NC BL 08/00/2000 Table: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, Bulletin 3100-72, October 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................. $12.64 2.0 38.7 $12.19 2.1 38.8 $15.23 4.7 38.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.44 3.7 37.9 16.80 4.5 38.0 18.93 6.5 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 4.1 36.8 20.14 5.2 36.8 20.43 6.1 36.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 6.3 42.1 28.10 7.1 42.6 29.13 12.9 40.5 Sales............................................................. 14.46 12.9 32.7 14.46 12.9 32.7 € € € Administrative support............................................ 10.79 2.3 39.3 10.91 2.6 39.3 10.28 5.4 39.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 11.17 1.5 39.7 11.22 1.5 39.7 9.80 5.8 39.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.42 2.5 40.1 14.65 2.6 40.1 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 10.60 1.7 39.7 10.60 1.7 39.7 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.83 4.4 43.0 13.13 4.3 43.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 8.98 2.2 38.0 9.07 2.3 37.9 - - - Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.47 5.4 34.9 7.69 5.4 32.9 11.60 7.0 37.5 Full time........................................................... 12.80 2.0 40.2 12.35 2.2 40.3 15.40 4.9 39.7 Part time........................................................... 8.36 5.6 19.1 7.78 5.2 19.2 11.17 14.9 18.9 Union............................................................... - - - - - - € € € Nonunion............................................................ 12.64 2.0 38.7 12.19 2.2 38.8 15.23 4.7 38.0 Time................................................................ 12.41 2.2 38.4 11.84 2.4 38.5 15.23 4.7 38.0 Incentive........................................................... 14.20 4.1 40.6 14.20 4.1 40.6 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.38 2.4 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.70 4.4 36.0 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.71 6.3 35.9 10.71 6.3 35.9 € € € 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.37 3.2 39.8 12.32 3.3 39.8 - - - 500 workers or more................................................. 13.94 2.9 38.6 13.00 3.3 39.3 15.75 4.9 37.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $12.64 2.0 $12.19 2.1 $15.23 4.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.58 1.9 12.10 2.0 15.23 4.7 White collar........................................................ 17.44 3.7 16.80 4.5 18.93 6.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.87 3.7 17.31 4.6 18.93 6.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 4.1 20.14 5.2 20.43 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.27 4.6 21.80 6.1 20.94 6.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.95 11.8 26.95 11.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 21.89 15.1 17.83 3.3 28.88 27.2 Registered nurses........................................... 18.61 1.1 18.52 1.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.38 3.3 - - 19.39 3.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 16.15 4.6 15.81 5.5 16.73 7.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 6.3 28.10 7.1 29.13 12.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.2 28.89 8.3 28.88 14.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.33 18.9 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.03 11.2 28.25 11.5 € € Management related............................................ 25.65 14.0 25.00 15.7 - - Sales............................................................. 14.46 12.9 14.46 12.9 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.09 10.4 14.09 10.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.81 4.0 6.81 4.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.79 2.3 10.91 2.6 10.28 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 11.07 3.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 10.85 2.6 10.85 2.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.39 5.1 10.22 5.8 € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.99 15.7 14.99 15.7 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.05 4.3 10.05 4.3 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.83 5.1 10.83 5.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.02 6.8 9.57 7.9 € € Blue collar......................................................... 11.17 1.5 11.22 1.5 9.80 5.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.42 2.5 14.65 2.6 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 12.43 3.6 12.43 3.6 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 10.69 3.8 10.69 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $15.34 14.3 $15.34 14.3 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 15.34 4.3 15.34 4.3 € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 11.87 8.0 11.87 8.0 € € Upholsterers................................................ 17.16 2.5 17.16 2.5 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.60 1.7 10.60 1.7 € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 9.48 5.2 9.48 5.2 € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.67 6.6 13.67 6.6 € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 10.70 4.1 10.70 4.1 € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 10.78 2.2 10.78 2.2 € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 9.92 7.9 9.92 7.9 € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 8.50 6.2 8.50 6.2 € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 10.73 9.7 10.73 9.7 € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.35 8.1 11.35 8.1 € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 11.21 5.6 11.21 5.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.47 7.5 9.47 7.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.54 3.8 13.54 3.8 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 10.25 3.2 10.25 3.2 € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.00 3.5 10.00 3.5 € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.34 3.1 11.34 3.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.48 10.2 12.48 10.2 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.69 2.6 9.69 2.6 € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 11.94 5.2 11.94 5.2 € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 9.98 3.7 9.98 3.7 € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 10.42 5.1 10.42 5.1 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.66 3.3 9.66 3.3 € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 9.41 13.2 9.41 13.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.83 4.4 13.13 4.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.57 4.5 13.95 4.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.48 5.0 10.48 5.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.98 2.2 9.07 2.3 - - Production helpers.......................................... 8.85 3.7 8.85 3.7 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.50 5.0 8.50 5.0 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.05 3.1 9.05 3.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.24 5.7 9.24 5.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.19 5.6 9.19 5.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.86 5.6 9.03 6.2 € € Service............................................................. 9.47 5.4 7.69 5.4 $11.60 7.0 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 7.67 10.9 7.15 13.5 9.41 7.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... - - - - € € Other food service........................................... 8.39 6.1 7.89 7.5 9.41 7.0 Cooks....................................................... $10.00 4.8 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.63 6.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.64 3.3 $8.63 2.9 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.68 3.5 8.65 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.63 18.4 8.32 13.8 $12.63 33.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.82 4.8 9.49 6.1 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.19 8.8 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $12.80 2.0 $12.35 2.2 $15.40 4.9 All excluding sales............................................... 12.69 1.9 12.20 2.0 15.40 4.9 White collar........................................................ 17.85 3.7 17.37 4.6 18.91 6.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.94 3.8 17.42 4.6 18.91 6.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.37 4.3 20.26 5.5 20.44 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.40 4.8 22.14 6.5 20.98 6.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.95 11.8 26.95 11.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.05 17.4 17.70 4.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 18.53 1.2 18.52 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.55 2.8 € € 19.55 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 16.15 4.6 15.81 5.5 16.73 7.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 6.3 28.10 7.1 29.13 12.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.2 28.89 8.3 28.88 14.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.33 18.9 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.03 11.2 28.25 11.5 € € Management related............................................ 25.65 14.0 25.00 15.7 - - Sales............................................................. 17.09 14.4 17.09 14.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.09 10.4 14.09 10.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.86 2.4 11.00 2.6 10.28 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 11.07 3.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 10.85 2.6 10.85 2.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.67 5.1 10.53 5.9 € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.99 15.7 14.99 15.7 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.05 4.3 10.05 4.3 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.83 5.1 10.83 5.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.02 6.8 9.57 7.9 € € Blue collar......................................................... 11.23 1.5 11.29 1.5 9.82 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.44 2.5 14.67 2.6 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 12.43 3.6 12.43 3.6 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 10.69 3.8 10.69 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.34 14.3 15.34 14.3 € € Supervisors, production..................................... $15.34 4.3 $15.34 4.3 € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 11.87 8.0 11.87 8.0 € € Upholsterers................................................ 17.16 2.5 17.16 2.5 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.61 1.7 10.61 1.7 € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 9.48 5.2 9.48 5.2 € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.67 6.6 13.67 6.6 € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 10.74 4.1 10.74 4.1 € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 10.81 2.2 10.81 2.2 € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 9.92 7.9 9.92 7.9 € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 8.50 6.2 8.50 6.2 € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 10.73 9.7 10.73 9.7 € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.35 8.1 11.35 8.1 € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 11.21 5.6 11.21 5.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.47 7.5 9.47 7.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.54 3.8 13.54 3.8 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 10.25 3.2 10.25 3.2 € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.00 3.5 10.00 3.5 € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.40 3.0 11.40 3.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.48 10.2 12.48 10.2 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.69 2.6 9.69 2.6 € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 11.94 5.2 11.94 5.2 € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 9.98 3.7 9.98 3.7 € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 10.42 5.1 10.42 5.1 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.66 3.3 9.66 3.3 € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 9.41 13.2 9.41 13.