NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3130-12, January 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................. $20.23 4.6 37.2 $19.94 5.7 36.9 $21.65 2.6 38.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.78 5.1 37.5 24.84 6.3 37.1 24.57 3.7 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.85 7.9 38.2 32.99 10.2 37.9 28.78 4.3 38.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.01 4.4 40.1 33.89 4.4 40.1 30.02 11.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 18.54 16.4 33.9 18.54 16.4 34.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.52 2.3 37.2 15.93 2.5 37.0 13.51 1.8 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.83 5.6 38.6 15.74 5.9 38.9 17.36 1.4 34.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.9 40.3 19.45 6.3 40.4 20.12 .7 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.84 2.0 39.4 14.84 2.0 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.88 8.0 37.1 14.27 10.8 40.1 16.80 2.3 29.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.90 4.2 36.2 10.86 4.4 36.2 12.01 4.9 36.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.81 3.5 34.2 10.62 3.7 32.8 15.48 4.2 39.5 Full time........................................................... 21.06 4.9 39.6 20.90 6.0 39.7 21.83 2.6 39.4 Part time........................................................... 10.59 5.5 21.6 10.22 5.9 21.5 15.84 8.6 22.8 Union............................................................... 25.57 26.1 37.3 26.34 28.2 37.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 19.71 3.8 37.1 19.25 4.8 36.9 21.85 2.6 38.4 Time................................................................ 19.98 4.6 37.1 19.62 5.7 36.8 21.65 2.6 38.5 Incentive........................................................... 24.08 14.7 38.6 24.08 14.7 38.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.30 7.0 36.0 17.30 7.0 36.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.06 6.7 37.1 19.12 6.8 37.1 15.54 .8 39.7 500 workers or more................................................. 22.30 5.8 37.7 22.50 8.7 37.3 21.90 3.1 38.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.23 4.6 $19.94 5.7 $21.65 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.37 4.8 20.09 5.9 21.66 2.6 White collar........................................................ 24.78 5.1 24.84 6.3 24.57 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.80 5.6 26.15 7.0 24.59 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.85 7.9 32.99 10.2 28.78 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.28 4.7 32.96 6.0 30.77 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.31 5.3 34.26 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.21 7.5 30.21 7.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.65 6.6 40.65 6.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.11 6.4 32.09 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.73 4.7 30.70 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.66 9.9 31.28 10.7 25.25 6.2 Registered nurses........................................... 27.26 4.4 27.45 5.0 25.98 5.3 Pharmacists................................................. 42.98 5.5 42.98 5.5 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.23 .8 23.23 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.05 25.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.28 4.2 – – 32.66 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.69 1.1 – – 30.69 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.95 1.8 – – 30.95 1.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.70 3.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.03 6.1 – – 16.82 7.5 Social workers.............................................. 17.10 5.9 – – 16.90 7.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.37 23.0 30.37 23.0 – – Technical....................................................... 30.46 27.9 33.08 30.0 16.27 8.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.94 10.5 19.94 10.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.85 2.0 17.06 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.23 5.6 16.92 4.2 13.75 11.4 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.56 10.0 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.24 8.9 29.31 7.3 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.82 3.8 20.82 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.01 4.4 33.89 4.4 30.02 11.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.81 6.5 36.42 7.0 44.52 19.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.38 9.6 – – 24.38 9.6 Financial managers.......................................... 34.03 15.3 34.00 17.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.60 8.1 33.60 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.85 25.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.03 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.54 11.0 38.54 11.0 – – Management related............................................ $27.35 6.7 $30.40 6.9 $20.02 13.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.91 12.7 18.70 2.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.01 8.9 24.01 8.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.12 13.7 33.12 13.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.79 19.0 31.98 12.4 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.24 2.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 35.07 19.3 43.30 21.5 – – Sales............................................................. 18.54 16.4 18.54 16.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.29 7.4 15.29 7.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 25.11 32.8 25.11 32.8 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.68 .1 11.68 .1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.37 22.5 12.37 22.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.25 3.1 9.25 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.52 2.3 15.93 2.5 13.51 1.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 21.72 14.7 21.90 15.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.33 5.2 20.31 5.5 14.42 3.1 Receptionists............................................... 12.08 4.0 12.13 4.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.69 3.1 14.75 3.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.60 7.8 16.60 7.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.03 4.4 13.13 6.1 12.77 4.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.57 3.3 13.75 4.1 13.13 4.7 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.41 12.4 14.49 12.9 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.32 14.0 – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.70 13.9 13.70 13.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.17 5.1 13.34 6.0 12.20 4.1 Bank tellers................................................ 11.10 5.0 11.10 5.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.69 7.0 – – 12.69 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.16 6.2 14.21 6.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 5.6 15.74 5.9 17.36 1.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.9 19.45 6.3 20.12 .7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.95 10.9 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.67 11.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.55 7.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 20.18 2.0 20.36 1.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.19 7.3 20.19 7.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 23.62 15.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 2.0 14.84 2.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.12 10.7 15.12 10.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.88 10.3 16.88 10.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.76 15.0 12.76 15.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $14.88 8.0 $14.27 10.8 $16.80 2.3 Truck drivers............................................... 14.46 17.5 14.60 18.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.53 6.3 – – 17.65 2.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.74 6.8 14.74 6.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.90 4.2 10.86 4.4 12.01 4.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.16 5.4 10.16 5.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.01 10.3 13.01 10.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.13 9.2 9.13 9.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.48 13.9 10.43 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.81 3.5 10.62 3.7 15.48 4.2 Protective service............................................ 15.42 7.8 12.20 7.6 17.41 6.2 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 27.37 10.4 – – 27.37 10.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.77 18.5 – – 26.77 18.5 Firefighting................................................ 16.29 4.0 – – 13.95 2.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.18 6.7 – – 17.18 6.7 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 17.88 4.4 – – 17.88 4.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.12 6.4 – – 14.12 6.4 Food service.................................................. 8.39 7.2 7.80 8.0 13.78 10.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.63 11.5 4.63 11.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.63 30.7 3.63 30.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.86 7.6 9.24 9.1 13.78 10.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.14 3.5 13.12 3.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.46 7.1 11.46 7.1 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.37 6.1 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.57 19.0 7.58 26.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.31 18.9 7.59 8.8 – – Health service................................................ 9.71 3.9 9.65 4.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.65 4.2 9.64 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.12 7.9 9.65 9.4 13.29 16.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.29 6.5 8.29 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.38 9.9 9.81 12.2 13.29 16.1 Personal service.............................................. 18.64 9.7 21.21 9.8 10.54 9.3 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $21.06 4.9 $20.90 6.0 $21.83 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.02 5.1 20.83 6.3 21.83 2.6 White collar........................................................ 25.76 5.2 26.00 6.4 24.82 3.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 5.8 26.71 7.2 24.82 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.07 8.1 33.21 10.5 29.01 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.53 4.9 33.22 6.5 30.99 4.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.31 5.3 34.26 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.21 7.5 30.21 7.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.65 6.6 40.65 6.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.11 6.4 32.09 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.73 4.7 30.70 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.81 11.0 31.38 11.8 25.29 7.3 Registered nurses........................................... 27.30 4.9 27.45 5.4 26.20 6.6 Pharmacists................................................. 43.06 6.0 43.06 6.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.45 25.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.50 3.7 – – 32.90 3.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.69 1.1 – – 30.69 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.95 1.8 – – 30.95 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.03 6.1 – – 16.82 7.5 Social workers.............................................. 17.10 5.9 – – 16.90 7.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.37 23.0 30.37 23.0 – – Technical....................................................... 30.55 28.7 33.19 30.9 16.38 9.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.03 10.1 20.03 10.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.78 2.2 17.03 2.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.42 5.8 17.05 4.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.56 10.0 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.24 8.9 29.31 7.3 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.82 3.8 20.82 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.11 4.4 34.03 4.4 30.02 11.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.92 6.5 36.54 6.9 44.52 19.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.38 9.6 – – 24.38 9.6 Financial managers.......................................... 34.03 15.3 34.00 17.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.60 8.1 33.60 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.85 25.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.03 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.54 11.0 38.54 11.0 – – Management related............................................ 27.31 6.8 30.46 7.1 20.02 13.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.91 12.7 18.70 2.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... $22.43 5.6 $22.43 5.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.12 13.7 33.12 13.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.21 20.6 34.20 11.4 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.24 2.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 35.07 19.3 43.30 21.5 – – Sales............................................................. 21.73 16.0 21.72 16.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.29 7.4 15.29 7.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 25.91 32.2 25.91 32.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 12.02 1.0 12.02 1.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.66 6.2 10.66 6.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 2.2 16.44 2.5 $13.64 1.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 21.72 14.7 21.90 15.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.46 5.2 20.35 5.5 14.78 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 12.60 3.4 12.67 3.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.69 3.1 14.75 3.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.60 7.8 16.60 7.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.95 4.5 13.03 6.3 12.77 4.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.82 3.4 13.95 4.1 13.46 5.0 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.96 12.4 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.32 14.0 – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.70 13.9 13.70 13.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.67 3.8 13.95 4.4 12.20 4.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.69 7.0 – – 12.69 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.24 6.4 14.29 6.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 5.8 16.07 6.1 17.12 1.