NC BL 06/00/2006 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Bulletin 3130-57, January 2006 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................. $19.83 4.4 37.9 $19.99 5.6 38.0 $19.39 5.9 37.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.67 6.1 37.6 25.16 8.2 37.6 23.56 7.4 37.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 4.5 36.6 28.60 5.4 36.4 27.80 7.7 37.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.55 9.9 39.8 37.70 10.4 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 16.8 36.6 13.43 16.8 36.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.20 4.2 38.7 13.71 6.9 39.2 12.43 2.2 37.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.97 5.6 39.3 16.13 5.7 39.6 13.72 13.0 36.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.11 7.6 39.7 21.52 7.7 39.7 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.84 5.9 39.8 15.84 5.9 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 6.2 37.6 13.85 6.3 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.39 7.1 38.9 11.18 7.9 38.7 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.51 13.2 36.2 7.82 5.1 34.2 12.70 12.8 38.1 Full time........................................................... 20.21 4.2 39.7 20.53 5.1 39.8 19.35 6.8 39.4 Part time........................................................... 13.19 22.2 20.9 10.28 19.5 20.7 20.04 18.3 21.4 Union............................................................... 15.57 3.2 39.8 15.57 3.2 39.8 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.20 4.8 37.7 20.54 6.3 37.8 19.39 5.9 37.5 Time................................................................ 19.76 4.4 37.8 19.90 5.6 37.9 19.39 5.9 37.5 Incentive........................................................... 22.73 26.2 40.4 22.73 26.2 40.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 23.85 5.8 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.45 7.9 36.0 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.79 12.9 34.4 13.79 13.0 34.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.41 5.5 38.8 14.50 5.8 38.8 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 23.85 5.4 38.1 27.08 6.7 38.6 19.75 6.2 37.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $19.83 4.4 $19.99 5.6 $19.39 5.9 All excluding sales............................................... 20.25 4.3 20.60 5.4 19.39 5.9 White collar........................................................ 24.67 6.1 25.16 8.2 23.56 7.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.13 5.4 27.48 7.1 23.56 7.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 4.5 28.60 5.4 27.80 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.35 4.4 32.32 5.1 30.27 7.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.44 6.2 38.44 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.57 11.0 27.64 2.7 31.57 19.6 Registered nurses........................................... 25.78 2.2 26.63 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.88 3.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.36 .9 – – 30.55 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.72 1.9 – – 31.32 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.06 1.5 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.41 6.5 21.99 6.3 15.54 17.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.86 7.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.94 1.2 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.72 16.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.55 9.9 37.70 10.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.84 8.9 45.25 10.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.08 12.0 42.08 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 32.51 12.9 32.93 13.2 – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 16.8 13.43 16.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.05 6.2 8.05 6.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.20 4.2 13.71 6.9 12.43 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 15.33 7.5 17.09 7.2 13.31 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 12.91 2.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 6.3 11.40 7.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.33 2.8 12.33 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.31 7.6 16.99 8.7 12.98 5.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.66 5.6 14.61 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.97 5.6 16.13 5.7 13.72 13.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.11 7.6 21.52 7.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.20 8.5 24.20 8.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.05 3.5 15.53 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $17.45 5.4 $17.72 5.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 5.9 15.84 5.9 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.88 7.9 11.88 7.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.86 9.3 14.86 9.3 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.69 10.0 15.69 10.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.92 7.5 20.92 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 4.9 13.37 4.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.84 22.7 12.84 22.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 6.2 13.85 6.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.43 7.8 13.43 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.39 7.1 11.18 7.9 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.36 15.4 11.36 15.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.50 5.0 10.50 5.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.70 1.5 10.70 1.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.88 8.1 11.88 8.1 – – Service............................................................. 10.51 13.2 7.82 5.1 $12.70 12.8 Protective service............................................ 13.18 15.0 – – 15.41 3.0 Food service.................................................. 8.48 4.6 8.18 2.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.4 8.32 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.70 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.67 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.24 7.3 6.84 8.9 9.04 8.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.84 1.9 6.54 4.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.77 10.2 – – 9.50 10.2 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 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $20.21 4.2 $20.53 5.1 $19.35 6.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.54 4.1 21.02 4.9 19.35 6.8 White collar........................................................ 25.04 6.0 25.66 8.0 23.59 8.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.23 5.6 27.55 7.3 23.59 8.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.55 4.3 28.73 5.7 28.28 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.02 3.6 32.74 5.2 31.18 4.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.44 6.2 38.44 6.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.26 8.4 27.82 3.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.42 1.4 26.62 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.88 3.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.36 .9 – – 30.55 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.72 1.9 – – 31.32 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.06 1.5 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.45 6.6 22.03 6.4 15.53 17.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.86 7.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.82 1.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.72 16.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.60 9.9 37.75 10.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.84 8.9 45.25 10.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.08 12.0 42.08 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 32.58 12.9 33.00 13.3 – – Sales............................................................. 14.56 16.8 14.56 16.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.24 4.2 13.74 6.9 12.47 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 15.33 7.5 17.09 7.2 13.31 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 12.91 2.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 6.3 11.40 7.