NC BL 07/00/2007 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin 3135-71, September 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $21.03 3.3 32.9 $19.99 4.1 32.4 $26.30 1.4 35.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 37.19 5.3 35.1 37.24 7.2 35.8 37.07 5.4 33.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.26 9.9 38.2 37.82 10.4 38.9 29.87 16.8 30.8 Professional and related.......................................... 37.16 6.0 33.9 36.84 9.6 34.0 37.64 4.5 33.8 Service............................................................. 12.97 12.4 26.6 11.51 18.5 24.6 17.82 8.9 36.4 Sales and office.................................................... 16.16 7.9 32.7 16.07 8.6 32.3 17.09 3.2 37.3 Sales and related................................................. 16.45 18.5 30.6 16.45 18.5 30.6 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.94 3.2 34.4 15.74 3.9 34.0 17.09 3.2 37.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 1.9 39.3 21.83 1.8 39.2 19.86 7.7 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.52 2.1 39.0 23.23 2.9 38.8 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.30 5.7 39.9 18.70 5.2 39.9 21.77 16.2 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.93 7.8 38.6 16.81 8.2 38.6 22.13 18.1 35.9 Production........................................................ 15.51 9.9 39.4 15.32 10.3 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.77 10.8 37.6 18.75 11.2 37.7 – – – Full time........................................................... 23.50 4.2 39.2 22.68 5.3 39.6 26.84 1.3 37.5 Part time........................................................... 10.73 4.6 19.7 10.67 4.7 19.9 12.45 8.7 15.1 Union............................................................... 23.06 1.5 36.2 19.62 4.3 35.7 26.64 1.6 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 20.14 4.8 31.6 20.08 4.9 31.8 22.86 15.7 26.1 Time................................................................ 20.86 3.4 32.7 19.77 4.2 32.1 26.30 1.4 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 28.17 14.1 46.5 28.17 14.1 46.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.11 5.2 30.7 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.31 8.6 31.7 18.25 8.8 31.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.03 6.1 32.4 19.24 7.0 32.0 25.25 11.4 35.9 500 workers or more................................................. 26.85 3.3 35.8 27.02 5.7 35.8 26.66 2.8 35.8 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 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), Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $21.03 3.3 $23.50 4.2 $10.73 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 35.76 13.5 35.83 13.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.53 9.1 29.53 9.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.91 20.3 40.21 20.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.20 9.9 33.14 10.1 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.47 11.0 32.39 11.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 40.55 8.1 40.55 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.95 11.4 45.95 11.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.23 21.7 35.23 21.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.00 7.0 35.03 7.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.33 7.2 29.33 7.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.47 3.3 32.47 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.52 20.5 24.01 20.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.22 4.7 43.39 5.1 17.44 8.7 Level 9 .................................................. 41.03 3.4 41.03 3.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.34 3.9 52.24 2.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 80.66 4.2 80.66 4.2 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.95 1.4 65.85 .9 26.96 3.3 Level 11.................................................. 51.26 4.2 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 80.66 4.2 80.66 4.2 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 60.60 11.9 61.78 12.0 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 97.91 3.9 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 59.01 1.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.96 2.3 41.14 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.18 3.5 41.18 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.19 .5 41.76 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.12 1.6 42.12 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.06 .8 41.66 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.00 1.4 42.00 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.70 3.5 13.76 2.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.90 21.7 39.51 28.8 28.23 5.2 Level 7 .................................................. 26.04 7.4 26.04 7.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.72 1.3 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.85 2.9 – – 33.02 .1 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 5.3 27.94 7.1 31.20 3.6 Level 7 .................................................. 25.02 6.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. $28.40 1.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.58 1.3 – – $33.02 0.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.77 4.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.72 4.1 $13.79 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.54 1.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.92 1.1 14.92 1.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.25 5.0 13.32 5.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.54 1.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.87 8.2 11.83 9.4 – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.50 .5 14.50 .5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.28 14.1 20.10 10.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.75 1.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.55 5.7 20.55 5.7 – – Police officers................................................... 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.54 12.9 14.62 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.78 2.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.54 12.9 14.62 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.78 2.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 15.5 9.16 40.8 6.07 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.66 10.4 – – 8.17 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 4.78 18.4 – – 5.21 15.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 23.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 15.31 7.1 15.52 6.9 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.52 6.9 15.52 6.9 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.66 .8 – – 9.56 1.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.50 10.7 – – 3.67 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 3.69 14.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.13 10.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.62 1.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.65 21.2 18.57 20.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.37 12.8 10.37 14.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 7.5 13.59 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.08 6.6 11.70 9.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.97 11.7 10.37 14.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 7.5 13.59 4.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.43 6.2 12.23 8.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.47 15.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 7.5 13.59 4.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 4.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.37 7.9 – – 9.33 8.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... $16.45 18.5 $20.73 23.2 $8.70 0.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.06 2.7 – – 8.70 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.94 3.2 16.91 3.1 13.04 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.62 7.3 13.99 6.6 11.54 6.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.63 3.1 15.23 3.0 12.97 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 3.3 15.93 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.27 4.0 18.90 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.62 6.1 19.55 6.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.26 4.2 17.05 4.