NC BL 12/00/2006 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3135-19, April 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.6 35.3 $14.55 2.6 34.8 $22.31 5.1 38.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.47 3.8 37.7 22.43 3.8 38.0 30.75 5.3 37.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 25.54 9.8 42.2 24.25 9.3 43.5 27.99 19.6 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 25.45 2.6 36.0 21.61 2.6 35.9 31.82 2.1 36.2 Service............................................................. 10.17 4.2 30.6 9.06 5.5 29.1 14.39 7.3 38.0 Sales and office.................................................... 13.36 1.8 34.7 13.37 1.9 34.1 13.24 5.4 40.0 Sales and related................................................. 14.21 4.1 34.3 14.25 4.1 34.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.01 2.2 34.8 12.95 2.3 34.0 13.33 5.7 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.49 4.7 39.4 16.16 4.6 39.6 19.29 13.9 38.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.98 6.5 38.8 15.63 6.4 38.7 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.11 7.1 40.1 16.45 6.7 40.1 24.33 3.7 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.36 3.7 37.9 13.15 3.8 37.9 15.99 9.4 37.2 Production........................................................ 14.73 5.1 39.3 14.48 5.0 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.88 6.8 36.5 11.70 7.2 36.6 13.94 13.9 35.1 Full time........................................................... 17.03 2.3 39.9 15.59 2.3 39.9 22.63 5.7 39.7 Part time........................................................... 10.02 5.9 21.2 9.32 5.3 21.1 17.71 6.0 23.3 Union............................................................... 18.68 1.5 38.0 16.71 3.0 39.1 19.40 1.9 37.6 Nonunion............................................................ 15.56 3.0 34.9 14.45 2.8 34.6 26.02 5.9 38.4 Time................................................................ 16.01 2.3 35.3 14.41 2.5 34.7 22.31 5.1 38.0 Incentive........................................................... 15.94 18.5 35.3 15.94 18.5 35.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.10 3.0 33.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.53 4.2 34.7 13.50 4.3 34.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.11 5.7 34.7 14.72 6.0 34.7 26.46 2.6 36.9 500 workers or more................................................. 20.67 3.8 37.0 18.48 4.3 35.5 22.15 5.4 38.0 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.6 $17.03 2.3 $10.02 5.9 Management occupations.............................................. 30.08 7.1 30.08 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.03 4.3 25.03 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.57 7.8 41.57 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.90 8.8 30.90 8.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.97 2.5 35.97 2.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.17 11.5 20.17 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.00 5.4 19.00 5.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 16.58 12.1 16.58 12.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.29 10.2 26.29 10.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.41 8.2 21.41 8.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 28.85 8.8 28.85 8.8 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.53 1.8 17.53 1.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.93 21.1 24.93 21.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.38 12.0 17.40 13.2 – – Legal occupations................................................... 22.67 17.6 23.24 16.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.12 1.6 38.04 1.6 23.57 5.9 Level 8 .................................................. 33.51 11.6 33.54 11.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.83 6.6 46.10 7.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.26 2.0 35.10 1.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.81 1.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.94 .7 35.94 .7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.88 2.0 27.88 2.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.21 2.3 36.21 2.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.88 2.0 27.88 2.0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.48 4.5 31.90 5.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.48 4.5 31.90 5.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.33 4.4 23.08 5.6 19.86 3.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.00 3.3 14.96 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.44 1.0 15.39 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.59 3.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.29 8.0 30.31 8.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.53 2.2 25.56 2.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.46 6.0 21.42 4.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.23 9.2 20.05 10.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.20 2.1 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ $25.67 5.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.64 7.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.61 9.3 $11.56 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 9.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.59 6.8 10.41 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 10.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.69 7.8 10.48 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 11.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.76 19.8 14.56 18.9 $9.83 16.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.08 8.6 9.88 13.8 6.72 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 5.96 22.5 6.75 15.5 4.70 25.6 Level 2 .................................................. 6.56 2.9 – – 6.56 2.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.28 13.8 7.80 13.8 6.67 19.2 Level 4 .................................................. 9.06 .5 9.04 .9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.83 14.4 13.69 17.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 14.8 13.67 17.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.04 4.0 10.51 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.03 6.5 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.72 3.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.03 6.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 20.7 4.65 34.6 4.11 9.1 Level 2 .................................................. 5.26 34.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.63 37.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.59 12.1 – – 3.97 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 5.26 34.8 – – 5.15 31.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 5.1 – – 6.75 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.58 3.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.28 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.73 9.5 11.20 10.4 8.27 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 3.2 7.99 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 7.9 9.96 8.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.79 9.4 10.16 10.7 8.29 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 10.4 10.06 11.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.10 13.8 11.97 12.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 4.8 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.90 5.4 7.81 5.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.53 2.1 8.63 2.2 8.03 6.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... $14.21 4.1 $15.74 5.5 $7.82 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.91 1.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.76 5.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.49 13.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.30 7.5 18.30 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.04 8.9 18.04 8.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.73 5.8 12.31 4.7 7.81 .7 Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 7.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.52 11.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.54 11.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.98 7.1 – – 8.12 .9 Insurance sales agents............................................ 16.98 19.8 16.98 19.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.01 2.2 13.63 2.8 9.84 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.11 5.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.72 3.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.95 3.2 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.14 4.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.86 4.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.63 5.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.07 6.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.86 10.5 19.58 11.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.90 3.8 13.19 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.08 3.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.46 3.9 13.86 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.96 3.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.38 5.2 13.21 3.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.29 9.8 13.11 2.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.33 9.8 11.72 8.9 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.09 8.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.03 4.3 15.23 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.93 7.3 12.93 7.3 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.70 8.6 16.70 8.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.99 8.2 12.99 8.