NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Indianapolis, IN, Bulletin 3130-14, 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................. $19.36 3.0 36.6 $18.97 3.1 36.4 $21.43 6.9 37.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.11 3.1 36.5 21.66 2.7 36.6 24.32 10.3 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 4.6 36.7 27.50 4.8 37.0 30.35 9.0 35.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.90 8.3 40.2 30.63 9.5 40.4 25.66 8.1 39.4 Sales............................................................. 12.27 10.4 30.6 12.27 10.4 30.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.82 2.6 37.6 14.19 2.9 37.9 11.98 5.5 36.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.21 3.8 37.9 17.27 4.0 37.9 16.34 5.0 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.81 2.7 39.3 20.06 2.7 39.3 17.08 7.0 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.83 3.1 39.3 16.83 3.1 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 9.0 36.3 15.25 10.5 36.4 16.04 5.9 35.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 14.15 9.3 34.8 14.13 9.8 34.6 14.49 15.4 38.3 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.70 8.8 34.5 11.11 11.7 33.1 16.83 6.9 39.0 Full time........................................................... 20.26 2.9 39.7 19.96 3.0 39.9 21.79 7.5 38.7 Part time........................................................... 10.55 11.1 20.7 10.24 11.9 20.7 14.11 13.8 20.3 Union............................................................... 21.94 7.1 37.9 21.13 3.9 37.8 23.35 15.5 38.0 Nonunion............................................................ 18.63 3.4 36.2 18.54 3.8 36.2 19.45 7.9 36.3 Time................................................................ 19.37 3.1 36.8 18.96 3.2 36.8 21.43 6.9 37.1 Incentive........................................................... 19.05 14.2 29.1 19.05 14.2 29.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 23.51 .6 39.7 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.98 8.9 32.4 14.98 8.9 32.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.01 6.8 37.3 16.49 6.8 37.4 22.05 15.7 36.2 500 workers or more................................................. 22.74 2.9 37.5 23.28 3.8 37.6 21.25 4.8 37.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $19.36 3.0 $18.97 3.1 $21.43 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.93 3.4 19.62 3.7 21.43 6.9 White collar........................................................ 22.11 3.1 21.66 2.7 24.32 10.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.57 3.2 23.39 2.9 24.32 10.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 4.6 27.50 4.8 30.35 9.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.25 4.5 29.63 5.0 31.95 7.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.53 7.2 33.98 8.1 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.82 4.1 29.97 4.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 32.48 13.1 32.48 13.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.36 2.9 41.36 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.39 3.3 29.51 3.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.70 3.3 29.70 3.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.39 3.6 28.84 3.8 23.70 8.0 Registered nurses........................................... 26.41 4.0 26.88 4.3 22.80 6.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.56 2.9 – – 36.19 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.57 7.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 35.38 .6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.35 11.9 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.98 10.1 20.64 13.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 17.98 10.1 20.64 13.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.43 32.1 19.43 32.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.29 6.9 20.83 7.4 16.09 15.4 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.68 10.4 24.68 10.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.51 17.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.90 8.3 30.63 9.5 25.66 8.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.20 11.5 37.40 13.4 31.16 12.5 Financial managers.......................................... 30.05 18.2 30.05 18.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.17 6.2 – – 40.63 3.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 51.60 34.3 52.38 35.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.65 9.4 32.55 9.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.76 4.4 24.68 4.3 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.85 8.2 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.55 13.2 26.55 13.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.31 5.8 24.32 4.0 – – Sales............................................................. 12.27 10.4 12.27 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.08 1.4 9.08 1.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.82 2.6 $14.19 2.9 $11.98 5.5 Secretaries................................................. 15.52 5.0 16.13 5.0 13.49 6.7 Receptionists............................................... 11.08 17.3 11.08 17.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.56 5.2 – – 11.90 3.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.99 3.9 13.09 3.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.11 3.6 14.10 3.7 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.60 18.7 18.60 18.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.45 16.4 15.43 16.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.63 5.5 12.41 6.4 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.50 1.4 – – 11.62 .0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.02 14.5 16.19 15.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.21 3.8 17.27 4.0 16.34 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.81 2.7 20.06 2.7 17.08 7.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 28.94 2.7 28.94 2.7 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.58 6.6 – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.93 .4 29.93 .4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.83 3.1 16.83 3.1 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.58 6.8 16.58 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.43 11.9 16.43 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.64 2.5 20.64 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 9.0 15.25 10.5 16.04 5.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.83 17.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.46 8.0 14.35 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.15 9.3 14.13 9.8 14.49 15.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.04 21.3 12.93 22.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.04 6.1 15.04 6.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.29 11.7 12.29 11.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.65 12.9 11.93 11.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.70 8.8 11.11 11.7 16.83 6.9 Protective service............................................ 19.38 4.9 – – 19.13 5.0 Firefighting................................................ 17.88 .8 – – 17.88 .8 Food service.................................................. 8.95 7.0 8.76 7.2 11.01 1.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.30 15.4 4.30 15.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.62 15.7 2.62 15.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.35 10.2 11.40 11.6 11.01 1.8 Cooks....................................................... 10.74 2.5 10.77 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.09 3.4 8.82 2.1 – – Health service................................................ 11.65 9.2 11.58 10.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.64 5.5 9.43 4.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $10.94 8.1 $10.40 11.6 $12.33 1.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.85 9.1 10.40 11.6 12.25 .1 Personal service.............................................. 15.04 14.6 15.21 14.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.58 9.0 13.58 9.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $20.26 2.9 $19.96 3.0 $21.79 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.58 3.1 20.32 3.2 21.79 7.5 White collar........................................................ 23.26 3.2 22.93 2.7 24.78 11.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.12 3.1 23.96 2.6 24.78 11.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.96 4.2 28.39 4.1 30.77 9.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.40 3.6 31.01 3.4 32.44 8.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.53 7.2 33.98 8.1 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.82 4.1 29.97 4.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 32.48 13.1 32.48 13.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.36 2.9 41.36 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.39 3.3 29.51 3.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.70 3.3 29.70 3.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.61 4.3 29.18 4.4 22.10 5.8 Registered nurses........................................... 26.44 5.0 27.00 5.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.29 3.8 – – 37.03 2.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.57 7.1 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.35 11.9 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 10.3 20.71 13.9 – – Social workers.............................................. 17.97 10.3 20.71 13.9 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.55 9.9 27.55 9.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.31 6.9 20.84 7.4 16.11 15.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.68 10.4 24.68 10.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.51 17.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.92 8.4 30.67 9.6 25.66 8.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.20 11.5 37.40 13.4 31.16 12.5 Financial managers.......................................... 30.05 18.2 30.05 18.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.17 6.2 – – 40.63 3.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 51.60 34.3 52.38 35.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.65 9.4 32.55 9.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.55 4.4 24.48 4.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.85 8.2 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.55 13.2 26.55 13.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.31 5.8 24.32 4.0 – – Sales............................................................. 14.28 13.5 14.28 13.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.09 2.7 14.49 2.9 12.02 6.1 Secretaries................................................. 15.52 5.0 16.13 5.0 13.49 6.7 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $13.38 5.0 $13.53 5.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.13 3.6 14.11 3.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.89 17.5 15.87 17.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.69 5.6 12.48 6.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.32 1.