NC BL 9/00/2000 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3105-01, May 2000 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $14.55 3.8 37.0 $12.84 4.4 36.2 $17.85 5.6 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.13 4.9 37.3 15.46 6.7 35.6 21.19 5.8 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 36.6 24.31 12.0 32.2 21.95 3.9 39.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 40.5 20.49 5.1 40.6 34.08 11.6 40.3 Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 33.6 11.27 12.9 33.6 € € € Administrative support............................................ 10.74 3.2 38.5 10.58 3.7 37.9 11.04 5.9 39.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.64 4.4 38.6 12.84 4.7 38.9 10.76 5.3 36.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.88 5.5 40.3 15.24 6.2 40.4 12.74 2.8 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.15 6.3 40.0 13.15 6.3 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 42.0 12.46 4.3 45.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.97 15.6 34.6 10.15 16.8 34.1 8.24 2.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.36 4.3 34.3 7.02 4.7 32.5 10.43 4.5 37.7 Full time........................................................... 15.43 4.0 40.3 13.74 4.7 40.4 18.27 5.7 40.1 Part time........................................................... 8.03 7.1 23.1 8.16 7.8 23.4 6.90 4.2 20.9 Union............................................................... 19.40 11.0 39.2 19.40 11.0 39.2 € € € Nonunion............................................................ 14.37 3.9 37.0 12.48 4.4 36.0 17.85 5.6 38.8 Time................................................................ 14.48 3.9 36.7 12.60 4.6 35.6 17.85 5.6 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 15.91 7.8 44.6 15.91 7.8 44.6 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.57 4.0 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.46 8.2 34.8 10.32 8.6 34.5 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.32 5.4 37.2 12.38 5.9 37.0 11.68 4.0 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 17.67 5.3 38.0 16.29 9.5 36.8 18.50 6.1 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.55 3.8 $12.84 4.4 $17.85 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 14.76 3.9 13.00 4.6 17.85 5.6 White collar........................................................ 18.13 4.9 15.46 6.7 21.19 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.06 5.0 16.67 7.6 21.19 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 24.31 12.0 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.09 5.1 28.38 14.0 23.84 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.19 16.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.42 2.3 - - 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 3.4 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.61 3.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.04 6.7 16.18 5.9 11.89 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.29 9.7 12.90 4.0 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 20.49 5.1 34.08 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.19 9.8 22.58 6.5 39.72 8.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 11.27 12.9 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 10.3 9.13 10.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.09 2.6 6.09 2.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 3.2 10.58 3.7 11.04 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.74 9.5 9.81 10.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.52 8.5 9.52 8.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.04 7.3 12.04 7.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.24 3.6 10.05 6.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 4.4 12.84 4.7 10.76 5.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $14.88 5.5 $15.24 6.2 $12.74 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 6.3 13.15 6.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.69 8.7 14.69 8.7 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 12.46 4.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.35 3.2 12.41 3.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 15.6 10.15 16.8 8.24 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 5.6 7.27 5.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.48 13.0 8.48 13.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.67 6.3 7.55 7.1 € € Service............................................................. 8.36 4.3 7.02 4.7 10.43 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.15 4.1 - - 12.10 4.3 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.41 6.9 6.41 7.6 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 12.5 4.35 12.5 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 7.9 2.77 7.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.32 7.7 7.44 8.7 - - Health service................................................ 8.17 4.8 8.25 6.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.77 3.9 7.66 6.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.40 4.9 7.16 6.0 7.92 8.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.37 3.9 6.37 3.9 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 5.2 7.76 8.2 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.54 4.5 7.37 4.3 7.97 10.6 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.47 5.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.04 4.4 7.86 4.5 € € 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.43 4.0 $13.74 4.7 $18.27 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.55 4.1 13.79 4.9 18.27 5.7 White collar........................................................ 18.75 5.1 16.23 7.4 21.24 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.31 5.1 16.91 8.3 21.24 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.78 5.2 24.84 13.9 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.21 5.3 29.70 16.2 23.84 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.15 19.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.01 6.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.52 2.3 € € 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.64 3.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.64 3.5 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.07 6.9 16.41 6.1 11.89 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.48 11.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.75 10.1 20.49 5.1 34.84 11.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 9.5 22.58 6.5 40.94 7.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 13.16 14.4 13.16 14.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.53 11.6 9.53 11.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 3.4 10.87 4.1 11.04 5.9 Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.41 10.1 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.70 9.5 9.70 9.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.68 6.8 12.68 6.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.25 3.6 10.06 6.1 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 13.36 4.4 13.61 4.8 11.09 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $14.91 5.5 $15.27 6.2 $12.74 2.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.3 13.21 6.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.96 8.9 14.96 8.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.31 4.2 12.47 4.4 - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.37 3.3 12.42 3.4 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.72 17.2 12.29 18.4 8.24 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.31 7.1 9.31 7.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.73 12.3 8.73 12.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.64 8.3 € € Service............................................................. 8.97 5.2 7.34 6.6 10.96 4.5 Protective service............................................ 12.11 4.2 - - 12.13 4.3 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.85 11.4 6.85 11.5 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 19.1 5.04 19.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.86 13.1 7.88 13.4 € € Health service................................................ 8.18 5.0 8.26 6.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 4.3 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 6.0 7.25 8.3 7.92 8.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.63 5.7 7.94 9.5 € € Personal service.............................................. 8.32 6.0 7.84 6.5 - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.11 4.5 € € € € 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. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.03 7.1 $8.16 7.8 $6.90 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 8.23 8.2 8.42 9.1 6.90 4.2 White collar........................................................ 11.09 11.3 11.12 11.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.38 13.3 14.59 13.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.42 6.1 21.42 6.1 € € Professional specialty.......................................... 