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.53 6.0 19.50 6.3 20.12 .7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.95 10.9 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.67 11.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.55 7.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 20.18 2.0 20.36 1.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.19 7.3 20.19 7.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 23.62 15.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 2.0 14.84 2.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.12 10.7 15.12 10.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.88 10.3 16.88 10.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.76 15.0 12.76 15.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 8.9 14.34 11.1 15.69 3.5 Truck drivers............................................... 14.51 18.4 14.67 19.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.25 8.0 – – 16.61 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.74 6.8 14.74 6.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $11.34 4.5 $11.31 4.7 $12.17 5.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.96 7.3 10.96 7.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.23 11.2 13.23 11.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.77 14.0 10.73 15.4 – – Service............................................................. 12.51 3.3 11.30 3.2 15.54 4.0 Protective service............................................ 15.57 7.7 12.33 7.5 17.47 6.0 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 27.37 10.4 – – 27.37 10.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.77 18.5 – – 26.77 18.5 Firefighting................................................ 16.29 4.0 – – 13.95 2.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.18 6.7 – – 17.18 6.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.12 6.4 – – 14.12 6.4 Food service.................................................. 9.71 9.1 8.99 11.3 13.78 10.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.19 15.4 5.19 15.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.41 7.6 10.80 10.4 13.78 10.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.27 3.6 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.43 3.4 12.43 3.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.48 6.0 10.10 2.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.43 17.3 8.10 8.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.84 3.6 9.78 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.78 4.0 9.78 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $10.30 6.9 $9.84 8.5 $13.37 16.4 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.29 6.5 8.29 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.63 8.6 10.08 11.0 13.37 16.4 Personal service.............................................. 19.11 10.6 22.62 11.4 10.62 9.6 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $10.59 5.5 $10.22 5.9 $15.84 8.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.17 6.5 10.73 7.2 16.07 8.6 White collar........................................................ 12.40 8.1 12.27 8.6 14.40 19.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.66 10.6 15.78 11.5 14.77 19.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.74 7.1 26.30 7.2 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.53 10.0 24.51 12.8 – – Health related................................................ 28.82 7.1 29.89 7.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.86 3.4 27.50 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 27.78 38.3 30.36 43.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.78 1.8 8.78 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.98 1.9 7.96 2.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.16 4.9 10.18 5.2 9.96 9.8 Blue collar......................................................... 10.11 5.0 8.37 7.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.97 6.4 7.93 6.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.46 9.2 7.46 9.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.90 11.4 7.89 11.6 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.86 10.4 5.86 10.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.65 18.3 3.65 18.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.80 8.5 6.80 8.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.80 3.9 6.80 3.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 16.78 32.7 17.06 33.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $835 4.6 39.6 $830 5.7 39.7 $860 2.9 39.4 All excluding sales............................................... 833 4.8 39.6 826 6.0 39.7 860 2.9 39.4 White collar........................................................ 1,023 4.8 39.7 1,033 5.9 39.7 984 3.4 39.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,043 5.3 39.7 1,060 6.7 39.7 984 3.4 39.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,259 7.1 39.3 1,300 9.1 39.1 1,149 3.6 39.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,291 4.9 39.7 1,324 6.4 39.9 1,218 4.0 39.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,381 5.4 40.2 1,379 5.5 40.2 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,228 9.0 40.6 1,228 9.0 40.6 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,627 6.6 40.0 1,627 6.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,304 6.6 40.6 1,304 6.6 40.6 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,253 5.0 40.8 1,252 5.1 40.8 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,211 11.2 39.3 1,232 12.0 39.3 1,012 7.3 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 1,072 5.2 39.2 1,075 5.8 39.2 1,048 6.6 40.0 Pharmacists................................................. 1,722 6.0 40.0 1,722 6.0 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,719 24.8 38.7 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,271 3.2 39.1 – – – 1,285 3.2 39.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,215 .7 39.6 – – – 1,215 .7 39.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,230 2.5 39.7 – – – 1,230 2.5 39.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 681 6.1 40.0 – – – 673 7.5 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 684 5.9 40.0 – – – 676 7.5 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,192 23.5 39.3 1,192 23.5 39.3 – – – Technical....................................................... 1,159 23.4 37.9 1,239 24.9 37.3 682 7.3 41.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 796 9.6 39.8 796 9.6 39.8 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 669 1.9 39.9 679 2.0 39.8 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 650 3.9 42.2 677 4.8 39.7 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 782 10.0 40.0 – – – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,090 8.9 40.0 1,172 7.3 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 833 3.8 40.0 833 3.8 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,340 4.5 40.5 1,383 4.4 40.6 1,201 11.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,536 6.4 40.5 1,484 6.8 40.6 1,781 19.0 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 975 9.6 40.0 – – – 975 9.6 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,361 15.3 40.0 1,360 17.4 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,347 7.2 40.1 1,347 7.2 40.1 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,950 25.0 39.9 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... $1,363 5.6 38.9 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,585 11.0 41.1 $1,585 11.0 41.1 – – – Management related............................................ 1,105 7.1 40.5 1,239 7.6 40.7 $801 13.8 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 876 12.7 40.0 748 2.2 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 916 6.0 40.8 916 6.0 40.8 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,372 13.0 41.4 1,372 13.0 41.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,008 20.6 40.0 1,368 11.4 40.0 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 745 1.6 40.8 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,418 18.8 40.4 1,763 20.5 40.7 – – – Sales............................................................. 869 16.1 40.0 869 16.2 40.0 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 611 7.4 40.0 611 7.4 40.0 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 1,027 32.2 39.6 1,027 32.2 39.6 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 491 3.2 40.8 491 3.2 40.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 424 6.0 39.8 424 6.0 39.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 635 2.2 39.8 656 2.4 39.9 539 2.1 39.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 875 14.9 40.3 882 15.5 40.3 – – – Secretaries................................................. 761 4.7 39.1 795 4.8 39.1 583 5.2 39.4 Receptionists............................................... 501 3.4 39.8 504 3.4 39.8 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 586 3.1 39.9 588 3.3 39.9 – – – Order clerks................................................ 661 7.4 39.8 661 7.4 39.8 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 518 4.5 40.0 521 6.3 40.0 511 4.9 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 551 3.3 39.9 557 4.0 39.9 536 5.0 39.9 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 598 12.4 40.0 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 685 13.2 39.5 – – – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 548 13.9 40.0 548 13.9 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 545 3.8 39.9 556 4.4 39.9 488 4.1 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 485 9.0 38.2 – – – 485 9.0 38.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 572 6.6 40.1 574 6.7 40.1 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 648 5.2 40.2 650 5.6 40.4 625 2.4 36.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 791 4.8 40.5 791 5.0 40.5 796 .7 39.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,111 11.1 39.7 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 747 11.2 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 742 7.6 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 807 2.0 40.0 814 1.7 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 808 7.3 40.0 808 7.3 40.0 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 945 15.9 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 585 2.3 39.4 585 2.3 39.4 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $605 10.7 40.0 $605 10.7 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 675 10.3 40.0 675 10.3 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 510 15.0 40.0 510 15.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 598 8.1 41.0 629 10.9 43.8 $505 3.8 32.2 Truck drivers............................................... 700 15.5 48.3 717 15.8 48.9 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 487 4.8 31.9 – – – 503 4.7 30.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 589 6.8 40.0 589 6.8 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 452 4.8 39.9 451 5.0 39.9 487 5.2 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 437 7.2 39.9 437 7.2 39.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 538 12.1 40.7 538 12.1 40.7 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 431 14.0 40.0 429 15.4 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 480 2.8 38.4 428 2.2 37.9 617 4.0 39.7 Protective service............................................ 645 8.4 41.4 493 7.5 40.0 739 6.3 42.3 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,293 15.8 47.2 – – – 1,293 15.8 47.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,071 18.5 40.0 – – – 1,071 18.5 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 791 4.2 48.5 – – – 722 5.0 51.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 693 6.8 40.3 – – – 693 6.8 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 566 6.5 40.1 – – – 566 6.5 40.1 Food service.................................................. 367 8.1 37.8 347 9.7 38.6 465 14.4 33.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 192 13.8 37.0 192 13.8 37.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 435 8.4 38.1 426 10.6 39.4 465 14.4 33.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 555 1.4 41.8 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 478 3.1 38.4 478 3.1 38.4 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 446 6.5 38.8 389 6.5 38.5 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 359 18.8 34.4 314 9.9 38.7 – – – Health service................................................ 387 3.9 39.3 384 4.1 39.2 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 383 4.3 39.2 383 4.5 39.1 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 407 6.9 39.5 392 8.6 39.9 493 8.9 36.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 321 4.7 38.7 321 4.7 38.7 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 422 8.3 39.6 406 10.8 40.3 493 8.9 36.9 Personal service.............................................. 587 6.1 30.7 648 4.5 28.6 395 7.3 37.2 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $42,357 4.6 2,011 $43,118 5.7 2,063 $39,242 2.9 1,797 All excluding sales............................................... 42,167 4.8 2,006 42,942 6.0 2,062 39,233 2.9 1,797 White collar........................................................ 51,438 4.8 1,997 53,669 5.9 2,064 43,964 3.4 1,772 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,199 5.3 1,987 55,062 6.7 2,062 43,956 3.4 1,771 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,236 7.1 1,910 67,419 9.1 2,030 47,861 3.6 1,650 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,518 4.9 1,891 68,631 6.4 2,066 49,286 4.0 1,590 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 71,794 5.4 2,092 71,698 5.5 2,093 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 63,843 9.0 2,113 63,843 9.0 2,113 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 84,578 6.6 2,081 84,578 6.6 2,081 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 67,830 6.6 2,113 67,805 6.6 2,113 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,165 5.0 2,120 65,112 5.1 2,121 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 62,761 11.2 2,037 64,049 12.0 2,041 50,533 7.3 1,998 Registered nurses........................................... 55,403 5.2 2,029 55,880 5.8 2,036 51,884 6.6 1,980 Pharmacists................................................. 89,568 6.0 2,080 89,568 6.0 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 68,749 24.8 1,547 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 49,204 3.2 1,514 – – – 48,976 3.2 1,489 Elementary school teachers.................................. 46,158 .7 1,504 – – – 46,158 .7 1,504 Secondary school teachers................................... 