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.04 14.6 16.21 15.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.54 3.7 17.61 4.0 $16.51 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.01 2.6 20.29 2.6 17.08 7.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 28.94 2.7 28.94 2.7 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.58 6.6 – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.93 .4 29.93 .4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.86 3.1 16.85 3.1 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.58 6.8 16.58 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.43 11.9 16.43 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.66 2.5 20.66 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.66 9.3 15.54 10.7 16.40 4.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.48 8.2 14.36 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.88 10.5 14.90 11.2 14.66 14.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 14.48 24.4 14.44 26.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.96 13.1 16.96 13.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.74 11.6 12.74 11.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.73 13.2 11.97 11.4 – – Service............................................................. 13.59 9.3 12.02 13.4 17.05 6.9 Protective service............................................ 19.47 4.9 – – 19.22 5.0 Firefighting................................................ 17.88 .8 – – 17.88 .8 Food service.................................................. 10.18 17.2 10.06 19.3 11.12 1.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.17 2.8 5.17 2.8 – – Other food service........................................... 12.22 16.4 12.43 18.8 11.12 1.7 Cooks....................................................... 11.09 2.6 11.15 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 11.70 9.7 11.67 10.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.38 4.8 9.38 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 8.2 10.42 11.6 12.33 1.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.86 9.1 10.42 11.6 12.25 .1 Personal service.............................................. 15.21 16.0 15.40 16.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.68 8.9 13.68 8.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $10.55 11.1 $10.24 11.9 $14.11 13.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.20 17.9 10.82 19.9 14.11 13.8 White collar........................................................ 11.64 10.5 11.31 11.5 15.26 18.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.25 19.6 14.04 23.5 15.26 18.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.72 36.8 15.00 43.3 19.82 28.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 15.59 38.5 14.82 45.2 20.08 29.6 Health related................................................ 27.10 1.3 26.73 .5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.31 .5 26.39 .5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.83 6.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.12 10.3 9.12 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.98 2.8 7.98 2.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.11 4.0 9.67 5.0 11.61 3.0 Library clerks.............................................. 10.61 13.2 – – 10.61 13.2 Blue collar......................................................... 11.10 6.8 10.94 7.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.85 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.17 6.6 10.17 6.7 – – Service............................................................. 7.37 15.2 7.08 14.6 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.64 13.5 6.49 13.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.21 21.9 3.21 21.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 5.7 9.20 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.23 2.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.01 7.6 9.81 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $804 2.6 39.7 $796 3.0 39.9 $843 4.4 38.7 All excluding sales............................................... 816 2.7 39.7 810 3.2 39.9 843 4.4 38.7 White collar........................................................ 918 2.6 39.5 915 2.7 39.9 931 7.7 37.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 951 2.5 39.4 956 2.6 39.9 931 7.7 37.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,128 3.4 39.0 1,126 4.1 39.7 1,134 5.7 36.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,216 2.7 38.7 1,228 3.4 39.6 1,186 4.2 36.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,342 7.2 40.0 1,360 8.1 40.0 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,193 4.1 40.0 1,199 4.2 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,300 13.1 40.0 1,300 13.1 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,656 2.9 40.0 1,656 2.9 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,174 3.5 39.9 1,178 3.4 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,186 3.5 39.9 1,186 3.5 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,120 4.4 39.1 1,141 4.5 39.1 877 5.7 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 1,022 4.6 38.7 1,040 4.9 38.5 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,283 .6 35.4 – – – 1,296 1.4 35.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,304 2.6 35.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 774 11.9 40.0 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 718 10.2 39.9 826 14.0 39.9 – – – Social workers.............................................. 718 10.2 39.9 826 14.0 39.9 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,102 9.9 40.0 1,102 9.9 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 808 7.2 39.8 830 7.7 39.8 642 15.0 39.8 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 987 10.4 40.0 987 10.4 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 1,020 17.8 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,209 8.5 40.4 1,246 9.7 40.6 1,011 8.2 39.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,482 10.5 40.9 1,547 11.9 41.4 1,220 12.3 39.2 Financial managers.......................................... 1,367 10.4 45.5 1,367 10.4 45.5 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,595 7.4 39.7 – – – 1,584 3.0 39.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 2,010 32.6 39.0 2,037 33.4 38.9 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,306 9.4 40.0 1,302 9.7 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 940 4.4 39.9 978 4.5 39.9 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 994 8.2 40.0 – – – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,058 13.2 39.8 1,058 13.2 39.8 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 932 5.8 40.0 973 4.0 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. $569 13.4 39.9 $569 13.4 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 557 2.7 39.5 577 2.9 39.8 $460 6.1 38.2 Secretaries................................................. 611 5.5 39.4 632 5.9 39.2 540 6.7 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 531 5.1 39.7 536 5.2 39.6 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 572 4.1 40.5 573 4.2 40.6 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 636 17.5 40.0 635 17.8 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 464 5.4 39.7 493 6.4 39.5 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 395 2.9 34.9 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 628 15.0 39.1 641 16.0 39.5 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 701 3.7 39.9 704 3.9 40.0 650 4.5 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 800 2.6 40.0 811 2.6 40.0 681 7.0 39.9 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 1,157 2.7 40.0 1,157 2.7 40.0 – – – Millwrights................................................. 1,143 6.6 40.0 – – – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,197 .4 40.0 1,197 .4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 674 3.1 40.0 674 3.1 40.0 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 661 6.8 39.9 661 6.8 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 657 11.9 40.0 657 11.9 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 826 2.5 40.0 826 2.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 624 9.2 39.9 623 10.8 40.1 630 5.4 38.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 579 8.2 40.0 575 8.1 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 593 10.5 39.9 593 11.2 39.8 586 14.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 568 24.7 39.2 565 26.6 39.1 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 678 13.1 40.0 678 13.1 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 510 11.6 40.0 510 11.6 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 509 13.2 40.0 479 11.4 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 543 9.1 40.0 475 12.9 39.5 701 10.0 41.1 Protective service............................................ 846 2.2 43.4 – – – 839 2.1 43.7 Firefighting................................................ 948 .8 53.0 – – – 948 .8 53.0 Food service.................................................. 392 16.7 38.6 400 19.0 39.8 343 6.5 30.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 199 5.8 38.5 199 5.8 38.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 472 18.4 38.6 503 19.8 40.5 343 6.5 30.8 Cooks....................................................... 428 3.5 38.6 436 3.5 39.1 – – – Health service................................................ 457 10.7 39.1 456 11.3 39.1 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 360 4.3 38.4 360 4.3 38.4 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $436 8.1 39.8 $414 11.6 39.7 $493 1.2 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 432 9.1 39.8 414 11.6 39.7 490 .1 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 593 14.2 39.0 604 14.4 39.2 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 534 8.2 39.0 534 8.2 39.0 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $40,687 2.6 2,008 $41,209 3.0 2,065 $38,471 4.4 1,766 All excluding sales............................................... 41,256 2.7 2,005 41,954 3.2 2,064 38,471 4.4 1,766 White collar........................................................ 45,828 2.6 1,970 47,215 2.7 2,059 40,799 7.7 1,647 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,297 2.5 1,961 49,300 2.6 2,058 40,799 7.7 1,647 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,594 3.4 1,885 57,747 4.1 2,034 47,097 5.7 1,531 Professional specialty.......................................... 57,737 2.7 1,839 62,686 3.4 2,022 48,224 4.2 1,486 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,779 7.2 2,081 70,707 8.1 2,081 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 62,018 4.1 2,080 62,339 4.2 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 67,582 13.1 2,081 67,582 13.1 2,081 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 86,088 2.9 2,081 86,088 2.9 2,081 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,028 3.5 2,076 61,263 3.4 2,076 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 61,667 3.5 2,076 61,667 3.5 2,076 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,707 4.4 2,017 59,315 4.5 2,033 41,017 5.7 1,856 Registered nurses........................................... 