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.89 4.4 13.14 4.4 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.57 4.5 13.95 4.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.48 5.0 10.48 5.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.12 2.4 9.23 2.5 - - Production helpers.......................................... 8.85 3.7 8.85 3.7 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.70 3.8 9.70 3.8 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.05 3.1 9.05 3.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.29 6.3 9.29 6.3 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.19 5.6 9.19 5.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.86 5.7 9.02 6.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.74 6.1 7.83 6.1 $11.90 7.3 Protective service............................................ - - € € - - Food service.................................................. 7.98 13.9 7.42 16.4 - - Other food service........................................... 9.21 4.5 8.70 5.4 € € Cooks....................................................... 10.00 4.8 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.97 7.5 € € € € Health service................................................ $9.64 3.5 $8.46 2.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.65 3.6 8.46 2.6 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.64 18.6 8.31 14.0 $12.63 33.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.82 4.9 9.53 6.3 € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $8.36 5.6 $7.78 5.2 $11.17 14.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.93 6.7 8.29 6.5 11.17 14.9 White collar........................................................ 10.13 9.1 9.06 7.9 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.19 12.6 13.74 12.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.97 9.0 18.47 3.8 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 18.97 9.0 18.47 3.8 - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 20.95 8.4 18.49 1.9 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.03 3.0 18.49 1.9 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 6.47 4.8 6.47 4.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.07 1.3 6.07 1.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ - - - - € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.99 3.8 6.80 3.1 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.74 2.8 6.74 2.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.47 2.2 6.47 2.2 € € Service............................................................. 7.37 6.6 6.81 6.4 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.47 5.2 - - - - Other food service........................................... 6.47 5.2 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $515 2.1 40.2 $498 2.3 40.3 $611 4.9 39.7 All excluding sales............................................... 509 2.0 40.2 491 2.2 40.2 611 4.9 39.7 White collar........................................................ 721 3.9 40.4 711 4.8 40.9 741 6.7 39.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 720 3.9 40.2 709 4.9 40.7 741 6.7 39.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 803 4.4 39.4 815 5.8 40.2 795 6.3 38.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 841 5.0 39.3 891 7.0 40.2 813 6.9 38.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,111 13.7 41.2 1,111 13.7 41.2 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 860 17.5 39.0 698 3.8 39.4 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 719 1.4 38.8 728 1.7 39.3 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 752 3.6 38.4 € € € 752 3.6 38.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 646 4.6 40.0 636 5.5 40.2 664 7.6 39.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,193 6.6 42.1 1,196 7.5 42.6 1,181 13.5 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,223 7.7 42.3 1,242 8.9 43.0 1,160 14.8 40.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,381 15.0 42.7 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,219 11.9 43.5 1,232 12.2 43.6 € € € Management related............................................ 1,060 13.3 41.3 1,024 14.8 41.0 - - - Sales............................................................. 723 16.1 42.3 723 16.1 42.3 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 605 12.4 42.9 605 12.4 42.9 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 434 2.5 40.0 441 2.7 40.1 405 6.2 39.4 Secretaries................................................. 443 3.9 40.0 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 434 2.6 40.0 434 2.6 40.0 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 427 5.1 40.0 421 5.9 40.0 € € € Production coordinators..................................... 600 15.7 40.0 600 15.7 40.0 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 402 4.3 40.0 402 4.3 40.0 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 433 5.1 40.0 433 5.1 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 441 6.8 40.0 383 7.9 40.0 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 452 1.6 40.3 455 1.7 40.3 393 5.9 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $580 2.5 40.2 $589 2.6 40.2 - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 497 3.6 40.0 497 3.6 40.0 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 428 3.8 40.0 428 3.8 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 613 14.3 40.0 613 14.3 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 625 4.5 40.7 625 4.5 40.7 € € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 475 8.0 40.0 475 8.0 40.0 € € € Upholsterers................................................ 687 2.5 40.0 687 2.5 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 424 1.7 39.9 424 1.7 39.9 € € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 379 5.2 40.0 379 5.2 40.0 € € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 541 7.1 39.6 541 7.1 39.6 € € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 430 4.1 40.0 430 4.1 40.0 € € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 432 2.2 40.0 432 2.2 40.0 € € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 397 7.9 40.0 397 7.9 40.0 € € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 340 6.2 40.0 340 6.2 40.0 € € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 429 9.7 40.0 429 9.7 40.0 € € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... 454 8.1 40.0 454 8.1 40.0 € € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 448 5.6 40.0 448 5.6 40.0 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 374 6.7 39.5 374 6.7 39.5 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 542 3.8 40.0 542 3.8 40.0 € € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 410 3.2 40.0 410 3.2 40.0 € € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 398 3.6 39.8 398 3.6 39.8 € € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 446 3.5 40.0 446 3.5 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 452 3.2 39.7 452 3.2 39.7 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 499 10.2 40.0 499 10.2 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 387 2.6 40.0 387 2.6 40.0 € € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 477 5.2 40.0 477 5.2 40.0 € € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 399 3.7 40.0 399 3.7 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 416 5.1 39.9 416 5.1 39.9 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 386 3.4 39.9 386 3.4 39.9 € € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 376 13.2 40.0 376 13.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 564 5.9 43.8 579 5.8 44.0 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 618 6.4 45.5 642 5.6 46.1 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 419 5.0 40.0 419 5.0 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 364 2.3 39.9 368 2.5 39.9 - - - Production helpers.......................................... 354 3.7 40.0 354 3.7 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 388 3.8 40.0 388 3.8 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 362 3.1 40.0 362 3.1 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 374 6.4 40.3 374 6.4 40.3 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. $358 5.7 39.0 $358 5.7 39.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 354 5.7 40.0 361 6.3 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 383 7.2 39.3 300 8.9 38.3 $481 7.3 40.4 Protective service............................................ - - - € € € - - - Food service.................................................. 291 19.5 36.5 265 22.6 35.7 - - - Other food service........................................... 346 7.7 37.6 318 9.3 36.6 € € € Cooks....................................................... 400 4.8 40.0 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 317 13.1 35.4 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 382 3.6 39.7 332 2.5 39.2 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 383 3.7 39.7 332 2.5 39.2 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 386 18.6 40.0 332 14.0 40.0 505 33.5 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 353 4.9 40.0 381 6.3 40.0 € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $26,515 2.1 2,072 $25,859 2.3 2,094 $30,074 4.9 1,953 All excluding sales............................................... 26,243 2.0 2,069 25,516 2.2 2,091 30,074 4.9 1,953 White collar........................................................ 36,267 3.9 2,031 36,861 4.8 2,122 35,126 6.7 1,857 White collar excluding sales.................................... 36,135 3.9 2,015 36,746 4.9 2,110 35,126 6.7 1,857 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 38,976 4.4 1,914 42,033 5.8 2,075 37,054 6.3 1,813 Professional specialty.......................................... 40,164 5.0 1,877 45,763 7.0 2,067 37,371 6.9 1,782 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 57,766 13.7 2,143 57,766 13.7 2,143 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 44,746 17.5 2,030 36,275 3.8 2,050 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 37,397 1.4 2,018 37,851 1.7 2,044 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 32,897 3.6 1,683 € € € 32,897 3.6 1,683 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 33,617 4.6 2,081 33,084 5.5 2,093 34,507 7.6 2,062 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 61,790 6.6 2,183 62,200 7.5 2,213 60,226 13.5 2,068 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 63,288 7.7 2,191 64,585 8.9 2,236 59,043 14.8 2,044 Managers, medicine and health............................... 71,831 15.0 2,222 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,376 11.9 2,261 64,071 12.2 2,268 € € € Management related............................................ 55,115 13.3 2,149 53,251 14.8 2,130 - - - Sales............................................................. 37,570 16.1 2,199 37,570 16.1 2,199 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31,470 12.4 2,233 31,470 12.4 2,233 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,141 2.5 2,039 22,895 2.7 2,081 19,457 6.2 1,893 Secretaries................................................. 22,655 3.9 2,047 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 22,559 2.6 2,080 22,559 2.6 2,080 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,189 5.1 2,080 21,896 5.9 2,080 € € € Production coordinators..................................... 31,188 15.7 2,080 31,188 15.7 2,080 € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 20,906 4.3 2,080 20,906 4.3 2,080 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 22,525 5.1 2,080 22,525 5.1 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 22,911 6.8 2,080 19,905 7.9 2,080 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 23,513 1.6 2,093 23,638 1.7 2,094 20,282 5.9 2,065 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $30,138 2.5 2,088 $30,624 2.6 2,088 - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 25,815 3.6 2,076 25,815 3.6 2,076 € € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 22,234 3.8 2,080 22,234 3.8 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,901 14.3 2,080 31,901 14.3 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 32,493 4.5 2,119 32,493 4.5 2,119 € € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 24,684 8.0 2,080 24,684 8.0 2,080 € € € Upholsterers................................................ 