46,732 2.5 1,510 – – – 46,732 2.5 1,510 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,422 6.1 2,080 – – – 34,996 7.5 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 35,573 5.9 2,080 – – – 35,160 7.5 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 61,992 23.5 2,042 61,992 23.5 2,042 – – – Technical....................................................... 60,286 23.4 1,973 64,410 24.9 1,941 35,478 7.3 2,167 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 41,405 9.6 2,067 41,405 9.6 2,067 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,791 1.9 2,073 35,288 2.0 2,072 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 33,811 3.9 2,192 35,193 4.8 2,064 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40,679 10.0 2,080 – – – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 56,662 8.9 2,080 60,969 7.3 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 43,307 3.8 2,080 43,307 3.8 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,258 4.5 2,092 71,877 4.4 2,112 60,914 11.0 2,029 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,597 6.4 2,099 77,091 6.8 2,110 91,217 19.0 2,049 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 50,716 9.6 2,080 – – – 50,716 9.6 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 70,785 15.3 2,080 70,712 17.4 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 70,049 7.2 2,085 70,049 7.2 2,085 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 98,921 25.0 2,025 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... $70,862 5.6 2,023 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 82,406 11.0 2,138 $82,406 11.0 2,138 – – – Management related............................................ 56,902 7.1 2,084 64,421 7.6 2,115 $40,355 13.8 2,015 Accountants and auditors.................................... 45,577 12.7 2,080 38,900 2.2 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 47,619 6.0 2,123 47,619 6.0 2,123 – – – Management analysts......................................... 71,325 13.0 2,153 71,325 13.0 2,153 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 52,430 20.6 2,080 71,134 11.4 2,080 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 38,741 1.6 2,123 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 71,276 18.8 2,032 91,695 20.5 2,117 – – – Sales............................................................. 45,213 16.1 2,081 45,197 16.2 2,081 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31,793 7.4 2,080 31,793 7.4 2,080 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 53,400 32.2 2,061 53,400 32.2 2,061 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 25,512 3.2 2,122 25,512 3.2 2,122 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 22,065 6.0 2,069 22,065 6.0 2,069 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,486 2.2 2,037 34,106 2.4 2,074 25,639 2.1 1,879 Supervisors, general office................................. 45,482 14.9 2,094 45,859 15.5 2,094 – – – Secretaries................................................. 39,125 4.7 2,011 41,337 4.8 2,032 28,167 5.2 1,906 Receptionists............................................... 26,073 3.4 2,069 26,215 3.4 2,069 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 30,459 3.1 2,073 30,578 3.3 2,073 – – – Order clerks................................................ 34,379 7.4 2,071 34,379 7.4 2,071 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,936 4.5 2,080 27,110 6.3 2,080 26,561 4.9 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,660 3.3 2,075 28,947 4.0 2,075 27,883 5.0 2,072 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 31,116 12.4 2,080 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 35,605 13.2 2,056 – – – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 28,495 13.9 2,080 28,495 13.9 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,360 3.8 2,075 28,935 4.4 2,074 25,377 4.1 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 18,110 9.0 1,427 – – – 18,110 9.0 1,427 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,737 6.6 2,088 29,839 6.7 2,088 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,475 5.2 2,076 33,783 5.6 2,102 29,135 2.4 1,702 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,043 4.8 2,101 41,108 5.0 2,108 39,963 .7 1,986 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 57,002 11.1 2,039 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 38,439 11.2 2,059 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,586 7.6 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 41,973 2.0 2,080 42,343 1.7 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 41,995 7.3 2,080 41,995 7.3 2,080 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 49,124 15.9 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,441 2.3 2,051 30,441 2.3 2,051 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $31,457 10.7 2,080 $31,457 10.7 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 35,109 10.3 2,080 35,109 10.3 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 26,546 15.0 2,080 26,546 15.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,392 8.1 2,013 32,685 10.9 2,280 $21,235 3.8 1,354 Truck drivers............................................... 36,411 15.5 2,510 37,268 15.8 2,541 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 20,316 4.8 1,332 – – – 20,202 4.7 1,216 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,653 6.8 2,080 30,653 6.8 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,517 4.8 2,073 23,450 5.0 2,073 25,308 5.2 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,745 7.2 2,075 22,745 7.2 2,075 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,980 12.1 2,115 27,980 12.1 2,115 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,402 14.0 2,080 22,323 15.4 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,426 2.8 1,953 22,279 2.2 1,972 29,639 4.0 1,907 Protective service............................................ 33,517 8.4 2,153 25,653 7.5 2,080 38,420 6.3 2,199 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 67,237 15.8 2,456 – – – 67,237 15.8 2,456 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 55,672 18.5 2,080 – – – 55,672 18.5 2,080 Firefighting................................................ 41,111 4.2 2,523 – – – 37,536 5.0 2,691 Police and detectives, public service....................... 36,012 6.8 2,096 – – – 36,012 6.8 2,096 Correctional institution officers........................... 29,455 6.5 2,085 – – – 29,455 6.5 2,085 Food service.................................................. 17,940 8.1 1,847 18,058 9.7 2,008 17,516 14.4 1,271 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,985 13.8 1,925 9,985 13.8 1,925 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,766 8.4 1,820 22,130 10.6 2,050 17,516 14.4 1,271 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 28,863 1.4 2,175 – – – – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,842 3.1 1,999 24,842 3.1 1,999 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 19,404 6.5 1,690 20,216 6.5 2,002 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,290 18.8 1,562 16,307 9.9 2,013 – – – Health service................................................ 20,104 3.9 2,043 19,948 4.1 2,040 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,931 4.3 2,037 19,900 4.5 2,036 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,933 6.9 2,032 20,406 8.6 2,074 23,932 8.9 1,790 Maids and housemen.......................................... 16,667 4.7 2,011 16,667 4.7 2,011 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,640 8.3 2,035 21,094 10.8 2,093 23,932 8.9 1,790 Personal service.............................................. 29,254 6.1 1,531 33,683 4.5 1,489 17,451 7.3 1,643 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.23 4.6 $19.94 5.7 $21.65 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.37 4.8 20.09 5.9 21.66 2.6 White collar........................................................ 24.78 5.1 24.84 6.3 24.57 3.7 1....................................................... 8.24 3.7 8.26 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.79 3.2 9.80 3.5 9.70 1.9 3....................................................... 11.29 2.4 10.95 2.5 13.02 2.6 4....................................................... 14.42 3.5 14.76 4.1 12.71 3.4 5....................................................... 18.26 3.2 19.03 2.9 14.66 3.7 6....................................................... 17.64 3.1 18.42 2.8 14.32 3.0 7....................................................... 22.02 3.3 23.11 2.8 19.95 4.6 8....................................................... 25.96 2.8 25.44 3.5 27.95 5.9 9....................................................... 31.47 2.7 31.02 4.3 32.13 2.2 10........................................................ 38.17 4.1 37.89 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 54.90 25.1 56.09 27.9 45.34 12.7 12........................................................ 48.64 3.7 47.56 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.59 9.0 29.19 9.8 34.26 8.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.80 5.6 26.15 7.0 24.59 3.7 2....................................................... 10.21 3.5 10.28 4.1 9.70 1.9 3....................................................... 12.17 4.2 11.86 5.3 13.02 2.6 4....................................................... 14.38 2.0 14.82 2.4 12.71 3.4 5....................................................... 17.47 3.2 18.21 2.6 14.66 3.7 6....................................................... 17.80 3.5 18.80 3.2 14.32 3.0 7....................................................... 21.68 3.4 22.68 3.0 19.92 4.6 8....................................................... 25.97 2.8 25.45 3.5 27.95 5.9 9....................................................... 30.73 1.7 29.67 2.6 32.13 2.2 10........................................................ 38.17 4.1 37.89 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 58.43 28.7 60.60 32.2 45.34 12.7 12........................................................ 48.18 4.4 46.98 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.18 9.3 29.81 10.1 34.26 8.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.85 7.9 32.99 10.2 28.78 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.28 4.7 32.96 6.0 30.77 4.6 6....................................................... 20.23 7.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.73 4.6 19.95 11.9 21.18 3.5 8....................................................... 26.81 3.5 25.97 4.7 29.31 4.2 9....................................................... 31.07 1.7 29.19 2.8 33.03 1.2 10........................................................ 38.20 4.9 37.88 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.58 4.6 41.41 4.8 – – 12........................................................ 44.53 9.7 42.01 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.29 11.7 35.77 13.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.31 5.3 34.26 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.05 12.0 34.05 12.0 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.21 7.5 30.21 7.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.65 6.6 40.65 6.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.11 6.4 32.09 6.5 – – 8....................................................... $25.33 11.9 $25.33 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.90 3.7 31.90 3.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.01 5.7 40.01 5.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.73 4.7 30.70 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.33 12.1 25.33 12.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.62 4.3 31.62 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.87 3.7 36.87 3.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.66 9.9 31.28 10.7 $25.25 6.2 7....................................................... 20.93 13.8 21.25 15.6 – – 8....................................................... 25.44 2.9 25.39 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.33 1.8 25.53 1.6 – – 10........................................................ 41.16 8.9 41.81 8.5 – – 11........................................................ 42.39 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.99 38.4 45.99 38.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.26 4.4 27.45 5.0 25.98 5.3 7....................................................... 25.01 6.6 25.49 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.95 2.8 25.98 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.36 1.8 25.52 1.6 – – Pharmacists................................................. 42.98 5.5 42.98 5.5 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.23 .8 23.23 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.05 25.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.28 4.2 – – 32.66 4.2 8....................................................... 31.03 3.1 – – 31.62 3.2 9....................................................... 33.35 1.1 – – 33.35 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.69 1.1 – – 30.69 1.1 9....................................................... 32.09 .7 – – 32.09 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.95 1.8 – – 30.95 1.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.70 3.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.03 6.1 – – 16.82 7.5 7....................................................... 17.16 7.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.10 5.9 – – 16.90 7.5 7....................................................... 17.16 7.8 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.37 23.0 30.37 23.0 – – Technical....................................................... 30.46 27.9 33.08 30.0 16.27 8.8 5....................................................... 16.23 4.4 17.19 2.3 13.98 4.3 6....................................................... 18.48 6.2 18.93 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.27 7.7 21.35 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.69 6.4 22.69 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.91 13.7 33.89 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.64 24.6 29.64 24.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.94 10.5 19.94 10.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... $16.85 2.0 $17.06 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.98 .9 17.32 .8 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.23 5.6 16.92 4.2 $13.75 11.4 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.56 10.0 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.24 8.9 29.31 7.3 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 20.82 3.8 20.82 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.01 4.4 33.89 4.4 30.02 11.0 6....................................................... 15.57 5.0 – – 13.86 3.7 7....................................................... 20.85 3.4 22.32 3.5 18.40 4.6 8....................................................... 23.18 7.8 23.