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.87 2.0 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 10.68 1.2 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.10 13.7 15.10 13.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.47 7.1 12.13 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.39 1.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.67 9.0 12.68 9.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 6.5 16.02 6.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.36 5.2 19.36 5.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $17.11 7.1 $17.12 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.56 18.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.28 7.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.36 8.7 18.36 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.66 4.6 21.66 4.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.73 5.1 14.88 5.7 $9.59 8.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 5.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.75 7.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.78 2.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 7.8 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.57 4.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.67 10.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.66 17.1 18.66 17.1 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.09 3.8 13.47 .1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.11 3.9 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.91 1.6 13.91 1.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.82 3.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.88 6.8 12.60 5.6 7.74 9.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 11.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 6.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.54 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 11.2 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.88 2.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.77 10.0 12.03 9.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.23 11.3 12.23 11.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.62 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.64 5.6 10.40 3.6 7.31 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 13.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 6.7 10.20 10.3 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.33 8.3 10.04 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.32 13.9 9.32 13.9 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.55 2.6 $15.59 2.3 $9.32 5.3 Management occupations.............................................. 28.91 9.5 28.91 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 5.1 25.00 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.39 9.5 28.39 9.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.11 12.7 21.11 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.00 5.4 19.00 5.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 16.58 12.1 16.58 12.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.29 10.2 26.29 10.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.54 8.9 20.54 8.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 27.63 13.1 27.63 13.1 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.43 2.3 17.43 2.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.75 21.6 24.75 21.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.38 22.8 16.38 22.8 – – Legal occupations................................................... 15.46 .6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.41 8.8 25.49 9.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.05 4.5 22.80 5.9 19.86 3.4 Level 7 .................................................. 22.07 2.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.21 9.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.16 1.8 25.20 1.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.59 6.3 21.51 4.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.23 9.2 20.05 10.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.20 2.1 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.67 5.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 8.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.74 11.0 11.69 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 10.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.49 9.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 11.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.49 9.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 11.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... – – – – 8.85 13.3 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.78 10.0 9.83 15.6 6.31 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 5.93 22.5 6.75 15.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.42 2.8 – – 6.41 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. $6.48 18.4 – – $6.67 19.2 Level 4 .................................................. 9.06 .5 $9.04 0.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.67 17.8 13.67 17.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.67 17.8 13.67 17.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.06 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.03 6.5 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.72 3.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.03 6.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 20.7 4.65 34.6 4.11 9.1 Level 2 .................................................. 5.26 34.8 – – 5.15 31.7 Level 3 .................................................. 4.63 37.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.59 12.1 – – 3.97 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 5.26 34.8 – – 5.15 31.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 4.1 – – 6.57 2.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.98 .2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.74 11.6 11.27 13.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 3.2 7.99 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.42 11.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.51 11.0 9.84 12.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.03 18.0 12.01 17.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.90 5.4 7.81 5.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.44 2.3 8.53 2.0 8.03 6.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.25 4.1 15.81 5.5 7.82 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.91 1.7 – – 7.80 1.9 Level 4 .................................................. 12.76 5.4 13.14 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.49 13.0 14.17 13.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.49 6.8 18.49 6.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.22 8.2 18.22 8.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.76 5.9 12.38 4.7 7.81 .7 Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 7.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.57 11.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.60 11.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.98 7.1 – – 8.12 .9 Insurance sales agents............................................ 16.98 19.8 16.98 19.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.95 2.3 13.70 3.1 9.84 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.11 5.2 8.92 6.6 9.31 9.0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.56 3.5 10.71 3.4 9.84 5.4 Level 4 .................................................. 11.98 3.4 12.53 1.6 10.01 10.7 Level 5 .................................................. $15.50 5.4 $15.50 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.66 3.3 17.04 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.63 5.2 18.63 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.07 6.0 14.18 8.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.76 11.7 20.99 11.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.85 4.4 13.18 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 4.3 10.83 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.90 3.5 12.34 3.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.56 4.5 14.09 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.13 5.0 12.96 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.29 9.8 13.11 2.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.33 9.8 11.72 8.9 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.09 8.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.38 4.4 16.86 4.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.86 8.5 17.86 8.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.89 4.1 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.10 13.7 15.10 13.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.32 8.7 12.15 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.39 1.2 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.63 6.4 15.66 6.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.45 6.7 16.47 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.58 19.4 16.66 19.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.00 7.3 19.00 7.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.90 8.3 17.90 8.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.48 5.0 14.63 5.7 $9.59 8.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 5.9 10.39 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.75 7.7 13.75 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.78 2.1 13.78 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 7.8 15.71 7.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.57 4.5 16.57 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.70 12.2 21.70 12.2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.09 3.8 13.47 .1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.11 3.9 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.91 1.6 13.91 1.