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.67 3.7 15.38 3.7 11.68 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 4.9 15.82 4.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.90 4.2 15.62 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 5.1 15.86 5.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.44 6.5 17.76 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.96 6.1 – – 13.13 2.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.15 5.0 17.44 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.55 6.9 19.55 6.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.25 6.4 18.18 7.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.06 8.8 18.06 8.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.71 5.6 17.07 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 4.2 15.16 4.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.52 2.1 22.68 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.67 8.3 22.67 8.3 – – Electricians...................................................... 22.34 4.7 22.34 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.30 5.7 19.30 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.28 9.6 17.28 9.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.51 9.9 15.70 10.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.65 10.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 2.1 12.87 2.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 8.7 14.52 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.32 10.7 13.32 10.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.29 2.9 22.29 2.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.96 8.1 11.96 8.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.96 5.2 15.12 5.8 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.23 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $18.77 10.8 $19.92 9.8 $9.87 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.12 6.2 10.49 9.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.89 10.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.58 14.7 20.74 14.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.31 9.6 13.51 11.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 3.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.40 12.1 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $19.99 4.1 $22.68 5.3 $10.67 4.7 Management occupations.............................................. 35.70 14.3 35.69 14.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.83 8.9 28.83 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.33 20.8 40.33 20.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.19 11.2 32.11 11.5 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.19 11.2 32.11 11.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 42.79 6.4 42.79 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.95 11.4 45.95 11.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.92 7.8 34.94 7.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.67 4.8 31.67 4.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.24 3.7 32.24 3.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 50.06 11.0 56.12 9.8 20.38 9.0 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.78 4.0 72.04 1.7 26.96 3.3 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 60.60 11.9 61.78 12.0 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 97.91 3.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.81 22.8 41.00 30.9 28.24 5.2 Level 8 .................................................. 28.80 1.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.14 3.0 – – 33.02 .1 Registered nurses................................................. 28.76 5.9 27.36 8.2 31.23 3.7 Level 9 .................................................. 32.66 1.1 – – 33.02 .1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.85 5.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.49 6.6 13.55 7.5 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.39 8.4 12.40 9.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.41 15.2 13.70 2.2 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.41 15.2 13.70 2.2 – – Security guards................................................. 11.41 15.2 13.70 2.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.71 17.1 7.91 47.3 6.01 8.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.57 11.1 – – 8.09 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 4.78 18.4 – – 5.21 15.8 Cooks............................................................. 13.97 3.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.64 .5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.50 10.7 – – 3.67 12.8 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 3.69 14.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.13 10.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.20 24.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... $9.19 4.8 $9.58 8.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.34 5.2 9.92 9.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.40 8.2 – – $9.38 8.6 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.45 18.5 20.73 23.2 8.70 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.06 2.7 – – 8.70 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 2.4 – – 9.35 3.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.74 3.9 16.84 3.9 13.03 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.32 8.2 – – 11.43 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.91 2.3 14.56 .7 13.00 3.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 4.0 15.73 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.06 4.6 18.69 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.15 4.3 16.98 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.71 5.2 14.47 5.2 11.68 5.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.08 6.3 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.44 6.5 17.76 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.98 6.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.86 5.1 17.12 5.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.06 8.8 18.06 8.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.83 7.0 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.23 2.9 23.43 3.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.70 5.2 18.70 5.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.32 10.3 15.52 10.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.65 10.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 2.1 12.87 2.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 8.7 14.52 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.32 10.7 13.32 10.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.96 8.1 11.96 8.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.96 5.2 15.12 5.8 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.23 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.75 11.2 19.86 10.2 9.66 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.96 6.6 10.49 9.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.74 10.5 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.31 9.6 13.51 11.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. $9.28 3.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.40 12.1 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $26.30 1.4 $26.84 1.3 $12.45 8.7 Management occupations.............................................. 36.86 7.1 38.59 4.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.29 4.9 40.75 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.03 3.4 41.03 3.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.54 2.0 41.14 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.18 3.5 41.18 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.19 .5 41.76 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.12 1.6 42.12 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.06 .8 41.66 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.00 1.4 42.00 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.70 3.5 13.76 2.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.82 6.4 26.82 6.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.95 2.1 31.05 2.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.06 1.2 14.15 .8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.09 1.3 14.19 .8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.33 5.9 22.47 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.55 5.7 20.55 5.7 – – Police officers................................................... 