 € € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 65,060 5.1 2,125 65,060 5.1 2,125 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 68,890 4.8 2,158 68,890 4.8 2,158 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 62,611 4.0 2,099 63,009 4.0 2,099 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 62,821 4.2 2,103 63,256 4.2 2,103 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 55,602 8.0 2,092 61,277 8.2 2,094 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 73,266 9.7 2,103 73,266 9.7 2,103 € € € Health related................................................ 46,593 3.8 2,011 46,531 5.1 2,037 46,711 4.8 1,962 Registered nurses........................................... 43,377 2.2 2,018 42,548 2.4 2,041 44,892 3.8 1,977 Pharmacists................................................. 57,050 3.2 1,996 54,606 2.0 1,944 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 68,380 10.9 1,665 - - - 68,743 11.1 1,656 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 87,701 13.0 1,792 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 38,415 1.6 1,476 32,429 8.4 1,631 38,574 1.6 1,471 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37,192 2.2 1,439 28,951 15.8 1,463 37,332 2.2 1,438 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,050 1.4 1,472 € € € 39,131 1.3 1,470 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 39,230 3.9 1,527 € € € 39,753 4.4 1,507 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 43,584 9.0 1,702 € € € 43,971 9.0 1,691 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 34,509 20.7 1,687 - - - 34,178 23.8 1,659 Librarians.................................................. 34,509 20.7 1,687 € € € 34,178 23.8 1,659 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 63,924 17.2 1,877 - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 29,610 5.5 2,040 26,044 14.4 1,890 30,569 5.7 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 29,286 5.4 2,037 € € € 30,569 5.7 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ 78,664 19.1 2,157 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 80,111 20.7 2,165 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 48,634 11.7 2,049 49,090 12.4 2,047 - - - Designers................................................... 38,203 24.9 2,080 38,203 24.9 2,080 € € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 61,320 10.0 1,962 61,320 10.0 1,962 € € € Technical....................................................... 41,278 7.2 1,966 43,343 7.8 1,945 29,845 9.6 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $29,993 10.4 2,028 $29,751 10.6 2,025 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,138 1.5 2,022 27,084 1.9 2,009 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 28,825 5.9 2,080 29,282 5.9 2,080 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 41,795 9.1 2,080 41,892 9.1 2,080 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 42,217 9.2 2,080 44,290 10.6 2,080 € € € Drafters.................................................... 53,976 7.2 2,080 53,976 7.2 2,080 € € € Chemical technicians........................................ 47,448 7.7 2,104 47,448 7.7 2,104 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 48,646 8.7 2,058 50,160 14.5 2,042 € € € Legal assistants............................................ 40,746 4.8 2,080 40,746 4.8 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 33,762 15.0 2,136 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,221 2.8 2,097 68,350 3.0 2,122 $52,959 6.7 1,998 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 72,273 3.7 2,105 78,593 3.7 2,146 55,634 7.3 1,998 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 54,937 15.2 1,999 € € € 54,847 15.3 1,999 Financial managers.......................................... 65,957 6.6 2,136 66,552 6.9 2,138 € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 85,925 15.4 2,080 85,925 15.4 2,080 € € € Purchasing managers......................................... 74,691 10.8 2,158 74,691 10.8 2,158 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 90,647 9.3 2,133 90,647 9.3 2,133 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,496 6.9 1,982 € € € 65,151 7.1 1,991 Managers, medicine and health............................... 51,931 9.0 2,080 51,515 9.1 2,080 € € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 61,681 31.4 1,970 69,219 30.6 2,080 € € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 68,025 23.9 2,182 68,025 23.9 2,182 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 79,462 5.0 2,157 84,081 4.2 2,168 € € € Management related............................................ 53,721 3.7 2,084 55,106 3.8 2,092 38,993 9.4 1,999 Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,039 4.4 2,081 51,039 4.4 2,081 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 62,802 12.5 2,127 62,802 12.5 2,127 € € € Management analysts......................................... 60,651 6.7 2,117 60,651 6.7 2,117 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 55,308 11.7 2,082 60,777 11.1 2,082 € € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 53,516 19.3 2,080 53,516 19.3 2,080 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 45,079 13.0 2,080 53,662 6.9 2,080 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 50,686 6.9 2,062 51,448 7.6 2,086 € € € Sales............................................................. 38,359 9.1 2,109 38,596 9.2 2,109 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 46,561 11.0 2,086 46,561 11.0 2,086 € € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 38,808 23.9 2,033 38,808 23.9 2,033 € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 36,531 20.1 2,080 36,531 20.1 2,080 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 45,537 18.7 2,097 45,537 18.7 2,097 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 53,029 9.3 2,070 53,029 9.3 2,070 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 54,624 25.5 2,622 54,624 25.5 2,622 € € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 44,173 3.3 2,177 44,173 3.3 2,177 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 45,671 6.9 2,390 45,671 6.9 2,390 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20,652 17.2 2,037 20,652 17.2 2,037 € € € Sales counter clerks........................................ $19,780 7.4 2,047 $19,780 7.4 2,047 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 15,661 4.3 2,011 15,537 4.7 2,002 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 24,920 16.2 2,047 24,920 16.2 2,047 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,996 1.8 2,005 26,665 2.2 2,060 $20,319 2.2 1,850 Supervisors, general office................................. 31,407 5.8 2,086 32,795 7.6 2,089 € € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 35,474 11.8 2,158 35,474 11.8 2,158 € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 36,750 8.7 2,087 36,750 8.7 2,087 € € € Computer operators.......................................... 31,417 10.0 2,080 31,417 10.0 2,080 € € € Secretaries................................................. 29,045 2.8 2,028 31,799 2.8 2,076 22,294 4.7 1,913 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 27,012 19.3 2,080 27,012 19.3 2,080 € € € Receptionists............................................... 17,889 5.8 1,907 17,670 5.9 1,923 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 27,421 11.9 2,080 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 30,103 11.5 2,061 30,103 11.5 2,061 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 24,076 9.0 2,068 24,076 9.0 2,068 € € € File clerks................................................. 20,407 7.5 2,069 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,634 5.3 2,009 23,947 8.4 2,067 23,289 6.1 1,946 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 23,214 3.5 2,030 23,305 3.8 2,040 € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 24,966 6.9 2,080 25,207 8.0 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 26,338 16.1 2,084 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 30,468 7.0 1,983 31,001 7.3 1,974 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 19,392 7.6 2,077 18,566 6.9 2,077 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 19,931 9.8 2,080 21,316 10.4 2,080 € € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 26,224 17.3 2,080 24,969 19.4 2,080 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 27,896 5.3 1,977 27,896 5.3 1,977 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 29,922 8.3 2,068 30,138 8.6 2,067 € € € General office clerks....................................... 23,892 3.6 2,016 26,846 4.3 2,069 19,763 3.7 1,942 Data entry keyers........................................... 18,254 7.5 2,080 18,254 7.5 2,080 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 15,153 2.2 1,468 € € € 15,153 2.2 1,468 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 26,359 5.4 2,059 27,539 7.0 2,076 23,597 6.1 2,021 Blue collar......................................................... 28,588 3.4 2,102 28,771 3.7 2,111 26,114 3.6 1,987 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,121 3.0 2,097 37,645 3.2 2,099 30,683 5.7 2,067 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 47,519 8.4 2,080 50,386 8.5 2,080 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 44,853 11.1 2,297 45,496 11.4 2,305 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 32,369 5.4 2,080 32,158 6.2 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 33,279 6.3 2,080 33,403 6.5 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 34,515 7.1 2,077 35,168 8.0 2,077 € € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 35,305 3.7 2,080 € € € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 33,547 5.9 2,080 33,547 5.9 2,080 € € € Electricians................................................ $38,919 3.2 2,080 $39,708 3.4 2,080 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 34,663 8.5 2,065 34,468 10.6 2,080 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 19,803 10.9 2,080 19,228 10.9 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 50,363 9.0 2,094 54,728 6.2 2,096 € € € Machinists.................................................. 38,118 3.8 2,080 38,118 3.8 2,080 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 20,336 8.1 1,815 20,336 8.1 1,815 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 37,335 10.3 2,288 37,335 10.3 2,288 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 48,917 1.5 2,097 48,917 1.5 2,097 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,357 5.5 2,080 23,351 5.5 2,080 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 27,313 7.2 2,080 27,313 7.2 2,080 € € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 15,804 5.1 2,077 15,804 5.1 2,077 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,197 8.7 2,080 27,197 8.7 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 25,829 4.9 2,080 25,829 4.9 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 18,032 10.9 2,080 18,032 10.9 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 27,514 10.9 2,080 27,525 11.1 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 29,074 5.5 2,195 29,828 6.1 2,256 $24,023 6.3 1,785 Truck drivers............................................... 27,990 7.0 2,378 28,245 7.1 2,388 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 25,568 7.6 1,794 € € € € € € Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 38,164 9.6 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 19,389 6.0 2,066 19,389 6.0 2,066 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 31,975 12.4 2,080 32,658 12.5 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,648 4.6 2,077 18,420 5.0 2,079 21,115 4.3 2,052 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 19,164 7.4 2,049 € € € 20,761 7.6 2,039 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 24,272 6.0 2,136 25,025 7.1 2,149 € € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 21,588 3.4 2,080 21,030 4.1 2,080 € € € Construction laborers....................................... 17,470 8.2 2,080 17,263 8.4 2,080 € € € Production helpers.......................................... 21,889 13.2 2,080 21,889 13.2 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,210 7.7 2,076 18,210 7.7 2,076 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17,651 14.6 2,054 17,651 14.6 2,054 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 17,563 7.9 2,100 17,265 8.1 2,102 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 16,173 5.7 2,080 16,173 5.7 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 18,380 11.7 2,071 18,105 12.9 2,077 20,799 9.9 2,016 Service............................................................. 19,541 3.9 1,942 15,537 4.0 1,939 24,367 4.6 1,945 Protective service............................................ 32,144 4.1 2,111 19,650 6.6 2,080 33,631 3.8 2,114 Police and detectives, public service....................... 37,957 4.2 2,074 € € € 37,957 4.2 2,074 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 38,700 3.2 2,082 € € € 38,700 3.2 2,082 Correctional institution officers........................... 23,875 2.6 2,080 € € € 23,875 2.6 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 21,334 7.8 1,970 19,755 3.9 2,080 € € € Food service.................................................. $13,104 6.6 1,851 $13,376 7.7 1,989 $12,068 5.7 1,327 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7,103 15.9 1,882 7,103 15.9 1,882 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,770 14.6 1,857 5,770 14.6 1,857 € € € Other food service........................................... 15,104 4.4 1,841 16,270 5.4 2,039 12,068 5.7 1,327 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 32,598 10.4 2,364 32,598 10.4 2,364 € € € Cooks....................................................... 15,394 6.3 1,890 16,146 6.2 1,978 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 13,002 4.4 1,893 13,305 4.8 1,955 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 12,753 5.7 1,659 12,994 6.2 2,036 12,545 5.1 1,333 Health service................................................ 17,595 2.6 2,019 16,592 3.9 2,000 18,888 2.7 2,045 Health aides, except nursing................................ 19,997 3.4 2,080 19,423 7.0 2,080 20,238 3.7 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,101 3.5 1,983 15,640 4.9 1,975 17,141 3.5 1,999 Cleaning and building service................................. 16,064 4.0 2,014 15,085 5.7 2,028 17,814 5.5 1,988 Maids and housemen.......................................... 12,141 3.1 2,003 12,141 3.1 2,003 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 16,341 3.8 2,013 14,819 5.5 2,038 17,814 5.5 1,988 Personal service.............................................. 18,432 5.5 1,531 20,451 7.0 1,472 14,444 4.6 1,649 Welfare service aides....................................... 18,023 8.6 2,080 € € € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 13,371 6.3 1,607 € € € 13,307 5.6 1,563 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.33 2.3 $17.11 2.8 $18.19 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.43 2.3 17.20 2.9 18.23 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.30 2.3 21.43 2.8 20.90 3.3 1....................................................... 7.95 8.1 7.99 8.7 7.40 1.8 2....................................................... 9.00 2.3 8.92 2.5 9.44 5.0 3....................................................... 9.77 2.4 9.64 3.5 10.01 1.6 4....................................................... 12.91 3.3 13.09 3.8 11.97 3.3 5....................................................... 15.21 4.9 15.80 5.5 12.26 4.7 6....................................................... 20.29 3.5 20.35 4.3 20.13 5.2 7....................................................... 23.56 2.5 22.19 4.1 25.19 2.4 8....................................................... 23.48 2.1 23.71 2.9 23.11 2.9 9....................................................... 26.77 2.9 26.65 3.2 27.51 7.6 10........................................................ 34.55 8.4 35.20 9.0 27.21 3.6 11........................................................ 37.02 5.3 38.32 6.0 31.22 3.7 12........................................................ 39.43 3.4 39.45 3.6 39.16 8.9 13........................................................ 51.18 5.0 51.89 5.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.17 5.6 58.89 5.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.78 14.4 18.34 21.5 24.20 15.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.16 2.2 22.64 2.7 20.96 3.3 1....................................................... 10.02 12.8 10.69 13.4 7.40 1.8 2....................................................... 9.30 2.1 9.23 2.2 9.69 4.8 3....................................................... 10.02 1.6 10.02 2.5 10.01 1.6 4....................................................... 12.71 2.1 12.92 2.6 11.97 3.3 5....................................................... 14.60 2.7 15.17 3.0 12.26 4.7 6....................................................... 19.77 3.4 19.61 4.3 20.13 5.2 7....................................................... 23.63 2.6 22.15 4.4 25.19 2.4 8....................................................... 23.66 2.1 24.03 2.9 23.11 2.9 9....................................................... 26.79 3.0 26.66 3.2 27.51 7.6 10........................................................ 34.92 8.8 35.65 9.4 27.21 3.6 11........................................................ 35.11 3.1 36.09 3.6 31.22 3.7 12........................................................ 40.31 2.9 40.42 3.1 39.16 8.9 13........................................................ 50.86 5.1 51.54 5.7 € € 14........................................................ 61.17 5.6 58.89 5.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.48 13.4 18.54 20.3 24.20 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.12 2.5 26.84 3.3 24.85 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.61 2.1 28.82 2.7 25.92 3.2 5....................................................... 15.77 9.3 17.95 9.8 11.84 10.6 6....................................................... 22.88 3.9 21.32 3.8 25.08 6.4 7....................................................... 25.03 2.2 23.96 4.6 25.48 2.4 8....................................................... 23.96 2.1 24.88 2.9 23.02 3.2 9....................................................... 26.32 3.4 26.75 3.9 24.41 5.8 10........................................................ 31.79 3.3 32.56 3.5 27.60 3.6 11........................................................ 34.90 4.4 35.92 4.8 28.77 7.8 12........................................................ 38.73 4.6 39.07 5.0 € € 13........................................................ $49.83 7.1 $48.91 8.6 € € 14........................................................ 60.74 9.8 52.00 9.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.97 15.3 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.00 3.9 32.00 3.9 € € 5....................................................... 20.89 6.2 20.89 6.2 € € 7....................................................... 24.65 4.7 24.65 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 30.22 5.6 30.22 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.73 5.1 26.73 5.1 € € 10........................................................ 34.29 3.2 34.29 3.2 € € 11........................................................ 35.36 5.1 35.36 5.1 € € 12........................................................ 37.80 4.9 37.80 4.9 € € 13........................................................ 47.74 4.7 47.74 4.7 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 42.80 6.8 42.80 6.8 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.79 5.9 34.79 5.9 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.68 9.6 35.68 9.6 € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 33.67 7.1 33.67 7.1 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.92 3.3 27.92 3.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.62 5.4 30.62 5.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.92 4.6 31.92 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 20.82 6.6 20.82 6.6 € € 7....................................................... 24.15 4.7 24.15 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 31.02 6.9 31.02 6.