22.97 7.7 22.97 7.7 € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 6.93 7.3 6.93 7.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 5.81 2.2 5.81 2.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.0 8.13 7.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.47 3.7 6.43 4.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.14 1.5 6.14 1.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.79 2.1 5.79 2.1 € € Service............................................................. 6.37 4.2 6.33 5.2 6.54 1.4 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.76 5.0 5.62 6.2 - - Other food service........................................... 6.66 3.8 6.74 4.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. 6.89 8.6 6.89 8.6 € € Personal service.............................................. 6.67 5.1 6.71 7.7 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $622 4.1 40.3 $556 4.8 40.4 $733 5.9 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 626 4.1 40.3 557 5.0 40.4 733 5.9 40.1 White collar........................................................ 749 5.2 40.0 653 7.5 40.3 842 6.2 39.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 769 5.3 39.8 677 8.3 40.0 842 6.2 39.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 899 5.2 39.5 993 13.9 40.0 861 4.0 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 993 5.3 39.4 1,190 16.2 40.1 935 3.2 39.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,169 7.2 40.8 1,169 7.2 40.8 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 1,159 19.6 39.8 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 880 6.6 40.0 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 948 1.9 38.7 € € € 948 1.9 38.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 545 3.5 40.0 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 545 3.5 40.0 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 689 10.5 39.3 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 558 6.8 39.7 654 6.1 39.8 470 11.7 39.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 564 9.7 38.9 € € € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 355 4.8 40.0 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,141 11.1 41.1 833 5.9 40.6 1,450 12.8 41.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,405 10.9 41.6 921 8.1 40.8 1,726 9.7 42.1 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 957 10.8 41.7 957 10.8 41.7 € € € Management related............................................ 701 4.3 40.3 745 5.9 40.5 613 4.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 757 6.8 40.9 799 9.0 41.2 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 742 12.0 40.0 742 12.0 40.0 € € € Sales............................................................. 544 15.5 41.4 544 15.5 41.4 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 749 18.7 40.5 749 18.7 40.5 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 381 11.6 40.0 381 11.6 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 435 3.3 39.8 433 4.0 39.9 437 5.9 39.6 Secretaries................................................. 435 5.6 39.6 458 9.5 39.9 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 416 10.1 40.0 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 388 9.5 40.0 388 9.5 40.0 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 507 6.8 40.0 507 6.8 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 410 3.6 40.0 402 6.1 39.9 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $563 14.6 39.6 € € € $568 17.4 39.5 Blue collar......................................................... 546 4.4 40.9 $558 4.8 41.0 439 4.7 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 602 5.8 40.4 619 6.6 40.5 504 2.8 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 615 7.2 40.8 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 781 4.2 39.5 781 4.2 39.5 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 533 3.8 40.3 578 6.4 40.8 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 530 6.6 40.1 530 6.6 40.1 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 598 8.9 40.0 598 8.9 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 432 7.7 40.0 432 7.7 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 566 8.2 46.0 588 8.4 47.2 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 612 9.1 49.5 618 9.1 49.8 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 367 6.8 40.0 366 7.6 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 466 16.3 39.8 488 17.4 39.7 330 2.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 370 6.7 39.8 370 6.7 39.8 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 346 12.2 39.7 346 12.2 39.7 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 383 8.1 41.0 398 10.9 41.3 € € € Service............................................................. 363 5.9 40.5 287 6.9 39.2 461 4.9 42.1 Protective service............................................ 525 3.5 43.4 - - - 527 3.5 43.4 Firefighting................................................ 449 5.9 53.0 € € € 449 5.9 53.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 551 3.2 40.0 € € € 551 3.2 40.0 Food service.................................................. 269 11.7 39.3 269 11.8 39.3 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 199 18.8 39.4 199 18.8 39.4 € € € Other food service........................................... 308 13.6 39.2 309 13.8 39.2 € € € Health service................................................ 320 5.0 39.2 321 7.0 38.9 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 302 3.6 39.0 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 293 6.3 39.0 282 9.3 38.8 311 7.9 39.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 303 5.7 39.8 317 9.5 40.0 € € € Personal service.............................................. 327 5.3 39.3 313 6.5 40.0 - - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 325 4.5 40.0 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $31,190 4.1 2,021 $28,857 4.8 2,099 $34,746 5.9 1,902 All excluding sales............................................... 31,326 4.1 2,015 28,902 5.0 2,095 34,746 5.9 1,902 White collar........................................................ 36,455 5.2 1,944 33,871 7.5 2,088 38,672 6.2 1,821 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,183 5.3 1,925 35,075 8.3 2,074 38,672 6.2 1,821 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 41,098 5.2 1,804 51,009 13.9 2,054 37,741 4.0 1,720 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,094 5.3 1,749 60,685 16.2 2,043 39,944 3.2 1,675 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,800 7.2 2,120 60,800 7.2 2,120 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 59,337 19.6 2,036 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 45,780 6.6 2,080 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,798 1.9 1,501 € € € 36,798 1.9 1,501 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,363 3.5 2,080 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 28,363 3.5 2,080 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35,843 10.5 2,045 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 28,620 6.8 2,034 33,985 6.1 2,071 23,792 11.7 2,000 Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,370 9.7 1,890 € € € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18,467 4.8 2,080 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 59,045 11.1 2,128 43,293 5.9 2,113 74,660 12.8 2,143 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 72,503 10.9 2,147 47,900 8.1 2,121 88,587 9.7 2,164 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49,739 10.8 2,166 49,739 10.8 2,166 € € € Management related............................................ 36,470 4.3 2,096 38,731 5.9 2,104 31,886 4.5 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 39,371 6.8 2,124 41,545 9.0 2,145 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 38,610 12.0 2,080 38,610 12.0 2,080 € € € Sales............................................................. 28,290 15.5 2,150 28,290 15.5 2,150 € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 38,948 18.7 2,107 38,948 18.7 2,107 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 19,830 11.6 2,080 19,830 11.6 2,080 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,100 3.3 2,021 22,540 4.0 2,073 21,385 5.9 1,936 Secretaries................................................. 19,718 5.6 1,798 23,823 9.5 2,075 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,651 10.1 2,080 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 20,172 9.5 2,080 20,172 9.5 2,080 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 26,367 6.8 2,080 26,367 6.8 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 21,306 3.6 2,079 20,902 6.1 2,077 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $29,265 14.6 2,057 € € € $29,526 17.4 2,057 Blue collar......................................................... 