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.62 5.5 27.03 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 43.00 8.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.91 5.0 40.99 6.2 – – 12........................................................ 53.67 14.8 53.67 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.73 11.3 37.44 12.8 31.02 8.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.81 6.5 36.42 7.0 44.52 19.0 8....................................................... 20.76 5.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.97 11.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 44.07 5.9 41.52 4.9 – – 12........................................................ 49.49 16.1 49.49 16.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.14 11.7 42.49 12.7 28.29 8.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.38 9.6 – – 24.38 9.6 Financial managers.......................................... 34.03 15.3 34.00 17.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.60 8.1 33.60 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.85 25.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.03 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.54 11.0 38.54 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 38.19 7.5 38.19 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.85 16.4 44.85 16.4 – – Management related............................................ 27.35 6.7 30.40 6.9 20.02 13.8 6....................................................... 14.93 5.5 – – 13.86 3.7 7....................................................... 19.75 3.4 21.28 4.2 18.36 4.8 8....................................................... 25.58 9.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.04 3.6 27.80 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.93 8.9 23.02 5.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.91 12.7 18.70 2.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.01 8.9 24.01 8.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.12 13.7 33.12 13.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.79 19.0 31.98 12.4 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.24 2.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 35.07 19.3 43.30 21.5 – – Sales............................................................. 18.54 16.4 18.54 16.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.02 4.0 7.98 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.07 4.3 9.07 4.3 – – 3....................................................... $9.85 3.6 $9.85 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 14.8 14.59 14.8 – – 5....................................................... 22.84 9.5 22.84 9.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.62 3.2 16.62 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 43.57 16.8 43.57 16.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.29 7.4 15.29 7.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 25.11 32.8 25.11 32.8 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.68 .1 11.68 .1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.37 22.5 12.37 22.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.25 3.1 9.25 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.94 5.5 7.88 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.36 4.7 9.36 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.57 5.9 9.57 5.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.52 2.3 15.93 2.5 $13.51 1.8 2....................................................... 10.21 3.5 10.28 4.1 9.70 1.9 3....................................................... 12.19 4.3 11.87 5.3 13.12 2.7 4....................................................... 14.41 2.0 14.85 2.4 12.74 3.4 5....................................................... 17.96 3.9 18.65 3.4 14.26 2.9 6....................................................... 17.03 7.5 17.51 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.36 5.7 25.08 5.8 20.88 11.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 7.1 16.05 7.2 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 21.72 14.7 21.90 15.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.33 5.2 20.31 5.5 14.42 3.1 4....................................................... 13.83 3.7 13.99 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 19.90 6.2 20.22 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 24.89 8.0 24.96 8.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.08 4.0 12.13 4.1 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.69 3.1 14.75 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.32 3.8 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 16.60 7.8 16.60 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.04 7.2 17.04 7.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.03 4.4 13.13 6.1 12.77 4.9 3....................................................... 12.43 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.57 3.3 13.75 4.1 13.13 4.7 4....................................................... 13.96 2.7 14.50 2.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.41 12.4 14.49 12.9 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.32 14.0 – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.70 13.9 13.70 13.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.17 5.1 13.34 6.0 12.20 4.1 4....................................................... 14.52 6.7 15.26 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.37 5.1 15.50 5.6 – – Bank tellers................................................ 11.10 5.0 11.10 5.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.69 7.0 – – 12.69 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.16 6.2 14.21 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.18 8.6 14.25 8.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.83 5.6 $15.74 5.9 $17.36 1.4 1....................................................... 8.97 2.4 8.97 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.66 8.1 9.95 5.6 15.46 3.5 3....................................................... 14.47 5.5 14.40 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.79 5.8 14.84 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 9.5 16.04 10.6 16.04 5.1 6....................................................... 21.83 4.3 21.94 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.81 4.7 23.20 5.0 21.08 7.6 8....................................................... 27.96 4.5 28.14 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.35 7.4 19.26 7.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.9 19.45 6.3 20.12 .7 4....................................................... 14.34 5.0 14.34 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.73 13.0 15.73 13.8 – – 6....................................................... 21.91 4.2 22.03 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.17 4.9 23.61 5.2 21.32 7.3 8....................................................... 27.96 4.5 28.14 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.09 8.6 19.99 8.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.95 10.9 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.67 11.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.20 8.5 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.55 7.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 20.18 2.0 20.36 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.04 7.7 24.48 9.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.19 7.3 20.19 7.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 23.62 15.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 2.0 14.84 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 .9 10.73 .9 – – 3....................................................... 17.08 12.3 17.08 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.03 9.6 15.03 9.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.58 11.3 15.58 11.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.12 10.7 15.12 10.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.88 10.3 16.88 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 18.80 18.3 18.80 18.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.76 15.0 12.76 15.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.88 8.0 14.27 10.8 16.80 2.3 2....................................................... 14.42 5.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.27 10.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.09 11.4 15.26 12.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.70 7.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.46 17.5 14.60 18.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.98 18.4 15.03 18.9 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.53 6.3 – – 17.65 2.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $14.74 6.8 $14.74 6.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.90 4.2 10.86 4.4 $12.01 4.9 1....................................................... 9.11 2.2 9.11 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.21 9.2 10.14 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.30 4.1 12.30 4.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.16 5.4 10.16 5.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.24 2.5 9.24 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.53 8.3 11.53 8.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.01 10.3 13.01 10.3 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.13 9.2 9.13 9.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.48 13.9 10.43 15.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.81 3.5 10.62 3.7 15.48 4.2 1....................................................... 7.04 5.5 6.72 5.7 11.97 21.0 2....................................................... 8.20 6.3 7.87 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.80 7.2 11.01 7.3 14.97 12.8 4....................................................... 12.40 1.9 12.50 2.2 12.19 2.4 5....................................................... 13.00 6.9 12.82 6.0 13.13 11.5 6....................................................... 16.01 2.2 – – 16.01 3.3 7....................................................... 28.38 9.0 – – 18.22 3.7 8....................................................... 21.30 8.9 – – 21.30 8.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.72 17.4 13.83 10.2 – – Protective service............................................ 15.42 7.8 12.20 7.6 17.41 6.2 3....................................................... 10.33 4.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.46 3.9 12.81 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.78 2.6 – – 15.29 1.8 6....................................................... 16.08 3.9 – – 16.08 3.9 7....................................................... 18.22 3.7 – – 18.22 3.7 8....................................................... 21.30 8.9 – – 21.30 8.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.26 9.1 – – – – Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 27.37 10.4 – – 27.37 10.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.77 18.5 – – 26.77 18.5 Firefighting................................................ 16.29 4.0 – – 13.95 2.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.18 6.7 – – 17.18 6.7 6....................................................... 16.79 7.5 – – 16.79 7.5 7....................................................... 18.95 1.0 – – 18.95 1.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 17.88 4.4 – – 17.88 4.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.12 6.4 – – 14.12 6.4 Food service.................................................. 8.39 7.2 7.80 8.0 13.78 10.0 1....................................................... 6.10 7.6 6.04 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.63 13.5 6.50 14.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 9.7 – – 14.73 12.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.63 11.5 4.63 11.5 – – 1....................................................... 4.99 9.7 4.99 9.7 – – 2....................................................... 4.11 26.6 4.11 26.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $3.63 30.7 $3.63 30.7 – – 1....................................................... 3.37 28.1 3.37 28.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.86 7.6 9.24 9.1 $13.78 10.0 1....................................................... 6.66 8.0 6.58 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.30 7.5 9.33 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 9.7 – – 14.73 12.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.14 3.5 13.12 3.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.46 7.1 11.46 7.1 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.37 6.1 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.57 19.0 7.58 26.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.61 40.3 6.61 40.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.31 18.9 7.59 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.25 5.9 7.25 5.9 – – Health service................................................ 9.71 3.9 9.65 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.21 7.0 9.21 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.62 4.8 9.65 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.81 3.6 11.69 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.65 4.2 9.64 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.19 8.2 9.19 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.63 5.1 9.65 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.75 4.5 11.78 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.12 7.9 9.65 9.4 13.29 16.1 1....................................................... 8.08 8.9 7.51 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.84 2.8 8.60 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.69 9.7 12.94 10.3 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.29 6.5 8.29 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.38 9.9 9.81 12.2 13.29 16.1 1....................................................... 8.19 12.7 7.34 11.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.79 3.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.85 9.7 13.09 10.4 – – Personal service.............................................. $18.64 9.7 $21.21 9.8 $10.54 9.3 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $21.06 4.9 $20.90 6.0 $21.83 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.02 5.1 20.83 6.3 21.83 2.6 White collar........................................................ 25.76 5.2 26.00 6.4 24.82 3.6 2....................................................... 10.60 2.5 10.71 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.92 2.2 11.60 2.6 13.08 2.7 4....................................................... 14.83 2.7 15.23 3.1 12.83 3.8 5....................................................... 18.33 3.3 19.09 2.9 14.65 4.1 6....................................................... 