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.47 7.3 24.47 7.3 € € 10........................................................ 34.15 3.9 34.15 3.9 € € 11........................................................ 38.01 13.2 38.01 13.2 € € 12........................................................ 35.48 7.0 35.48 7.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.78 4.2 29.97 4.2 - - 7....................................................... 27.34 9.5 27.34 9.5 € € 8....................................................... 25.63 4.8 25.65 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.89 7.0 29.13 6.9 € € 11........................................................ 29.44 6.9 29.44 6.9 € € 12........................................................ 38.84 7.2 38.84 7.2 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.82 4.5 30.01 4.5 € € 7....................................................... 27.95 9.6 27.95 9.6 € € 8....................................................... 25.05 5.5 25.06 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 29.06 7.3 29.32 7.2 € € 11........................................................ 29.44 6.9 29.44 6.9 € € 12........................................................ 37.72 7.2 37.72 7.2 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.58 7.8 29.26 8.0 - - 7....................................................... 27.23 5.5 28.25 4.7 € € Geologists and geodesists................................... 34.83 9.4 34.83 9.4 € € Health related................................................ 23.22 3.5 22.96 4.6 $23.81 4.7 6....................................................... 21.15 3.1 21.06 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 23.55 8.1 20.70 7.0 € € 8....................................................... 21.12 1.4 21.65 1.9 20.28 1.8 9....................................................... 25.51 5.8 24.68 7.6 € € 10........................................................ $27.51 3.6 $28.47 2.6 € € Registered nurses........................................... 21.54 2.1 20.99 2.3 $22.71 3.9 6....................................................... 20.99 3.3 21.02 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 21.88 8.3 20.57 8.4 € € 8....................................................... 20.77 1.1 21.18 1.4 20.28 1.8 9....................................................... 23.70 6.4 21.08 6.3 € € Pharmacists................................................. 28.45 3.2 27.90 1.9 € € Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.84 3.7 17.84 3.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.73 10.4 31.92 35.3 40.11 10.6 7....................................................... 23.39 9.7 € € 23.39 9.7 9....................................................... 27.88 6.1 € € 29.20 4.8 10........................................................ 29.87 4.7 € € 29.87 4.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47.91 12.1 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.42 1.9 17.54 6.9 25.77 2.0 5....................................................... 9.46 7.7 13.21 6.4 € € 6....................................................... 26.40 3.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 26.37 1.5 21.65 10.8 26.48 1.5 8....................................................... 24.34 3.7 € € 24.64 3.6 9....................................................... 23.96 3.0 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.85 2.0 19.79 15.8 25.95 2.0 7....................................................... 26.04 2.5 € € 26.04 2.5 8....................................................... 23.76 3.3 € € 23.76 3.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.42 1.3 € € 26.51 1.3 7....................................................... 27.08 1.7 € € 27.10 1.7 8....................................................... 25.42 2.8 € € 25.42 2.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.15 4.7 15.06 12.6 26.13 4.2 5....................................................... 13.21 6.4 13.21 6.4 € € 7....................................................... 26.19 4.9 € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.23 9.0 € € 26.00 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.35 19.3 - - 20.46 22.1 Librarians.................................................. 20.35 19.3 € € 20.46 22.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 34.06 17.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.49 5.4 13.78 14.4 14.67 5.7 7....................................................... 15.35 5.7 € € € € Social workers.............................................. 14.35 5.4 € € 14.67 5.7 7....................................................... 15.35 5.7 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 36.48 20.5 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.00 22.3 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.28 11.6 22.69 12.6 - - 8....................................................... 23.61 7.1 24.28 7.9 € € Designers................................................... 18.37 24.9 18.37 24.9 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.97 11.5 31.26 11.0 € € Technical....................................................... 20.70 8.5 21.87 9.4 14.35 9.6 4....................................................... 13.74 5.2 13.86 6.2 € € 5....................................................... 15.03 5.0 15.72 3.8 € € 6....................................................... $19.56 14.4 $20.76 15.8 € € 7....................................................... 25.60 15.9 26.83 16.5 € € 8....................................................... 23.94 3.8 23.86 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 28.64 9.1 28.64 9.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.36 11.0 14.26 11.2 € € 6....................................................... 16.34 6.6 16.20 7.4 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.62 2.0 13.72 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.83 1.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.92 2.1 13.99 2.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.02 4.7 15.02 4.7 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.86 5.4 14.06 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 15.94 7.0 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.09 9.1 20.14 9.1 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.30 9.2 21.29 10.6 € € Drafters.................................................... 25.95 7.2 25.95 7.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.49 12.5 28.49 12.5 € € Chemical technicians........................................ 22.55 7.6 22.55 7.6 € € Computer programmers........................................ 23.64 9.2 24.57 15.4 € € Legal assistants............................................ 19.59 4.8 19.59 4.8 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 15.80 13.5 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.09 2.8 32.20 2.9 $26.48 6.7 5....................................................... 16.96 8.9 18.47 10.5 € € 6....................................................... 19.42 4.2 19.69 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.08 4.5 21.32 4.7 24.81 7.9 8....................................................... 24.34 5.7 24.70 6.9 23.58 9.8 9....................................................... 27.76 4.4 26.74 3.9 33.73 12.4 10........................................................ 31.84 5.3 31.98 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 34.57 3.3 35.32 4.3 32.52 2.1 12........................................................ 42.27 2.7 42.07 2.6 € € 13........................................................ 51.45 6.6 52.72 6.8 € € 14........................................................ 61.54 6.4 61.54 6.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.34 3.6 36.63 3.7 27.85 7.2 6....................................................... 20.26 8.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.79 7.1 23.43 13.2 € € 8....................................................... 22.40 6.9 21.02 8.3 23.72 10.8 9....................................................... 28.99 5.6 27.69 5.4 33.73 12.4 10........................................................ 31.84 8.3 32.12 8.5 € € 11........................................................ 34.65 3.7 35.31 5.0 € € 12........................................................ 42.34 3.2 42.09 3.1 € € 13........................................................ 51.55 6.8 52.87 7.0 € € 14........................................................ 62.91 6.4 62.91 6.4 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.48 15.2 € € 27.44 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 30.88 5.8 31.12 6.0 € € 9....................................................... 28.73 6.9 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 41.31 15.4 41.31 15.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... $34.61 11.2 $34.61 11.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.50 7.8 42.50 7.8 € € 12........................................................ 40.93 8.8 40.93 8.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.53 6.9 € € $32.72 7.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 24.97 9.0 24.77 9.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 31.32 30.9 33.28 30.6 € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 31.17 21.1 31.17 21.1 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.84 4.9 38.78 4.3 € € 8....................................................... 22.06 7.5 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.36 7.6 27.36 7.6 € € 10........................................................ 33.37 8.8 33.37 8.8 € € 11........................................................ 36.06 7.0 36.06 7.0 € € 12........................................................ 42.48 3.7 42.48 3.7 € € 13........................................................ 52.13 7.6 52.13 7.6 € € 14........................................................ 63.95 8.9 63.95 8.9 € € Management related............................................ 25.76 3.5 26.34 3.6 19.46 9.2 5....................................................... 20.01 12.1 20.01 12.1 € € 6....................................................... 19.19 4.6 19.98 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 20.69 4.8 20.86 4.8 € € 8....................................................... 26.91 8.4 27.25 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.19 4.8 25.19 4.8 € € 10........................................................ 31.83 5.7 31.83 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 34.26 7.0 35.36 7.4 € € 12........................................................ 41.99 4.3 41.99 4.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.53 4.3 24.53 4.3 € € 6....................................................... 18.90 3.2 18.90 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 21.89 12.7 21.89 12.7 € € 8....................................................... 27.39 4.6 27.39 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 23.47 6.6 23.47 6.6 € € Other financial officers.................................... 29.52 10.8 29.52 10.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 28.64 6.4 28.64 6.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.38 11.9 29.10 11.7 € € 8....................................................... 25.03 7.3 25.03 7.3 € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 25.73 19.3 25.73 19.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.67 13.0 25.80 6.9 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.58 6.5 24.67 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 20.79 3.5 20.79 3.5 € € Sales............................................................. 16.23 8.9 16.31 8.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.71 3.0 6.71 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 7.51 6.0 7.44 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.67 8.5 8.67 8.5 € € 4....................................................... 13.39 9.6 13.39 9.6 € € 5....................................................... 18.45 20.1 18.45 20.1 € € 6....................................................... 24.05 12.6 24.05 12.6 € € 7....................................................... 22.45 7.4 22.45 7.4 € € 8....................................................... $21.02 9.6 $21.02 9.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.41 17.1 26.41 17.1 € € 11........................................................ 56.20 16.9 56.20 16.9 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.32 11.0 22.32 11.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.90 6.8 9.90 6.8 € € 6....................................................... 17.08 4.5 17.08 4.5 € € 8....................................................... 20.42 10.4 20.42 10.4 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 17.97 26.8 17.97 26.8 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 17.56 20.1 17.56 20.1 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 21.45 18.7 21.45 18.7 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.62 9.2 25.62 9.2 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 20.83 26.3 20.83 26.3 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 20.02 6.7 20.02 6.7 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.09 4.9 19.09 4.9 € € 4....................................................... 19.53 4.6 19.53 4.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.23 13.7 9.23 13.7 € € 4....................................................... 7.25 4.8 7.25 4.8 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.85 7.9 8.85 7.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.90 2.9 6.84 2.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.39 3.4 6.39 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.77 5.2 6.48 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.16 4.5 8.16 4.5 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 11.99 15.4 11.99 15.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 1.8 12.74 2.1 $10.92 2.2 1....................................................... 10.04 12.8 10.71 13.4 7.40 1.8 2....................................................... 9.38 2.1 9.32 2.3 9.80 5.9 3....................................................... 10.03 1.6 10.04 2.6 10.01 1.6 4....................................................... 12.53 2.3 12.74 2.7 11.85 3.7 5....................................................... 13.60 2.8 13.84 3.1 12.09 5.2 6....................................................... 16.45 4.0 17.27 4.4 13.76 5.5 7....................................................... 17.67 2.8 17.73 2.8 € € 8....................................................... 18.00 7.2 18.21 7.3 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 15.06 5.7 15.70 7.5 € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 16.44 11.3 16.44 11.3 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.61 8.6 17.61 8.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.03 10.0 15.03 10.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.29 2.7 15.27 2.8 11.63 4.6 3....................................................... 10.85 2.6 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.58 3.3 14.18 4.0 12.30 4.9 5....................................................... 14.92 2.6 14.99 2.6 € € 6....................................................... 19.47 6.8 19.47 6.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.07 5.8 19.07 5.8 € € Interviewers................................................ 11.50 12.8 € € € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.53 18.2 12.53 18.2 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.04 4.8 8.86 4.9 € € 1....................................................... $7.13 7.9 $7.13 7.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.49 2.1 9.49 2.1 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.54 11.3 12.85 13.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.61 11.3 14.61 11.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.57 8.7 11.57 8.7 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.19 7.9 € € $9.23 8.5 File clerks................................................. 9.82 7.4 9.87 7.9 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.61 4.7 11.37 7.0 11.89 6.1 3....................................................... 10.54 2.3 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.44 3.2 11.43 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.56 2.9 9.56 2.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.91 8.7 9.72 10.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.65 3.3 11.60 3.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.11 7.5 12.11 7.5 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.00 6.9 12.12 8.0 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 9.13 7.5 € € € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.64 16.1 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.36 7.0 15.70 7.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.22 6.6 8.88 5.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.01 3.1 8.01 3.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.51 9.1 10.09 9.6 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.61 17.3 12.00 19.4 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.11 5.1 14.11 5.1 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.28 8.2 14.38 8.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.30 8.0 12.30 8.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.73 3.7 12.76 4.4 10.13 3.6 1....................................................... 13.34 9.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.29 3.7 9.42 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.05 3.5 10.90 5.2 9.33 3.6 4....................................................... 13.14 5.3 13.97 6.7 11.88 5.1 5....................................................... 13.20 8.8 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 8.85 7.0 8.85 7.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.39 9.5 8.39 9.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.26 2.0 € € 10.26 2.0 2....................................................... 10.41 7.6 € € 10.41 7.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.71 5.1 13.18 6.5 11.54 6.0 3....................................................... 10.86 5.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 11.74 3.4 12.07 3.7 10.92 7.2 5....................................................... 12.68 4.9 12.68 4.9 € € 6....................................................... 14.73 9.7 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.22 3.2 13.24 3.5 12.94 3.4 1....................................................... 7.25 3.2 7.19 3.2 8.97 5.4 2....................................................... 8.78 3.7 8.68 3.9 10.76 5.7 3....................................................... 11.14 3.0 10.89 3.4 12.92 3.6 4....................................................... $12.99 5.5 $13.33 6.1 $10.70 2.7 5....................................................... 15.10 2.6 15.18 2.7 13.18 10.0 6....................................................... 16.93 6.1 17.11 6.8 14.97 5.9 7....................................................... 20.33 3.0 20.48 3.1 18.23 7.6 8....................................................... 23.06 7.0 23.06 7.0 € € 9....................................................... 22.00 4.9 22.11 5.1 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.48 3.0 17.69 3.2 14.84 5.7 2....................................................... 8.61 7.5 8.61 7.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.40 6.9 10.32 7.1 € € 4....................................................... 14.00 7.5 14.61 7.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.21 3.9 15.31 4.1 € € 6....................................................... 18.04 4.1 18.41 4.3 14.60 6.9 7....................................................... 20.61 3.5 20.78 3.7 18.48 7.9 8....................................................... 23.75 7.2 23.75 7.2 € € 9....................................................... 22.01 7.8 22.17 8.1 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.85 8.4 24.22 8.