28,397 4.4 2,126 $29,032 4.8 2,134 22,839 4.7 2,060 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,294 5.8 2,099 32,170 6.6 2,106 26,215 2.8 2,057 Automobile mechanics........................................ 32,000 7.2 2,120 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,606 4.2 2,052 40,606 4.2 2,052 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 27,735 3.8 2,098 30,061 6.4 2,119 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,537 6.6 2,085 27,537 6.6 2,085 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,113 8.9 2,080 31,113 8.9 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 22,488 7.7 2,080 22,488 7.7 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 29,432 8.2 2,392 30,574 8.4 2,452 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 31,833 9.1 2,574 32,151 9.1 2,588 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 19,062 6.8 2,080 19,043 7.6 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,230 16.3 2,067 25,368 17.4 2,065 17,149 2.9 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 19,237 6.7 2,067 19,237 6.7 2,067 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18,003 12.2 2,063 18,003 12.2 2,063 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,899 8.1 2,130 20,703 10.9 2,148 € € € Service............................................................. 18,777 5.9 2,093 14,947 6.9 2,038 23,725 4.9 2,165 Protective service............................................ 27,321 3.5 2,256 - - - 27,411 3.5 2,259 Firefighting................................................ 23,341 5.9 2,756 € € € 23,341 5.9 2,756 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 28,670 3.2 2,080 € € € 28,670 3.2 2,080 Food service.................................................. 13,988 11.7 2,042 13,985 11.8 2,042 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,326 18.8 2,050 10,326 18.8 2,050 € € € Other food service........................................... 16,019 13.6 2,038 16,053 13.8 2,037 € € € Health service................................................ 16,665 5.0 2,038 16,698 7.0 2,021 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,713 3.6 2,026 € € € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 15,228 6.3 2,028 14,640 9.3 2,019 16,162 7.9 2,041 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,771 5.7 2,068 16,506 9.5 2,080 € € € Personal service.............................................. 15,975 5.3 1,921 16,298 6.5 2,080 - - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 16,874 4.5 2,080 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.55 3.8 $12.84 4.4 $17.85 5.6 All excluding sales............................................... 14.76 3.9 13.00 4.6 17.85 5.6 White collar........................................................ 18.13 4.9 15.46 6.7 21.19 5.8 1....................................................... 6.41 3.9 6.41 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.03 4.7 7.74 6.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.06 2.9 8.89 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.71 5.0 11.05 8.5 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 13.32 4.4 13.61 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.16 6.2 15.36 8.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.51 4.0 17.06 4.5 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.44 4.8 17.71 8.5 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.01 4.0 22.14 3.2 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 28.20 4.0 28.14 8.3 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.06 5.0 16.67 7.6 21.19 5.8 2....................................................... 8.85 5.1 8.93 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.01 3.7 8.71 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.28 2.2 10.30 3.0 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.96 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.18 6.3 15.40 8.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.55 4.0 16.94 5.1 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.84 4.7 17.70 7.3 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.01 4.0 22.14 3.2 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 28.21 4.0 28.15 8.7 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.71 4.9 24.31 12.0 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.09 5.1 28.38 14.0 23.84 3.2 5....................................................... 13.27 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 24.88 5.2 € € 26.57 3.3 9....................................................... 21.84 3.4 22.63 2.3 € € 11........................................................ 29.78 2.8 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.19 16.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 5.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.42 2.3 - - 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 3.4 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.61 3.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.04 6.7 $16.18 5.9 $11.89 12.0 4....................................................... 9.56 4.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.68 4.5 14.68 4.5 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.29 9.7 12.90 4.0 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.47 10.2 20.49 5.1 34.08 11.6 7....................................................... 16.89 4.0 17.67 5.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.68 11.3 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 9.6 21.44 6.6 € € 11........................................................ 24.33 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.19 9.8 22.58 6.5 39.72 8.6 9....................................................... 25.67 12.1 23.48 9.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 7....................................................... 16.95 4.2 17.85 5.9 € € 9....................................................... 18.71 3.4 18.70 3.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.45 6.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.9 11.27 12.9 € € 2....................................................... 6.04 2.5 6.04 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.38 26.5 14.38 26.5 € € 5....................................................... 15.07 8.0 15.07 8.0 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 10.3 9.13 10.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.09 2.6 6.09 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 5.95 2.1 5.95 2.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.74 3.2 10.58 3.7 11.04 5.9 2....................................................... 8.90 5.4 8.93 8.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.01 3.7 8.71 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.41 2.4 10.29 3.1 10.60 3.5 5....................................................... 12.26 4.0 12.31 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.50 14.4 15.99 17.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.95 6.7 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.34 8.5 10.59 12.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.74 9.5 9.81 10.9 € € 4....................................................... 10.82 9.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.52 8.5 9.52 8.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.04 7.3 12.04 7.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.24 3.6 10.05 6.1 € € 4....................................................... $10.51 2.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € $14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 4.4 $12.84 4.7 10.76 5.3 1....................................................... 7.21 3.8 7.18 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.75 4.7 8.88 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.51 4.0 10.67 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 11.12 8.1 11.16 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.75 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 11.7 16.94 13.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.20 6.4 17.42 6.6 € € 9....................................................... 21.37 3.6 21.37 3.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.88 5.5 15.24 6.2 12.74 2.8 5....................................................... 12.28 3.8 12.38 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 13.33 2.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.52 4.7 16.75 4.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.12 3.9 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 6.3 13.15 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.0 10.64 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.22 4.5 9.22 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.60 6.3 14.60 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.22 11.8 20.22 11.8 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.69 8.7 14.69 8.7 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.01 4.4 12.46 4.3 - - 3....................................................... 