NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Bulletin 3130-05, December 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................. $21.82 2.3 35.5 $20.96 2.8 35.5 $25.94 1.9 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 26.70 2.8 36.2 25.91 3.5 36.5 30.37 1.7 34.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.99 3.2 35.8 33.04 4.3 36.4 36.90 2.7 34.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.91 4.8 39.6 32.78 5.2 40.2 33.79 10.1 36.5 Sales............................................................. 17.71 8.1 32.5 17.76 8.2 32.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.73 1.2 36.2 15.61 1.5 36.7 16.29 1.6 34.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.48 2.2 37.8 17.30 2.5 37.8 19.07 1.1 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.7 39.4 22.05 4.3 39.4 21.22 .8 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.29 3.3 39.6 16.29 3.3 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.51 6.4 37.3 17.45 7.3 37.5 18.01 2.2 35.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.72 6.0 35.4 13.30 7.2 35.0 16.98 3.9 39.2 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.24 3.6 31.7 10.95 3.6 30.5 20.26 4.9 36.1 Full time........................................................... 22.81 2.3 39.0 21.96 2.8 39.5 26.69 2.2 37.1 Part time........................................................... 12.72 5.5 19.4 12.67 6.1 19.3 13.13 3.4 20.1 Union............................................................... 22.61 3.6 36.2 19.86 7.3 36.4 26.08 2.4 35.9 Nonunion............................................................ 21.46 2.4 35.2 21.26 2.5 35.3 25.38 6.9 33.8 Time................................................................ 21.85 2.4 35.4 20.95 3.0 35.4 25.94 1.9 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 21.11 8.6 39.0 21.11 8.6 39.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.59 5.7 35.1 17.46 5.9 35.1 21.52 10.2 35.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.60 3.9 34.8 18.96 4.4 34.9 27.00 4.0 34.2 500 workers or more................................................. 25.16 2.8 36.2 24.86 4.0 36.5 25.85 1.9 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $21.82 2.3 $20.96 2.8 $25.94 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 22.12 2.4 21.25 3.0 26.00 1.8 White collar........................................................ 26.70 2.8 25.91 3.5 30.37 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.94 3.0 27.30 3.8 30.51 1.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.99 3.2 33.04 4.3 36.90 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.74 3.3 34.92 4.7 37.88 1.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.45 8.0 38.41 7.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.80 9.5 38.80 9.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.66 17.1 42.66 17.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.27 4.2 34.27 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.28 4.7 33.28 4.7 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.81 20.6 40.81 20.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.45 5.5 39.03 5.9 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 37.23 11.1 37.34 13.5 – – Health related................................................ 35.06 6.3 35.10 6.5 34.34 16.0 Physicians.................................................. 62.23 15.6 64.09 15.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.93 1.3 29.79 1.1 32.92 13.6 Pharmacists................................................. 44.39 4.5 44.39 4.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.71 5.5 40.82 8.2 47.24 6.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 42.57 5.0 – – 46.49 5.1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.83 2.9 21.82 2.7 40.84 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.71 4.5 – – 42.03 1.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.60 2.1 – – 44.10 2.1 Teachers, special education................................. 37.52 6.7 – – 38.43 6.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.78 12.8 – – 40.39 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.25 11.1 29.19 7.5 – – Psychologists............................................... 32.91 15.3 25.90 3.9 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.55 5.4 17.96 5.2 23.23 4.4 Social workers.............................................. 20.66 7.5 18.04 8.4 23.48 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.86 28.0 60.09 29.7 – – Lawyers..................................................... 54.86 28.0 60.09 29.7 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 40.62 31.3 42.83 33.1 – – Technical....................................................... 24.68 5.3 25.12 5.5 19.86 4.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.34 6.7 16.34 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 21.99 2.1 22.10 2.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.13 7.7 18.30 8.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.67 8.9 26.99 9.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.26 7.3 24.19 9.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.59 8.6 20.59 8.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.42 14.5 30.36 16.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.91 20.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $32.91 4.8 $32.78 5.2 $33.79 10.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.45 5.1 40.76 6.1 38.90 5.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.78 5.9 – – 31.78 5.9 Financial managers.......................................... 49.39 7.1 49.68 7.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 48.76 13.1 49.18 13.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.94 11.8 24.99 2.3 45.14 5.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.06 15.7 34.09 17.5 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.57 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.99 9.6 42.99 9.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.83 5.4 25.89 5.9 25.25 3.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.88 8.1 28.29 9.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.58 6.5 29.74 6.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.43 11.1 34.63 13.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.10 12.4 28.92 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.84 9.3 25.84 9.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.99 13.1 19.83 14.3 – – Sales............................................................. 17.71 8.1 17.76 8.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.38 13.2 23.38 13.2 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.27 9.7 22.27 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18.45 25.7 18.45 25.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.73 2.7 10.63 2.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.73 1.2 15.61 1.5 16.29 1.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.48 4.6 20.48 4.6 – – Computer operators.......................................... 17.05 3.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.28 3.3 18.10 2.8 18.75 8.9 Typists..................................................... 14.69 2.9 – – 14.69 2.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.72 7.0 10.72 7.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.55 7.5 12.56 7.6 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.65 15.6 14.65 15.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.07 11.9 17.07 11.9 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.30 12.1 – – 15.30 12.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.29 7.5 15.37 8.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.10 5.1 13.94 5.2 – – Telephone operators......................................... 12.23 9.4 11.32 6.2 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.94 5.4 11.57 5.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.58 12.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.72 8.4 14.72 8.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.23 4.9 14.28 5.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 18.14 1.9 18.14 1.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.79 6.7 14.87 7.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.96 5.6 14.15 6.2 16.37 8.1 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.78 5.9 11.78 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.65 .5 – – 13.70 .6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $15.82 4.7 $15.47 4.9 $16.79 9.4 Blue collar......................................................... 17.48 2.2 17.30 2.5 19.07 1.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.7 22.05 4.3 21.22 .8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.98 5.5 21.47 6.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.94 19.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.11 1.9 22.11 1.9 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.12 9.0 23.12 9.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.74 10.2 18.64 11.3 – – Electricians................................................ 22.50 6.8 23.41 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.87 14.4 22.87 14.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.29 3.3 16.29 3.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.85 25.2 15.85 25.2 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 21.14 16.0 21.14 16.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.53 22.7 14.53 22.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.18 9.4 18.18 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.51 6.4 17.45 7.3 18.01 2.2 Truck drivers............................................... 19.44 6.7 19.57 6.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.09 2.8 – – 17.52 5.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.87 9.3 16.87 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.72 6.0 13.30 7.2 16.98 3.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.44 16.9 – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 18.00 5.8 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 14.29 8.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.08 9.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.13 13.1 10.12 13.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.97 19.2 13.97 19.2 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.74 10.5 9.79 6.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.29 4.8 11.29 4.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.40 10.5 11.79 12.2 – – Service............................................................. 13.24 3.6 10.95 3.6 20.26 4.9 Protective service............................................ 19.06 12.0 11.30 1.8 24.28 4.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.55 3.0 – – 31.55 3.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.25 3.0 – – 25.25 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.39 2.8 – – 20.39 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 20.07 4.2 – – 20.07 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.68 5.6 10.35 3.5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.91 6.6 9.59 6.8 13.14 3.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.30 12.8 6.30 12.8 – – Bartenders.................................................. $8.56 20.0 $8.56 20.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.72 13.7 5.72 13.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.63 18.8 6.63 18.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.47 1.7 11.22 1.7 $13.14 3.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.61 7.0 17.63 7.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.88 3.2 11.63 2.5 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 10.30 6.6 10.37 7.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.93 7.0 11.46 8.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.76 4.7 9.09 3.2 13.33 9.7 Health service................................................ 11.89 1.8 11.39 1.2 15.24 4.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.74 9.7 12.04 9.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.65 2.9 11.17 2.9 14.80 2.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.15 5.9 11.53 7.7 14.45 2.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.32 1.4 10.32 1.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 6.8 11.43 9.9 14.44 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 11.91 6.6 11.95 7.1 11.49 18.7 Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.33 1.6 20.33 1.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.88 1.5 7.88 1.5 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.15 7.5 8.15 7.5 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 10.31 8.0 10.36 8.5 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.56 5.2 9.76 4.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $22.81 2.3 $21.96 2.8 $26.69 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.97 2.4 22.08 3.0 26.75 2.1 White collar........................................................ 27.53 2.8 26.74 3.5 31.09 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.36 3.1 27.64 3.9 31.24 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.41 3.4 33.40 4.5 37.39 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.19 3.4 35.35 4.8 38.29 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.45 8.0 38.41 7.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.80 9.5 38.80 9.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.66 17.1 42.66 17.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.77 3.9 34.77 3.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.83 4.3 33.83 4.3 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.81 20.6 40.81 20.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.45 5.5 39.03 5.9 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 37.23 11.1 37.34 13.5 – – Health related................................................ 35.65 7.3 35.71 7.6 34.46 16.1 Physicians.................................................. 62.23 15.6 64.09 15.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.89 1.5 29.72 1.2 33.07 13.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.17 6.3 41.19 9.2 48.03 6.3 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.90 7.3 – – 47.19 4.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.35 2.8 22.26 2.0 41.34 .8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.71 4.5 – – 42.03 1.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.71 2.1 – – 44.22 2.2 Teachers, special education................................. 37.52 6.7 – – 38.43 6.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.07 12.6 – – 40.43 8.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.29 12.0 28.70 9.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 32.92 17.2 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.57 5.5 17.87 5.9 23.23 4.4 Social workers.............................................. 20.66 7.5 18.04 8.4 23.48 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 58.77 24.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 58.77 24.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.57 31.9 43.26 33.2 – – Technical....................................................... 24.85 5.5 25.23 5.8 20.57 5.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.15 6.0 16.15 6.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.00 3.8 22.12 4.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.53 8.8 18.53 8.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.67 8.9 26.99 9.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.26 7.3 24.19 9.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.59 8.6 20.59 8.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.13 16.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.98 5.1 32.81 5.7 34.07 9.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.59 5.1 40.82 6.0 39.42 5.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $31.78 5.9 – – $31.78 5.9 Financial managers.......................................... 49.39 7.1 $49.68 7.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 48.76 13.1 49.18 13.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.94 11.8 24.99 2.3 45.14 5.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.73 15.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.57 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.99 9.6 42.99 9.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.63 6.0 25.67 6.6 25.25 3.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.64 7.4 26.90 8.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.58 6.5 29.74 6.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.43 11.1 34.63 13.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.10 12.4 28.92 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.84 9.3 25.84 9.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.86 13.3 19.68 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 20.24 7.4 20.34 7.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.38 13.2 23.38 13.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 21.98 37.3 21.98 37.3 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.27 9.7 22.27 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.04 22.7 21.04 22.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.72 2.9 11.63 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.98 1.3 15.84 1.6 16.64 1.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.48 4.6 20.48 4.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.36 3.3 18.19 2.7 18.78 9.0 Typists..................................................... 14.69 2.9 – – 14.69 2.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.72 7.0 10.72 7.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.98 7.9 12.99 8.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.65 17.0 15.65 17.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.21 12.3 17.21 12.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.45 6.5 14.46 7.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.10 5.1 13.94 5.2 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.99 7.0 11.50 6.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.72 8.4 14.72 8.4 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.23 4.9 14.28 5.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 18.23 2.3 18.23 2.3 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.68 7.7 14.77 8.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.41 5.8 14.72 6.9 16.40 8.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 14.07 1.1 – – 14.17 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.90 5.1 15.53 5.7 16.81 9.3 Blue collar......................................................... 17.95 2.2 17.78 2.5 19.47 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.91 3.7 22.04 4.3 21.23 .8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.98 5.5 21.47 6.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.94 19.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $22.11 1.9 $22.11 1.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.74 10.2 18.64 11.3 – – Electricians................................................ 22.50 6.8 23.41 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.87 14.4 22.87 14.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.39 3.9 16.38 3.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.85 25.2 15.85 25.2 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 21.14 16.0 21.14 16.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.53 22.7 14.53 22.