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.52 11.3 19.74 11.7 € € 6....................................................... 18.36 13.9 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.56 5.4 15.46 6.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.00 6.3 16.06 6.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.39 4.4 14.39 4.4 € € 6....................................................... 15.80 15.7 15.98 17.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.61 7.0 16.93 8.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.63 7.1 16.79 8.4 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.97 3.7 € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 16.13 5.9 16.13 5.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.71 3.2 19.09 3.5 € € 6....................................................... 18.97 3.9 19.04 4.1 € € 7....................................................... 19.88 6.4 19.88 6.4 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.79 8.5 16.57 10.6 € € Insulation workers.......................................... 12.26 9.1 12.26 9.1 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.52 10.9 9.24 10.9 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.09 8.9 26.15 6.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.51 9.5 22.51 9.5 € € 8....................................................... 30.23 7.0 30.23 7.0 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.34 3.8 18.34 3.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.78 4.7 18.78 4.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.96 7.5 18.96 7.5 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.20 6.7 11.20 6.7 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.32 9.2 16.32 9.2 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 23.32 1.2 23.32 1.2 € € 6....................................................... 23.04 1.6 23.04 1.6 € € 7....................................................... 23.84 1.9 23.84 1.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.20 5.5 11.20 5.5 - - 1....................................................... $7.19 5.9 $7.19 5.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.13 6.9 8.13 6.9 € € 3....................................................... 11.07 5.8 11.07 5.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.79 8.2 12.79 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 14.09 3.9 14.09 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.23 7.8 13.23 7.8 € € 7....................................................... 18.34 4.0 18.34 4.0 € € Printing press operators.................................... 13.13 7.2 13.13 7.2 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.59 5.0 7.59 5.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.03 8.6 13.03 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.23 4.2 11.23 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 17.38 8.0 17.38 8.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.42 4.9 12.42 4.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.60 10.7 8.60 10.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.65 11.0 7.65 11.0 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.23 10.9 13.23 11.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 5.0 12.77 5.7 $12.70 4.5 1....................................................... 9.21 14.0 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.28 8.3 9.19 9.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.51 4.4 10.63 5.3 13.31 3.9 4....................................................... 12.63 12.3 12.91 13.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.64 3.7 15.67 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.11 3.5 20.50 3.0 € € Truck drivers............................................... 11.71 6.0 11.78 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.22 8.5 10.33 8.9 € € 3....................................................... 12.51 6.8 12.53 7.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 13.40 6.4 € € 12.59 4.1 3....................................................... 13.40 4.2 € € 13.40 4.2 Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 18.35 9.6 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.38 5.8 9.38 5.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.87 7.2 8.87 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.73 8.6 9.73 8.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.18 12.4 15.48 12.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.62 4.1 8.49 4.4 10.29 4.3 1....................................................... 7.14 2.9 7.05 2.9 9.05 5.5 2....................................................... 8.89 5.5 8.72 5.9 11.11 7.1 3....................................................... 11.30 6.1 11.33 6.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.74 7.8 12.32 12.1 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.35 7.4 € € 10.18 7.6 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.05 7.8 11.25 9.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.38 3.4 10.11 4.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.40 8.2 8.30 8.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.52 13.2 10.52 13.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.47 4.6 7.47 4.6 € € 1....................................................... $6.47 4.3 $6.47 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 7.97 8.9 7.97 8.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.18 10.1 9.18 10.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.60 12.7 8.60 12.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.71 12.8 9.71 12.8 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.22 7.4 8.08 7.5 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.36 5.7 7.36 5.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.17 8.8 7.17 8.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.54 10.6 8.38 11.5 $10.31 9.9 1....................................................... 6.97 5.6 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.24 12.4 8.91 13.6 € € Service............................................................. 9.26 3.7 7.38 3.8 12.44 4.3 1....................................................... 5.94 4.1 5.64 3.9 8.22 3.0 2....................................................... 7.33 3.2 6.67 3.4 8.65 4.2 3....................................................... 8.13 5.2 7.32 6.8 9.72 3.1 4....................................................... 13.51 7.0 13.79 10.7 13.11 7.5 5....................................................... 12.53 4.5 € € 12.17 4.3 6....................................................... 16.43 6.3 € € 16.97 5.9 7....................................................... 18.13 3.5 € € 18.73 2.9 8....................................................... 16.85 4.8 € € 17.61 6.8 Protective service............................................ 14.35 5.7 8.52 7.9 15.87 3.8 3....................................................... 8.64 5.2 8.34 5.9 € € 4....................................................... 14.41 4.5 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.29 4.4 € € 12.27 4.5 6....................................................... 17.09 5.8 € € 17.14 5.9 7....................................................... 18.73 2.9 € € 18.73 2.9 8....................................................... 17.61 6.8 € € 17.61 6.8 Firefighting................................................ 14.95 2.4 € € 14.95 2.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.30 4.2 € € 18.30 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.59 3.2 € € 18.59 3.2 7....................................................... 18.86 3.1 € € 18.86 3.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.48 2.6 € € 11.48 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.21 10.3 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.03 3.8 8.73 4.5 € € Food service.................................................. 6.54 4.7 6.22 5.2 8.89 4.1 1....................................................... 5.30 6.3 5.00 6.3 8.52 7.3 2....................................................... 6.89 7.5 5.99 6.5 9.07 4.7 3....................................................... 5.75 11.4 5.75 11.4 € € 4....................................................... 8.90 7.0 8.90 7.0 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.69 11.6 3.69 11.6 € € 1....................................................... 3.20 11.8 3.20 11.8 € € 2....................................................... 4.93 22.4 4.93 22.4 € € 3....................................................... 3.74 26.4 3.74 26.4 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.14 11.1 3.14 11.1 € € 1....................................................... 2.69 10.0 2.69 10.0 € € 2....................................................... $4.24 25.9 $4.24 25.9 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.48 7.6 5.48 7.6 € € Other food service........................................... 7.57 3.9 7.32 4.6 $8.89 4.1 1....................................................... 6.37 3.4 6.06 2.5 8.52 7.3 2....................................................... 7.33 6.8 6.36 5.1 9.07 4.7 3....................................................... 7.08 5.4 7.08 5.4 € € 4....................................................... 8.99 7.3 8.99 7.3 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.79 6.6 13.79 6.6 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.00 5.3 8.06 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 7.30 4.4 € € € € 4....................................................... 8.11 6.1 8.11 6.1 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.56 3.8 6.49 3.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.53 3.7 6.42 3.5 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.10 6.0 5.98 4.7 9.23 3.8 1....................................................... 6.30 5.6 5.80 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.12 7.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.65 2.2 8.26 3.1 9.24 2.7 2....................................................... 8.06 3.4 7.42 4.0 9.16 3.7 3....................................................... 8.84 2.2 8.76 3.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.00 5.8 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.58 3.4 9.26 6.6 9.73 3.7 2....................................................... 9.45 5.1 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.55 5.6 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.11 2.9 7.94 3.7 8.57 3.5 2....................................................... 7.64 3.7 7.10 4.4 8.67 3.8 3....................................................... 8.78 2.9 8.76 3.1 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.50 4.3 6.94 5.2 8.96 5.6 1....................................................... 6.48 4.4 6.19 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 7.26 4.7 6.63 3.7 8.07 9.5 3....................................................... 9.91 5.8 8.24 8.2 10.93 4.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.04 2.3 6.04 2.3 € € 1....................................................... 5.99 3.3 5.99 3.3 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.48 4.6 6.64 5.2 8.96 5.6 1....................................................... 6.61 5.4 6.25 5.3 € € 2....................................................... 7.62 5.6 7.00 4.5 8.07 9.5 3....................................................... 10.54 4.7 € € 10.93 4.5 Personal service.............................................. 10.83 11.8 11.82 15.3 8.69 4.4 1....................................................... 6.39 14.5 6.39 14.5 € € 2....................................................... 6.52 6.8 6.03 10.5 € € 3....................................................... 8.25 5.5 € € 8.87 3.9 4....................................................... 18.17 14.7 19.38 15.4 € € Welfare service aides....................................... 8.67 8.6 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.25 6.7 € € 8.51 5.6 3....................................................... 8.90 4.1 € € 8.90 4.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.30 9.5 6.77 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.07 2.3 $17.99 2.8 $18.40 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.07 2.3 17.95 2.9 18.43 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.93 2.2 22.21 2.7 21.10 3.3 1....................................................... 9.27 9.8 9.47 10.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.21 2.3 9.15 2.5 9.56 5.1 3....................................................... 9.91 2.5 9.84 3.8 10.03 1.7 4....................................................... 13.16 3.4 13.39 3.9 12.03 3.3 5....................................................... 15.42 5.1 15.93 5.7 12.69 4.1 6....................................................... 20.35 3.5 20.41 4.4 20.16 5.2 7....................................................... 23.70 2.5 22.28 4.1 25.38 2.5 8....................................................... 23.55 2.1 23.82 2.9 23.13 2.9 9....................................................... 26.74 3.0 26.60 3.2 27.51 7.6 10........................................................ 34.51 8.5 35.15 9.1 27.19 3.5 11........................................................ 37.09 5.3 38.42 6.0 31.22 3.7 12........................................................ 39.43 3.4 39.45 3.6 39.16 8.9 13........................................................ 51.18 5.0 51.89 5.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.17 5.6 58.89 5.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.19 14.3 21.97 22.8 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.48 2.2 23.01 2.7 21.18 3.3 1....................................................... 10.59 13.0 11.29 13.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.38 2.2 9.29 2.4 9.85 4.7 3....................................................... 10.10 1.7 10.16 2.7 10.03 1.7 4....................................................... 12.76 2.2 12.97 2.6 12.03 3.3 5....................................................... 14.72 2.7 15.18 3.1 12.69 4.1 6....................................................... 19.82 3.4 19.67 4.4 20.16 5.2 7....................................................... 23.78 2.6 22.26 4.5 25.38 2.5 8....................................................... 23.73 2.1 24.16 3.0 23.13 2.9 9....................................................... 26.75 3.0 26.61 3.3 27.51 7.6 10........................................................ 34.87 8.9 35.60 9.5 27.19 3.5 11........................................................ 35.18 3.1 36.19 3.6 31.22 3.7 12........................................................ 40.31 2.9 40.42 3.1 39.16 8.9 13........................................................ 50.86 5.1 51.54 5.7 € € 14........................................................ 61.17 5.6 58.89 5.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.27 12.9 21.59 19.3 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.46 2.5 27.20 3.4 25.17 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.95 2.1 29.15 2.8 26.31 3.2 5....................................................... 16.95 9.0 18.11 10.4 € € 6....................................................... 23.09 4.1 21.52 4.1 25.17 6.4 7....................................................... 25.22 2.3 24.05 4.7 25.70 2.5 8....................................................... 24.08 2.1 25.17 3.0 23.03 3.2 9....................................................... 26.24 3.5 26.67 4.0 24.41 5.9 10........................................................ 31.64 3.3 32.40 3.6 27.58 3.6 11........................................................ 35.04 4.3 36.09 4.7 28.77 7.8 12........................................................ 38.73 4.6 39.07 5.0 € € 13........................................................ $49.83 7.1 $48.91 8.6 € € 14........................................................ 60.74 9.8 52.00 9.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.77 9.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.97 3.9 31.97 3.9 € € 5....................................................... 20.89 6.2 20.89 6.2 € € 7....................................................... 24.65 4.7 24.65 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 30.22 5.6 30.22 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.73 5.1 26.73 5.1 € € 10........................................................ 34.09 3.3 34.09 3.3 € € 11........................................................ 35.36 5.1 35.36 5.1 € € 12........................................................ 37.80 4.9 37.80 4.9 € € 13........................................................ 47.74 4.7 47.74 4.7 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 42.80 6.8 42.80 6.8 € € Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.79 5.9 34.79 5.9 € € Civil engineers............................................. 35.68 9.6 35.68 9.6 € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 33.67 7.1 33.67 7.1 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 27.92 3.3 27.92 3.3 € € Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.62 5.4 30.62 5.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.92 4.6 31.92 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 20.82 6.6 20.82 6.6 € € 7....................................................... 24.15 4.7 24.15 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 31.02 6.9 31.02 6.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.47 7.3 24.47 7.3 € € 10........................................................ 34.15 3.9 34.15 3.9 € € 11........................................................ 38.01 13.2 38.01 13.2 € € 12........................................................ 35.48 7.0 35.48 7.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.84 4.2 30.02 4.2 - - 7....................................................... 27.34 9.5 27.34 9.5 € € 8....................................................... 25.63 4.8 25.65 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.89 7.0 29.13 6.9 € € 11........................................................ 29.86 6.6 29.86 6.6 € € 12........................................................ 38.84 7.2 38.84 7.2 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.87 4.5 30.07 4.5 € € 7....................................................... 27.95 9.6 27.95 9.6 € € 8....................................................... 25.05 5.5 25.06 5.6 € € 9....................................................... 29.06 7.3 29.32 7.2 € € 11........................................................ 29.86 6.6 29.86 6.6 € € 12........................................................ 37.72 7.2 37.72 7.2 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.58 7.8 29.26 8.0 - - 7....................................................... 27.23 5.5 28.25 4.7 € € Geologists and geodesists................................... 34.83 9.4 34.83 9.4 € € Health related................................................ 23.17 3.8 22.84 5.1 $23.81 4.7 6....................................................... 21.08 3.2 20.98 3.7 € € 7....................................................... 23.74 8.4 20.79 7.5 € € 8....................................................... 20.94 1.5 21.42 2.1 20.28 1.8 9....................................................... 24.91 5.3 23.52 7.2 € € 10........................................................ $27.51 3.6 $28.47 2.6 € € Registered nurses........................................... 21.49 2.3 20.85 2.5 $22.71 3.9 6....................................................... 20.95 3.5 20.98 3.7 € € 7....................................................... 21.88 8.6 20.51 8.7 € € 8....................................................... 20.57 1.1 20.85 1.2 20.28 1.8 9....................................................... 24.06 6.4 21.18 7.2 € € Pharmacists................................................. 28.59 3.2 28.10 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.06 10.2 - - 41.50 10.4 9....................................................... 28.12 5.8 € € 29.24 4.8 10........................................................ 29.87 4.7 € € 29.87 4.