52,423 4.6 1,983 54,091 4.9 2,003 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 47,457 .6 1,308 – – – 48,195 1.4 1,302 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,122 2.6 1,316 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 40,251 11.9 2,080 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 37,317 10.2 2,077 42,933 14.0 2,073 – – – Social workers.............................................. 37,317 10.2 2,077 42,933 14.0 2,073 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 57,308 9.9 2,080 57,308 9.9 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 42,041 7.2 2,070 43,136 7.7 2,070 33,374 15.0 2,072 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 51,338 10.4 2,080 51,338 10.4 2,080 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 53,051 17.8 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,330 8.5 2,084 64,791 9.7 2,112 49,666 8.2 1,936 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 75,697 10.5 2,091 80,466 11.9 2,152 58,160 12.3 1,867 Financial managers.......................................... 71,105 10.4 2,367 71,105 10.4 2,367 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 80,212 7.4 1,997 – – – 79,004 3.0 1,944 Managers, medicine and health............................... 104,521 32.6 2,025 105,942 33.4 2,023 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 67,936 9.4 2,081 67,726 9.7 2,081 – – – Management related............................................ 48,884 4.4 2,076 50,842 4.5 2,077 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,694 8.2 2,080 – – – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 55,004 13.2 2,071 55,004 13.2 2,071 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 48,484 5.8 2,080 50,584 4.0 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. $29,596 13.4 2,073 $29,596 13.4 2,073 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,295 2.7 2,009 29,838 2.9 2,059 $21,478 6.1 1,787 Secretaries................................................. 31,246 5.5 2,014 32,877 5.9 2,039 26,107 6.7 1,935 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,595 5.1 2,062 27,880 5.2 2,061 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,738 4.1 2,105 29,806 4.2 2,112 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 33,048 17.5 2,080 33,009 17.8 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 23,656 5.4 2,024 25,640 6.4 2,055 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14,457 2.9 1,278 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,636 15.0 2,035 33,326 16.0 2,056 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 36,343 3.7 2,072 36,627 3.9 2,079 32,513 4.5 1,969 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,599 2.6 2,079 42,189 2.6 2,080 35,405 7.0 2,073 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 60,190 2.7 2,080 60,190 2.7 2,080 – – – Millwrights................................................. 59,456 6.6 2,080 – – – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 62,254 .4 2,080 62,254 .4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,051 3.1 2,080 35,039 3.1 2,080 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 34,377 6.8 2,073 34,377 6.8 2,073 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 34,166 11.9 2,080 34,166 11.9 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 42,976 2.5 2,080 42,976 2.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,969 9.2 2,042 32,412 10.8 2,086 29,498 5.4 1,799 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,113 8.2 2,080 29,875 8.1 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,830 10.5 2,072 30,860 11.2 2,072 30,395 14.9 2,073 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 29,511 24.7 2,038 29,383 26.6 2,035 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 35,276 13.1 2,080 35,276 13.1 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 26,496 11.6 2,080 26,496 11.6 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 26,448 13.2 2,077 24,903 11.4 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 27,749 9.1 2,042 24,676 12.9 2,053 34,389 10.0 2,017 Protective service............................................ 43,966 2.2 2,258 – – – 43,649 2.1 2,271 Firefighting................................................ 49,271 .8 2,756 – – – 49,271 .8 2,756 Food service.................................................. 19,341 16.7 1,900 20,823 19.0 2,070 12,795 6.5 1,150 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,336 5.8 2,000 10,336 5.8 2,000 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,759 18.4 1,862 26,163 19.8 2,105 12,795 6.5 1,150 Cooks....................................................... 21,877 3.5 1,973 22,671 3.5 2,033 – – – Health service................................................ 23,765 10.7 2,032 23,719 11.3 2,033 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,720 4.3 1,997 18,720 4.3 1,997 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $22,669 8.1 2,070 $21,530 11.6 2,066 $25,645 1.2 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,476 9.1 2,070 21,530 11.6 2,066 25,470 .1 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 30,350 14.2 1,995 31,390 14.4 2,039 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 27,751 8.2 2,028 27,751 8.2 2,028 – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $19.36 3.0 $18.97 3.1 $21.43 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.93 3.4 19.62 3.7 21.43 6.9 White collar........................................................ 22.11 3.1 21.66 2.7 24.32 10.3 1....................................................... 8.06 17.7 8.05 18.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.18 2.5 9.20 2.9 9.12 3.2 3....................................................... 12.06 2.2 12.20 2.7 11.54 3.7 4....................................................... 13.17 4.3 13.27 4.9 12.51 3.1 5....................................................... 14.53 4.2 14.85 4.7 13.18 5.3 6....................................................... 17.35 2.3 17.82 2.2 14.58 2.2 7....................................................... 22.05 3.7 22.17 3.9 20.81 8.4 8....................................................... 28.19 5.3 27.44 2.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.32 4.4 27.84 2.4 32.59 8.8 10........................................................ 35.55 4.4 35.31 4.8 – – 11........................................................ 37.04 3.6 38.84 4.1 33.60 3.9 12........................................................ 39.29 8.7 39.29 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.34 8.5 25.42 8.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.57 3.2 23.39 2.9 24.32 10.3 2....................................................... 9.80 2.9 10.08 3.4 9.12 3.2 3....................................................... 12.32 2.2 12.58 2.7 11.54 3.7 4....................................................... 13.58 5.3 13.78 6.1 12.51 3.1 5....................................................... 14.53 4.2 14.85 4.7 13.18 5.3 6....................................................... 17.01 1.8 17.49 1.8 14.58 2.2 7....................................................... 22.11 3.6 22.25 3.9 20.81 8.4 8....................................................... 27.93 5.9 27.06 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.30 4.5 27.79 2.5 32.59 8.8 10........................................................ 35.55 4.4 35.31 4.8 – – 11........................................................ 36.59 3.9 38.35 4.9 33.60 3.9 12........................................................ 39.29 8.7 39.29 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.16 8.6 28.37 9.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.17 4.6 27.50 4.8 30.35 9.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.25 4.5 29.63 5.0 31.95 7.6 6....................................................... 17.25 4.8 17.39 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.50 6.0 23.99 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 30.87 5.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.31 5.0 28.60 2.0 33.04 8.7 10........................................................ 35.71 4.6 35.41 5.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.27 5.8 39.58 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 38.02 9.9 38.02 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.30 29.8 29.30 29.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.53 7.2 33.98 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.96 8.5 30.96 8.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.28 8.6 – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.82 4.1 29.97 4.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 32.48 13.1 32.48 13.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $41.36 2.9 $41.36 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.39 3.3 29.51 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.32 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.09 10.3 33.09 10.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.70 3.3 29.70 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.08 10.5 33.08 10.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.39 3.6 28.84 3.8 $23.70 8.0 9....................................................... 26.31 5.2 26.72 5.2 22.80 6.0 Registered nurses........................................... 26.41 4.0 26.88 4.3 22.80 6.0 9....................................................... 24.29 2.2 24.59 2.5 22.80 6.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.56 2.9 – – 36.19 1.9 9....................................................... 36.14 3.5 – – 36.90 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.57 7.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.14 8.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 35.38 .6 – – – – 9....................................................... 35.38 .6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.35 11.9 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.98 10.1 20.64 13.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 17.98 10.1 20.64 13.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 19.43 32.1 19.43 32.1 – – Technical....................................................... 20.29 6.9 20.83 7.4 16.09 15.4 5....................................................... 14.31 6.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.12 2.7 17.59 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 24.02 6.0 23.85 6.4 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.68 10.4 24.68 10.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.51 17.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.90 8.3 30.63 9.5 25.66 8.1 7....................................................... 21.33 6.5 21.57 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.70 7.4 22.37 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.54 7.4 25.76 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 37.06 5.4 36.59 7.3 37.85 8.