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.18 9.4 18.18 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.19 6.3 18.06 7.2 $19.37 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 19.44 6.7 19.57 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.87 9.3 16.87 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 5.4 13.94 6.7 16.98 3.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.46 17.7 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 14.29 8.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.08 9.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.40 14.3 11.38 14.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.78 12.0 15.78 12.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.10 12.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.51 4.0 11.51 4.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.64 11.4 11.97 13.2 – – Service............................................................. 14.26 3.6 11.62 3.6 21.04 4.9 Protective service............................................ 20.05 11.3 11.64 1.7 24.66 4.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.55 3.0 – – 31.55 3.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.25 3.0 – – 25.25 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.39 2.8 – – 20.39 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 20.07 4.2 – – 20.07 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.91 7.0 10.42 4.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.90 6.8 10.59 7.2 13.53 2.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.67 17.5 6.67 17.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.24 18.5 5.24 18.5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.40 17.8 9.40 17.8 – – Other food service........................................... 12.18 3.1 11.97 3.3 13.53 2.9 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.74 6.4 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.17 1.8 11.90 .7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 10.75 6.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 13.19 6.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.27 7.3 9.62 6.7 13.54 7.6 Health service................................................ 11.90 2.0 11.33 1.4 15.47 4.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.23 11.9 12.37 10.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.60 3.1 11.04 3.1 14.90 2.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.90 3.8 12.30 5.4 14.68 3.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... $10.32 1.5 $10.32 1.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.48 3.3 12.76 4.8 $14.67 3.5 Personal service.............................................. 13.08 9.2 12.96 9.7 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.33 1.6 20.33 1.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.28 1.1 8.28 1.1 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.89 .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. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $12.72 5.5 $12.67 6.1 $13.13 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.44 6.2 13.48 6.9 13.13 3.4 White collar........................................................ 16.61 9.1 16.73 10.1 15.65 9.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.89 7.9 21.93 9.0 15.65 9.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.19 5.3 28.06 5.0 21.10 8.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 6.0 29.09 5.7 22.71 7.3 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.62 1.4 30.65 1.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.15 1.6 30.18 1.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.20 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.78 18.5 – – 19.72 1.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.74 30.2 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.33 8.4 23.53 6.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.67 5.3 8.67 5.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.79 .7 9.79 .7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.01 5.5 9.01 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.85 4.5 12.79 5.5 13.05 6.6 Secretaries................................................. 15.78 6.8 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.99 5.8 9.99 5.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.72 4.6 11.68 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.63 7.5 11.60 8.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.89 16.0 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.97 6.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.83 7.1 9.83 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.28 14.6 9.28 14.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.98 11.6 10.98 11.6 – – Service............................................................. $8.83 3.5 $8.67 3.7 $10.35 10.5 Protective service............................................ 10.33 5.3 10.02 2.7 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.21 2.0 10.21 2.0 – – Food service.................................................. 7.57 5.1 7.32 5.0 11.52 .4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.87 5.6 5.87 5.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.29 10.9 6.29 10.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.06 7.3 8.75 7.9 11.52 .4 Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.52 8.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 17.5 7.59 16.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.79 4.7 11.77 5.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.76 2.7 10.73 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.11 6.6 12.07 6.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.94 15.4 $8.89 16.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.85 16.3 8.80 17.2 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.11 4.6 8.13 5.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.43 11.3 6.43 11.3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.20 1.7 8.08 3.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $890 2.4 39.0 $867 2.9 39.5 $991 2.6 37.1 All excluding sales............................................... 896 2.4 39.0 872 3.0 39.5 993 2.5 37.1 White collar........................................................ 1,068 2.7 38.8 1,058 3.4 39.6 1,111 1.9 35.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,098 2.9 38.7 1,093 3.7 39.5 1,116 1.9 35.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,310 3.4 38.1 1,310 4.5 39.2 1,311 2.8 35.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,376 3.5 38.0 1,393 4.8 39.4 1,338 2.1 34.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,495 7.9 39.9 1,545 7.4 40.2 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,552 9.5 40.0 1,552 9.5 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,706 17.1 40.0 1,706 17.1 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,367 3.8 39.3 1,367 3.8 39.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,329 4.1 39.3 1,329 4.1 39.3 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,619 20.8 39.7 1,619 20.8 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,473 5.7 38.3 1,508 6.1 38.6 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 1,364 10.6 36.6 1,381 13.0 37.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,391 6.9 39.0 1,394 7.2 39.0 1,325 11.9 38.4 Physicians.................................................. 2,407 14.8 38.7 2,445 15.0 38.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,169 1.6 39.1 1,167 1.5 39.3 1,201 12.5 36.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,645 9.3 38.1 1,652 13.0 40.1 1,631 9.0 33.9 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,625 7.3 37.0 – – – 1,739 5.4 36.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,310 2.0 35.1 874 2.1 39.3 1,410 .8 34.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,280 3.1 34.9 – – – 1,405 .2 33.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,572 1.8 36.0 – – – 1,600 1.0 36.2 Teachers, special education................................. 1,292 5.6 34.4 – – – 1,321 4.8 34.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,291 10.8 36.8 – – – 1,425 8.4 35.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,297 10.9 39.0 1,154 10.0 40.2 – – – Psychologists............................................... 1,238 16.1 37.6 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 792 4.8 38.5 706 6.0 39.5 874 3.6 37.6 Social workers.............................................. 789 6.8 38.2 711 8.5 39.4 868 6.2 37.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,342 13.0 39.8 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,342 13.0 39.8 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,650 31.6 39.7 1,725 32.8 39.9 – – – Technical....................................................... 954 5.1 38.4 970 5.3 38.4 778 5.9 37.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 627 6.6 38.9 627 6.6 38.9 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 855 3.1 38.9 860 3.3 38.9 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 714 10.5 38.6 714 10.5 38.6 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,046 9.3 39.2 1,057 9.7 39.2 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 911 8.1 39.2 968 9.3 40.0 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 790 11.2 38.4 790 11.2 38.4 – – – Computer programmers........................................ $1,193 16.1 39.6 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,319 4.7 40.0 $1,327 5.3 40.5 $1,272 8.4 37.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,611 5.2 39.7 1,644 6.3 40.3 1,460 4.4 37.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,182 5.8 37.2 – – – 1,182 5.8 37.2 Financial managers.......................................... 2,020 6.8 40.9 2,034 6.8 40.9 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,915 13.2 39.3 1,931 13.1 39.3 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,448 9.8 37.2 974 1.3 39.0 1,644 4.2 36.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,368 16.0 39.4 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 977 4.5 36.7 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,758 9.5 40.9 1,758 9.5 40.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,033 4.9 40.3 1,043 5.3 40.6 954 2.8 37.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,046 8.2 39.3 1,064 9.3 39.6 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,192 7.6 40.3 1,199 8.0 40.3 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,382 10.7 40.1 1,417 12.3 40.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,177 12.1 40.4 1,180 13.0 40.8 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 979 9.3 37.9 979 9.3 37.9 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 837 7.3 42.2 836 8.1 42.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 802 7.4 39.6 807 7.5 39.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 976 13.5 41.8 976 13.5 41.8 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 879 37.3 40.0 879 37.3 40.0 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 921 8.3 41.3 921 8.3 41.3 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 807 26.3 38.3 807 26.3 38.3 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 456 2.8 38.9 454 3.0 39.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 619 1.2 38.7 622 1.5 39.3 605 1.1 36.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 813 4.0 39.7 813 4.0 39.7 – – – Secretaries................................................. 701 3.2 38.2 705 2.9 38.8 692 8.1 36.8 Typists..................................................... 540 2.8 36.7 – – – 540 2.8 36.7 Hotel clerks................................................ 425 7.8 39.7 425 7.8 39.7 – – – Receptionists............................................... 510 8.4 39.3 511 8.5 39.3 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 626 17.0 40.0 626 17.0 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 682 11.5 39.7 682 11.5 39.7 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 566 5.9 39.2 568 6.5 39.3 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 538 4.0 38.1 535 4.2 38.3 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 458 8.4 38.2 437 8.2 38.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 587 8.5 39.8 587 8.5 39.8 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 568 5.0 39.9 571 5.1 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 717 2.0 39.4 717 2.0 39.4 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 583 7.6 39.7 587 8.0 39.7 – – – General office clerks....................................... 584 4.8 37.9 581 6.7 39.5 587 6.2 35.8 Teachers' aides............................................. $494 1.1 35.1 – – – $499 1.4 35.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 597 4.2 37.6 $602 5.6 38.8 586 7.8 34.9 Blue collar......................................................... 719 2.2 40.1 714 2.5 40.1 770 2.2 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 877 3.7 40.0 882 4.3 40.0 845 .8 39.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 883 4.4 40.2 869 5.1 40.5 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 798 19.0 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 885 1.9 40.0 885 1.9 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 748 10.1 39.9 746 11.3 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 900 6.8 40.0 936 7.4 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 915 14.4 40.0 915 14.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 654 3.9 39.9 654 3.9 39.9 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 634 25.2 40.0 634 25.2 40.0 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 846 16.0 40.0 846 16.0 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 581 22.7 40.0 581 22.7 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 727 9.4 40.0 727 9.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 739 6.1 40.6 736 6.9 40.8 767 5.1 39.6 Truck drivers............................................... 777 6.7 40.0 783 6.8 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 675 9.3 40.0 675 9.3 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 570 5.4 39.8 555 6.8 39.8 666 4.3 39.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 492 17.2 39.5 – – – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 563 7.7 39.4 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 723 9.6 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 444 14.9 38.9 443 15.0 38.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 631 12.0 40.0 631 12.0 40.0 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 444 12.7 40.0 – – – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 450 3.2 39.1 450 3.2 39.1 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 546 11.4 40.0 479 13.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 548 4.2 38.5 444 4.2 38.2 821 6.5 39.0 Protective service............................................ 780 12.7 38.9 446 .5 38.3 968 7.6 39.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,262 3.0 40.0 – – – 1,262 3.0 40.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,020 3.1 40.4 – – – 1,020 3.1 40.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 763 3.1 37.4 – – – 763 3.1 37.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 803 4.2 40.0 – – – 803 4.2 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 423 8.9 38.7 403 6.9 38.7 – – – Food service.................................................. 412 8.5 37.8 402 9.2 37.9 495 6.9 36.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 242 23.1 36.3 242 23.1 36.3 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $187 25.2 35.7 $187 25.2 35.7 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 364 19.4 38.7 364 19.4 38.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 466 3.3 38.3 461 3.6 38.5 $495 6.9 36.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 710 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 467 1.8 38.4 456 2.2 38.3 – – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 412 8.5 38.3 – – – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 514 9.1 39.0 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 384 7.6 37.4 364 8.0 37.8 480 3.8 35.5 Health service................................................ 461 3.0 38.7 438 2.7 38.6 608 3.5 39.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 521 10.9 39.4 495 10.9 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 448 4.6 38.6 424 4.8 38.4 594 2.7 39.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 514 3.8 39.9 491 5.4 39.9 586 3.4 39.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 412 1.6 39.9 412 1.6 39.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 538 3.2 39.9 509 4.7 39.9 585 3.5 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 477 6.9 36.5 473 7.3 36.5 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 813 1.6 40.0 813 1.6 40.0 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 331 1.1 40.0 331 1.1 40.0 – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 457 2.8 38.4 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $45,041 2.4 1,975 $44,651 2.9 2,034 $46,557 2.6 1,745 All excluding sales............................................... 45,250 2.4 1,970 44,865 3.0 2,032 46,645 2.5 1,744 White collar........................................................ 53,401 2.7 1,940 54,414 3.4 2,035 49,815 1.9 1,602 White collar excluding sales.................................... 54,669 2.9 1,928 56,169 3.7 2,032 49,976 1.9 1,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 62,936 3.4 1,829 66,418 4.5 1,989 55,271 2.8 1,478 Professional specialty.......................................... 65,174 3.5 1,801 70,206 4.8 1,986 55,862 2.1 1,459 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 77,755 7.9 2,076 80,362 7.4 2,092 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 80,707 9.5 2,080 80,707 9.5 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 88,731 17.1 2,080 88,731 17.1 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 71,070 3.8 2,044 71,070 3.8 2,044 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 69,124 4.1 2,043 69,124 4.1 2,043 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 84,185 20.8 2,063 84,185 20.8 2,063 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 76,593 5.7 1,992 78,423 6.1 2,009 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 70,952 10.6 1,906 71,803 13.0 1,923 – – – Health related................................................ 71,736 6.9 2,012 72,498 7.2 2,030 59,721 11.9 1,733 Physicians.................................................. 125,146 14.8 2,011 127,155 15.0 1,984 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 60,217 1.6 2,014 60,679 1.5 2,042 53,608 12.5 1,621 Teachers, college and university.............................. 67,166 9.3 1,556 69,457 13.0 1,686 62,815 9.0 1,308 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 65,460 7.3 1,491 – – – 67,977 5.4 1,441 Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,373 2.0 1,402 35,363 2.1 1,588 56,222 .8 1,360 Elementary school teachers.................................. 50,877 3.1 1,386 – – – 56,661 .2 1,348 Secondary school teachers................................... 59,694 1.8 1,366 – – – 60,762 1.0 1,374 Teachers, special education................................. 51,289 5.6 1,367 – – – 52,486 4.8 1,366 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 55,625 10.8 1,586 – – – 55,158 8.4 1,364 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 61,929 10.9 1,860 60,020 10.0 2,092 – – – Psychologists............................................... 