NC BL 08/00/2002 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3115-03, December 2001 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................. $18.94 2.6 37.5 $18.65 3.3 37.2 $19.93 2.6 38.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.73 2.5 38.4 23.99 3.2 38.3 23.06 3.1 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.01 3.0 38.6 29.92 4.4 39.0 27.58 3.0 38.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 3.6 40.9 35.97 3.8 41.1 28.11 7.4 39.9 Sales............................................................. 15.46 7.0 34.9 15.53 7.1 34.9 - - - Administrative support............................................ 13.51 2.0 38.4 14.07 2.5 38.1 12.05 2.4 39.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.60 3.5 38.3 14.67 3.7 38.3 13.55 3.9 38.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.18 3.5 39.9 19.44 3.7 39.9 15.64 6.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.19 9.2 39.9 12.19 9.2 39.9 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.19 5.2 39.0 14.29 5.9 39.6 13.45 4.2 34.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.69 5.0 34.7 9.58 5.5 34.3 10.94 4.4 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.98 4.4 33.1 7.92 5.2 30.5 13.55 4.2 39.0 Full time........................................................... 19.82 2.6 40.0 19.74 3.3 40.2 20.08 2.6 39.5 Part time........................................................... 8.26 5.3 21.4 7.99 5.5 21.6 12.51 7.0 18.4 Union............................................................... 21.89 7.6 37.3 22.29 7.9 37.2 14.89 2.7 39.7 Nonunion............................................................ 18.65 2.7 37.5 18.21 3.5 37.2 20.03 2.6 38.6 Time................................................................ 18.87 2.6 37.3 18.55 3.4 36.9 19.93 2.6 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 20.60 10.0 44.8 20.60 10.0 44.8 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.70 6.9 37.2 13.71 6.9 37.2 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.67 5.1 38.1 17.70 5.2 38.2 16.16 12.5 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 20.73 3.3 37.2 21.13 5.0 36.4 20.07 2.6 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.94 2.6 $18.65 3.3 $19.93 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.20 2.7 18.95 3.5 19.97 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.73 2.5 23.99 3.2 23.06 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.95 2.5 25.78 3.3 23.13 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.01 3.0 29.92 4.4 27.58 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.46 2.5 31.86 3.8 28.68 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.60 5.4 35.60 5.4 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.98 5.7 45.98 5.7 € € Civil engineers............................................. 36.86 8.8 36.86 8.8 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.08 6.9 37.08 6.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.40 4.9 29.54 4.9 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.30 5.0 29.44 5.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.20 8.5 28.57 9.8 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 33.53 11.7 33.53 11.7 € € Health related................................................ 26.79 2.3 26.46 2.6 27.37 4.2 Registered nurses........................................... 25.62 1.7 25.35 1.9 26.07 3.1 Pharmacists................................................. 35.63 1.1 35.56 1.5 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.19 10.0 - - 46.81 10.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 53.68 12.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.59 1.3 23.33 6.7 28.77 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.47 .9 € € 28.50 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.11 2.1 € € 29.15 2.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.78 3.7 18.27 4.3 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.42 6.9 € € 30.88 6.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.39 15.3 - - 20.25 19.0 Librarians.................................................. 20.39 15.3 € € 20.25 19.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.47 5.9 14.56 13.4 15.78 6.1 Social workers.............................................. 15.35 5.8 € € 15.78 6.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.12 14.1 28.31 16.0 - - Technical....................................................... 23.56 11.7 24.90 13.3 17.56 10.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.87 10.5 16.81 10.6 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.03 3.6 15.60 2.0 18.24 16.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.59 4.3 17.54 3.4 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.69 9.0 23.97 9.8 € € Drafters.................................................... 30.57 8.5 30.57 8.5 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.98 15.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 3.6 35.97 3.8 28.11 7.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.67 4.1 39.26 4.2 29.22 8.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.01 13.8 € € 25.96 13.9 Financial managers.......................................... 38.31 17.3 38.87 18.1 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $38.83 9.4 $38.83 9.4 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.20 6.8 € € $37.49 7.0 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.55 9.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.19 5.4 43.61 4.4 € € Management related............................................ 30.42 6.9 31.17 7.1 21.37 14.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 6.1 25.56 6.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 40.31 7.4 40.31 7.4 € € Management analysts......................................... 25.78 17.8 25.78 17.8 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 23.82 16.0 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.31 8.5 25.10 9.8 € € Sales............................................................. 15.46 7.0 15.53 7.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.57 11.6 22.57 11.6 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 17.07 12.1 17.07 12.1 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.88 9.6 27.88 9.6 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.17 7.8 13.17 7.8 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 22.67 7.0 22.67 7.0 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.03 3.8 8.03 3.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.90 5.1 7.78 5.4 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.96 13.1 15.96 13.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.51 2.0 14.07 2.5 12.05 2.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.53 7.9 € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 21.01 7.8 21.01 7.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.09 3.4 16.01 3.8 12.54 4.3 Receptionists............................................... 10.65 3.6 10.62 3.9 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.42 12.0 13.65 12.9 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.99 11.6 14.99 11.6 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.53 8.3 € € 9.53 8.3 File clerks................................................. 10.11 5.9 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.50 5.8 13.85 11.2 13.26 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.22 3.7 13.26 3.9 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.09 6.6 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 18.64 8.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.13 6.3 10.75 5.6 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.72 8.0 10.82 11.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.13 9.5 16.29 9.9 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.77 3.9 14.17 5.3 11.50 3.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.76 3.4 10.76 3.4 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.39 1.8 € € 10.39 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.69 3.8 13.86 5.0 13.29 5.5 Blue collar......................................................... 14.60 3.5 14.67 3.7 13.55 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.18 3.5 19.44 3.7 15.64 6.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.61 12.5 31.30 11.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ $24.18 8.2 $24.42 8.1 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.21 5.3 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.39 6.0 16.47 6.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.09 11.0 18.62 13.3 € € Electricians................................................ 21.45 3.5 21.96 3.7 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.50 8.5 17.50 8.5 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.49 12.4 10.12 13.1 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 26.13 9.0 28.19 7.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 19.37 4.3 19.37 4.3 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.52 3.6 18.52 3.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.46 1.3 25.46 1.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.96 12.7 13.96 12.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.80 6.6 14.80 6.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.44 12.2 10.44 12.2 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.02 10.3 14.02 10.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.19 5.2 14.29 5.9 $13.45 4.2 Truck drivers............................................... 15.22 8.8 15.36 9.0 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.24 6.4 € € 13.36 4.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.85 5.3 9.85 5.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.64 16.4 15.93 17.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 5.0 9.58 5.5 10.94 4.4 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.26 5.6 € € 10.52 5.8 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.48 9.5 10.46 11.7 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.47 9.4 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.37 9.9 10.37 9.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.40 8.5 8.40 8.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.89 8.7 12.89 8.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.31 9.2 9.16 9.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.13 5.8 8.13 5.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.26 13.0 9.07 14.4 11.53 11.5 Service............................................................. 9.98 4.4 7.92 5.2 13.55 4.2 Protective service............................................ 15.10 6.6 9.08 5.7 17.08 3.9 Firefighting................................................ 17.70 3.1 € € 17.70 3.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.63 4.0 € € 19.63 4.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.32 3.0 € € 18.32 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.17 2.5 € € 12.17 2.5 Food service.................................................. 7.36 5.6 7.10 6.5 8.99 3.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.47 20.1 4.47 20.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.14 25.0 4.14 25.0 € € Other food service........................................... 8.35 3.9 8.21 4.8 8.99 3.3 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.26 8.5 14.26 8.5 € € Cooks....................................................... $7.88 3.9 $7.88 3.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.39 5.9 7.19 6.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.84 5.8 7.17 7.8 $9.15 2.7 Health service................................................ 10.12 5.4 8.75 9.0 11.74 4.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 6.0 € € 12.25 7.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.22 7.5 8.47 9.9 11.07 5.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.74 6.7 7.10 7.4 9.73 3.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.79 3.1 6.79 3.1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.69 7.8 6.79 7.8 9.76 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 12.87 16.9 14.40 22.8 10.33 10.3 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.12 5.3 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $19.82 2.6 $19.74 3.3 $20.08 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.99 2.7 19.94 3.5 20.12 2.6 White collar........................................................ 24.32 2.5 24.79 3.2 23.16 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.19 2.5 26.11 3.3 23.24 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 3.1 30.06 4.5 27.73 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.58 2.6 31.93 3.8 28.87 2.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.60 5.4 35.60 5.4 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.98 5.7 45.98 5.7 € € Civil engineers............................................. 36.86 8.8 36.86 8.8 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.08 6.9 37.08 6.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.40 4.9 29.54 4.9 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.30 5.0 29.44 5.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.20 8.5 28.57 9.8 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 33.53 11.7 33.53 11.7 € € Health related................................................ 26.58 2.4 26.05 2.7 27.42 4.2 Registered nurses........................................... 25.57 1.7 25.22 1.9 26.12 3.2 Pharmacists................................................. 35.83 1.2 35.86 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.27 9.6 - - 48.89 10.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.21 12.0 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.76 1.3 23.78 8.3 28.90 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.47 .9 € € 28.50 .9 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.11 2.1 € € 29.15 2.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.14 3.2 € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.65 6.9 € € 30.88 6.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.43 15.9 - - 20.29 20.0 Librarians.................................................. 20.43 15.9 € € 20.29 20.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.51 6.0 14.56 13.4 15.83 6.1 Social workers.............................................. 15.38 5.9 € € 15.83 6.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.26 14.7 28.31 16.0 - - Technical....................................................... 23.74 11.9 25.17 13.7 17.56 10.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.88 10.7 16.82 10.8 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.92 3.7 15.45 1.7 18.24 16.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.80 4.2 17.79 2.8 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.69 9.0 23.97 9.8 € € Drafters.................................................... 30.57 8.5 30.57 8.5 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.98 15.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 3.6 35.97 3.8 28.11 7.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.67 4.1 39.26 4.2 29.22 8.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.01 13.8 € € 25.96 13.9 Financial managers.......................................... 38.31 17.3 38.87 18.1 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $38.83 9.4 $38.83 9.4 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.20 6.8 € € $37.49 7.0 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.55 9.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.19 5.4 43.61 4.4 € € Management related............................................ 30.42 6.9 31.17 7.1 21.37 14.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 6.1 25.56 6.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 40.31 7.4 40.31 7.4 € € Management analysts......................................... 25.78 17.8 25.78 17.8 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 23.82 16.0 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.31 8.5 25.10 9.8 € € Sales............................................................. 17.28 7.0 17.39 7.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.57 11.6 22.57 11.6 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 17.43 12.3 17.43 12.3 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.88 9.6 27.88 9.6 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.17 7.8 13.17 7.8 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 22.67 7.0 22.67 7.0 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.45 5.3 8.45 5.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.23 6.5 9.17 7.8 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.96 13.1 15.96 13.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.64 2.0 14.27 2.5 12.09 2.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.53 7.9 € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 21.01 7.8 21.01 7.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.07 3.5 15.98 3.9 12.58 4.3 Receptionists............................................... 10.74 3.9 10.72 4.2 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.40 10.5 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 14.99 11.6 14.99 11.6 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.53 6.1 € € 13.26 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.22 3.7 13.26 3.9 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.09 6.6 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 18.64 8.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.42 7.8 10.95 7.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.91 8.4 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.30 9.9 16.47 10.2 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.82 4.0 14.29 5.4 11.52 3.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.39 1.8 € € 10.39 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.55 4.0 13.74 5.2 13.13 5.5 Blue collar......................................................... 15.00 3.6 15.09 3.9 13.68 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 3.4 19.60 3.6 15.64 6.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.61 12.5 31.30 11.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.18 8.2 24.42 8.1 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.21 5.3 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.39 6.0 16.47 6.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $18.09 11.0 $18.62 13.3 € € Electricians................................................ 21.45 3.5 21.96 3.7 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.50 8.5 17.50 8.5 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.49 12.4 10.12 13.1 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 26.15 9.1 28.24 7.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 19.37 4.3 19.37 4.3 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.52 3.6 18.52 3.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.46 1.3 25.46 1.3 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.22 9.3 12.21 9.3 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.08 13.0 14.08 13.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.80 6.6 14.80 6.