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 48.93 11.5 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.03 1.5 19.88 8.7 26.22 1.5 6....................................................... 27.20 2.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 26.47 1.7 21.65 10.8 26.59 1.7 8....................................................... 24.61 3.5 € € 24.64 3.6 9....................................................... 23.96 3.0 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.85 2.0 19.79 15.8 25.95 2.0 7....................................................... 26.04 2.5 € € 26.04 2.5 8....................................................... 23.76 3.3 € € 23.76 3.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.53 1.4 € € 26.62 1.4 7....................................................... 27.08 1.7 € € 27.10 1.7 8....................................................... 25.42 2.8 € € 25.42 2.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.69 3.9 € € 26.38 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 25.62 8.9 € € 26.00 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.46 20.0 - - 20.60 23.1 Librarians.................................................. 20.46 20.0 € € 20.60 23.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 34.06 17.2 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.52 5.5 13.78 14.4 14.70 5.7 7....................................................... 15.35 5.7 € € € € Social workers.............................................. 14.38 5.4 € € 14.70 5.7 7....................................................... 15.35 5.7 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 36.48 20.5 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.00 22.3 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.73 11.8 23.98 12.5 - - 8....................................................... 23.61 7.1 24.28 7.9 € € Designers................................................... 18.37 24.9 18.37 24.9 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 31.26 11.0 31.26 11.0 € € Technical....................................................... 21.00 8.6 22.28 9.5 14.35 9.6 4....................................................... 13.74 5.2 13.86 6.2 € € 5....................................................... 15.05 5.4 15.81 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 19.68 14.9 20.97 16.3 € € 7....................................................... 26.05 16.3 27.40 16.9 € € 8....................................................... 24.11 3.8 24.10 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 28.64 9.1 28.64 9.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 14.79 10.5 14.69 10.7 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... $13.42 1.8 $13.48 2.2 € € 4....................................................... 12.83 1.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.83 2.3 13.91 2.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.31 4.1 14.31 4.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.86 5.9 14.08 5.9 € € 6....................................................... 15.94 7.0 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.09 9.1 20.14 9.1 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.30 9.2 21.29 10.6 € € Drafters.................................................... 25.95 7.2 25.95 7.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.49 12.5 28.49 12.5 € € Chemical technicians........................................ 22.55 7.6 22.55 7.6 € € Computer programmers........................................ 23.64 9.2 24.57 15.4 € € Legal assistants............................................ 19.59 4.8 19.59 4.8 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 15.80 13.5 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.11 2.8 32.21 2.9 $26.51 6.7 5....................................................... 16.96 8.9 18.47 10.5 € € 6....................................................... 19.42 4.2 19.69 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.08 4.5 21.31 4.7 24.81 7.9 8....................................................... 24.34 5.7 24.70 6.9 23.58 9.8 9....................................................... 27.76 4.4 26.74 3.9 33.73 12.4 10........................................................ 31.84 5.3 31.98 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 34.57 3.3 35.32 4.3 32.52 2.1 12........................................................ 42.27 2.7 42.07 2.6 € € 13........................................................ 51.45 6.6 52.72 6.8 € € 14........................................................ 61.54 6.4 61.54 6.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.34 3.6 36.63 3.7 27.85 7.2 6....................................................... 20.26 8.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.79 7.1 23.43 13.2 € € 8....................................................... 22.40 6.9 21.02 8.3 23.72 10.8 9....................................................... 28.99 5.6 27.69 5.4 33.73 12.4 10........................................................ 31.84 8.3 32.12 8.5 € € 11........................................................ 34.65 3.7 35.31 5.0 € € 12........................................................ 42.34 3.2 42.09 3.1 € € 13........................................................ 51.55 6.8 52.87 7.0 € € 14........................................................ 62.91 6.4 62.91 6.4 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.48 15.2 € € 27.44 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 30.88 5.8 31.12 6.0 € € 9....................................................... 28.73 6.9 € € € € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 41.31 15.4 41.31 15.4 € € Purchasing managers......................................... 34.61 11.2 34.61 11.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.50 7.8 42.50 7.8 € € 12........................................................ 40.93 8.8 40.93 8.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 32.53 6.9 € € 32.72 7.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 24.97 9.0 24.77 9.1 € € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 31.32 30.9 33.28 30.6 € € Managers, properties and real estate........................ $31.17 21.1 $31.17 21.1 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.84 4.9 38.78 4.3 € € 8....................................................... 22.06 7.5 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.36 7.6 27.36 7.6 € € 10........................................................ 33.37 8.8 33.37 8.8 € € 11........................................................ 36.06 7.0 36.06 7.0 € € 12........................................................ 42.48 3.7 42.48 3.7 € € 13........................................................ 52.13 7.6 52.13 7.6 € € 14........................................................ 63.95 8.9 63.95 8.9 € € Management related............................................ 25.78 3.5 26.35 3.6 $19.51 9.4 5....................................................... 20.01 12.1 20.01 12.1 € € 6....................................................... 19.19 4.6 19.98 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 20.67 4.8 20.85 4.8 € € 8....................................................... 26.91 8.4 27.25 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.19 4.8 25.19 4.8 € € 10........................................................ 31.83 5.7 31.83 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 34.26 7.0 35.36 7.4 € € 12........................................................ 41.99 4.3 41.99 4.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.53 4.3 24.53 4.3 € € 6....................................................... 18.90 3.2 18.90 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 21.89 12.7 21.89 12.7 € € 8....................................................... 27.39 4.6 27.39 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 23.47 6.6 23.47 6.6 € € Other financial officers.................................... 29.52 10.8 29.52 10.8 € € Management analysts......................................... 28.64 6.4 28.64 6.4 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.57 12.1 29.19 11.7 € € 8....................................................... 25.03 7.3 25.03 7.3 € € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 25.73 19.3 25.73 19.3 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 21.67 13.0 25.80 6.9 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.58 6.5 24.67 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 20.76 3.5 20.76 3.5 € € Sales............................................................. 18.19 9.0 18.30 9.1 - - 1....................................................... 7.71 4.0 7.71 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.23 6.8 8.28 8.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.99 9.6 8.99 9.6 € € 4....................................................... 14.24 10.2 14.24 10.2 € € 5....................................................... 19.15 20.1 19.15 20.1 € € 6....................................................... 24.05 12.6 24.05 12.6 € € 7....................................................... 22.45 7.4 22.45 7.4 € € 8....................................................... 21.02 9.6 21.02 9.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.41 17.1 26.41 17.1 € € 11........................................................ 56.20 16.9 56.20 16.9 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.32 11.0 22.32 11.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.90 6.8 9.90 6.8 € € 6....................................................... 17.08 4.5 17.08 4.5 € € 8....................................................... $20.42 10.4 $20.42 10.4 € € Securities and financial services sales..................... 19.09 26.0 19.09 26.0 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 17.56 20.1 17.56 20.1 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 21.71 18.6 21.71 18.6 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 25.62 9.2 25.62 9.2 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 20.83 26.3 20.83 26.3 € € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 20.29 6.3 20.29 6.3 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.11 4.9 19.11 4.9 € € 4....................................................... 19.53 4.6 19.53 4.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.14 17.3 10.14 17.3 € € Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.66 6.8 9.66 6.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.79 3.8 7.76 4.2 € € 1....................................................... 7.50 4.8 7.50 4.8 € € 2....................................................... 7.35 6.3 7.10 7.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.73 3.3 8.73 3.3 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.18 16.3 12.18 16.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.47 1.8 12.94 2.2 $10.98 2.2 1....................................................... 10.59 13.0 11.29 13.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.47 2.3 9.38 2.4 10.02 5.8 3....................................................... 10.09 1.7 10.15 2.9 10.03 1.7 4....................................................... 12.59 2.3 12.80 2.8 11.90 3.7 5....................................................... 13.59 2.8 13.83 3.2 12.09 5.2 6....................................................... 16.45 4.0 17.27 4.4 13.76 5.5 7....................................................... 17.72 2.8 17.79 2.8 € € 8....................................................... 18.00 7.2 18.21 7.3 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 15.06 5.7 15.70 7.5 € € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 16.44 11.3 16.44 11.3 € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 17.61 8.6 17.61 8.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.10 10.0 15.10 10.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.32 2.8 15.32 2.8 11.66 4.6 3....................................................... 10.90 2.8 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.59 3.3 14.20 4.1 12.30 4.9 5....................................................... 14.90 2.7 14.98 2.7 € € 6....................................................... 19.47 6.8 19.47 6.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.07 5.8 19.07 5.8 € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.99 19.3 12.99 19.3 € € Receptionists............................................... 9.38 4.8 9.19 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.18 11.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 14.61 11.3 14.61 11.3 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 11.64 9.0 11.64 9.0 € € File clerks................................................. 9.86 7.7 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.76 5.2 11.59 8.3 11.97 6.1 3....................................................... 10.54 2.3 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.44 3.2 11.43 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.56 2.9 9.56 2.9 € € 3....................................................... $9.91 8.7 $9.72 10.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.65 3.3 11.60 3.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.11 7.5 12.11 7.5 € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.00 6.9 12.12 8.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 12.64 16.1 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 15.36 7.0 15.70 7.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.34 7.6 8.94 6.9 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.58 9.8 10.25 10.4 € € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.61 17.3 12.00 19.4 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.11 5.1 14.11 5.1 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.47 8.5 14.58 8.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.30 8.0 12.30 8.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.85 3.7 12.98 4.5 $10.18 3.6 2....................................................... 9.50 4.0 9.63 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.09 3.6 11.04 5.3 9.33 3.6 4....................................................... 13.18 5.4 14.04 6.7 11.88 5.1 5....................................................... 13.07 8.8 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 8.78 7.5 8.78 7.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.32 2.0 € € 10.32 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.80 5.4 13.27 7.0 11.68 6.1 3....................................................... 10.86 5.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 11.85 3.8 12.10 4.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.73 9.7 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.60 3.3 13.63 3.6 13.14 3.7 1....................................................... 7.46 3.8 7.39 3.8 9.05 5.5 2....................................................... 9.05 3.8 8.98 4.0 10.73 7.1 3....................................................... 11.32 2.9 11.08 3.3 13.08 3.6 4....................................................... 13.02 5.5 13.32 6.1 10.88 1.7 5....................................................... 15.13 2.6 15.20 2.7 13.18 10.0 6....................................................... 16.93 6.1 17.11 6.8 14.97 5.9 7....................................................... 20.33 3.0 20.47 3.1 18.23 7.6 8....................................................... 23.06 7.0 23.06 7.0 € € 9....................................................... 22.00 4.9 22.11 5.1 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.71 3.0 17.94 3.1 14.84 5.7 2....................................................... 8.44 8.1 8.44 8.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.24 5.0 11.17 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 14.00 7.5 14.61 7.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.21 3.9 15.31 4.1 € € 6....................................................... 18.04 4.1 18.41 4.3 14.60 6.9 7....................................................... 20.60 3.5 20.77 3.7 18.48 7.9 8....................................................... 23.75 7.2 23.75 7.2 € € 9....................................................... 22.01 7.8 22.17 8.1 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.85 8.4 24.22 8.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ $19.52 11.3 $19.74 11.7 € € 6....................................................... 18.36 13.9 € € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.56 5.4 15.46 6.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.00 6.3 16.06 6.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.39 4.4 14.39 4.4 € € 6....................................................... 15.80 15.7 15.98 17.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.61 7.0 16.93 8.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.63 7.1 16.79 8.4 € € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.97 3.7 € € € € Carpenters.................................................. 16.13 5.9 16.13 5.9 € € Electricians................................................ 18.71 3.2 19.09 3.5 € € 6....................................................... 18.97 3.9 19.04 4.1 € € 7....................................................... 19.88 6.4 19.88 6.4 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.79 8.5 16.57 10.6 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 9.52 10.9 9.24 10.9 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 24.06 8.9 26.11 6.1 € € 7....................................................... 22.37 9.6 22.37 9.6 € € 8....................................................... 30.23 7.0 30.23 7.0 € € Machinists.................................................. 18.33 3.8 18.33 3.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.78 4.7 18.78 4.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.93 7.6 18.93 7.6 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.20 6.7 11.20 6.7 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 16.32 9.2 16.32 9.2 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 23.32 1.2 23.32 1.2 € € 6....................................................... 23.04 1.6 23.04 1.6 € € 7....................................................... 23.84 1.9 23.84 1.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.23 5.5 11.23 5.5 - - 1....................................................... 7.22 6.0 7.22 6.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.13 7.0 8.13 7.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.07 5.8 11.07 5.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.79 8.2 12.79 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 14.09 3.9 14.09 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.23 7.8 13.23 7.8 € € 7....................................................... 18.34 4.0 18.34 4.0 € € Printing press operators.................................... 13.13 7.2 13.13 7.2 € € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.61 5.1 7.61 5.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.08 8.7 13.08 8.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.23 4.2 11.23 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 17.38 8.0 17.38 8.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.42 4.9 12.42 4.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 8.67 10.9 8.67 10.9 € € 2....................................................... 7.65 11.2 7.65 11.2 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.23 10.9 13.23 11.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.25 4.4 13.22 4.9 $13.46 5.2 2....................................................... $9.99 5.1 $10.03 5.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.53 4.5 10.63 5.3 $13.54 3.9 4....................................................... 12.73 12.4 12.88 12.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.77 3.7 15.81 3.7 € € 7....................................................... 20.11 3.5 20.50 3.0 € € Truck drivers............................................... 11.77 6.1 11.83 6.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.29 8.8 10.41 9.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.51 6.8 12.53 7.