57,014 16.1 1,732 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 41,207 4.8 2,003 36,702 6.0 2,054 45,445 3.6 1,956 Social workers.............................................. 41,041 6.8 1,986 36,973 8.5 2,049 45,148 6.2 1,922 Lawyers and judges............................................ 121,763 13.0 2,072 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 121,763 13.0 2,072 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 85,812 31.6 2,065 89,704 32.8 2,074 – – – Technical....................................................... 49,606 5.1 1,996 50,437 5.3 1,999 40,458 5.9 1,967 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 32,630 6.6 2,021 32,630 6.6 2,021 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 44,457 3.1 2,021 44,723 3.3 2,022 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,152 10.5 2,005 37,152 10.5 2,005 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 54,396 9.3 2,040 54,990 9.7 2,038 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 47,377 8.1 2,037 50,312 9.3 2,080 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 41,100 11.2 1,996 41,100 11.2 1,996 – – – Computer programmers........................................ $62,041 16.1 2,059 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 68,234 4.7 2,069 $69,017 5.3 2,103 $63,658 8.4 1,868 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 82,871 5.2 2,042 85,499 6.3 2,095 71,525 4.4 1,814 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 61,482 5.8 1,935 – – – 61,482 5.8 1,935 Financial managers.......................................... 105,052 6.8 2,127 105,744 6.8 2,129 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 99,602 13.2 2,043 100,422 13.1 2,042 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 71,150 9.8 1,827 50,668 1.3 2,028 79,005 4.2 1,750 Managers, medicine and health............................... 71,124 16.0 2,048 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 50,779 4.5 1,911 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 91,436 9.5 2,127 91,436 9.5 2,127 – – – Management related............................................ 53,731 4.9 2,096 54,210 5.3 2,111 49,621 2.8 1,965 Accountants and auditors.................................... 54,389 8.2 2,042 55,333 9.3 2,057 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 61,971 7.6 2,095 62,328 8.0 2,096 – – – Management analysts......................................... 71,845 10.7 2,086 73,693 12.3 2,128 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 61,207 12.1 2,103 61,372 13.0 2,122 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 50,932 9.3 1,971 50,932 9.3 1,971 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 43,542 7.3 2,193 43,487 8.1 2,210 – – – Sales............................................................. 41,593 7.4 2,055 41,838 7.5 2,057 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 50,770 13.5 2,172 50,770 13.5 2,172 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 45,726 37.3 2,080 45,726 37.3 2,080 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 47,877 8.3 2,150 47,877 8.3 2,150 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 41,946 26.3 1,993 41,946 26.3 1,993 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,718 2.8 2,023 23,583 3.0 2,027 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 31,718 1.2 1,985 32,291 1.5 2,039 29,404 1.1 1,767 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,254 4.0 2,063 42,254 4.0 2,063 – – – Secretaries................................................. 35,790 3.2 1,949 36,682 2.9 2,016 33,766 8.1 1,798 Typists..................................................... 28,073 2.8 1,911 – – – 28,073 2.8 1,911 Hotel clerks................................................ 22,111 7.8 2,062 22,111 7.8 2,062 – – – Receptionists............................................... 26,514 8.4 2,043 26,548 8.5 2,044 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 32,560 17.0 2,080 32,560 17.0 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 35,475 11.5 2,062 35,475 11.5 2,062 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,448 5.9 2,038 29,559 6.5 2,044 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,956 4.0 1,982 27,801 4.2 1,994 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 23,838 8.4 1,988 22,743 8.2 1,978 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 30,504 8.5 2,072 30,504 8.5 2,072 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 29,520 5.0 2,075 29,709 5.1 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 37,310 2.0 2,046 37,310 2.0 2,046 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 30,323 7.6 2,066 30,507 8.0 2,065 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,729 4.8 1,930 29,573 6.7 2,009 29,934 6.2 1,825 Teachers' aides............................................. $19,095 1.1 1,357 – – – $19,286 1.4 1,361 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,059 4.2 1,953 $31,315 5.6 2,016 30,481 7.8 1,813 Blue collar......................................................... 36,937 2.2 2,058 36,619 2.5 2,060 39,757 2.2 2,042 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,499 3.7 2,076 45,782 4.3 2,077 43,950 .8 2,070 Automobile mechanics........................................ 45,926 4.4 2,089 45,199 5.1 2,105 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 41,471 19.0 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 45,999 1.9 2,080 45,999 1.9 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,886 10.1 2,076 38,781 11.3 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 46,802 6.8 2,080 48,685 7.4 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 47,575 14.4 2,080 47,575 14.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 34,022 3.9 2,076 34,009 3.9 2,076 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 32,958 25.2 2,080 32,958 25.2 2,080 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 43,972 16.0 2,080 43,972 16.0 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,217 22.7 2,080 30,217 22.7 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 37,815 9.4 2,080 37,815 9.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 38,241 6.1 2,102 38,190 6.9 2,114 38,673 5.1 1,996 Truck drivers............................................... 40,341 6.7 2,075 40,697 6.8 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 35,085 9.3 2,080 35,085 9.3 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,343 5.4 1,977 27,426 6.8 1,968 34,641 4.3 2,040 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 23,187 17.2 1,860 – – – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 29,294 7.7 2,050 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 29,951 9.6 1,656 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,055 14.9 2,022 23,026 15.0 2,023 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 32,814 12.0 2,080 32,814 12.0 2,080 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 23,098 12.7 2,080 – – – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 23,383 3.2 2,031 23,383 3.2 2,031 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 28,369 11.4 2,080 24,896 13.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 28,262 4.2 1,982 23,085 4.2 1,987 41,422 6.5 1,969 Protective service............................................ 40,269 12.7 2,008 23,214 .5 1,994 49,707 7.6 2,016 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 65,632 3.0 2,080 – – – 65,632 3.0 2,080 Police and detectives, public service....................... 53,046 3.1 2,101 – – – 53,046 3.1 2,101 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 39,687 3.1 1,946 – – – 39,687 3.1 1,946 Correctional institution officers........................... 41,736 4.2 2,080 – – – 41,736 4.2 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 21,975 8.9 2,014 20,941 6.9 2,011 – – – Food service.................................................. 21,011 8.5 1,927 20,869 9.2 1,970 22,016 6.9 1,627 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,562 23.1 1,882 12,562 23.1 1,882 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $9,682 25.2 1,849 $9,682 25.2 1,849 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 18,909 19.4 2,013 18,909 19.4 2,013 – – – Other food service........................................... 23,649 3.3 1,942 23,966 3.6 2,002 $22,016 6.9 1,627 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 36,897 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,222 1.8 1,991 23,625 2.2 1,985 – – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 19,906 8.5 1,853 – – – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 26,747 9.1 2,028 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 19,194 7.6 1,869 18,932 8.0 1,967 20,200 3.8 1,492 Health service................................................ 23,862 3.0 2,005 22,778 2.7 2,010 30,610 3.5 1,978 Health aides, except nursing................................ 26,238 10.9 1,983 25,729 10.9 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,273 4.6 2,007 22,038 4.8 1,996 30,887 2.7 2,073 Cleaning and building service................................. 26,552 3.8 2,059 25,516 5.4 2,074 29,563 3.4 2,014 Maids and housemen.......................................... 21,408 1.6 2,075 21,408 1.6 2,075 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 27,642 3.2 2,050 26,451 4.7 2,073 29,529 3.5 2,014 Personal service.............................................. 24,678 6.9 1,887 24,529 7.3 1,892 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 42,297 1.6 2,080 42,297 1.6 2,080 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 17,231 1.1 2,080 17,231 1.1 2,080 – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 22,937 2.8 1,930 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $21.82 2.3 $20.96 2.8 $25.94 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 22.12 2.4 21.25 3.0 26.00 1.8 White collar........................................................ 26.70 2.8 25.91 3.5 30.37 1.7 1....................................................... 10.68 15.8 10.10 17.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.94 4.4 10.73 4.5 13.69 14.0 3....................................................... 11.88 3.1 11.48 3.4 14.00 1.9 4....................................................... 15.00 2.6 14.60 2.5 16.86 5.4 5....................................................... 18.31 2.6 18.47 2.8 16.79 8.1 6....................................................... 19.14 4.6 18.94 5.0 20.87 6.3 7....................................................... 22.32 2.5 22.65 3.0 20.81 1.6 8....................................................... 28.36 3.7 27.31 4.2 32.55 4.4 9....................................................... 33.43 1.5 29.67 1.6 40.15 1.3 10........................................................ 36.83 6.0 35.76 6.2 42.62 13.7 11........................................................ 41.22 2.4 40.46 2.8 45.32 5.0 12........................................................ 51.23 7.6 51.64 8.1 46.54 9.4 13........................................................ 71.64 7.3 71.82 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 77.49 9.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.94 8.4 37.29 9.2 34.22 12.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.94 3.0 27.30 3.8 30.51 1.7 1....................................................... 13.34 12.8 13.14 17.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.67 5.3 11.42 5.6 13.69 14.0 3....................................................... 12.77 2.4 12.39 2.9 14.12 1.7 4....................................................... 15.40 2.5 15.00 2.4 16.86 5.4 5....................................................... 16.90 2.2 16.92 2.2 16.79 8.1 6....................................................... 18.85 4.8 18.57 5.3 20.87 6.3 7....................................................... 21.98 2.4 22.26 2.9 20.81 1.6 8....................................................... 28.26 3.7 27.16 4.2 32.55 4.4 9....................................................... 33.65 1.6 29.78 1.8 40.15 1.3 10........................................................ 34.97 5.7 33.28 4.3 42.62 13.7 11........................................................ 41.30 2.5 40.53 2.9 45.32 5.0 12........................................................ 51.23 7.6 51.64 8.1 46.54 9.4 13........................................................ 71.64 7.3 71.82 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 77.49 9.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.05 8.5 37.42 9.4 34.22 12.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.99 3.2 33.04 4.3 36.90 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.74 3.3 34.92 4.7 37.88 1.4 5....................................................... 14.97 6.2 15.21 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 20.19 4.1 18.53 5.5 23.15 1.6 7....................................................... 22.38 3.6 22.58 4.9 21.58 2.1 8....................................................... 29.35 4.6 27.42 4.8 34.98 5.0 9....................................................... 35.14 1.6 29.96 2.1 40.87 1.1 10........................................................ 34.70 5.9 32.84 5.1 42.73 12.3 11........................................................ 38.69 2.8 37.81 3.2 46.22 8.2 12........................................................ 49.13 11.8 49.38 13.6 47.71 10.8 13........................................................ $75.89 5.8 $76.19 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.32 16.8 44.99 17.7 $27.23 10.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.45 8.0 38.41 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 33.37 7.0 35.50 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 40.84 5.1 41.27 4.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.80 9.5 38.80 9.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.66 17.1 42.66 17.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.27 4.2 34.27 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.94 7.0 30.94 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.41 3.7 37.41 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.17 11.5 38.17 11.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.28 4.7 33.28 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.31 7.8 31.31 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 37.34 4.4 37.34 4.4 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.81 20.6 40.81 20.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.45 5.5 39.03 5.9 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 37.23 11.1 37.34 13.5 – – Health related................................................ 35.06 6.3 35.10 6.5 34.34 16.0 7....................................................... 24.22 8.8 24.09 9.0 – – 8....................................................... 30.54 1.9 30.50 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.52 2.8 28.97 2.2 – – 11........................................................ 31.89 7.3 31.89 7.3 – – 13........................................................ 87.51 4.5 87.51 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.33 26.3 45.24 28.1 – – Physicians.................................................. 62.23 15.6 64.09 15.5 – – 13........................................................ 87.51 4.5 87.51 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.93 1.3 29.79 1.1 32.92 13.6 7....................................................... 25.88 5.7 25.76 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 31.49 1.7 31.49 1.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.19 2.1 28.87 1.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.42 3.7 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 44.39 4.5 44.39 4.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.71 5.5 40.82 8.2 47.24 6.3 10........................................................ 24.13 20.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 41.91 4.9 – – 46.97 10.2 12........................................................ 51.97 2.8 – – 56.14 4.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 42.57 5.0 – – 46.49 5.1 11........................................................ 42.92 6.2 – – 42.92 6.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.83 2.9 21.82 2.7 40.84 1.0 6....................................................... 26.03 9.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.70 13.3 – – 39.30 7.1 9....................................................... 41.47 2.4 – – 41.75 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.71 4.5 – – 42.03 1.0 8....................................................... 29.95 18.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 42.25 3.5 – – 42.79 3.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.60 2.1 – – 44.10 2.1 9....................................................... $44.08 1.7 – – $44.08 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 37.52 6.7 – – 38.43 6.0 9....................................................... 37.10 3.4 – – 37.10 3.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.78 12.8 – – 40.39 8.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 33.25 11.1 $29.19 7.5 – – Psychologists............................................... 32.91 15.3 25.90 3.9 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.55 5.4 17.96 5.2 23.23 4.4 7....................................................... 21.21 3.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 20.66 7.5 18.04 8.4 23.48 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 54.86 28.0 60.09 29.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.68 14.3 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 54.86 28.0 60.09 29.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.68 14.3 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 40.62 31.3 42.83 33.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.60 49.7 51.60 49.7 – – Technical....................................................... 24.68 5.3 25.12 5.5 19.86 4.4 4....................................................... 17.99 10.1 18.10 10.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.38 13.7 18.46 14.4 – – 6....................................................... 21.41 2.8 21.54 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.75 8.7 22.12 11.0 – – 8....................................................... 31.18 16.3 31.18 16.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.44 5.9 31.47 6.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.34 6.7 16.34 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 21.99 2.1 22.10 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 22.31 4.2 22.36 4.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.13 7.7 18.30 8.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.67 8.9 26.99 9.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.26 7.3 24.19 9.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.59 8.6 20.59 8.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.42 14.5 30.36 16.0 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.91 20.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.91 4.8 32.78 5.2 33.79 10.1 7....................................................... 21.68 5.3 21.70 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.61 5.1 25.89 5.9 24.05 3.2 9....................................................... 29.22 4.0 29.12 4.3 30.11 12.2 10........................................................ 35.68 7.1 34.41 5.7 – – 11........................................................ 