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.47 12.3 10.47 12.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.02 10.3 14.02 10.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.77 4.4 14.87 4.8 $13.91 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 15.30 8.9 15.44 9.1 € € Bus drivers................................................. 15.00 5.8 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.85 5.3 9.85 5.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.67 16.5 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.03 5.6 9.94 6.2 10.94 4.4 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.26 5.6 € € 10.52 5.8 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.48 9.5 10.46 11.7 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.47 9.4 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.37 9.9 10.37 9.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.13 10.1 10.13 10.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.37 9.2 14.37 9.2 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.38 9.4 9.23 10.0 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.12 6.1 8.12 6.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.48 13.8 9.28 15.4 11.53 11.5 Service............................................................. 11.12 4.2 8.91 5.8 13.66 4.2 Protective service............................................ 16.56 4.1 10.29 2.6 17.11 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.63 4.0 € € 19.63 4.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.32 3.0 € € 18.32 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.17 2.5 € € 12.17 2.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.52 2.8 10.29 2.6 € € Food service.................................................. 8.23 5.7 8.05 6.9 9.10 3.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.02 24.0 5.02 24.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.70 30.9 4.70 30.9 € € Other food service........................................... 9.12 3.8 9.12 4.7 9.10 3.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.26 8.5 14.26 8.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.10 3.8 8.10 3.8 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.96 4.1 7.77 4.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.49 4.8 8.00 7.5 9.22 2.9 Health service................................................ $10.67 2.9 $9.46 5.1 $11.74 4.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 6.0 € € 12.25 7.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.88 4.2 9.21 6.3 11.07 5.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.53 5.5 7.89 7.7 9.73 3.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.84 2.9 6.85 2.9 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.70 6.5 7.77 9.8 9.76 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 13.35 17.4 15.04 22.9 10.50 10.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $8.26 5.3 $7.99 5.5 $12.51 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 8.48 6.2 8.18 6.6 12.51 7.0 White collar........................................................ 11.22 7.3 10.87 8.0 15.32 10.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.45 9.6 15.48 11.3 15.32 10.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.47 7.4 24.22 8.1 17.85 10.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.52 7.6 28.57 5.8 17.85 10.7 Health related................................................ 29.50 5.7 29.88 5.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 26.60 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 19.14 11.1 - - 19.20 11.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.29 20.8 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 16.91 6.5 16.91 6.5 € € Sales............................................................. 7.11 4.3 7.11 4.3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.97 1.3 6.97 1.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.00 4.9 7.00 4.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.75 6.2 10.85 6.5 9.71 19.9 Blue collar......................................................... 8.07 7.3 7.72 7.7 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.94 20.9 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.63 5.5 7.63 5.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.97 2.5 5.97 2.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.57 5.3 10.57 5.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.98 2.8 6.98 2.8 € € Service............................................................. 6.21 6.0 6.14 6.2 8.31 4.2 Protective service............................................ 8.66 7.7 8.64 7.8 - - Food service.................................................. 5.21 7.1 5.05 7.2 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.63 17.7 3.63 17.7 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.39 19.0 3.39 19.0 € € Other food service........................................... 6.07 4.1 5.88 3.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.88 7.2 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.02 6.5 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. $5.87 4.0 $5.86 4.0 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.87 4.1 5.86 4.1 € € 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $793 2.6 40.0 $793 3.3 40.2 $793 2.6 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 798 2.7 39.9 799 3.5 40.1 794 2.6 39.5 White collar........................................................ 973 2.5 40.0 998 3.2 40.3 912 3.1 39.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,005 2.6 39.9 1,047 3.3 40.1 915 3.1 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,154 2.9 39.6 1,198 4.2 39.9 1,086 3.0 39.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,221 2.6 39.9 1,298 3.9 40.7 1,128 2.8 39.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,468 5.5 41.2 1,468 5.5 41.2 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 1,839 5.7 40.0 1,839 5.7 40.0 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 1,565 12.1 42.4 1,565 12.1 42.4 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,545 6.4 41.7 1,545 6.4 41.7 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,185 4.7 40.3 1,191 4.8 40.3 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,181 4.8 40.3 1,187 4.9 40.3 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 1,048 8.5 40.0 1,143 9.8 40.0 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 1,341 11.7 40.0 1,341 11.7 40.0 € € € Health related................................................ 1,060 2.4 39.9 1,039 2.7 39.9 1,092 4.2 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 1,019 1.7 39.8 1,006 1.9 39.9 1,039 3.1 39.8 Pharmacists................................................. 1,433 1.2 40.0 1,435 2.0 40.0 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,885 10.2 38.3 - - - 1,864 11.0 38.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 2,080 13.1 37.7 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,118 1.3 38.9 951 8.3 40.0 1,123 1.3 38.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,095 1.1 38.5 € € € 1,096 1.0 38.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,135 1.6 39.0 € € € 1,136 1.6 39.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,082 3.4 39.9 € € € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,220 6.9 39.8 € € € 1,229 6.9 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 807 16.7 39.5 - - - 799 21.0 39.4 Librarians.................................................. 807 16.7 39.5 € € € 799 21.0 39.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 620 6.0 40.0 582 13.4 40.0 633 6.1 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 615 5.9 40.0 € € € 633 6.1 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,130 14.7 40.0 1,132 16.0 40.0 - - - Technical....................................................... 909 10.3 38.3 954 11.6 37.9 702 10.9 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 673 10.6 39.9 670 10.7 39.9 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 635 3.7 39.9 616 1.7 39.9 730 16.1 40.0 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 712 4.2 40.0 711 2.8 40.0 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 908 9.0 40.0 959 9.8 40.0 € € € Drafters.................................................... 1,223 8.5 40.0 1,223 8.5 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 778 15.8 41.0 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,407 3.7 40.9 $1,478 3.9 41.1 $1,123 7.5 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,506 4.4 41.1 1,628 4.4 41.5 1,167 8.1 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,041 13.8 40.0 € € € 1,038 13.9 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,591 17.1 41.5 1,617 17.8 41.6 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,574 10.3 40.5 1,574 10.3 40.5 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,486 6.8 40.0 € € € 1,500 7.0 40.0 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 653 9.8 39.5 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,725 5.6 41.9 1,836 4.3 42.1 € € € Management related............................................ 1,231 6.9 40.5 1,263 7.2 40.5 855 14.4 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,023 6.1 40.0 1,023 6.1 40.0 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 1,679 5.1 41.6 1,679 5.1 41.6 € € € Management analysts......................................... 1,032 19.6 40.0 1,032 19.6 40.0 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 953 16.0 40.0 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,034 8.1 40.8 1,029 9.3 41.0 € € € Sales............................................................. 713 7.4 41.3 718 7.4 41.3 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 914 12.0 40.5 914 12.0 40.5 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 697 12.3 40.0 697 12.3 40.0 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,109 9.9 39.8 1,109 9.9 39.8 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 719 9.7 54.6 719 9.7 54.6 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 1,105 7.4 48.7 1,105 7.4 48.7 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 324 4.3 38.3 324 4.3 38.3 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 357 7.8 38.7 353 9.2 38.4 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 626 13.6 39.2 626 13.6 39.2 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 542 2.1 39.7 567 2.6 39.8 480 2.4 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 581 7.9 40.0 € € € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 841 7.7 40.0 841 7.7 40.0 € € € Secretaries................................................. 601 3.5 39.9 637 3.9 39.9 501 4.3 39.8 Receptionists............................................... 400 6.8 37.2 399 7.3 37.2 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 616 10.5 40.0 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 600 11.6 40.0 600 11.6 40.0 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 538 6.2 39.8 € € € 526 5.8 39.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 529 3.7 40.0 530 3.9 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 445 6.7 40.1 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 746 8.5 40.0 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 457 7.8 40.0 438 7.2 40.0 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 436 8.4 40.0 € € € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 649 9.7 39.8 656 10.0 39.8 € € € General office clerks....................................... 512 4.0 40.0 572 5.4 40.0 460 3.8 39.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 404 2.0 38.9 € € € 404 2.0 38.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $541 4.0 39.9 $548 5.2 39.9 $525 5.5 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 606 3.7 40.4 611 4.0 40.5 539 4.2 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 777 3.5 40.2 789 3.7 40.2 625 6.4 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,144 12.5 40.0 1,252 11.8 40.0 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 1,078 8.6 44.6 1,093 8.5 44.8 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 608 5.3 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 656 6.0 40.0 659 6.1 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 724 11.0 40.0 745 13.3 40.0 € € € Electricians................................................ 858 3.5 40.0 878 3.7 40.0 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 700 8.5 40.0 700 8.5 40.0 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 419 12.4 40.0 405 13.1 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 1,046 9.1 40.0 1,129 7.2 40.0 € € € Machinists.................................................. 775 4.3 40.0 775 4.3 40.0 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 785 5.5 42.4 785 5.5 42.4 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 1,018 1.3 40.0 1,018 1.3 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 488 9.3 40.0 488 9.3 40.0 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 563 13.0 40.0 563 13.0 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 592 6.6 40.0 592 6.6 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 419 12.3 40.0 419 12.3 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 561 10.3 40.0 561 10.5 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 623 5.1 42.2 636 5.6 42.8 526 6.2 37.8 Truck drivers............................................... 679 8.6 44.4 688 8.7 44.5 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 563 8.3 37.5 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 392 5.4 39.8 392 5.4 39.8 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 627 16.5 40.0 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 400 5.6 39.8 396 6.2 39.8 438 4.4 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 411 5.6 40.0 € € € 421 5.8 40.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 419 9.5 40.0 419 11.7 40.0 € € € Construction laborers....................................... 339 9.4 40.0 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 418 10.0 40.3 418 10.0 40.3 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 392 11.1 38.7 392 11.1 38.7 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 554 10.8 38.5 554 10.8 38.5 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 375 9.4 40.0 369 10.0 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 325 6.1 40.0 325 6.1 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 379 13.9 39.9 371 15.4 39.9 461 11.5 40.0 Service............................................................. 433 4.2 38.9 340 5.2 38.2 543 4.6 39.8 Protective service............................................ $678 4.4 40.9 $411 2.6 40.0 $702 4.2 41.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 785 4.0 40.0 € € € 785 4.0 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 733 2.9 40.0 € € € 733 2.9 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 487 2.5 40.0 € € € 487 2.5 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 421 2.8 40.0 411 2.6 40.0 € € € Food service.................................................. 314 7.5 38.1 314 9.1 39.0 311 5.3 34.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 184 26.1 36.7 184 26.1 36.7 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 171 33.1 36.5 171 33.1 36.5 € € € Other food service........................................... 351 5.1 38.5 364 6.2 39.9 311 5.3 34.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 683 8.7 47.9 683 8.7 47.9 € € € Cooks....................................................... 312 5.2 38.6 312 5.2 38.6 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 289 4.8 36.4 288 5.4 37.0 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 316 4.8 37.2 316 7.6 39.6 316 5.3 34.3 Health service................................................ 420 3.1 39.3 368 5.7 38.8 467 4.2 39.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 479 6.0 39.9 € € € 488 7.0 39.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 386 4.6 39.0 356 7.0 38.6 440 5.5 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 340 5.5 39.9 314 7.7 39.8 389 3.8 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 272 3.0 39.7 272 3.1 39.7 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 348 6.5 40.0 310 9.8 39.9 391 3.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 440 9.8 32.9 448 12.8 29.8 420 10.9 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $39,726 2.6 2,004 $41,097 3.3 2,082 $35,984 2.6 1,792 All excluding sales............................................... 39,890 2.7 1,996 41,417 3.5 2,077 36,038 2.6 1,791 White collar........................................................ 47,883 2.5 1,969 51,710 3.2 2,086 39,960 3.1 1,726 White collar excluding sales.................................... 49,096 2.6 1,949 54,194 3.3 2,075 40,055 3.1 1,724 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,410 2.9 1,866 61,684 4.2 2,052 45,310 3.0 1,634 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,262 2.6 1,840 66,858 3.9 2,094 46,064 2.8 1,596 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,318 5.5 2,144 76,318 5.5 2,144 € € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 95,643 5.7 2,080 95,643 5.7 2,080 € € € Civil engineers............................................. 81,358 12.1 2,207 81,358 12.1 2,207 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 80,346 6.4 2,167 80,346 6.4 2,167 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,636 4.7 2,097 61,945 4.8 2,097 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 61,429 4.8 2,097 61,740 4.9 2,097 € € € Natural scientists............................................ 54,503 8.5 2,080 59,420 9.8 2,080 - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 69,742 11.7 2,080 69,742 11.7 2,080 € € € Health related................................................ 53,071 2.4 1,997 52,720 2.7 2,024 53,603 4.2 1,955 Registered nurses........................................... 51,366 1.7 2,009 51,214 1.9 2,031 51,598 3.1 1,976 Pharmacists................................................. 71,279 1.2 1,990 69,198 2.0 1,930 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 81,458 10.2 1,653 - - - 80,388 11.0 1,644 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 95,954 13.1 1,738 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 42,449 1.3 1,476 40,722 8.3 1,713 42,493 1.3 1,470 Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,997 1.1 1,440 € € € 41,006 1.0 1,439 Secondary school teachers................................... 42,582 1.6 1,463 € € € 42,553 1.6 1,460 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 41,889 3.4 1,543 € € € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 51,712 6.9 1,687 € € € 51,937 6.9 1,682 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 36,255 16.7 1,775 - - - 35,236 21.0 1,736 Librarians.................................................. 36,255 16.7 1,775 € € € 35,236 21.0 1,736 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 31,660 6.0 2,042 28,208 13.4 1,938 32,927 6.1 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 31,362 5.9 2,039 € € € 32,927 6.1 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 58,775 14.7 2,080 58,881 16.0 2,080 - - - Technical....................................................... 