35,699 2.5 2,080 35,699 2.5 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 22,019 1.7 2,075 22,019 1.7 2,075 € € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 19,715 5.2 2,080 19,715 5.2 2,080 € € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 28,115 7.1 2,057 28,115 7.1 2,057 € € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 22,343 4.1 2,080 22,343 4.1 2,080 € € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 22,484 2.2 2,080 22,484 2.2 2,080 € € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 20,636 7.9 2,080 20,636 7.9 2,080 € € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 17,687 6.2 2,080 17,687 6.2 2,080 € € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 22,313 9.7 2,080 22,313 9.7 2,080 € € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... 23,608 8.1 2,080 23,608 8.1 2,080 € € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 23,287 5.6 2,077 23,287 5.6 2,077 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 19,382 6.7 2,046 19,382 6.7 2,046 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 28,171 3.8 2,080 28,171 3.8 2,080 € € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 21,257 3.2 2,073 21,257 3.2 2,073 € € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 20,699 3.6 2,070 20,699 3.6 2,070 € € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 23,178 3.5 2,080 23,178 3.5 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 23,515 3.2 2,063 23,515 3.2 2,063 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 25,957 10.2 2,080 25,957 10.2 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 20,143 2.6 2,078 20,143 2.6 2,078 € € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 24,828 5.2 2,080 24,828 5.2 2,080 € € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 20,752 3.7 2,080 20,752 3.7 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 21,626 5.1 2,076 21,626 5.1 2,076 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 20,052 3.4 2,076 20,052 3.4 2,076 € € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 19,570 13.2 2,080 19,570 13.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 29,184 5.9 2,264 30,054 5.8 2,287 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 32,118 6.4 2,368 33,408 5.6 2,395 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 21,691 5.0 2,070 21,691 5.0 2,070 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,939 2.3 2,076 19,153 2.5 2,076 - - - Production helpers.......................................... 18,402 3.7 2,080 18,402 3.7 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,168 3.8 2,080 20,168 3.8 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 18,816 3.1 2,080 18,816 3.1 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19,470 6.4 2,095 19,470 6.4 2,095 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. $18,633 5.7 2,028 $18,633 5.7 2,028 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 18,426 5.7 2,080 18,766 6.3 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 19,845 7.2 2,038 15,588 8.9 1,991 $24,916 7.3 2,093 Protective service............................................ - - - € € € - - - Food service.................................................. 15,026 19.5 1,882 13,775 22.6 1,857 - - - Other food service........................................... 17,783 7.7 1,930 16,562 9.3 1,903 € € € Cooks....................................................... 20,032 4.8 2,002 € € € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,500 13.1 1,840 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 19,888 3.6 2,064 17,261 2.5 2,040 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,909 3.7 2,063 17,261 2.5 2,040 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 19,990 18.6 2,074 17,213 14.0 2,071 26,280 33.5 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,211 4.9 2,064 19,550 6.3 2,051 € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $12.64 2.0 $12.19 2.1 $15.23 4.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.58 1.9 12.10 2.0 15.23 4.7 White collar........................................................ 17.44 3.7 16.80 4.5 18.93 6.5 2....................................................... 8.00 2.8 7.97 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.85 2.8 9.85 2.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.63 3.0 11.71 3.6 11.35 3.9 5....................................................... 14.61 5.9 15.39 7.8 € € 6....................................................... 16.75 4.3 16.55 5.3 € € 7....................................................... 19.35 2.6 19.72 6.6 19.22 2.6 8....................................................... 20.72 2.5 20.31 3.7 21.33 2.7 9....................................................... 23.13 5.2 23.33 6.0 € € 10........................................................ 25.80 8.4 27.87 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 36.47 5.5 34.18 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 46.65 6.9 48.45 6.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.87 3.7 17.31 4.6 18.93 6.5 2....................................................... 8.38 2.3 8.64 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.99 1.9 9.99 1.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.71 3.4 11.83 4.3 11.35 3.9 5....................................................... 13.29 3.5 13.53 5.5 € € 6....................................................... 16.29 3.1 15.94 3.9 € € 7....................................................... 19.42 2.5 20.10 6.0 19.22 2.6 8....................................................... 20.36 2.5 19.60 3.7 21.33 2.7 9....................................................... 22.49 4.8 22.56 5.5 € € 10........................................................ 25.80 8.4 27.87 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 36.47 5.5 34.18 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 45.81 7.8 47.82 7.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 4.1 20.14 5.2 20.43 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.27 4.6 21.80 6.1 20.94 6.5 6....................................................... 17.40 4.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.63 2.7 22.11 9.6 19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 20.76 2.5 19.39 2.1 21.63 3.0 9....................................................... 23.90 12.7 25.85 14.9 € € 10........................................................ 26.63 9.3 26.63 9.3 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.95 11.8 26.95 11.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 21.89 15.1 17.83 3.3 28.88 27.2 6....................................................... 17.68 4.5 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 18.61 1.1 18.52 1.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.38 3.3 - - 19.39 3.3 7....................................................... 19.44 2.9 € € 19.44 2.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... $16.15 4.6 $15.81 5.5 $16.73 7.6 6....................................................... 15.88 2.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.31 3.0 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 6.3 28.10 7.1 29.13 12.9 8....................................................... 19.43 6.8 19.43 6.8 € € 9....................................................... 21.93 3.8 21.58 4.0 € € 11........................................................ 38.02 5.6 € € € € 12........................................................ 46.67 8.0 48.96 7.5 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.2 28.89 8.3 28.88 14.3 8....................................................... 18.71 6.8 18.71 6.8 € € 9....................................................... 22.21 4.1 21.75 4.3 € € 11........................................................ 38.02 5.6 € € € € 12........................................................ 50.31 9.3 50.31 9.3 € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.33 18.9 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.03 11.2 28.25 11.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.15 4.6 17.15 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 22.01 4.9 21.96 5.5 € € Management related............................................ 25.65 14.0 25.00 15.7 - - 9....................................................... 21.21 8.4 21.21 8.4 € € Sales............................................................. 14.46 12.9 14.46 12.9 € € 5....................................................... 18.22 10.8 18.22 10.8 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.09 10.4 14.09 10.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.81 4.0 6.81 4.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.79 2.3 10.91 2.6 10.28 5.4 2....................................................... 8.38 2.3 8.64 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.01 1.9 10.01 1.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.79 3.7 11.98 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 12.80 2.5 12.67 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.38 7.0 14.38 7.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 11.07 3.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 11.16 4.3 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 10.85 2.6 10.85 2.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.39 5.1 10.22 5.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.32 4.1 11.27 5.5 € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.99 15.7 14.99 15.7 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.05 4.3 10.05 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.84 3.4 9.84 3.4 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.83 5.1 10.83 5.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.02 6.8 9.57 7.9 € € 3....................................................... 11.03 3.9 11.03 3.9 € € Blue collar......................................................... $11.17 1.5 $11.22 1.5 $9.80 5.8 1....................................................... 7.98 1.9 8.02 2.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.33 1.7 9.32 1.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.56 1.7 10.55 1.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.14 2.0 13.21 2.0 € € 5....................................................... 14.22 2.9 14.36 2.9 € € 6....................................................... 14.99 3.1 14.99 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 16.33 2.2 16.33 2.2 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.42 2.5 14.65 2.6 - - 3....................................................... 11.21 4.3 11.39 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.02 4.2 12.27 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.30 4.4 14.59 4.5 € € 6....................................................... 15.12 3.4 15.15 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 16.23 2.2 16.23 2.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 12.43 3.6 12.43 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 10.69 3.8 10.69 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.34 14.3 15.34 14.3 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 15.34 4.3 15.34 4.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.70 2.9 12.70 2.9 € € 7....................................................... 16.50 2.6 16.50 2.6 € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 11.87 8.0 11.87 8.0 € € Upholsterers................................................ 17.16 2.5 17.16 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 17.48 4.8 17.48 4.