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.25 5.7 € € € € Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 18.35 9.6 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.38 5.8 9.38 5.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.87 7.2 8.87 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.73 8.6 9.73 8.6 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.37 12.4 15.70 12.5 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.98 4.6 8.86 4.9 10.29 4.3 1....................................................... 7.41 3.6 7.31 3.6 9.05 5.5 2....................................................... 9.32 5.6 9.17 6.0 11.11 7.1 3....................................................... 11.44 6.3 11.48 6.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.74 7.8 12.32 12.1 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 9.35 7.4 € € 10.18 7.6 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.36 7.6 11.65 9.2 € € Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.38 3.4 10.11 4.1 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.40 8.2 8.30 8.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.52 13.2 10.52 13.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.77 6.9 8.77 6.9 € € 1....................................................... 8.51 6.5 8.51 6.5 € € 2....................................................... 7.99 9.1 7.99 9.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.77 10.9 9.77 10.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.59 15.0 8.59 15.0 € € 2....................................................... 11.02 13.2 11.02 13.2 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.36 7.7 8.21 7.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.78 5.7 7.78 5.7 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.88 11.7 8.72 12.9 10.31 9.9 2....................................................... 10.15 12.9 9.85 14.8 € € Service............................................................. 10.06 3.9 8.01 4.6 12.53 4.3 1....................................................... 6.27 4.9 5.92 5.1 8.26 3.1 2....................................................... 7.82 3.0 7.05 3.1 8.70 4.3 3....................................................... 8.29 5.1 7.38 7.1 9.73 3.1 4....................................................... 13.65 7.0 14.05 11.0 13.11 7.5 5....................................................... 12.54 4.6 € € 12.17 4.3 6....................................................... 16.46 6.4 € € 16.97 5.9 7....................................................... 18.32 3.3 € € 18.73 2.9 8....................................................... 16.85 4.8 € € 17.61 6.8 Protective service............................................ 15.23 4.1 9.45 6.6 15.91 3.9 3....................................................... $8.80 5.2 $8.50 5.8 € € 4....................................................... 14.41 4.5 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.29 4.4 € € $12.27 4.6 6....................................................... 17.14 5.9 € € 17.14 5.9 7....................................................... 18.73 2.9 € € 18.73 2.9 8....................................................... 17.61 6.8 € € 17.61 6.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.30 4.2 € € 18.30 4.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.59 3.2 € € 18.59 3.2 7....................................................... 18.86 3.1 € € 18.86 3.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.48 2.6 € € 11.48 2.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.83 8.0 9.50 3.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 3.0 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.08 5.3 6.72 6.1 9.10 3.9 1....................................................... 5.46 7.7 5.15 7.5 € € 2....................................................... 8.22 4.9 7.26 5.0 9.21 4.2 3....................................................... 5.80 13.2 5.80 13.2 € € 4....................................................... 8.81 8.1 8.81 8.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.77 14.6 3.77 14.6 € € 1....................................................... 3.21 15.4 3.21 15.4 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.11 13.0 3.11 13.0 € € 1....................................................... 2.57 12.2 2.57 12.2 € € Other food service........................................... 8.20 3.4 7.98 4.2 9.10 3.9 1....................................................... 6.60 4.0 6.28 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.48 5.0 7.46 6.5 9.21 4.2 3....................................................... 7.33 5.3 7.33 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 8.81 8.1 8.81 8.1 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.79 6.6 13.79 6.6 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.14 5.6 8.16 5.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.87 3.9 6.81 4.1 € € 1....................................................... 6.61 4.3 6.50 4.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.69 6.2 6.38 6.0 9.41 3.7 1....................................................... 6.61 6.7 6.07 2.4 € € 2....................................................... 8.75 6.8 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.71 2.4 8.30 3.5 9.24 2.7 2....................................................... 8.11 3.4 7.42 4.0 9.16 3.7 3....................................................... 8.92 2.6 8.86 4.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.00 5.8 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.61 3.4 9.34 7.0 9.73 3.7 4....................................................... 10.55 5.6 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.12 3.2 7.92 4.4 8.57 3.5 2....................................................... 7.69 3.8 7.12 4.7 8.67 3.8 3....................................................... 8.89 4.0 8.86 4.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.98 4.0 7.44 5.6 8.96 5.6 1....................................................... 6.90 4.2 6.57 4.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.33 5.9 6.38 2.8 8.07 9.5 3....................................................... 9.91 5.8 8.24 8.2 10.93 4.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... $6.06 2.4 $6.06 2.4 € € 1....................................................... 6.01 3.4 6.01 3.4 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.12 3.8 7.27 5.4 $8.96 5.6 1....................................................... 7.26 4.5 6.89 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 7.79 7.4 € € 8.07 9.5 3....................................................... 10.54 4.7 € € 10.93 4.5 Personal service.............................................. $12.04 12.3 $13.89 15.7 $8.76 4.6 2....................................................... 6.40 7.5 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.38 5.5 € € 8.87 3.9 4....................................................... 18.17 14.7 19.38 15.4 € € Welfare service aides....................................... 8.67 8.6 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.32 6.3 € € 8.51 5.6 3....................................................... 8.90 4.1 € € 8.90 4.1 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.96 4.4 $7.79 4.7 $10.24 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.30 5.2 8.12 5.7 10.24 5.7 White collar........................................................ 10.11 5.8 10.01 6.4 11.00 8.6 1....................................................... 5.99 2.2 5.96 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 7.67 6.6 7.70 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.50 5.0 8.50 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 8.03 6.4 7.95 6.9 € € 5....................................................... 11.74 9.5 13.16 7.0 € € 6....................................................... 17.40 5.6 17.65 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 16.23 6.0 17.08 5.7 15.22 11.3 8....................................................... 20.61 9.6 20.72 10.0 € € 9....................................................... 28.57 16.6 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.11 7.5 13.56 8.6 11.00 8.6 1....................................................... 6.29 3.9 6.06 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.71 3.9 8.84 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.12 4.3 9.16 4.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.15 7.2 10.50 8.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.48 11.6 14.99 3.4 € € 6....................................................... 17.40 5.6 17.65 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 16.23 6.0 17.08 5.7 15.22 11.3 8....................................................... 20.61 9.6 20.72 10.0 € € 9....................................................... 28.57 16.6 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.04 8.9 18.65 8.6 12.20 13.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 18.11 10.7 21.00 9.8 12.20 13.0 5....................................................... 10.63 15.6 € € € € 6....................................................... 17.80 8.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.41 8.8 € € 15.22 11.3 8....................................................... 20.87 10.1 21.00 10.5 € € 9....................................................... 28.57 16.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.81 7.2 23.81 7.2 € € 8....................................................... 23.07 3.1 23.07 3.1 € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.18 3.1 22.18 3.1 € € 8....................................................... 22.85 3.4 22.85 3.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 17.92 9.8 - - 17.36 9.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.68 11.1 13.25 12.7 9.17 6.1 5....................................................... 9.03 3.7 € € € € Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 13.08 13.9 12.93 15.7 € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 13.70 9.0 13.70 9.0 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $10.62 16.8 $10.62 16.8 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.43 4.0 15.43 4.0 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.53 3.2 6.53 3.2 € € 1....................................................... 5.95 2.4 5.95 2.4 € € 3....................................................... 7.37 7.0 7.37 7.0 € € 4....................................................... 7.17 6.1 7.17 6.1 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.82 2.7 6.82 2.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.08 3.9 6.08 3.9 € € 1....................................................... 5.85 3.2 5.85 3.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.25 3.9 9.44 4.0 $7.46 3.6 1....................................................... 6.25 4.0 6.00 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.73 4.0 8.86 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 4.6 9.29 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.15 8.1 10.47 8.8 € € Receptionists............................................... 7.13 10.7 7.13 10.7 € € General office clerks....................................... 8.34 8.9 8.65 9.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.05 5.3 6.79 5.7 10.18 9.0 1....................................................... 5.65 1.7 5.64 1.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.25 8.9 6.84 9.0 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.50 15.8 - - 10.18 9.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.25 4.1 6.25 4.1 € € 1....................................................... 5.64 1.8 5.64 1.8 € € 2....................................................... 6.61 6.2 6.61 6.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.60 21.1 9.60 21.1 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.59 1.4 5.59 1.4 € € 1....................................................... 5.54 1.5 5.54 1.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.64 10.9 8.64 10.9 € € Service............................................................. 6.01 4.1 5.93 4.3 8.04 6.6 1....................................................... 5.18 4.4 5.08 4.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.25 5.8 6.21 6.1 € € 3....................................................... 7.10 10.9 7.09 11.0 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.23 5.5 5.11 5.7 - - 1....................................................... $4.89 9.7 $4.62 10.2 € € 2....................................................... 5.15 6.6 5.12 6.8 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.50 14.9 3.50 14.9 € € 1....................................................... 3.16 18.1 3.16 18.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.21 15.2 3.21 15.2 € € Other food service........................................... 5.95 3.4 5.84 3.2 € € 1....................................................... 5.80 5.0 5.50 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 5.69 1.2 5.67 1.2 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.90 3.6 5.90 3.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.68 4.9 5.34 .8 € € 1....................................................... 5.76 6.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.10 5.6 8.10 5.6 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.04 6.5 8.04 6.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 5.82 4.9 5.82 4.9 € € 1....................................................... 5.44 3.5 5.44 3.5 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.83 5.2 5.83 5.2 € € 1....................................................... 5.44 3.6 5.44 3.6 € € Personal service.............................................. 5.70 4.9 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 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....................................................... $18.07 $7.96 $19.38 $17.17 $17.23 $19.40 All excluding sales............................................. 18.07 8.30 19.19 17.28 17.43 17.28 White collar........................................................ 21.93 10.11 28.14 21.12 21.37 20.19 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.48 13.11 29.53 21.99 22.24 17.37 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.46 17.04 61.21 25.57 26.12 € Professional specialty.......................................... 27.95 18.11 € 27.61 27.61 € Technical....................................................... 21.00 13.70 61.21 17.57 20.70 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.11 - € 31.09 30.99 36.35 Sales............................................................. 18.19 6.53 23.48 15.93 13.88 20.96 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.47 9.25 15.28 12.18 12.34 11.48 Blue collar......................................................... 13.60 7.05 17.19 12.30 13.03 17.54 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.71 - 20.15 16.68 17.25 20.61 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.23 - 16.11 10.31 11.20 € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.25 7.50 14.98 11.96 12.83 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.98 6.25 11.79 8.25 8.58 - Service............................................................. 10.06 6.01 18.68 8.99 9.26 - 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....................................................... 2.3 4.4 6.9 2.4 2.3 11.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.3 5.2 6.8 2.4 2.3 10.4 White collar........................................................ 2.2 5.8 19.9 2.2 2.2 14.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.2 7.5 24.7 2.2 2.2 20.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.5 8.9 25.2 2.2 2.5 € Professional specialty.......................................... 2.1 10.7 € 2.1 2.1 € Technical....................................................... 8.6 9.0 25.2 4.2 8.5 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.8 - € 2.8 2.8 11.4 Sales............................................................. 9.0 3.2 36.5 8.8 7.1 16.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 3.9 8.1 1.7 1.8 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 5.3 4.3 3.4 3.3 11.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 - 4.3 3.6 3.2 9.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 - 7.8 5.5 5.5 € Transportation and material moving................................ 4.4 15.8 8.1 6.6 5.1 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.6 4.1 10.4 4.1 4.1 - Service............................................................. 3.9 4.1 10.7 3.7 3.7 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.11 $19.57 $30.96 $16.58 $18.28 $15.91 - $13.04 $19.79 $15.71 All excluding sales............................................. 17.20 19.46 30.99 16.58 18.11 15.93 - 12.87 17.98 15.79 White collar........................................................ 21.43 26.91 32.19 27.95 24.07 19.67 - 15.71 20.69 20.74 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.64 27.00 32.24 27.95 24.02 20.89 - 19.26 18.81 21.05 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.84 30.33 36.39 33.52 26.21 25.29 - 27.61 27.24 23.31 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.82 32.90 38.94 33.77 28.54 26.86 - 30.15 26.59 26.41 Technical....................................................... 21.87 22.38 22.84 32.70 20.67 21.68 - - - 16.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.20 34.43 36.92 29.94 34.59 30.90 - 30.62 27.41 32.26 Sales............................................................. 16.31 25.11 - € 24.71 15.77 - 13.34 32.65 11.50 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 14.85 16.37 14.52 14.41 12.15 - 11.47 12.81 11.30 Blue collar......................................................... 13.24 14.65 17.44 12.50 15.27 11.52 - 11.22 - 8.60 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.69 17.67 - 13.68 19.56 17.73 - 18.54 - 13.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.20 12.53 - - 12.54 8.30 - - - 7.35 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 12.85 - - 12.84 12.74 - 10.85 - 10.73 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.49 10.43 - 9.79 10.82 7.32 - 7.46 - 6.55 Service............................................................. 7.38 - € € - 7.35 - 6.04 9.36 7.22 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....................................................... 2.8 3.7 5.7 9.8 4.3 3.9 - 6.5 11.3 6.7 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 3.8 5.8 9.8 4.5 4.1 - 7.9 7.7 6.7 White collar........................................................ 2.8 3.1 5.3 8.1 3.5 3.8 - 7.3 11.6 5.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 3.2 5.4 8.1 3.7 3.9 - 9.8 8.4 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 4.0 7.1 4.7 3.3 4.6 - 12.8 5.6 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.7 4.3 6.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 - 12.4 5.3 4.3 Technical....................................................... 9.4 5.7 6.1 9.8 6.6 12.6 - - - 5.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.9 3.3 4.0 8.2 5.5 4.4 - 7.4 10.6 6.2 Sales............................................................. 8.9 9.1 - € 10.0 9.7 - 9.0 37.9 7.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.1 2.9 7.0 8.7 3.2 2.7 - 6.5 3.9 2.9 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 4.0 6.8 6.3 5.0 5.4 - 7.7 - 5.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 4.2 - 6.9 4.5 4.7 - 6.4 - 9.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 5.2 - - 5.3 8.6 - - - 5.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 7.5 - - 9.3 7.4 - 16.4 - 9.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 6.3 - 6.9 8.7 3.6 - 3.8 - 2.2 Service............................................................. 3.8 - € € - 3.9 - 6.6 8.8 2.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.11 $15.00 $17.51 $14.80 $20.14 All excluding sales............................................. 17.20 14.54 17.70 14.52 20.38 White collar........................................................ 21.43 19.60 21.76 18.91 23.97 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.64 20.08 23.07 20.25 24.63 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.84 24.14 27.10 24.02 28.54 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.82 26.63 29.03 26.77 30.06 Technical....................................................... 