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.33 2.8 12.33 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.31 7.6 16.99 8.7 12.98 5.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.66 5.6 14.61 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.06 5.6 16.22 5.8 13.72 13.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.11 7.6 21.52 7.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.20 8.5 24.20 8.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.05 3.5 15.53 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.45 5.4 17.72 5.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.87 6.0 $15.87 6.0 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.88 7.9 11.88 7.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.86 9.3 14.86 9.3 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.69 10.0 15.69 10.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 21.11 7.8 21.11 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 4.9 13.37 4.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.84 22.7 12.84 22.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.55 6.3 13.85 6.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.43 7.8 13.43 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.55 7.3 11.35 8.2 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.36 15.4 11.36 15.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.80 4.5 11.80 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.70 1.5 10.70 1.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.88 8.1 11.88 8.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.13 12.4 8.51 4.0 $12.77 13.0 Protective service............................................ 13.95 10.5 – – 15.38 3.0 Food service.................................................. 9.40 3.6 9.17 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.55 2.8 9.33 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.70 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.67 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.54 7.2 7.39 8.4 8.96 9.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.87 1.4 6.60 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.37 9.8 – – 9.42 11.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $13.19 22.2 $10.28 19.5 $20.04 18.3 All excluding sales............................................... 14.46 23.8 11.27 26.1 20.04 18.3 White collar........................................................ 18.37 15.4 15.18 17.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.78 2.2 24.77 3.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.49 2.5 25.80 2.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.79 3.1 26.46 1.5 – – Health related................................................ 24.85 3.4 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.78 3.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.42 4.5 7.42 4.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.23 12.2 7.27 7.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.74 13.9 5.81 2.9 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Cleaning and building 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $803 4.2 39.7 $818 5.2 39.8 $763 6.8 39.4 All excluding sales............................................... 814 4.0 39.6 834 4.8 39.7 763 6.8 39.4 White collar........................................................ 994 6.1 39.7 1,024 8.1 39.9 924 8.4 39.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,036 5.7 39.5 1,092 7.4 39.7 924 8.4 39.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,130 4.4 39.6 1,137 5.8 39.6 1,119 6.9 39.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,265 3.8 39.5 1,289 5.6 39.4 1,235 5.1 39.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,537 6.2 40.0 1,537 6.2 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,227 9.0 39.3 1,079 3.3 38.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,022 1.1 38.7 1,031 1.1 38.7 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,275 3.2 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,182 1.8 38.9 – – – 1,202 1.4 39.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,225 2.0 39.9 – – – 1,248 1.2 39.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,193 2.7 37.2 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 813 6.6 39.8 879 6.5 39.9 613 16.8 39.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 795 7.3 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 550 1.3 39.8 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 749 16.6 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,503 10.0 40.0 1,510 10.6 40.0 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,805 9.1 40.2 1,823 10.3 40.3 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,703 12.4 40.5 1,703 12.4 40.5 – – – Management related............................................ 1,297 13.0 39.8 1,314 13.3 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 606 20.3 41.6 606 20.3 41.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 516 4.2 39.0 542 7.0 39.5 477 1.8 38.2 Secretaries................................................. 591 7.7 38.5 667 5.9 39.0 506 6.1 38.0 Order clerks................................................ 514 3.0 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 494 5.2 38.7 456 7.3 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 493 2.8 40.0 493 2.8 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 610 7.8 39.9 679 8.7 40.0 515 6.9 39.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 529 5.6 38.7 563 8.7 38.6 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 638 5.7 39.8 648 5.8 39.9 517 12.0 37.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $839 7.6 39.7 $855 7.7 39.7 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 945 7.3 39.0 945 7.3 39.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 642 3.5 40.0 621 4.8 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 698 5.4 40.0 709 5.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 634 6.0 40.0 634 6.0 40.0 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 471 8.4 39.7 471 8.4 39.7 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 594 9.4 39.9 594 9.4 39.9 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 628 10.0 40.0 628 10.0 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 844 7.8 40.0 844 7.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 535 4.9 40.0 535 4.9 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 514 22.7 40.0 514 22.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 522 6.3 38.5 554 6.3 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 537 7.8 40.0 537 7.8 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 462 7.3 40.0 454 8.2 40.0 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 454 15.4 40.0 454 15.4 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 472 4.5 40.0 472 4.5 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 428 1.5 40.0 428 1.5 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 475 8.1 40.0 475 8.1 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 442 13.2 39.8 331 5.3 38.9 $516 13.9 40.4 Protective service............................................ 574 11.8 41.2 – – – 638 4.3 41.5 Food service.................................................. 361 9.3 38.5 358 10.3 39.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 369 8.2 38.7 367 8.9 39.3 – – – Health service................................................ 345 3.4 39.7 337 4.0 39.5 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 344 3.4 39.7 337 4.0 39.5 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 333 7.1 39.0 269 10.8 36.4 358 9.1 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 254 3.5 37.0 229 11.4 34.7 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 375 9.8 40.0 – – – 377 11.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $40,281 4.2 1,993 $42,311 5.2 2,061 $35,359 6.8 1,828 All excluding sales............................................... 40,751 4.0 1,984 43,147 4.8 2,053 35,359 6.8 1,828 White collar........................................................ 48,717 6.1 1,946 52,726 8.1 2,055 40,787 8.4 1,729 White collar excluding sales.................................... 