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.95 15.3 42.04 15.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.20 11.5 37.40 13.4 31.16 12.5 9....................................................... 23.41 18.2 22.63 19.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.09 7.2 – – 37.85 8.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.64 13.7 44.02 13.7 – – Financial managers.......................................... 30.05 18.2 30.05 18.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.17 6.2 – – 40.63 3.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 51.60 34.3 52.38 35.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.65 9.4 32.55 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $32.51 11.0 $31.98 11.3 – – Management related............................................ 23.76 4.4 24.68 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.30 5.0 20.52 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 20.64 7.7 22.39 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.64 4.5 27.33 2.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.85 8.2 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.55 13.2 26.55 13.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.31 5.8 24.32 4.0 – – Sales............................................................. 12.27 10.4 12.27 10.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.67 3.8 8.67 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.50 1.9 10.50 1.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.48 4.0 11.48 4.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.08 1.4 9.08 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.60 6.9 8.60 6.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.82 2.6 14.19 2.9 $11.98 5.5 2....................................................... 9.80 2.9 10.08 3.4 9.12 3.2 3....................................................... 12.41 2.2 12.68 2.6 11.59 4.0 4....................................................... 13.70 5.6 13.94 6.7 12.51 3.1 5....................................................... 14.59 6.0 14.48 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 16.24 6.0 16.60 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.80 4.9 19.60 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.81 4.4 15.92 4.6 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.52 5.0 16.13 5.0 13.49 6.7 4....................................................... 13.02 2.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.37 10.3 15.38 11.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.08 17.3 11.08 17.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.56 5.2 – – 11.90 3.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.99 3.9 13.09 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.48 8.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.11 3.6 14.10 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.03 5.1 14.03 5.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.60 18.7 18.60 18.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.45 16.4 15.43 16.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.63 5.5 12.41 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.78 7.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.50 1.4 – – 11.62 .0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.02 14.5 16.19 15.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.21 3.8 17.27 4.0 16.34 5.0 1....................................................... 9.47 6.5 9.52 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.87 4.0 11.88 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 16.50 2.0 16.83 2.1 13.25 7.4 4....................................................... 18.12 2.8 18.29 3.1 16.54 1.4 5....................................................... 16.01 2.4 15.82 2.4 – – 6....................................................... $18.42 9.5 $18.34 11.0 – – 7....................................................... 27.83 1.4 28.47 1.0 $19.12 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.81 2.7 20.06 2.7 17.08 7.0 3....................................................... 13.95 7.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.93 3.2 14.88 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.47 7.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 27.91 1.5 28.56 1.3 19.12 3.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 28.94 2.7 28.94 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 30.77 .3 30.77 .3 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.58 6.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 28.58 6.6 – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.93 .4 29.93 .4 – – 7....................................................... 29.93 .4 29.93 .4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.83 3.1 16.83 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.07 7.8 12.07 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.92 2.8 16.92 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 19.35 4.8 19.35 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.19 4.1 15.11 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.58 6.8 16.58 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.43 11.9 16.43 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.64 2.5 20.64 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.83 .3 18.83 .3 – – 4....................................................... 22.36 2.0 22.36 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 9.0 15.25 10.5 16.04 5.9 3....................................................... 15.15 13.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 18.43 10.2 19.61 14.7 16.65 1.4 5....................................................... 20.21 10.5 20.12 11.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.83 17.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 19.64 16.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.46 8.0 14.35 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.15 9.3 14.13 9.8 14.49 15.4 1....................................................... 9.11 2.7 9.17 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.47 5.8 11.52 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 18.05 3.9 18.40 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 20.02 6.5 20.02 6.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.04 21.3 12.93 22.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.04 6.1 15.04 6.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.29 11.7 12.29 11.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.65 12.9 11.93 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 13.82 23.9 14.87 27.6 – – Service............................................................. 12.70 8.8 11.11 11.7 16.83 6.9 1....................................................... $7.22 14.3 $6.64 8.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.59 15.7 8.27 17.6 $10.54 2.7 3....................................................... 10.64 10.7 10.38 13.1 12.16 5.7 4....................................................... 12.18 5.2 12.08 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.77 11.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.20 3.7 – – 18.67 4.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.80 14.2 18.71 15.6 – – Protective service............................................ 19.38 4.9 – – 19.13 5.0 7....................................................... 18.67 4.2 – – 18.67 4.2 Firefighting................................................ 17.88 .8 – – 17.88 .8 Food service.................................................. 8.95 7.0 8.76 7.2 11.01 1.8 1....................................................... 6.62 8.7 6.62 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.56 14.1 5.74 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.43 18.9 8.44 19.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.96 2.6 10.88 2.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.30 15.4 4.30 15.4 – – 2....................................................... 5.04 6.2 5.04 6.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.62 15.7 2.62 15.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.35 10.2 11.40 11.6 11.01 1.8 1....................................................... 9.04 5.4 9.04 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.45 12.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.34 8.5 10.45 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.96 2.6 10.88 2.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.74 2.5 10.77 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.12 6.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.83 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.09 3.4 8.82 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.42 13.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.65 9.2 11.58 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.72 9.0 9.04 6.6 – – Health aides, except nursing 3....................................................... 11.20 8.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.64 5.5 9.43 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.38 9.5 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.94 8.1 10.40 11.6 12.33 1.2 2....................................................... 11.19 16.6 11.19 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 8.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.85 9.1 10.40 11.6 12.25 .1 2....................................................... 11.19 16.6 11.19 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 8.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.04 14.6 15.21 14.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.58 9.0 13.58 9.0 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $20.26 2.9 $19.96 3.0 $21.79 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.58 3.1 20.32 3.2 21.79 7.5 White collar........................................................ 23.26 3.2 22.93 2.7 24.78 11.1 2....................................................... 10.01 2.6 10.32 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.24 2.0 12.45 2.2 11.37 4.1 4....................................................... 13.26 4.6 13.37 5.3 12.56 3.1 5....................................................... 14.70 4.2 14.85 4.7 13.92 5.9 6....................................................... 17.33 2.3 17.80 2.3 14.58 2.2 7....................................................... 21.91 3.9 22.02 4.2 20.85 8.3 8....................................................... 28.07 5.7 27.24 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.38 4.6 27.81 2.5 32.74 8.9 10........................................................ 35.55 5.0 35.55 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.04 3.6 38.84 4.1 33.60 3.9 12........................................................ 39.29 8.7 39.29 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.04 6.6 27.17 6.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.12 3.1 23.96 2.6 24.78 11.1 2....................................................... 9.88 3.0 10.30 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.45 2.3 12.77 2.6 11.37 4.1 4....................................................... 