21.87 18.70 22.22 17.20 24.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.20 29.49 32.77 30.66 33.79 Sales............................................................. 16.31 18.14 15.85 16.23 14.32 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 12.80 12.73 12.29 13.05 Blue collar......................................................... 13.24 11.42 13.60 11.85 15.85 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.69 13.79 18.38 16.52 19.85 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.20 10.64 11.32 10.43 12.74 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.77 11.80 13.03 12.71 13.42 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.49 8.35 8.51 8.08 9.57 Service............................................................. 7.38 6.07 7.69 7.18 8.31 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 7.6 3.0 4.4 4.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 6.3 3.2 4.7 4.2 White collar........................................................ 2.8 8.4 3.0 4.9 3.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 6.8 3.0 5.1 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 7.9 3.6 6.2 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.7 8.8 2.9 5.9 3.2 Technical....................................................... 9.4 9.9 10.3 7.0 13.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.9 9.7 2.9 4.8 3.5 Sales............................................................. 8.9 27.3 8.3 9.7 13.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.1 4.2 2.4 4.7 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 5.6 4.0 4.6 6.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 10.4 3.2 4.2 4.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 7.4 6.6 6.2 14.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 10.2 6.3 8.0 10.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 6.8 5.0 5.7 10.7 Service............................................................. 3.8 6.2 4.4 4.4 7.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.59 $9.27 $14.36 $22.51 $30.80 All excluding sales........................... 6.63 9.50 14.65 22.61 31.07 White collar.................................... 8.73 11.73 18.85 27.16 37.40 White collar excluding sales................ 9.63 12.50 19.63 27.77 38.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.43 19.14 24.83 29.38 38.18 Professional specialty...................... 17.44 21.34 26.41 30.87 39.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.36 24.83 30.87 38.18 43.39 Petroleum engineers..................... 24.46 41.49 45.47 47.15 55.09 Chemical engineers...................... 26.55 28.77 31.54 38.48 49.46 Civil engineers......................... 25.65 25.97 36.76 39.23 48.54 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.98 28.34 33.50 38.90 39.07 Industrial engineers.................... 22.84 24.21 29.04 30.17 33.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.53 26.77 26.95 38.03 43.13 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.61 24.71 30.87 38.18 43.39 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.65 23.33 27.79 33.57 39.60 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.48 23.33 27.89 33.57 39.60 Natural scientists........................ 13.63 16.74 26.10 29.47 43.55 Geologists and geodesists............... 26.10 26.90 29.23 40.28 56.20 Health related............................ 18.56 19.63 21.02 25.00 29.75 Registered nurses....................... 18.56 19.63 20.55 22.00 27.19 Pharmacists............................. 25.00 25.96 29.16 31.00 31.00 Respiratory therapists.................. 15.00 17.00 17.30 19.05 19.05 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.23 30.35 33.67 54.02 73.66 Other post-secondary teachers........... 21.88 30.48 54.02 57.69 73.66 Teachers, except college and university... 22.19 24.46 26.41 27.77 29.20 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.86 24.12 26.41 27.72 29.38 Secondary school teachers............... 24.32 24.46 27.77 27.77 27.77 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.75 24.75 25.26 25.26 28.22 Vocational and educational counselors... 14.66 16.14 26.21 29.20 34.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 11.85 12.42 18.26 32.44 32.44 Librarians.............................. 11.85 12.42 18.26 32.44 32.44 Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.06 28.14 28.14 38.04 57.45 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.73 12.38 13.32 17.44 19.30 Social workers.......................... 11.73 12.38 13.32 15.72 17.44 Lawyers and judges........................ 21.46 29.11 29.33 38.39 65.33 Lawyers................................. 21.46 21.46 29.33 40.90 65.33 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.38 13.28 21.71 26.50 36.03 Designers............................... 7.38 7.38 18.67 24.92 31.62 Professional, n.e.c..................... 13.03 23.81 26.64 34.66 45.10 Technical................................... 10.87 12.92 16.26 22.49 30.29 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.17 9.00 14.12 18.51 21.71 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.56 12.67 13.35 14.00 15.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.59 9.49 14.51 16.26 18.04 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.63 13.43 23.62 24.56 27.15 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 15.24 16.03 16.61 23.11 30.29 Drafters................................ 17.82 19.50 24.72 32.63 35.93 Chemical technicians.................... $15.01 $22.51 $23.81 $24.78 $25.64 Computer programmers.................... 14.90 19.28 22.38 29.56 34.07 Legal assistants........................ 17.00 17.00 19.74 20.98 21.59 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 11.03 11.03 11.94 19.90 19.90 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 21.00 28.85 39.16 46.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.46 23.47 32.53 42.30 51.64 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 14.30 21.82 23.75 33.26 36.50 Financial managers...................... 19.87 23.80 30.53 35.00 42.52 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 25.00 25.00 42.63 45.75 72.98 Purchasing managers..................... 26.44 27.55 30.40 45.54 51.46 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 33.36 34.10 39.38 53.41 61.77 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.73 30.29 33.64 34.78 39.16 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.30 21.00 25.71 29.26 29.72 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 13.90 13.93 18.12 41.83 72.12 Managers, properties and real estate.... 11.06 23.47 29.54 36.71 48.80 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.76 24.21 35.48 43.25 51.85 Management related........................ 16.23 19.00 22.30 30.60 40.00 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 20.19 22.30 28.82 33.11 Other financial officers................ 14.90 19.51 31.22 37.84 41.87 Management analysts..................... 14.26 27.22 28.85 30.60 39.22 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.26 17.93 19.73 39.50 43.27 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 15.06 17.69 24.04 24.04 58.89 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.23 16.23 20.29 27.64 31.09 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.53 19.01 21.74 24.05 42.68 Sales......................................... 6.05 7.26 12.01 21.15 28.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.85 14.72 18.98 24.73 41.94 Securities and financial services sales. 9.10 9.82 16.25 17.19 35.24 Advertising and related sales........... 7.70 7.70 19.60 19.64 24.51 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 13.29 18.22 27.81 29.94 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 12.65 21.23 23.50 28.59 34.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 6.91 10.03 19.36 24.81 52.17 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 13.09 20.24 22.25 22.25 22.25 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.93 17.22 18.58 21.60 22.05 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.03 6.59 7.73 10.04 15.77 Sales counter clerks.................... 6.00 6.90 8.53 11.00 11.92 Cashiers................................ 5.35 5.61 6.75 8.03 9.19 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 5.57 8.97 12.01 12.08 22.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.23 9.66 11.50 14.69 17.71 Supervisors, general office............. 11.80 12.38 15.63 16.75 19.39 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... $11.75 $11.75 $16.09 $16.23 $27.48 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 12.50 12.90 16.14 21.96 26.25 Computer operators...................... 9.20 12.27 13.68 19.30 19.30 Secretaries............................. 10.40 11.64 14.38 15.40 19.00 Interviewers............................ 8.23 9.25 11.14 14.66 14.66 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 6.84 8.59 11.21 17.71 17.71 Receptionists........................... 6.25 7.68 9.59 10.05 10.50 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.97 10.58 11.26 16.96 16.96 Order clerks............................ 9.84 13.12 14.42 14.86 24.87 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 9.50 9.66 10.00 14.43 17.08 Library clerks.......................... 6.22 8.17 9.51 11.11 11.11 File clerks............................. 7.83 7.83 10.50 10.92 11.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.71 10.18 11.27 13.97 15.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 9.50 11.79 12.74 14.70 Billing clerks.......................... 9.84 10.50 11.21 12.24 15.11 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 7.00 7.33 8.74 9.48 13.02 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 9.25 11.61 17.87 17.87 Production coordinators................. 9.90 12.31 15.29 17.71 18.58 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.02 7.90 8.71 10.33 13.67 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.52 7.52 8.31 9.86 14.05 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.25 11.83 17.20 17.76 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.63 12.90 15.31 15.75 15.75 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.14 11.52 12.30 17.00 22.52 General office clerks................... 8.13 8.77 10.65 13.91 16.74 Data entry keyers....................... 6.15 6.75 9.00 10.21 10.31 Teachers' aides......................... 9.44 10.11 10.11 10.64 11.12 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.23 10.56 12.00 13.45 16.57 Blue collar..................................... 6.45 8.00 11.88 16.91 22.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 12.60 16.89 22.23 24.32 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 15.87 16.91 19.57 29.24 33.53 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 15.00 15.46 21.15 32.26 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.60 13.50 15.83 16.00 22.92 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.00 13.25 15.33 18.01 22.48 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.90 12.46 15.91 22.50 24.30 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.77 15.65 18.00 18.00 18.29 Carpenters.............................. 13.00 14.75 14.75 17.40 20.98 Electricians............................ 15.40 16.04 18.00 21.59 22.95 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.50 14.30 15.94 18.50 23.12 Insulation workers...................... 9.91 9.91 11.97 12.35 15.11 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.25 7.25 8.11 10.40 14.93 Supervisors, production................. $11.67 $16.11 $22.48 $33.02 $33.75 Machinists.............................. 15.07 16.14 17.73 21.90 22.58 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.24 9.99 11.58 11.80 14.43 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 9.95 13.22 17.73 20.56 20.86 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 21.73 22.52 23.12 23.79 25.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.46 7.30 11.20 13.88 16.67 Printing press operators................ 8.67 9.82 12.00 16.80 17.81 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 6.63 6.63 7.18 7.86 9.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.50 10.52 11.36 15.46 19.47 Welders and cutters..................... 11.25 11.25 12.00 13.38 14.98 Assemblers.............................. 5.98 6.50 7.55 9.37 14.99 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.89 13.88 17.73 17.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 9.58 11.20 16.30 19.35 Truck drivers........................... 7.83 10.42 10.57 14.70 17.00 Bus drivers............................. 9.22 10.90 14.66 16.30 16.30 Supervisors, material moving equipment.. 12.29 16.67 16.67 21.73 23.90 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.36 7.50 8.50 11.20 11.20 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.21 10.21 13.76 21.20 21.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.86 6.42 7.43 9.93 13.53 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.62 9.09 9.09 11.33 12.15 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 6.00 6.50 10.79 11.50 16.55 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.75 10.02 10.98 10.98 11.40 Construction laborers................... 7.00 7.00 7.83 8.81 12.00 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.04 17.24 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.35 6.60 8.10 11.36 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.42 6.45 7.10 9.55 13.76 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 5.94 6.50 7.17 8.00 12.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.15 6.30 6.99 7.89 8.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.25 6.63 9.37 14.65 Service......................................... 5.25 6.02 7.89 10.75 17.56 Protective service........................ 7.89 10.47 15.46 17.56 20.42 Firefighting............................ 13.01 15.46 15.46 15.46 15.46 Police and detectives, public service... 15.62 17.56 17.56 20.42 21.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 15.63 17.44 18.75 20.42 20.67 Correctional institution officers....... 9.87 10.47 12.03 12.03 12.03 Guards and police, except public service 6.80 6.80 7.89 9.50 13.55 Food service.............................. 2.21 5.26 6.04 7.76 10.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.22 5.46 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. $2.13 $2.13 $2.21 $2.79 $6.62 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.54 5.25 5.95 5.96 6.75 Other food service....................... 5.26 5.74 6.75 8.61 10.60 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.30 12.26 14.15 16.00 16.00 Cooks................................... 6.63 7.00 7.50 8.22 10.02 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.61 5.61 6.04 7.34 8.18 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.26 5.40 6.08 9.50 10.33 Health service............................ 6.50 7.52 8.64 9.49 10.35 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.37 8.63 9.11 10.10 11.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.37 6.64 8.03 9.14 9.51 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.75 6.50 8.40 10.75 Maids and housemen...................... 5.25 5.75 6.19 6.45 6.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.67 6.76 8.40 10.75 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 8.14 10.64 25.83 Welfare service aides................... 7.49 7.49 7.68 9.46 11.08 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.50 6.59 9.10 9.70 9.81 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.15 5.80 7.76 8.14 10.64 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.42 $8.64 $14.04 $21.74 $32.02 All excluding sales........................... 6.45 8.81 14.19 21.77 32.36 White collar.................................... 8.31 11.62 18.51 27.08 39.22 White collar excluding sales................ 9.59 12.74 19.22 28.85 40.73 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.73 18.91 24.55 32.42 40.90 Professional specialty...................... 18.70 21.00 26.88 34.81 42.03 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.36 24.83 30.87 38.18 43.39 Petroleum engineers..................... 24.46 41.49 45.47 47.15 55.09 Chemical engineers...................... 26.55 28.77 31.54 38.48 49.46 Civil engineers......................... 25.65 25.97 36.76 39.23 48.54 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.98 28.34 33.50 38.90 39.07 Industrial engineers.................... 22.84 24.21 29.04 30.17 33.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.53 26.77 26.95 38.03 43.13 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.61 24.71 30.87 38.18 43.39 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.65 23.33 27.89 33.57 39.60 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.65 23.33 27.89 34.81 39.60 Natural scientists........................ 14.47 21.35 26.95 34.17 49.09 Geologists and geodesists............... 26.10 26.90 29.23 40.28 56.20 Health related............................ 17.31 19.05 20.86 24.80 29.09 Registered nurses....................... 17.34 18.75 20.42 21.70 24.80 Pharmacists............................. 25.90 25.90 27.37 29.16 29.75 Respiratory therapists.................. 15.00 17.00 17.30 19.05 19.05 Teachers, college and university.......... 16.50 18.75 18.75 53.14 53.14 Teachers, except college and university... 11.00 14.43 15.71 23.99 26.77 Elementary school teachers.............. 14.43 14.43 17.00 25.44 28.52 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.80 12.38 14.75 15.71 26.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 8.65 11.59 12.38 14.36 20.71 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.38 13.28 23.81 26.50 36.03 Designers............................... 7.38 7.38 18.67 24.92 31.62 Professional, n.e.c..................... 23.81 23.81 26.64 34.66 45.10 Technical................................... 11.30 13.42 17.00 23.25 33.40 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.17 9.00 14.12 18.51 21.71 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.56 12.67 13.05 14.50 15.76 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.31 12.36 14.69 16.26 17.02 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.63 13.43 23.62 24.56 27.15 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 15.24 15.24 22.15 24.63 30.29 Drafters................................ 17.82 19.50 24.72 32.63 35.93 Chemical technicians.................... 15.01 22.51 23.81 24.78 25.64 Computer programmers.................... 14.90 14.90 27.25 29.74 34.07 Legal assistants........................ 17.00 17.00 19.74 20.98 21.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... $17.69 $21.22 $29.26 $41.87 $49.68 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.99 25.51 35.25 43.25 54.81 Financial managers...................... 19.87 23.80 30.53 35.00 42.52 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 25.00 25.00 42.63 45.75 72.98 Purchasing managers..................... 26.44 27.55 30.40 45.54 51.46 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 33.36 34.10 39.38 53.41 61.77 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.30 21.00 25.71 29.26 29.72 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 13.29 15.17 19.23 41.83 72.12 Managers, properties and real estate.... 11.06 23.47 29.54 36.71 48.80 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.56 26.86 38.39 44.00 58.50 Management related........................ 16.47 19.23 22.51 31.22 41.16 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 20.19 22.30 28.82 33.11 Other financial officers................ 14.90 19.51 31.22 37.84 41.87 Management analysts..................... 14.26 27.22 28.85 30.60 39.22 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.26 19.00 27.90 42.67 43.27 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 15.06 17.69 24.04 24.04 58.89 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.29 20.31 27.64 29.97 31.09 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.27 19.01 21.74 22.36 42.68 Sales......................................... 6.03 7.17 12.01 21.23 28.59 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.85 14.72 18.98 24.73 41.94 Securities and financial services sales. 