10.96 7.3 11.27 7.9 € € Truck drivers............................................... 12.35 3.2 12.41 3.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 15.6 10.15 16.8 8.24 2.9 1....................................................... 7.24 4.1 7.20 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.67 3.7 8.68 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.35 6.5 10.57 6.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 5.6 7.27 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.32 4.9 6.32 4.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.48 13.0 8.48 13.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.67 6.3 7.55 7.1 € € 1....................................................... 7.40 6.9 7.36 7.4 € € Service............................................................. $8.36 4.3 $7.02 4.7 $10.43 4.5 1....................................................... 6.40 2.8 6.06 2.6 7.26 3.1 2....................................................... 4.73 21.4 4.73 21.4 € € 3....................................................... 7.84 3.6 7.94 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 8.08 11.6 € € € € 5....................................................... 8.70 7.0 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.62 4.0 € € 11.63 4.4 Protective service............................................ 12.15 4.1 - - 12.10 4.3 5....................................................... 8.98 7.9 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.62 4.3 € € 11.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.41 6.9 6.41 7.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.66 4.6 5.63 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.06 5.1 7.29 6.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.35 12.5 4.35 12.5 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 7.9 2.77 7.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.32 7.7 7.44 8.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.00 2.2 5.98 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 7.35 5.1 7.81 5.1 € € Health service................................................ 8.17 4.8 8.25 6.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.77 3.9 7.66 6.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.40 4.9 7.16 6.0 7.92 8.7 1....................................................... 6.72 2.6 6.35 2.6 € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.37 3.9 6.37 3.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.26 4.1 6.26 4.1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 5.2 7.76 8.2 € € 1....................................................... 6.99 2.6 6.50 2.4 € € Personal service.............................................. 7.54 4.5 7.37 4.3 7.97 10.6 1....................................................... 6.82 5.0 6.97 7.2 € € Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.47 5.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.04 4.4 7.86 4.5 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.43 4.0 $13.74 4.7 $18.27 5.7 All excluding sales............................................... 15.55 4.1 13.79 4.9 18.27 5.7 White collar........................................................ 18.75 5.1 16.23 7.4 21.24 5.8 2....................................................... 8.78 5.5 8.82 9.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.42 3.2 9.32 4.3 € € 4....................................................... 10.75 5.2 11.18 9.0 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 13.36 4.4 13.67 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 15.23 6.4 15.49 9.0 € € 7....................................................... 20.51 4.0 17.06 4.5 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.50 4.9 17.60 8.9 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.10 4.7 22.37 3.9 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 27.80 3.9 27.13 8.4 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.31 5.1 16.91 8.3 21.24 5.8 2....................................................... 8.95 5.5 9.13 10.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.20 3.4 8.96 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.31 2.3 10.36 3.3 10.26 3.1 5....................................................... 12.78 3.1 12.97 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.26 6.6 15.54 9.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.55 4.0 16.94 5.1 21.32 3.9 8....................................................... 22.91 4.8 17.55 7.7 25.46 4.2 9....................................................... 22.10 4.7 22.37 3.9 21.83 8.6 10........................................................ 25.21 5.2 25.21 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 27.80 4.0 27.09 8.9 28.24 3.2 12........................................................ 32.97 4.4 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.78 5.2 24.84 13.9 21.95 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.21 5.3 29.70 16.2 23.84 3.2 5....................................................... 13.27 3.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 25.04 5.3 € € 26.57 3.3 9....................................................... 21.94 4.2 23.53 2.5 € € 11........................................................ 29.29 2.6 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.68 8.0 28.68 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.15 19.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.01 6.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.52 2.3 € € 24.52 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.64 3.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.64 3.5 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $17.53 11.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.07 6.9 $16.41 6.1 $11.89 12.0 4....................................................... 9.56 4.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.90 4.4 14.90 4.4 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.48 11.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 8.88 4.8 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.75 10.1 20.49 5.1 34.84 11.1 7....................................................... 16.89 4.0 17.67 5.5 € € 8....................................................... 17.68 11.3 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.08 9.6 21.44 6.6 € € 11........................................................ 24.33 8.8 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.77 9.5 22.58 6.5 40.94 7.8 9....................................................... 25.67 12.1 23.48 9.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.96 8.2 22.96 8.2 € € Management related............................................ 17.40 4.1 18.40 5.4 15.33 4.5 7....................................................... 16.95 4.2 17.85 5.9 € € 9....................................................... 18.71 3.4 18.70 3.7 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.53 5.9 19.37 7.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.45 6.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 18.56 12.0 18.56 12.0 € € Sales............................................................. 13.16 14.4 13.16 14.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.48 26.9 14.48 26.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.28 7.3 15.28 7.3 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 18.49 18.6 18.49 18.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.53 11.6 9.53 11.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 3.4 10.87 4.1 11.04 5.9 2....................................................... 9.02 5.9 9.13 10.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.20 3.4 8.96 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 10.46 2.5 10.35 3.3 10.60 3.5 5....................................................... 12.26 4.0 12.31 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.50 14.4 15.99 17.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.95 6.7 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 10.97 5.5 11.48 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.34 8.5 10.59 12.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.41 10.1 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.82 9.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.70 9.5 9.70 9.5 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.68 6.8 12.68 6.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.25 3.6 10.06 6.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.51 2.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.22 14.1 € € 14.36 16.8 Blue collar......................................................... $13.36 4.4 $13.61 4.8 $11.09 4.9 1....................................................... 8.29 5.2 8.36 5.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.96 5.2 9.00 5.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.56 3.8 10.74 4.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.12 8.1 11.16 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.77 3.1 12.75 3.3 € € 6....................................................... 