50,461 5.7 1,924 56,138 7.4 2,038 40,787 8.4 1,729 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,746 4.4 1,882 57,867 5.8 2,014 48,372 6.9 1,710 Professional specialty.......................................... 58,039 3.8 1,812 64,807 5.6 1,980 51,389 5.1 1,648 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 79,950 6.2 2,080 79,950 6.2 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 63,578 9.0 2,034 56,126 3.3 2,018 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 52,803 1.1 1,999 53,606 1.1 2,014 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48,442 3.2 1,519 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,719 1.8 1,473 – – – 45,805 1.4 1,499 Elementary school teachers.................................. 46,545 2.0 1,515 – – – 47,432 1.2 1,515 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,568 2.7 1,390 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,292 6.6 2,069 45,694 6.5 2,074 31,865 16.8 2,052 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 41,317 7.3 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,612 1.3 2,070 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 38,928 16.6 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 77,627 10.0 2,065 78,220 10.6 2,072 – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 92,213 9.1 2,056 93,885 10.3 2,075 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 88,549 12.4 2,104 88,549 12.4 2,104 – – – Management related............................................ 67,453 13.0 2,071 68,315 13.3 2,070 – – – Sales............................................................. 31,497 20.3 2,163 31,497 20.3 2,163 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,421 4.2 1,921 28,195 7.0 2,052 21,811 1.8 1,749 Secretaries................................................. 30,487 7.7 1,988 34,667 5.9 2,028 25,876 6.1 1,944 Order clerks................................................ 26,717 3.0 2,070 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,568 5.2 2,006 23,719 7.3 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,645 2.8 2,080 25,645 2.8 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,551 7.8 1,865 35,332 8.7 2,080 21,203 6.9 1,633 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,515 5.6 2,014 29,288 8.7 2,005 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,009 5.7 2,056 33,672 5.8 2,075 24,933 12.0 1,818 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $43,604 7.6 2,066 $44,455 7.7 2,066 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 49,124 7.3 2,030 49,124 7.3 2,030 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 33,389 3.5 2,080 32,297 4.8 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,230 5.4 2,076 36,850 5.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,984 6.0 2,078 32,984 6.0 2,078 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 24,508 8.4 2,062 24,508 8.4 2,062 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 30,862 9.4 2,077 30,862 9.4 2,077 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 32,631 10.0 2,080 32,631 10.0 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 43,912 7.8 2,080 43,912 7.8 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 27,817 4.9 2,080 27,817 4.9 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 26,703 22.7 2,080 26,703 22.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 25,865 6.3 1,908 28,803 6.3 2,079 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,929 7.8 2,080 27,929 7.8 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,014 7.3 2,080 23,599 8.2 2,080 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 23,623 15.4 2,080 23,623 15.4 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,548 4.5 2,080 24,548 4.5 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 22,262 1.5 2,080 22,262 1.5 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 24,704 8.1 2,080 24,704 8.1 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 22,686 13.2 2,039 17,203 5.3 2,020 $26,194 13.9 2,051 Protective service............................................ 29,227 11.8 2,096 – – – 32,295 4.3 2,100 Food service.................................................. 18,244 9.3 1,941 18,635 10.3 2,032 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,626 8.2 1,951 19,082 8.9 2,046 – – – Health service................................................ 17,947 3.4 2,063 17,499 4.0 2,054 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,882 3.4 2,063 17,499 4.0 2,054 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 17,135 7.1 2,006 13,984 10.8 1,892 18,369 9.1 2,051 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,228 3.5 1,924 11,894 11.4 1,803 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,199 9.8 2,048 – – – 19,261 11.0 2,044 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $19.83 4.4 $19.99 5.6 $19.39 5.9 All excluding sales............................................... 20.25 4.3 20.60 5.4 19.39 5.9 White collar........................................................ 24.67 6.1 25.16 8.2 23.56 7.4 2....................................................... 9.16 6.3 9.07 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.96 4.5 11.17 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.13 5.0 14.88 7.6 12.83 2.8 5....................................................... 15.03 2.8 16.23 5.9 13.65 3.5 6....................................................... 25.85 1.6 24.45 3.9 26.62 1.1 7....................................................... 25.66 2.0 24.97 2.6 28.69 4.0 8....................................................... 27.78 4.4 28.10 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.82 4.8 31.99 4.6 28.46 8.8 10........................................................ 34.85 2.9 34.85 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 41.34 6.3 42.09 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.64 26.0 23.83 42.5 35.89 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.13 5.4 27.48 7.1 23.56 7.4 2....................................................... 10.41 2.6 10.60 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.77 2.5 12.78 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.76 4.9 14.45 8.3 12.83 2.8 5....................................................... 14.82 3.0 15.93 5.8 13.65 3.5 6....................................................... 25.85 1.6 24.45 3.9 26.62 1.1 7....................................................... 25.97 1.9 25.25 2.7 28.69 4.0 8....................................................... 27.73 4.4 28.06 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 30.82 4.8 31.99 4.6 28.46 8.8 10........................................................ 34.85 2.9 34.85 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 41.34 6.3 42.09 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.53 10.8 35.11 24.2 35.89 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.27 4.5 28.60 5.4 27.80 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.35 4.4 32.32 5.1 30.27 7.5 6....................................................... 25.49 2.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 26.95 3.1 – – 29.60 2.5 8....................................................... 28.12 4.6 28.55 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.37 6.0 33.79 3.7 28.43 8.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.99 5.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.44 6.2 38.44 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 34.23 2.0 34.23 2.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.57 11.0 27.64 2.7 31.57 19.6 8....................................................... 26.64 1.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.78 2.2 26.63 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.88 3.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.36 .9 – – 30.55 .9 7....................................................... 31.39 3.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.91 1.4 – – 32.47 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.72 1.9 – – 31.32 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... $32.06 1.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.95 1.7 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.41 6.5 $21.99 6.3 $15.54 17.6 4....................................................... 13.17 10.