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.16 18.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.16 2.3 14.95 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 15.68 5.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.95 2.1 14.95 2.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.11 1.9 15.11 1.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.09 3.2 17.18 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.86 4.4 15.90 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.99 2.2 16.99 2.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.34 3.7 16.34 3.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.77 16.2 21.77 16.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $21.03 3.3 $23.50 4.2 $10.73 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 35.76 13.5 35.83 13.6 – – Group III................................................. 35.87 10.1 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.20 9.9 33.14 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 35.85 7.2 – – – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.47 11.0 32.39 11.3 – – Group III................................................. 35.51 8.5 35.42 8.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 40.55 8.1 40.55 8.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.23 21.7 35.23 21.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.00 7.0 35.03 7.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.00 1.8 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.33 7.2 29.33 7.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.47 3.3 32.47 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.52 20.5 24.01 20.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.22 4.7 43.39 5.1 17.44 8.7 Group I................................................... 13.70 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 34.23 7.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 50.61 4.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.95 1.4 65.85 .9 26.96 3.3 Group III................................................. 68.24 1.9 – – – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 60.60 11.9 61.78 12.0 – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 97.91 3.9 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 59.01 1.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.96 2.3 41.14 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 41.18 3.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.19 .5 41.76 .9 – – Group III................................................. 42.12 1.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.06 .8 41.66 .7 – – Group III................................................. 42.00 1.4 42.00 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.73 6.0 40.55 4.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.70 3.5 13.76 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.70 3.5 13.76 2.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.90 21.7 39.51 28.8 28.23 5.2 Group II.................................................. 25.13 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.76 5.2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 5.3 27.94 7.1 31.20 3.6 Group II.................................................. 26.26 6.6 25.81 7.9 – – Group III................................................. $32.90 1.8 $32.78 3.7 $33.02 0.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.77 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.05 6.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.72 4.1 13.79 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.63 4.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.25 5.0 13.32 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.09 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.87 8.2 11.83 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.87 8.2 11.83 9.4 – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.50 .5 14.50 .5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.28 14.1 20.10 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.28 14.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.04 4.7 – – – – Police officers................................................... 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.81 1.8 21.81 1.8 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.54 12.9 14.62 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.16 15.9 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.54 12.9 14.62 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.16 15.9 13.65 4.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 15.5 9.16 40.8 6.07 8.0 Group I................................................... 6.22 13.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 15.31 7.1 15.52 6.9 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.52 6.9 15.52 6.9 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.66 .8 – – 9.56 1.3 Group I................................................... 9.66 .8 – – 9.56 1.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.50 10.7 – – 3.67 12.8 Group I................................................... 3.50 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... – – – – 3.13 10.9 Group I................................................... – – – – 3.13 10.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.62 1.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.62 1.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.65 21.2 18.57 20.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.28 6.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.08 6.6 11.70 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.11 7.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.43 6.2 12.23 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 6.7 12.35 9.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 4.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.37 7.9 – – 9.33 8.5 Group I................................................... 9.33 8.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... $16.45 18.5 $20.73 23.2 $8.70 0.9 Group I................................................... 10.73 1.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.76 24.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.06 2.7 – – 8.70 .9 Group I................................................... 10.06 2.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Group I................................................... 9.15 2.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Group I................................................... 9.15 2.6 – – 8.67 .8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.94 3.2 16.91 3.1 13.04 4.8 Group I................................................... 14.45 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.61 3.7 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.67 3.7 15.38 3.7 11.68 5.7 Group I................................................... 14.70 4.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.90 4.2 15.62 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.89 4.9 15.74 4.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.44 6.5 17.76 5.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.96 6.1 – – 13.13 2.7 Group I................................................... 13.96 6.1 – – 13.13 2.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.15 5.0 17.44 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.05 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 7.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.25 6.4 18.18 7.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.06 8.8 18.06 8.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.71 5.6 17.07 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.81 6.1 16.23 5.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.52 2.1 22.68 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.58 1.8 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 22.34 4.7 22.34 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.34 4.7 22.34 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.30 5.7 19.30 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.04 6.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.28 9.6 17.28 9.