13.58 5.3 13.77 6.2 12.56 3.1 5....................................................... 14.70 4.2 14.85 4.7 13.92 5.9 6....................................................... 16.98 1.9 17.46 1.9 14.58 2.2 7....................................................... 21.98 3.8 22.10 4.2 20.85 8.3 8....................................................... 28.00 5.9 27.11 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.36 4.7 27.76 2.6 32.74 8.9 10........................................................ 35.55 5.0 35.55 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 36.59 3.9 38.35 4.9 33.60 3.9 12........................................................ 39.29 8.7 39.29 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.24 6.2 30.53 6.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.96 4.2 28.39 4.1 30.77 9.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.40 3.6 31.01 3.4 32.44 8.5 6....................................................... 17.28 4.7 17.42 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 23.24 7.1 23.76 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 31.05 5.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.44 5.1 28.64 2.1 33.20 8.8 11........................................................ 36.27 5.8 39.58 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 38.02 9.9 38.02 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.81 15.6 37.81 15.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.53 7.2 33.98 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 30.96 8.5 30.96 8.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.28 8.6 – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.82 4.1 29.97 4.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 32.48 13.1 32.48 13.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.36 2.9 41.36 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.39 3.3 29.51 3.2 – – 9....................................................... $30.32 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.09 10.3 $33.09 10.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.70 3.3 29.70 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.08 10.5 33.08 10.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.61 4.3 29.18 4.4 $22.10 5.8 9....................................................... 26.15 6.1 26.58 6.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.44 5.0 27.00 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.76 2.4 24.05 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.29 3.8 – – 37.03 2.8 9....................................................... 36.21 3.6 – – 36.98 2.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.57 7.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.14 8.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.35 11.9 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.97 10.3 20.71 13.9 – – Social workers.............................................. 17.97 10.3 20.71 13.9 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.55 9.9 27.55 9.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.31 6.9 20.84 7.4 16.11 15.7 5....................................................... 14.29 6.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.02 2.9 17.49 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.02 6.0 23.85 6.4 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.68 10.4 24.68 10.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.51 17.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.92 8.4 30.67 9.6 25.66 8.1 7....................................................... 21.33 6.5 21.57 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.70 7.4 22.37 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.19 7.7 25.42 8.2 – – 11........................................................ 37.06 5.4 36.59 7.3 37.85 8.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.95 15.3 42.04 15.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.20 11.5 37.40 13.4 31.16 12.5 9....................................................... 23.41 18.2 22.63 19.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.09 7.2 – – 37.85 8.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.64 13.7 44.02 13.7 – – Financial managers.......................................... 30.05 18.2 30.05 18.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.17 6.2 – – 40.63 3.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 51.60 34.3 52.38 35.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.65 9.4 32.55 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.51 11.0 31.98 11.3 – – Management related............................................ 23.55 4.4 24.48 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.30 5.0 20.52 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 20.64 7.7 22.39 1.9 – – 9....................................................... $26.27 4.7 $27.05 3.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.85 8.2 – – – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.55 13.2 26.55 13.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.31 5.8 24.32 4.0 – – Sales............................................................. 14.28 13.5 14.28 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.90 3.6 10.90 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.54 5.5 11.54 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.09 2.7 14.49 2.9 $12.02 6.1 2....................................................... 9.88 3.0 10.30 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.55 2.3 12.87 2.7 11.41 4.5 4....................................................... 13.70 5.7 13.93 6.7 12.56 3.1 5....................................................... 14.59 6.0 14.48 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 16.24 6.0 16.60 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.80 4.9 19.60 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.89 4.5 16.01 4.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.52 5.0 16.13 5.0 13.49 6.7 4....................................................... 13.02 2.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.37 10.3 15.38 11.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.38 5.0 13.53 5.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.13 3.6 14.11 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.03 5.1 14.03 5.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.89 17.5 15.87 17.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.69 5.6 12.48 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.78 7.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.32 1.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.04 14.6 16.21 15.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.54 3.7 17.61 4.0 16.51 4.5 1....................................................... 8.66 4.1 8.72 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.99 3.9 12.00 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.60 2.0 16.89 2.1 13.19 8.6 4....................................................... 18.15 2.8 18.32 3.2 16.54 1.4 5....................................................... 16.01 2.4 15.82 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.42 9.5 18.34 11.0 – – 7....................................................... 27.83 1.4 28.47 1.0 19.12 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.01 2.6 20.29 2.6 17.08 7.0 3....................................................... 13.95 7.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.93 3.2 14.88 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.47 7.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 27.91 1.5 28.56 1.3 19.12 3.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 28.94 2.7 28.94 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 30.77 .3 30.77 .3 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.58 6.6 – – – – 7....................................................... $28.58 6.6 – – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.93 .4 $29.93 0.4 – – 7....................................................... 29.93 .4 29.93 .4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.86 3.1 16.85 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.08 7.7 12.08 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 16.92 2.8 16.92 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 19.35 4.8 19.35 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.19 4.1 15.11 4.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.58 6.8 16.58 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.43 11.9 16.43 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.66 2.5 20.66 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.83 .3 18.83 .3 – – 4....................................................... 22.36 2.0 22.36 2.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.66 9.3 15.54 10.7 $16.40 4.3 4....................................................... 18.43 10.2 19.61 14.7 16.65 1.4 5....................................................... 20.21 10.5 20.12 11.1 – – Truck drivers 4....................................................... 19.64 16.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.48 8.2 14.36 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.88 10.5 14.90 11.2 14.66 14.9 1....................................................... 8.83 2.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.53 6.0 11.58 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 18.43 2.5 18.86 3.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 14.48 24.4 14.44 26.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.96 13.1 16.96 13.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.74 11.6 12.74 11.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.73 13.2 11.97 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 14.09 25.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.59 9.3 12.02 13.4 17.05 6.9 2....................................................... 8.84 17.8 8.58 20.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.80 9.9 10.60 12.0 12.06 5.9 4....................................................... 12.38 5.1 12.24 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.95 13.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.20 3.7 – – 18.67 4.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.90 14.5 18.81 15.8 – – Protective service............................................ 19.47 4.9 – – 19.22 5.0 7....................................................... 18.67 4.2 – – 18.67 4.2 Firefighting................................................ 17.88 .8 – – 17.88 .8 Food service.................................................. 10.18 17.2 10.06 19.3 11.12 1.7 2....................................................... 6.59 15.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.91 15.3 8.94 16.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.83 2.7 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $5.17 2.8 $5.17 2.8 – – Other food service........................................... 12.22 16.4 12.43 18.8 $11.12 1.7 3....................................................... 