16.18 11.7 16.94 13.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.20 6.4 17.42 6.6 € € 9....................................................... 21.37 3.6 21.37 3.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.91 5.5 15.27 6.2 12.74 2.8 5....................................................... 12.28 3.8 12.38 4.2 € € 6....................................................... 13.33 2.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.52 4.7 16.75 4.8 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 15.09 4.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 15.12 3.9 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.79 3.8 19.79 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.22 3.6 14.18 6.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 6.3 13.21 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.64 2.0 10.64 2.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.22 4.5 9.22 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 13.23 5.4 13.23 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.60 6.3 14.60 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.22 11.8 20.22 11.8 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.96 8.9 14.96 8.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.81 7.7 10.81 7.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.31 4.2 12.47 4.4 - - 3....................................................... 10.86 7.6 11.18 8.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 12.37 3.3 12.42 3.4 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.16 6.8 9.16 7.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.72 17.2 12.29 18.4 8.24 2.9 1....................................................... 8.50 5.9 8.62 6.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.79 3.6 8.85 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.75 5.4 11.03 4.6 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.31 7.1 9.31 7.1 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.73 12.3 8.73 12.3 € € 1....................................................... 8.01 11.8 8.01 11.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.34 6.3 9.64 8.3 € € 1....................................................... 9.18 8.9 € € € € Service............................................................. 8.97 5.2 7.34 6.6 10.96 4.5 1....................................................... 6.53 3.7 6.06 4.0 7.44 3.3 2....................................................... $4.86 24.2 $4.86 24.2 € € 3....................................................... 8.17 3.7 8.05 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 9.93 3.0 € € € € 5....................................................... 8.61 7.1 € € $8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.60 4.0 € € 11.63 4.4 Protective service............................................ 12.11 4.2 - - 12.13 4.3 5....................................................... 8.80 8.1 € € 8.80 8.1 6....................................................... 11.60 4.4 € € 11.62 4.6 Firefighting................................................ 8.47 5.9 € € 8.47 5.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.78 3.2 € € 13.78 3.2 Food service.................................................. 6.85 11.4 6.85 11.5 - - 1....................................................... 5.60 4.3 5.55 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 7.51 6.6 7.51 6.6 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 19.1 5.04 19.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.86 13.1 7.88 13.4 € € Health service................................................ 8.18 5.0 8.26 6.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 4.3 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 7.51 6.0 7.25 8.3 7.92 8.7 1....................................................... 6.66 4.0 5.97 4.7 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.63 5.7 7.94 9.5 € € 1....................................................... 7.01 3.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.32 6.0 7.84 6.5 - - Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.11 4.5 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.03 7.1 $8.16 7.8 $6.90 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 8.23 8.2 8.42 9.1 6.90 4.2 White collar........................................................ 11.09 11.3 11.12 11.6 - - 1....................................................... 6.29 6.4 6.29 6.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.32 4.6 6.32 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 7.85 6.3 7.85 6.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.38 13.3 14.59 13.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.42 6.1 21.42 6.1 € € Professional specialty.......................................... 22.97 7.7 22.97 7.7 € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 6.93 7.3 6.93 7.3 € € 2....................................................... 5.92 3.1 5.92 3.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 5.81 2.2 5.81 2.2 € € 2....................................................... 5.79 2.3 5.79 2.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.13 7.0 8.13 7.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 6.47 3.7 6.43 4.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.05 1.5 6.05 1.5 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.14 1.5 6.14 1.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.05 1.5 6.05 1.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.79 2.1 5.79 2.1 € € 1....................................................... 5.74 2.1 5.74 2.1 € € Service............................................................. 6.37 4.2 6.33 5.2 6.54 1.4 1....................................................... 6.15 2.7 6.08 2.8 € € 3....................................................... 7.17 5.6 7.62 7.9 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.76 5.0 5.62 6.2 - - 3....................................................... 6.44 2.8 € € € € Other food service........................................... $6.66 3.8 $6.74 4.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. 6.89 8.6 6.89 8.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.89 8.7 6.89 8.7 € € Personal service.............................................. 6.67 5.1 6.71 7.7 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.43 $8.03 $19.40 $14.37 $14.48 $15.91 All excluding sales............................................. 15.55 8.23 19.40 14.58 14.71 16.41 White collar........................................................ 18.75 11.09 18.73 18.12 18.26 15.25 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.31 14.38 18.73 19.06 19.07 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.78 21.42 - 22.71 22.71 € Professional specialty.......................................... 25.21 22.97 € 25.09 25.09 € Technical....................................................... 14.07 - - 13.81 14.04 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.75 - € 27.47 27.47 € Sales............................................................. 13.16 6.93 € 11.27 9.26 15.23 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 8.13 17.96 10.48 10.70 - Blue collar......................................................... 13.36 6.47 19.56 11.92 12.26 16.95 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.91 - - 14.51 14.48 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.21 - 16.48 12.66 12.54 - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.31 - - 11.91 11.66 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.72 6.14 - 8.02 9.97 € Service............................................................. 8.97 6.37 € 8.36 8.35 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 7.1 11.0 3.9 3.9 7.8 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 8.2 11.0 4.0 4.0 10.3 White collar........................................................ 5.1 11.3 17.3 5.0 5.0 10.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 13.3 17.3 5.1 5.0 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 6.1 - 5.0 4.9 € Professional specialty.......................................... 5.3 7.7 € 5.1 5.1 € Technical....................................................... 6.9 - - 6.8 6.7 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.1 - € 10.2 10.2 € Sales............................................................. 14.4 7.3 € 12.9 10.6 11.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 7.0 21.7 2.8 3.3 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.4 3.7 10.5 3.9 4.4 10.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 - - 5.7 5.5 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.3 - 12.3 7.0 4.7 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 - - 4.6 6.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 17.2 1.5 - 4.2 15.6 € Service............................................................. 