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.82 3.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.70 7.2 12.44 5.9 7.31 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 11.2 – – 6.82 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 7.1 10.30 8.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.70 3.5 11.70 3.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.14 7.6 11.40 7.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.37 7.9 11.37 7.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... $10.62 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.56 6.1 $10.38 4.1 $7.31 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 13.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 6.7 10.20 10.3 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.17 9.1 9.96 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.32 13.9 9.32 13.9 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.31 5.1 $22.63 5.7 $17.71 6.0 Management occupations.............................................. 31.19 9.5 31.19 9.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.38 7.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.59 1.6 38.67 1.5 23.59 5.9 Level 8 .................................................. 35.04 10.6 35.04 10.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.58 2.0 35.44 1.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.16 .3 29.16 .3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.12 .7 36.12 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.48 2.3 36.48 2.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.14 4.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.14 4.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.13 17.6 25.13 17.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.78 12.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.59 9.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.71 5.8 10.94 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.61 5.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.32 4.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.32 4.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.33 5.7 13.33 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.76 8.1 11.76 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.35 4.8 14.35 4.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.99 7.1 12.99 7.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.33 3.7 24.33 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.94 13.9 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.00 2.6 $17.03 2.3 $10.02 5.9 Management occupations.............................................. 30.08 7.1 30.08 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 30.05 11.7 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.97 2.5 35.97 2.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.17 11.5 20.17 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.82 19.2 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 16.58 12.1 16.58 12.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.29 10.2 26.29 10.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.41 8.2 21.41 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.30 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.31 6.1 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 28.85 8.8 28.85 8.8 – – Group III................................................. 32.31 6.1 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.53 1.8 17.53 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.33 3.7 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.93 21.1 24.93 21.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.38 12.0 17.40 13.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.77 7.4 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 22.67 17.6 23.24 16.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.46 .6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.12 1.6 38.04 1.6 23.57 5.9 Group II.................................................. 25.20 18.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.17 1.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.83 6.6 46.10 7.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.26 2.0 35.10 1.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.98 1.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.94 .7 35.94 .7 – – Group II.................................................. 27.88 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.21 2.3 36.21 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.88 2.0 27.88 2.0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.48 4.5 31.90 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.23 1.5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.48 4.5 31.90 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.23 1.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.33 4.4 23.08 5.6 19.86 3.4 Group I................................................... 12.81 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. $22.97 8.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.53 2.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 22.46 6.0 $21.42 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.95 3.7 19.88 5.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.23 9.2 20.05 10.0 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.20 2.1 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.67 5.8 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.64 7.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.61 9.3 11.56 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.43 9.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.59 6.8 10.41 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.59 6.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.69 7.8 10.48 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.69 7.8 10.48 7.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.76 19.8 14.56 18.9 $9.83 16.9 Group II.................................................. 15.48 6.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.08 8.6 9.88 13.8 6.72 3.2 Group I................................................... 6.94 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.70 14.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.83 14.4 13.69 17.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 14.8 13.67 17.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.04 4.0 10.51 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.67 3.8 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.72 3.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.72 3.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 20.7 4.65 34.6 4.11 9.1 Group I................................................... 4.32 20.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.59 12.1 – – 3.97 11.3 Group I................................................... 3.59 12.1 – – 3.97 11.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 5.1 – – 6.75 4.1 Group I................................................... 6.90 5.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.28 3.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.28 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.73 9.5 11.20 10.4 8.27 2.6 Group I................................................... 9.28 3.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.79 9.4 10.16 10.7 8.29 2.7 Group I................................................... 8.93 4.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.10 13.8 11.97 12.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.80 8.1 10.39 7.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. $7.90 5.4 $7.81 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.90 5.4 7.81 5.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.53 2.1 8.63 2.2 $8.03 6.4 Group I................................................... 8.45 2.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.21 4.1 15.74 5.5 7.82 1.1 Group I................................................... 10.77 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.78 3.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.30 7.5 18.30 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.04 8.9 18.04 8.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.73 5.8 12.31 4.7 7.81 .7 Group I................................................... 10.56 9.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.52 11.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.32 14.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.54 11.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.35 15.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.98 7.1 – – 8.12 .9 Group I................................................... 10.48 .0 – – – – Insurance sales agents............................................ 16.98 19.8 16.98 19.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.01 2.2 13.63 2.8 9.84 3.9 Group I................................................... 11.16 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.21 3.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.86 10.5 19.58 11.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.90 8.5 18.57 8.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.90 3.8 13.19 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.47 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.00 4.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.46 3.9 13.86 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 3.3 12.14 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 15.94 4.8 15.95 4.