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.84 3.3 16.84 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 18.64 3.4 18.64 3.4 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.60 1.7 10.60 1.7 € € 1....................................................... 8.07 2.0 8.07 2.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.13 2.1 9.13 2.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.61 2.0 10.61 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 12.98 2.1 12.98 2.1 € € 5....................................................... 13.43 2.2 13.43 2.2 € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 9.48 5.2 9.48 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.44 5.4 8.44 5.4 € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.67 6.6 13.67 6.6 € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 10.70 4.1 10.70 4.1 € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 10.78 2.2 10.78 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.49 3.5 10.49 3.5 € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 9.92 7.9 9.92 7.9 € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 8.50 6.2 8.50 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.77 6.8 7.77 6.8 € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 10.73 9.7 10.73 9.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.07 11.3 9.07 11.3 € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... $11.35 8.1 $11.35 8.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.00 8.4 10.00 8.4 € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 11.21 5.6 11.21 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.49 5.8 8.49 5.8 € € 3....................................................... 11.77 5.2 11.77 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 14.74 5.0 14.74 5.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.47 7.5 9.47 7.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.54 3.8 13.54 3.8 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 10.25 3.2 10.25 3.2 € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.00 3.5 10.00 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.23 2.7 9.23 2.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.71 3.3 9.71 3.3 € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.52 2.0 11.52 2.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.34 3.1 11.34 3.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.11 6.2 8.11 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.38 5.5 9.38 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.98 3.4 10.98 3.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.83 4.0 12.83 4.0 € € 5....................................................... 12.87 2.6 12.87 2.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.48 10.2 12.48 10.2 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.69 2.6 9.69 2.6 € € 1....................................................... 8.18 2.9 8.18 2.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.37 1.5 9.37 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.8 10.64 2.8 € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 11.94 5.2 11.94 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.77 3.3 9.77 3.3 € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 9.98 3.7 9.98 3.7 € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 10.42 5.1 10.42 5.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.31 2.3 8.31 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.90 4.6 8.90 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.26 2.5 10.26 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.38 6.5 14.38 6.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.66 3.3 9.66 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.89 5.1 8.89 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.79 2.5 9.79 2.5 € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 9.41 13.2 9.41 13.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.04 11.0 10.04 11.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.83 4.4 13.13 4.3 - - 2....................................................... 9.66 2.4 9.92 2.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.10 3.5 10.10 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.65 3.6 14.65 3.6 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.57 4.5 13.95 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.53 3.6 10.53 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 14.72 3.8 14.72 3.8 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $10.48 5.0 $10.48 5.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.93 3.0 9.93 3.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.83 6.8 9.83 6.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.98 2.2 9.07 2.3 - - 1....................................................... 7.94 2.5 8.00 2.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.82 2.3 9.79 2.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.42 3.8 10.42 3.8 € € Production helpers.......................................... 8.85 3.7 8.85 3.7 € € 1....................................................... 7.92 3.3 7.92 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.14 2.6 9.14 2.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.50 5.0 8.50 5.0 € € 1....................................................... 6.83 4.6 6.83 4.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.92 4.9 8.92 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.12 5.8 10.12 5.8 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.05 3.1 9.05 3.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.24 2.7 8.24 2.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.61 3.6 9.61 3.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.24 5.7 9.24 5.7 € € 1....................................................... 8.88 8.8 8.88 8.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.43 4.9 9.43 4.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.19 5.6 9.19 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 8.14 4.4 8.14 4.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.86 5.6 9.03 6.2 € € 1....................................................... 7.69 3.4 7.77 4.1 € € 2....................................................... 11.09 4.6 11.09 4.6 € € Service............................................................. 9.47 5.4 7.69 5.4 $11.60 7.0 1....................................................... 7.07 3.3 6.91 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 6.63 11.4 6.35 14.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.22 4.4 7.88 4.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.12 3.5 10.00 10.4 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 7.67 10.9 7.15 13.5 9.41 7.0 1....................................................... 6.50 4.0 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.46 4.5 8.30 5.4 € € Other food service........................................... 8.39 6.1 7.89 7.5 9.41 7.0 1....................................................... 6.28 4.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.46 4.5 8.30 5.4 € € Cooks....................................................... 10.00 4.8 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.63 6.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.64 3.3 8.63 2.9 - - 2....................................................... 8.36 1.1 8.36 1.1 € € 4....................................................... 9.90 1.2 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.68 3.5 8.65 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.63 18.4 8.32 13.8 12.63 33.5 1....................................................... $7.31 5.7 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.82 4.8 $9.49 6.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.27 3.4 8.53 4.2 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.19 8.8 - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $12.80 2.0 $12.35 2.2 $15.40 4.9 All excluding sales............................................... 12.69 1.9 12.20 2.0 15.40 4.9 White collar........................................................ 17.85 3.7 17.37 4.6 18.91 6.6 2....................................................... 8.47 2.4 8.83 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.92 2.7 9.92 2.7 € € 4....................................................... 11.65 3.0 11.73 3.6 11.35 3.9 5....................................................... 14.74 5.9 15.39 7.8 € € 6....................................................... 16.58 4.6 16.43 5.7 € € 7....................................................... 19.35 2.6 19.72 6.6 19.22 2.6 8....................................................... 20.63 2.4 20.39 3.8 21.01 2.1 9....................................................... 23.27 5.3 23.51 6.1 € € 10........................................................ 25.80 8.4 27.87 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 36.47 5.5 34.18 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 46.65 6.9 48.45 6.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.94 3.8 17.42 4.6 18.91 6.6 2....................................................... 8.47 2.4 8.83 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.03 1.8 10.03 1.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.73 3.4 11.85 4.3 11.35 3.9 5....................................................... 13.43 3.4 13.53 5.5 € € 6....................................................... 16.07 3.3 15.76 4.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.42 2.5 20.10 6.0 19.22 2.6 8....................................................... 20.24 2.5 19.66 3.8 21.01 2.1 9....................................................... 22.61 4.9 22.72 5.7 € € 10........................................................ 25.80 8.4 27.87 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 36.47 5.5 34.18 8.7 € € 12........................................................ 45.81 7.8 47.82 7.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.37 4.3 20.26 5.5 20.44 6.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.40 4.8 22.14 6.5 20.98 6.6 6....................................................... 17.12 5.1 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.63 2.7 22.11 9.6 19.29 2.7 8....................................................... 20.58 2.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.58 13.8 € € € € 10........................................................ 26.63 9.3 26.63 9.3 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.95 11.8 26.95 11.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.05 17.4 17.70 4.0 - - 6....................................................... 17.43 5.1 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 18.53 1.2 18.52 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.55 2.8 € € 19.55 2.8 7....................................................... 19.44 2.9 € € 19.44 2.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... $16.15 4.6 $15.81 5.5 $16.73 7.6 6....................................................... 15.88 2.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.31 3.0 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 6.3 28.10 7.1 29.13 12.9 8....................................................... 19.43 6.8 19.43 6.8 € € 9....................................................... 21.93 3.8 21.58 4.0 € € 11........................................................ 38.02 5.6 € € € € 12........................................................ 46.67 8.0 48.96 7.5 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.2 28.89 8.3 28.88 14.3 8....................................................... 18.71 6.8 18.71 6.8 € € 9....................................................... 22.21 4.1 21.75 4.3 € € 11........................................................ 38.02 5.6 € € € € 12........................................................ 50.31 9.3 50.31 9.3 € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.33 18.9 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.03 11.2 28.25 11.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.15 4.6 17.15 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 22.01 4.9 21.96 5.5 € € Management related............................................ 