17.64 3.1 18.42 2.8 14.32 3.0 7....................................................... 22.16 3.7 23.37 3.5 19.95 4.6 8....................................................... 25.97 2.9 25.43 3.5 28.15 6.4 9....................................................... 31.61 2.7 31.24 4.4 32.13 2.2 10........................................................ 38.20 4.1 37.91 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 55.45 25.5 56.74 28.4 45.34 12.7 12........................................................ 48.64 3.7 47.56 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.71 9.0 29.30 9.8 34.26 8.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 5.8 26.71 7.2 24.82 3.6 2....................................................... 10.68 3.0 10.83 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.50 3.1 12.23 4.2 13.08 2.7 4....................................................... 14.50 2.1 14.94 2.4 12.83 3.8 5....................................................... 17.53 3.3 18.25 2.7 14.65 4.1 6....................................................... 17.80 3.5 18.80 3.2 14.32 3.0 7....................................................... 21.81 3.8 22.94 3.8 19.92 4.6 8....................................................... 25.97 2.9 25.43 3.5 28.15 6.4 9....................................................... 30.86 1.7 29.86 2.6 32.13 2.2 10........................................................ 38.20 4.1 37.91 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 59.29 29.2 61.71 32.9 45.34 12.7 12........................................................ 48.18 4.4 46.98 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.32 9.2 29.96 10.1 34.26 8.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.07 8.1 33.21 10.5 29.01 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.53 4.9 33.22 6.5 30.99 4.4 6....................................................... 20.23 7.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.15 4.7 21.09 13.3 21.18 3.5 8....................................................... 26.84 3.6 25.95 4.7 29.67 4.3 9....................................................... 31.25 1.6 29.44 2.7 33.03 1.2 10........................................................ 38.23 5.0 37.91 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 40.52 4.7 41.37 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 44.53 9.7 42.01 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.29 11.7 35.77 13.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.31 5.3 34.26 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.05 12.0 34.05 12.0 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.21 7.5 30.21 7.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.65 6.6 40.65 6.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.11 6.4 32.09 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.33 11.9 25.33 11.9 – – 9....................................................... $31.90 3.7 $31.90 3.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.01 5.7 40.01 5.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.73 4.7 30.70 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.33 12.1 25.33 12.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.62 4.3 31.62 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.87 3.7 36.87 3.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.81 11.0 31.38 11.8 $25.29 7.3 7....................................................... 20.89 14.6 21.23 16.6 – – 8....................................................... 25.40 3.2 25.30 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.15 2.3 25.36 2.0 – – 10........................................................ 41.37 9.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.99 38.4 45.99 38.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.30 4.9 27.45 5.4 26.20 6.6 7....................................................... 25.36 6.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.94 3.1 25.90 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 2.3 25.35 2.0 – – Pharmacists................................................. 43.06 6.0 43.06 6.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.45 25.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.50 3.7 – – 32.90 3.7 8....................................................... 31.03 3.1 – – 31.62 3.2 9....................................................... 33.35 1.1 – – 33.35 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.69 1.1 – – 30.69 1.1 9....................................................... 32.09 .7 – – 32.09 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.95 1.8 – – 30.95 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.03 6.1 – – 16.82 7.5 7....................................................... 17.16 7.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.10 5.9 – – 16.90 7.5 7....................................................... 17.16 7.8 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.37 23.0 30.37 23.0 – – Technical....................................................... 30.55 28.7 33.19 30.9 16.38 9.0 5....................................................... 16.15 4.9 17.24 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.48 6.2 18.93 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.22 7.8 21.30 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.69 6.4 22.69 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.94 13.8 33.95 14.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.03 10.1 20.03 10.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.78 2.2 17.03 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.91 1.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.42 5.8 17.05 4.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 19.56 10.0 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.24 8.9 29.31 7.3 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $20.82 3.8 $20.82 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.11 4.4 34.03 4.4 $30.02 11.0 6....................................................... 15.57 5.0 – – 13.86 3.7 7....................................................... 20.85 3.4 22.32 3.5 18.40 4.6 8....................................................... 23.18 7.8 23.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.62 5.5 27.03 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 43.00 8.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.30 5.6 41.36 7.1 – – 12........................................................ 53.67 14.8 53.67 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.21 10.8 38.01 12.2 31.02 8.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.92 6.5 36.54 6.9 44.52 19.0 8....................................................... 20.76 5.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.97 11.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 44.07 5.9 41.52 4.9 – – 12........................................................ 49.49 16.1 49.49 16.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.48 11.5 42.90 12.4 28.29 8.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.38 9.6 – – 24.38 9.6 Financial managers.......................................... 34.03 15.3 34.00 17.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.60 8.1 33.60 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 48.85 25.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.03 6.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.54 11.0 38.54 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 38.19 7.5 38.19 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.85 16.4 44.85 16.4 – – Management related............................................ 27.31 6.8 30.46 7.1 20.02 13.8 6....................................................... 14.93 5.5 – – 13.86 3.7 7....................................................... 19.75 3.4 21.28 4.2 18.36 4.8 8....................................................... 25.58 9.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.04 3.6 27.80 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.22 8.9 23.19 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.91 12.7 18.70 2.2 – – Other financial officers.................................... 22.43 5.6 22.43 5.6 – – Management analysts......................................... 33.12 13.7 33.12 13.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.21 20.6 34.20 11.4 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.24 2.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 35.07 19.3 43.30 21.5 – – Sales............................................................. 21.73 16.0 21.72 16.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.35 6.0 10.35 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 4.1 10.67 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.38 11.1 16.38 11.1 – – 5....................................................... 22.84 9.5 22.84 9.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.62 3.2 16.62 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 43.57 16.8 43.57 16.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.29 7.4 15.29 7.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. $25.91 32.2 $25.91 32.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 12.02 1.0 12.02 1.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.66 6.2 10.66 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.76 5.8 10.76 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.91 8.1 10.91 8.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 2.2 16.44 2.5 $13.64 1.9 2....................................................... 10.68 3.0 10.83 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 3.2 12.23 4.2 13.18 2.8 4....................................................... 14.52 2.1 14.97 2.4 12.83 3.8 5....................................................... 17.97 3.9 18.65 3.4 14.26 2.9 6....................................................... 17.03 7.5 17.51 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.36 5.7 25.08 5.8 20.88 11.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.30 7.6 16.28 7.7 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 21.72 14.7 21.90 15.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 19.46 5.2 20.35 5.5 14.78 4.8 4....................................................... 13.83 3.7 13.99 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 19.91 6.2 20.23 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 24.89 8.0 24.96 8.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.60 3.4 12.67 3.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.69 3.1 14.75 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.32 3.8 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 16.60 7.8 16.60 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.04 7.2 17.04 7.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.95 4.5 13.03 6.3 12.77 4.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.82 3.4 13.95 4.1 13.46 5.0 4....................................................... 14.33 1.9 14.60 2.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.96 12.4 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.32 14.0 – – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.70 13.9 13.70 13.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.67 3.8 13.95 4.4 12.20 4.1 4....................................................... 14.52 6.7 15.26 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.37 5.1 15.50 5.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.69 7.0 – – 12.69 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.24 6.4 14.29 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.18 8.6 14.25 8.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 5.8 16.07 6.1 17.12 1.7 1....................................................... 9.39 2.9 9.39 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.30 6.8 9.93 5.6 13.87 3.3 3....................................................... 14.56 6.2 14.57 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.88 5.9 14.94 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 9.5 16.04 10.6 16.04 5.1 6....................................................... 21.83 4.3 21.94 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.81 4.7 23.20 5.0 21.08 7.6 8....................................................... 27.96 4.5 28.14 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $19.35 7.4 $19.26 7.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.53 6.0 19.50 6.3 $20.12 0.7 4....................................................... 14.81 1.5 14.81 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.73 13.0 15.73 13.8 – – 6....................................................... 21.91 4.2 22.03 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.17 4.9 23.61 5.2 21.32 7.3 8....................................................... 27.96 4.5 28.14 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.09 8.6 19.99 8.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.95 10.9 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.67 11.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.20 8.5 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.55 7.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 20.18 2.0 20.36 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.04 7.7 24.48 9.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.19 7.3 20.19 7.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 23.62 15.9 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 2.0 14.84 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 .9 10.73 .9 – – 3....................................................... 17.08 12.3 17.08 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.03 9.6 15.03 9.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.58 11.3 15.58 11.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.12 10.7 15.12 10.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.88 10.3 16.88 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 18.80 18.3 18.80 18.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.76 15.0 12.76 15.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 8.9 14.34 11.1 15.69 3.5 2....................................................... 12.89 5.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.09 11.8 15.26 12.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.70 7.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.51 18.4 14.67 19.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.97 19.2 15.03 19.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.25 8.0 – – 16.61 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.74 6.8 14.74 6.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 4.5 11.31 4.7 12.17 5.2 1....................................................... 9.66 2.2 9.66 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.21 9.2 10.14 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.49 4.0 12.49 4.