5.2 4.2 € 4.3 4.4 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $12.84 $15.57 € - $16.10 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 13.00 15.55 € - 16.09 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 15.46 21.66 € - 22.17 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.67 21.72 € - 22.24 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.31 27.34 € - 27.34 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.38 28.76 € - 28.76 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.18 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 20.49 21.61 € - 22.76 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.27 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.58 11.72 € - 11.86 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.84 13.44 € - 13.76 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.24 15.13 € - 16.89 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 12.88 € - 12.87 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.46 11.75 € - 11.75 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.15 10.50 € - 10.82 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.02 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.4 4.0 € - 3.9 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 4.1 € - 4.0 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 6.7 5.3 € - 5.4 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.6 5.3 € - 5.5 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.0 4.6 € - 4.6 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 14.0 4.7 € - 4.7 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.9 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 6.6 € - 6.0 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.9 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 8.3 € - 8.5 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 4.5 € - 4.2 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.2 8.6 € - 7.2 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.3 4.7 € - 4.8 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 5.7 € - 5.7 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16.8 6.4 € - 6.7 - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.7 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $12.84 $10.32 $13.94 $12.38 $16.29 All excluding sales............................................. 13.00 10.01 14.27 12.70 16.31 White collar........................................................ 15.46 12.57 16.10 13.41 19.40 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.67 12.31 17.33 14.80 19.44 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.31 - 25.24 21.71 26.25 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.38 - 29.92 24.26 31.51 Technical....................................................... 16.18 - 16.41 17.01 16.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 20.49 - 20.93 21.26 20.34 Sales............................................................. 11.27 12.90 10.37 10.39 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.58 10.38 10.62 10.53 10.74 Blue collar......................................................... 12.84 11.32 13.64 13.27 14.27 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.24 13.90 16.09 14.94 17.68 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 14.90 12.84 11.52 13.98 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.46 11.87 12.78 13.26 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.15 7.86 12.36 13.41 - Service............................................................. 7.02 6.87 7.16 7.31 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.4 8.6 5.3 5.9 9.5 All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 8.8 5.6 6.2 9.5 White collar........................................................ 6.7 11.3 7.8 6.3 13.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.6 6.4 8.5 7.1 13.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.0 - 12.4 12.9 15.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 14.0 - 13.9 17.3 16.2 Technical....................................................... 5.9 - 6.3 9.9 7.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 - 5.3 6.1 9.7 Sales............................................................. 12.9 24.4 13.6 13.7 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 5.8 4.4 6.5 5.9 Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 10.3 5.5 7.9 7.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.2 14.4 5.3 5.3 9.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.3 26.3 5.1 7.9 6.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 6.7 5.1 5.1 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16.8 8.2 23.7 24.3 - Service............................................................. 4.7 7.2 6.5 8.4 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORD- INGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.49 $8.18 $11.89 $18.37 $25.83 All excluding sales........................... 6.82 8.24 11.96 18.94 25.85 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.08 14.78 23.55 30.98 White collar excluding sales................ 8.91 10.63 16.50 24.34 30.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.15 16.26 22.84 26.06 30.98 Professional specialty...................... 14.58 19.71 23.56 29.00 32.02 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.29 23.56 31.69 31.83 31.83 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.58 19.58 22.68 29.00 68.75 Registered nurses....................... 19.58 19.58 21.11 22.81 29.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.84 23.55 24.34 25.85 30.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.02 12.35 13.41 14.58 14.58 Social workers.......................... 12.02 12.35 13.41 14.58 14.58 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.50 12.50 16.26 23.97 24.56 Technical................................... 8.15 10.50 12.57 18.26 18.88 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 12.32 12.57 14.20 22.38 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.00 9.06 9.88 9.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.02 16.87 22.60 36.88 46.94 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.50 22.60 32.05 46.94 52.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 16.50 24.03 28.20 31.14 Management related........................ 13.95 14.37 16.87 19.47 21.82 Accountants and auditors................ 13.95 17.03 17.61 19.60 21.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.86 14.42 16.06 21.39 26.05 Sales......................................... 5.64 6.49 9.19 14.35 21.35 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.23 13.42 14.38 22.60 30.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.83 7.17 7.94 10.79 12.70 Cashiers................................ 5.42 5.61 6.30 6.49 6.57 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.38 8.93 10.14 11.52 14.78 Secretaries............................. 8.00 9.87 9.87 13.19 14.32 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.03 7.10 9.65 10.40 15.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.83 7.50 10.63 11.30 11.30 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 7.18 10.00 11.89 14.78 17.96 General office clerks................... 7.23 9.27 11.10 11.52 12.29 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.91 9.45 16.38 19.04 19.04 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 8.24 12.10 15.29 20.84 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.25 11.96 13.54 18.02 21.50 Automobile mechanics.................... $11.90 $11.91 $16.25 $16.50 $19.05 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.12 19.26 20.00 22.07 22.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.25 12.75 13.40 15.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.75 9.59 12.65 15.83 20.16 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.02 11.02 13.71 17.68 22.08 Assemblers.............................. 7.63 8.17 10.21 13.14 14.71 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 9.61 12.29 14.25 16.67 Truck drivers........................... 7.00 12.06 12.31 13.60 15.29 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 8.00 9.33 10.28 10.28 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.70 8.01 11.22 25.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.44 5.46 6.32 8.02 10.63 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 7.00 11.43 12.40 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.00 7.30 8.22 11.37 Service......................................... 5.15 6.11 7.50 10.01 13.53 Protective service........................ 8.04 9.88 10.98 14.85 16.29 Firefighting............................ 7.16 8.04 8.04 9.88 9.88 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.78 13.53 13.53 14.85 15.66 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.86 6.08 7.50 9.03 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.73 6.11 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.73 Other food service....................... 5.94 6.00 6.40 7.55 9.03 Health service............................ 