25.65 14.0 25.00 15.7 - - 9....................................................... 21.21 8.4 21.21 8.4 € € Sales............................................................. 17.09 14.4 17.09 14.4 € € 5....................................................... 18.22 10.8 18.22 10.8 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.09 10.4 14.09 10.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.86 2.4 11.00 2.6 10.28 5.4 2....................................................... 8.47 2.4 8.83 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.05 1.9 10.05 1.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.79 3.7 11.98 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 12.80 2.5 12.67 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 14.38 7.0 14.38 7.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 11.07 3.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 11.16 4.3 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 10.85 2.6 10.85 2.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.67 5.1 10.53 5.9 € € 4....................................................... 11.32 4.1 11.27 5.5 € € Production coordinators..................................... 14.99 15.7 14.99 15.7 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.05 4.3 10.05 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.84 3.4 9.84 3.4 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.83 5.1 10.83 5.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.02 6.8 9.57 7.9 € € 3....................................................... 11.03 3.9 11.03 3.9 € € Blue collar......................................................... $11.23 1.5 $11.29 1.5 $9.82 5.9 1....................................................... 8.09 2.1 8.15 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.33 1.7 9.32 1.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.57 1.7 10.57 1.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.14 2.0 13.21 2.0 € € 5....................................................... 14.22 2.9 14.36 2.9 € € 6....................................................... 14.99 3.1 14.99 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 16.33 2.2 16.33 2.2 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.44 2.5 14.67 2.6 - - 3....................................................... 11.21 4.3 11.39 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.02 4.2 12.27 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.30 4.4 14.59 4.5 € € 6....................................................... 15.12 3.4 15.15 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 16.23 2.2 16.23 2.2 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 12.43 3.6 12.43 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € Machinery maintenance....................................... 10.69 3.8 10.69 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.34 14.3 15.34 14.3 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 15.34 4.3 15.34 4.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.70 2.9 12.70 2.9 € € 7....................................................... 16.50 2.6 16.50 2.6 € € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 11.87 8.0 11.87 8.0 € € Upholsterers................................................ 17.16 2.5 17.16 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 17.48 4.8 17.48 4.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.84 3.3 16.84 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 18.64 3.4 18.64 3.4 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.61 1.7 10.61 1.7 € € 1....................................................... 8.13 1.9 8.13 1.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.13 2.1 9.13 2.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.61 2.0 10.61 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 12.98 2.1 12.98 2.1 € € 5....................................................... 13.43 2.2 13.43 2.2 € € Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 9.48 5.2 9.48 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.44 5.4 8.44 5.4 € € Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.67 6.6 13.67 6.6 € € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 10.74 4.1 10.74 4.1 € € Sawing machine operators.................................... 10.81 2.2 10.81 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.49 3.5 10.49 3.5 € € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 9.92 7.9 9.92 7.9 € € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 8.50 6.2 8.50 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.77 6.8 7.77 6.8 € € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 10.73 9.7 10.73 9.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.07 11.3 9.07 11.3 € € Textile cutting machine operators........................... $11.35 8.1 $11.35 8.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.00 8.4 10.00 8.4 € € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 11.21 5.6 11.21 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.49 5.8 8.49 5.8 € € 3....................................................... 11.77 5.2 11.77 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 14.74 5.0 14.74 5.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 9.47 7.5 9.47 7.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.54 3.8 13.54 3.8 € € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 10.25 3.2 10.25 3.2 € € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 10.00 3.5 10.00 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.23 2.7 9.23 2.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.71 3.3 9.71 3.3 € € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.52 2.0 11.52 2.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.40 3.0 11.40 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.38 5.5 9.38 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.98 3.4 10.98 3.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.83 4.0 12.83 4.0 € € 5....................................................... 12.87 2.6 12.87 2.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 12.48 10.2 12.48 10.2 € € Assemblers.................................................. 9.69 2.6 9.69 2.6 € € 1....................................................... 8.18 2.9 8.18 2.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.37 1.5 9.37 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.8 10.64 2.8 € € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 11.94 5.2 11.94 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.77 3.3 9.77 3.3 € € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 9.98 3.7 9.98 3.7 € € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 10.42 5.1 10.42 5.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.31 2.3 8.31 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.90 4.6 8.90 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.26 2.5 10.26 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.38 6.5 14.38 6.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.66 3.3 9.66 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.89 5.1 8.89 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.79 2.5 9.79 2.5 € € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 9.41 13.2 9.41 13.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.04 11.0 10.04 11.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.89 4.4 13.14 4.4 - - 2....................................................... 9.69 2.5 9.92 2.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.10 3.5 10.10 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.65 3.6 14.65 3.6 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.57 4.5 13.95 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.53 3.6 10.53 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 14.72 3.8 14.72 3.8 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.48 5.0 10.48 5.0 € € 2....................................................... $9.93 3.0 $9.93 3.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.83 6.8 9.83 6.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.12 2.4 9.23 2.5 - - 1....................................................... 8.08 2.8 8.17 3.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.82 2.3 9.79 2.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.55 3.8 10.55 3.8 € € Production helpers.......................................... 8.85 3.7 8.85 3.7 € € 1....................................................... 7.92 3.3 7.92 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.14 2.6 9.14 2.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.70 3.8 9.70 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.92 4.9 8.92 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.53 5.2 10.53 5.2 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.05 3.1 9.05 3.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.24 2.7 8.24 2.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.61 3.6 9.61 3.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.29 6.3 9.29 6.3 € € 1....................................................... 8.94 9.7 8.94 9.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.43 4.9 9.43 4.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.19 5.6 9.19 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 8.14 4.4 8.14 4.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.86 5.7 9.02 6.3 € € 1....................................................... 7.69 3.4 7.77 4.1 € € 2....................................................... 11.15 4.7 11.15 4.7 € € Service............................................................. 9.74 6.1 7.83 6.1 $11.90 7.3 1....................................................... 7.21 4.1 7.07 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 6.53 13.9 6.23 17.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.13 4.4 7.99 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.11 3.6 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - € € - - Food service.................................................. 7.98 13.9 7.42 16.4 - - 3....................................................... 8.54 4.6 8.39 5.6 € € Other food service........................................... 9.21 4.5 8.70 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 8.54 4.6 8.39 5.6 € € Cooks....................................................... 10.00 4.8 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.97 7.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.64 3.5 8.46 2.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.65 3.6 8.46 2.6 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.64 18.6 8.31 14.0 12.63 33.5 1....................................................... 7.29 5.6 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.82 4.9 9.53 6.3 € € 1....................................................... 8.26 3.5 8.53 4.5 € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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................................................................... $8.36 5.6 $7.78 5.2 $11.17 14.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.93 6.7 8.29 6.5 11.17 14.9 White collar........................................................ 10.13 9.1 9.06 7.9 - - 2....................................................... 6.34 2.9 6.34 2.9 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.19 12.6 13.74 12.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.97 9.0 18.47 3.8 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 18.97 9.0 18.47 3.8 - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 20.95 8.4 18.49 1.9 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.03 3.0 18.49 1.9 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 6.47 4.8 6.47 4.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.07 1.3 6.07 1.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ - - - - € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.99 3.8 6.80 3.1 - - 1....................................................... 6.53 2.7 6.53 2.7 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.74 2.8 6.74 2.