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.96 7.3 10.96 7.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.23 11.2 13.23 11.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.77 14.0 10.73 15.4 – – Service............................................................. 12.51 3.3 11.30 3.2 15.54 4.0 1....................................................... $7.70 5.2 $7.29 5.1 $12.15 21.6 2....................................................... 8.72 9.5 8.39 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.95 7.4 11.14 7.5 15.12 12.7 4....................................................... 12.56 2.1 12.76 2.1 12.19 2.4 5....................................................... 13.05 6.9 12.82 6.0 13.22 11.8 6....................................................... 15.92 2.4 – – 16.01 3.3 7....................................................... 29.23 7.5 – – 18.22 3.7 8....................................................... 21.30 8.9 – – 21.30 8.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.88 17.4 13.93 10.2 – – Protective service............................................ 15.57 7.7 12.33 7.5 17.47 6.0 4....................................................... 12.32 3.2 12.50 5.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.90 2.7 – – 15.51 .4 6....................................................... 16.08 3.9 – – 16.08 3.9 7....................................................... 18.22 3.7 – – 18.22 3.7 8....................................................... 21.30 8.9 – – 21.30 8.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.26 9.1 – – – – Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 27.37 10.4 – – 27.37 10.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 26.77 18.5 – – 26.77 18.5 Firefighting................................................ 16.29 4.0 – – 13.95 2.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.18 6.7 – – 17.18 6.7 6....................................................... 16.79 7.5 – – 16.79 7.5 7....................................................... 18.95 1.0 – – 18.95 1.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.12 6.4 – – 14.12 6.4 Food service.................................................. 9.71 9.1 8.99 11.3 13.78 10.0 1....................................................... 7.02 8.8 6.92 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.33 24.6 7.20 26.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.61 10.2 – – 14.73 12.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.19 15.4 5.19 15.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.41 7.6 10.80 10.4 13.78 10.0 1....................................................... 7.98 11.5 7.85 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.61 10.2 – – 14.73 12.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 13.27 3.6 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 12.43 3.4 12.43 3.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.48 6.0 10.10 2.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.43 17.3 8.10 8.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.84 3.6 9.78 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.47 7.0 9.47 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.61 5.4 9.65 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.78 3.9 11.65 4.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.78 4.0 9.78 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.50 8.1 9.50 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.63 5.8 9.65 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.71 5.0 11.74 5.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.30 6.9 9.84 8.5 13.37 16.4 1....................................................... 8.29 7.8 7.69 6.7 – – 2....................................................... $8.84 2.8 $8.60 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.73 9.7 12.94 10.3 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.29 6.5 8.29 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.63 8.6 10.08 11.0 $13.37 16.4 1....................................................... 8.51 11.2 7.59 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.79 3.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.89 9.7 13.09 10.4 – – Personal service.............................................. 19.11 10.6 22.62 11.4 10.62 9.6 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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................................................................... $10.59 5.5 $10.22 5.9 $15.84 8.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.17 6.5 10.73 7.2 16.07 8.6 White collar........................................................ 12.40 8.1 12.27 8.6 14.40 19.7 1....................................................... 8.06 5.8 8.08 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.62 3.9 8.63 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.51 6.2 9.50 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.33 6.2 10.29 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.07 4.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.87 5.9 24.87 5.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.66 10.6 15.78 11.5 14.77 19.9 2....................................................... 9.02 6.2 9.06 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.75 13.8 10.76 14.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.91 2.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.07 4.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.87 5.9 24.87 5.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.74 7.1 26.30 7.2 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.53 10.0 24.51 12.8 – – Health related................................................ 28.82 7.1 29.89 7.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.86 3.4 27.50 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 27.78 38.3 30.36 43.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.78 1.8 8.78 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.54 3.0 7.44 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 3.7 8.30 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.50 5.2 8.50 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.07 8.3 10.07 8.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.98 1.9 7.96 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.50 3.0 7.39 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.40 3.2 8.40 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.85 1.0 7.85 1.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.16 4.9 10.18 5.2 9.96 9.8 2....................................................... 9.02 6.2 9.06 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.75 13.9 10.75 14.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.11 5.0 8.37 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 5.3 7.44 5.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $17.41 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.97 6.4 $7.93 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 5.3 7.44 5.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.46 9.2 7.46 9.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.29 7.7 7.29 7.7 – – Service............................................................. 7.90 11.4 7.89 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 5.56 10.4 5.54 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.04 13.8 6.04 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.66 5.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.86 10.4 5.86 10.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.18 10.0 5.18 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 5.03 11.9 5.03 11.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.65 18.3 3.65 18.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.80 8.5 6.80 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.66 8.3 5.66 8.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.80 3.9 6.80 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.65 .0 6.65 .0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 16.78 32.7 17.06 33.8 – – 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 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....................................................... $21.06 $10.59 $25.57 $19.71 $19.98 $24.08 All excluding sales............................................. 21.02 11.17 25.98 19.80 20.46 18.26 White collar........................................................ 25.76 12.40 43.02 24.05 24.58 27.09 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.27 15.66 48.38 24.92 26.03 20.76 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.07 24.74 – 29.92 31.85 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.53 23.53 – 32.17 32.28 – Technical....................................................... 30.55 27.78 – 21.92 30.46 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.11 – – 33.01 32.94 33.95 Sales............................................................. 21.73 8.78 – 18.65 12.18 32.49 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.95 10.16 18.83 15.39 15.54 15.24 Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 10.11 20.46 14.58 15.90 14.73 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.53 – 22.77 18.27 19.38 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 – 23.03 12.39 15.13 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.60 17.41 17.77 14.50 15.19 13.70 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 7.97 12.09 10.69 10.94 – Service............................................................. 12.51 7.90 16.16 11.53 11.80 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.9 5.5 26.1 3.8 4.6 14.7 All excluding sales............................................. 5.1 6.5 26.7 3.7 4.8 8.1 White collar........................................................ 5.2 8.1 45.8 4.1 5.4 14.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.8 10.6 48.2 4.2 5.5 9.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.1 7.1 – 5.3 7.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.9 10.0 – 4.7 4.7 – Technical....................................................... 28.7 38.3 – 6.8 27.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 – – 4.4 4.7 10.4 Sales............................................................. 16.0 1.8 – 17.1 4.9 16.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.2 4.9 5.8 2.4 2.4 7.1 Blue collar......................................................... 5.8 5.0 5.8 6.3 5.4 13.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.0 – 3.0 7.8 6.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 – 7.4 4.1 2.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.9 5.4 5.3 10.0 5.2 19.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 6.4 4.6 3.9 4.2 – Service............................................................. 3.3 11.4 8.7 3.4 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.94 - – - - - $26.05 $17.77 - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.09 - – - - - 26.67 17.78 - - White collar........................................................ 24.84 - – - - - 30.78 21.69 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.15 - – - - - 32.56 25.52 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.99 - – - - - 54.49 32.28 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.96 - – - - - 32.98 32.57 - - Technical....................................................... 33.08 - – - - - 81.46 30.08 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.89 - – - - - 35.67 33.81 - - Sales............................................................. 18.54 - – - - - 15.33 17.77 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.93 - – - - - 16.36 15.66 - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.74 - – - - - 19.09 14.98 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.45 - – - - - 27.05 19.50 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 - – - - - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.27 - – - - - 15.28 13.78 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.86 - – - - - 13.41 10.72 - - Service............................................................. 10.62 - – - - - – 6.86 - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.7 - – - - - 23.6 12.0 - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.9 - – - - - 25.8 7.7 - - White collar........................................................ 6.3 - – - - - 23.6 9.8 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.0 - – - - - 27.2 4.4 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 10.2 - – - - - 32.8 3.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 - – - - - 3.0 2.5 - - Technical....................................................... 30.0 - – - - - 48.1 17.8 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 - – - - - 4.0 10.2 - - Sales............................................................. 16.4 - – - - - 5.3 22.9 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 - – - - - 2.1 3.4 - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.9 - – - - - 14.2 10.3 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.3 - – - - - 1.7 3.1 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 - – - - - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.8 - – - - - 18.2 11.6 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 - – - - - 3.1 6.4 - - Service............................................................. 3.7 - – - - - – 5.7 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.94 $17.30 $20.74 $19.12 $22.50 All excluding sales............................................. 20.09 17.66 20.81 18.99 22.57 White collar........................................................ 24.84 23.97 25.04 22.39 28.38 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.15 26.84 26.00 23.17 28.88 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.99 33.17 32.95 31.19 34.03 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.96 38.66 31.98 34.92 30.37 Technical....................................................... 33.08 25.33 35.94 22.27 47.40 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.89 35.47 33.43 35.85 32.02 Sales............................................................. 18.54 14.24 20.01 19.87 20.70 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.93 14.45 16.21 16.09 16.48 Blue collar......................................................... 15.74 13.93 16.42 15.37 17.60 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.45 17.62 20.01 19.30 20.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.84 13.00 15.29 12.08 20.83 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.27 13.11 15.33 15.08 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.86 10.47 11.05 10.33 11.53 Service............................................................. 