42.15 4.1 41.18 3.7 44.73 9.5 12........................................................ 53.30 8.9 53.53 8.8 – – 13........................................................ 58.96 9.9 58.96 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.64 7.2 36.39 8.3 37.76 13.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.45 5.1 40.76 6.1 38.90 5.7 8....................................................... 26.16 10.7 26.49 13.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.16 5.0 29.68 5.4 – – 10........................................................ $36.27 7.8 $34.99 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 47.59 8.2 46.98 12.6 $48.48 8.0 12........................................................ 55.45 9.3 55.75 9.2 – – 13........................................................ 58.96 9.9 58.96 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.25 6.2 41.36 7.7 37.76 13.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.78 5.9 – – 31.78 5.9 Financial managers.......................................... 49.39 7.1 49.68 7.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 48.76 13.1 49.18 13.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.94 11.8 24.99 2.3 45.14 5.0 11........................................................ 49.89 11.1 – – 49.89 11.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.51 10.9 – – 45.51 10.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.06 15.7 34.09 17.5 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.57 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.99 9.6 42.99 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.68 14.8 40.68 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.83 5.4 25.89 5.9 25.25 3.6 7....................................................... 21.41 4.4 21.36 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.35 6.4 25.65 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.99 3.7 28.31 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.07 7.1 37.40 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.61 13.0 31.61 13.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.88 8.1 28.29 9.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.94 2.9 21.66 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.60 13.0 32.60 13.0 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.58 6.5 29.74 6.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.43 11.1 34.63 13.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.10 12.4 28.92 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.84 9.3 25.84 9.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.99 13.1 19.83 14.3 – – Sales............................................................. 17.71 8.1 17.76 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.71 3.3 9.71 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.18 4.3 10.03 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.34 5.8 13.34 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 24.24 9.7 24.24 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 20.83 10.3 20.83 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 26.87 9.3 26.87 9.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.38 13.2 23.38 13.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.24 7.7 20.24 7.7 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.27 9.7 22.27 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18.45 25.7 18.45 25.7 – – 4....................................................... 19.25 29.2 19.25 29.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.73 2.7 10.63 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 2.4 10.43 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 4.3 10.77 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $15.73 1.2 $15.61 1.5 $16.29 1.6 1....................................................... 13.34 12.8 13.14 17.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.70 5.4 11.43 5.8 13.69 14.0 3....................................................... 12.78 2.4 12.39 2.9 14.20 2.0 4....................................................... 15.29 2.6 14.82 2.3 16.86 5.5 5....................................................... 17.01 3.3 16.99 3.7 17.10 7.6 6....................................................... 19.16 2.0 19.29 2.1 17.97 6.8 7....................................................... 21.99 3.2 22.66 3.4 19.45 4.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.11 15.1 19.11 15.1 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.48 4.6 20.48 4.6 – – Computer operators.......................................... 17.05 3.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 18.28 3.3 18.10 2.8 18.75 8.9 3....................................................... 14.78 11.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.63 12.1 13.62 1.2 19.94 11.7 5....................................................... 18.80 2.2 19.16 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.09 5.4 19.44 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.15 9.1 22.55 13.5 – – Typists..................................................... 14.69 2.9 – – 14.69 2.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.72 7.0 10.72 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 6.0 10.82 6.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.55 7.5 12.56 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.59 5.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.93 10.8 12.93 10.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.65 15.6 14.65 15.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.07 11.9 17.07 11.9 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.30 12.1 – – 15.30 12.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.29 7.5 15.37 8.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.10 5.1 13.94 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.95 7.7 11.95 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.83 5.8 14.62 6.9 – – Telephone operators......................................... 12.23 9.4 11.32 6.2 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.94 5.4 11.57 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.66 5.2 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.58 12.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.72 8.4 14.72 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.42 7.2 16.42 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.23 4.9 14.28 5.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 18.14 1.9 18.14 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.40 2.6 18.40 2.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.79 6.7 14.87 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.77 11.2 13.77 11.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.96 5.6 14.15 6.2 16.37 8.1 2....................................................... 11.71 8.2 10.95 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.85 5.4 12.10 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.10 4.1 15.11 5.2 15.09 6.4 5....................................................... $19.84 5.6 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.78 5.9 $11.78 5.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.65 .5 – – $13.70 0.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.82 4.7 15.47 4.9 16.79 9.4 4....................................................... 15.88 5.1 15.26 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.48 2.2 17.30 2.5 19.07 1.1 1....................................................... 9.51 7.6 9.36 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 13.53 7.3 13.48 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 15.52 3.7 15.59 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.20 5.9 17.23 6.6 16.89 5.7 5....................................................... 19.44 4.8 19.42 5.6 19.55 1.2 6....................................................... 21.37 1.9 21.41 2.0 20.98 3.9 7....................................................... 23.44 2.3 23.99 2.8 21.41 .7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.02 12.1 18.02 12.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.7 22.05 4.3 21.22 .8 4....................................................... 12.57 5.9 12.57 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 21.12 9.6 21.46 10.1 16.84 2.7 6....................................................... 21.67 2.9 21.70 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.49 2.6 24.07 3.1 21.40 .7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.98 5.5 21.47 6.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.94 19.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.11 1.9 22.11 1.9 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 23.12 9.0 23.12 9.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.77 12.5 23.77 12.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.74 10.2 18.64 11.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.08 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.12 3.9 23.24 4.1 – – Electricians................................................ 22.50 6.8 23.41 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.87 14.4 22.87 14.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.29 3.3 16.29 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.00 3.9 13.00 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.12 3.1 14.12 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.65 2.3 17.65 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.04 5.1 18.04 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.97 2.1 20.97 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.71 7.4 22.75 7.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.85 25.2 15.85 25.2 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 21.14 16.0 21.14 16.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.53 22.7 14.53 22.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.18 9.4 18.18 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.51 6.4 17.45 7.3 18.01 2.2 1....................................................... $8.00 5.0 $8.00 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 2.5 12.09 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.68 4.6 17.08 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.56 11.7 18.54 12.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.27 6.4 18.87 9.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 19.44 6.7 19.57 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 22.05 7.3 22.24 7.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.09 2.8 – – $17.52 5.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.87 9.3 16.87 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.72 6.0 13.30 7.2 16.98 3.9 1....................................................... 10.07 7.1 9.89 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 14.52 11.9 14.41 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 15.17 7.4 14.97 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.57 4.5 14.85 5.5 16.49 6.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.52 9.8 9.52 9.8 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.44 16.9 – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 18.00 5.8 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 14.29 8.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.08 9.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.13 13.1 10.12 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.89 5.8 7.89 5.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.97 19.2 13.97 19.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.81 18.8 12.81 18.8 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.74 10.5 9.79 6.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.29 4.8 11.29 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 11.65 4.3 11.65 4.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.40 10.5 11.79 12.2 – – Service............................................................. 13.24 3.6 10.95 3.6 20.26 4.9 1....................................................... 8.97 4.8 8.58 3.7 12.02 7.2 2....................................................... 9.29 3.7 9.04 3.5 11.91 3.4 3....................................................... 11.00 3.5 10.57 3.9 13.59 1.6 4....................................................... 14.62 3.0 14.08 4.0 16.32 3.4 5....................................................... 15.36 2.3 14.12 4.6 17.93 3.5 6....................................................... 21.15 2.9 19.02 6.1 22.17 3.3 7....................................................... 26.50 3.7 – – 26.67 4.4 8....................................................... 26.79 5.1 – – 27.51 4.5 9....................................................... 30.35 5.9 – – 30.35 5.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.72 21.9 11.17 14.3 – – Protective service............................................ 19.06 12.0 11.30 1.8 24.28 4.8 1....................................................... 10.86 12.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.76 6.0 9.56 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.45 2.5 10.42 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.02 5.4 – – – – 5....................................................... $17.01 4.4 – – $18.26 4.5 6....................................................... 22.23 2.3 – – 22.35 2.5 7....................................................... 26.67 4.4 – – 26.67 4.4 8....................................................... 27.51 4.5 – – 27.51 4.5 9....................................................... 30.58 6.2 – – 30.58 6.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.55 3.0 – – 31.55 3.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.25 3.0 – – 25.25 3.0 6....................................................... 23.62 .1 – – 23.62 .1 7....................................................... 25.13 1.6 – – 25.13 1.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.39 2.8 – – 20.39 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 20.07 4.2 – – 20.07 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.68 5.6 $10.35 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.84 7.5 9.81 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.43 2.7 10.43 2.7 – – Food service.................................................. 9.91 6.6 9.59 6.8 13.14 3.1 1....................................................... 7.51 3.6 7.37 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.94 7.7 7.83 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.58 10.9 9.25 12.2 12.11 3.2 4....................................................... 12.55 5.8 11.70 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.95 22.4 10.95 22.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.30 12.8 6.30 12.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.38 7.6 6.38 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.04 18.9 6.04 18.9 – – 3....................................................... 5.24 20.4 5.24 20.4 – – Bartenders.................................................. 8.56 20.0 8.56 20.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.72 13.7 5.72 13.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.61 .7 6.61 .7 – – 2....................................................... 5.71 18.1 5.71 18.1 – – 3....................................................... 4.32 44.3 4.32 44.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.63 18.8 6.63 18.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.97 21.1 5.97 21.1 – – Other food service........................................... 11.47 1.7 11.22 1.7 13.14 3.1 1....................................................... 8.22 5.5 8.03 6.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.32 2.5 9.23 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.37 3.2 11.22 3.8 12.11 3.2 4....................................................... 13.11 5.3 12.31 6.5 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.61 7.0 17.63 7.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.88 3.2 11.63 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.07 5.2 11.73 4.9 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 10.30 6.6 10.37 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.76 6.4 10.84 6.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.93 7.0 11.46 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.16 .6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.76 4.7 9.09 3.2 13.33 9.7 1....................................................... 8.26 5.5 8.07 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.17 4.0 9.17 4.1 – – 3....................................................... $12.60 7.0 – – $12.95 10.0 Health service................................................ 11.89 1.8 $11.39 1.2 15.24 4.5 2....................................................... 10.05 3.9 10.05 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 3.7 11.09 3.8 12.91 1.9 4....................................................... 13.27 6.5 12.95 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.70 7.4 12.92 7.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.74 9.7 12.04 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.18 6.7 13.18 6.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.65 2.9 11.17 2.9 14.80 2.3 2....................................................... 10.18 4.7 10.18 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.34 3.9 11.10 3.9 13.02 2.4 4....................................................... 13.03 5.8 12.46 6.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.15 5.9 11.53 7.7 14.45 2.8 1....................................................... 10.25 3.8 9.84 2.9 12.71 1.0 2....................................................... 10.85 14.3 10.06 15.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.20 2.9 13.85 4.5 14.81 3.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.32 1.4 10.32 1.4 – – 1....................................................... 10.40 2.7 10.40 2.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 6.8 11.43 9.9 14.44 2.8 1....................................................... 10.15 6.2 9.37 4.7 12.71 1.0 2....................................................... 11.55 17.6 10.56 21.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.30 3.2 13.98 5.2 14.81 3.1 Personal service.............................................. 11.91 6.6 11.95 7.1 11.49 18.7 1....................................................... 7.98 3.1 7.98 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.24 4.2 8.12 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.44 4.4 8.44 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.94 8.4 18.04 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.10 8.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.76 26.0 11.76 26.0 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.33 1.6 20.33 1.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.88 1.5 7.88 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.35 8.4 7.35 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.68 2.9 7.68 2.9 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.15 7.5 8.15 7.5 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 10.31 8.0 10.36 8.5 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.56 5.2 9.76 4.9 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $22.81 2.3 $21.96 2.8 $26.69 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.97 2.4 22.08 3.0 26.75 2.1 White collar........................................................ 27.53 2.8 26.74 3.5 31.09 2.0 1....................................................... 