46,863 10.3 1,974 49,104 11.6 1,951 36,517 10.9 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 34,282 10.6 2,031 34,143 10.7 2,030 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,592 3.7 2,047 31,519 1.7 2,040 37,948 16.1 2,080 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 35,625 4.2 2,002 35,322 2.8 1,986 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 47,196 9.0 2,080 49,856 9.8 2,080 € € € Drafters.................................................... 63,591 8.5 2,080 63,591 8.5 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 40,448 15.8 2,132 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $72,588 3.7 2,107 $76,790 3.9 2,135 $56,201 7.5 1,999 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 77,511 4.4 2,114 84,583 4.4 2,155 58,586 8.1 2,005 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 53,607 13.8 2,061 € € € 53,491 13.9 2,061 Financial managers.......................................... 82,727 17.1 2,160 84,106 17.8 2,164 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 81,858 10.3 2,108 81,858 10.3 2,108 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 72,916 6.8 1,960 € € € 73,866 7.0 1,970 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 31,274 9.8 1,890 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 89,683 5.6 2,177 95,467 4.3 2,189 € € € Management related............................................ 63,729 6.9 2,095 65,671 7.2 2,107 41,924 14.4 1,962 Accountants and auditors.................................... 53,171 6.1 2,080 53,171 6.1 2,080 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 87,297 5.1 2,166 87,297 5.1 2,166 € € € Management analysts......................................... 53,685 19.6 2,082 53,685 19.6 2,082 € € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 49,536 16.0 2,080 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,773 8.1 2,085 53,529 9.3 2,132 € € € Sales............................................................. 37,074 7.4 2,146 37,340 7.4 2,147 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 47,545 12.0 2,106 47,545 12.0 2,106 € € € Sales, other business services.............................. 36,250 12.3 2,080 36,250 12.3 2,080 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 57,690 9.9 2,069 57,690 9.9 2,069 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 37,398 9.7 2,840 37,398 9.7 2,840 € € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 57,440 7.4 2,534 57,440 7.4 2,534 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16,833 4.3 1,992 16,833 4.3 1,992 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 18,569 7.8 2,011 18,331 9.2 1,998 € € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 32,544 13.6 2,039 32,544 13.6 2,039 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,168 2.1 1,992 29,493 2.6 2,067 22,095 2.4 1,828 Supervisors, general office................................. 30,229 7.9 2,080 € € € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 43,749 7.7 2,082 43,749 7.7 2,082 € € € Secretaries................................................. 30,646 3.5 2,033 33,148 3.9 2,074 24,271 4.3 1,929 Receptionists............................................... 20,582 6.8 1,916 20,742 7.3 1,935 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 32,037 10.5 2,080 € € € € € € Order clerks................................................ 31,182 11.6 2,080 31,182 11.6 2,080 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,677 6.2 2,046 € € € 26,834 5.8 2,024 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,326 3.7 2,067 27,585 3.9 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 23,126 6.7 2,085 € € € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 38,767 8.5 2,080 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 23,749 7.8 2,080 22,782 7.2 2,080 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 22,686 8.4 2,080 € € € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 33,752 9.7 2,071 34,096 10.0 2,070 € € € General office clerks....................................... 25,309 4.0 1,974 29,733 5.4 2,080 21,767 3.8 1,890 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,085 2.0 1,452 € € € 15,085 2.0 1,452 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $27,863 4.0 2,057 $28,515 5.2 2,076 $26,478 5.5 2,016 Blue collar......................................................... 31,402 3.7 2,094 31,740 4.0 2,103 27,057 4.2 1,978 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,407 3.5 2,091 41,014 3.7 2,092 32,523 6.4 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 59,501 12.5 2,080 65,105 11.8 2,080 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 56,079 8.6 2,320 56,837 8.5 2,328 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 31,633 5.3 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 34,095 6.0 2,080 34,258 6.1 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,626 11.0 2,080 38,730 13.3 2,080 € € € Electricians................................................ 44,616 3.5 2,080 45,674 3.7 2,080 € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 36,393 8.5 2,080 36,393 8.5 2,080 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 21,814 12.4 2,080 21,048 13.1 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 54,388 9.1 2,080 58,729 7.2 2,080 € € € Machinists.................................................. 40,288 4.3 2,080 40,288 4.3 2,080 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 40,838 5.5 2,205 40,838 5.5 2,205 € € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 52,947 1.3 2,080 52,947 1.3 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,386 9.3 2,078 25,378 9.3 2,078 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,291 13.0 2,080 29,291 13.0 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 30,777 6.6 2,080 30,777 6.6 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 21,768 12.3 2,080 21,768 12.3 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,166 10.3 2,080 29,160 10.5 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 31,838 5.1 2,155 32,913 5.6 2,213 24,435 6.2 1,757 Truck drivers............................................... 35,307 8.6 2,308 35,753 8.7 2,315 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 25,865 8.3 1,724 € € € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20,373 5.4 2,068 20,373 5.4 2,068 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 32,584 16.5 2,080 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,762 5.6 2,069 20,579 6.2 2,071 22,446 4.4 2,052 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,021 5.6 2,048 € € € 21,462 5.8 2,039 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 21,804 9.5 2,080 21,764 11.7 2,080 € € € Construction laborers....................................... 17,622 9.4 2,080 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 21,734 10.0 2,095 21,734 10.0 2,095 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,391 11.1 2,013 20,391 11.1 2,013 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 28,792 10.8 2,004 28,792 10.8 2,004 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 19,511 9.4 2,080 19,201 10.0 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 16,882 6.1 2,080 16,882 6.1 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,625 13.9 2,071 19,274 15.4 2,076 23,212 11.5 2,013 Service............................................................. 21,758 4.2 1,956 17,566 5.2 1,972 26,477 4.6 1,938 Protective service............................................ $35,209 4.4 2,127 $21,397 2.6 2,080 $36,451 4.2 2,131 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40,709 4.0 2,073 € € € 40,709 4.0 2,073 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 38,140 2.9 2,082 € € € 38,140 2.9 2,082 Correctional institution officers........................... 25,316 2.5 2,080 € € € 25,316 2.5 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 21,889 2.8 2,080 21,397 2.6 2,080 € € € Food service.................................................. 15,235 7.5 1,851 16,247 9.1 2,017 11,994 5.3 1,318 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,406 26.1 1,873 9,406 26.1 1,873 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 8,710 33.1 1,853 8,710 33.1 1,853 € € € Other food service........................................... 16,818 5.1 1,845 18,910 6.2 2,073 11,994 5.3 1,318 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 35,525 8.7 2,491 35,525 8.7 2,491 € € € Cooks....................................................... 16,233 5.2 2,005 16,233 5.2 2,005 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 13,975 4.8 1,756 14,931 5.4 1,921 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,274 4.8 1,681 16,445 7.6 2,057 12,219 5.3 1,325 Health service................................................ 21,463 3.1 2,012 18,785 5.7 1,985 23,903 4.2 2,036 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,917 6.0 2,072 € € € 25,369 7.0 2,071 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,518 4.6 1,975 18,124 7.0 1,967 22,017 5.5 1,990 Cleaning and building service................................. 17,408 5.5 2,041 16,234 7.7 2,056 19,590 3.8 2,013 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,868 3.0 2,026 13,867 3.1 2,025 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,804 6.5 2,046 16,126 9.8 2,076 19,647 3.8 2,012 Personal service.............................................. 21,241 9.8 1,591 23,312 12.8 1,550 17,492 10.9 1,666 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.94 2.6 $18.65 3.3 $19.93 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.20 2.7 18.95 3.5 19.97 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.73 2.5 23.99 3.2 23.06 3.1 1....................................................... 7.93 3.8 7.73 3.5 € € 2....................................................... 10.28 3.8 10.36 4.5 9.88 2.7 3....................................................... 10.55 2.4 10.37 3.8 10.80 2.1 4....................................................... 14.59 3.5 14.86 4.2 13.50 2.9 5....................................................... 15.78 2.6 16.12 2.9 14.24 4.8 6....................................................... 21.06 3.4 20.80 4.2 21.93 5.1 7....................................................... 25.60 2.4 24.05 4.1 26.91 2.7 8....................................................... 26.72 2.6 26.75 3.6 26.69 3.6 9....................................................... 30.07 3.6 30.41 4.6 28.98 3.6 10........................................................ 43.31 11.3 44.82 12.2 31.54 7.4 11........................................................ 38.07 4.9 39.49 5.8 33.29 3.6 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 46.35 3.5 49.93 11.8 13........................................................ 52.38 5.8 53.14 6.3 € € 14........................................................ 68.62 6.1 63.41 7.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.45 10.0 26.48 10.8 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.95 2.5 25.78 3.3 23.13 3.1 1....................................................... 9.47 4.7 9.39 6.1 € € 2....................................................... 10.73 3.8 10.89 4.5 9.95 3.1 3....................................................... 10.75 1.9 10.71 3.2 10.80 2.1 4....................................................... 13.97 2.2 14.16 2.8 13.50 2.9 5....................................................... 16.12 2.6 16.61 3.0 14.24 4.8 6....................................................... 21.19 2.6 20.93 3.0 21.93 5.1 7....................................................... 25.79 2.4 24.31 4.1 26.91 2.7 8....................................................... 26.95 2.7 27.14 3.8 26.69 3.6 9....................................................... 30.53 3.5 31.04 4.4 28.98 3.6 10........................................................ 44.02 11.6 45.75 12.6 31.54 7.4 11........................................................ 37.88 5.2 39.37 6.2 33.29 3.6 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 46.35 3.5 49.93 11.8 13........................................................ 52.38 5.8 53.14 6.3 € € 14........................................................ 68.62 6.1 63.41 7.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.48 10.7 26.52 11.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.01 3.0 29.92 4.4 27.58 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.46 2.5 31.86 3.8 28.68 2.8 5....................................................... 17.79 7.9 18.73 10.1 15.29 8.9 6....................................................... 25.62 4.1 24.80 5.5 26.70 5.7 7....................................................... 27.56 2.2 27.78 3.7 27.47 2.6 8....................................................... 28.45 2.5 29.68 3.9 27.31 3.2 9....................................................... 29.17 3.1 29.45 4.1 28.49 4.0 10........................................................ 34.63 4.0 35.57 3.6 31.33 9.3 11........................................................ 38.64 10.6 41.20 11.9 30.58 3.8 12........................................................ 45.96 4.3 45.80 4.5 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $35.60 5.4 $35.60 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 24.49 10.5 24.49 10.5 € € 7....................................................... 27.85 6.4 27.85 6.4 € € 8....................................................... 35.04 5.1 35.04 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 30.30 5.5 30.30 5.5 € € 10........................................................ 36.30 3.7 36.30 3.7 € € 11........................................................ 42.76 13.7 42.76 13.7 € € 12........................................................ 44.69 4.3 44.69 4.3 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.98 5.7 45.98 5.7 € € Civil engineers............................................. 36.86 8.8 36.86 8.8 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.08 6.9 37.08 6.9 € € 7....................................................... 28.68 6.7 28.68 6.7 € € 8....................................................... 36.95 6.6 36.95 6.6 € € 10........................................................ 35.90 4.2 35.90 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 41.69 5.8 41.69 5.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.40 4.9 29.54 4.9 - - 8....................................................... 26.64 8.3 26.64 8.5 € € 9....................................................... 28.71 6.9 28.86 6.9 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.30 5.0 29.44 5.0 € € 8....................................................... 25.93 8.4 25.90 8.7 € € 9....................................................... 28.71 6.9 28.86 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.20 8.5 28.57 9.8 - - 7....................................................... 31.37 6.5 € € € € Geologists and geodesists................................... 33.53 11.7 33.53 11.7 € € Health related................................................ 26.79 2.3 26.46 2.6 $27.37 4.2 7....................................................... 28.05 5.4 26.18 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 25.71 3.0 26.81 4.9 24.44 2.9 9....................................................... 28.69 6.5 27.10 9.6 € € Registered nurses........................................... 25.62 1.7 25.35 1.9 26.07 3.1 7....................................................... 26.33 3.2 26.12 4.0 € € 8....................................................... 24.93 2.0 25.58 2.4 24.44 2.9 9....................................................... 27.02 5.7 23.48 2.5 € € Pharmacists................................................. 35.63 1.1 35.56 1.5 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.19 10.0 - - 46.81 10.7 7....................................................... 32.19 10.4 € € 32.19 10.4 9....................................................... 34.13 14.7 € € 37.56 12.5 10........................................................ 41.32 18.7 € € 41.32 18.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 53.68 12.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.59 1.3 23.33 6.7 28.77 1.3 6....................................................... 28.52 1.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 28.36 2.0 25.46 11.2 28.46 2.0 8....................................................... 29.64 3.9 € € 29.64 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.47 .9 € € 28.50 .9 7....................................................... 28.20 1.4 € € 28.14 1.4 8....................................................... 28.54 2.1 € € 28.54 2.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.11 2.1 € € 29.15 2.1 7....................................................... $29.22 2.6 € € € € 8....................................................... 28.99 3.1 € € $28.99 3.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.78 3.7 $18.27 4.3 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.42 6.9 € € 30.88 6.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.39 15.3 - - 20.25 19.0 Librarians.................................................. 20.39 15.3 € € 20.25 19.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.47 5.9 14.56 13.4 15.78 6.1 7....................................................... 16.14 5.2 € € € € Social workers.............................................. 15.35 5.8 € € 15.78 6.1 7....................................................... 16.14 5.2 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.12 14.1 28.31 16.0 - - Technical....................................................... 23.56 11.7 24.90 13.3 17.56 10.9 4....................................................... 14.86 2.4 14.86 3.0 € € 5....................................................... 16.20 4.7 16.83 3.8 € € 6....................................................... 20.20 5.2 20.97 5.1 16.17 11.2 7....................................................... 21.85 8.1 22.75 8.9 € € 8....................................................... 26.56 9.0 24.62 5.7 € € 9....................................................... 30.36 11.3 30.28 13.2 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.87 10.5 16.81 10.6 € € 6....................................................... 19.01 6.9 18.96 7.1 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.03 3.6 15.60 2.0 18.24 16.1 4....................................................... 14.89 1.7 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.94 1.7 15.94 1.8 € € 6....................................................... 16.90 6.9 16.90 6.9 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.59 4.3 17.54 3.4 € € 5....................................................... 16.43 3.3 € € € € 6....................................................... 18.28 5.1 € € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.69 9.0 23.97 9.8 € € Drafters.................................................... 30.57 8.5 30.57 8.5 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.98 15.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 3.6 35.97 3.8 28.11 7.4 5....................................................... 