9.10 9.82 16.25 17.19 35.24 Advertising and related sales........... 7.70 7.70 19.60 19.64 24.51 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 13.29 18.22 27.81 29.94 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 12.65 21.23 23.50 28.59 34.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 6.91 10.03 19.36 24.81 52.17 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 13.09 20.24 22.25 22.25 22.25 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.93 17.22 18.58 21.60 22.05 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.03 6.59 7.73 10.04 15.77 Sales counter clerks.................... 6.00 6.90 8.53 11.00 11.92 Cashiers................................ 5.35 5.59 6.75 7.94 9.24 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 5.57 8.97 12.01 12.08 22.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.66 11.91 15.26 17.91 Supervisors, general office............. 11.19 11.80 15.63 19.23 19.39 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 11.75 11.75 16.09 16.23 27.48 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 12.50 12.90 16.14 21.96 26.25 Computer operators...................... 9.20 12.27 13.68 19.30 19.30 Secretaries............................. 11.00 13.19 14.84 17.19 20.43 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... $6.84 $8.59 $11.21 $17.71 $17.71 Receptionists........................... 6.25 7.68 9.57 10.05 10.50 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.97 10.58 10.65 16.96 16.96 Order clerks............................ 9.84 13.12 14.42 14.86 24.87 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 9.50 9.66 10.00 14.43 17.08 File clerks............................. 7.83 7.83 10.50 10.92 11.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.00 8.72 10.18 15.78 16.16 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 9.50 11.79 12.75 14.70 Billing clerks.......................... 9.84 10.50 11.54 12.24 15.11 Production coordinators................. 9.90 12.31 16.08 17.71 18.58 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.02 7.90 8.71 9.26 11.35 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 5.80 8.03 8.57 11.68 14.05 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.25 11.83 16.74 17.76 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.63 12.90 15.31 15.75 15.75 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.14 11.52 12.30 18.20 22.52 General office clerks................... 8.52 9.75 12.00 15.50 17.51 Data entry keyers....................... 6.15 6.75 9.00 10.21 10.31 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.23 10.94 12.07 13.45 20.06 Blue collar..................................... 6.45 7.89 11.84 17.20 22.54 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.95 13.10 17.20 22.48 24.40 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 15.87 19.57 23.87 29.29 33.53 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 15.00 16.26 21.15 32.26 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.50 13.50 15.83 16.00 22.92 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.00 13.25 15.33 18.01 22.48 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.90 12.46 15.91 22.50 24.30 Carpenters.............................. 13.00 14.75 14.75 17.40 20.98 Electricians............................ 15.40 17.37 18.00 21.90 22.95 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.50 14.30 15.91 21.77 23.66 Insulation workers...................... 9.91 9.91 11.97 12.35 15.11 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.15 15.89 Supervisors, production................. 16.11 19.42 25.83 33.02 33.75 Machinists.............................. 15.07 16.14 17.73 21.90 22.58 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.24 9.99 11.58 11.80 14.43 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 9.95 13.22 17.73 20.56 20.86 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 21.73 22.52 23.12 23.79 25.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.46 7.30 11.20 13.88 16.67 Printing press operators................ 8.67 9.82 12.00 16.80 17.81 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ $6.63 $6.63 $7.18 $7.86 $9.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.50 10.52 11.36 15.46 19.47 Welders and cutters..................... 11.25 11.25 12.00 13.38 14.98 Assemblers.............................. 5.98 6.50 7.55 9.37 14.99 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.89 13.88 17.73 17.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 9.58 10.57 16.30 19.63 Truck drivers........................... 7.83 10.42 10.57 14.70 17.00 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.36 7.50 8.50 11.20 11.20 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.21 13.27 13.76 21.20 21.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.86 6.27 7.21 9.38 13.56 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 6.00 6.50 11.00 14.85 20.65 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.75 8.75 10.13 11.35 11.40 Construction laborers................... 7.00 7.00 7.83 8.81 12.00 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.04 17.24 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.35 6.60 8.10 11.36 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.42 6.45 7.10 9.55 13.76 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 5.94 6.50 7.17 8.00 12.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.15 6.30 6.99 7.89 8.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.25 6.42 9.09 14.65 Service......................................... 5.15 5.54 6.50 8.14 10.75 Protective service........................ 6.80 6.80 7.89 9.34 11.90 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.26 6.00 7.27 9.27 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.22 5.46 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.21 2.79 6.62 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.54 5.25 5.95 5.96 6.75 Other food service....................... 5.26 5.61 6.16 7.84 11.79 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.30 12.26 14.15 16.00 16.00 Cooks................................... 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.22 10.02 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.61 5.61 6.04 7.33 8.18 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.26 5.26 5.67 6.08 6.56 Health service............................ 6.37 6.64 8.11 9.43 10.01 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.21 8.60 8.63 11.42 11.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.28 6.50 7.73 9.00 9.51 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.40 6.22 7.09 10.57 Maids and housemen...................... 5.25 5.75 6.19 6.45 6.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.15 6.38 7.43 10.00 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.25 7.65 16.07 25.83 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.48 5.80 7.00 8.14 8.14 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.77 $10.64 $15.46 $24.95 $29.33 All excluding sales........................... 8.84 10.64 15.59 24.95 29.33 White collar.................................... 9.81 11.87 21.55 27.52 31.09 White collar excluding sales................ 9.99 11.94 21.82 27.61 31.27 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.32 20.23 25.26 27.77 31.00 Professional specialty...................... 16.42 22.25 26.21 28.14 31.57 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.58 20.05 21.99 28.23 31.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.58 19.63 20.88 26.49 28.55 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.81 30.35 33.67 54.92 73.66 Teachers, except college and university... 22.86 24.46 26.41 27.77 29.20 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.15 24.12 26.41 27.72 29.38 Secondary school teachers............... 24.32 24.77 27.77 27.77 27.77 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.75 25.26 25.26 25.26 28.22 Vocational and educational counselors... 16.14 25.52 29.20 29.20 34.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 11.85 12.42 16.94 32.44 32.44 Librarians.............................. 11.85 12.42 16.94 32.44 32.44 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.73 12.72 13.32 17.44 17.44 Social workers.......................... 11.73 12.72 13.32 17.44 17.44 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.52 11.03 12.79 16.61 22.38 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.30 18.62 23.75 32.17 36.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.30 22.48 30.29 33.64 36.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 14.30 21.82 23.75 33.26 36.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.73 30.29 33.64 34.78 39.16 Management related........................ 16.23 16.23 17.93 19.62 28.63 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.41 9.68 10.55 12.26 13.81 Secretaries............................. 9.62 10.40 11.56 13.42 13.64 Library clerks.......................... 6.22 8.17 9.51 11.11 11.11 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.53 10.53 11.45 13.97 13.97 General office clerks................... 8.13 8.77 10.04 10.82 13.39 Teachers' aides......................... 9.44 10.11 10.11 10.64 11.12 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.13 9.59 11.49 12.26 15.07 Blue collar..................................... 8.54 10.91 12.15 15.59 16.91 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.92 $11.67 $15.59 $16.91 $18.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.29 10.35 13.57 14.66 16.67 Bus drivers............................. 8.50 10.90 13.64 14.66 14.66 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.17 9.09 10.79 10.98 12.15 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.09 9.09 9.17 12.15 12.15 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.17 8.17 10.71 11.51 14.05 Service......................................... 7.72 9.11 10.88 15.62 18.75 Protective service........................ 11.06 12.03 15.62 17.89 20.67 Firefighting............................ 13.01 15.46 15.46 15.46 15.46 Police and detectives, public service... 15.62 17.56 17.56 20.42 21.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 15.63 17.44 18.75 20.42 20.67 Correctional institution officers....... 9.87 10.47 12.03 12.03 12.03 Food service.............................. 6.99 7.76 9.50 9.68 10.53 Other food service....................... 6.99 7.76 9.50 9.68 10.53 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.09 8.25 9.50 10.33 10.53 Health service............................ 7.80 8.22 9.11 10.10 10.47 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.49 9.11 9.11 10.10 11.33 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.49 7.89 8.22 9.14 10.47 Cleaning and building service............. 6.47 7.53 8.40 10.56 11.40 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.47 7.53 8.40 10.56 11.40 Personal service.......................... 6.59 7.90 9.10 9.70 10.64 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.59 6.59 9.10 9.70 9.81 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.16 $10.03 $15.12 $23.12 $31.62 All excluding sales........................... 7.21 10.11 15.11 23.17 31.75 White collar.................................... 9.42 12.32 19.39 27.72 37.84 White collar excluding sales................ 9.94 12.79 20.10 27.77 38.18 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.63 19.58 25.00 29.38 38.18 Professional specialty...................... 18.70 21.70 26.41 31.07 39.07 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.36 24.83 30.87 38.18 43.39 Petroleum engineers..................... 24.46 41.49 45.47 47.15 55.09 Chemical engineers...................... 26.55 28.77 31.54 38.48 49.46 Civil engineers......................... 25.65 25.97 36.76 39.23 48.54 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.98 28.34 33.50 38.90 39.07 Industrial engineers.................... 22.84 24.21 29.04 30.17 33.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.53 26.77 26.95 38.03 43.13 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.61 24.71 30.87 38.18 43.39 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.65 23.33 27.89 33.57 39.60 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.48 23.33 27.89 33.57 39.60 Natural scientists........................ 13.63 16.74 26.10 29.47 43.55 Geologists and geodesists............... 26.10 26.90 29.23 40.28 56.20 Health related............................ 18.59 19.63 20.88 25.46 29.45 Registered nurses....................... 18.49 19.63 20.50 21.99 27.19 Pharmacists............................. 25.43 25.96 29.16 31.00 31.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.88 30.48 34.66 54.92 73.66 Other post-secondary teachers........... 24.62 35.96 54.02 57.69 73.66 Teachers, except college and university... 23.15 24.46 26.41 27.77 29.20 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.86 24.12 26.41 27.72 29.38 Secondary school teachers............... 24.32 24.77 27.77 27.77 27.77 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.75 25.26 25.26 26.77 28.22 Vocational and educational counselors... 16.08 25.52 26.21 29.20 34.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 11.85 12.42 18.26 32.44 32.44 Librarians.............................. 11.85 12.42 18.26 32.44 32.44 Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.06 28.14 28.14 38.04 57.45 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.73 12.38 13.32 17.44 19.30 Social workers.......................... 11.73 12.38 13.32 15.72 17.44 Lawyers and judges........................ 21.46 29.11 29.33 38.39 65.33 Lawyers................................. 21.46 21.46 29.33 40.90 65.33 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 7.38 18.67 23.81 26.64 36.03 Designers............................... 7.38 7.38 18.67 24.92 31.62 Professional, n.e.c..................... 23.81 23.81 26.64 34.66 45.10 Technical................................... 11.00 12.92 16.61 22.71 31.42 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.65 10.51 14.12 18.51 21.71 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.56 12.67 13.00 13.60 14.72 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.59 9.49 14.51 16.63 18.04 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.63 13.43 23.62 24.56 27.15 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 15.24 16.03 16.61 23.11 30.29 Drafters................................ 17.82 19.50 24.72 32.63 35.93 Chemical technicians.................... 15.01 22.51 23.81 24.78 25.64 Computer programmers.................... $14.90 $19.28 $22.38 $29.56 $34.07 Legal assistants........................ 17.00 17.00 19.74 20.98 21.59 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 11.03 11.03 11.94 19.90 19.90 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.70 21.00 28.85 39.16 46.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.46 23.47 32.53 42.30 51.64 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 14.30 21.82 23.75 33.26 36.50 Financial managers...................... 19.87 23.80 30.53 35.00 42.52 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 25.00 25.00 42.63 45.75 72.98 Purchasing managers..................... 26.44 27.55 30.40 45.54 51.46 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 33.36 34.10 39.38 53.41 61.77 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.73 30.29 33.64 34.78 39.16 Managers, medicine and health........... 17.30 21.00 25.71 29.26 29.72 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 13.90 13.93 18.12 41.83 72.12 Managers, properties and real estate.... 11.06 23.47 29.54 36.71 48.80 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.76 24.21 35.48 43.25 51.85 Management related........................ 16.23 19.00 22.30 30.60 40.00 Accountants and auditors................ 16.83 20.19 22.30 28.82 33.11 Other financial officers................ 14.90 19.51 31.22 37.84 41.87 Management analysts..................... 14.26 27.22 28.85 30.60 39.22 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.26 17.93 20.19 39.50 43.27 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 15.06 17.69 24.04 24.04 58.89 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.23 16.23 20.29 27.64 31.09 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.53 19.01 21.74 24.05 42.68 Sales......................................... 6.90 9.00 15.23 22.25 29.19 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.85 14.72 18.98 24.73 41.94 Securities and financial services sales. 9.82 12.42 16.25 17.19 35.24 Advertising and related sales........... 7.70 7.70 19.60 19.64 24.51 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 13.29 18.22 27.81 29.94 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 12.65 21.23 23.50 28.59 34.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 6.91 10.03 19.36 24.81 52.17 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.......................... 13.09 20.24 22.25 22.25 22.25 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.93 17.22 18.58 21.60 22.05 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.28 6.59 7.95 10.12 22.94 Sales counter clerks.................... 8.44 8.44 9.25 11.00 11.92 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.94 8.93 9.42 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 5.57 8.00 12.01 12.50 23.33 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.40 9.87 11.62 14.74 17.71 Supervisors, general office............. 11.80 12.38 15.63 16.75 19.39 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 11.75 11.75 16.09 16.23 27.48 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. $12.50 $12.90 $16.14 $21.96 $26.25 Computer operators...................... 9.20 12.27 15.85 19.30 19.30 Secretaries............................. 10.40 11.64 14.38 15.40 19.00 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 6.84 8.59 11.39 17.71 17.71 Receptionists........................... 7.50 8.63 9.59 10.50 10.80 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.65 10.65 11.26 16.96 16.96 Order clerks............................ 9.84 13.12 14.42 14.86 24.87 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 9.50 9.66 10.00 14.43 17.08 File clerks............................. 7.83 7.83 10.50 10.92 11.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.72 10.18 11.37 13.97 15.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 9.50 11.79 12.74 14.70 Billing clerks.......................... 9.84 10.50 11.21 12.24 15.11 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 9.25 11.61 17.87 17.87 Production coordinators................. 9.90 12.31 15.29 17.71 18.58 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.02 7.90 8.00 11.35 13.67 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 5.80 7.52 8.31 11.68 14.05 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.25 11.83 17.20 17.76 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 10.63 12.90 15.31 15.75 15.75 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.14 11.52 12.30 18.20 22.52 General office clerks................... 8.29 9.69 10.65 13.91 16.74 Data entry keyers....................... 6.15 6.75 9.00 10.31 11.30 Teachers' aides......................... 9.44 10.11 10.11 10.64 11.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.23 10.56 11.98 13.90 17.36 Blue collar..................................... 6.60 8.50 12.07 17.29 22.54 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.39 13.20 16.92 22.48 24.32 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 15.87 16.91 19.57 29.24 33.53 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.00 15.00 15.46 21.15 32.26 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.60 13.50 15.83 16.00 22.92 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.00 13.25 15.33 18.01 22.48 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.90 12.46 15.91 22.50 24.30 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.77 15.65 18.00 18.00 18.29 Carpenters.............................. 13.00 14.75 14.75 17.40 20.98 Electricians............................ 15.40 16.04 18.00 21.59 22.95 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.50 14.30 15.94 18.50 23.12 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.25 7.25 8.11 10.40 14.93 Supervisors, production................. 