13.53 17.1 13.04 24.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.75 5.1 11.65 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.45 2.6 12.01 3.1 14.31 1.9 4....................................................... 15.09 2.7 14.68 2.7 16.99 5.1 5....................................................... 18.63 2.8 18.74 3.1 17.48 7.3 6....................................................... 18.91 4.7 18.80 5.1 20.08 3.6 7....................................................... 22.18 2.6 22.50 3.2 20.79 1.6 8....................................................... 28.20 3.9 27.05 4.5 32.54 4.5 9....................................................... 33.52 1.5 29.62 1.6 40.15 1.3 10........................................................ 36.85 6.1 35.76 6.2 42.92 13.8 11........................................................ 41.47 2.3 40.75 2.7 45.32 5.0 12........................................................ 51.29 7.6 51.70 8.1 46.54 9.4 13........................................................ 71.64 7.3 71.82 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 77.49 9.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.03 8.7 37.31 9.7 34.91 12.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.36 3.1 27.64 3.9 31.24 2.0 1....................................................... 13.82 17.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.83 6.3 11.69 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.03 2.4 12.59 3.1 14.48 1.7 4....................................................... 15.45 2.7 15.02 2.6 16.99 5.1 5....................................................... 17.16 2.4 17.12 2.5 17.48 7.3 6....................................................... 18.56 4.9 18.39 5.4 20.08 3.6 7....................................................... 21.82 2.5 22.07 3.1 20.79 1.6 8....................................................... 28.10 3.9 26.88 4.6 32.54 4.5 9....................................................... 33.75 1.6 29.74 1.9 40.15 1.3 10........................................................ 34.98 5.8 33.28 4.3 42.92 13.8 11........................................................ 41.57 2.4 40.83 2.8 45.32 5.0 12........................................................ 51.29 7.6 51.70 8.1 46.54 9.4 13........................................................ 71.64 7.3 71.82 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 77.49 9.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.14 8.9 37.45 9.9 34.91 12.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.41 3.4 33.40 4.5 37.39 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 36.19 3.4 35.35 4.8 38.29 2.1 5....................................................... 16.15 8.4 16.15 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.15 3.4 17.55 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.15 3.5 22.32 4.9 21.53 2.1 8....................................................... 29.13 5.0 26.90 5.1 34.98 5.0 9....................................................... 35.34 1.6 29.93 2.2 40.88 1.1 10........................................................ 34.71 6.0 32.84 5.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.86 2.6 37.97 2.9 46.22 8.2 12........................................................ 49.23 11.8 49.50 13.7 47.71 10.8 13........................................................ $75.89 5.8 $76.19 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.71 17.5 45.53 18.4 $27.23 10.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.45 8.0 38.41 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 33.37 7.0 35.50 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 40.84 5.1 41.27 4.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.80 9.5 38.80 9.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 42.66 17.1 42.66 17.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.77 3.9 34.77 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.94 7.0 30.94 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.41 3.7 37.41 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.17 11.5 38.17 11.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.83 4.3 33.83 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.31 7.8 31.31 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 37.34 4.4 37.34 4.4 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 40.81 20.6 40.81 20.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 38.45 5.5 39.03 5.9 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 37.23 11.1 37.34 13.5 – – Health related................................................ 35.65 7.3 35.71 7.6 34.46 16.1 7....................................................... 23.86 9.8 23.71 10.0 – – 8....................................................... 30.17 2.7 30.10 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.41 3.2 28.78 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 31.85 7.4 31.85 7.4 – – 13........................................................ 87.51 4.5 87.51 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.21 27.8 – – – – Physicians.................................................. 62.23 15.6 64.09 15.5 – – 13........................................................ 87.51 4.5 87.51 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.89 1.5 29.72 1.2 33.07 13.7 7....................................................... 25.61 6.8 25.43 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 31.48 2.1 31.47 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.16 2.2 28.79 1.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.17 6.3 41.19 9.2 48.03 6.3 11........................................................ 41.91 4.9 – – 46.97 10.2 12........................................................ 52.94 5.2 – – 56.14 4.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.90 7.3 – – 47.19 4.9 11........................................................ 42.92 6.2 – – 42.92 6.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.35 2.8 22.26 2.0 41.34 .8 8....................................................... 31.72 13.3 – – 39.31 7.1 9....................................................... 41.47 2.4 – – 41.75 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.71 4.5 – – 42.03 1.0 8....................................................... 29.95 18.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 42.25 3.5 – – 42.79 3.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 43.71 2.1 – – 44.22 2.2 9....................................................... 44.08 1.7 – – 44.08 1.7 Teachers, special education................................. 37.52 6.7 – – 38.43 6.0 9....................................................... 37.10 3.4 – – 37.10 3.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.07 12.6 – – 40.43 8.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... $33.29 12.0 $28.70 9.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 32.92 17.2 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.57 5.5 17.87 5.9 $23.23 4.4 7....................................................... 21.33 3.4 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 20.66 7.5 18.04 8.4 23.48 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 58.77 24.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 58.77 24.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41.57 31.9 43.26 33.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.84 49.9 51.84 49.9 – – Technical....................................................... 24.85 5.5 25.23 5.8 20.57 5.9 4....................................................... 18.24 10.4 18.10 10.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.51 14.5 18.62 15.2 – – 6....................................................... 21.45 2.8 21.57 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.28 9.7 21.57 12.6 – – 8....................................................... 31.45 16.3 31.45 16.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.32 6.1 31.34 6.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.15 6.0 16.15 6.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.00 3.8 22.12 4.1 – – 6....................................................... 22.53 4.5 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.53 8.8 18.53 8.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 26.67 8.9 26.99 9.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.26 7.3 24.19 9.3 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.59 8.6 20.59 8.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 30.13 16.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.98 5.1 32.81 5.7 34.07 9.5 7....................................................... 21.68 5.3 21.70 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.64 5.2 25.93 6.0 24.05 3.2 9....................................................... 29.22 4.0 29.12 4.3 30.11 12.2 10........................................................ 35.68 7.1 34.41 5.7 – – 11........................................................ 42.48 4.2 41.62 4.1 44.73 9.5 12........................................................ 53.30 8.9 53.53 8.8 – – 13........................................................ 58.96 9.9 58.96 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.58 8.1 36.05 9.4 38.93 12.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 40.59 5.1 40.82 6.0 39.42 5.4 8....................................................... 26.28 10.9 26.66 13.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.16 5.0 29.68 5.4 – – 10........................................................ 36.27 7.8 34.99 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 47.59 8.2 46.98 12.6 48.48 8.0 12........................................................ 55.45 9.3 55.75 9.2 – – 13........................................................ 58.96 9.9 58.96 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.63 6.4 41.36 7.7 38.93 12.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.78 5.9 – – 31.78 5.9 Financial managers.......................................... 49.39 7.1 49.68 7.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $48.76 13.1 $49.18 13.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.94 11.8 24.99 2.3 $45.14 5.0 11........................................................ 49.89 11.1 – – 49.89 11.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.51 10.9 – – 45.51 10.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.73 15.1 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.57 3.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.99 9.6 42.99 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.68 14.8 40.68 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 25.63 6.0 25.67 6.6 25.25 3.6 7....................................................... 21.41 4.4 21.36 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.35 6.4 25.65 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.99 3.7 28.31 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.51 7.2 37.94 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.29 17.0 30.29 17.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.64 7.4 26.90 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.94 2.9 21.66 3.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.58 6.5 29.74 6.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.43 11.1 34.63 13.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.10 12.4 28.92 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.84 9.3 25.84 9.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.86 13.3 19.68 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 20.24 7.4 20.34 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 4.8 10.76 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.56 6.5 13.56 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 24.54 9.8 24.54 9.8 – – 6....................................................... 20.83 10.3 20.83 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 26.87 9.3 26.87 9.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.38 13.2 23.38 13.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.24 7.7 20.24 7.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 21.98 37.3 21.98 37.3 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 22.27 9.7 22.27 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21.04 22.7 21.04 22.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.72 2.9 11.63 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.42 3.6 11.24 4.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.98 1.3 15.84 1.6 16.64 1.5 1....................................................... 13.82 17.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.86 6.5 11.72 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.03 2.4 12.59 3.1 14.48 1.7 4....................................................... 15.32 2.7 14.83 2.5 16.96 5.2 5....................................................... 17.06 3.4 16.98 3.7 17.54 7.8 6....................................................... 19.06 2.0 19.18 2.0 17.97 6.8 7....................................................... 21.99 3.2 22.66 3.4 19.45 4.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.11 15.1 19.11 15.1 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.48 4.6 20.48 4.6 – – Secretaries................................................. $18.36 3.3 $18.19 2.7 $18.78 9.0 3....................................................... 14.77 11.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.76 12.4 13.66 1.6 20.01 11.7 5....................................................... 18.87 2.2 19.28 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.19 5.5 19.57 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.15 9.1 22.55 13.5 – – Typists..................................................... 14.69 2.9 – – 14.69 2.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.72 7.0 10.72 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 6.0 10.82 6.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.98 7.9 12.99 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.31 11.2 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.65 17.0 15.65 17.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.21 12.3 17.21 12.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.45 6.5 14.46 7.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.10 5.1 13.94 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.95 7.7 11.95 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.83 5.8 14.62 6.9 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.99 7.0 11.50 6.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.72 8.4 14.72 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.42 7.2 16.42 7.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.23 4.9 14.28 5.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 18.23 2.3 18.23 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.55 1.9 18.55 1.9 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.68 7.7 14.77 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 13.77 11.2 13.77 11.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.41 5.8 14.72 6.9 16.40 8.3 4....................................................... 15.24 4.5 15.36 6.4 15.12 6.6 5....................................................... 19.84 5.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.07 1.1 – – 14.17 1.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.90 5.1 15.53 5.7 16.81 9.3 4....................................................... 16.04 5.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.95 2.2 17.78 2.5 19.47 2.0 1....................................................... 9.95 9.0 9.78 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 13.83 7.7 13.80 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 16.01 3.9 15.97 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 17.36 5.3 17.42 5.9 16.89 5.7 5....................................................... 19.46 4.7 19.44 5.6 19.57 1.2 6....................................................... 21.39 2.0 21.42 2.1 20.98 3.9 7....................................................... 23.41 2.3 23.95 2.8 21.41 .7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.56 11.0 18.56 11.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.91 3.7 22.04 4.3 21.23 .8 4....................................................... 12.57 5.9 12.57 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 21.13 9.7 21.46 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.74 3.0 21.78 3.3 – – 7....................................................... $23.45 2.6 $24.03 3.2 $21.40 0.7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.98 5.5 21.47 6.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.94 19.0 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.11 1.9 22.11 1.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.74 10.2 18.64 11.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.08 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.12 3.9 23.24 4.1 – – Electricians................................................ 22.50 6.8 23.41 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.87 14.4 22.87 14.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.39 3.9 16.38 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.00 3.9 13.00 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.45 3.2 14.45 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 17.65 2.3 17.65 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.04 5.1 18.04 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.97 2.1 20.97 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.71 7.4 22.75 7.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.85 25.2 15.85 25.2 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 21.14 16.0 21.14 16.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.53 22.7 14.53 22.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.18 9.4 18.18 9.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.19 6.3 18.06 7.2 19.37 4.5 2....................................................... 11.68 3.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 17.59 3.2 17.64 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 19.01 10.0 19.01 10.5 – – 5....................................................... 19.27 6.4 18.87 9.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 19.44 6.7 19.57 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 22.05 7.3 22.24 7.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.87 9.3 16.87 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 5.4 13.94 6.7 16.98 3.9 1....................................................... 10.79 6.0 10.59 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 15.13 12.2 15.03 12.6 – – 3....................................................... 15.58 7.8 15.35 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.60 4.4 14.89 5.4 16.49 6.4 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 12.46 17.7 – – – – Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 14.29 8.1 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 18.08 9.6 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.40 14.3 11.38 14.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.78 12.0 15.78 12.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.10 12.7 – – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.51 4.0 11.51 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 11.65 4.3 11.65 4.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.64 11.4 11.97 13.2 – – Service............................................................. $14.26 3.6 $11.62 3.6 $21.04 4.9 1....................................................... 