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.21 2.2 15.52 5.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.86 7.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.94 1.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.79 2.0 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.72 16.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.55 9.9 37.70 10.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.41 8.3 29.38 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.21 12.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.40 15.0 45.15 16.1 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.84 8.9 45.25 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.40 15.0 45.15 16.1 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.08 12.0 42.08 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 32.51 12.9 32.93 13.2 – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 16.8 13.43 16.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 16.7 9.00 16.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.57 14.6 16.57 14.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.05 6.2 8.05 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.20 4.2 13.71 6.9 12.43 2.2 2....................................................... 10.43 3.2 10.69 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.77 2.5 12.78 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.83 5.4 14.40 9.3 13.07 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 15.33 7.5 17.09 7.2 13.31 5.7 4....................................................... 14.52 6.2 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 12.91 2.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 6.3 11.40 7.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.33 2.8 12.33 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.31 7.6 16.99 8.7 12.98 5.9 4....................................................... 15.68 9.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.66 5.6 14.61 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.97 5.6 16.13 5.7 13.72 13.0 1....................................................... 8.99 5.3 8.98 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.74 5.6 11.74 5.6 – – 3....................................................... $12.64 2.0 $12.86 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 4.5 14.95 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.55 5.5 18.78 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 23.34 5.6 23.76 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.36 5.6 25.34 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.11 7.6 21.52 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.00 8.2 14.00 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 4.8 16.68 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 23.65 8.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.58 6.6 25.54 5.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.20 8.5 24.20 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.47 4.5 26.47 4.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.05 3.5 15.53 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.45 5.4 17.72 5.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 5.9 15.84 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.47 5.0 11.47 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.32 1.2 13.32 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.56 3.2 14.56 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.05 6.2 20.05 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 23.31 2.0 23.31 2.0 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.88 7.9 11.88 7.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.86 9.3 14.86 9.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.76 3.1 17.76 3.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.69 10.0 15.69 10.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.92 7.5 20.92 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 4.9 13.37 4.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.84 22.7 12.84 22.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 6.2 13.85 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.62 6.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.43 11.4 15.43 11.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.43 7.8 13.43 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.39 7.1 11.18 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.91 6.7 8.89 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.01 8.2 12.01 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.33 7.0 12.33 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.53 18.9 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.36 15.4 11.36 15.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.50 5.0 10.50 5.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.70 1.5 10.70 1.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.88 8.1 11.88 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.22 6.9 11.22 6.9 – – Service............................................................. $10.51 13.2 $7.82 5.1 $12.70 12.8 1....................................................... 7.64 4.9 7.13 3.4 8.69 8.8 2....................................................... 8.21 5.7 7.75 5.5 8.90 10.3 4....................................................... 10.99 3.2 – – 10.76 3.4 Protective service............................................ 13.18 15.0 – – 15.41 3.0 Food service.................................................. 8.48 4.6 8.18 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.12 5.9 6.80 3.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.4 8.32 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.70 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.06 4.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.67 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.06 4.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.24 7.3 6.84 8.9 9.04 8.6 1....................................................... 8.25 5.9 7.66 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.90 12.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.84 1.9 6.54 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.20 5.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.77 10.2 – – 9.50 10.2 1....................................................... 8.73 8.3 – – – – 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $20.21 4.2 $20.53 5.1 $19.35 6.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.54 4.1 21.02 4.9 19.35 6.8 White collar........................................................ 25.04 6.0 25.66 8.0 23.59 8.0 2....................................................... 10.46 2.5 10.63 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.17 4.5 11.50 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.11 5.1 14.87 7.7 12.83 2.8 5....................................................... 15.02 2.9 16.23 5.9 13.62 3.5 6....................................................... 25.85 1.6 24.45 3.9 26.62 1.1 7....................................................... 25.61 2.2 24.85 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 27.78 4.4 28.10 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.10 3.6 32.00 4.6 32.48 .2 10........................................................ 34.96 3.0 34.96 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.34 6.3 42.09 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.13 25.3 24.40 42.5 35.89 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.23 5.6 27.55 7.3 23.59 8.0 2....................................................... 10.46 2.5 10.63 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.80 2.6 12.85 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.74 4.9 14.42 8.4 12.83 2.8 5....................................................... 14.81 3.0 15.93 5.8 13.62 3.5 6....................................................... 25.85 1.6 24.45 3.9 26.62 1.1 7....................................................... 25.93 2.2 25.13 3.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.73 4.4 28.06 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.10 3.6 32.00 4.6 32.48 .2 10........................................................ 