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.51 9.9 15.70 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.99 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 3.7 – – – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.96 8.1 11.96 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.96 8.1 11.96 8.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.96 5.2 15.12 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.22 1.3 – – – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.23 .0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $18.77 10.8 $19.92 9.8 $9.87 3.1 Group I................................................... 15.20 16.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.58 14.7 20.74 14.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.31 9.6 13.51 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.31 9.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.40 12.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.40 12.1 – – – – 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), Springfield, MA, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.27 $11.73 $16.98 $25.12 $38.00 Management occupations.............................................. 18.54 24.60 27.85 44.09 47.95 Education administrators.......................................... 23.40 28.30 31.25 38.46 44.51 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 23.40 28.30 29.23 38.46 44.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.38 23.60 33.99 48.06 85.03 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.11 22.96 43.75 48.06 48.06 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.71 30.00 36.20 36.97 41.83 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.88 28.32 29.73 34.28 39.02 Engineers......................................................... 27.47 29.73 31.83 36.72 39.97 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.28 13.28 22.27 30.58 41.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.65 29.46 42.55 49.28 68.27 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.98 48.38 61.02 76.49 93.55 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 28.73 28.73 55.50 84.83 106.83 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.43 76.49 87.02 130.85 154.76 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.46 49.42 58.86 68.26 78.61 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.46 34.59 43.12 45.78 49.28 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.10 36.41 43.97 45.31 48.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.10 36.31 43.97 45.14 48.76 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.90 33.37 41.23 47.06 49.88 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.90 33.37 41.23 47.06 49.88 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.31 11.75 12.55 15.30 21.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.06 23.03 29.20 35.00 43.93 Registered nurses................................................. 22.81 24.92 28.98 32.56 35.41 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.57 19.76 20.50 22.00 23.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.05 12.27 13.84 15.19 16.60 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.77 12.00 13.25 15.19 16.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.58 9.87 12.00 13.13 14.56 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.27 13.09 15.19 15.19 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 12.55 18.01 23.40 28.23 Police officers................................................... 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.00 8.00 12.70 16.26 16.34 Security guards................................................. 7.00 8.00 12.70 16.26 16.34 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.75 7.00 9.50 14.49 Cooks............................................................. 12.88 13.50 14.49 16.97 19.48 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.88 13.91 14.76 16.97 19.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.95 8.25 9.75 10.36 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.00 5.54 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 7.00 7.57 7.75 8.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $7.97 $10.00 $16.70 $25.12 $25.12 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.04 10.36 14.07 16.52 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.00 10.64 14.43 16.52 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.97 8.04 8.27 8.27 10.36 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.50 10.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 9.00 11.00 16.89 42.56 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.55 8.25 9.50 11.00 13.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.60 13.60 15.67 17.53 20.67 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.59 12.62 14.99 16.50 17.18 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.69 13.55 15.72 16.98 17.18 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.02 14.76 15.68 17.32 21.42 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.50 12.65 14.00 16.01 16.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.91 15.00 15.11 18.75 23.08 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.06 15.06 17.98 20.67 21.92 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 15.00 15.55 22.48 26.46 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.10 15.82 17.50 18.78 19.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.71 21.19 21.51 24.75 25.73 Electricians...................................................... 20.37 21.19 23.88 24.13 24.13 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.54 16.88 18.53 18.53 29.14 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.25 13.25 16.00 21.41 29.34 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 10.67 14.50 17.51 21.42 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.69 10.34 12.67 12.83 13.55 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.30 11.01 15.04 18.87 20.03 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 12.00 15.25 17.70 20.03 20.31 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.28 12.50 21.55 25.05 25.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 12.52 23.02 25.53 26.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.95 8.61 10.36 13.79 15.37 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.61 10.00 13.79 14.74 16.73 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), Springfield, MA, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.60 $16.50 $25.00 $34.14 Management occupations.............................................. 18.54 23.85 27.56 44.09 47.95 Education administrators.......................................... 23.40 28.30 29.23 38.46 44.51 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 23.40 28.30 29.23 38.46 44.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.38 24.92 39.86 48.06 85.03 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.71 30.00 36.20 36.97 42.60 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.32 29.08 29.73 34.86 39.97 Engineers......................................................... 27.47 29.08 31.83 36.01 39.97 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.73 21.90 33.14 76.49 106.83 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.73 30.00 75.31 87.02 130.85 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 28.73 28.73 55.50 84.83 106.83 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.43 76.49 87.02 130.85 154.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.28 23.03 29.20 35.96 43.93 Registered nurses................................................. 22.81 24.53 28.50 32.63 35.94 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.54 20.06 20.50 22.00 23.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.58 12.00 13.84 15.07 16.75 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.58 9.87 12.22 13.68 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.00 8.00 12.23 13.50 16.34 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.00 8.00 12.23 13.50 16.34 Security guards................................................. 7.00 8.00 12.23 13.50 16.34 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.63 6.75 8.48 13.65 Cooks............................................................. 11.22 13.17 14.17 14.96 15.51 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.25 8.25 9.50 10.08 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.00 5.54 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.80 8.74 25.12 25.12 25.12 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.92 8.27 10.64 11.67 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 7.75 8.74 10.64 11.91 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.50 10.