6.00 7.97 8.12 8.13 10.01 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 7.97 7.98 8.13 8.13 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 6.47 6.92 8.18 9.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 5.45 5.80 7.06 8.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.47 6.82 6.92 8.18 9.00 Personal service.......................... 5.15 6.73 7.27 8.62 10.12 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.55 6.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.46 7.50 8.44 8.62 8.62 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STAN- DARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.50 $11.01 $16.13 $22.08 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.55 11.28 16.50 22.68 White collar.................................... 7.03 9.27 12.14 19.23 26.05 White collar excluding sales................ 7.66 10.07 12.57 20.00 28.19 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.50 16.13 22.07 26.61 33.95 Professional specialty...................... 12.50 20.00 22.81 31.83 68.75 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.29 23.56 31.69 31.83 31.83 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.06 12.57 16.13 18.88 22.07 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.00 12.15 12.57 12.72 14.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.42 16.50 19.23 24.03 28.20 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.50 18.17 21.04 28.20 31.88 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 16.50 24.03 28.20 31.14 Management related........................ 13.95 16.50 17.55 20.80 26.05 Accountants and auditors................ 13.95 17.61 19.60 20.84 27.40 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.86 14.42 16.06 21.39 26.05 Sales......................................... 5.64 6.49 9.19 14.35 21.35 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.23 13.42 14.38 22.60 30.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.83 7.17 7.94 10.79 12.70 Cashiers................................ 5.42 5.61 6.30 6.49 6.57 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.10 8.49 10.27 11.60 14.26 Secretaries............................. 7.38 8.00 11.34 14.08 16.56 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.03 7.10 9.65 11.25 15.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.83 7.50 10.63 11.30 11.30 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 7.18 10.00 11.89 14.78 17.96 General office clerks................... 6.00 7.75 11.10 11.88 12.29 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 8.24 12.29 16.13 21.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.24 11.96 14.71 19.05 21.50 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.12 19.26 20.00 22.07 22.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.71 13.16 15.59 20.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.75 9.59 12.65 15.83 20.16 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $10.02 $11.02 $13.71 $17.68 $22.08 Assemblers.............................. 7.63 8.17 10.21 13.14 14.71 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 11.51 12.31 15.29 16.67 Truck drivers........................... 7.00 12.29 12.31 13.60 15.29 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 8.00 9.50 10.28 11.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.05 8.00 11.43 25.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.44 5.46 6.32 8.02 10.63 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 7.00 11.43 12.40 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 6.00 6.00 8.22 11.95 Service......................................... 4.90 6.00 7.00 8.13 9.46 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 6.08 7.50 9.03 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.73 6.11 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.73 Other food service....................... 5.86 6.00 7.00 7.55 9.61 Health service............................ 6.00 7.23 8.13 10.01 10.01 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.50 8.13 8.13 8.13 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 5.80 6.82 7.36 9.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 5.45 5.80 7.06 8.81 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.22 6.47 6.82 9.00 9.00 Personal service.......................... 5.15 6.46 7.27 8.46 9.46 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.46 7.50 8.44 8.46 8.62 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.98 $9.88 $14.25 $24.34 $30.98 All excluding sales........................... 7.98 9.88 14.25 24.34 30.98 White collar.................................... 9.40 11.25 19.58 25.85 34.01 White collar excluding sales................ 9.40 11.25 19.58 25.85 34.01 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.74 16.26 23.55 25.85 30.69 Professional specialty...................... 14.58 19.58 24.34 28.88 30.98 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.84 23.55 24.34 25.85 30.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.00 8.15 10.50 12.53 18.26 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.02 17.03 36.88 46.94 58.62 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.85 36.88 36.88 46.94 58.62 Management related........................ 13.36 14.02 14.37 17.03 17.03 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.81 9.16 9.87 11.25 15.70 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.91 8.91 16.38 19.04 19.04 Blue collar..................................... 7.30 8.37 11.37 12.75 14.25 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.37 12.25 12.75 13.54 14.43 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.38 7.68 8.37 8.37 10.10 Service......................................... 6.73 7.55 10.12 12.75 15.66 Protective service........................ 8.04 9.88 10.98 14.85 16.21 Firefighting............................ 7.16 8.04 8.04 9.88 9.88 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.78 13.53 13.53 14.85 15.66 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.83 6.83 7.41 8.18 11.73 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.73 6.73 10.12 10.12 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.23 $9.25 $12.57 $19.42 $26.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.36 9.27 12.57 19.58 26.06 White collar.................................... 8.81 10.69 16.14 24.34 30.98 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 10.96 16.56 24.34 31.69 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.06 16.26 22.84 26.06 30.98 Professional specialty...................... 14.58 19.71 24.34 29.54 32.02 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.29 23.56 31.69 31.83 31.83 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.41 19.58 21.11 29.59 68.75 Registered nurses....................... 19.58 19.58 19.58 22.68 29.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.84 23.55 24.34 25.85 30.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.02 12.35 13.41 14.58 14.58 Social workers.......................... 12.02 12.35 13.41 14.58 14.58 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.50 12.50 16.26 23.97 24.56 Technical................................... 8.15 9.88 12.57 18.26 22.07 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.06 12.57 12.57 14.20 22.38 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.00 9.06 9.88 9.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.37 16.87 23.85 36.88 46.94 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.17 23.85 32.82 46.94 52.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 16.50 24.03 28.20 31.14 Management related........................ 13.95 14.37 16.87 19.47 21.82 Accountants and auditors................ 13.95 17.03 17.61 19.60 21.82 Management related, n.e.c............... 12.86 14.42 16.06 21.39 26.05 Sales......................................... 6.49 7.72 12.00 15.97 21.35 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.23 13.42 14.38 22.60 30.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.17 7.72 10.08 12.00 12.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 9.08 10.40 11.60 14.88 Secretaries............................. 8.00 9.87 9.87 13.19 14.32 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.03 9.61 9.73 11.25 15.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.83 7.50 10.63 11.30 12.64 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 10.00 11.89 14.88 17.96 General office clerks................... 7.23 9.27 11.10 11.52 12.29 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.91 9.45 16.38 19.04 19.04 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.25 12.40 16.13 21.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.25 11.96 13.54 18.02 21.50 Automobile mechanics.................... 11.90 11.91 16.25 16.50 19.05 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $16.12 $19.26 $20.00 $22.07 $22.07 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.25 12.75 13.40 15.