10.38 8.8 10.50 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.83 2.7 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.09 2.6 11.15 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.12 6.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.83 2.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.70 9.7 11.67 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.41 9.0 9.05 7.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.38 4.8 9.38 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 8.2 10.42 11.6 12.33 1.2 2....................................................... 11.19 16.6 11.19 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 8.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.86 9.1 10.42 11.6 12.25 .1 2....................................................... 11.19 16.6 11.19 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 8.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 15.21 16.0 15.40 16.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.68 8.9 13.68 8.9 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $10.55 11.1 $10.24 11.9 $14.11 13.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.20 17.9 10.82 19.9 14.11 13.8 White collar........................................................ 11.64 10.5 11.31 11.5 15.26 18.8 1....................................................... 8.06 17.7 8.05 18.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.49 3.2 8.51 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.06 7.0 8.26 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.05 8.9 19.05 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.94 1.9 28.29 1.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.25 19.6 14.04 23.5 15.26 18.8 2....................................................... 9.58 6.5 9.72 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 6.0 8.62 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.05 8.9 19.05 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.94 1.9 28.29 1.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.72 36.8 15.00 43.3 19.82 28.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 15.59 38.5 14.82 45.2 20.08 29.6 9....................................................... 27.48 2.2 27.92 1.9 – – Health related................................................ 27.10 1.3 26.73 .5 – – 9....................................................... 27.62 2.1 28.00 1.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.31 .5 26.39 .5 – – 9....................................................... 27.14 1.2 27.47 .3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.83 6.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.12 10.3 9.12 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.15 2.4 8.15 2.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.98 2.8 7.98 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.01 2.8 8.01 2.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.11 4.0 9.67 5.0 11.61 3.0 2....................................................... 9.58 6.5 9.72 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 6.0 8.62 2.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 10.61 13.2 – – 10.61 13.2 Blue collar......................................................... 11.10 6.8 10.94 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.56 11.1 10.57 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.66 8.7 10.66 8.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $11.85 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.17 6.6 $10.17 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.43 4.8 9.43 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 7.37 15.2 7.08 14.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.19 9.7 6.19 9.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.30 17.4 5.12 15.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.63 37.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.64 13.5 6.49 13.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.17 9.6 6.17 9.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.44 17.0 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.21 21.9 3.21 21.9 – – Other food service........................................... 9.28 5.7 9.20 6.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.76 5.7 8.76 5.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.23 2.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.01 7.6 9.81 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $20.26 $10.55 $21.94 $18.63 $19.37 $19.05 All excluding sales............................................. 20.58 11.20 22.34 19.21 20.00 17.36 White collar........................................................ 23.26 11.64 25.02 21.69 22.14 20.96 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.12 14.25 26.66 23.10 23.66 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.96 15.72 32.87 27.11 28.17 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.40 15.59 35.13 29.14 30.25 – Technical....................................................... 20.31 18.83 23.99 19.49 20.29 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.92 – – 30.51 30.33 – Sales............................................................. 14.28 9.12 – 12.43 11.09 24.95 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.09 10.11 14.32 13.75 13.79 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.54 11.10 21.68 13.82 17.26 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.01 – 22.91 16.04 19.76 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.86 – 22.09 13.20 16.69 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.66 11.85 20.20 13.27 15.45 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.88 10.17 17.93 12.08 14.37 – Service............................................................. 13.59 7.37 15.63 11.94 12.37 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 11.1 7.1 3.4 3.1 14.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 17.9 7.0 3.9 3.4 6.9 White collar........................................................ 3.2 10.5 15.3 2.6 3.2 26.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 19.6 14.1 2.8 3.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.2 36.8 9.7 4.7 4.6 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 38.5 8.7 4.8 4.5 – Technical....................................................... 6.9 6.6 6.9 8.0 6.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 – – 8.4 8.6 – Sales............................................................. 13.5 10.3 – 11.4 7.7 41.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 4.0 15.8 1.8 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 6.8 3.5 3.8 3.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 – 3.6 6.7 2.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.1 – 7.2 3.5 3.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.3 5.4 6.3 2.3 9.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.5 6.6 4.9 8.6 9.9 – Service............................................................. 9.3 15.2 5.4 11.1 6.7 – 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 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $18.97 $23.51 – - $23.66 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.62 23.52 – - 23.67 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 21.66 29.23 – - 29.24 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.39 29.57 – - 29.58 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.50 33.15 – - 33.18 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 29.63 35.10 – - 35.15 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 20.83 23.69 – - 23.69 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.63 36.28 – - 36.28 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.27 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.19 17.78 – - 17.78 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.27 19.30 – - 18.98 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.06 23.34 – - 24.12 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.83 17.51 – - 17.51 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.25 16.65 – - 16.19 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.13 17.56 – - 17.57 - - - - - Service............................................................. 11.11 – – - – - - - - - 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....................................................... 3.1 0.6 – - 0.5 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 .8 – - .8 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 2.7 3.3 – - 3.3 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 2.1 – - 2.1 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 5.5 – - 5.5 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 5.2 – - 5.2 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 7.4 12.8 – - 12.8 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.5 22.3 – - 22.3 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.4 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 10.7 – - 10.7 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 2.6 – - 2.6 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 2.7 – - 2.3 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.1 2.3 – - 2.3 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 13.8 – - 15.3 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.8 13.8 – - 13.9 - - - - - Service............................................................. 11.7 – – - – - - - - - 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $18.97 $14.98 $19.86 $16.49 $23.28 All excluding sales............................................. 19.62 15.21 20.62 17.20 23.78 White collar........................................................ 21.66 18.21 22.16 19.13 24.60 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.39 19.77 23.87 21.46 25.45 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.50 23.17 28.10 26.84 28.78 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.63 23.44 30.74 29.32 31.55 Technical....................................................... 20.83 – 20.89 18.81 21.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.63 25.73 31.25 28.41 33.09 Sales............................................................. 12.27 – 12.17 11.71 13.42 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.19 12.03 14.47 13.03 15.69 Blue collar......................................................... 17.27 13.52 18.23 14.92 22.11 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.06 14.41 21.94 18.70 26.26 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.83 12.66 17.95 13.30 21.33 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.25 14.57 15.28 13.67 18.82 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.13 12.82 14.55 10.78 18.74 Service............................................................. 11.11 12.07 10.52 10.18 11.53 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....................................................... 3.1 8.9 3.7 6.8 3.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 11.1 4.0 7.5 3.3 White collar........................................................ 2.7 10.4 3.1 6.6 5.