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 9.00 11.00 16.89 42.56 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.55 8.25 9.50 11.00 13.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.00 11.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.31 13.12 15.29 17.50 20.89 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.25 12.00 13.72 15.43 16.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.25 12.14 14.99 16.50 16.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.02 14.76 15.68 17.32 21.42 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.50 12.65 14.00 16.01 16.01 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.91 15.00 15.11 18.64 23.08 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... $15.00 $15.00 $15.55 $22.48 $26.46 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.15 16.55 17.50 19.48 19.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.10 21.51 21.51 25.73 27.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.17 16.88 18.53 18.53 24.66 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 10.67 14.50 17.44 21.25 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.69 10.34 12.67 12.83 13.55 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.30 11.01 15.04 18.87 20.03 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 12.00 15.25 17.70 20.03 20.31 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.28 12.50 21.55 25.05 25.53 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.95 8.61 10.36 13.79 15.37 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.61 10.00 13.79 14.74 16.73 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), Springfield, MA, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.65 $15.63 $21.02 $34.78 $46.19 Management occupations.............................................. 25.10 26.34 38.00 40.55 40.55 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.02 32.32 43.39 47.74 57.76 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.28 35.19 43.39 45.91 49.29 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.10 36.41 43.97 45.31 48.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.10 36.31 43.97 45.14 48.76 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.90 33.37 41.23 47.06 49.88 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.90 33.37 41.23 47.06 49.88 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.31 11.75 12.55 15.30 21.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.08 19.45 28.89 31.27 33.62 Registered nurses................................................. 28.20 28.89 31.27 31.27 35.41 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.01 12.54 13.75 15.19 16.60 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.01 12.54 13.98 15.19 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.54 19.18 22.87 24.91 28.66 Police officers................................................... 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.23 12.65 12.65 19.48 19.48 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.05 13.73 15.19 16.52 18.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.05 13.44 14.77 16.52 17.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.39 13.91 14.77 16.52 17.63 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.19 15.18 17.18 18.78 20.67 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.86 15.31 16.08 18.78 18.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.63 17.18 17.70 29.14 31.26 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), Springfield, MA, September 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.64 $14.70 $19.48 $26.62 $42.52 Management occupations.............................................. 18.54 24.52 27.88 44.09 47.95 Education administrators.......................................... 23.40 28.30 31.25 38.46 44.51 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 23.40 28.30 29.23 38.46 44.51 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.38 23.60 33.99 48.06 85.03 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.11 22.96 43.75 48.06 48.06 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.71 30.00 36.20 36.97 41.83 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.88 28.32 29.73 34.28 39.02 Engineers......................................................... 27.47 29.73 31.83 36.72 39.97 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.28 13.28 22.27 30.58 41.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.41 31.10 43.48 49.67 69.20 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.99 49.29 61.70 76.49 93.55 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 28.73 28.73 55.85 84.83 106.83 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.03 35.55 43.39 45.94 49.29 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.12 37.23 43.97 45.35 48.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.81 36.93 43.97 45.25 48.97 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.46 33.96 41.94 47.08 50.37 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.46 33.96 41.94 47.08 50.37 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.59 11.75 12.55 15.30 21.32 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.76 22.81 29.56 37.25 44.12 Registered nurses................................................. 22.57 23.95 28.20 31.27 34.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.87 12.30 13.98 15.19 16.60 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.77 12.01 13.38 15.19 16.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.58 9.77 12.00 13.18 14.63 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.27 13.09 15.19 15.19 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.53 14.99 19.66 23.40 28.23 Police officers................................................... 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.15 19.66 23.20 23.40 26.51 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.02 12.55 14.26 16.26 18.45 Security guards................................................. 12.02 12.55 14.26 16.26 18.45 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.63 8.75 14.46 19.38 Cooks............................................................. 12.88 13.91 14.76 16.97 19.48 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.88 13.91 14.76 16.97 19.48 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 11.35 21.40 25.12 25.12 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.92 8.27 10.75 14.63 16.52 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.92 9.58 11.73 14.77 16.52 Sales and related occupations....................................... $10.00 $11.00 $15.00 $21.47 $46.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.50 15.00 16.50 18.44 22.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.69 13.72 15.72 16.98 18.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.89 14.99 16.50 16.98 17.18 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 15.68 16.64 18.50 22.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.91 15.00 16.23 20.52 23.32 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.06 15.06 17.18 20.67 21.92 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 15.00 15.55 22.48 26.46 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.81 15.82 17.50 18.78 19.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.71 21.19 21.51 25.73 25.73 Electricians...................................................... 20.37 21.19 23.88 24.13 24.13 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.54 16.88 18.53 18.53 29.14 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.25 13.25 16.00 21.41 29.34 Production occupations.............................................. 9.64 11.00 14.74 17.69 21.50 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.69 10.34 12.67 12.83 13.55 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.45 11.38 15.04 18.87 20.03 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.50 15.52 21.55 25.16 25.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 15.23 23.02 25.53 26.