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.17 9.59 12.66 15.83 20.16 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.32 11.43 13.71 17.68 22.08 Assemblers.............................. 7.63 8.17 10.21 13.14 14.71 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 10.28 12.31 14.25 16.67 Truck drivers........................... 7.00 12.29 12.31 13.60 15.29 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 8.00 9.33 10.28 10.28 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 8.78 12.33 25.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.42 8.02 8.75 10.63 13.26 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 7.00 11.43 12.40 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.30 8.00 8.22 11.37 11.95 Service......................................... 5.45 6.82 8.13 10.58 14.85 Protective service........................ 8.04 9.88 10.98 14.85 16.21 Firefighting............................ 7.16 8.04 8.04 9.88 9.88 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.78 13.53 13.53 14.85 15.66 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 6.00 7.50 9.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.00 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.15 6.00 7.05 9.03 11.53 Health service............................ 6.00 7.97 8.13 8.13 10.01 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 7.97 7.98 8.13 8.13 Cleaning and building service............. 5.45 6.47 6.83 8.18 9.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.47 6.82 6.92 8.18 9.00 Personal service.......................... 5.15 7.50 8.46 9.46 10.12 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.46 7.50 8.44 8.62 8.62 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.45 $6.00 $6.73 $7.75 $12.06 All excluding sales........................... 5.46 6.00 6.73 7.55 14.79 White collar.................................... 5.61 6.47 8.64 12.00 22.81 White collar excluding sales................ 7.10 7.75 10.27 22.81 22.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.79 19.16 22.81 22.81 22.81 Professional specialty...................... 19.16 19.85 22.81 22.81 22.81 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.42 5.61 6.54 8.64 8.64 Cashiers................................ 5.40 5.46 5.61 6.22 6.47 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.25 7.10 7.75 8.84 10.27 Blue collar..................................... 5.46 6.00 6.00 6.93 7.43 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.45 6.00 6.00 6.05 7.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.41 5.45 5.56 6.05 6.70 Service......................................... 2.50 5.94 6.40 7.27 7.55 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.94 6.40 7.00 7.55 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.94 6.08 6.40 7.55 7.55 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.80 5.80 6.92 7.00 8.81 Personal service.......................... 5.15 6.11 6.73 7.27 7.27 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 92,600 60,500 32,100 All excluding sales............................................. 86,600 54,500 32,100 White collar........................................................ 47,300 25,100 22,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 41,300 19,200 22,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21,500 7,100 14,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 17,500 5,100 12,400 Technical....................................................... 4,000 2,000 2,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,600 2,700 2,900 Sales............................................................. 5,900 5,900 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14,200 9,300 4,900 Blue collar......................................................... 25,500 22,800 2,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,700 6,600 1,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,300 6,300 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3,500 2,600 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,000 7,400 700 Service............................................................. 19,800 12,600 7,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 600 97 33 64 42 22 Private industry.................................................... 500 83 31 52 38 14 Goods-producing industries........................................ 100 26 7 19 12 7 Construction.................................................... (2) 5 4 1 1 - Manufacturing................................................... 100 21 3 18 11 7 Service-producing industries...................................... 400 57 24 33 26 7 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 8 3 5 4 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 200 25 15 10 10 - Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. (2) 3 - 3 3 - Services........................................................ 200 21 6 15 9 6 State and local government.......................................... (2) 14 2 12 4 8 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2000 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 4 5 2 All excluding sales............................................... 5 5 2 White collar........................................................ 7 7 3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 7 7 8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8 8 9 Professional specialty.......................................... 8 8 9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 11 11 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € Natural scientists............................................ - - € Health related................................................ 9 9 - Registered nurses........................................... 9 9 € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € Teachers, except college and university....................... 7 7 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 5 5 - Social workers.............................................. 5 5 € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 8 8 € Technical....................................................... 6 6 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 6 6 € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 4 4 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 8 8 € Management related............................................ 7 7 € Accountants and auditors.................................... 7 7 € Management related, n.e.c................................... 8 8 € Sales............................................................. 3 4 2 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 7 7 € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 4 4 € Cashiers.................................................... 2 € 2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4 4 3 Secretaries................................................. 3 3 € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 4 4 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 3 3 € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 3 3 € General office clerks....................................... 4 4 € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 7 7 € Blue collar......................................................... 4 5 1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7 7 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 7 7 € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 7 7 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 6 6 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5 5 - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 3 3 € Assemblers.................................................. 4 4 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3 4 - Truck drivers............................................... 3 4 € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 1 2 1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 1 2 1 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 1 1 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 1 1 € Service............................................................. 3 3 3 Protective service............................................ 6 6 - Firefighting................................................ 5 5 € Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 6 6 € Food service.................................................. 3 3 3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3 3 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2 € € Other food service........................................... 3 3 3 Health service................................................ 3 3 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3 3 € Cleaning and building service................................. 1 1 1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 1 € Personal service.............................................. 3 3 3 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 1 € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 3 1 € 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.