18.95 6.8 20.92 7.7 € € 6....................................................... 21.55 7.9 22.47 8.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.89 8.6 20.32 10.9 22.41 7.6 8....................................................... 25.06 6.9 25.73 8.4 € € 9....................................................... 34.15 8.9 34.88 10.5 30.67 8.6 10........................................................ 39.68 8.9 40.23 9.3 € € 11........................................................ 36.62 3.4 37.06 4.4 € € 12........................................................ 47.53 4.8 47.09 4.9 € € 13........................................................ 52.34 6.7 52.80 7.2 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.67 4.1 39.26 4.2 29.22 8.1 7....................................................... 25.57 8.9 € € € € 8....................................................... $22.11 8.1 $21.14 11.5 € € 9....................................................... 34.93 10.7 36.08 13.1 $30.67 8.6 10........................................................ 34.92 7.8 35.48 9.4 € € 11........................................................ 36.42 4.0 36.58 5.3 € € 12........................................................ 48.06 5.7 47.56 5.9 € € 13........................................................ 52.37 7.1 52.86 7.7 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.01 13.8 € € 25.96 13.9 Financial managers.......................................... 38.31 17.3 38.87 18.1 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.83 9.4 38.83 9.4 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.20 6.8 € € 37.49 7.0 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.55 9.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.19 5.4 43.61 4.4 € € 9....................................................... 33.38 6.6 33.38 6.6 € € 10........................................................ 36.32 10.6 36.32 10.6 € € 11........................................................ 38.24 7.3 38.24 7.3 € € 12........................................................ 49.13 5.6 49.13 5.6 € € 13........................................................ 53.25 8.6 53.25 8.6 € € Management related............................................ 30.42 6.9 31.17 7.1 21.37 14.4 6....................................................... 21.47 8.4 22.45 9.6 € € 7....................................................... 17.61 8.7 17.87 9.3 € € 8....................................................... 29.86 8.8 29.93 9.2 € € 9....................................................... 30.74 5.0 30.74 5.0 € € 10........................................................ 42.88 11.8 42.88 11.8 € € 11........................................................ 37.58 3.8 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 6.1 25.56 6.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 40.31 7.4 40.31 7.4 € € Management analysts......................................... 25.78 17.8 25.78 17.8 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 23.82 16.0 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.31 8.5 25.10 9.8 € € Sales............................................................. 15.46 7.0 15.53 7.1 - - 1....................................................... 7.34 3.0 7.34 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 7.94 7.0 7.62 7.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.61 8.0 9.61 8.0 € € 4....................................................... 16.02 9.7 16.02 9.7 € € 5....................................................... 13.05 8.7 13.05 8.7 € € 6....................................................... 20.05 22.7 20.05 22.7 € € 7....................................................... 21.57 16.8 21.57 16.8 € € 8....................................................... 22.63 5.6 22.63 5.6 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.57 11.6 22.57 11.6 € € 6....................................................... 21.35 19.6 21.35 19.6 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 17.07 12.1 17.07 12.1 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.88 9.6 27.88 9.6 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.17 7.8 13.17 7.8 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 22.67 7.0 22.67 7.0 € € 4....................................................... 22.63 7.7 22.63 7.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ $8.03 3.8 $8.03 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 7.31 3.1 7.31 3.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.90 5.1 7.78 5.4 € € 2....................................................... 7.56 9.9 6.86 7.7 € € 3....................................................... 8.80 6.9 8.80 6.9 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.96 13.1 15.96 13.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.51 2.0 14.07 2.5 $12.05 2.4 1....................................................... 9.49 4.7 9.42 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.82 4.0 11.03 4.5 9.61 1.3 3....................................................... 10.76 1.9 10.72 3.4 10.80 2.1 4....................................................... 13.79 2.5 14.00 3.3 13.33 3.2 5....................................................... 14.87 3.2 15.18 3.6 13.24 6.0 6....................................................... 17.32 3.4 17.74 3.7 15.51 5.8 7....................................................... 20.38 5.9 20.49 6.0 € € 8....................................................... 18.50 9.1 18.76 9.5 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 14.53 7.9 € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 21.01 7.8 21.01 7.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.09 3.4 16.01 3.8 12.54 4.3 3....................................................... 11.56 3.3 € € 10.85 3.5 4....................................................... 14.52 3.4 14.97 4.4 13.39 3.6 5....................................................... 16.12 2.8 16.12 2.8 € € Receptionists............................................... 10.65 3.6 10.62 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 10.96 3.6 10.96 3.6 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.42 12.0 13.65 12.9 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.99 11.6 14.99 11.6 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.53 8.3 € € 9.53 8.3 File clerks................................................. 10.11 5.9 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.50 5.8 13.85 11.2 13.26 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.22 3.7 13.26 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 13.86 3.0 13.82 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.35 6.1 14.35 6.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.09 6.6 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 18.64 8.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.13 6.3 10.75 5.6 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.72 8.0 10.82 11.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.13 9.5 16.29 9.9 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.77 3.9 14.17 5.3 11.50 3.8 2....................................................... 10.52 4.2 11.31 3.0 € € 3....................................................... 10.67 4.1 10.85 6.2 10.58 5.3 4....................................................... 14.25 5.7 15.88 6.7 12.90 5.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.76 3.4 10.76 3.4 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.39 1.8 € € 10.39 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.69 3.8 13.86 5.0 13.29 5.5 3....................................................... 11.87 5.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.90 3.3 14.22 2.3 € € 6....................................................... $15.55 6.1 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.60 3.5 $14.67 3.7 $13.55 3.9 1....................................................... 7.51 3.5 7.43 3.5 9.80 5.0 2....................................................... 10.36 4.9 10.24 5.2 12.01 7.0 3....................................................... 12.40 4.1 12.28 4.8 13.08 3.5 4....................................................... 14.06 5.5 14.52 5.9 11.35 1.7 5....................................................... 16.32 2.9 16.36 3.0 15.36 11.0 6....................................................... 18.97 5.8 19.21 6.4 16.70 5.1 7....................................................... 21.34 5.2 21.48 5.4 € € 8....................................................... 25.56 9.4 25.56 9.4 € € 9....................................................... 23.32 7.8 23.51 7.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.45 11.4 16.45 11.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.18 3.5 19.44 3.7 15.64 6.4 2....................................................... 9.41 13.1 9.41 13.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.86 9.5 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.54 9.5 15.41 10.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.39 4.2 16.40 4.4 € € 6....................................................... 20.01 4.9 20.40 5.3 16.69 6.3 7....................................................... 21.28 5.9 21.39 6.1 € € 8....................................................... 28.50 10.9 28.50 10.9 € € 9....................................................... 22.65 8.1 22.87 8.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.61 12.5 31.30 11.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.18 8.2 24.42 8.1 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.21 5.3 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.39 6.0 16.47 6.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.09 11.0 18.62 13.3 € € Electricians................................................ 21.45 3.5 21.96 3.7 € € 6....................................................... 20.01 3.8 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.50 8.5 17.50 8.5 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.49 12.4 10.12 13.1 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 26.13 9.0 28.19 7.2 € € 8....................................................... 32.45 9.3 32.45 9.3 € € Machinists.................................................. 19.37 4.3 19.37 4.3 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.52 3.6 18.52 3.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.46 1.3 25.46 1.3 € € 6....................................................... 25.08 1.9 25.08 1.9 € € 7....................................................... 26.09 2.2 26.09 2.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 - - 2....................................................... 9.13 5.0 9.13 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 13.23 9.6 13.23 9.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.63 7.7 13.63 7.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.02 4.6 15.02 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 15.20 7.2 15.20 7.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $13.96 12.7 $13.96 12.7 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.80 6.6 14.80 6.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.44 12.2 10.44 12.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.24 6.1 8.24 6.1 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.02 10.3 14.02 10.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.19 5.2 14.29 5.9 $13.45 4.2 2....................................................... 10.92 8.7 10.79 9.7 € € 3....................................................... 12.16 5.0 11.63 7.5 13.34 4.0 4....................................................... 15.68 8.2 15.94 8.4 € € 5....................................................... 17.52 4.7 17.61 4.8 € € Truck drivers............................................... 15.22 8.8 15.36 9.0 € € 3....................................................... 12.52 9.6 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.24 6.4 € € 13.36 4.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.85 5.3 9.85 5.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.98 5.9 8.98 5.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.23 6.9 10.23 6.9 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.64 16.4 15.93 17.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.69 5.0 9.58 5.5 10.94 4.4 1....................................................... 7.73 3.8 7.62 4.0 9.80 5.0 2....................................................... 10.72 7.4 10.59 8.1 12.11 8.4 3....................................................... 12.32 7.4 12.42 8.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.31 9.0 11.54 15.2 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.26 5.6 € € 10.52 5.8 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.48 9.5 10.46 11.7 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.47 9.4 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.37 9.9 10.37 9.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.40 8.5 8.40 8.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.53 4.0 6.53 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.10 12.7 9.10 12.7 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.89 8.7 12.89 8.7 € € 2....................................................... 12.81 10.7 12.81 10.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.31 9.2 9.16 9.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.13 5.8 8.13 5.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.26 13.0 9.07 14.4 11.53 11.5 1....................................................... 7.42 4.5 7.20 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.92 14.8 10.49 17.4 € € Service............................................................. 9.98 4.4 7.92 5.2 13.55 4.2 1....................................................... 6.60 5.2 6.31 5.5 8.98 3.1 2....................................................... 8.38 4.5 7.51 6.1 9.94 3.1 3....................................................... 8.87 5.8 7.97 7.7 10.35 4.3 4....................................................... 16.15 9.8 15.96 17.4 16.38 6.6 5....................................................... 12.65 2.5 € € 12.69 3.2 6....................................................... 17.90 5.3 € € 18.28 5.1 7....................................................... $18.94 2.8 € € $19.00 3.4 8....................................................... 19.01 3.6 € € 18.69 5.0 Protective service............................................ 15.10 6.6 $9.08 5.7 17.08 3.9 2....................................................... 8.05 7.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.30 3.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 17.35 4.3 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.19 2.7 € € 12.18 2.8 6....................................................... 18.47 4.9 € € 18.48 5.0 7....................................................... 19.00 3.4 € € 19.00 3.4 8....................................................... 18.69 5.0 € € 18.69 5.0 Firefighting................................................ 17.70 3.1 € € 17.70 3.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.63 4.0 € € 19.63 4.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.32 3.0 € € 18.32 3.0 7....................................................... 18.49 3.0 € € 18.49 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.17 2.5 € € 12.17 2.5 Guards and police, except public service 3....................................................... 10.30 3.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.36 5.6 7.10 6.5 8.99 3.3 1....................................................... 6.10 8.8 5.76 9.8 9.13 6.9 2....................................................... 7.13 9.1 6.30 10.3 8.91 3.6 3....................................................... 7.30 10.0 7.30 10.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.67 7.9 9.67 7.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.47 20.1 4.47 20.1 € € 1....................................................... 4.15 29.6 4.15 29.6 € € 2....................................................... 4.74 30.6 4.74 30.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.14 25.0 4.14 25.0 € € 1....................................................... 3.94 35.8 3.94 35.8 € € Other food service........................................... 8.35 3.9 8.21 4.8 8.99 3.3 1....................................................... 7.18 4.0 6.82 3.9 9.13 6.9 2....................................................... 7.68 6.9 6.88 8.2 8.91 3.6 3....................................................... 7.88 11.2 7.88 11.2 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.26 8.5 14.26 8.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 7.88 3.9 7.88 3.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.39 5.9 7.19 6.6 € € 1....................................................... 7.78 4.5 7.52 4.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.78 13.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.84 5.8 7.17 7.8 9.15 2.7 1....................................................... 6.82 5.6 6.41 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.74 4.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.12 5.4 8.75 9.0 11.74 4.3 2....................................................... 9.82 3.6 8.66 4.8 11.27 4.6 3....................................................... 8.72 14.5 7.71 18.8 € € 4....................................................... 13.56 8.0 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 6.0 € € 12.25 7.1 4....................................................... 12.90 8.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.22 7.5 8.47 9.9 11.07 5.4 2....................................................... $9.51 4.0 $8.45 5.6 $11.13 6.1 3....................................................... 7.83 17.6 7.71 18.8 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.74 6.7 7.10 7.4 9.73 3.8 1....................................................... 6.79 6.1 6.54 6.0 8.61 1.4 2....................................................... 9.12 6.4 8.05 8.9 9.73 5.9 3....................................................... 10.45 5.3 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.79 3.1 6.79 3.1 € € 1....................................................... 6.80 3.7 6.80 3.7 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.69 7.8 6.79 7.8 9.76 3.8 1....................................................... 6.79 7.6 6.47 7.4 8.67 1.1 2....................................................... 9.64 5.0 € € 9.73 5.9 3....................................................... 10.60 5.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 12.87 16.9 14.40 22.8 10.33 10.3 2....................................................... 7.52 8.6 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.79 5.2 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.12 5.3 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $19.82 2.6 $19.74 3.3 $20.08 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.99 2.7 19.94 3.5 20.12 2.6 White collar........................................................ 