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.61 10.99 13.79 15.37 17.07 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), Springfield, MA, September 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.75 $7.69 $9.50 $12.00 $15.29 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.89 9.63 13.75 25.00 25.00 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.90 21.90 30.00 30.00 30.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.00 25.00 28.41 31.37 37.02 Registered nurses................................................. 26.23 28.12 31.20 33.25 38.12 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 2.75 7.00 8.00 9.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.95 8.25 8.25 10.36 13.65 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 2.75 5.54 5.54 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.75 2.75 2.75 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.50 10.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.30 7.75 8.25 9.50 10.43 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.30 7.75 8.25 9.50 10.43 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.30 7.75 8.25 9.50 10.30 Cashiers...................................................... 7.30 7.75 8.25 9.50 10.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 11.20 13.15 15.11 15.29 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.75 10.55 12.00 12.62 13.55 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.21 12.25 13.31 14.00 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.80 8.55 10.28 10.36 12.05 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, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $23.50 $19.48 $920 $748 39.2 $46,273 $38,911 1,969 Management occupations.............................................. 35.83 27.88 1,381 1,102 38.5 71,789 57,325 2,004 Education administrators.......................................... 33.14 31.25 1,255 1,298 37.9 65,256 67,502 1,969 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.39 29.23 1,218 1,250 37.6 63,341 65,000 1,955 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 40.55 33.99 1,608 1,530 39.6 83,600 79,537 2,062 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.23 43.75 1,380 1,750 39.2 71,758 91,000 2,037 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.03 36.20 1,390 1,448 39.7 72,268 75,286 2,063 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.33 29.73 1,201 1,189 41.0 62,471 61,830 2,130 Engineers......................................................... 32.47 31.83 1,369 1,298 42.2 71,197 67,519 2,193 Community and social services occupations........................... 24.01 22.27 932 891 38.8 45,750 46,320 1,906 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.39 43.48 1,492 1,446 34.4 56,726 52,651 1,307 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 65.85 61.70 2,386 2,451 36.2 92,864 94,488 1,410 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 61.78 55.85 2,102 1,955 34.0 82,073 76,260 1,328 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.14 43.39 1,400 1,446 34.0 51,878 52,651 1,261 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.76 43.97 1,406 1,446 33.7 52,045 52,651 1,246 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.66 43.97 1,402 1,446 33.7 51,931 52,651 1,247 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.55 41.94 1,393 1,422 34.4 51,811 53,070 1,278 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.55 41.94 1,393 1,422 34.4 51,811 53,070 1,278 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.76 12.55 428 411 31.1 16,077 14,909 1,168 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.51 29.56 1,497 1,108 37.9 77,482 57,621 1,961 Registered nurses................................................. 27.94 28.20 1,050 987 37.6 54,014 49,899 1,933 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.79 13.98 524 544 38.0 27,057 28,288 1,962 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.32 13.38 505 506 37.9 26,254 26,320 1,972 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.83 12.00 433 432 36.6 22,491 22,445 1,902 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.50 15.19 567 571 39.1 29,459 29,707 2,031 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.10 19.66 800 806 39.8 41,621 41,889 2,071 Police officers................................................... 21.81 23.20 840 901 38.5 43,662 46,853 2,002 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.81 23.20 840 901 38.5 43,662 46,853 2,002 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.62 14.26 583 570 39.9 30,306 29,661 2,073 Security guards................................................. 14.62 14.26 583 570 39.9 30,306 29,661 2,073 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.16 8.75 364 350 39.7 18,511 18,546 2,021 Cooks............................................................. 15.52 14.76 617 580 39.7 29,765 29,474 1,917 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.52 14.76 617 580 39.7 29,765 29,474 1,917 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $18.57 $21.40 $740 $856 39.8 $38,460 $44,512 2,071 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.70 10.75 464 429 39.7 24,118 22,318 2,062 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.23 11.73 489 469 40.0 25,428 24,398 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.73 15.00 825 600 39.8 42,888 31,200 2,068 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.91 16.50 662 640 39.2 34,212 33,280 2,024 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.38 15.72 590 600 38.4 30,692 31,181 1,996 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.62 16.50 596 637 38.1 30,975 33,111 1,983 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.76 16.64 700 660 39.4 36,392 34,320 2,049 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.44 16.23 678 653 38.9 35,045 34,008 2,009 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.18 17.18 698 699 38.4 36,273 36,338 1,996 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.06 15.55 697 614 38.6 35,805 32,885 1,983 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.07 17.50 670 700 39.2 34,571 36,400 2,025 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.68 21.51 907 860 40.0 47,173 44,741 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 22.34 23.88 894 955 40.0 46,477 49,670 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.30 18.53 771 741 39.9 40,067 38,542 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.28 16.00 677 640 39.2 35,227 33,280 2,038 Production occupations.............................................. 15.70 14.74 624 580 39.7 32,425 30,160 2,065 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... $11.96 $12.67 $478 $507 40.0 $24,872 $26,354 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.12 15.04 566 584 37.5 29,454 30,372 1,948 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.92 21.55 836 862 42.0 43,482 44,820 2,183 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.74 23.02 924 1,021 44.5 48,034 53,102 2,316 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.51 13.79 540 552 40.0 28,101 28,683 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $22.68 $18.54 $898 $734 39.6 $46,388 $37,960 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 35.69 27.56 1,374 1,102 38.5 71,427 57,325 2,001 Education administrators.......................................... 32.11 29.23 1,207 1,250 37.6 62,788 65,000 1,956 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.11 29.23 1,207 1,250 37.6 62,788 65,000 1,956 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 42.79 39.86 1,709 1,750 39.9 88,847 91,000 2,076 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.94 36.20 1,388 1,448 39.7 72,162 75,286 2,065 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.67 29.73 1,331 1,189 42.0 69,234 61,830 2,186 Engineers......................................................... 32.24 31.83 1,371 1,273 42.5 71,305 66,213 2,212 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 56.12 41.14 1,909 1,909 34.0 79,047 76,239 1,409 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 72.04 75.31 2,364 2,698 32.8 93,627 107,317 1,300 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 61.78 55.85 2,102 1,955 34.0 82,073 76,260 1,328 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 41.00 29.56 1,552 1,108 37.9 80,708 57,621 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 27.36 25.74 1,023 910 37.4 53,208 47,324 1,945 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.55 13.89 503 540 37.1 26,158 28,061 1,930 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.47 447 438 36.1 23,260 22,764 1,876 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Security guards................................................. 