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.58 2.8 6.58 2.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.47 2.2 6.47 2.2 € € 1....................................................... 6.41 2.6 6.41 2.6 € € Service............................................................. 7.37 6.6 6.81 6.4 - - 1....................................................... 6.43 5.5 € € € € 2....................................................... 7.07 5.6 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.47 5.2 - - - - Other food service........................................... 6.47 5.2 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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....................................................... $12.80 $8.36 - $12.64 $12.41 $14.20 All excluding sales............................................. 12.69 8.93 - 12.57 12.39 13.99 White collar........................................................ 17.85 10.13 € 17.44 17.49 16.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.94 15.19 € 17.87 17.81 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.37 18.97 € 20.30 20.30 € Professional specialty.......................................... 21.40 18.97 € 21.27 21.27 € Technical....................................................... 16.15 € € 16.15 16.15 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.31 € € 28.31 28.31 - Sales............................................................. 17.09 6.47 € 14.46 13.32 15.79 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.86 - € 10.79 10.79 € Blue collar......................................................... 11.23 6.99 - 11.15 10.61 13.86 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.44 - - 14.41 13.64 18.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.61 - - 10.59 10.30 12.10 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.89 - - 12.81 11.29 15.88 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.12 6.74 - 8.97 8.62 11.90 Service............................................................. 9.74 7.37 € 9.47 9.43 - 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....................................................... 2.0 5.6 - 2.0 2.2 4.1 All excluding sales............................................. 1.9 6.7 - 1.9 2.1 3.4 White collar........................................................ 3.7 9.1 € 3.7 3.8 18.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 12.6 € 3.7 3.8 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 9.0 € 4.1 4.1 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.8 9.0 € 4.6 4.6 € Technical....................................................... 4.6 € € 4.6 4.6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 € € 6.3 6.4 - Sales............................................................. 14.4 4.8 € 12.9 18.1 18.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 - € 2.3 2.3 € Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 3.8 - 1.5 1.5 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.5 - - 2.5 2.6 3.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.7 - - 1.7 1.7 4.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.4 - - 4.4 5.2 3.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.4 2.8 - 2.2 2.2 3.3 Service............................................................. 6.1 6.6 € 5.4 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 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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....................................................... $12.19 $12.38 € - $12.38 $11.70 $14.19 $11.43 - $10.75 All excluding sales............................................. 12.10 12.25 € - 12.25 11.65 14.19 11.15 - 10.75 White collar........................................................ 16.80 18.83 € € 18.83 14.27 15.86 12.58 - 15.69 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.31 18.31 € € 18.31 15.49 15.86 14.38 - 15.69 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.14 23.18 € € 23.18 17.20 - - - 16.93 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.80 26.10 € € 26.10 17.92 € - - 17.76 Technical....................................................... 15.81 16.46 € € 16.46 15.05 - € - 14.34 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.10 27.68 € € 27.68 29.97 - - - 34.23 Sales............................................................. 14.46 29.95 € € 29.95 11.99 € 11.99 - € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.91 11.01 € € 11.01 10.75 12.67 11.37 - 9.60 Blue collar......................................................... 11.22 11.12 € - 11.12 11.72 13.84 12.00 - 8.32 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.65 14.30 € - 14.32 16.77 14.63 16.75 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.60 10.68 € € 10.68 7.49 € - - 7.52 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 10.87 € - 10.74 14.40 14.41 14.98 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.07 9.27 € € 9.27 8.71 11.83 8.61 - 7.15 Service............................................................. 7.69 11.44 € € 11.44 7.25 € 6.34 - 7.58 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....................................................... 2.1 2.4 € - 2.4 4.4 7.1 8.7 - 6.1 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 2.3 € - 2.2 4.2 7.1 8.8 - 6.1 White collar........................................................ 4.5 6.0 € € 6.0 5.4 19.6 9.9 - 6.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.6 5.9 € € 5.9 5.9 19.6 11.4 - 6.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 7.7 € € 7.7 4.1 - - - 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.1 8.8 € € 8.8 3.6 € - - 3.7 Technical....................................................... 5.5 4.3 € € 4.3 10.4 - € - 10.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 8.5 € € 8.5 11.5 - - - 17.7 Sales............................................................. 12.9 23.0 € € 23.0 10.4 € 10.4 - € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 3.4 € € 3.4 3.8 11.0 4.7 - 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 1.5 € - 1.5 5.0 4.5 5.7 - 10.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 2.5 € - 2.5 8.6 18.8 8.6 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.7 1.7 € € 1.7 1.3 € - - 1.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 3.8 € - 4.2 5.0 5.7 9.5 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.3 2.1 € € 2.1 5.0 5.5 5.1 - 1.5 Service............................................................. 5.4 18.3 € € 18.3 4.8 € 12.2 - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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....................................................... $12.19 $10.71 $12.54 $12.32 $13.00 All excluding sales............................................. 12.10 10.30 12.48 12.24 12.96 White collar........................................................ 16.80 13.48 17.61 17.65 17.54 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.31 13.42 17.75 17.97 17.42 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.14 € 20.14 20.31 19.97 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.80 € 21.80 22.97 20.89 Technical....................................................... 15.81 € 15.81 15.56 16.26 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.10 21.47 29.02 28.31 30.76 Sales............................................................. 14.46 13.51 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.91 10.34 11.01 11.07 10.93 Blue collar......................................................... 11.22 10.54 11.36 11.25 11.60 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.65 14.56 14.67 14.53 15.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.60 8.83 10.91 10.60 11.53 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 13.85 12.89 13.08 12.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.07 7.97 9.32 9.21 9.50 Service............................................................. 7.69 5.99 8.51 7.91 10.33 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....................................................... 2.1 6.3 2.4 3.3 3.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 5.7 2.2 2.9 3.3 White collar........................................................ 4.5 11.4 5.6 7.9 7.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.6 9.8 4.8 6.4 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 € 5.2 7.9 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.1 € 6.1 10.1 7.6 Technical....................................................... 5.5 € 5.5 6.7 9.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 10.8 7.6 9.8 11.3 Sales............................................................. 12.9 14.8 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 8.3 2.8 3.3 4.9 Blue collar......................................................... 1.5 5.0 1.6 2.0 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 5.8 2.9 3.0 6.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.7 5.2 1.7 2.1 2.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 9.8 4.8 5.6 7.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.3 6.0 2.7 3.8 3.3 Service............................................................. 5.4 7.1 5.5 2.5 12.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $8.83 $10.78 $14.60 $19.33 All excluding sales........................... 7.55 8.85 10.77 14.50 19.10 White collar.................................... 8.43 10.56 15.62 20.07 28.10 White collar excluding sales................ 8.81 10.66 16.96 20.07 28.91 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.64 17.84 19.40 20.94 25.00 Professional specialty...................... 16.96 18.08 19.43 21.21 28.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.10 19.33 21.20 35.04 47.63 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.68 17.49 18.64 19.72 30.85 Registered nurses....................... 17.39 18.08 18.64 19.12 19.81 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.91 18.40 19.40 20.73 21.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.97 14.34 16.53 17.84 21.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.17 18.14 23.21 37.44 45.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.07 18.43 23.21 37.44 46.88 Managers, medicine and health........... 19.07 19.07 27.56 38.11 60.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.07 17.54 22.39 36.56 63.39 Management related........................ 18.00 18.14 20.53 31.58 44.67 Sales......................................... 5.98 7.58 11.04 18.38 25.64 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.32 11.32 12.35 14.91 15.56 Cashiers................................ 5.98 5.98 6.00 6.54 9.13 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.95 10.56 11.75 13.30 Secretaries............................. 10.15 10.15 10.50 11.71 12.87 Order clerks............................ 10.16 10.66 10.66 10.88 11.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.74 13.00 Production coordinators................. 9.75 10.92 12.00 19.23 22.91 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.80 9.05 9.50 10.82 11.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.95 9.57 10.48 12.45 13.52 General office clerks................... 6.63 9.78 11.92 13.30 13.30 Blue collar..................................... 7.55 8.77 10.36 12.90 15.76 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.33 11.50 14.04 16.37 18.71 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 10.85 11.36 12.57 13.58 14.92 Machinery maintenance................... 9.08 10.08 11.05 11.61 12.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.33 11.50 13.75 14.41 30.77 Supervisors, production................. 11.57 12.70 15.24 17.13 19.90 Furniture and wood finishers............ 9.86 10.03 10.87 11.89 12.25 Upholsterers............................ 13.83 15.82 17.86 18.60 20.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $7.76 $8.85 $10.15 $11.99 $14.45 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.81 7.88 9.47 10.65 11.05 Numerical control machine operators..... 11.85 11.99 13.99 15.10 15.40 Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators............................ 