34.96 3.0 34.96 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.34 6.3 42.09 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.71 10.9 35.48 24.9 35.89 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.55 4.3 28.73 5.7 28.28 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.02 3.6 32.74 5.2 31.18 4.9 6....................................................... 25.49 2.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 27.00 3.7 24.75 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 28.12 4.6 28.55 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 33.40 2.5 33.81 3.7 32.47 .2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.30 5.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.44 6.2 38.44 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 34.23 2.0 34.23 2.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.26 8.4 27.82 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.64 1.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.42 1.4 26.62 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.88 3.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.36 .9 – – 30.55 .9 7....................................................... 31.39 3.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.91 1.4 – – 32.47 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.72 1.9 – – 31.32 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... $32.06 1.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.95 1.7 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.45 6.6 $22.03 6.4 $15.53 17.8 5....................................................... 14.19 2.2 15.52 5.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.86 7.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.82 1.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.72 16.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.60 9.9 37.75 10.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.41 8.3 29.38 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.21 12.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.40 15.0 45.15 16.1 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.84 8.9 45.25 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.40 15.0 45.15 16.1 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.08 12.0 42.08 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 32.58 12.9 33.00 13.3 – – Sales............................................................. 14.56 16.8 14.56 16.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.57 14.6 16.57 14.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.24 4.2 13.74 6.9 12.47 2.2 2....................................................... 10.50 3.1 10.73 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.80 2.6 12.85 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.83 5.4 14.40 9.3 13.07 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 15.33 7.5 17.09 7.2 13.31 5.7 4....................................................... 14.52 6.2 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 12.91 2.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 6.3 11.40 7.3 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.33 2.8 12.33 2.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.31 7.6 16.99 8.7 12.98 5.9 4....................................................... 15.68 9.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.66 5.6 14.61 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.06 5.6 16.22 5.8 13.72 13.4 1....................................................... 9.09 5.8 9.10 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.84 5.6 11.84 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 2.0 12.86 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 4.5 14.95 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.55 5.5 18.78 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 23.34 5.6 23.76 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 24.36 5.6 25.34 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $21.11 7.6 $21.52 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.00 8.2 14.00 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 4.8 16.68 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 23.65 8.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.58 6.6 25.54 5.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.20 8.5 24.20 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.47 4.5 26.47 4.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 16.05 3.5 15.53 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.45 5.4 17.72 5.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.87 6.0 15.87 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.47 5.0 11.47 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.32 1.2 13.32 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.56 3.2 14.56 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.05 6.2 20.05 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 23.31 2.0 23.31 2.0 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 11.88 7.9 11.88 7.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 14.86 9.3 14.86 9.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.76 3.1 17.76 3.1 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 15.69 10.0 15.69 10.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 21.11 7.8 21.11 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 4.9 13.37 4.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.84 22.7 12.84 22.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.55 6.3 13.85 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.54 6.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.43 11.4 15.43 11.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.43 7.8 13.43 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.55 7.3 11.35 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.01 7.0 9.00 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.30 7.6 12.30 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.33 7.0 12.33 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.53 18.9 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.36 15.4 11.36 15.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.80 4.5 11.80 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.70 1.5 10.70 1.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.88 8.1 11.88 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.22 6.9 11.22 6.9 – – Service............................................................. 11.13 12.4 8.51 4.0 $12.77 13.0 1....................................................... 7.85 3.2 7.64 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.37 5.3 8.17 3.9 8.62 10.5 4....................................................... 10.99 3.2 – – 10.76 3.4 Protective service............................................ 13.95 10.5 – – 15.38 3.0 Food service.................................................. $9.40 3.6 $9.17 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.55 2.8 9.33 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.70 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.06 4.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.67 3.8 8.52 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.06 4.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.54 7.2 7.39 8.4 $8.96 9.1 1....................................................... 8.04 4.9 7.61 11.3 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.87 1.4 6.60 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.27 4.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.37 9.8 – – 9.42 11.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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................................................................... $13.19 22.2 $10.28 19.5 $20.04 18.3 All excluding sales............................................... 14.46 23.8 11.27 26.1 20.04 18.3 White collar........................................................ 18.37 15.4 15.18 17.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.24 5.1 7.20 5.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.78 2.2 24.77 3.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.49 2.5 25.80 2.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.79 3.1 26.46 1.5 – – Health related................................................ 24.85 3.4 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.78 3.