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.91 5.00 315 200 39.8 16,068 10,400 2,032 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.58 8.74 378 350 39.4 19,654 18,179 2,051 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.92 9.58 397 383 40.0 20,634 19,918 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.73 15.00 825 600 39.8 42,888 31,200 2,068 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.84 16.01 666 640 39.5 34,566 33,280 2,053 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.47 14.99 566 574 39.1 29,430 29,837 2,034 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.76 16.64 700 660 39.4 36,392 34,320 2,049 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.12 15.06 670 602 39.1 34,602 31,325 2,021 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.06 15.55 697 614 38.6 35,805 32,885 1,983 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.43 21.51 937 860 40.0 48,737 44,741 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.70 18.53 746 741 39.9 38,818 38,542 2,076 Production occupations.............................................. 15.52 14.50 616 580 39.7 32,031 30,160 2,064 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.96 12.67 478 507 40.0 24,872 26,354 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $15.12 $15.04 $566 $584 37.5 $29,454 $30,372 1,948 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.86 21.55 835 862 42.0 43,396 44,820 2,186 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.51 13.79 540 552 40.0 28,101 28,683 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $26.84 $21.24 $1,007 $861 37.5 $45,880 $42,962 1,709 Management occupations.............................................. 38.59 38.00 1,526 1,520 39.5 79,333 79,040 2,056 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.75 43.55 1,405 1,446 34.5 52,490 52,651 1,288 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.14 43.39 1,400 1,446 34.0 51,878 52,651 1,261 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.76 43.97 1,406 1,446 33.7 52,045 52,651 1,246 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.66 43.97 1,402 1,446 33.7 51,931 52,651 1,247 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.55 41.94 1,393 1,422 34.4 51,811 53,070 1,278 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.55 41.94 1,393 1,422 34.4 51,811 53,070 1,278 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.76 12.55 428 411 31.1 16,077 14,909 1,168 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.82 28.89 1,023 987 38.2 50,952 46,060 1,900 Registered nurses................................................. 31.05 31.27 1,194 1,251 38.5 58,132 65,042 1,872 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.15 13.98 557 559 39.4 28,485 28,600 2,013 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.19 14.28 566 571 39.9 29,424 29,707 2,073 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.47 22.87 895 901 39.8 46,528 46,851 2,071 Police officers................................................... 21.81 23.20 840 901 38.5 43,662 46,853 2,002 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.81 23.20 840 901 38.5 43,662 46,853 2,002 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.95 14.77 598 591 40.0 31,087 30,722 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.95 14.77 598 591 40.0 31,087 30,722 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.11 14.77 604 591 40.0 31,425 30,722 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.18 17.18 647 644 37.6 32,788 33,507 1,908 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.34 16.08 606 574 37.1 30,673 29,849 1,877 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.77 17.70 871 708 40.0 45,278 36,816 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Springfield, MA, September 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $19.99 $18.25 $19.24 $27.02 Management, professional, and related...... 37.24 42.75 30.68 39.56 Management, business, and financial...... 37.82 34.15 36.01 43.23 Professional and related................. 36.84 50.91 26.60 37.73 Service.................................... 11.51 11.61 9.69 14.20 Sales and office........................... 16.07 16.75 12.93 17.24 Sales and related........................ 16.45 17.87 9.21 – Office and administrative support........ 15.74 15.58 16.39 15.69 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 21.83 – – – Construction and extraction............. 23.23 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.70 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.81 17.66 15.58 15.72 Production............................... 15.32 14.81 15.85 15.63 Transportation and material moving....... 18.75 19.93 14.95 16.02 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........................................................... 4.1 8.8 7.0 5.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.2 16.8 12.8 5.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.4 18.0 20.4 15.4 Professional and related.......................................... 9.6 22.0 7.8 4.8 Service............................................................. 18.5 26.8 4.0 2.6 Sales and office.................................................... 8.6 14.6 12.1 3.3 Sales and related................................................. 18.5 32.1 3.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.9 5.0 6.4 4.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.8 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.9 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.2 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.2 11.3 9.1 1.6 Production........................................................ 10.3 18.4 8.6 .9 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.2 12.0 22.8 5.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $21.32 $17.50 $857 $700 40.2 $44,555 $36,400 2,090 Management occupations.............................................. 35.08 27.56 1,384 1,102 39.5 71,971 57,325 2,052 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.86 15.00 832 600 39.9 43,269 31,200 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.44 16.00 653 627 39.7 33,973 32,610 2,066 Production occupations.............................................. 15.17 13.25 607 530 40.0 31,553 27,560 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.29 21.55 864 862 42.6 44,929 44,820 2,214 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $24.40 $20.10 $948 $772 38.8 $48,601 $39,892 1,991 Management occupations.............................................. 36.08 28.30 1,367 1,115 37.9 71,100 57,990 1,971 Education administrators.......................................... 32.11 29.23 1,207 1,250 37.6 62,788 65,000 1,956 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.11 29.23 1,207 1,250 37.6 62,788 65,000 1,956 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 44.63 43.75 1,794 1,750 40.2 93,279 91,000 2,090 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.69 36.20 1,375 1,448 39.6 71,524 75,286 2,062 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.67 29.73 1,331 1,189 42.0 69,234 61,830 2,186 Engineers......................................................... 32.24 31.83 1,371 1,273 42.5 71,305 66,213 2,212 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 56.12 41.14 1,909 1,909 34.0 79,047 76,239 1,409 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 72.04 75.31 2,364 2,698 32.8 93,627 107,317 1,300 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 61.78 55.85 2,102 1,955 34.0 82,073 76,260 1,328 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.60 25.44 1,037 896 37.6 53,924 46,613 1,954 Registered nurses................................................. 27.41 25.74 1,024 901 37.4 53,242 46,837 1,942 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.40 12.47 447 438 36.1 23,260 22,764 1,876 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.47 447 438 36.1 23,260 22,764 1,876 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Security guards................................................. 