24.32 2.5 24.79 3.2 23.16 3.1 1....................................................... 9.20 4.0 8.96 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.59 3.9 10.75 4.6 9.92 2.7 3....................................................... 10.74 2.1 10.68 3.4 10.81 2.1 4....................................................... 14.73 3.5 15.04 4.2 13.48 2.9 5....................................................... 15.83 2.6 16.16 2.9 14.34 4.8 6....................................................... 21.07 3.5 20.79 4.3 21.97 5.2 7....................................................... 25.72 2.4 24.12 4.1 27.08 2.6 8....................................................... 26.64 2.6 26.59 3.7 26.71 3.6 9....................................................... 30.13 3.6 30.49 4.6 28.98 3.6 10........................................................ 43.32 11.3 44.82 12.2 31.53 7.5 11........................................................ 38.07 4.9 39.49 5.8 33.29 3.6 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 46.35 3.5 49.93 11.8 13........................................................ 52.38 5.8 53.14 6.3 € € 14........................................................ 68.62 6.1 63.41 7.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.27 10.0 27.43 10.6 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.19 2.5 26.11 3.3 23.24 3.1 1....................................................... 9.97 4.1 9.85 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.84 4.1 11.03 4.8 9.99 3.1 3....................................................... 10.84 2.0 10.87 3.5 10.81 2.1 4....................................................... 13.98 2.2 14.18 2.8 13.48 2.9 5....................................................... 16.14 2.7 16.60 3.0 14.34 4.8 6....................................................... 21.20 2.6 20.92 3.0 21.97 5.2 7....................................................... 25.92 2.4 24.40 4.1 27.08 2.6 8....................................................... 26.87 2.7 26.99 4.0 26.71 3.6 9....................................................... 30.59 3.6 31.13 4.5 28.98 3.6 10........................................................ 44.03 11.6 45.75 12.6 31.53 7.5 11........................................................ 37.88 5.2 39.37 6.2 33.29 3.6 12........................................................ 46.63 3.4 46.35 3.5 49.93 11.8 13........................................................ 52.38 5.8 53.14 6.3 € € 14........................................................ 68.62 6.1 63.41 7.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.38 10.9 27.56 11.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 3.1 30.06 4.5 27.73 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.58 2.6 31.93 3.8 28.87 2.8 5....................................................... 18.08 8.3 18.78 10.3 € € 6....................................................... 25.66 4.2 24.80 5.6 26.80 5.7 7....................................................... 27.71 2.2 27.82 3.7 27.67 2.6 8....................................................... 28.32 2.6 29.47 4.2 27.34 3.2 9....................................................... 29.25 3.2 29.56 4.1 28.49 4.0 10........................................................ 34.63 4.0 35.57 3.6 31.31 9.3 11........................................................ 38.64 10.6 41.20 11.9 30.58 3.8 12........................................................ 45.96 4.3 45.80 4.5 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $35.60 5.4 $35.60 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 24.49 10.5 24.49 10.5 € € 7....................................................... 27.85 6.4 27.85 6.4 € € 8....................................................... 35.04 5.1 35.04 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 30.30 5.5 30.30 5.5 € € 10........................................................ 36.30 3.7 36.30 3.7 € € 11........................................................ 42.76 13.7 42.76 13.7 € € 12........................................................ 44.69 4.3 44.69 4.3 € € Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.98 5.7 45.98 5.7 € € Civil engineers............................................. 36.86 8.8 36.86 8.8 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.08 6.9 37.08 6.9 € € 7....................................................... 28.68 6.7 28.68 6.7 € € 8....................................................... 36.95 6.6 36.95 6.6 € € 10........................................................ 35.90 4.2 35.90 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 41.69 5.8 41.69 5.8 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.40 4.9 29.54 4.9 - - 8....................................................... 26.64 8.3 26.64 8.5 € € 9....................................................... 28.71 6.9 28.86 6.9 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.30 5.0 29.44 5.0 € € 8....................................................... 25.93 8.4 25.90 8.7 € € 9....................................................... 28.71 6.9 28.86 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ 26.20 8.5 28.57 9.8 - - 7....................................................... 31.37 6.5 € € € € Geologists and geodesists................................... 33.53 11.7 33.53 11.7 € € Health related................................................ 26.58 2.4 26.05 2.7 $27.42 4.2 7....................................................... 28.16 5.4 26.33 4.8 € € 8....................................................... 24.89 2.7 25.34 4.6 24.47 3.0 9....................................................... 29.09 6.5 27.51 10.7 € € Registered nurses........................................... 25.57 1.7 25.22 1.9 26.12 3.2 7....................................................... 26.33 3.2 26.12 4.0 € € 8....................................................... 24.71 2.0 25.08 1.9 24.47 3.0 9....................................................... 27.30 6.0 23.16 2.9 € € Pharmacists................................................. 35.83 1.2 35.86 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.27 9.6 - - 48.89 10.3 9....................................................... 34.81 14.2 € € € € Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55.21 12.0 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.76 1.3 23.78 8.3 28.90 1.3 6....................................................... 28.66 1.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 28.48 1.9 25.46 11.2 28.59 1.9 8....................................................... 29.64 3.9 € € 29.64 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.47 .9 € € 28.50 .9 7....................................................... 28.20 1.4 € € 28.14 1.4 8....................................................... 28.54 2.1 € € 28.54 2.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.11 2.1 € € 29.15 2.1 7....................................................... 29.22 2.6 € € € € 8....................................................... 28.99 3.1 € € 28.99 3.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. $27.14 3.2 € € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.65 6.9 € € $30.88 6.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.43 15.9 - - 20.29 20.0 Librarians.................................................. 20.43 15.9 € € 20.29 20.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.51 6.0 $14.56 13.4 15.83 6.1 7....................................................... 16.14 5.2 € € € € Social workers.............................................. 15.38 5.9 € € 15.83 6.1 7....................................................... 16.14 5.2 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.26 14.7 28.31 16.0 - - Technical....................................................... 23.74 11.9 25.17 13.7 17.56 10.9 4....................................................... 14.86 2.4 14.86 3.0 € € 5....................................................... 16.21 4.9 16.88 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 20.23 5.4 21.04 5.3 16.17 11.2 7....................................................... 22.06 8.4 23.07 9.2 € € 8....................................................... 27.30 9.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 30.36 11.3 30.28 13.2 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.88 10.7 16.82 10.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.98 7.1 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.92 3.7 15.45 1.7 18.24 16.1 4....................................................... 14.89 1.7 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.94 1.7 15.94 1.8 € € 6....................................................... 15.91 3.8 15.91 3.8 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.80 4.2 17.79 2.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.28 5.1 € € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.69 9.0 23.97 9.8 € € Drafters.................................................... 30.57 8.5 30.57 8.5 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.98 15.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 3.6 35.97 3.8 28.11 7.4 5....................................................... 18.95 6.8 20.92 7.7 € € 6....................................................... 21.55 7.9 22.47 8.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.89 8.6 20.32 10.9 22.41 7.6 8....................................................... 25.06 6.9 25.73 8.4 € € 9....................................................... 34.15 8.9 34.88 10.5 30.67 8.6 10........................................................ 39.68 8.9 40.23 9.3 € € 11........................................................ 36.62 3.4 37.06 4.4 € € 12........................................................ 47.53 4.8 47.09 4.9 € € 13........................................................ 52.34 6.7 52.80 7.2 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.67 4.1 39.26 4.2 29.22 8.1 7....................................................... 25.57 8.9 € € € € 8....................................................... 22.11 8.1 21.14 11.5 € € 9....................................................... 34.93 10.7 36.08 13.1 30.67 8.6 10........................................................ 34.92 7.8 35.48 9.4 € € 11........................................................ $36.42 4.0 $36.58 5.3 € € 12........................................................ 48.06 5.7 47.56 5.9 € € 13........................................................ 52.37 7.1 52.86 7.7 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.01 13.8 € € $25.96 13.9 Financial managers.......................................... 38.31 17.3 38.87 18.1 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 38.83 9.4 38.83 9.4 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 37.20 6.8 € € 37.49 7.0 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 16.55 9.8 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.19 5.4 43.61 4.4 € € 9....................................................... 33.38 6.6 33.38 6.6 € € 10........................................................ 36.32 10.6 36.32 10.6 € € 11........................................................ 38.24 7.3 38.24 7.3 € € 12........................................................ 49.13 5.6 49.13 5.6 € € 13........................................................ 53.25 8.6 53.25 8.6 € € Management related............................................ 30.42 6.9 31.17 7.1 21.37 14.4 6....................................................... 21.47 8.4 22.45 9.6 € € 7....................................................... 17.61 8.7 17.87 9.3 € € 8....................................................... 29.86 8.8 29.93 9.2 € € 9....................................................... 30.74 5.0 30.74 5.0 € € 10........................................................ 42.88 11.8 42.88 11.8 € € 11........................................................ 37.58 3.8 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.56 6.1 25.56 6.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 40.31 7.4 40.31 7.4 € € Management analysts......................................... 25.78 17.8 25.78 17.8 € € Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 23.82 16.0 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.31 8.5 25.10 9.8 € € Sales............................................................. 17.28 7.0 17.39 7.1 - - 1....................................................... 8.42 3.6 8.42 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.82 6.9 8.58 8.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.20 6.5 10.20 6.5 € € 4....................................................... 16.54 9.7 16.54 9.7 € € 5....................................................... 13.32 8.7 13.32 8.7 € € 6....................................................... 20.05 22.7 20.05 22.7 € € 7....................................................... 21.57 16.8 21.57 16.8 € € 8....................................................... 22.63 5.6 22.63 5.6 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.57 11.6 22.57 11.6 € € 6....................................................... 21.35 19.6 21.35 19.6 € € Sales, other business services.............................. 17.43 12.3 17.43 12.3 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 27.88 9.6 27.88 9.6 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 13.17 7.8 13.17 7.8 € € Sales workers, parts........................................ 22.67 7.0 22.67 7.0 € € 4....................................................... 22.63 7.7 22.63 7.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.45 5.3 8.45 5.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.23 6.5 9.17 7.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.41 10.2 7.68 12.0 € € Sales support, n.e.c........................................ $15.96 13.1 $15.96 13.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.64 2.0 14.27 2.5 $12.09 2.4 1....................................................... 9.97 4.1 9.85 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.94 4.3 11.19 4.9 9.65 1.3 3....................................................... 10.84 2.0 10.89 3.7 10.81 2.1 4....................................................... 13.80 2.5 14.02 3.3 13.30 3.2 5....................................................... 14.81 3.2 15.11 3.6 13.24 6.0 6....................................................... 17.32 3.4 17.74 3.7 15.51 5.8 7....................................................... 20.37 6.1 20.49 6.2 € € 8....................................................... 18.50 9.1 18.76 9.5 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 14.53 7.9 € € € € Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 21.01 7.8 21.01 7.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 15.07 3.5 15.98 3.9 12.58 4.3 3....................................................... 11.60 3.4 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.52 3.4 14.97 4.4 13.39 3.6 Receptionists............................................... 10.74 3.9 10.72 4.2 € € 2....................................................... 11.05 3.9 11.05 3.9 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.40 10.5 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 14.99 11.6 14.99 11.6 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.53 6.1 € € 13.26 5.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.22 3.7 13.26 3.9 € € 4....................................................... 13.86 3.0 13.82 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.35 6.1 14.35 6.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 11.09 6.6 € € € € Production coordinators..................................... 18.64 8.5 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.42 7.8 10.95 7.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.91 8.4 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.30 9.9 16.47 10.2 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.82 4.0 14.29 5.4 11.52 3.8 2....................................................... 10.65 4.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.68 4.2 10.87 6.5 10.58 5.3 4....................................................... 14.27 5.8 15.96 6.7 12.90 5.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.39 1.8 € € 10.39 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.55 4.0 13.74 5.2 13.13 5.5 3....................................................... 11.87 5.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.72 3.2 € € € € 6....................................................... 15.55 6.1 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.00 3.6 15.09 3.9 13.68 4.0 1....................................................... 7.81 4.2 7.73 4.3 9.80 5.0 2....................................................... 10.44 5.4 10.38 5.7 11.57 8.6 3....................................................... 12.58 4.3 12.42 5.1 13.53 1.9 4....................................................... 14.04 5.5 14.51 5.9 11.35 1.7 5....................................................... 16.32 2.9 16.36 3.0 15.36 11.0 6....................................................... 18.97 5.8 19.21 6.4 16.70 5.1 7....................................................... $21.34 5.2 $21.48 5.4 € € 8....................................................... 25.56 9.4 25.56 9.4 € € 9....................................................... 23.32 7.8 23.51 7.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.72 12.3 16.72 12.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 3.4 19.60 3.6 $15.64 6.4 2....................................................... 9.41 13.1 9.41 13.1 € € 3....................................................... 13.02 15.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.54 9.5 15.41 10.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.38 4.2 16.39 4.4 € € 6....................................................... 20.01 4.9 20.40 5.3 16.69 6.3 7....................................................... 21.28 5.9 21.39 6.1 € € 8....................................................... 28.50 10.9 28.50 10.9 € € 9....................................................... 22.65 8.1 22.87 8.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.61 12.5 31.30 11.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 24.18 8.2 24.42 8.1 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.21 5.3 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.39 6.0 16.47 6.1 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.09 11.0 18.62 13.3 € € Electricians................................................ 21.45 3.5 21.96 3.7 € € 6....................................................... 20.01 3.8 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.50 8.5 17.50 8.5 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.49 12.4 10.12 13.1 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 26.15 9.1 28.24 7.2 € € 8....................................................... 32.45 9.3 32.45 9.3 € € Machinists.................................................. 