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.29 9.8 13.11 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.94 12.4 13.05 3.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.33 9.8 11.72 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.44 4.6 10.78 3.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.09 8.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.03 4.3 15.23 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.24 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.01 6.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.70 8.6 16.70 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.41 12.6 17.41 12.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.99 8.2 12.99 8.2 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.87 2.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.87 2.0 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... $10.68 1.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.68 1.2 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.10 13.7 $15.10 13.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.47 7.1 12.13 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.32 8.1 12.04 5.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 6.5 16.02 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.15 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.17 3.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.11 7.1 17.12 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.00 7.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.36 8.7 18.36 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.48 9.4 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.73 5.1 14.88 5.7 $9.59 8.8 Group I................................................... 12.37 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.00 5.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.66 17.1 18.66 17.1 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.09 3.8 13.47 .1 – – Group I................................................... 13.11 3.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.11 3.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.11 3.9 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.91 1.6 13.91 1.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.82 3.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.41 5.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.88 6.8 12.60 5.6 7.74 9.8 Group I................................................... 10.79 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.44 3.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.77 10.0 12.03 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 10.2 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.23 11.3 12.23 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 11.7 11.88 11.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.62 11.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.62 11.0 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.64 5.6 10.40 3.6 7.31 11.1 Group I................................................... 9.46 7.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.33 8.3 10.04 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 8.99 9.9 9.77 5.9 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.91 $10.00 $13.52 $19.23 $27.23 Management occupations.............................................. 20.92 24.00 28.68 35.44 45.49 Education administrators.......................................... 33.85 36.48 37.08 37.08 37.08 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.98 17.55 18.00 21.25 25.00 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 12.23 14.76 17.03 18.94 19.30 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 13.53 18.06 23.59 32.84 38.97 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.29 16.21 19.72 24.17 31.42 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 28.33 33.21 37.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 13.25 15.00 16.91 19.66 22.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.20 17.99 29.34 33.08 33.08 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.25 13.63 16.48 21.80 23.18 Legal occupations................................................... 12.50 14.90 18.13 26.46 42.59 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.02 27.28 35.11 43.89 60.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.28 34.56 44.15 60.50 60.50 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.86 30.57 33.90 41.36 43.89 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.86 30.68 38.23 41.36 42.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.86 30.57 39.99 42.15 42.15 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.42 29.00 33.71 37.04 46.82 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.42 29.00 33.71 37.04 46.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.07 16.91 22.46 26.50 30.46 Registered nurses................................................. 17.66 19.12 22.46 25.00 29.28 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.88 12.75 23.60 23.60 25.64 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.99 22.76 28.96 28.96 29.51 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 20.01 22.76 28.96 28.96 28.96 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.08 15.15 15.29 17.68 20.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.20 9.53 11.68 13.46 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.85 9.18 9.77 12.00 14.26 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.85 9.00 10.00 12.49 15.06 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 8.00 12.42 15.54 27.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.25 6.22 7.25 9.56 13.14 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 9.15 14.81 18.13 18.13 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 9.15 14.81 18.13 18.13 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.00 10.25 11.13 13.14 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 9.08 10.25 10.28 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 2.65 6.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.65 3.75 7.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... $6.00 $6.22 $6.22 $7.36 $8.30 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.00 7.25 8.00 9.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 9.10 11.97 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.79 8.50 10.43 16.40 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.02 10.00 12.73 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.25 7.80 8.13 9.06 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.39 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.77 13.03 19.09 20.86 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.89 13.87 20.51 20.51 20.51 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.89 13.75 20.51 20.51 20.51 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.97 7.50 9.08 14.77 18.31 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.71 7.00 8.20 10.52 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.71 7.00 8.22 10.54 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.77 9.23 14.77 18.31 Insurance sales agents............................................ 10.39 14.03 15.65 17.98 20.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.16 10.29 12.36 15.25 17.45 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 12.57 14.26 18.67 20.19 25.01 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.67 10.80 12.25 15.00 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 11.63 12.87 15.56 17.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.00 7.96 12.08 13.00 15.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.46 9.46 10.61 12.30 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.15 8.85 11.20 12.68 13.89 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.35 12.67 14.07 17.10 20.07 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.95 12.88 16.48 20.07 21.60 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.62 10.89 12.67 15.75 15.75 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.33 10.00 10.77 11.77 12.41 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.33 9.83 10.25 11.48 12.14 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.29 10.68 15.61 18.51 22.58 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.17 10.00 10.85 13.00 15.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 14.00 21.00 22.49 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 12.50 17.76 21.71 25.45 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.05 14.89 17.69 23.56 24.24 Production occupations.............................................. 9.08 10.78 14.86 17.92 19.79 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.02 15.86 16.67 17.51 29.70 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.07 9.38 10.85 19.23 19.23 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.07 9.38 10.45 19.23 19.23 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.50 13.00 14.41 14.41 15.53 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.75 9.08 10.44 12.43 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.75 10.96 14.08 16.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ $8.50 $9.75 $11.00 $13.50 $16.93 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 9.75 9.75 11.00 13.50 17.68 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.50 8.00 10.00 10.96 12.10 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.75 7.50 10.00 10.75 11.20 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $9.46 $12.88 $18.03 $23.59 Management occupations.............................................. 