9.69 8.3 9.19 8.4 12.43 2.5 2....................................................... 9.67 4.4 9.36 3.9 13.96 6.4 3....................................................... 11.26 4.2 10.78 4.5 14.02 2.2 4....................................................... 14.86 3.0 14.36 4.2 16.32 3.4 5....................................................... 15.55 3.0 14.32 4.8 17.93 3.5 6....................................................... 21.15 2.9 19.02 6.1 22.17 3.3 7....................................................... 26.50 3.7 – – 26.67 4.4 8....................................................... 26.79 5.1 – – 27.51 4.5 9....................................................... 30.35 5.9 – – 30.35 5.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.55 23.5 11.61 18.6 – – Protective service............................................ 20.05 11.3 11.64 1.7 24.66 4.9 3....................................................... 10.62 2.1 10.62 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.02 5.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.04 4.5 – – 18.26 4.5 6....................................................... 22.23 2.3 – – 22.35 2.5 7....................................................... 26.67 4.4 – – 26.67 4.4 8....................................................... 27.51 4.5 – – 27.51 4.5 9....................................................... 30.58 6.2 – – 30.58 6.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 31.55 3.0 – – 31.55 3.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.25 3.0 – – 25.25 3.0 6....................................................... 23.62 .1 – – 23.62 .1 7....................................................... 25.13 1.6 – – 25.13 1.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.39 2.8 – – 20.39 2.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 20.07 4.2 – – 20.07 4.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.91 7.0 10.42 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 2.1 10.62 2.1 – – Food service.................................................. 10.90 6.8 10.59 7.2 13.53 2.9 1....................................................... 7.94 14.9 7.70 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.21 6.9 8.07 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.55 11.6 10.34 12.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.88 4.8 12.06 5.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.67 17.5 6.67 17.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.77 11.0 6.77 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 5.41 34.1 5.41 34.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.24 18.5 5.24 18.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.30 8.3 6.30 8.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.40 17.8 9.40 17.8 – – Other food service........................................... 12.18 3.1 11.97 3.3 13.53 2.9 1....................................................... 8.98 10.1 8.77 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.12 2.3 8.97 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 4.8 11.82 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.28 6.4 12.48 8.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.74 6.4 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.17 1.8 11.90 .7 – – 4....................................................... $12.25 7.5 $11.89 7.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 10.75 6.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 13.19 6.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.27 7.3 9.62 6.7 $13.54 7.6 1....................................................... 9.06 10.8 8.85 11.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.70 8.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.90 2.0 11.33 1.4 15.47 4.7 3....................................................... 11.17 3.7 10.91 3.6 13.04 2.6 4....................................................... 13.27 7.1 12.92 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.19 6.0 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.23 11.9 12.37 10.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.60 3.1 11.04 3.1 14.90 2.4 3....................................................... 11.15 3.8 10.88 3.6 13.04 2.6 4....................................................... 13.00 6.5 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.90 3.8 12.30 5.4 14.68 3.5 1....................................................... 10.82 3.5 10.41 2.1 12.71 1.0 2....................................................... 12.16 12.5 11.30 13.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.16 3.0 13.68 5.0 14.92 2.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.32 1.5 10.32 1.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.40 2.7 10.40 2.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.48 3.3 12.76 4.8 14.67 3.5 1....................................................... 11.23 4.6 10.42 2.2 12.71 1.0 2....................................................... 14.13 8.9 13.39 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 14.27 3.2 13.80 5.4 14.92 2.9 Personal service.............................................. $13.08 9.2 $12.96 9.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.67 9.6 8.41 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.15 6.8 8.15 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.36 9.0 18.49 9.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.10 8.4 – – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 20.33 1.6 20.33 1.6 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.28 1.1 8.28 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.09 15.2 8.09 15.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.55 2.1 7.55 2.1 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.89 .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 four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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................................................................... $12.72 5.5 $12.67 6.1 $13.13 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.44 6.2 13.48 6.9 13.13 3.4 White collar........................................................ 16.61 9.1 16.73 10.1 15.65 9.2 1....................................................... 8.32 13.0 8.32 13.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.39 5.2 8.75 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.00 4.2 9.97 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.45 3.7 13.31 4.4 14.29 5.5 5....................................................... 12.98 7.2 12.74 9.8 – – 6....................................................... 22.42 4.9 21.63 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.65 5.6 25.71 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 30.98 1.3 30.91 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 30.55 2.4 30.59 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.30 11.7 37.01 9.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.89 7.9 21.93 9.0 15.65 9.2 1....................................................... 12.02 1.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.05 6.1 9.61 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.35 2.6 11.46 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.53 3.6 14.60 4.3 14.29 5.5 5....................................................... 13.15 7.7 12.98 10.8 – – 6....................................................... 22.42 4.9 21.63 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.65 5.6 25.71 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 30.98 1.3 30.91 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 30.55 2.4 30.59 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.30 11.7 37.01 9.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.19 5.3 28.06 5.0 21.10 8.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 6.0 29.09 5.7 22.71 7.3 6....................................................... 22.97 3.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 25.30 6.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.79 .3 31.73 .4 – – 9....................................................... 30.32 2.2 30.35 2.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.62 1.4 30.65 1.5 – – 8....................................................... 31.79 .3 31.79 .3 – – 9....................................................... 30.29 2.3 30.29 2.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.15 1.6 30.18 1.6 – – 8....................................................... 31.53 .3 31.53 .3 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 2.4 29.39 2.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.20 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.78 18.5 – – 19.72 1.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.74 30.2 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $22.33 8.4 $23.53 6.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.67 5.3 8.67 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 5.6 8.46 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.91 3.0 8.91 3.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.79 .7 9.79 .7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.01 5.5 9.01 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.40 4.0 9.40 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.23 4.9 9.23 4.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.85 4.5 12.79 5.5 $13.05 6.6 1....................................................... 12.02 1.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.05 6.1 9.61 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.37 2.7 11.46 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.62 3.5 14.60 4.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.78 6.8 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.99 5.8 9.99 5.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.72 4.6 11.68 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.63 7.5 11.60 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.98 5.1 7.98 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.18 4.9 11.00 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.31 7.8 13.66 7.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.89 16.0 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.97 6.6 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.83 7.1 9.83 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.85 5.7 7.85 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.99 7.1 9.99 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.27 8.7 13.27 8.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.28 14.6 9.28 14.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.98 11.6 10.98 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 8.83 3.5 8.67 3.7 10.35 10.5 1....................................................... 7.59 5.5 7.55 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 4.2 8.40 4.4 – – 3....................................................... $9.93 8.3 $9.70 9.5 $11.54 1.9 4....................................................... 10.18 9.9 10.18 9.9 – – Protective service............................................ 10.33 5.3 10.02 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 6.9 – – – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.21 2.0 10.21 2.0 – – Food service.................................................. 7.57 5.1 7.32 5.0 11.52 .4 1....................................................... 7.00 9.3 7.00 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.38 9.8 7.38 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.08 13.6 7.35 16.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.87 5.6 5.87 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 4.87 29.9 4.87 29.9 – – 3....................................................... 5.11 8.5 5.11 8.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.29 10.9 6.29 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 4.83 34.7 4.83 34.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.06 7.3 8.75 7.9 11.52 .4 2....................................................... 9.81 7.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.18 2.5 9.61 4.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.52 8.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.52 8.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 17.5 7.59 16.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.79 4.7 11.77 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.40 4.4 12.46 5.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.76 2.7 10.73 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.11 6.6 12.07 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.39 1.7 13.48 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.94 15.4 8.89 16.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.85 16.3 8.80 17.2 – – Personal service.............................................. $8.11 4.6 $8.13 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.90 5.0 7.83 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.45 6.3 9.45 6.3 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.43 11.3 6.43 11.3 – – 2....................................................... 5.79 12.9 5.79 12.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.20 1.7 8.08 3.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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....................................................... $22.81 $12.72 $22.61 $21.46 $21.85 $21.11 All excluding sales............................................. 22.97 13.44 22.79 21.79 22.24 16.88 White collar........................................................ 27.53 16.61 30.49 25.80 26.76 25.22 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.36 20.89 31.48 27.02 28.00 22.07 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.41 27.19 38.76 32.21 34.04 – Professional specialty.......................................... 36.19 28.26 39.87 34.12 35.80 – Technical....................................................... 24.85 22.33 31.29 22.80 24.68 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.98 – 34.53 32.78 32.95 – Sales............................................................. 20.24 8.67 12.44 18.18 14.64 25.99 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.98 12.85 16.53 15.53 15.77 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.95 11.63 19.61 15.07 17.58 16.06 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.91 22.89 22.65 20.56 22.09 19.54 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.39 – 17.23 15.32 16.75 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.19 12.97 20.42 14.71 17.55 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 9.83 16.39 11.40 13.70 – Service............................................................. 14.26 8.83 16.88 10.69 13.27 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.3 5.5 3.6 2.4 2.4 8.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 6.2 3.6 2.6 2.4 5.6 White collar........................................................ 2.8 9.1 5.9 2.6 2.7 10.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 7.9 5.8 2.8 3.0 11.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 5.3 6.7 3.3 3.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 6.0 7.5 3.4 3.3 – Technical....................................................... 5.5 8.4 14.8 4.1 5.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 – 15.8 5.0 4.8 – Sales............................................................. 7.4 5.3 4.4 8.6 8.6 12.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.3 4.5 2.4 1.6 1.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.2 7.5 3.1 2.4 2.3 7.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 16.0 3.8 5.6 3.6 12.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.9 – 7.5 4.1 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 6.6 5.3 5.7 5.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 7.1 5.9 5.1 6.0 – Service............................................................. 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.5 – 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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....................................................... $20.96 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 21.25 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 25.91 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.30 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.04 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 34.92 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 25.12 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.78 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.76 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.61 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.05 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.29 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.45 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.30 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.95 - – - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 2.8 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.5 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.5 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.2 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.2 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.5 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.3 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.2 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.6 - – - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 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....................................................... $20.96 $17.46 $21.72 $18.96 $24.86 All excluding sales............................................. 21.25 17.16 22.11 19.33 25.06 White collar........................................................ 25.91 21.94 26.51 23.05 29.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.30 22.46 27.95 24.88 30.35 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.04 26.02 33.86 34.32 33.65 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.92 24.94 36.19 36.94 35.86 Technical....................................................... 25.12 – 24.50 24.94 24.27 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.78 30.85 33.04 28.49 37.59 Sales............................................................. 17.76 20.26 17.09 15.98 20.34 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.61 13.28 15.97 15.17 17.00 Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 17.28 17.31 15.98 21.16 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.05 21.84 22.11 20.32 24.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.29 15.19 16.50 15.00 19.86 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.45 17.13 17.68 17.61 18.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.30 15.17 12.48 12.26 13.85 Service............................................................. 10.95 7.90 11.62 10.92 12.19 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....................................................... 2.8 5.9 3.3 4.4 4.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 6.5 3.5 4.6 4.1 White collar........................................................ 3.5 8.0 4.0 6.0 3.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 8.3 4.6 7.3 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 4.9 4.8 10.8 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 6.2 5.1 12.3 4.0 Technical....................................................... 