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.42 4.5 7.42 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 5.5 7.15 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.23 12.2 7.27 7.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.74 13.9 5.81 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.08 18.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Cleaning and building 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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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....................................................... $20.21 $13.19 $15.57 $20.20 $19.76 $22.73 All excluding sales............................................. 20.54 14.46 15.47 20.67 20.14 – White collar........................................................ 25.04 18.37 – 24.79 24.77 22.73 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.23 23.78 – 26.22 25.94 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.55 24.49 – 28.30 28.27 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.02 24.79 – 31.35 31.35 – Technical....................................................... 20.45 – – 20.36 20.41 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.60 – – 37.55 36.55 – Sales............................................................. 14.56 7.42 – 13.14 10.84 18.10 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.24 – – 13.10 13.13 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.06 8.23 15.27 16.18 15.97 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.11 – 23.02 20.82 21.11 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.87 – 14.32 16.34 15.84 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.55 – 16.27 13.03 13.56 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.55 – 12.90 10.59 11.39 – Service............................................................. 11.13 6.74 – 10.51 10.51 – 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....................................................... 4.2 22.2 3.2 4.8 4.4 26.2 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 23.8 3.1 4.6 4.2 – White collar........................................................ 6.0 15.4 – 6.1 6.4 26.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.6 2.2 – 5.4 5.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 2.5 – 4.5 4.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 3.1 – 4.4 4.4 – Technical....................................................... 6.6 – – 6.7 6.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.9 – – 9.9 10.1 – Sales............................................................. 16.8 4.5 – 17.8 13.4 25.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 – – 4.4 4.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 5.6 12.2 3.4 7.8 5.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.6 – 8.2 10.2 7.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.0 – 6.6 7.8 5.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 – 9.2 6.8 6.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.3 – 6.0 8.2 7.1 – Service............................................................. 12.4 13.9 – 13.2 13.2 – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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....................................................... $19.99 $23.85 – - $22.79 $15.45 – $11.32 - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.60 23.86 – - 22.79 16.02 – 10.59 - - White collar........................................................ 25.16 33.25 – - 31.93 18.77 – 12.05 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.48 33.53 – - 32.21 21.06 – 10.93 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.60 33.75 – - 33.08 23.84 – – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.32 36.73 – - 36.55 27.04 – – - - Technical....................................................... 21.99 25.84 – - 25.84 19.76 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.70 – – - – 31.70 – – - - Sales............................................................. 13.43 – – - – 12.71 – 12.32 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.71 15.94 – - 15.72 12.76 – 10.93 - - Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 17.10 – - 17.10 12.32 – 11.66 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.52 24.14 – - 24.23 15.36 – 13.58 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 15.91 – - 15.86 – – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.85 14.63 – - 14.60 – – – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.18 12.24 – - 12.24 9.65 – 10.67 - - Service............................................................. 7.82 – – - – 7.82 – 8.46 - - 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....................................................... 5.6 5.8 – - 6.3 7.9 – 11.3 - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 5.9 – - 6.4 7.4 – 4.4 - - White collar........................................................ 8.2 8.4 – - 10.2 8.0 – 16.5 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.1 8.6 – - 10.5 5.1 – 13.3 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 6.3 – - 8.0 4.5 – – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.1 4.4 – - 6.0 3.4 – – - - Technical....................................................... 6.3 5.6 – - 5.6 5.1 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.4 – – - – 12.2 – – - - Sales............................................................. 16.8 – – - – 17.6 – 19.0 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.9 13.2 – - 12.5 5.2 – 13.3 - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.7 5.8 – - 6.0 6.9 – 3.6 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.7 6.5 – - 6.4 5.1 – 7.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 5.9 – - 6.2 – – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 5.5 – - 5.7 – – – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.9 8.7 – - 8.7 14.8 – 15.2 - - Service............................................................. 5.1 – – - – 5.2 – 5.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 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....................................................... $19.99 $13.79 $21.06 $14.50 $27.08 All excluding sales............................................. 20.60 12.98 21.71 14.98 27.09 White collar........................................................ 25.16 18.60 26.19 16.55 31.72 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.48 19.99 28.23 19.13 31.75 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.60 25.20 28.87 20.24 30.84 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.32 25.55 33.16 24.20 34.73 Technical....................................................... 21.99 – 22.02 16.36 23.84 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37.70 – 38.42 35.96 – Sales............................................................. 13.43 16.83 11.50 11.24 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.71 12.61 13.93 12.74 16.10 Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 10.98 16.76 14.01 20.80 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.52 – 22.38 19.18 25.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.84 10.62 16.24 13.39 19.46 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.85 – 14.36 13.62 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.18 7.98 11.72 11.03 14.55 Service............................................................. 7.82 7.52 8.00 8.31 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.6 13.0 6.1 5.8 6.7 All excluding sales............................................. 5.4 14.3 5.4 4.6 6.7 White collar........................................................ 8.2 9.0 9.3 12.5 7.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.1 12.0 7.4 7.8 7.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.4 11.9 5.6 4.8 5.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.1 11.9 4.9 2.9 6.0 Technical....................................................... 6.3 – 6.3 7.0 4.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.4 – 10.8 18.9 – Sales............................................................. 16.8 9.6 14.9 14.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.9 11.9 7.3 6.7 7.9 Blue collar......................................................... 