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 16.0 2.9 6.6 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 26.7 3.9 5.6 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 28.2 3.3 4.9 4.9 Technical....................................................... 7.4 – 7.6 8.5 11.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.5 3.0 10.4 7.9 14.1 Sales............................................................. 10.4 – 11.3 14.5 23.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 7.2 3.3 3.3 4.7 Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 4.3 4.8 8.4 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 6.2 5.2 10.7 6.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.1 6.8 5.0 7.1 5.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 10.0 11.0 4.3 13.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.8 9.6 11.6 5.8 7.2 Service............................................................. 11.7 14.1 11.5 14.9 8.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.42 $16.00 $26.13 $32.00 All excluding sales........................... 9.42 12.09 16.64 26.46 32.37 White collar.................................... 9.50 12.40 19.14 29.21 37.69 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 14.00 21.64 30.29 39.44 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.69 20.50 28.03 32.28 42.40 Professional specialty...................... 18.54 24.14 29.57 34.80 44.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.10 27.73 30.46 39.09 46.96 Industrial engineers.................... 25.69 28.79 30.46 30.46 33.44 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.08 25.10 30.29 35.12 47.89 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.84 37.59 42.87 46.96 48.73 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.81 25.05 29.28 33.72 38.63 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.81 25.66 30.26 34.17 39.00 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.43 22.74 26.70 31.52 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 21.05 25.36 29.80 36.52 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 23.82 27.90 34.44 44.54 48.75 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.45 28.87 35.51 44.54 49.96 Secondary school teachers............... 23.72 27.90 35.14 42.04 46.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.40 15.09 18.92 21.12 29.58 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.03 15.43 16.00 18.26 27.00 Social workers.......................... 15.03 15.43 16.00 18.26 27.00 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 18.78 31.25 31.69 Technical................................... 11.42 15.48 19.67 26.43 29.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.19 19.14 28.75 28.75 29.33 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 13.31 15.72 28.90 31.88 33.97 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.13 19.51 26.88 33.94 51.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.60 25.64 32.70 46.92 57.98 Financial managers...................... 15.60 15.60 32.70 34.50 46.92 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.56 38.91 41.89 42.62 46.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.27 31.14 50.96 79.28 79.28 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.51 26.88 31.85 39.66 47.62 Management related........................ 16.14 17.94 23.33 28.85 33.94 Accountants and auditors................ 17.33 17.68 22.18 32.02 33.94 Other financial officers................ 17.35 18.65 25.87 30.44 37.12 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.85 20.17 25.48 25.83 28.85 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.20 9.95 12.50 23.00 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.59 8.87 10.19 11.47 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.28 10.56 13.00 15.50 20.43 Secretaries............................. 11.03 12.85 15.80 18.55 20.43 Receptionists........................... 7.17 7.81 11.90 11.90 15.30 Library clerks.......................... 6.59 10.40 12.76 14.23 17.59 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $9.86 $10.88 $12.95 $14.42 $15.89 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.75 13.46 14.22 15.01 16.13 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.64 12.06 17.53 26.31 26.54 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 12.55 14.00 14.00 14.20 25.19 General office clerks................... 9.04 10.00 11.06 13.00 15.50 Teachers' aides......................... 8.90 9.90 11.24 13.18 14.24 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.03 10.90 14.95 22.82 22.82 Blue collar..................................... 9.69 12.46 15.80 21.59 26.91 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.60 14.27 18.50 26.58 30.48 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.15 30.54 30.74 30.91 31.13 Millwrights............................. 19.97 24.90 30.85 30.91 30.91 Tool and die makers..................... 29.50 29.50 29.50 30.46 30.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 12.28 15.80 20.06 26.74 Printing press operators................ 14.60 15.00 16.40 16.43 18.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 12.18 15.25 24.05 27.24 Assemblers.............................. 13.34 15.80 23.70 26.74 26.76 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 13.40 13.50 16.91 25.26 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 13.50 16.00 25.26 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.25 11.25 13.40 16.43 21.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.40 12.40 16.24 26.44 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 8.50 9.55 15.16 26.61 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.50 10.87 12.48 15.55 26.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.80 8.50 12.98 16.39 16.88 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.00 15.44 23.62 Service......................................... 6.70 9.00 11.50 15.78 22.22 Protective service........................ 12.19 16.52 18.50 23.56 25.75 Firefighting............................ 15.36 17.47 18.05 18.66 19.57 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 9.00 11.00 13.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.54 7.00 8.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.54 5.40 Other food service....................... 7.05 8.94 10.22 11.85 22.22 Cooks................................... 8.31 10.00 10.75 11.50 13.30 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.64 11.76 Health service............................ 8.50 9.28 11.50 13.69 15.41 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.70 8.75 9.28 10.20 12.53 Cleaning and building service............. 7.85 8.36 9.55 12.40 18.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 8.27 9.55 11.70 18.77 Personal service.......................... 10.22 11.37 13.50 16.00 22.82 Service, n.e.c.......................... 10.00 11.35 13.00 15.29 20.00 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.61 $11.15 $15.81 $25.87 $31.39 All excluding sales........................... 9.14 12.00 16.40 26.43 31.69 White collar.................................... 9.38 12.12 18.86 28.75 35.74 White collar excluding sales................ 10.54 14.22 21.64 29.58 37.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.09 20.50 27.73 31.69 39.76 Professional specialty...................... 18.78 24.04 29.16 33.38 42.28 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.10 27.73 30.46 39.57 48.08 Industrial engineers.................... 25.69 29.21 30.46 32.02 33.44 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.08 25.10 30.29 35.12 47.89 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.84 37.59 42.87 46.96 48.73 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.81 25.05 29.58 34.17 38.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.81 25.66 30.26 34.17 39.00 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.79 23.37 27.18 32.00 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.24 21.43 25.93 30.37 37.21 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.52 16.00 20.00 27.00 27.00 Social workers.......................... 13.52 16.00 20.00 27.00 27.00 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 18.78 31.25 31.69 Technical................................... 12.27 16.25 20.26 26.91 29.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.19 19.14 28.75 28.75 29.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.01 21.01 26.88 33.94 55.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.19 26.88 32.70 51.33 60.29 Financial managers...................... 15.60 15.60 32.70 34.50 46.92 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.27 28.18 50.96 79.28 79.28 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.27 26.88 31.85 39.66 46.90 Management related........................ 17.35 19.42 24.64 28.91 33.94 Other financial officers................ 17.35 18.65 25.87 30.44 37.12 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.19 22.02 25.48 25.83 28.85 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.20 9.95 12.50 23.00 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.59 8.87 10.19 11.47 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.50 10.88 13.46 16.00 21.75 Secretaries............................. 11.59 12.85 16.48 18.55 20.43 Receptionists........................... 7.17 7.81 11.90 11.90 15.30 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.86 10.72 12.95 14.42 15.89 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.67 13.46 14.22 15.01 16.13 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.64 12.06 17.53 26.31 26.54 Stock and inventory clerks.............. $12.45 $14.00 $14.00 $14.20 $25.19 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.50 12.25 14.54 15.50 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.89 10.56 14.95 22.82 22.82 Blue collar..................................... 9.60 12.31 15.80 21.59 27.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.95 14.71 19.00 26.58 30.54 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.15 30.54 30.74 30.91 31.13 Tool and die makers..................... 29.50 29.50 29.50 30.46 30.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 12.28 15.80 20.06 26.74 Printing press operators................ 14.60 15.00 16.40 16.43 18.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 12.18 15.25 24.05 27.24 Assemblers.............................. 13.34 15.80 23.70 26.74 26.76 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 13.40 13.50 16.43 25.26 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.25 10.90 13.36 16.43 16.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.20 9.40 12.05 16.24 26.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.80 8.50 9.55 15.04 26.61 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.50 10.87 12.48 15.55 26.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.80 8.50 12.98 16.39 16.88 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.19 25.92 Service......................................... 5.00 8.00 10.01 13.30 18.77 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.50 8.75 10.91 14.42 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.54 7.00 8.