5.5 – 5.4 4.6 7.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.2 15.3 6.6 10.7 7.5 Sales............................................................. 8.2 18.2 8.5 8.6 13.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.5 5.6 1.6 2.0 3.4 Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 6.6 3.9 5.1 4.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 11.5 4.5 5.8 5.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 16.2 6.6 8.0 4.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.3 7.6 10.3 11.5 19.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.2 14.2 6.2 6.2 6.8 Service............................................................. 3.6 9.9 1.9 3.1 1.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.20 $12.20 $18.37 $26.59 $37.71 All excluding sales........................... 9.51 12.58 18.83 26.76 38.12 White collar.................................... 11.10 15.29 23.09 32.91 46.50 White collar excluding sales................ 12.50 16.43 24.18 33.90 47.83 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.60 23.25 29.57 39.57 52.18 Professional specialty...................... 19.56 25.00 30.98 41.44 54.08 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 28.79 34.00 44.42 53.43 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.83 29.81 38.46 43.89 54.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.45 32.48 41.83 53.43 57.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.33 27.09 32.28 40.82 48.56 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.33 26.67 32.21 38.72 45.35 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.26 21.64 41.03 57.45 59.36 Natural scientists........................ 23.29 27.95 36.70 48.05 59.89 Biological and life scientists.......... 23.63 26.51 33.52 36.70 61.27 Health related............................ 20.95 25.08 29.44 33.91 47.00 Physicians.............................. 20.40 20.88 53.80 96.15 111.25 Registered nurses....................... 24.27 26.44 29.75 32.82 35.89 Pharmacists............................. 38.57 40.71 45.75 46.50 46.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.13 34.31 39.00 48.07 63.20 Other post-secondary teachers........... 22.62 32.09 40.57 50.36 60.77 Teachers, except college and university... 19.32 27.03 34.75 48.13 55.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.32 26.33 33.64 48.38 55.65 Secondary school teachers............... 28.98 32.99 42.99 54.58 58.98 Teachers, special education............. 26.40 28.55 36.36 44.97 51.98 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.57 30.76 32.45 43.91 52.84 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.30 24.39 29.00 42.88 48.43 Psychologists........................... 20.47 24.39 28.47 40.96 48.43 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.94 17.00 19.95 23.74 26.62 Social workers.......................... 13.94 17.00 19.63 25.05 27.40 Lawyers and judges........................ 25.64 36.86 57.88 72.80 85.17 Lawyers................................. 25.64 36.86 57.88 72.80 85.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.22 17.79 25.58 41.63 47.72 Technical................................... 14.08 17.30 21.85 27.76 35.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.09 13.49 14.36 17.35 24.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 19.00 20.60 21.70 24.00 25.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.80 16.45 18.61 19.99 23.13 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.57 20.46 27.47 33.70 33.70 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 17.30 21.07 21.27 28.37 29.83 Chemical technicians.................... 15.03 16.81 20.91 23.01 25.75 Computer programmers.................... 15.87 22.56 30.26 42.50 46.01 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 11.00 15.71 22.65 31.47 32.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.41 22.64 28.90 39.76 56.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. $21.82 $27.56 $35.76 $50.48 $65.88 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.39 27.56 31.93 36.49 47.29 Financial managers...................... 35.71 37.26 44.66 65.88 65.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 25.18 40.38 48.80 66.03 69.71 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.82 24.13 36.63 51.00 57.83 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.50 29.61 30.25 33.63 38.96 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.95 25.34 30.53 31.32 31.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.90 29.00 35.58 52.88 74.52 Management related........................ 12.00 19.23 24.61 30.43 40.02 Accountants and auditors................ 19.23 21.12 25.13 32.39 40.02 Other financial officers................ 23.09 24.04 28.83 33.33 38.30 Management analysts..................... 18.20 26.05 31.82 40.24 54.34 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.03 17.07 28.42 35.83 41.41 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.25 23.33 25.68 25.68 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.25 11.25 19.38 26.23 27.46 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.00 13.45 23.92 34.24 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.50 17.35 22.11 30.75 34.00 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.19 14.10 19.88 28.33 35.24 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.50 9.55 14.69 25.91 31.39 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.85 9.72 12.68 17.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.16 12.44 15.11 18.18 21.93 Supervisors, general office............. 17.51 19.20 20.19 20.43 24.71 Computer operators...................... 15.54 16.04 17.25 17.75 19.09 Secretaries............................. 12.74 15.40 17.53 20.07 25.58 Typists................................. 12.12 13.30 14.38 14.88 17.26 Hotel clerks............................ 8.50 9.18 10.20 12.13 13.75 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.86 12.50 14.56 17.35 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.65 10.61 12.88 18.42 25.07 Order clerks............................ 11.39 13.50 15.60 21.16 25.47 Library clerks.......................... 10.20 10.73 17.08 17.87 19.78 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.10 12.79 14.20 16.06 22.38 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.13 11.64 14.83 16.39 18.37 Telephone operators..................... 8.53 10.00 12.18 13.85 16.40 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 8.97 10.50 11.96 13.54 14.60 Dispatchers............................. 13.30 13.50 15.63 19.90 21.90 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 10.29 15.45 17.50 19.88 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.00 11.50 13.64 16.43 19.22 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.69 15.94 17.51 19.78 22.51 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.40 11.92 15.77 16.87 18.93 General office clerks................... 10.50 12.36 14.00 16.70 22.12 Data entry keyers....................... 9.14 10.00 11.11 13.00 15.67 Teachers' aides......................... $10.20 $11.26 $13.60 $15.50 $16.98 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.08 12.91 16.06 18.93 21.93 Blue collar..................................... 9.94 12.33 17.50 21.54 25.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.10 18.63 21.93 25.61 29.40 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.59 19.00 23.10 26.09 30.08 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.00 13.35 21.32 23.52 25.61 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.37 21.19 22.95 25.25 25.75 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 18.49 18.49 22.50 27.66 31.04 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.93 14.00 20.93 22.72 26.05 Electricians............................ 19.27 19.84 22.16 23.70 31.17 Supervisors, production................. 11.43 18.25 25.12 28.27 30.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.92 12.58 15.49 20.20 23.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.13 11.49 12.58 20.32 22.93 Mixing and blending machine operators... 15.06 16.67 19.75 25.75 25.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.95 7.95 15.40 18.40 20.20 Assemblers.............................. 12.47 13.53 17.20 23.93 26.89 Transportation and material moving............ 10.71 13.00 18.30 21.05 25.00 Truck drivers........................... 13.12 17.97 19.02 22.07 25.42 Bus drivers............................. 11.40 12.05 13.52 15.90 21.54 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.71 13.66 17.71 21.05 21.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.95 12.60 17.25 20.97 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.00 8.00 13.28 16.18 18.11 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 12.60 16.46 17.77 21.16 21.16 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 11.10 12.00 13.39 16.12 20.59 Construction laborers................... 10.25 13.50 21.90 21.90 22.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.20 8.50 12.79 17.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.59 13.81 17.00 20.09 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 9.00 9.00 12.00 15.23 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 9.77 10.70 13.40 14.47 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.95 10.00 11.00 18.58 19.52 Service......................................... 6.84 8.90 11.49 15.73 23.60 Protective service........................ 8.50 11.93 18.25 25.81 30.68 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.76 27.12 31.15 33.56 36.81 Police and detectives, public service... 22.16 23.43 24.65 27.22 29.39 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.20 18.90 19.19 20.73 26.61 Correctional institution officers....... 14.30 15.94 17.65 24.40 28.29 Guards and police, except public service $7.00 $8.50 $10.10 $12.85 $13.56 Food service.............................. 3.28 6.68 9.50 13.12 15.39 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.20 2.83 4.75 8.19 13.62 Bartenders.............................. 4.75 5.15 7.50 7.50 15.79 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.20 2.83 4.47 8.19 11.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 2.83 4.75 12.07 13.62 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.50 10.74 14.20 17.16 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.50 14.91 16.95 21.64 22.93 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.50 11.00 14.14 17.31 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.96 8.50 10.65 11.67 13.83 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.75 10.00 11.00 14.08 17.80 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.50 9.14 11.49 14.96 Health service............................ 9.51 10.00 11.22 12.70 15.38 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.30 10.16 11.85 14.08 16.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.55 9.97 11.01 12.19 14.22 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.90 11.86 13.88 17.25 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 8.50 9.25 11.73 13.62 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 9.50 12.29 15.13 17.20 Personal service.......................... 6.34 7.85 9.10 13.45 25.25 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.90 16.82 19.73 23.51 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.55 6.30 8.00 8.50 11.11 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.35 6.35 7.66 8.74 10.50 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 6.83 9.00 9.70 11.77 13.86 Service, n.e.c.......................... 8.14 8.35 8.73 10.11 11.59 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.90 $11.59 $17.32 $25.68 $35.70 All excluding sales........................... 9.02 11.94 17.58 25.75 35.72 White collar.................................... 10.72 14.74 22.20 31.54 43.27 White collar excluding sales................ 12.01 16.03 23.45 32.73 44.76 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.98 22.38 28.47 36.44 48.08 Professional specialty...................... 18.00 24.04 30.00 38.96 51.87 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.23 29.65 36.13 45.00 57.80 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.83 29.81 38.46 43.89 54.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.45 32.48 41.83 53.43 57.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.33 27.09 32.28 40.82 48.56 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.33 26.67 32.21 38.72 45.35 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.26 21.64 41.03 57.45 59.36 Natural scientists........................ 23.63 27.95 36.92 48.41 60.14 Biological and life scientists.......... 23.12 24.66 32.17 56.38 62.64 Health related............................ 21.25 25.13 29.50 33.85 46.50 Physicians.............................. 20.40 20.95 53.80 96.15 131.21 Registered nurses....................... 24.33 26.52 29.82 32.76 35.37 Pharmacists............................. 38.57 40.71 45.75 46.50 46.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.04 32.87 38.96 41.62 61.14 Teachers, except college and university... 13.73 17.37 20.51 26.12 32.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 20.47 23.53 26.58 32.86 48.08 Psychologists........................... 20.47 23.03 24.75 28.47 34.52 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.46 14.10 17.55 19.96 24.50 Social workers.......................... 13.59 14.10 17.00 21.68 25.05 Lawyers and judges........................ 31.54 38.97 60.62 76.92 85.17 Lawyers................................. 31.54 38.97 60.62 76.92 85.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.22 17.79 27.61 42.08 47.72 Technical................................... 14.08 17.30 22.57 28.05 36.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.09 13.49 14.36 17.35 24.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 19.00 20.60 21.70 24.00 25.22 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.90 16.67 18.61 19.99 23.13 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.23 21.07 27.62 33.70 34.71 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 17.30 18.95 21.27 29.83 29.83 Chemical technicians.................... 15.03 16.81 20.91 23.01 25.75 Computer programmers.................... 15.87 21.19 28.90 42.59 46.30 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.07 21.86 28.72 38.75 57.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.63 28.00 35.72 51.21 66.03 Financial managers...................... 35.57 37.26 45.67 65.88 65.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $25.52 $40.38 $49.90 $66.03 $69.71 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.02 20.50 23.63 24.61 36.63 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.50 30.25 30.25 33.63 38.96 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.90 29.00 35.58 52.88 74.52 Management related........................ 12.00 19.23 25.13 30.39 40.24 Accountants and auditors................ 18.68 20.47 25.14 32.63 40.02 Other financial officers................ 23.09 24.04 28.85 33.33 38.32 Management analysts..................... 18.20 25.94 30.63 40.24 55.26 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.03 17.07 28.42 36.06 42.79 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.25 23.33 25.68 25.68 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.25 11.25 19.38 26.23 27.72 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.00 13.50 23.92 34.24 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.50 17.35 22.11 30.75 34.00 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.19 14.10 19.88 28.33 35.24 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.50 9.55 14.69 25.91 31.39 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.75 9.50 12.50 17.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.01 15.00 18.27 21.93 Supervisors, general office............. 17.51 19.20 20.19 20.43 24.71 Secretaries............................. 12.74 14.89 17.54 20.03 24.70 Hotel clerks............................ 8.50 9.18 10.20 12.13 13.75 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.86 12.50 14.56 17.35 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.65 10.61 12.88 18.42 25.07 Order clerks............................ 11.39 13.50 15.60 21.16 25.47 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.00 12.77 14.20 16.06 22.38 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.13 11.09 14.83 16.25 18.37 Telephone operators..................... 8.13 9.03 10.54 13.64 14.83 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 8.95 10.50 11.96 12.23 14.60 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 10.29 15.45 17.50 19.88 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.00 11.50 13.64 16.57 19.23 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.69 15.94 17.51 19.78 22.51 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.50 12.00 15.86 16.87 18.51 General office clerks................... 10.30 11.00 13.31 14.77 20.83 Data entry keyers....................... 9.14 10.00 11.11 13.00 15.67 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 12.75 15.50 18.97 21.93 Blue collar..................................... 9.72 12.00 17.19 21.32 25.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 18.28 22.10 25.90 30.97 Automobile mechanics.................... 12.75 18.87 20.79 24.57 30.08 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $16.37 $21.19 $22.95 $25.25 $25.75 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 18.49 18.49 22.50 27.66 31.04 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.20 12.75 20.95 23.17 26.05 Electricians............................ 19.36 20.46 22.16 24.77 31.17 Supervisors, production................. 11.43 18.25 25.12 28.27 30.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.92 12.58 15.49 20.20 23.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.13 11.49 12.58 20.32 22.93 Mixing and blending machine operators... 15.06 16.67 19.75 25.75 25.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.95 7.95 15.40 18.40 20.20 Assemblers.............................. 12.47 13.53 17.20 23.93 26.89 Transportation and material moving............ 10.62 13.00 18.05 21.05 25.00 Truck drivers........................... 13.51 18.05 19.02 22.07 25.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.71 13.66 17.71 21.05 21.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.51 12.00 17.00 21.16 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.20 8.45 12.52 17.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.59 13.81 17.00 20.09 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.00 12.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 9.77 10.70 13.40 14.47 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.55 10.00 10.25 11.90 18.90 Service......................................... 6.34 8.30 10.30 12.97 15.73 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.50 10.45 13.00 15.73 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 8.50 10.00 12.39 12.97 Food service.............................. 2.84 6.25 9.00 12.50 15.39 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.20 2.83 4.75 8.19 13.62 Bartenders.............................. 4.75 5.15 7.50 7.50 15.79 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.20 2.83 4.47 8.19 11.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 2.83 4.75 12.07 13.62 Other food service....................... 