19.37 4.3 19.37 4.3 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.52 3.6 18.52 3.6 € € Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 25.46 1.3 25.46 1.3 € € 6....................................................... 25.08 1.9 25.08 1.9 € € 7....................................................... 26.09 2.2 26.09 2.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.22 9.3 12.21 9.3 - - 2....................................................... 9.14 5.0 9.14 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 13.23 9.6 13.23 9.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.63 7.7 13.63 7.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.02 4.6 15.02 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 15.20 7.2 15.20 7.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.08 13.0 14.08 13.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.80 6.6 14.80 6.6 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.47 12.3 10.47 12.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.02 10.3 14.02 10.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.77 4.4 14.87 4.8 13.91 4.5 2....................................................... 10.75 9.6 10.85 9.9 € € 3....................................................... 12.26 5.2 11.63 7.5 13.96 1.0 4....................................................... 15.64 8.1 15.90 8.3 € € 5....................................................... $17.60 4.7 $17.69 4.8 € € Truck drivers............................................... 15.30 8.9 15.44 9.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.52 9.6 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 15.00 5.8 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.85 5.3 9.85 5.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.98 5.9 8.98 5.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.23 6.9 10.23 6.9 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.67 16.5 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.03 5.6 9.94 6.2 $10.94 4.4 1....................................................... 8.06 4.5 7.94 4.7 9.80 5.0 2....................................................... 11.06 8.4 10.95 9.3 12.11 8.4 3....................................................... 12.34 7.8 12.44 8.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.31 9.0 11.54 15.2 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.26 5.6 € € 10.52 5.8 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.48 9.5 10.46 11.7 € € Construction laborers....................................... 8.47 9.4 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.37 9.9 10.37 9.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.13 10.1 10.13 10.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.10 12.7 9.10 12.7 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.37 9.2 14.37 9.2 € € 2....................................................... 14.56 9.6 14.56 9.6 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.38 9.4 9.23 10.0 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 8.12 6.1 8.12 6.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.48 13.8 9.28 15.4 11.53 11.5 1....................................................... 7.48 5.0 € € € € 2....................................................... 11.64 15.6 11.24 18.7 € € Service............................................................. 11.12 4.2 8.91 5.8 13.66 4.2 1....................................................... 7.21 5.7 6.89 6.6 9.01 3.4 2....................................................... 9.11 3.0 8.16 4.0 10.03 3.2 3....................................................... 9.36 4.5 8.52 6.8 10.35 4.3 4....................................................... 16.43 9.7 16.48 17.7 16.38 6.6 5....................................................... 12.66 2.5 € € 12.70 3.2 6....................................................... 17.89 5.4 € € 18.28 5.1 7....................................................... 18.94 2.8 € € 19.00 3.4 8....................................................... 19.01 3.6 € € 18.69 5.0 Protective service............................................ 16.56 4.1 10.29 2.6 17.11 3.9 3....................................................... 10.30 3.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 17.35 4.3 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.20 2.7 € € 12.19 2.8 6....................................................... 18.48 5.0 € € 18.48 5.0 7....................................................... 19.00 3.4 € € 19.00 3.4 8....................................................... 18.69 5.0 € € 18.69 5.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.63 4.0 € € 19.63 4.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 18.32 3.0 € € 18.32 3.0 7....................................................... $18.49 3.0 € € $18.49 3.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.17 2.5 € € 12.17 2.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.52 2.8 $10.29 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.30 3.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 8.23 5.7 8.05 6.9 9.10 3.5 1....................................................... 6.61 10.0 6.27 11.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.41 3.6 7.83 4.8 9.02 3.1 3....................................................... 7.45 11.9 7.45 11.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.02 24.0 5.02 24.0 € € 1....................................................... 4.58 34.8 4.58 34.8 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.70 30.9 4.70 30.9 € € 1....................................................... 4.38 42.7 4.38 42.7 € € Other food service........................................... 9.12 3.8 9.12 4.7 9.10 3.5 1....................................................... 7.65 3.3 7.31 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.62 3.5 8.14 5.5 9.02 3.1 3....................................................... 8.18 13.2 8.18 13.2 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.26 8.5 14.26 8.5 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.10 3.8 8.10 3.8 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.96 4.1 7.77 4.6 € € 1....................................................... 7.87 5.0 7.60 5.1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.49 4.8 8.00 7.5 9.22 2.9 1....................................................... 7.46 4.2 7.07 2.1 € € 2....................................................... 8.74 4.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.67 2.9 9.46 5.1 11.74 4.3 2....................................................... 9.82 3.6 8.66 4.8 11.27 4.6 3....................................................... 10.44 4.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.56 8.0 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 6.0 € € 12.25 7.1 4....................................................... 12.90 8.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.88 4.2 9.21 6.3 11.07 5.4 2....................................................... 9.51 4.0 8.45 5.6 11.13 6.1 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.53 5.5 7.89 7.7 9.73 3.8 1....................................................... 7.45 6.2 7.17 7.0 8.61 1.4 2....................................................... 9.17 6.7 € € 9.73 5.9 3....................................................... 10.45 5.3 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.84 2.9 6.85 2.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.86 3.4 6.86 3.4 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.70 6.5 7.77 9.8 9.76 3.8 1....................................................... 7.72 8.8 7.37 11.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.65 5.3 € € 9.73 5.9 3....................................................... 10.60 5.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 13.35 17.4 15.04 22.9 10.50 10.9 3....................................................... 8.79 5.2 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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................................................................... $8.26 5.3 $7.99 5.5 $12.51 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 8.48 6.2 8.18 6.6 12.51 7.0 White collar........................................................ 11.22 7.3 10.87 8.0 15.32 10.4 1....................................................... 6.81 3.2 6.84 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.34 6.2 8.35 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.87 6.2 8.87 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 9.86 8.6 9.22 7.8 € € 5....................................................... 13.86 11.5 14.60 11.0 € € 6....................................................... 20.72 6.9 21.44 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.54 9.4 € € 18.40 14.6 8....................................................... 29.35 8.2 29.79 8.4 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.45 9.6 15.48 11.3 15.32 10.4 1....................................................... 6.86 3.7 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.76 5.5 9.83 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.15 11.5 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.41 9.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 20.72 6.9 21.44 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.54 9.4 € € 18.40 14.6 8....................................................... 29.35 8.2 29.79 8.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.47 7.4 24.22 8.1 17.85 10.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.52 7.6 28.57 5.8 17.85 10.7 7....................................................... 18.51 13.1 € € 18.40 14.6 8....................................................... 31.23 5.3 € € € € Health related................................................ 29.50 5.7 29.88 5.8 - - 8....................................................... 31.23 5.3 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 26.60 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 19.14 11.1 - - 19.20 11.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.29 20.8 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 16.91 6.5 16.91 6.5 € € Sales............................................................. 7.11 4.3 7.11 4.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.81 3.4 6.81 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.31 4.7 6.31 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.94 10.8 7.94 10.8 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.97 1.3 6.97 1.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.00 4.9 7.00 4.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.75 6.2 10.85 6.5 9.71 19.9 1....................................................... 6.80 4.1 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.76 5.5 9.83 5.6 € € 4....................................................... $13.12 12.8 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 8.07 7.3 $7.72 7.7 - - 1....................................................... 5.89 3.0 5.89 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 9.65 7.5 8.95 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.77 3.5 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 7.94 20.9 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.63 5.5 7.63 5.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.07 2.4 6.07 2.4 € € 2....................................................... 8.97 7.6 8.97 7.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.97 2.5 5.97 2.5 € € 1....................................................... 5.95 2.5 5.95 2.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.57 5.3 10.57 5.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 6.98 2.8 6.98 2.8 € € Service............................................................. 6.21 6.0 6.14 6.2 $8.31 4.2 1....................................................... 5.47 4.7 5.37 4.7 € € 2....................................................... 6.85 11.9 6.81 12.5 € € 3....................................................... 6.65 13.6 6.65 13.6 € € Protective service............................................ 8.66 7.7 8.64 7.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.05 7.9 € € € € Food service.................................................. 5.21 7.1 5.05 7.2 - - 1....................................................... 5.07 10.8 4.79 11.5 € € 2....................................................... 4.97 7.7 4.92 7.7 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.63 17.7 3.63 17.7 € € 1....................................................... 3.41 22.0 3.41 22.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.39 19.0 3.39 19.0 € € 1....................................................... 3.23 24.0 3.23 24.0 € € Other food service........................................... 6.07 4.1 5.88 3.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.15 5.9 5.81 3.2 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.88 7.2 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.02 6.5 € € € € 1....................................................... 6.02 6.5 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. 5.87 4.0 5.86 4.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.76 3.2 5.75 3.2 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.87 4.1 5.86 4.1 € € 1....................................................... 5.76 3.3 5.75 3.3 € € 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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....................................................... $19.82 $8.26 $21.89 $18.65 $18.87 $20.60 All excluding sales............................................. 19.99 8.48 21.74 18.95 19.13 23.51 White collar........................................................ 24.32 11.22 34.52 23.47 23.88 20.94 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.19 15.45 38.45 24.68 24.88 31.86 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 22.47 75.44 28.26 29.01 € Professional specialty.......................................... 30.58 24.52 € 30.46 30.46 € Technical....................................................... 23.74 16.91 75.44 19.28 23.56 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.45 € € 34.45 34.29 38.81 Sales............................................................. 17.28 7.11 25.08 14.89 13.99 18.66 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.64 10.75 14.34 13.47 13.49 - Blue collar......................................................... 15.00 8.07 19.56 13.11 14.42 19.70 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 - 22.05 17.78 18.97 22.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.22 - 19.27 11.14 12.19 € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.77 7.94 17.65 12.75 14.11 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.03 7.63 12.49 9.31 9.70 - Service............................................................. 11.12 6.21 21.09 9.66 9.98 € 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....................................................... 2.6 5.3 7.6 2.7 2.6 10.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 6.2 7.7 2.8 2.7 13.7 White collar........................................................ 2.5 7.3 26.5 2.4 2.6 12.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.5 9.6 33.1 2.4 2.5 30.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 7.4 32.7 2.6 3.0 € Professional specialty.......................................... 2.6 7.6 € 2.5 2.5 € Technical....................................................... 11.9 6.5 32.7 4.8 11.7 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.6 € € 3.6 3.6 27.0 Sales............................................................. 7.0 4.3 24.9 6.1 7.5 12.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.0 6.2 6.5 2.0 2.0 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 7.3 3.7 3.8 3.5 11.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 - 3.3 4.5 3.6 7.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.3 - 5.4 9.3 9.2 € Transportation and material moving................................ 4.4 20.9 8.6 6.8 5.6 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.6 5.5 7.6 5.7 5.0 - Service............................................................. 4.2 6.0 14.3 4.3 4.4 € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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....................................................... $18.65 - $31.44 - - - $23.53 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.95 - 31.33 - - - 23.62 - - - White collar........................................................ 23.99 - 32.92 - - - 28.41 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.78 - 32.82 - - - 29.17 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.92 - 41.19 - - - 49.29 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.86 - 43.18 - - - 32.18 - - - Technical....................................................... 24.90 - 26.43 - - - 100.77 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.97 - 36.29 - - - 37.82 - - - Sales............................................................. 15.53 - - - - - 21.93 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.07 - 17.64 - - - 14.96 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.67 - 18.70 - - - 18.85 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 - - - - - 22.54 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.19 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.29 - - - - - 18.51 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.58 - - - - - 13.20 - - - Service............................................................. 7.92 - € - - - 22.19 - - - 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....................................................... 3.3 - 7.2 - - - 9.1 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 - 7.3 - - - 9.3 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.2 - 6.5 - - - 14.4 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 - 6.5 - - - 15.0 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 - 8.1 - - - 22.3 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 - 8.4 - - - 5.8 - - - Technical....................................................... 13.3 - 6.4 - - - 29.4 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 - 6.6 - - - 9.1 - - - Sales............................................................. 7.1 - - - - - 19.2 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 - 6.4 - - - 5.8 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 - 10.9 - - - 5.7 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 - - - - - 7.2 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 - - - - - 6.9 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 - - - - - 9.8 - - - Service............................................................. 5.2 - € - - - 17.3 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 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....................................................... $18.65 $13.71 $19.59 $17.70 $21.13 All excluding sales............................................. 