20.00 24.00 26.00 31.83 46.15 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.81 17.73 18.00 22.17 26.09 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 12.23 14.76 17.03 18.94 19.30 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 13.53 18.06 23.59 32.84 38.97 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.25 15.84 19.45 22.25 31.42 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 24.44 34.47 37.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 12.88 14.25 17.59 19.66 22.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.20 17.67 21.25 33.08 33.08 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.10 11.25 13.63 21.80 22.24 Legal occupations................................................... 12.50 12.50 14.90 17.33 19.38 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.53 19.11 27.91 31.49 34.56 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.06 16.91 22.76 26.50 30.46 Registered nurses................................................. 17.66 19.04 22.46 25.00 29.57 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.88 12.75 23.60 23.60 25.64 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.99 22.76 28.96 28.96 29.51 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 20.01 22.76 28.96 28.96 28.96 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.08 15.15 15.15 20.37 20.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.20 9.44 11.85 14.01 15.06 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.65 8.20 9.71 12.15 15.06 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.65 8.20 9.71 12.15 15.06 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.22 7.00 9.00 12.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 9.15 12.00 18.13 18.13 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 9.15 12.00 18.13 18.13 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.08 10.25 11.13 13.14 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 9.08 10.25 10.28 11.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 2.65 6.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.65 3.75 7.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.22 6.22 7.25 8.05 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.00 6.75 7.90 8.30 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.79 8.50 12.50 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.50 8.02 10.00 17.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 8.02 10.00 12.80 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.25 7.80 8.13 9.06 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.24 Sales and related occupations....................................... $7.28 $8.80 $13.10 $19.31 $21.10 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.03 14.51 20.51 20.51 20.51 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.03 13.87 20.51 20.51 20.51 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.50 9.08 14.77 18.31 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 10.73 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.73 7.00 8.25 10.73 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.77 9.23 14.77 18.31 Insurance sales agents............................................ 10.39 14.03 15.65 17.98 20.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.80 10.00 12.08 15.25 17.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 11.65 18.23 18.67 20.19 20.19 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.67 10.25 12.08 15.09 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 11.70 13.46 16.00 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.00 7.96 12.08 13.00 15.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.46 9.46 10.61 12.30 16.66 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.15 8.85 11.20 12.68 13.89 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.16 13.20 17.10 17.74 21.60 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.88 13.60 17.74 21.60 21.60 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.00 10.12 10.25 11.86 12.41 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.29 10.68 15.61 18.51 22.58 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.17 9.45 10.92 13.00 15.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 14.00 21.00 22.49 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 12.50 17.00 20.60 23.56 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.05 13.65 17.50 23.56 23.56 Production occupations.............................................. 9.08 10.55 14.41 17.92 19.23 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.07 9.38 10.85 19.23 19.23 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.07 9.38 10.45 19.23 19.23 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.50 13.00 14.41 14.41 15.53 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.75 9.08 10.44 12.43 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.75 10.96 13.93 15.81 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.50 9.75 10.00 12.10 14.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 9.75 9.75 11.00 12.10 13.50 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.50 8.00 10.00 11.00 12.10 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.50 7.50 10.00 10.80 11.61 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.53 $12.62 $17.18 $30.15 $41.36 Management occupations.............................................. 20.92 24.20 31.06 37.08 42.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.83 15.83 16.72 20.53 23.18 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.02 29.00 35.11 44.03 60.50 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.64 30.57 34.69 41.36 43.89 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.79 30.85 38.23 41.36 42.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.86 30.57 39.99 42.15 42.15 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.64 29.00 33.71 37.76 46.82 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.64 29.00 33.71 37.76 46.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.24 16.51 20.94 33.90 42.34 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.42 13.35 15.10 19.66 29.79 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.18 10.18 10.18 14.81 14.81 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.39 9.91 10.26 11.36 13.26 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.80 10.43 11.27 12.59 14.19 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.80 10.43 11.27 12.59 14.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.25 10.89 12.67 15.04 17.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.62 11.44 12.67 15.30 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.85 17.85 25.13 29.15 29.15 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.53 10.53 10.98 17.68 17.68 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.75 $10.86 $14.77 $20.19 $28.71 Management occupations.............................................. 20.92 24.00 28.68 35.44 45.49 Education administrators.......................................... 33.85 36.48 37.08 37.08 37.08 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.98 17.55 18.00 21.25 25.00 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 12.23 14.76 17.03 18.94 19.30 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 13.53 18.06 23.59 32.84 38.97 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 13.29 16.21 19.72 24.17 31.42 Engineers......................................................... 22.14 22.14 28.33 33.21 37.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 13.25 15.00 16.91 19.66 22.25 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.20 17.99 29.34 33.08 33.08 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.25 13.63 15.83 21.80 23.18 Legal occupations................................................... 12.50 14.90 18.13 26.87 42.60 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.95 31.35 36.77 44.03 60.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.53 35.11 44.15 60.50 60.50 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.86 30.57 34.09 40.38 42.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.86 30.68 38.23 41.36 42.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.86 30.57 39.99 42.15 42.15 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.82 26.87 31.35 35.35 42.70 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.82 26.87 31.35 35.35 42.70 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.73 17.60 22.82 26.64 35.50 Registered nurses................................................. 17.60 18.63 21.26 24.69 25.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.88 12.75 23.60 23.88 25.64 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.20 9.53 11.68 13.33 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.85 9.18 9.69 11.68 13.96 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.65 8.20 9.79 11.75 15.06 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 8.50 13.35 16.67 27.92 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.65 7.90 9.15 11.13 18.13 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.00 9.15 14.73 18.13 18.13 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 8.00 9.15 12.00 18.13 18.13 Cooks............................................................. 9.08 9.08 10.28 11.13 13.14 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.16 2.45 5.15 13.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.02 9.91 12.50 17.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... $7.25 $8.00 $8.94 $11.27 $17.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.02 10.00 10.43 14.40 17.65 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.13 9.06 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.39 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.45 10.44 14.78 20.51 24.39 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.89 13.87 20.51 20.51 20.51 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.89 13.75 20.51 20.51 20.51 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.60 8.63 11.00 15.76 18.31 Insurance sales agents............................................ 