13.70 13.03 545 521 39.8 28,358 27,109 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.80 13.50 464 540 39.3 22,874 26,790 1,938 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.59 8.74 418 350 39.4 21,712 18,179 2,051 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.57 8.27 377 328 39.4 19,598 17,056 2,048 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.95 9.65 398 386 40.0 20,691 20,072 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.64 17.00 690 660 39.1 35,743 34,362 2,026 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.19 16.83 671 673 39.0 34,456 35,006 2,004 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.34 21.41 926 856 39.7 48,165 44,537 2,063 Production occupations.............................................. 15.78 15.31 623 602 39.5 32,395 31,283 2,053 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.94 17.70 604 584 35.7 31,433 30,372 1,855 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.07 17.28 722 690 39.9 37,538 35,880 2,077 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, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... $23.06 $19.62 $26.64 $20.14 $20.08 $22.86 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.30 30.76 37.81 37.14 37.43 31.16 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 37.79 37.82 36.86 Professional and related.......................................... 37.87 30.76 38.46 36.69 37.16 28.19 Service............................................................. 17.73 11.18 18.38 11.55 11.52 12.59 Sales and office.................................................... 14.34 12.24 17.12 16.54 16.54 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.46 17.46 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.62 15.82 17.12 15.75 15.74 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.21 22.85 19.86 18.83 18.83 – Construction and extraction...................................... 22.69 – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.31 – 21.77 18.27 18.27 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.94 19.79 – 14.99 14.99 – Production........................................................ 16.17 15.03 – 15.38 15.38 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.14 21.20 – 13.67 13.68 – 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 4.3 1.6 4.8 4.9 15.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.8 2.0 6.2 7.1 7.3 10.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.0 10.4 7.1 Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 2.0 5.2 9.7 10.0 11.7 Service............................................................. 9.9 6.7 9.7 18.4 19.1 5.0 Sales and office.................................................... 8.4 16.7 3.5 10.5 10.7 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 23.8 23.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.6 14.9 3.5 4.1 4.2 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 3.6 7.7 7.0 7.0 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.3 – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.9 – 16.2 6.7 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.5 9.4 – 9.0 9.0 – Production........................................................ 9.3 8.6 – 10.8 10.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.5 7.7 – 10.9 10.9 – 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, Springfield, MA, September 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.86 $19.77 $28.17 $28.17 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.14 37.18 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 37.26 37.82 – – Professional and related.......................................... 37.09 36.73 – – Service............................................................. 12.97 11.51 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.57 15.43 29.30 29.30 Sales and related................................................. 15.03 15.03 29.30 29.30 Office and administrative support................................. 15.94 15.74 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 21.83 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.23 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.30 18.70 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.46 16.32 – – Production........................................................ 15.51 15.32 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.87 17.82 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.4 4.2 14.1 14.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 7.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.9 10.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.0 9.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.4 18.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 9.3 10.2 22.9 22.9 Sales and related................................................. 24.4 24.4 22.9 22.9 Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 3.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.9 1.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.7 5.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.0 7.3 – – Production........................................................ 9.9 10.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.1 10.6 – – 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, Springfield, MA, September 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........................................................... - - - - $30.61 - $24.65 $12.16 - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 37.97 - 36.35 – - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 39.89 - 31.90 – - Professional and related.......................................... - - - - – - 38.09 – - Service............................................................. - - - - – - 11.91 12.04 - Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 25.22 - 15.01 – - Sales and related................................................. - - - - – - – – - Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 15.33 - 14.46 – - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - – – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - – – - 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........................................................... - - - - 5.0 - 2.9 34.5 - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - 8.5 - 11.3 – - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - 15.8 - 16.0 – - Professional and related.......................................... - - - - – - 12.4 – - Service............................................................. - - - - – - 5.2 36.0 - Sales and office.................................................... - - - - 13.5 - 4.0 – - Sales and related................................................. - - - - – - – – - Office and administrative support................................. - - - - 8.2 - 3.9 – - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - – - – – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - – - – – - 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, Springfield, MA, September 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 243,500 202,300 41,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 58,200 37,100 21,100 Management, business, and financial............................... 14,900 13,500 1,400 Professional and related.......................................... 43,300 23,600 19,700 Service............................................................. 68,700 57,000 11,700 Sales and office.................................................... 63,900 59,200 4,700 Sales and related................................................. 29,300 29,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 34,600 29,900 4,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16,600 13,800 2,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 11,400 9,600 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5,200 4,200 1,000 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 36,200 35,200 1,000 Production........................................................ 19,900 19,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16,300 15,600 – 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, Springfield, MA, September 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 18,256 18,175 81 Total in sample....................................................... 153 136 17 Responding........................................................ 109 93 16 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 31 31 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 13 12 1 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.