10.62 7.52 11.86 9.70 13.10 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.7 7.0 6.7 6.8 8.7 All excluding sales............................................. 5.9 7.6 6.8 6.2 9.2 White collar........................................................ 6.3 9.0 7.3 8.2 8.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.0 9.6 8.2 8.7 9.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 10.2 17.3 11.0 11.1 16.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 14.9 5.5 12.0 3.5 Technical....................................................... 30.0 24.6 35.9 7.5 48.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 11.7 3.8 12.8 4.2 Sales............................................................. 16.4 10.2 20.1 24.0 28.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 6.9 3.6 5.0 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 5.9 5.7 7.9 6.8 13.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.3 6.6 8.1 6.5 16.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.0 8.9 3.9 6.7 7.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.8 8.2 11.5 15.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 10.8 6.4 2.9 9.2 Service............................................................. 3.7 5.4 5.3 5.4 10.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.45 $11.30 $16.00 $25.25 $35.82 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.50 16.35 25.35 35.58 White collar.................................... 10.70 13.85 20.26 30.36 42.40 White collar excluding sales................ 11.87 15.00 21.34 31.25 42.74 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.47 21.17 28.08 36.38 45.15 Professional specialty...................... 19.76 24.42 30.47 38.55 45.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.23 30.14 32.68 38.63 43.28 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.43 29.57 31.06 31.35 38.21 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.82 37.33 39.64 44.24 50.96 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.51 25.01 31.92 38.27 42.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.19 24.04 30.14 36.07 41.80 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.98 22.75 26.23 33.30 46.64 Registered nurses....................... 20.66 23.03 25.96 29.26 34.32 Pharmacists............................. 37.00 39.89 42.99 46.71 50.52 Respiratory therapists.................. 22.00 22.00 22.77 23.44 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.00 27.19 32.97 47.62 65.41 Teachers, except college and university... 23.06 26.87 30.85 38.40 44.03 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.43 25.09 29.82 35.53 40.59 Secondary school teachers............... 20.77 25.34 29.82 36.16 41.56 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.55 27.69 30.46 37.24 42.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.58 14.17 16.52 19.38 22.68 Social workers.......................... 11.58 14.42 16.65 19.42 22.68 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 21.87 31.97 38.55 38.55 Technical................................... 13.86 16.56 19.78 25.52 33.40 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.56 16.47 19.51 22.45 26.15 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.07 15.76 16.77 18.05 19.70 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.90 12.99 15.13 15.87 23.48 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.86 16.50 18.76 21.66 26.23 Computer programmers.................... 19.38 22.57 28.58 31.25 34.16 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 16.35 18.05 20.99 23.56 24.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.21 20.00 28.71 40.89 55.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.91 23.32 34.33 45.54 56.49 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.17 21.34 21.64 29.00 29.06 Financial managers...................... 18.57 18.57 35.78 42.79 45.22 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 16.23 20.56 32.44 42.74 47.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.10 29.08 44.86 55.77 88.89 Managers, medicine and health........... 26.97 31.73 34.55 37.94 47.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.31 23.35 34.93 48.17 57.63 Management related........................ $15.31 $18.00 $22.79 $31.75 $47.89 Accountants and auditors................ 16.06 18.00 21.15 26.68 29.39 Other financial officers................ 16.21 17.66 22.79 28.94 35.82 Management analysts..................... 22.84 25.20 29.95 34.44 57.69 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 13.96 20.99 34.23 43.27 Construction inspectors................. 15.31 16.62 18.16 19.88 21.98 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.38 18.31 29.35 49.40 72.12 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.29 12.50 23.08 40.87 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.50 13.25 15.00 16.46 19.27 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 11.87 19.49 23.08 39.12 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.00 9.75 11.08 13.16 15.70 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.82 8.20 10.82 14.57 21.30 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.25 8.81 10.88 12.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 12.00 14.00 18.03 22.75 Supervisors, general office............. 13.45 13.45 24.97 25.32 32.31 Secretaries............................. 12.00 14.16 18.23 24.22 28.46 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.26 12.00 13.00 15.21 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.50 12.65 13.87 16.78 18.49 Order clerks............................ 11.50 13.34 16.11 19.68 22.38 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.13 11.50 12.71 13.99 16.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.48 11.75 13.57 15.18 16.46 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.65 12.92 17.86 21.23 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.43 12.64 15.87 21.39 23.68 Bill and account collectors............. 11.00 11.00 11.00 15.09 19.71 General office clerks................... 8.50 10.26 12.77 15.50 19.28 Bank tellers............................ 9.88 10.00 11.12 12.00 12.37 Teachers' aides......................... 8.72 10.07 12.27 14.54 18.39 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.11 12.54 13.75 15.30 18.58 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 10.00 14.25 19.88 26.51 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.85 14.50 18.85 25.15 28.20 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.36 24.52 24.52 36.13 36.13 Automobile mechanics.................... 12.50 14.52 18.00 20.00 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.70 15.70 17.69 20.41 25.35 Electricians............................ 15.00 16.00 18.00 25.15 27.00 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 15.75 18.79 20.63 31.20 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 15.15 15.15 24.40 32.62 32.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.30 13.05 17.08 26.58 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 12.04 19.34 26.17 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 9.00 13.55 26.67 26.89 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.30 10.39 15.35 26.30 Transportation and material moving............ $9.25 $11.12 $14.52 $18.51 $19.89 Truck drivers........................... 8.87 10.10 14.28 19.35 19.35 Bus drivers............................. 10.00 13.84 17.95 18.83 20.77 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.25 14.00 14.35 16.75 18.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.40 10.10 12.62 16.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.25 8.60 10.00 11.95 13.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.25 8.50 11.00 17.50 19.59 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.87 8.40 8.40 16.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.00 11.00 13.00 14.25 Service......................................... 5.75 8.00 10.35 13.82 17.66 Protective service........................ 9.25 11.26 14.19 17.78 24.32 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.29 23.24 28.91 31.86 33.61 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 17.12 19.14 25.48 38.80 41.18 Firefighting............................ 10.90 12.26 14.91 19.18 24.32 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 13.93 16.79 19.71 24.29 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.96 15.87 17.73 19.39 22.96 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.37 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.40 8.00 11.67 13.82 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.19 7.18 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.75 7.50 Other food service....................... 5.45 7.00 9.54 12.50 14.45 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.46 12.05 12.50 15.54 16.16 Cooks................................... 7.75 10.00 11.45 13.46 14.45 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 4.11 5.50 6.05 7.00 8.48 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 7.40 11.30 11.95 14.20 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 8.50 8.99 13.60 Health service............................ 8.00 8.00 9.09 11.01 12.02 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.16 Cleaning and building service............. $5.75 $7.37 $8.60 $11.75 $15.72 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.11 7.84 9.06 10.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 7.37 8.75 12.42 16.75 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.99 11.42 17.16 48.32 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.99 $15.82 $24.97 $35.36 All excluding sales........................... 8.35 11.18 16.04 25.00 35.00 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.75 20.15 30.19 42.75 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.30 21.36 31.29 43.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.97 21.43 28.15 37.02 46.64 Professional specialty...................... 20.19 24.29 31.01 38.81 46.64 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.23 30.14 32.68 38.63 43.28 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.43 29.57 31.06 31.35 38.21 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.82 37.33 39.64 44.24 50.96 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.51 25.01 31.88 38.32 42.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.19 23.95 30.08 36.14 41.80 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.20 22.79 26.50 36.00 46.64 Registered nurses....................... 20.89 23.06 25.96 29.20 35.85 Pharmacists............................. 37.00 39.89 42.99 46.71 50.52 Respiratory therapists.................. 22.00 22.00 22.77 23.44 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 21.87 31.97 38.55 38.55 Technical................................... 15.80 17.20 20.84 26.23 35.01 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.56 16.47 19.51 22.45 26.15 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.33 16.00 16.99 18.25 19.81 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.71 13.40 15.26 21.94 25.61 Computer programmers.................... 21.00 27.25 30.29 32.69 34.49 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 16.35 18.05 20.99 23.56 24.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.31 20.99 28.94 42.01 56.49 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.31 22.60 34.18 45.22 56.49 Financial managers...................... 18.57 18.57 36.06 42.79 45.22 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 16.23 20.56 32.44 42.74 47.98 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.31 23.35 34.93 48.17 57.63 Management related........................ 16.71 19.78 25.91 34.71 56.40 Accountants and auditors................ 16.06 16.06 18.00 21.15 21.15 Other financial officers................ 16.21 17.66 22.79 28.94 35.82 Management analysts..................... 22.84 25.20 29.95 34.44 57.69 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 19.62 20.99 29.18 43.27 47.89 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.31 18.68 42.01 60.60 72.12 Sales......................................... $7.50 $9.32 $12.50 $23.08 $40.89 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.50 13.25 15.00 16.46 19.27 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 11.87 19.49 23.08 39.12 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.00 9.75 11.08 13.16 15.70 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.82 8.20 10.82 14.57 21.30 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.25 8.75 10.92 12.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.25 12.00 14.63 18.58 24.00 Supervisors, general office............. 13.45 13.45 24.97 25.32 32.31 Secretaries............................. 12.13 15.50 19.37 25.64 28.93 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.25 12.00 13.00 15.21 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.50 12.65 13.87 16.78 18.49 Order clerks............................ 11.50 13.34 16.11 19.68 22.38 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.13 11.64 13.50 15.30 16.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.02 12.25 14.00 15.56 16.22 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 11.65 12.36 17.86 21.23 Bill and account collectors............. 11.00 11.00 11.00 15.09 19.71 General office clerks................... 8.50 10.08 13.00 15.50 19.36 Bank tellers............................ 9.88 10.00 11.12 12.00 12.37 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.50 12.54 13.77 15.30 18.58 Blue collar..................................... 8.40 10.00 14.00 19.84 26.58 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.85 14.10 18.79 25.15 28.00 Electricians............................ 15.00 16.25 18.00 25.15 27.75 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 15.75 18.79 20.63 31.20 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.30 13.05 17.08 26.58 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 12.04 19.34 26.17 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 9.00 13.55 26.67 26.89 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.30 10.39 15.35 26.30 Transportation and material moving............ 9.10 10.00 14.03 17.05 19.35 Truck drivers........................... 8.83 10.31 14.51 19.35 19.38 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.25 14.00 14.35 16.75 18.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.35 8.40 10.10 12.62 16.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.25 8.60 10.00 11.95 13.41 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.25 8.50 11.00 17.50 19.59 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.87 8.40 8.40 16.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.00 11.00 13.25 14.25 Service......................................... $5.15 $7.26 $9.00 $11.75 $15.00 Protective service........................ 9.00 9.50 10.75 12.95 19.