10.39 14.03 15.65 17.98 20.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 10.85 12.75 15.75 18.23 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.08 17.18 18.67 20.19 25.01 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.52 10.80 12.75 15.25 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.25 11.95 13.86 16.00 17.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.08 12.08 12.62 13.51 15.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.46 9.98 10.61 12.30 16.66 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.62 12.67 15.05 17.10 20.07 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.95 12.88 16.48 20.07 21.60 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.62 10.89 12.67 15.75 15.75 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 9.29 10.68 15.61 18.51 22.58 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 10.85 12.05 13.30 15.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 14.25 21.00 22.49 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 12.50 17.76 21.71 25.45 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.05 14.89 17.69 23.56 24.24 Production occupations.............................................. 9.10 11.05 14.86 17.92 19.96 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.02 15.86 16.67 17.51 29.70 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.07 9.63 11.55 19.23 19.23 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.50 13.00 14.41 14.41 15.53 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.19 10.00 11.30 14.58 17.68 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 9.75 11.70 13.50 16.93 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 9.75 9.75 11.00 13.50 17.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 10.00 10.53 11.18 12.10 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 10.00 10.50 10.86 11.61 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.25 $10.96 $15.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.25 12.00 27.28 27.28 46.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.25 12.11 20.99 23.40 30.46 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 7.75 8.35 9.17 17.85 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.25 6.00 6.22 7.25 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 3.00 6.00 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 3.00 6.00 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.22 6.22 6.90 8.56 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.75 7.80 8.92 9.81 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.75 7.80 8.92 9.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 7.50 7.50 8.50 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.92 7.00 7.52 9.23 9.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.04 8.15 10.00 11.65 12.00 Production occupations.............................................. 7.00 7.32 9.00 10.50 13.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.25 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.98 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.25 5.50 7.85 8.75 8.75 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.03 $14.77 $679 $583 39.9 $34,528 $30,326 2,027 Management occupations.............................................. 30.08 28.68 1,251 1,148 41.6 65,047 59,713 2,163 Education administrators.......................................... 35.97 37.08 1,503 1,483 41.8 78,181 77,116 2,174 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.17 18.00 867 818 43.0 45,072 42,548 2,234 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 16.58 17.03 656 664 39.6 34,133 34,505 2,059 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.29 23.59 1,044 943 39.7 54,290 49,061 2,065 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.41 19.72 856 789 40.0 44,538 41,018 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 28.85 28.33 1,154 1,133 40.0 60,013 58,924 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.53 16.91 701 676 40.0 36,466 35,177 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.93 29.34 997 1,174 40.0 51,853 61,029 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.40 15.83 696 633 40.0 34,813 32,935 2,001 Legal occupations................................................... 23.24 18.13 914 693 39.3 47,514 36,038 2,044 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.04 36.77 1,440 1,404 37.8 56,363 54,431 1,482 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.10 44.15 1,844 1,766 40.0 71,864 68,876 1,559 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.10 34.09 1,252 1,294 35.7 46,983 47,869 1,339 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.94 38.23 1,272 1,365 35.4 47,773 51,333 1,329 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.21 39.99 1,288 1,413 35.6 48,342 53,140 1,335 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.90 31.35 1,173 1,169 36.8 43,841 43,405 1,374 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.90 31.35 1,173 1,169 36.8 43,841 43,405 1,374 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.08 22.82 914 880 39.6 46,721 44,221 2,024 Registered nurses................................................. 21.42 21.26 839 786 39.1 43,607 40,877 2,035 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.05 23.60 802 944 40.0 41,696 49,088 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.56 11.68 456 450 39.5 23,623 22,776 2,044 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.41 9.69 409 381 39.2 21,243 19,822 2,041 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.48 9.79 410 367 39.1 21,314 19,091 2,033 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.56 13.35 603 534 41.4 29,094 25,829 1,999 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.88 9.15 372 356 37.7 19,309 18,514 1,954 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.69 14.73 549 600 40.1 28,333 31,200 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.67 12.00 549 600 40.2 28,557 31,200 2,089 Cooks............................................................. 10.51 10.28 384 358 36.5 19,943 18,616 1,898 Food service, tipped.............................................. $4.65 $2.45 $159 $86 34.3 $8,292 $4,489 1,784 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.20 9.91 444 396 39.6 22,259 20,602 1,987 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 8.94 401 326 39.5 20,874 16,952 2,055 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.97 10.43 479 417 40.0 24,902 21,686 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.81 7.50 304 290 38.9 15,821 15,080 2,025 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.63 8.50 330 320 38.2 17,158 16,640 1,987 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.74 14.78 623 556 39.6 31,957 28,850 2,031 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.30 20.51 759 923 41.5 39,489 48,000 2,158 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.04 20.51 748 923 41.5 38,890 48,000 2,156 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.31 11.00 458 429 37.2 23,041 21,840 1,872 Insurance sales agents............................................ 16.98 15.65 679 626 40.0 35,314 32,544 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.63 12.75 544 510 39.9 28,280 26,520 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.58 18.67 782 747 39.9 40,640 38,842 2,076 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.19 12.75 527 510 40.0 27,407 26,520 2,079 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.86 13.86 554 554 40.0 28,809 28,833 2,078 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.11 12.62 524 505 40.0 27,265 26,245 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.72 10.61 469 424 40.0 24,374 22,069 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.23 15.05 609 602 40.0 31,603 31,289 2,075 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.70 16.48 667 659 39.9 34,659 34,278 2,076 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.99 12.67 520 507 40.0 26,897 26,349 2,070 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.10 15.61 588 604 38.9 30,562 31,408 2,024 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.13 12.05 483 470 39.8 25,119 24,440 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.02 14.25 641 570 40.0 33,314 29,640 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.12 17.76 687 711 40.1 35,705 36,947 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 18.36 17.69 733 703 39.9 38,142 36,558 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 14.88 14.86 590 594 39.6 30,328 30,909 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.66 16.67 746 667 40.0 38,805 34,663 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.47 11.55 539 462 40.0 28,022 24,024 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $13.91 $14.41 $556 $576 40.0 $28,923 $29,973 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.60 11.30 504 444 40.0 25,885 22,880 2,054 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.03 11.70 481 468 40.0 24,038 22,880 1,998 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.23 11.00 489 440 40.0 24,094 20,280 1,970 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 10.53 411 421 39.6 21,385 21,911 2,057 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.04 10.50 402 420 40.0 20,888 21,840 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.59 $14.14 $623 $558 39.9 $32,285 $28,974 2,071 Management occupations.............................................. 