9.50 9.61 10.53 12.09 12.09 Sawing machine operators................ 9.43 10.00 10.75 11.25 12.05 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. 7.00 9.44 9.54 11.82 12.25 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 6.50 7.10 7.76 9.05 11.27 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... 6.50 8.75 10.40 11.94 15.79 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.70 8.74 10.36 15.04 15.58 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.00 8.75 10.07 13.84 16.09 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.27 8.00 9.67 10.40 11.44 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.70 11.91 14.18 14.45 14.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... 8.95 9.44 10.20 11.22 11.85 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.26 9.18 9.73 10.45 12.70 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 9.55 9.73 11.56 11.85 12.93 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.45 9.44 11.02 13.20 14.76 Welders and cutters..................... 7.37 10.61 12.35 14.38 17.75 Assemblers.............................. 7.92 8.64 9.49 10.27 12.23 Hand cutting and trimming............... 8.96 9.74 10.90 14.09 15.46 Hand painting, coating, and decorating.. 8.91 8.93 9.38 10.73 10.73 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 7.75 8.32 9.55 11.59 13.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.35 9.05 10.25 12.14 Hand inspectors, n.e.c.................. 6.50 7.54 8.65 11.99 11.99 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 9.85 12.84 15.07 16.47 Truck drivers........................... 9.25 10.41 15.07 16.33 16.47 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 9.50 9.70 12.84 13.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.95 7.55 8.60 9.83 11.79 Production helpers...................... 7.58 7.73 8.78 10.18 10.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.12 6.50 8.26 10.16 11.75 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.50 8.52 9.01 9.64 10.63 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.85 7.00 9.14 10.38 12.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 8.00 8.71 9.73 12.74 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.10 7.10 8.42 10.35 11.79 Service......................................... 6.36 6.76 8.54 11.61 13.47 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.83 7.63 10.00 11.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.83 6.76 7.77 10.75 11.00 Cooks................................... 7.77 8.41 10.75 10.77 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $6.76 $7.55 $7.91 $10.00 $11.38 Health service............................ 7.93 8.47 10.00 10.00 10.11 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.93 8.47 10.00 10.00 11.17 Cleaning and building service............. 6.64 6.64 7.64 8.54 23.33 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.66 7.66 8.20 8.68 10.31 Personal service.......................... 6.07 6.36 6.64 7.21 9.69 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.19 $8.75 $10.55 $13.98 $17.86 All excluding sales........................... 7.27 8.77 10.50 13.88 17.58 White collar.................................... 8.40 9.88 12.74 19.81 29.25 White collar excluding sales................ 8.83 10.39 13.74 19.81 30.26 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.13 16.22 18.64 21.20 33.08 Professional specialty...................... 12.13 17.39 19.33 26.73 35.04 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.10 19.33 21.20 35.04 47.63 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.22 17.39 18.34 19.72 19.81 Registered nurses....................... 17.39 17.49 18.64 19.72 19.81 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.97 13.98 16.00 17.58 21.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.87 18.14 21.91 37.23 45.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.17 17.65 23.21 37.23 57.69 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.07 17.21 22.55 36.56 63.39 Management related........................ 17.00 18.14 19.87 26.52 44.67 Sales......................................... 5.98 7.58 11.04 18.38 25.64 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.32 11.32 12.35 14.91 15.56 Cashiers................................ 5.98 5.98 6.00 6.54 9.13 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.25 9.06 10.59 11.74 13.75 Order clerks............................ 10.16 10.66 10.66 10.88 11.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 8.08 9.88 11.74 13.00 Production coordinators................. 9.75 10.92 12.00 19.23 22.91 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.80 9.05 9.50 10.82 11.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.95 9.57 10.48 12.45 13.52 General office clerks................... 6.63 7.00 9.78 11.67 11.92 Blue collar..................................... 7.58 8.79 10.38 13.00 15.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.08 11.88 14.16 16.55 18.73 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 10.85 11.36 12.57 13.58 14.92 Machinery maintenance................... 9.08 10.08 11.05 11.61 12.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.33 11.50 13.75 14.41 30.77 Supervisors, production................. 11.57 12.70 15.24 17.13 19.90 Furniture and wood finishers............ 9.86 10.03 10.87 11.89 12.25 Upholsterers............................ 13.83 15.82 17.86 18.60 20.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $7.76 $8.85 $10.15 $11.99 $14.45 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.81 7.88 9.47 10.65 11.05 Numerical control machine operators..... 11.85 11.99 13.99 15.10 15.40 Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators............................ 9.50 9.61 10.53 12.09 12.09 Sawing machine operators................ 9.43 10.00 10.75 11.25 12.05 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. 7.00 9.44 9.54 11.82 12.25 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 6.50 7.10 7.76 9.05 11.27 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... 6.50 8.75 10.40 11.94 15.79 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.70 8.74 10.36 15.04 15.58 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.00 8.75 10.07 13.84 16.09 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.27 8.00 9.67 10.40 11.44 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.70 11.91 14.18 14.45 14.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... 8.95 9.44 10.20 11.22 11.85 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.26 9.18 9.73 10.45 12.70 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 9.55 9.73 11.56 11.85 12.93 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.45 9.44 11.02 13.20 14.76 Welders and cutters..................... 7.37 10.61 12.35 14.38 17.75 Assemblers.............................. 7.92 8.64 9.49 10.27 12.23 Hand cutting and trimming............... 8.96 9.74 10.90 14.09 15.46 Hand painting, coating, and decorating.. 8.91 8.93 9.38 10.73 10.73 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 7.75 8.32 9.55 11.59 13.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.35 9.05 10.25 12.14 Hand inspectors, n.e.c.................. 6.50 7.54 8.65 11.99 11.99 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 10.10 13.80 15.47 16.75 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.59 15.07 16.34 16.47 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 9.50 9.70 12.84 13.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.85 7.56 8.71 9.84 11.79 Production helpers...................... 7.58 7.73 8.78 10.18 10.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.12 6.50 8.26 10.16 11.75 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.50 8.52 9.01 9.64 10.63 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.85 7.00 9.14 10.38 12.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 8.00 8.71 9.73 12.74 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.10 7.10 8.50 10.70 11.79 Service......................................... 5.83 6.64 6.80 8.41 10.75 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.83 6.91 8.88 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... $5.72 $5.83 $7.65 $8.88 $10.75 Health service............................ 7.93 8.15 8.37 8.58 10.11 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.93 7.93 8.37 8.58 10.11 Cleaning and building service............. 6.64 6.64 6.64 8.38 10.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.55 8.20 8.68 10.31 13.12 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.74 $10.00 $13.41 $19.40 $21.49 All excluding sales........................... 7.74 10.00 13.41 19.40 21.49 White collar.................................... 8.43 13.30 18.47 20.73 22.55 White collar excluding sales................ 8.43 13.30 18.47 20.73 22.55 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.84 18.08 19.40 20.84 21.61 Professional specialty...................... 17.91 18.40 19.43 20.94 21.61 Health related............................ 18.08 18.08 19.12 30.85 62.31 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.91 18.40 19.40 20.73 21.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 9.56 15.62 17.84 18.47 20.84 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.69 18.43 31.58 37.44 37.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.69 18.43 27.31 37.44 37.44 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.74 8.43 10.50 12.44 13.30 Blue collar..................................... 7.13 7.70 9.30 11.00 14.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.66 9.69 11.38 13.47 13.47 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 7.55 7.86 9.13 10.77 11.38 Other food service....................... 7.55 7.86 9.13 10.77 11.38 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.64 7.66 7.92 8.54 28.30 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.66 $8.99 $10.91 $14.71 $19.40 All excluding sales........................... 7.66 8.96 10.88 14.64 19.12 White collar.................................... 8.92 10.66 16.22 20.07 29.25 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 10.66 16.96 20.07 28.91 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.64 17.84 19.40 20.94 24.26 Professional specialty...................... 17.31 18.08 19.44 21.21 28.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.10 19.33 21.20 35.04 47.63 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.22 17.49 18.64 19.72 19.81 Registered nurses....................... 17.39 18.08 18.64 19.12 19.81 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.91 18.40 19.40 20.73 21.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.97 14.34 16.53 17.84 21.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.17 18.14 23.21 37.44 45.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.07 18.43 23.21 37.44 46.88 Managers, medicine and health........... 19.07 19.07 27.56 38.11 60.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.07 17.54 22.39 36.56 63.39 Management related........................ 18.00 18.14 20.53 31.58 44.67 Sales......................................... 7.94 10.63 12.35 23.10 33.05 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.32 11.32 12.35 14.91 15.56 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.12 9.00 10.59 11.75 13.30 Secretaries............................. 10.15 10.15 10.50 11.71 12.87 Order clerks............................ 10.16 10.66 10.66 10.88 11.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 9.75 11.18 11.74 13.00 Production coordinators................. 9.75 10.92 12.00 19.23 22.91 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.80 9.05 9.50 10.82 11.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.95 9.57 10.48 12.45 13.52 General office clerks................... 6.63 9.78 11.92 13.30 13.30 Blue collar..................................... 7.67 8.85 10.40 12.99 15.79 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.33 11.50 14.04 16.37 18.71 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 10.85 11.36 12.57 13.58 14.92 Machinery maintenance................... 