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.00 7.50 11.16 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.19 7.18 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.75 7.50 Other food service....................... 5.25 6.50 8.50 12.02 13.73 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.46 11.87 12.50 15.54 16.16 Cooks................................... 7.75 10.00 11.45 13.46 14.45 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 2.13 8.50 11.60 11.95 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 6.25 8.00 8.50 9.50 Health service............................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.00 8.95 11.00 12.16 Cleaning and building service............. 5.75 7.14 8.60 11.60 15.00 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.11 7.84 9.06 10.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 7.14 8.60 11.75 15.00 Personal service.......................... 7.00 9.00 11.53 28.97 52.81 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.62 $13.01 $17.85 $27.69 $37.07 All excluding sales........................... 10.64 13.02 17.85 27.69 37.08 White collar.................................... 11.22 13.86 21.34 30.85 41.85 White collar excluding sales................ 11.24 13.86 21.34 30.88 41.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.75 20.20 27.98 35.41 42.88 Professional specialty...................... 18.10 24.51 29.92 36.57 43.99 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.93 20.77 24.99 28.14 33.43 Registered nurses....................... 19.55 21.24 25.10 29.31 33.51 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 23.75 26.87 31.66 38.98 44.06 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.43 25.09 29.82 35.53 40.59 Secondary school teachers............... 20.77 25.34 29.82 36.16 41.56 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.58 13.72 16.22 19.23 22.85 Social workers.......................... 11.58 13.72 16.25 19.38 22.85 Technical................................... 10.34 13.86 15.13 19.11 23.59 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.51 10.86 15.13 15.36 17.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.01 17.30 23.01 34.33 55.77 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.64 29.08 34.33 55.77 82.46 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.17 21.34 21.64 29.00 29.06 Management related........................ 11.35 14.57 18.36 23.09 29.39 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.82 11.03 12.97 15.10 18.15 Secretaries............................. 10.76 12.39 13.32 15.48 19.22 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.11 11.15 12.26 13.99 15.23 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.48 11.00 12.56 14.70 17.26 General office clerks................... 8.83 10.26 12.00 13.64 15.55 Teachers' aides......................... 8.72 10.07 12.27 14.54 18.39 Blue collar..................................... 9.99 14.14 17.55 19.94 24.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.14 15.70 19.36 22.85 28.53 Transportation and material moving............ 11.12 14.69 17.84 18.83 20.70 Bus drivers............................. 13.61 16.07 18.51 19.48 21.18 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $9.33 $9.51 $10.40 $14.69 $17.55 Service......................................... 8.83 11.35 14.45 18.13 23.53 Protective service........................ 11.35 12.87 15.81 19.63 25.48 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.29 23.24 28.91 31.86 33.61 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 17.12 19.14 25.48 38.80 41.18 Firefighting............................ 10.32 12.02 13.21 16.11 17.43 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 13.93 16.79 19.71 24.29 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 14.96 15.87 17.73 19.39 22.96 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.37 Food service.............................. 8.66 10.89 12.82 14.37 24.18 Other food service....................... 8.66 10.89 12.82 14.37 24.18 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $7.37 $8.73 $11.70 $15.72 $21.08 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.37 8.73 11.70 15.72 21.08 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.33 9.83 12.07 13.86 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.85 $12.00 $16.78 $26.16 $36.35 All excluding sales........................... 8.87 12.00 16.87 26.07 36.06 White collar.................................... 11.75 14.83 21.25 31.34 43.05 White collar excluding sales................ 12.26 15.39 21.66 31.59 42.94 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.66 21.43 28.37 36.57 45.19 Professional specialty...................... 20.00 24.62 30.66 38.55 45.67 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.23 30.14 32.68 38.63 43.28 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.43 29.57 31.06 31.35 38.21 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.82 37.33 39.64 44.24 50.96 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.51 25.01 31.92 38.27 42.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.19 24.04 30.14 36.07 41.80 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.87 22.58 26.17 33.43 46.64 Registered nurses....................... 20.59 23.00 25.96 29.20 34.32 Pharmacists............................. 36.00 40.00 42.99 48.66 50.52 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.74 30.20 36.56 56.11 71.70 Teachers, except college and university... 23.75 26.96 30.96 38.47 44.06 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.43 25.09 29.82 35.53 40.59 Secondary school teachers............... 20.77 25.34 29.82 36.16 41.56 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.58 14.17 16.52 19.38 22.68 Social workers.......................... 11.58 14.42 16.65 19.42 22.68 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 21.87 31.97 38.55 38.55 Technical................................... 13.86 16.72 19.87 25.60 33.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.68 16.47 19.57 22.45 26.22 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.63 15.50 16.87 18.07 19.68 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.11 13.12 15.13 16.01 23.48 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.86 16.50 18.76 21.66 26.23 Computer programmers.................... 19.38 22.57 28.58 31.25 34.16 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 16.35 18.05 20.99 23.56 24.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.15 19.78 28.85 41.35 55.83 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.82 23.32 34.33 46.01 56.49 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.17 21.34 21.64 29.00 29.06 Financial managers...................... 18.57 18.57 35.78 42.79 45.22 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 16.23 20.56 32.44 42.74 47.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.10 29.08 44.86 55.77 88.89 Managers, medicine and health........... 26.97 31.73 34.55 37.94 47.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.31 23.35 34.93 48.17 57.63 Management related........................ 15.31 18.00 22.79 31.19 47.89 Accountants and auditors................ 16.06 18.00 21.15 26.68 29.39 Other financial officers................ $16.21 $17.66 $22.79 $26.92 $30.36 Management analysts..................... 22.84 25.20 29.95 34.44 57.69 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 12.86 21.14 34.71 43.27 Construction inspectors................. 15.31 16.62 18.16 19.88 21.98 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.38 18.31 29.35 49.40 72.12 Sales......................................... 8.85 11.00 15.75 27.63 44.39 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.50 13.25 15.00 16.46 19.27 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 13.05 19.59 23.73 40.43 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 9.00 10.01 11.66 13.50 15.85 Cashiers................................ 7.25 8.81 10.88 11.95 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.97 12.36 14.57 18.43 23.35 Supervisors, general office............. 13.45 13.45 24.97 25.32 32.31 Secretaries............................. 12.00 14.43 18.37 24.22 28.46 Receptionists........................... 10.25 11.66 12.00 13.31 15.21 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.50 12.65 13.87 16.78 18.49 Order clerks............................ 11.50 13.34 16.11 19.68 22.38 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.13 11.50 12.71 13.50 16.49 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.97 12.00 14.00 15.56 16.65 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.42 11.65 13.15 17.86 21.56 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.43 12.64 15.87 21.39 23.68 Bill and account collectors............. 11.00 11.00 11.00 15.09 19.71 General office clerks................... 8.84 11.96 13.00 15.55 19.36 Teachers' aides......................... 8.72 10.07 12.27 14.54 18.39 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.96 12.54 13.77 15.33 18.58 Blue collar..................................... 8.45 10.56 14.52 20.00 26.67 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.85 14.50 19.00 25.15 28.42 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.36 24.52 24.52 36.13 36.13 Automobile mechanics.................... 12.50 14.52 18.00 20.00 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.70 15.70 17.69 20.41 25.35 Electricians............................ 15.00 16.00 18.00 25.15 27.00 Supervisors, production................. 15.00 15.75 18.79 20.63 31.20 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 15.15 15.15 24.40 32.62 32.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.30 13.05 17.08 26.58 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.30 11.30 12.04 19.34 26.17 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 9.00 13.55 26.67 26.89 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.30 10.39 15.35 26.30 Transportation and material moving............ 9.12 11.00 14.35 18.47 19.35 Truck drivers........................... 8.83 9.96 14.51 19.35 19.35 Bus drivers............................. 9.75 11.00 16.55 18.51 18.51 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ $9.25 $14.00 $14.35 $16.75 $18.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.50 10.80 13.00 16.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.70 9.25 10.63 12.25 13.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.25 8.50 11.74 18.11 19.59 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.50 11.00 13.25 14.25 Service......................................... 7.00 8.50 11.00 14.40 18.65 Protective service........................ 9.71 11.35 14.19 17.98 24.32 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 20.29 23.24 28.91 31.86 33.61 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 17.12 19.14 25.48 38.80 41.18 Firefighting............................ 10.90 12.26 14.91 19.18 24.32 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 13.93 16.79 19.71 24.29 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.74 14.74 16.37 Food service.............................. 3.00 7.00 10.00 12.30 14.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.00 7.50 8.50 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.50 11.50 13.46 15.54 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.46 11.50 12.50 15.54 16.16 Cooks................................... 10.50 11.00 12.40 13.46 14.45 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.40 10.89 11.95 13.41 14.20 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.30 8.50 10.12 23.52 Health service............................ 8.00 8.48 9.27 11.19 12.20 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.25 9.00 11.13 12.23 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.49 8.71 11.75 16.24 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.11 7.84 9.06 10.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 8.00 9.25 13.00 16.75 Personal service.......................... 7.98 8.99 11.42 18.51 49.94 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.40 $7.00 $8.50 $11.00 $17.98 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.50 8.75 12.09 20.35 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.15 21.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 9.54 11.06 18.50 27.62 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.00 15.00 20.00 27.62 39.89 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 15.00 22.98 28.62 35.85 Health related............................ 21.12 23.83 27.00 32.00 39.89 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 23.66 26.12 29.52 34.66 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.92 16.00 17.00 21.24 81.62 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.50 7.25 8.43 10.00 10.98 Cashiers................................ 6.18 6.90 7.75 8.93 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.01 12.69 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.50 8.50 11.00 19.19 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.00 14.28 18.10 20.35 21.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.92 6.00 7.75 9.36 10.94 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.40 6.01 7.50 8.50 9.50 Service......................................... 2.13 5.15 7.00 8.75 12.50 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.75 9.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.50 Other food service....................... 2.13 5.50 6.50 8.25 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 5.25 7.50 8.15 9.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 7.00 9.00 15.00 17.00 37.05 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 940,800 770,100 170,700 All excluding sales............................................. 861,600 691,200 170,400 White collar........................................................ 533,100 418,900 114,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 453,900 340,000 113,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 208,400 141,900 66,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 160,900 101,200 59,800 Technical....................................................... 47,500 40,700 6,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 72,600 55,700 16,900 Sales............................................................. 79,200 78,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 172,900 142,400 30,500 Blue collar......................................................... 236,600 218,300 18,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 99,900 94,400 5,600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 38,600 38,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,400 18,900 10,500 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 68,600 66,300 2,300 Service............................................................. 171,100 132,900 38,100 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.