28.91 26.00 1,255 1,148 43.4 65,241 59,713 2,256 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.11 18.00 919 887 43.5 47,766 46,116 2,262 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 16.58 17.03 656 664 39.6 34,133 34,505 2,059 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.29 23.59 1,044 943 39.7 54,290 49,061 2,065 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.54 19.45 822 778 40.0 42,728 40,456 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 27.63 24.44 1,105 978 40.0 57,463 50,835 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.43 17.59 697 704 40.0 36,257 36,587 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.75 21.25 990 850 40.0 51,482 44,200 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.38 13.63 655 545 40.0 34,073 28,344 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.49 31.14 1,072 1,010 42.0 45,981 45,346 1,804 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.80 23.36 908 880 39.8 47,208 45,739 2,070 Registered nurses................................................. 21.51 21.87 841 786 39.1 43,714 40,877 2,032 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.05 23.60 802 944 40.0 41,696 49,088 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.69 11.85 460 474 39.4 23,939 24,648 2,047 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.83 9.08 368 332 37.4 19,131 17,264 1,947 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.67 12.00 549 600 40.2 28,557 31,200 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.67 12.00 549 600 40.2 28,557 31,200 2,089 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.65 2.45 159 86 34.3 8,292 4,489 1,784 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.27 9.06 446 355 39.5 23,169 18,450 2,056 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.84 8.02 388 321 39.4 20,191 16,682 2,051 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.01 10.00 480 400 40.0 24,981 20,800 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.81 7.50 304 290 38.9 15,821 15,080 2,025 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.53 8.50 324 320 38.0 16,845 16,640 1,975 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.81 14.78 626 556 39.6 32,544 28,935 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.49 20.51 768 923 41.5 39,934 48,000 2,160 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.22 20.51 756 923 41.5 39,331 48,000 2,159 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.38 11.00 460 440 37.2 23,945 22,880 1,934 Insurance sales agents............................................ 16.98 15.65 679 626 40.0 35,314 32,544 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $13.70 $12.88 $547 $515 39.9 $28,420 $26,790 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.99 18.67 837 747 39.9 43,524 38,842 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.18 12.75 527 510 40.0 27,388 26,520 2,078 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.09 13.94 563 558 40.0 29,272 28,999 2,078 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.11 12.62 524 505 40.0 27,265 26,245 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.72 10.61 469 424 40.0 24,374 22,069 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.86 17.10 673 684 39.9 34,970 35,568 2,074 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.86 17.74 712 710 39.9 37,034 36,899 2,074 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.10 15.61 588 604 38.9 30,562 31,408 2,024 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.15 12.07 483 483 39.8 25,135 25,106 2,068 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.66 14.00 626 560 40.0 32,571 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.47 17.00 661 680 40.1 34,352 35,360 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.90 17.50 715 700 39.9 37,186 36,400 2,077 Production occupations.............................................. 14.63 14.86 580 581 39.6 29,781 29,973 2,036 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.47 11.55 539 462 40.0 28,022 24,024 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.91 14.41 556 576 40.0 28,923 29,973 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.44 11.30 498 444 40.0 25,534 22,880 2,052 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.40 11.00 456 440 40.0 22,668 20,280 1,989 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.37 11.00 455 440 40.0 22,193 20,280 1,953 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.38 10.60 410 410 39.5 21,325 21,320 2,054 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.96 10.00 398 400 40.0 20,713 20,800 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.63 $17.51 $898 $707 39.7 $42,411 $36,749 1,874 Management occupations.............................................. 31.19 31.06 1,248 1,243 40.0 64,876 64,611 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.67 39.01 1,456 1,404 37.7 56,782 54,431 1,469 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.44 34.69 1,261 1,297 35.6 47,354 48,750 1,336 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.12 38.23 1,277 1,365 35.4 47,971 51,333 1,328 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.48 39.99 1,295 1,413 35.5 48,637 53,140 1,333 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.13 20.94 959 837 38.2 43,762 41,261 1,742 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.94 10.43 438 417 40.0 19,241 20,602 1,759 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.33 12.67 533 507 40.0 27,685 26,349 2,077 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.99 12.67 520 507 40.0 26,966 26,349 2,075 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.33 25.13 973 1,005 40.0 50,600 52,272 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $14.55 $13.50 $14.72 $18.48 Management, professional, and related...... 22.43 21.04 24.75 23.11 Management, business, and financial...... 24.25 23.66 27.56 20.83 Professional and related................. 21.61 19.78 22.98 23.72 Service.................................... 9.06 8.30 11.26 14.42 Sales and office........................... 13.37 13.58 12.51 14.87 Sales and related........................ 14.25 16.02 11.29 – Office and administrative support........ 12.95 12.35 13.24 14.62 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.16 14.58 21.05 – Construction and extraction............. 15.63 15.29 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 16.45 13.89 21.00 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.15 12.45 12.59 15.99 Production............................... 14.48 12.96 13.98 16.91 Transportation and material moving....... 11.70 12.23 8.92 13.32 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.6 4.3 6.0 4.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.8 6.0 5.3 4.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.3 12.7 11.2 3.5 Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 5.1 4.1 5.3 Service............................................................. 5.5 5.9 14.0 14.5 Sales and office.................................................... 1.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 Sales and related................................................. 4.1 8.4 11.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 3.3 3.3 4.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.6 8.0 6.5 – Construction and extraction...................................... 6.4 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.7 14.4 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.8 5.8 4.9 5.3 Production........................................................ 5.0 5.4 8.3 5.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.2 8.2 12.9 11.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.53 $13.33 $584 $517 40.2 $30,304 $26,887 2,085 Management occupations.............................................. 27.74 25.00 1,231 1,040 44.4 64,016 54,080 2,308 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.90 22.91 796 916 40.0 41,390 47,649 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.04 18.73 722 749 40.0 37,522 38,958 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.24 23.88 915 944 41.1 47,583 49,088 2,139 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.74 12.49 462 474 39.3 24,024 24,648 2,046 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.18 8.19 310 328 37.9 16,129 17,033 1,971 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.86 8.02 349 321 39.4 18,160 16,682 2,049 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 8.02 324 320 39.3 16,857 16,640 2,044 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.88 15.65 664 580 39.4 34,547 30,181 2,046 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.11 12.75 524 510 40.0 27,261 26,520 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.07 13.46 523 538 40.0 27,191 28,001 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.92 13.94 557 558 40.0 28,948 28,999 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.67 10.61 467 424 40.0 24,278 22,069 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.32 14.00 613 560 40.0 31,855 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.91 14.00 559 540 40.2 29,091 28,082 2,092 Production occupations.............................................. 12.98 14.41 519 576 40.0 27,004 29,973 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.58 12.00 506 480 40.2 25,859 23,504 2,055 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.27 11.00 451 440 40.0 22,384 20,280 1,987 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.15 $16.80 $679 $645 39.6 $35,152 $33,546 2,050 Management occupations.............................................. 