9.08 10.08 11.05 11.61 12.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.33 11.50 13.75 14.41 30.77 Supervisors, production................. 11.57 12.70 15.24 17.13 19.90 Furniture and wood finishers............ 9.86 10.03 10.87 11.89 12.25 Upholsterers............................ 13.83 15.82 17.86 18.60 20.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $7.76 $8.85 $10.16 $11.99 $14.45 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.81 7.88 9.47 10.65 11.05 Numerical control machine operators..... 11.85 11.99 13.99 15.10 15.40 Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators............................ 9.50 9.61 10.53 12.09 12.09 Sawing machine operators................ 9.43 10.00 10.75 11.31 12.05 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. 7.00 9.44 9.54 11.82 12.25 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 6.50 7.10 7.76 9.05 11.27 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... 6.50 8.75 10.40 11.94 15.79 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.70 8.74 10.36 15.04 15.58 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.00 8.75 10.07 13.84 16.09 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.27 8.00 9.67 10.40 11.44 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.70 11.91 14.18 14.45 14.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... 8.95 9.44 10.20 11.22 11.85 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.26 9.18 9.73 10.45 12.70 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 9.55 9.73 11.56 11.85 12.93 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.45 9.44 11.02 13.20 14.76 Welders and cutters..................... 7.37 10.61 12.35 14.38 17.75 Assemblers.............................. 7.92 8.64 9.49 10.27 12.23 Hand cutting and trimming............... 8.96 9.74 10.90 14.09 15.46 Hand painting, coating, and decorating.. 8.91 8.93 9.38 10.73 10.73 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 7.75 8.32 9.55 11.59 13.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.35 9.05 10.25 12.14 Hand inspectors, n.e.c.................. 6.50 7.54 8.65 11.99 11.99 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.00 12.84 15.07 16.47 Truck drivers........................... 9.25 10.41 15.07 16.33 16.47 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.70 9.50 9.70 12.84 13.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.58 8.70 10.00 11.79 Production helpers...................... 7.58 7.73 8.78 10.18 10.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.61 8.59 9.50 10.80 11.95 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.50 8.52 9.01 9.64 10.63 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.40 7.00 9.20 10.81 12.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.75 8.00 8.71 9.73 12.74 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.10 7.10 8.42 10.35 11.79 Service......................................... 6.64 6.91 8.83 11.61 13.47 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.91 7.77 10.75 11.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.63 7.65 9.13 10.77 11.38 Cooks................................... 7.77 8.41 10.75 10.77 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $6.47 $7.65 $9.13 $10.00 $11.38 Health service............................ 7.93 8.47 10.00 10.00 10.11 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.93 8.47 10.00 10.00 10.11 Cleaning and building service............. 6.64 6.64 7.64 8.54 23.33 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.66 7.66 8.20 8.68 10.31 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.83 $5.98 $6.75 $8.47 $11.17 All excluding sales........................... 5.83 6.12 7.21 9.30 17.97 White collar.................................... 5.95 5.98 6.80 9.27 18.34 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 7.90 17.97 18.34 25.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 7.90 17.97 18.18 20.12 30.85 Professional specialty...................... 7.90 17.97 18.18 20.12 30.85 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.96 17.97 18.34 22.16 30.85 Registered nurses....................... 17.96 17.97 18.09 20.12 22.16 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.95 5.98 5.98 6.08 8.47 Cashiers................................ 5.98 5.98 5.98 6.05 6.54 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.91 6.12 6.50 7.49 9.30 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.91 6.12 6.30 7.31 8.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.91 6.08 6.30 6.80 7.49 Service......................................... 5.72 5.83 6.76 8.68 9.69 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.72 5.72 5.83 7.55 7.91 Other food service....................... 5.72 5.72 5.83 7.55 7.91 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 105,700 88,700 16,900 All excluding sales............................................. 101,600 84,700 16,900 White collar........................................................ 29,100 19,600 9,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25,000 15,500 9,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 10,900 4,400 6,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 9,200 3,300 5,900 Technical....................................................... 1,700 1,100 600 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4,200 3,300 900 Sales............................................................. 4,000 4,000 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,000 7,800 2,100 Blue collar......................................................... 65,100 62,600 2,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 11,900 10,900 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,500 33,500 € Transportation and material moving................................ 5,500 4,900 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14,300 13,300 - Service............................................................. 11,400 6,500 4,900 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 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........................................................ 600 164 39 125 89 36 Private industry.................................................... 500 155 39 116 87 29 Goods-producing industries........................................ 300 111 19 92 69 23 Construction.................................................... (2) 1 1 - - - Manufacturing................................................... 300 110 18 92 69 23 Service-producing industries...................................... 200 44 20 24 18 6 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 7 2 5 5 - Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 100 19 15 4 3 1 Services........................................................ 100 18 3 15 10 5 State and local government.......................................... (2) 9 - 9 2 7 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, October 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 3 3 2 All excluding sales............................................... 3 3 2 White collar........................................................ 6 6 3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 6 6 6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7 7 8 Professional specialty.......................................... 7 7 8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 9 9 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € Natural scientists............................................ - - - Health related................................................ 7 7 8 Registered nurses........................................... 7 7 6 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 7 7 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - Technical....................................................... 6 6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 9 9 € Managers, medicine and health............................... 11 11 € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 9 9 € Management related............................................ 9 9 € Sales............................................................. 3 4 2 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 5 5 € Cashiers.................................................... 1 € 1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3 3 - Secretaries................................................. 4 4 € Order clerks................................................ 3 3 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € Production coordinators..................................... 4 4 € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 3 3 € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 3 3 € General office clerks....................................... 3 3 € Blue collar......................................................... 3 3 1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5 5 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 5 5 € Machinery maintenance....................................... 4 4 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 5 5 € Supervisors, production..................................... 7 7 € Furniture and wood finishers................................ 4 4 € Upholsterers................................................ 5 5 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 - Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 2 2 € Numerical control machine operators......................... 4 4 € Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators.......... 3 3 € Sawing machine operators.................................... 3 3 € Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 4 4 € Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 2 2 € Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 2 2 € Textile cutting machine operators........................... 3 3 € Textile sewing machine operators............................ 3 3 € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 2 2 € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 4 4 € Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 3 3 € Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 2 2 € Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 3 3 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 3 4 € Welders and cutters......................................... 4 4 € Assemblers.................................................. 2 2 € Hand cutting and trimming................................... 2 2 € Hand painting, coating, and decorating...................... 2 2 € Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 2 2 € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 3 3 € Hand inspectors, n.e.c...................................... 2 2 € Transportation and material moving................................ 4 4 - Truck drivers............................................... 4 4 € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 1 1 1 Production helpers.......................................... 2 2 € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 1 2 1 Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 2 2 € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 1 1 € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 1 1 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 1 1 € Service............................................................. 3 3 2 Protective service............................................ - - - Food service.................................................. 2 3 1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... - - € Other food service........................................... 2 3 1 Cooks....................................................... 4 4 € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 2 3 € Health service................................................ 4 4 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 4 4 € Cleaning and building service................................. 1 1 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 1 € Personal service.............................................. 2 - - 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.