5.7 8.4 6.9 5.4 7.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7.7 – 8.3 11.6 8.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 22.8 7.4 2.3 6.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 – 8.0 10.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.9 6.1 8.5 9.0 7.7 Service............................................................. 5.1 5.9 6.0 4.9 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.30 $11.00 $15.89 $27.35 $35.92 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.38 16.50 27.35 36.36 White collar.................................... 10.17 13.66 23.05 32.79 39.83 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 15.08 26.00 33.68 40.61 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 21.57 27.74 34.19 39.38 Professional specialty...................... 19.65 25.24 31.65 36.85 42.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 31.14 33.05 36.96 42.63 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 20.12 23.00 29.61 33.79 39.14 Registered nurses....................... 19.38 21.57 26.00 29.77 31.30 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.46 28.67 32.24 33.72 40.61 Teachers, except college and university... 21.88 25.30 30.83 35.63 38.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.26 26.18 30.94 35.81 38.33 Secondary school teachers............... 25.17 28.33 31.65 35.88 39.93 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 10.89 14.00 21.26 27.35 27.74 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.77 15.43 22.19 22.99 23.83 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.25 12.58 14.00 15.02 16.82 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.25 10.25 16.96 22.70 31.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 22.60 27.35 35.15 43.07 50.78 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 35.92 39.83 48.08 82.53 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 35.00 39.15 43.55 68.54 Management related........................ 22.60 27.35 31.55 37.90 46.19 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.10 10.70 17.64 25.00 Cashiers................................ 6.40 7.00 7.48 9.08 10.29 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.96 10.78 12.85 14.80 18.55 Secretaries............................. 11.08 11.94 14.79 16.50 20.33 Order clerks............................ 10.83 11.42 12.82 13.15 15.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.75 10.85 12.27 14.05 15.12 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 10.78 13.73 14.45 14.45 General office clerks................... 10.95 13.22 14.59 19.65 19.65 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.68 12.02 13.47 14.42 18.40 Blue collar..................................... 9.44 11.47 13.93 20.74 26.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 14.81 20.32 27.55 29.31 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.75 20.74 25.84 28.72 29.31 Machinery maintenance................... 12.02 14.00 15.74 18.30 20.10 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.47 12.98 14.81 20.68 28.08 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.60 $12.10 $13.93 $20.20 $24.48 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.60 9.60 11.80 13.68 14.09 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.15 12.10 13.57 17.07 22.09 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.60 13.03 13.90 22.09 22.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.45 17.79 24.48 24.48 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 10.88 11.72 12.76 15.77 15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 9.60 14.71 22.09 Transportation and material moving............ 10.01 11.00 12.91 14.82 21.32 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.04 13.47 14.82 14.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 8.40 10.19 13.65 15.64 Production helpers...................... 7.05 7.05 10.10 13.90 15.64 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 8.00 11.00 12.45 13.37 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 8.05 11.94 11.94 12.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.84 9.50 12.42 13.65 15.62 Service......................................... 5.90 7.24 9.15 12.13 17.68 Protective service........................ 6.00 9.94 12.37 17.09 20.36 Food service.............................. 5.30 6.25 8.40 10.00 11.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.35 6.45 8.43 10.55 11.97 Health service............................ 7.18 7.47 8.30 9.49 10.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.18 7.46 8.25 9.44 10.54 Cleaning and building service............. 5.50 6.50 7.45 9.53 11.04 Maids and housemen...................... 5.50 6.43 6.95 7.45 7.45 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.50 6.57 8.32 9.97 11.42 Personal service.......................... – – – – – 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $11.00 $16.25 $27.35 $35.15 All excluding sales........................... 8.43 11.78 16.89 27.35 36.27 White collar.................................... 9.96 13.94 23.68 32.71 41.57 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 18.27 27.35 34.31 43.44 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.11 22.63 27.35 33.23 41.48 Professional specialty...................... 20.95 26.00 31.62 37.16 44.92 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 31.14 33.05 36.96 42.63 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.77 23.98 26.94 30.01 32.68 Registered nurses....................... 20.70 23.49 26.17 29.76 31.84 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.50 16.40 22.87 27.35 27.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 22.60 27.35 35.15 42.98 50.79 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.33 35.92 40.02 49.71 82.53 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 35.00 39.15 43.55 68.54 Management related........................ 22.60 27.35 31.92 37.90 46.27 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.10 10.70 17.64 25.00 Cashiers................................ 6.40 7.00 7.48 9.08 10.29 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.78 13.22 16.50 19.65 Secretaries............................. 11.92 14.79 16.50 18.23 26.75 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.75 10.00 10.85 10.85 14.84 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 10.78 13.73 14.45 14.45 General office clerks................... 13.22 13.94 18.14 19.65 19.65 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.59 12.02 14.42 14.86 18.40 Blue collar..................................... 9.44 11.76 13.93 21.32 26.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 14.96 21.32 27.81 29.31 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.75 20.74 25.84 28.72 29.31 Machinery maintenance................... 11.85 14.00 14.30 16.89 21.19 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.47 12.98 14.81 27.81 28.08 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.60 12.10 13.93 20.20 24.48 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.60 9.60 11.80 13.68 14.09 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.15 12.10 13.57 17.07 22.09 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.60 13.03 13.90 22.09 22.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.45 17.79 24.48 24.48 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 10.88 11.72 12.76 15.77 15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ $9.60 $9.60 $9.60 $14.71 $22.09 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 11.04 13.29 14.85 21.32 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.04 13.47 14.82 14.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 8.05 11.04 13.37 15.32 Production helpers...................... 7.05 7.05 10.10 13.90 15.64 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 8.00 11.00 12.45 13.37 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 8.05 11.94 11.94 12.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.84 9.50 12.42 13.65 15.62 Service......................................... 5.50 6.00 7.63 9.15 10.76 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.30 6.00 8.05 9.60 11.