31.51 28.71 1,303 1,148 41.4 67,769 59,713 2,151 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.52 19.31 898 773 39.9 46,698 40,171 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.57 34.47 1,361 1,353 39.4 70,750 70,381 2,047 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.16 26.19 1,086 1,048 40.0 56,498 54,477 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 32.01 33.21 1,280 1,328 40.0 66,582 69,073 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.21 21.84 903 819 38.9 46,948 42,607 2,023 Registered nurses................................................. 20.46 19.61 775 733 37.9 40,289 38,133 1,969 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.80 11.13 435 356 36.9 22,631 18,514 1,918 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.56 17.65 701 706 39.9 36,436 36,712 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.84 17.65 592 706 39.9 30,765 36,712 2,073 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.74 11.28 550 451 40.1 28,613 23,462 2,083 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.39 13.17 572 527 39.8 29,754 27,394 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.46 12.08 537 483 39.9 27,916 25,122 2,074 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.89 12.08 516 483 40.0 26,819 25,122 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.16 17.10 685 684 39.9 35,550 35,568 2,072 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.61 17.74 742 710 39.8 38,563 36,899 2,072 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.99 12.11 472 484 39.4 24,553 25,189 2,047 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.64 19.50 785 780 40.0 40,832 40,560 2,079 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.41 21.79 814 872 39.9 42,346 45,323 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 15.27 15.89 603 629 39.5 30,828 31,658 2,019 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.97 10.96 470 435 39.3 24,449 22,610 2,043 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.45 10.96 408 424 39.1 21,226 22,048 2,031 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.17 10.86 407 434 40.0 21,163 22,589 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.68 $16.71 $19.40 $15.56 $14.45 $26.02 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.16 – 26.16 25.34 22.43 34.40 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 26.38 24.25 31.96 Professional and related.......................................... 27.99 – 27.99 24.85 21.61 35.83 Service............................................................. 15.68 – 15.84 9.07 8.99 10.32 Sales and office.................................................... 13.06 – 12.93 13.38 13.37 13.64 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.21 14.25 – Office and administrative support................................. 13.06 – 12.93 13.01 12.94 13.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.26 – – 16.21 16.03 21.57 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 15.58 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.65 – – 16.62 16.29 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.80 16.78 – 12.13 12.09 – Production........................................................ 17.59 17.52 – 13.19 13.12 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.02 – – 11.24 11.18 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.5 3.0 1.9 3.0 2.8 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.7 – 6.7 3.8 3.8 1.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.5 9.3 9.5 Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 – 4.0 2.7 2.6 3.1 Service............................................................. 8.5 – 9.0 4.8 5.2 3.9 Sales and office.................................................... 7.0 – 7.7 1.8 1.9 6.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – 4.1 4.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 7.0 – 7.7 2.2 2.3 7.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.1 – – 4.6 4.6 12.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 6.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1.0 – – 6.8 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.3 1.9 – 4.4 4.5 – Production........................................................ 2.8 2.1 – 3.9 3.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 – – 8.3 8.7 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.01 $14.41 $15.94 $15.94 Management, professional, and related............................... 25.35 22.14 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 25.09 23.47 – – Professional and related.......................................... 25.46 21.58 – – Service............................................................. 10.22 9.08 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.44 13.47 12.89 12.89 Sales and related................................................. 13.92 13.98 14.85 14.85 Office and administrative support................................. 13.29 13.29 9.89 9.89 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.69 15.20 23.74 23.74 Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.30 15.49 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.94 12.68 – – Production........................................................ 14.05 13.72 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.83 11.65 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 2.5 18.5 18.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.7 3.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.4 7.2 – – Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 2.6 – – Service............................................................. 4.4 5.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.5 2.8 11.4 11.4 Sales and related................................................. 7.7 7.7 14.3 14.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.0 2.1 7.4 7.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.6 7.0 2.9 2.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – .5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.9 11.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 3.8 – – Production........................................................ 4.2 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 7.4 – – 1 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. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... - - - $16.09 $16.43 - $16.42 - $12.68 Management, professional, and related............................... - - - 17.73 24.59 - 21.65 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - – 22.96 - 23.46 - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - 17.34 31.60 - 21.56 - – Service............................................................. - - - – – - 10.34 - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - – 14.34 - 12.84 - – Sales and related................................................. - - - – 17.10 - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - – 13.68 - 12.99 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - – – - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - – – - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - – – - 10.32 - – Production........................................................ - - - – – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - – – - – - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - - - 3.0 4.2 - 5.1 - 4.9 Management, professional, and related............................... - - - 2.5 7.9 - 3.2 - – Management, business, and financial............................... - - - – 4.5 - 21.1 - – Professional and related.......................................... - - - 5.9 12.8 - 3.1 - – Service............................................................. - - - – – - 12.2 - – Sales and office.................................................... - - - – 6.5 - 3.8 - – Sales and related................................................. - - - – 18.9 - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - - - – 5.2 - 4.8 - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - – – - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - – – - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - – – - 4.4 - – Production........................................................ - - - – – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - - - – – - – - – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 144,700 116,700 28,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 34,200 20,300 13,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 8,600 5,500 3,100 Professional and related.......................................... 25,600 14,800 10,700 Service............................................................. 31,300 25,200 6,100 Sales and office.................................................... 46,700 41,800 4,800 Sales and related................................................. 13,700 13,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 33,000 28,400 4,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11,800 10,200 1,600 Construction and extraction...................................... 3,900 3,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,000 6,500 600 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20,800 19,200 1,600 Production........................................................ 10,400 9,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10,400 9,400 1,000 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Lincoln, NE, April 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 9,558 9,538 19 Total in sample....................................................... 272 256 16 Responding........................................................ 158 144 14 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 76 74 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 38 38 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.