6.88 8.49 10.40 13.62 17.31 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.50 14.91 16.59 21.64 22.93 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.50 10.61 13.35 17.31 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.96 8.19 10.74 11.67 14.23 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.50 8.25 10.75 13.49 17.80 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 7.00 8.85 10.25 13.62 Health service............................ 9.47 9.85 11.01 12.07 14.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.22 9.98 11.43 14.08 15.26 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.48 9.82 10.95 11.95 13.62 Cleaning and building service............. 7.10 8.50 11.25 13.41 15.86 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 8.50 9.25 11.73 13.62 Janitors and cleaners................... $7.00 $8.00 $11.64 $13.62 $15.86 Personal service.......................... 6.29 7.55 9.10 13.02 26.25 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.90 16.82 19.73 23.51 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.55 6.30 8.00 8.50 11.11 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.35 6.35 7.66 8.74 10.50 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.16 9.18 9.70 11.70 13.86 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.46 9.57 10.95 11.59 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.81 $16.59 $23.03 $31.15 $47.83 All excluding sales........................... 12.83 16.59 23.06 31.34 47.83 White collar.................................... 14.30 17.87 27.29 40.53 51.98 White collar excluding sales................ 14.38 18.08 27.36 40.95 51.99 Professional specialty and technical.......... 21.17 26.40 34.64 48.10 56.30 Professional specialty...................... 23.26 27.49 35.74 48.43 56.69 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.03 23.34 27.91 48.11 60.44 Registered nurses....................... 23.03 24.74 28.12 34.58 55.65 Teachers, college and university.......... 31.69 35.90 44.73 54.15 66.76 Other post-secondary teachers........... 31.69 36.06 43.64 54.04 62.17 Teachers, except college and university... 27.49 30.84 39.07 50.29 56.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.47 31.34 42.74 50.46 56.69 Secondary school teachers............... 29.37 33.67 43.72 54.58 58.98 Teachers, special education............. 26.96 29.26 36.36 46.03 51.98 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 22.25 31.56 41.36 49.45 56.30 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.70 19.79 23.26 25.77 29.11 Social workers.......................... 17.50 19.59 23.88 25.97 29.11 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.84 16.66 21.07 21.27 23.63 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.00 23.76 30.43 42.44 53.85 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.37 27.56 38.46 49.15 55.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.39 27.56 31.93 36.49 47.29 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.36 35.05 47.96 53.85 57.83 Management related........................ 18.70 22.44 23.76 30.43 34.51 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.66 13.64 15.82 17.87 21.90 Secretaries............................. 15.00 16.14 17.36 20.43 25.58 Typists................................. 12.12 13.30 14.38 14.88 17.26 Library clerks.......................... 10.20 10.73 17.08 17.87 19.78 General office clerks................... 12.60 14.26 15.11 17.14 23.10 Teachers' aides......................... 10.20 11.26 13.90 15.66 17.79 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.04 14.96 17.28 18.93 20.07 Blue collar..................................... $12.68 $16.61 $19.74 $21.54 $23.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 17.13 19.65 20.67 23.52 25.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.86 12.92 20.88 21.54 21.55 Bus drivers............................. 11.86 12.84 19.38 21.54 21.54 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 12.59 14.91 17.48 18.75 20.59 Service......................................... 11.48 14.10 18.91 25.81 30.68 Protective service........................ 16.04 19.19 23.84 28.59 32.11 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.76 27.12 31.15 33.56 36.81 Police and detectives, public service... 22.16 23.43 24.65 27.22 29.39 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.20 18.90 19.19 20.73 26.61 Correctional institution officers....... 14.30 15.94 17.65 24.40 28.29 Food service.............................. 9.74 10.90 13.22 14.96 16.17 Other food service....................... 9.74 10.90 13.22 14.96 16.17 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 10.18 11.28 14.74 14.96 14.96 Health service............................ 11.39 11.94 13.75 17.52 19.39 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.39 12.23 13.87 17.52 19.39 Cleaning and building service............. 11.06 12.00 13.57 16.87 18.53 Janitors and cleaners................... 11.06 12.00 13.57 16.87 18.53 Personal service.......................... 7.77 8.35 9.49 15.36 17.52 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $13.31 $19.32 $27.44 $39.00 All excluding sales........................... 10.03 13.50 19.43 27.50 39.15 White collar.................................... 12.00 16.07 23.77 33.65 47.72 White collar excluding sales................ 12.92 16.83 24.42 34.35 48.27 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.66 23.25 29.82 40.16 53.43 Professional specialty...................... 19.32 25.13 31.52 41.83 54.69 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 28.79 34.00 44.42 53.43 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.83 29.81 38.46 43.89 54.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.45 32.48 41.83 53.43 57.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.33 28.13 33.25 41.03 49.40 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.25 27.94 32.28 39.13 45.86 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.26 21.64 41.03 57.45 59.36 Natural scientists........................ 23.29 27.95 36.70 48.05 59.89 Biological and life scientists.......... 23.63 26.51 33.52 36.70 61.27 Health related............................ 20.67 24.75 29.16 34.24 53.80 Physicians.............................. 20.40 20.88 53.80 96.15 111.25 Registered nurses....................... 24.00 26.30 29.76 32.91 35.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 29.13 34.31 39.89 48.60 65.12 Other post-secondary teachers........... 22.23 34.09 42.60 52.32 61.96 Teachers, except college and university... 19.93 27.89 35.30 48.27 55.90 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.32 26.33 33.64 48.38 55.65 Secondary school teachers............... 29.04 33.08 43.18 54.58 58.98 Teachers, special education............. 26.40 28.55 36.36 44.97 51.98 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.57 31.56 32.45 44.11 53.04 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 20.47 23.89 28.97 44.03 48.43 Psychologists........................... 20.47 23.53 27.91 42.88 48.43 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.68 17.00 20.00 23.84 27.05 Social workers.......................... 13.94 17.00 19.63 25.05 27.40 Lawyers and judges........................ 27.29 38.46 67.31 76.92 85.17 Lawyers................................. 27.29 38.46 67.31 76.92 85.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 17.79 25.95 41.63 47.72 Technical................................... 14.10 17.30 21.87 27.86 35.58 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.88 13.49 14.36 17.06 24.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 19.00 20.60 21.20 23.59 25.67 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.80 16.45 19.25 21.05 23.39 Electrical and electronic technicians... 19.57 20.46 27.47 33.70 33.70 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 17.30 21.07 21.27 28.37 29.83 Chemical technicians.................... 15.03 16.81 20.91 23.01 25.75 Computer programmers.................... 15.87 21.19 29.23 42.59 46.30 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.73 22.76 28.85 39.60 56.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.00 28.00 35.93 50.48 65.88 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... $23.39 $27.56 $31.93 $36.49 $47.29 Financial managers...................... 35.71 37.26 44.66 65.88 65.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 25.18 40.38 48.80 66.03 69.71 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.82 24.13 36.63 51.00 57.83 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.50 30.25 30.25 33.63 38.96 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.95 25.34 30.53 31.32 31.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.90 29.00 35.58 52.88 74.52 Management related........................ 12.27 19.23 24.52 29.81 38.50 Accountants and auditors................ 18.70 20.47 24.61 29.75 32.99 Other financial officers................ 23.09 24.04 28.83 33.33 38.30 Management analysts..................... 18.20 26.05 31.82 40.24 54.34 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.03 17.07 28.42 35.83 41.41 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.25 23.33 25.68 25.68 28.72 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.25 11.25 19.38 26.23 27.23 Sales......................................... 8.75 10.67 17.03 26.44 37.13 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.50 17.35 22.11 30.75 34.00 Sales, other business services.......... 9.25 10.00 11.54 28.97 52.89 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 10.19 14.10 19.88 28.33 35.24 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.84 11.54 23.44 26.88 31.39 Cashiers................................ 8.00 9.00 11.01 13.60 17.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.34 12.74 15.43 18.57 22.20 Supervisors, general office............. 17.51 19.20 20.19 20.43 24.71 Secretaries............................. 12.74 15.40 17.54 20.10 25.58 Typists................................. 12.12 13.30 14.38 14.88 17.26 Hotel clerks............................ 8.50 9.18 10.20 12.13 13.75 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.86 12.80 14.59 17.35 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.00 11.08 13.26 19.15 25.08 Order clerks............................ 11.39 13.86 15.65 21.36 25.47 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.00 12.69 14.10 15.76 21.59 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.13 11.64 14.83 16.39 18.37 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 8.95 10.29 11.48 13.68 14.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 10.29 15.45 17.50 19.88 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.00 11.50 13.64 16.43 19.22 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.69 15.96 17.73 20.25 22.51 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.40 11.50 15.05 17.16 19.12 General office clerks................... 10.78 12.63 14.26 17.14 22.88 Teachers' aides......................... 10.49 11.50 13.90 15.93 19.07 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 12.80 16.26 18.93 21.93 Blue collar..................................... 10.12 12.99 18.21 21.90 25.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $13.10 $18.63 $21.98 $25.61 $29.40 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.59 19.00 23.10 26.09 30.08 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.00 13.35 21.32 23.52 25.61 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.37 21.19 22.95 25.25 25.75 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.93 14.00 20.93 22.72 26.05 Electricians............................ 19.27 19.84 22.16 23.70 31.17 Supervisors, production................. 11.43 18.25 25.12 28.27 30.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.92 12.61 15.54 20.20 23.70 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.13 11.49 12.58 20.32 22.93 Mixing and blending machine operators... 15.06 16.67 19.75 25.75 25.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.95 7.95 15.40 18.40 20.20 Assemblers.............................. 12.47 13.53 17.20 23.93 26.89 Transportation and material moving............ 10.71 14.09 19.02 21.20 25.25 Truck drivers........................... 13.12 17.97 19.02 22.07 25.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.71 13.66 17.71 21.05 21.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.00 10.68 13.40 17.77 21.16 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.00 8.00 13.28 16.18 18.11 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 11.10 12.00 13.39 16.12 20.59 Construction laborers................... 10.25 13.50 21.90 21.90 22.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 8.50 10.28 13.45 17.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.59 13.16 17.00 20.08 20.12 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.50 9.00 9.00 12.68 15.50 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.78 10.35 11.70 13.40 14.47 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.95 10.00 11.50 18.72 19.70 Service......................................... 8.00 9.50 12.04 16.95 25.69 Protective service........................ 9.00 12.93 19.63 26.22 30.93 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.76 27.12 31.15 33.56 36.81 Police and detectives, public service... 22.16 23.43 24.65 27.22 29.39 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.20 18.90 19.19 20.73 26.61 Correctional institution officers....... 14.30 15.94 17.65 24.40 28.29 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 8.80 10.50 12.36 14.85 Food service.............................. 5.00 8.19 10.40 14.25 16.95 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.33 3.47 6.18 8.19 13.06 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.20 2.44 4.57 8.19 8.19 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.28 4.75 11.51 13.62 14.80 Other food service....................... 8.00 9.14 11.48 14.96 17.31 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.11 14.91 17.16 22.93 22.93 Cooks................................... 8.50 10.00 11.30 14.50 17.31 Food counter, fountain, and related..... $7.34 $9.74 $10.74 $11.67 $14.63 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 10.00 10.75 13.08 15.35 19.10 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.88 8.42 9.35 12.32 14.96 Health service............................ 9.50 9.97 11.11 12.55 16.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.15 10.93 12.75 14.66 16.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.55 9.94 11.01 12.00 14.70 Cleaning and building service............. 8.37 9.65 12.35 14.72 17.88 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 8.46 9.25 11.90 13.62 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.45 11.64 13.01 15.52 17.48 Personal service.......................... 6.35 8.08 9.70 15.68 30.10 Supervisors, personal service........... 14.90 16.82 19.73 23.51 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.87 6.94 8.25 8.59 11.51 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 9.70 9.70 11.73 13.39 14.29 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.50 $10.25 $14.08 $24.80 All excluding sales........................... 6.30 8.00 11.00 15.00 27.00 White collar.................................... 6.75 8.35 12.00 24.12 31.54 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 11.75 17.87 28.46 34.56 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 23.50 27.00 31.52 37.00 Professional specialty...................... 19.95 24.18 28.10 31.65 38.97 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 24.38 27.34 30.00 33.02 38.50 Registered nurses....................... 24.34 27.34 29.75 32.00 35.24 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.51 27.41 32.09 35.36 37.65 Teachers, except college and university... 8.13 10.71 15.30 23.50 23.50 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.00 11.04 12.70 22.25 30.00 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.08 17.00 21.70 25.00 31.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.65 7.85 9.55 12.34 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.75 9.59 11.00 12.31 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.94 7.50 9.65 15.33 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.76 10.20 12.00 14.88 17.36 Secretaries............................. 12.30 13.52 16.06 17.54 17.54 Receptionists........................... 7.85 9.00 10.00 11.38 11.84 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.00 11.48 13.40 14.69 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 8.54 11.40 13.80 15.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 18.00 18.00 19.80 31.04 31.04 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 11.86 12.75 14.40 15.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.70 7.42 9.00 10.50 15.55 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 6.75 7.50 9.61 17.25 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.64 9.00 9.59 12.21 15.05 Service......................................... 4.25 6.50 8.50 11.25 13.50 Protective service........................ 6.67 8.00 10.00 12.97 13.00 Guards and police, except public service $6.66 $8.00 $10.00 $12.97 $12.97 Food service.............................. 2.83 4.75 6.94 10.50 12.60 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.20 2.83 4.47 6.50 15.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.20 2.83 2.84 10.35 15.00 Other food service....................... 5.75 7.00 8.50 10.75 12.10 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.50 7.65 9.55 11.55 12.09 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 6.00 7.25 9.75 11.84 Health service............................ 9.62 10.16 11.43 13.26 14.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.78 10.00 10.68 11.43 11.85 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.51 10.85 12.24 14.00 14.00 Cleaning and building service............. $6.30 $6.75 $8.00 $10.00 $15.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.30 6.60 7.50 10.00 15.86 Personal service.......................... 4.50 6.94 8.35 9.10 9.99 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.00 4.00 5.80 8.30 10.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.14 8.35 8.35 8.46 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,403,700 1,140,900 262,900 All excluding sales............................................. 1,302,100 1,040,200 261,900 White collar........................................................ 782,200 619,800 162,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 680,600 519,200 161,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 332,300 234,700 97,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 284,000 190,800 93,200 Technical....................................................... 48,400 44,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 134,100 114,400 19,700 Sales............................................................. 101,600 100,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 214,200 170,000 44,200 Blue collar......................................................... 304,500 274,600 29,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 76,800 65,200 11,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 60,700 60,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 84,000 74,100 10,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 83,000 74,800 8,200 Service............................................................. 317,000 246,400 70,600 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 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.