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.30 6.00 8.40 10.00 11.97 Health service............................ 7.30 7.67 8.20 9.25 9.54 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.30 7.67 8.20 9.25 9.54 Cleaning and building service............. $5.50 $5.50 $6.30 $7.44 $9.87 Maids and housemen...................... 5.50 6.15 6.50 6.95 7.63 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.65 $10.98 $15.31 $27.55 $36.43 All excluding sales........................... 8.65 10.98 15.31 27.55 36.43 White collar.................................... 10.68 13.22 21.81 32.86 38.33 White collar excluding sales................ 10.68 13.22 21.81 32.86 38.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.51 21.22 29.39 36.04 39.14 Professional specialty...................... 19.38 23.46 31.76 36.43 39.14 Health related............................ 19.38 21.57 33.19 38.94 39.38 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.63 25.30 30.94 36.00 38.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.91 26.99 31.84 36.04 38.33 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.25 10.37 13.05 16.82 27.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.88 10.68 12.37 14.02 15.43 Secretaries............................. 10.76 11.29 12.19 14.72 18.04 General office clerks................... 9.84 11.08 13.34 15.24 15.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.65 9.58 13.08 16.85 22.78 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.18 8.82 11.52 16.06 20.21 Protective service........................ 10.97 12.12 14.18 18.17 21.50 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.63 7.02 8.32 9.81 11.72 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.63 7.68 9.09 10.36 13.50 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.85 $11.42 $16.25 $27.35 $36.36 All excluding sales........................... 8.90 11.78 16.62 27.35 36.80 White collar.................................... 10.40 13.79 23.58 33.19 40.17 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 14.71 26.42 34.27 41.27 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.52 22.17 28.54 35.00 39.84 Professional specialty...................... 20.50 26.17 32.31 37.11 43.01 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 31.14 33.05 36.96 42.63 50.66 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.13 25.25 31.48 36.43 39.38 Registered nurses....................... 19.82 22.70 26.69 29.92 32.68 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.46 28.67 32.24 33.72 40.61 Teachers, except college and university... 21.88 25.30 30.83 35.63 38.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.26 26.18 30.94 35.81 38.33 Secondary school teachers............... 25.17 28.33 31.65 35.88 39.93 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.89 14.00 21.42 27.35 27.74 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.77 15.43 22.19 22.99 23.83 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.20 12.58 13.85 14.80 16.79 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.25 10.25 16.96 22.70 31.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 22.60 27.35 35.40 43.07 50.78 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 35.92 39.83 48.08 82.53 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 35.00 39.15 43.55 68.54 Management related........................ 22.60 27.35 31.58 37.90 46.19 Sales......................................... 7.10 9.18 11.72 18.00 28.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.78 12.92 14.84 18.60 Secretaries............................. 11.08 11.94 14.79 16.50 20.33 Order clerks............................ 10.83 11.42 12.82 13.15 15.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.75 10.85 12.27 14.05 15.12 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 10.78 13.73 14.45 14.45 General office clerks................... 10.95 13.22 14.59 19.65 19.65 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.68 12.02 13.47 14.42 18.40 Blue collar..................................... 9.44 11.67 13.93 21.10 26.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 14.81 20.32 27.55 29.31 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.75 20.74 25.84 28.72 29.31 Machinery maintenance................... 12.02 14.00 15.74 18.30 20.10 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.47 12.98 14.81 20.68 28.08 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.60 12.10 13.93 20.20 24.48 Winding and twisting machine operators.. $9.60 $9.60 $11.80 $13.68 $14.09 Extruding and forming machine operators. 11.15 12.10 13.57 17.07 22.09 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.60 13.03 13.90 22.09 22.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.67 17.79 24.48 24.48 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 10.88 11.72 12.76 15.77 15.77 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.60 9.60 9.60 14.71 22.09 Transportation and material moving............ 10.01 11.00 12.91 14.85 21.32 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.04 13.47 14.82 14.85 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 8.65 11.04 13.65 15.64 Production helpers...................... 7.05 7.05 10.10 13.90 15.64 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.50 10.50 11.94 12.82 13.37 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 8.05 11.94 11.94 12.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.84 9.50 12.42 13.65 15.62 Service......................................... 6.95 7.74 9.58 12.62 18.59 Protective service........................ 8.00 10.56 12.62 17.09 20.89 Food service.............................. 6.75 8.00 8.89 11.38 11.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 8.05 8.89 11.97 11.97 Health service............................ 7.18 7.47 8.30 9.49 10.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.18 7.46 8.25 9.44 10.54 Cleaning and building service............. 6.43 6.91 7.83 9.69 11.09 Maids and housemen...................... 5.98 6.43 6.95 7.45 7.45 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.57 7.62 9.02 10.18 13.35 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $5.75 $8.17 $21.57 $27.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.50 5.75 9.53 21.57 29.00 White collar.................................... 6.70 8.00 19.38 26.00 30.33 White collar excluding sales................ 19.38 19.38 25.00 29.00 30.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.38 21.57 25.32 29.00 30.33 Professional specialty...................... 19.38 21.57 25.32 29.00 30.33 Health related............................ 19.38 21.57 25.32 29.00 30.33 Registered nurses....................... 19.38 21.57 25.32 29.00 30.33 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.40 7.00 8.09 9.56 Cashiers................................ 5.80 6.40 7.00 7.95 8.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.85 6.50 7.10 9.50 13.63 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 5.30 5.50 5.75 6.10 10.23 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, January 2006 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 85,400 60,400 25,100 All excluding sales............................................. 80,200 55,100 25,100 White collar........................................................ 47,500 31,600 15,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 42,200 26,400 15,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25,300 14,300 11,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 19,200 9,700 9,500 Technical....................................................... 6,100 4,600 1,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,700 6,300 - Sales............................................................. 5,300 5,300 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,200 5,800 4,400 Blue collar......................................................... 24,500 22,500 2,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,300 5,800 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9,700 9,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,900 2,000 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5,600 5,000 - Service............................................................. 13,500 6,200 7,300 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.