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.54 5.40 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.75 10.00 11.50 22.22 Cooks................................... 8.98 10.00 10.75 11.41 13.30 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.64 10.50 Health service............................ 8.35 9.28 11.50 13.69 15.41 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.60 8.50 9.25 10.07 11.63 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.09 9.14 10.22 18.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.09 9.14 10.22 18.77 Personal service.......................... 10.38 11.50 13.50 16.00 23.93 Service, n.e.c.......................... 10.00 11.35 13.00 15.29 20.00 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.18 $12.95 $17.87 $27.90 $40.53 All excluding sales........................... 10.18 12.95 17.87 27.90 40.53 White collar.................................... 10.04 13.18 22.64 32.59 44.54 White collar excluding sales................ 10.04 13.18 22.64 32.59 44.54 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.43 21.90 30.15 39.57 48.17 Professional specialty...................... 17.31 24.94 30.76 40.93 48.17 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.54 18.54 22.58 26.68 29.86 Registered nurses....................... 18.54 18.54 22.46 26.21 27.69 Teachers, except college and university... 24.39 28.42 35.85 44.54 49.34 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 10.18 11.43 15.00 16.71 27.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.65 16.06 25.64 35.13 41.91 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.65 25.64 28.44 41.89 42.62 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 35.13 38.91 41.89 42.62 46.39 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.43 9.73 11.44 13.25 15.71 Secretaries............................. 9.53 11.63 12.98 14.67 16.92 Library clerks.......................... 6.59 9.61 12.76 13.25 17.59 Teachers' aides......................... 8.76 9.90 11.59 13.18 14.24 Blue collar..................................... 9.69 13.34 17.00 18.86 22.60 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.29 12.53 17.14 18.95 26.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.34 14.66 17.10 17.87 19.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.00 15.16 18.91 19.21 Service......................................... 10.41 12.00 17.03 19.69 24.82 Protective service........................ 12.18 15.85 18.50 23.34 25.75 Firefighting............................ 15.36 17.47 18.05 18.66 19.57 Food service.............................. 8.31 9.66 10.41 12.00 13.11 Other food service....................... 8.31 9.66 10.41 12.00 13.11 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $10.13 $10.83 $12.40 $14.16 $14.79 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.13 10.75 11.65 14.16 14.79 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.64 $12.40 $16.88 $26.58 $32.70 All excluding sales........................... 9.98 12.85 17.31 26.70 32.74 White collar.................................... 10.24 13.70 20.60 30.00 39.09 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 14.51 22.17 30.46 39.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.54 21.39 28.56 32.93 43.23 Professional specialty...................... 19.12 25.10 30.14 35.74 45.39 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.10 27.73 30.46 39.09 46.96 Industrial engineers.................... 25.69 28.79 30.46 30.46 33.44 Mechanical engineers.................... 23.08 25.10 30.29 35.12 47.89 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 32.84 37.59 42.87 46.96 48.73 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.81 25.05 29.28 33.72 38.63 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.81 25.66 30.26 34.17 39.00 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.23 22.42 26.84 32.18 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 20.60 25.36 30.21 37.87 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.56 28.42 35.14 44.54 49.34 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.45 28.87 35.51 44.54 49.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.40 15.09 18.92 21.12 29.58 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.27 15.43 16.00 18.10 27.00 Social workers.......................... 15.27 15.43 16.00 18.10 27.00 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.78 18.78 31.25 31.69 31.69 Technical................................... 11.37 15.48 19.67 26.43 29.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.19 19.14 28.75 28.75 29.33 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 13.31 15.72 28.90 31.88 33.97 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.11 19.23 26.75 34.28 52.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.60 25.64 32.70 46.92 57.98 Financial managers...................... 15.60 15.60 32.70 34.50 46.92 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 27.56 38.91 41.89 42.62 46.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.27 31.14 50.96 79.28 79.28 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.51 26.88 31.85 39.66 47.62 Management related........................ 16.11 17.83 22.60 27.55 33.94 Accountants and auditors................ 17.33 17.68 22.18 32.02 33.94 Other financial officers................ 17.35 18.65 25.87 30.44 37.12 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.85 20.17 25.48 25.83 28.85 Sales......................................... 8.44 9.50 10.80 14.94 23.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.60 10.91 13.25 15.89 20.60 Secretaries............................. 11.03 12.85 15.80 18.55 20.43 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.00 10.88 12.95 14.42 16.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.75 13.46 14.22 15.01 16.13 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.20 25.19 General office clerks................... $9.06 $10.00 $11.06 $13.09 $15.50 Teachers' aides......................... 8.76 9.90 11.21 12.76 14.24 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.03 10.90 15.23 22.82 22.82 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 13.00 15.81 21.59 27.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.71 18.66 26.58 30.48 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.15 30.54 30.74 30.91 31.13 Millwrights............................. 19.97 24.90 30.85 30.91 30.91 Tool and die makers..................... 29.50 29.50 29.50 30.46 30.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 12.28 15.80 23.70 26.74 Printing press operators................ 14.60 15.00 16.40 16.43 18.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 12.18 15.25 24.05 27.24 Assemblers.............................. 13.90 15.80 23.70 26.74 26.76 Transportation and material moving............ 11.25 13.50 13.50 17.00 25.26 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.25 11.25 13.40 16.43 21.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.50 12.50 16.88 26.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 9.20 9.60 24.65 26.61 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.50 9.50 12.48 26.77 26.91 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.00 9.05 13.63 16.39 16.88 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.00 15.90 23.62 Service......................................... 7.65 9.49 12.00 17.14 22.22 Protective service........................ 12.55 16.58 18.50 23.58 25.75 Firefighting............................ 15.36 17.47 18.05 18.66 19.57 Food service.............................. 2.54 7.50 9.64 11.41 22.22 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.54 8.00 9.00 Other food service....................... 7.21 9.64 10.50 12.50 22.22 Cooks................................... 9.36 10.18 11.00 11.67 13.30 Health service............................ 8.50 9.28 11.63 13.69 15.41 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.50 9.10 10.01 11.63 Cleaning and building service............. 7.85 8.36 9.55 12.40 18.77 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 8.27 9.55 11.70 18.77 Personal service.......................... 10.22 11.35 13.46 16.00 23.93 Service, n.e.c.......................... 10.23 11.37 13.00 16.00 20.00 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $6.97 $8.90 $11.65 $22.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 6.65 9.50 13.18 25.00 White collar.................................... 5.15 7.10 8.75 12.13 27.04 White collar excluding sales................ 2.13 7.17 10.75 24.50 28.91 Professional specialty and technical.......... 2.13 2.13 19.36 26.41 30.44 Professional specialty...................... 2.13 2.13 19.66 26.47 30.44 Health related............................ 22.12 24.21 26.43 29.97 31.98 Registered nurses....................... 22.03 24.00 26.34 29.18 30.51 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.00 16.49 17.31 22.00 23.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.45 7.10 8.05 9.82 11.00 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.90 7.95 8.91 9.95 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.17 8.25 9.83 11.84 13.18 Library clerks.......................... 6.40 8.06 12.76 13.25 13.25 Blue collar..................................... 6.65 8.50 10.87 12.90 15.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.10 9.00 11.82 13.07 17.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.40 7.10 10.87 11.52 13.52 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 8.00 10.20 12.59 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.35 9.00 11.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 5.50 Other food service....................... 6.90 8.00 9.00 11.33 11.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 8.28 9.00 9.50 11.95 Health service............................ 8.50 8.94 10.30 13.44 14.35 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 372,600 307,100 65,500 All excluding sales............................................. 340,100 274,700 65,500 White collar........................................................ 218,700 175,500 43,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 186,300 143,100 43,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 93,100 66,800 - Professional specialty.......................................... 76,100 51,900 - Technical....................................................... 16,900 15,000 1,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30,600 25,700 4,900 Sales............................................................. 32,400 32,400 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 62,600 50,500 12,100 Blue collar......................................................... 93,600 87,000 6,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 32,500 29,800 2,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,000 26,900 - Transportation and material moving................................ 17,400 14,600 2,900 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16,700 15,800 900 Service............................................................. 60,300 44,600 15,700 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.