18.95 13.69 19.90 17.98 21.29 White collar........................................................ 23.99 19.46 24.57 22.80 25.75 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.78 22.57 26.09 25.68 26.30 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.92 28.71 29.99 30.54 29.73 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.86 32.01 31.85 32.92 31.25 Technical....................................................... 24.90 20.84 25.18 21.88 26.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.97 35.14 36.05 36.03 36.05 Sales............................................................. 15.53 13.83 16.05 16.02 16.17 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.07 13.31 14.17 14.15 14.19 Blue collar......................................................... 14.67 11.71 15.41 14.39 16.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 14.13 20.44 19.51 21.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.19 12.96 12.06 12.14 11.97 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.29 13.17 14.68 13.93 15.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.58 8.06 10.15 9.71 11.21 Service............................................................. 7.92 7.10 8.18 7.32 8.82 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....................................................... 3.3 6.9 3.6 5.2 5.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 7.7 3.8 5.7 5.1 White collar........................................................ 3.2 8.9 3.4 5.7 4.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 9.5 3.5 5.9 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 11.2 4.7 8.3 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 10.5 4.0 8.9 3.5 Technical....................................................... 13.3 17.6 14.1 9.3 18.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 11.7 4.0 7.8 4.7 Sales............................................................. 7.1 12.1 8.5 9.7 17.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 6.8 2.6 4.2 3.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 7.1 4.4 5.0 7.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 10.3 3.9 4.9 6.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 7.0 10.6 7.8 20.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 10.6 7.1 7.9 10.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 5.8 6.4 8.3 9.3 Service............................................................. 5.2 9.7 6.3 7.0 9.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.17 $10.25 $15.50 $25.05 $33.29 All excluding sales........................... 7.19 10.37 16.05 25.23 33.86 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.20 21.24 29.92 39.04 White collar excluding sales................ 10.92 14.14 23.20 30.49 39.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.19 21.86 27.95 31.83 40.06 Professional specialty...................... 20.33 25.45 29.07 33.26 40.87 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.81 29.14 33.88 40.60 52.32 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.07 40.67 47.45 52.32 55.15 Civil engineers......................... 21.64 30.24 39.60 43.79 45.41 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.10 29.17 35.77 40.60 54.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 24.24 27.98 31.36 36.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.21 23.94 27.98 31.36 36.88 Natural scientists........................ 14.69 18.69 22.54 31.94 40.39 Geologists and geodesists............... 20.66 28.77 31.94 39.15 54.91 Health related............................ 22.24 23.82 25.45 29.31 34.85 Registered nurses....................... 23.03 23.82 25.07 27.82 29.31 Pharmacists............................. 33.65 34.85 35.22 36.07 37.57 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.90 33.70 41.03 66.35 78.50 Other post-secondary teachers........... 33.50 40.19 54.99 74.87 78.50 Teachers, except college and university... 26.93 27.36 28.53 29.92 31.02 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.89 27.36 28.53 29.23 30.58 Secondary school teachers............... 26.93 26.93 29.92 29.92 30.21 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.13 27.87 27.87 27.87 29.03 Vocational and educational counselors... 22.73 28.07 30.56 36.28 36.28 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.05 13.42 19.37 29.18 29.18 Librarians.............................. 13.05 13.42 19.37 29.18 29.18 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 13.08 14.31 16.90 21.51 Social workers.......................... 12.52 13.08 14.31 16.90 17.51 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.12 24.29 27.83 29.22 62.50 Technical................................... 12.03 14.74 18.03 23.91 31.67 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.59 11.51 19.21 20.75 21.86 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.26 14.74 15.21 16.17 16.48 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 15.19 15.85 17.53 18.81 19.79 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.03 18.13 20.15 25.07 35.89 Drafters................................ 18.07 25.23 31.67 34.87 37.65 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.03 12.03 21.10 28.32 28.32 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.84 23.53 32.72 40.87 54.96 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.00 26.13 34.48 46.15 56.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.11 16.11 24.70 33.29 33.29 Financial managers...................... 21.85 25.75 28.25 46.71 47.73 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 31.35 31.60 34.95 49.67 62.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $20.81 $34.05 $36.97 $36.97 $48.99 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 11.25 13.79 16.36 16.59 23.75 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.53 31.99 38.95 47.05 62.50 Management related........................ 16.70 18.87 29.12 38.27 48.74 Accountants and auditors................ 18.01 21.71 23.26 28.87 32.07 Other financial officers................ 30.42 30.42 38.27 47.93 51.98 Management analysts..................... 13.06 14.12 30.01 31.30 48.74 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.70 16.70 21.29 33.13 33.99 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.76 18.79 22.10 31.14 37.35 Sales......................................... 6.59 8.86 11.85 21.25 26.73 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.42 15.38 19.67 26.73 45.84 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 10.00 15.50 17.87 23.10 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 21.87 21.87 25.86 33.17 36.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.58 11.88 12.82 13.63 19.76 Sales workers, parts.................... 14.30 23.06 23.23 27.42 27.56 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.61 6.95 7.57 8.20 11.13 Cashiers................................ 5.68 6.24 7.67 9.47 10.20 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 11.85 12.33 14.06 19.40 26.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.60 12.69 15.60 18.81 Supervisors, general office............. 11.93 11.93 14.13 17.60 18.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 14.90 16.58 20.00 24.77 27.25 Secretaries............................. 10.74 12.66 14.05 16.84 20.81 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.62 11.79 12.32 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.74 9.74 11.34 15.61 20.07 Order clerks............................ 7.78 11.64 15.29 15.69 25.04 Library clerks.......................... 6.35 9.50 10.85 10.85 10.85 File clerks............................. 9.25 9.25 10.00 10.17 14.09 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.37 11.54 13.07 15.05 15.77 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.93 11.26 12.28 15.22 16.34 Dispatchers............................. 8.50 10.60 10.60 12.60 14.36 Production coordinators................. 12.09 12.09 19.90 21.08 25.22 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.97 9.36 10.70 12.10 15.37 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.55 9.69 9.74 10.50 15.50 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.72 12.66 13.76 20.70 27.73 General office clerks................... 9.06 10.50 11.79 14.79 17.83 Data entry keyers....................... 9.50 9.96 11.00 11.57 12.02 Teachers' aides......................... 9.47 10.31 10.31 10.31 11.59 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.48 11.69 13.78 14.99 16.47 Blue collar..................................... 6.80 9.11 13.52 18.54 24.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.37 14.32 18.21 24.17 26.18 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 16.90 19.66 31.25 39.84 39.84 Automobile mechanics.................... $16.06 $20.16 $25.05 $25.05 $28.77 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.30 13.50 14.39 18.29 18.29 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.13 13.61 14.85 18.70 23.10 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.73 18.12 24.60 26.08 Electricians............................ 17.61 18.77 20.60 25.13 25.60 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.97 16.44 17.33 17.33 24.52 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 10.50 11.00 18.70 Supervisors, production................. 14.32 19.50 28.37 35.08 37.26 Machinists.............................. 14.97 17.77 18.06 23.49 24.49 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.29 17.67 18.21 20.16 20.16 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.14 24.52 25.10 26.45 28.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.67 7.71 11.41 15.86 18.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 10.73 11.19 16.70 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... 12.90 12.90 13.85 16.19 16.82 Assemblers.............................. 7.12 8.33 9.36 11.28 16.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.15 9.90 14.96 17.16 18.96 Transportation and material moving............ 8.14 10.29 14.00 17.86 22.46 Truck drivers........................... 8.76 11.46 14.95 21.59 22.46 Bus drivers............................. 10.38 13.14 14.44 14.87 17.86 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.61 8.14 9.17 11.36 11.60 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.29 10.29 13.40 22.80 22.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.55 6.80 8.63 11.21 16.05 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.88 9.75 11.58 13.26 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 7.00 9.00 10.49 11.39 16.09 Construction laborers................... 7.26 7.26 7.26 9.66 12.10 Production helpers...................... 7.49 9.02 10.00 10.00 17.82 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.38 6.00 6.80 12.00 13.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.22 10.14 11.05 17.12 17.12 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.91 7.25 8.00 9.31 13.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.12 7.12 7.85 8.16 8.16 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.69 6.71 7.50 9.88 16.05 Service......................................... 5.31 6.52 8.71 11.72 18.45 Protective service........................ 8.91 10.80 16.01 18.70 20.74 Firefighting............................ 15.72 18.45 18.45 18.45 18.45 Police and detectives, public service... 18.14 18.70 18.70 22.27 23.01 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.58 17.47 17.70 19.04 20.38 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.09 12.71 12.71 12.71 Food service.............................. 2.24 5.50 7.17 8.82 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... $2.13 $2.13 $2.29 $6.75 $8.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.24 5.85 11.65 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.74 7.58 9.30 12.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.00 12.00 13.00 17.55 19.77 Cooks................................... 6.85 7.19 7.56 8.40 9.30 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.26 6.00 7.37 8.10 9.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.36 7.19 9.39 10.40 Health service............................ 6.00 8.00 10.00 11.13 14.53 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.17 10.00 11.29 12.60 17.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.25 7.38 9.14 10.37 11.51 Cleaning and building service............. 5.31 5.85 6.78 8.91 10.99 Maids and housemen...................... 5.63 6.44 6.63 7.36 7.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.31 5.85 6.78 8.95 10.99 Personal service.......................... 4.50 7.69 8.75 13.82 33.98 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 8.01 8.19 8.19 9.92 10.65 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.78 $9.47 $15.14 $24.00 $34.14 All excluding sales........................... 6.80 9.67 15.59 24.28 34.87 White collar.................................... 9.50 13.04 20.33 30.77 40.87 White collar excluding sales................ 11.26 14.74 22.10 32.16 45.41 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.59 20.99 27.35 34.41 43.79 Professional specialty...................... 20.61 23.94 30.09 36.84 47.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.81 29.14 33.88 40.60 52.32 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.07 40.67 47.45 52.32 55.15 Civil engineers......................... 21.64 30.24 39.60 43.79 45.41 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.10 29.17 35.77 40.60 54.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 24.24 27.98 32.06 36.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.21 24.24 27.98 31.36 36.88 Natural scientists........................ 12.14 20.66 28.77 35.40 40.39 Geologists and geodesists............... 20.66 28.77 31.94 39.15 54.91 Health related............................ 21.24 23.82 24.58 29.31 34.00 Registered nurses....................... 23.16 23.82 24.28 27.82 29.31 Pharmacists............................. 33.19 34.00 35.22 37.57 38.12 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.59 18.13 22.56 29.10 32.10 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.33 15.59 18.13 18.13 22.30 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.18 12.50 13.08 13.08 23.20 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.12 17.87 29.22 30.69 62.50 Technical................................... 13.60 14.76 18.31 24.52 34.87 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.59 11.51 19.16 20.63 21.86 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.80 14.74 15.86 16.17 16.48 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 15.19 15.85 17.53 18.81 19.16 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.13 18.13 23.56 27.35 35.89 Drafters................................ 18.07 25.23 31.67 34.87 37.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.50 24.27 33.05 46.67 57.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.73 29.63 36.61 46.94 60.10 Financial managers...................... 21.85 24.27 28.25 46.71 47.73 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 31.35 31.60 34.95 49.67 62.50 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 30.86 34.16 39.61 47.40 62.50 Management related........................ 16.76 21.25 30.01 38.27 51.98 Accountants and auditors................ 18.01 21.71 23.26 28.87 32.07 Other financial officers................ 30.42 30.42 38.27 47.93 51.98 Management analysts..................... 13.06 14.12 30.01 31.30 48.74 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.76 18.79 21.25 35.88 37.35 Sales......................................... $6.59 $8.70 $11.88 $21.87 $26.73 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.42 15.38 19.67 26.73 45.84 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 10.00 15.50 17.87 23.10 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 21.87 21.87 25.86 33.17 36.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.58 11.88 12.82 13.63 19.76 Sales workers, parts.................... 14.30 23.06 23.23 27.42 27.56 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.61 6.95 7.57 8.20 11.13 Cashiers................................ 5.68 6.24 7.21 9.34 10.27 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 11.85 12.33 14.06 19.40 26.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.82 13.49 16.49 20.00 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 14.90 16.58 20.00 24.77 27.25 Secretaries............................. 12.05 13.67 15.82 17.80 21.72 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.62 11.79 12.32 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.74 9.74 10.68 15.61 20.07 Order clerks............................ 7.78 11.64 15.29 15.69 25.04 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.37 10.37 13.00 15.77 19.17 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 11.26 12.28 15.50 16.64 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.97 9.36 9.97 10.82 12.10 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.55 8.55 9.69 9.74 18.62 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.10 13.00 13.76 20.70 27.73 General office clerks................... 9.28 10.65 13.38 17.34 18.96 Data entry keyers....................... 9.50 9.96 11.00 11.57 12.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.48 12.23 14.14 14.99 16.73 Blue collar..................................... 6.78 8.92 13.52 18.70 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.28 14.46 18.70 24.51 26.18 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 16.90 17.42 33.22 39.84 39.84 Automobile mechanics.................... 20.00 20.16 25.05 25.05 28.77 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.13 13.61 14.85 18.70 23.10 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 13.78 16.39 26.01 26.08 Electricians............................ 17.61 20.60 20.90 25.60 25.60 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.97 16.44 17.33 17.33 24.52 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 7.45 10.50 18.70 Supervisors, production................. 17.75 21.78 28.37 36.61 37.26 Machinists.............................. 14.97 17.77 18.06 23.49 24.49 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.29 17.67 18.21 20.16 20.16 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.14 24.52 25.10 26.45 28.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.67 7.71 11.41 15.86 18.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 10.73 11.19 16.70 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... $12.90 $12.90 $13.85 $16.19 $16.82 Assemblers.............................. 7.12 8.33 9.36 11.28 16.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.15 9.90 14.96 17.16 18.96 Transportation and material moving............ 8.13 9.78 13.69 18.23 22.46 Truck drivers........................... 9.34 11.46 14.95 21.59 22.46 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.61 8.14 9.17 11.36 11.60 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.29 10.29 13.40 22.80 22.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 6.80 8.22 11.05 16.05 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 7.00 7.13 9.34 12.04 16.09 Production helpers...................... 