11.67 16.11 22.48 33.02 33.75 Machinists.............................. 15.07 16.14 17.73 21.90 22.58 Butchers and meat cutters............... 8.24 9.99 11.58 11.80 14.43 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 9.95 13.22 17.73 20.56 20.86 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 21.73 22.52 23.12 23.79 25.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $6.50 $7.35 $11.20 $13.88 $16.67 Printing press operators................ 8.67 9.82 12.00 16.80 17.81 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 6.63 6.63 7.18 7.86 9.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.50 10.52 11.36 15.46 21.20 Welders and cutters..................... 11.25 11.25 12.00 13.38 14.98 Assemblers.............................. 5.98 6.50 7.71 9.37 14.99 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.89 13.88 17.73 17.73 Transportation and material moving............ 7.92 10.21 11.96 16.30 19.63 Truck drivers........................... 7.83 10.42 10.57 14.70 17.00 Bus drivers............................. 9.99 13.64 14.66 16.30 16.30 Supervisors, material moving equipment.. 12.29 16.67 16.67 21.73 23.90 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.36 7.50 8.50 11.20 11.20 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.21 10.21 13.76 21.20 21.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.25 6.50 8.00 10.44 13.76 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.62 9.09 9.09 11.33 12.15 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 6.00 9.50 10.79 11.50 16.55 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.75 10.02 10.98 10.98 11.40 Construction laborers................... 7.00 7.00 7.83 8.81 12.00 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.04 17.24 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.45 6.63 7.42 9.72 12.30 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.42 6.45 6.60 9.55 13.76 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 5.94 6.70 7.17 8.00 12.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.30 6.98 6.99 8.50 8.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.25 6.25 7.43 10.24 14.65 Service......................................... 5.65 6.50 8.64 12.03 17.56 Protective service........................ 9.87 12.03 15.46 17.79 20.42 Police and detectives, public service... 15.62 17.56 17.56 20.42 21.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 15.63 17.44 18.75 20.42 20.67 Correctional institution officers....... 9.87 10.47 12.03 12.03 12.03 Guards and police, except public service 8.25 9.34 9.41 13.04 13.55 Food service.............................. 2.18 5.74 6.75 8.30 10.72 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.21 5.95 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.50 6.62 Other food service....................... 5.83 6.04 7.34 9.50 12.26 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.30 12.26 14.15 16.00 16.00 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.15 7.74 8.22 9.27 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.90 6.02 6.39 7.84 8.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.55 6.00 6.99 9.68 10.53 Health service............................ $6.50 $7.52 $8.64 $9.51 $10.47 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.37 8.63 9.11 10.27 11.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.37 6.63 8.03 9.14 9.51 Cleaning and building service............. $5.65 $6.22 $6.80 $9.03 $10.88 Maids and housemen...................... 5.25 5.75 6.22 6.45 6.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 6.43 8.02 9.35 10.80 Personal service.......................... 5.80 7.51 9.10 13.50 25.83 Welfare service aides................... 7.49 7.49 7.68 9.46 11.08 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.50 6.59 9.10 9.70 9.81 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.50 $6.43 $8.58 $12.30 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.47 6.75 9.00 14.97 White collar.................................... 5.47 6.21 8.17 10.46 18.05 White collar excluding sales................ 6.79 8.43 10.00 15.79 23.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 7.80 10.00 15.79 21.76 25.00 Professional specialty...................... 7.33 10.00 18.05 24.00 25.65 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.30 19.78 22.00 24.66 33.13 Registered nurses....................... 19.78 19.78 22.00 24.00 24.66 Teachers, college and university.......... 9.84 17.35 18.05 18.05 22.05 Teachers, except college and university... 7.33 7.80 10.00 13.50 15.71 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.80 7.80 15.71 15.71 18.75 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.17 11.55 15.00 15.62 17.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.17 8.17 8.17 15.26 15.79 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.25 15.00 15.50 17.00 17.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.35 5.59 6.21 7.13 8.59 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.98 6.05 6.41 7.45 8.13 Cashiers................................ 5.34 5.41 5.62 6.83 7.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.44 7.80 9.03 10.00 12.07 Receptionists........................... 5.57 5.57 6.50 9.03 9.03 General office clerks................... 6.05 6.25 7.00 9.02 14.07 Blue collar..................................... 5.15 5.62 6.00 8.58 9.91 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.62 5.62 5.62 8.50 10.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.17 6.00 6.37 7.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.15 5.19 5.99 6.27 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.10 7.40 9.06 13.56 Service......................................... 4.48 5.15 5.61 6.80 7.89 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. $2.22 $5.25 $5.48 $6.02 $7.40 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.22 2.23 5.25 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.22 3.44 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.26 5.26 5.61 6.15 7.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.61 5.61 5.61 6.15 6.37 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.26 5.26 5.26 5.40 7.52 Health service............................ 6.64 7.50 8.60 9.00 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.64 7.42 8.75 9.00 9.00 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.15 5.15 6.50 7.85 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.15 5.15 5.15 6.50 7.85 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.25 5.25 5.76 8.17 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 991,000 767,800 223,200 All excluding sales............................................. 905,300 682,800 222,500 White collar........................................................ 569,000 413,100 155,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 483,300 328,100 155,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 231,800 136,000 95,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 184,800 95,600 89,200 Technical....................................................... 47,000 40,400 6,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 83,500 66,400 17,000 Sales............................................................. 85,600 85,000 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 168,000 125,700 42,300 Blue collar......................................................... 280,700 260,600 20,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 105,400 97,800 7,600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 56,000 55,900 - Transportation and material moving................................ 43,200 35,800 7,400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 76,100 71,100 5,000 Service............................................................. 141,300 94,100 47,300 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. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 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........................................................ 5,000 394 90 304 158 146 Private industry.................................................... 4,900 354 89 265 151 114 Goods-producing industries........................................ 1,200 116 18 98 45 53 Mining.......................................................... 100 20 1 19 6 13 Construction.................................................... 400 25 6 19 7 12 Manufacturing................................................... 800 71 11 60 32 28 Service-producing industries...................................... 3,700 238 71 167 106 61 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 400 25 5 20 10 10 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 1,600 82 25 57 46 11 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 500 18 10 8 1 7 Services........................................................ 1,200 113 31 82 49 33 State and local government.......................................... 100 40 1 39 7 32 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, July 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 5 5 2 All excluding sales............................................... 5 5 2 White collar........................................................ 6 7 3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 7 7 4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7 7 6 Professional specialty.......................................... 8 8 6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 10 10 - Petroleum engineers......................................... 12 12 € Chemical engineers.......................................... 10 10 € Civil engineers............................................. 11 11 € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 10 10 € Industrial engineers........................................ 11 11 € Mechanical engineers........................................ 9 9 € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 10 10 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 9 9 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 9 9 € Natural scientists............................................ 7 7 € Geologists and geodesists................................... 7 7 € Health related................................................ 8 8 8 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Pharmacists................................................. 8 8 € Respiratory therapists...................................... 7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 10 11 7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 11 13 € Teachers, except college and university....................... 7 7 5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 7 7 € Secondary school teachers................................... 7 7 € Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 7 7 6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 8 8 € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 7 7 - Librarians.................................................. 7 7 € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 11 11 € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7 7 - Social workers.............................................. 7 7 € Lawyers and judges............................................ 9 9 € Lawyers..................................................... 10 10 € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 7 8 - Designers................................................... 7 7 € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 8 8 € Technical....................................................... 6 6 5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 6 6 3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 5 6 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 5 5 € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 6 6 € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 7 7 € Drafters.................................................... 8 8 € Chemical technicians........................................ 5 5 € Computer programmers........................................ 8 8 € Legal assistants............................................ 7 7 € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 6 6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 10 10 € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 8 8 € Financial managers.......................................... 9 9 € Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 12 12 € Purchasing managers......................................... 11 11 € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 12 12 € Administrators, education and related fields................ 11 11 € Managers, medicine and health............................... 9 9 € Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 8 8 € Managers, properties and real estate........................ 9 9 € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 11 11 € Management related............................................ 8 8 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 8 8 € Other financial officers.................................... 9 9 € Management analysts......................................... 9 9 € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 7 8 € Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 7 7 € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 6 6 € Management related, n.e.c................................... 7 7 € Sales............................................................. 4 4 1 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 8 8 € Securities and financial services sales..................... 7 7 € Advertising and related sales............................... 5 5 € Sales, other business services.............................. 6 6 € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 6 6 € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 4 4 € Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings............... 6 6 € Sales workers, parts........................................ 4 4 € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 4 4 4 Sales counter clerks........................................ 2 3 € Cashiers.................................................... 1 2 1 Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 4 4 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4 4 3 Supervisors, general office................................. 6 6 € Supervisors, financial records processing................... 8 8 € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 7 7 € Computer operators.......................................... 6 6 € Secretaries................................................. 4 4 € Interviewers................................................ 4 € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 4 4 € Receptionists............................................... 2 2 1 Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 3 3 € Order clerks................................................ 5 5 € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 5 5 € Library clerks.............................................. 3 € € File clerks................................................. 2 2 € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 3 3 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € Billing clerks.............................................. 5 5 € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 3 € € Dispatchers................................................. 4 4 € Production coordinators..................................... 5 5 € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 3 3 € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 3 3 € Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 4 4 € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 5 5 € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 5 5 € General office clerks....................................... 3 3 2 Data entry keyers........................................... 2 2 € Teachers' aides............................................. 3 3 € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 4 4 € Blue collar......................................................... 4 4 2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6 6 - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 8 8 € Automobile mechanics........................................ 6 6 € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 7 7 € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6 6 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 6 6 € Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 8 8 € Carpenters.................................................. 6 6 € Electricians................................................ 6 6 € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 6 6 € Insulation workers.......................................... 5 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 2 2 € Supervisors, production..................................... 8 8 € Machinists.................................................. 6 6 € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 4 4 € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 5 5 € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 7 7 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 - Printing press operators.................................... 5 5 € Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 1 1 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 3 3 € Welders and cutters......................................... 6 6 € Assemblers.................................................. 2 2 € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 6 6 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3 3 2 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 € Bus drivers................................................. 3 3 € Supervisors, material moving equipment...................... 6 6 € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 4 4 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 1 2 1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 1 1 € Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 2 2 € Helpers, construction trades................................ 2 2 € Construction laborers....................................... 1 1 € Production helpers.......................................... 2 2 € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 1 2 1 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 2 1 2 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 2 1 € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 2 1 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 2 1 € Service............................................................. 2 3 2 Protective service............................................ 5 5 - Firefighting................................................ 4 € € Police and detectives, public service....................... 6 6 € Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 7 7 € Correctional institution officers........................... 5 5 € Guards and police, except public service.................... 2 3 € Food service.................................................. 2 2 2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 1 1 1 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 1 1 1 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 1 € € Other food service........................................... 2 2 2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 5 5 € Cooks....................................................... 3 3 € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 1 1 2 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 1 2 1 Health service................................................ 2 2 3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 3 3 € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 2 2 3 Cleaning and building service................................. 1 1 1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 1 € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 1 1 Personal service.............................................. 3 4 1 Welfare service aides....................................... 2 2 € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 3 3 € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 3 € € 1 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.