7.49 9.02 10.00 10.00 17.82 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.38 6.00 6.80 12.00 13.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.22 10.14 11.05 17.12 17.12 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.91 7.25 8.00 9.31 13.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.12 7.12 7.85 8.16 8.16 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.69 6.71 7.30 9.06 16.05 Service......................................... 5.15 5.80 7.05 8.91 12.00 Protective service........................ 5.88 7.82 8.91 9.75 10.89 Food service.............................. 2.19 5.26 6.85 8.40 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.29 6.75 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.24 5.85 11.65 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.26 7.19 9.13 12.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.00 12.00 13.00 17.55 19.77 Cooks................................... 6.85 7.19 7.56 8.40 9.30 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.26 6.00 6.97 8.19 9.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 5.65 6.90 7.19 11.72 Health service............................ 5.25 7.05 8.37 10.57 11.13 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.25 7.05 7.84 10.25 10.73 Cleaning and building service............. $5.31 $5.80 $6.50 $7.36 $9.78 Maids and housemen...................... 5.63 6.44 6.63 7.36 7.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.31 5.80 5.85 7.25 9.78 Personal service.......................... 4.14 6.22 8.01 19.20 33.98 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.75 $11.34 $17.47 $27.87 $30.56 All excluding sales........................... 9.75 11.37 17.47 27.87 30.56 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.72 25.17 29.23 33.70 White collar excluding sales................ 10.70 13.72 25.56 29.23 33.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.98 25.56 28.07 29.92 34.18 Professional specialty...................... 18.74 26.93 28.53 29.92 34.32 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.24 23.43 25.88 29.62 34.85 Registered nurses....................... 22.24 23.03 25.56 27.02 32.16 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.90 34.16 41.03 55.10 78.50 Teachers, except college and university... 26.93 27.36 28.53 29.92 31.02 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.16 27.36 28.53 29.23 30.56 Secondary school teachers............... 26.93 26.93 29.92 29.92 30.21 Vocational and educational counselors... 27.42 28.07 30.56 36.28 36.28 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.05 13.42 19.50 29.18 29.18 Librarians.............................. 13.05 13.42 19.50 29.18 29.18 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.52 13.93 14.31 17.51 17.51 Social workers.......................... 12.52 13.93 14.31 17.51 17.51 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.32 12.03 15.21 18.34 24.80 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.52 14.89 15.21 15.98 30.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.11 19.00 24.70 34.72 38.83 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.11 19.30 25.75 36.54 38.83 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.11 16.11 24.70 33.29 33.29 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.81 34.05 36.97 38.83 48.99 Management related........................ 16.70 16.70 18.50 28.49 31.14 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.47 10.31 11.34 13.73 15.23 Secretaries............................. 9.85 10.70 13.26 13.72 14.05 Library clerks.......................... 6.35 9.50 10.85 10.85 10.85 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.54 11.54 13.39 15.05 15.05 General office clerks................... 9.06 9.57 11.32 13.73 13.81 Teachers' aides......................... 9.47 10.31 10.31 10.31 11.59 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.48 10.96 13.34 15.23 16.47 Blue collar..................................... $9.92 $11.21 $13.14 $15.93 $18.77 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.37 12.73 15.93 18.29 19.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.38 11.22 14.44 14.44 16.75 Bus drivers............................. 10.38 13.14 14.44 14.44 14.44 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.62 9.75 11.21 11.58 12.21 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.88 9.75 9.75 11.58 12.21 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.62 8.62 11.71 11.97 16.95 Service......................................... 8.67 9.74 12.10 18.45 19.04 Protective service........................ 11.49 12.71 18.45 18.70 23.01 Firefighting............................ 15.72 18.45 18.45 18.45 18.45 Police and detectives, public service... 18.14 18.70 18.70 22.27 23.01 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.58 17.47 17.70 19.04 20.38 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.09 12.71 12.71 12.71 Food service.............................. 7.81 8.06 8.82 9.74 9.74 Other food service....................... 7.81 8.06 8.82 9.74 9.74 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.81 8.82 8.82 9.74 9.74 Health service............................ 9.17 10.00 10.37 12.60 17.53 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.00 11.29 13.70 17.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.14 9.21 10.37 10.43 17.53 Cleaning and building service............. 7.76 8.82 9.36 10.99 11.14 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.76 8.82 9.36 10.99 11.14 Personal service.......................... 8.19 8.19 9.92 12.10 13.82 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.90 $11.09 $16.57 $25.90 $34.00 All excluding sales........................... 7.90 11.19 16.84 26.16 34.27 White collar.................................... 10.62 13.76 22.15 30.24 39.60 White collar excluding sales................ 11.04 14.35 23.53 30.58 39.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.19 22.24 28.01 31.94 40.39 Professional specialty...................... 20.44 25.56 29.11 33.26 40.87 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.81 29.14 33.88 40.60 52.32 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.07 40.67 47.45 52.32 55.15 Civil engineers......................... 21.64 30.24 39.60 43.79 45.41 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.10 29.17 35.77 40.60 54.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.21 24.24 27.98 31.36 36.88 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.21 23.94 27.98 31.36 36.88 Natural scientists........................ 14.69 18.69 22.54 31.94 40.39 Geologists and geodesists............... 20.66 28.77 31.94 39.15 54.91 Health related............................ 22.24 23.82 25.45 29.04 34.42 Registered nurses....................... 23.03 23.82 25.07 27.82 29.31 Pharmacists............................. 33.65 34.85 36.07 37.57 38.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 33.50 34.82 41.03 66.35 78.50 Other post-secondary teachers........... 33.50 40.92 54.99 74.87 78.50 Teachers, except college and university... 26.93 27.36 28.53 29.92 31.02 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.89 27.36 28.53 29.23 30.58 Secondary school teachers............... 26.93 26.93 29.92 29.92 30.21 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 22.30 27.87 27.87 27.87 29.03 Vocational and educational counselors... 27.42 28.07 30.56 36.28 36.28 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.05 13.42 19.37 29.18 29.18 Librarians.............................. 13.05 13.42 19.37 29.18 29.18 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 13.08 14.31 16.90 21.51 Social workers.......................... 12.52 13.08 14.31 16.90 17.51 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.12 17.87 27.83 29.22 62.50 Technical................................... 12.03 14.74 18.03 24.41 31.67 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.59 11.51 19.21 20.75 21.86 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.26 14.74 15.21 16.17 16.48 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 15.19 17.00 18.81 18.81 19.79 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.03 18.13 20.15 25.07 35.89 Drafters................................ 18.07 25.23 31.67 34.87 37.65 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.03 12.03 21.10 28.32 28.32 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.84 23.53 32.72 40.87 54.96 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.00 26.13 34.48 46.15 56.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.11 16.11 24.70 33.29 33.29 Financial managers...................... 21.85 25.75 28.25 46.71 47.73 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 31.35 31.60 34.95 49.67 62.50 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $20.81 $34.05 $36.97 $36.97 $48.99 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 11.25 13.79 16.36 16.59 23.75 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.53 31.99 38.95 47.05 62.50 Management related........................ 16.70 18.87 29.12 38.27 48.74 Accountants and auditors................ 18.01 21.71 23.26 28.87 32.07 Other financial officers................ 30.42 30.42 38.27 47.93 51.98 Management analysts..................... 13.06 14.12 30.01 31.30 48.74 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.70 16.70 21.29 33.13 33.99 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.76 18.79 22.10 31.14 37.35 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.27 14.00 23.08 30.95 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.42 15.38 19.67 26.73 45.84 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 10.00 15.50 17.87 23.10 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 21.87 21.87 25.86 33.17 36.06 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.58 11.88 12.82 13.63 19.76 Sales workers, parts.................... 14.30 23.06 23.23 27.42 27.56 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.51 7.51 7.57 9.33 11.13 Cashiers................................ 5.94 8.11 9.52 10.20 10.79 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 11.85 12.33 14.06 19.40 26.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.27 10.70 13.00 15.62 18.96 Supervisors, general office............. 11.93 11.93 14.13 17.60 18.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 14.90 16.58 20.00 24.77 27.25 Secretaries............................. 10.74 12.66 14.05 16.49 20.81 Receptionists........................... 9.50 9.50 10.62 11.79 12.32 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.68 11.34 15.61 20.07 20.07 Order clerks............................ 7.78 11.64 15.29 15.69 25.04 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.37 11.54 13.07 15.05 15.77 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.93 11.26 12.28 15.22 16.34 Dispatchers............................. 8.50 10.60 10.60 12.60 14.36 Production coordinators................. 12.09 12.09 19.90 21.08 25.22 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.97 9.97 10.70 12.10 15.37 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.55 9.69 9.74 10.50 15.50 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.72 13.00 13.76 18.75 27.73 General office clerks................... 9.06 10.62 12.00 14.79 17.83 Teachers' aides......................... 9.47 10.31 10.31 10.31 11.59 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.48 11.11 13.49 14.99 16.47 Blue collar..................................... 7.12 9.56 14.00 18.80 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.52 14.42 18.54 24.19 26.18 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 16.90 19.66 31.25 39.84 39.84 Automobile mechanics.................... 16.06 20.16 25.05 25.05 28.77 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.30 13.50 14.39 18.29 18.29 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $13.13 $13.61 $14.85 $18.70 $23.10 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.73 18.12 24.60 26.08 Electricians............................ 17.61 18.77 20.60 25.13 25.60 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.97 16.44 17.33 17.33 24.52 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 10.50 11.00 18.70 Supervisors, production................. 14.32 19.50 28.37 35.08 37.26 Machinists.............................. 14.97 17.77 18.06 23.49 24.49 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 17.29 17.67 18.21 20.16 20.16 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.14 24.52 25.10 26.45 28.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.67 7.71 11.41 15.86 18.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.73 11.19 11.19 18.04 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... 12.90 12.90 13.85 16.19 16.82 Assemblers.............................. 7.12 8.33 9.36 11.28 16.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.15 9.90 14.96 17.16 18.96 Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 10.59 14.11 18.10 22.46 Truck drivers........................... 9.34 11.46 14.95 21.59 22.46 Bus drivers............................. 13.14 13.70 14.44 17.86 17.86 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.61 8.14 9.17 11.36 11.60 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.29 10.29 13.40 22.80 22.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.71 7.12 9.02 11.58 16.09 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.88 9.75 11.58 13.26 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 7.00 9.00 10.49 11.39 16.09 Construction laborers................... 7.26 7.26 7.26 9.66 12.10 Production helpers...................... 7.49 9.02 10.00 10.00 17.82 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.72 6.80 10.44 13.25 13.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.61 10.48 17.12 17.12 17.12 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 6.91 7.25 9.25 9.31 13.94 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.12 7.12 7.85 8.16 8.16 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.71 6.71 7.50 9.92 16.05 Service......................................... 6.07 7.42 9.75 13.00 18.70 Protective service........................ 10.89 12.71 18.14 18.70 23.01 Police and detectives, public service... 18.14 18.70 18.70 22.27 23.01 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.58 17.47 17.70 19.04 20.38 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.09 12.71 12.71 12.71 Guards and police, except public service 9.75 9.75 9.86 10.89 12.41 Food service.............................. 2.29 6.83 7.74 9.74 12.72 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.24 2.52 7.24 12.72 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.24 7.24 12.72 Other food service....................... 6.74 7.19 8.06 9.74 13.00 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. $12.00 $12.00 $13.00 $17.55 $19.77 Cooks................................... 7.19 7.25 7.94 8.40 9.30 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.84 8.02 8.64 9.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.74 7.17 7.81 9.74 11.72 Health service............................ 7.65 8.71 10.25 11.29 15.64 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.17 10.00 11.29 12.60 17.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.38 7.84 9.21 10.37 15.03 Cleaning and building service............. 5.80 6.64 7.81 9.78 11.00 Maids and housemen...................... 6.01 6.50 6.63 7.36 7.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.80 6.64 8.81 10.66 11.00 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.69 9.92 16.28 33.98 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.26 $5.50 $6.59 $9.10 $11.91 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 5.46 6.70 9.50 14.25 White collar.................................... 6.24 6.58 8.77 12.00 22.73 White collar excluding sales................ 7.79 9.36 12.25 20.70 28.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.70 15.85 22.73 28.65 35.22 Professional specialty...................... 11.05 19.50 24.78 30.00 35.22 Health related............................ 23.91 24.78 30.00 35.22 35.22 Registered nurses....................... 23.91 24.78 24.78 30.00 30.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 11.05 18.34 19.50 19.50 23.05 Teachers, except college and university... 7.79 7.79 13.00 22.73 22.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.72 15.85 15.85 20.63 21.00 Sales......................................... 5.68 6.37 6.59 7.92 9.34 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.40 6.58 6.95 6.95 7.99 Cashiers................................ 5.48 6.22 6.57 8.17 9.34 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.30 8.77 9.74 12.00 16.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.46 5.48 7.19 10.64 11.22 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.46 5.46 5.46 10.38 14.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.37 5.69 6.57 8.43 11.05 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.38 5.69 6.50 7.19 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.22 8.50 11.05 11.91 11.91 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.55 6.55 6.57 7.75 8.13 Service......................................... 3.74 5.31 5.85 6.97 8.91 Protective service........................ 5.88 7.82 8.91 8.91 8.91 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.00 5.50 6.70 8.19 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.24 4.63 7.19 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.19 3.74 6.75 Other food service....................... 5.26 5.26 5.80 6.85 8.19 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.26 5.26 5.26 6.45 7.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.86 8.51 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.31 5.31 5.85 5.85 6.78 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.31 5.31 5.85 5.85 6.78 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2001 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 869,600 657,300 212,300 All excluding sales............................................. 806,500 594,900 211,600 White collar........................................................ 473,900 326,600 147,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 410,800 264,100 146,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 208,100 115,300 92,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 167,000 81,200 85,800 Technical....................................................... 41,100 34,200 7,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,700 55,500 14,200 Sales............................................................. 63,100 62,400 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 133,000 93,300 39,700 Blue collar......................................................... 251,300 232,800 18,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 92,000 85,500 6,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 46,900 46,800 - Transportation and material moving................................ 44,200 37,200 7,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 68,300 63,300 5,000 Service............................................................. 144,300 98,000 46,400 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.