NC BL 12/00/2006 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, Bulletin 3135-20, August 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $12.31 4.7 35.2 $10.57 5.6 34.3 $18.56 3.5 39.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 23.95 4.2 38.0 23.00 8.2 37.6 24.67 3.7 38.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 25.83 7.8 41.9 25.98 13.1 43.8 25.65 8.0 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 23.50 4.5 37.1 22.04 8.7 36.0 24.49 3.8 37.9 Service............................................................. 7.23 3.0 30.7 6.48 2.0 29.2 10.86 3.8 40.6 Sales and office.................................................... 10.15 3.5 36.7 10.00 4.1 36.4 11.37 5.1 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 10.14 8.4 33.8 10.14 8.4 33.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 10.16 4.3 38.7 9.89 5.5 38.7 11.37 5.1 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.62 6.5 40.2 11.13 7.2 40.2 14.92 5.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 9.98 3.9 39.7 9.80 4.8 39.7 11.96 8.7 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.58 11.8 41.1 12.95 14.5 41.3 16.46 6.7 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.95 10.2 37.8 10.90 10.9 37.8 11.69 10.3 37.7 Production........................................................ 10.53 5.3 38.7 10.35 5.3 38.6 14.88 20.7 40.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.21 16.0 37.3 11.26 17.1 37.3 10.56 2.0 37.0 Full time........................................................... 13.39 5.5 39.5 11.57 6.7 39.5 18.70 3.4 39.5 Part time........................................................... 6.62 2.0 22.5 6.55 2.1 22.5 10.00 4.8 21.7 Union............................................................... 23.25 3.0 37.3 21.47 9.7 40.6 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 12.22 4.7 35.2 10.50 5.6 34.3 18.47 3.6 39.1 Time................................................................ 11.88 4.7 34.9 9.87 5.4 33.9 18.56 3.5 39.0 Incentive........................................................... 19.09 12.4 41.3 19.09 12.4 41.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.05 6.8 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.48 6.5 33.4 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 10.09 8.4 36.5 10.03 8.5 36.5 13.66 10.9 38.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 11.41 5.9 31.8 10.81 6.0 31.2 18.11 7.5 38.8 500 workers or more................................................. 16.30 3.8 36.4 12.24 8.1 32.7 18.78 4.3 39.0 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $12.31 4.7 $13.39 5.5 $6.62 2.0 Management occupations.............................................. 27.90 9.0 27.90 9.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 19.68 5.6 19.68 5.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.87 13.2 20.87 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.11 25.0 15.11 25.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.50 9.3 16.50 9.3 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.80 5.7 13.80 5.7 – – Social and human service assistants............................. 13.40 5.7 13.40 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.43 2.9 24.93 2.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 8.0 8.16 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.26 1.5 30.26 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.02 12.1 25.02 12.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.36 .9 29.40 1.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.44 1.4 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.17 5.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.93 .9 29.93 .9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.11 1.6 27.11 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.82 .3 29.82 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.03 2.5 31.03 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.57 4.0 31.57 4.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.91 2.4 30.91 2.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 9.99 3.9 10.10 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 8.0 8.16 8.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.16 10.2 25.19 11.3 24.58 35.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.39 9.0 13.72 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.41 6.1 16.41 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.94 8.2 34.05 8.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.48 3.0 29.53 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.85 4.4 29.94 4.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.09 12.8 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.21 12.3 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.77 3.1 16.74 3.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.95 6.9 7.81 11.7 5.85 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.87 3.3 7.42 8.4 6.01 .2 Level 3 .................................................. 6.85 8.9 7.03 11.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.73 2.8 7.18 6.5 6.09 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.63 .4 – – 6.01 .2 Level 3 .................................................. 7.20 12.5 – – – – Home health aides............................................... $6.20 2.3 – – $6.04 0.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.14 1.5 – – 6.01 .2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.21 5.3 $8.33 5.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.24 18.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.38 9.4 10.90 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.52 6.7 12.52 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 12.38 6.1 12.37 6.2 – – Police officers................................................... 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.67 3.7 6.81 4.6 6.07 8.2 Level 1 .................................................. 5.84 4.5 5.92 4.7 5.74 6.2 Level 3 .................................................. 8.15 3.2 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.86 2.3 7.87 2.4 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.79 .4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.67 7.5 3.63 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 4.12 7.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.78 16.0 2.83 15.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.32 3.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.08 4.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.35 4.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.13 4.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.43 4.8 8.55 5.1 7.47 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.25 7.9 7.20 10.7 7.35 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.64 6.9 7.64 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.62 2.1 9.60 2.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 4.0 8.56 4.1 7.47 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 7.5 7.61 11.7 7.35 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.64 6.9 7.64 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 2.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.66 3.4 8.81 3.1 7.49 10.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.80 8.3 8.17 11.1 7.33 10.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.82 7.4 7.82 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 2.5 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.24 10.1 7.24 10.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.52 5.4 8.89 4.9 5.94 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 5.95 2.6 – – 5.95 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 5.98 .3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.25 4.7 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.93 1.8 – – 5.93 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.95 2.7 – – 5.95 2.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... $10.14 8.4 $11.04 8.7 $7.38 0.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 13.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 4.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 7.67 11.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 13.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.55 6.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.51 14.4 11.51 14.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.34 21.3 12.34 21.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.10 8.2 10.05 10.2 7.39 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 13.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.62 .0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 7.64 11.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 11.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 13.4 – – 7.66 6.8 Cashiers...................................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 13.4 – – 7.66 6.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.37 27.6 11.09 26.9 7.80 14.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.03 9.0 7.02 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.96 14.4 14.44 15.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.16 4.3 10.33 4.3 6.82 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 11.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.11 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.99 2.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.82 4.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.92 13.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.59 8.4 9.64 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.44 8.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.73 4.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.41 7.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 8.71 4.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.56 11.9 11.56 11.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.07 22.5 8.47 21.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.21 10.2 11.40 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 4.9 9.22 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.20 1.1 11.20 1.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 8.90 2.7 9.08 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.45 6.1 8.63 5.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.09 4.6 11.09 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.10 1.6 11.10 1.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.35 8.2 9.43 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 9.8 10.13 9.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.98 3.9 10.00 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. $8.31 9.7 $8.31 9.7 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.69 8.1 8.69 8.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.58 11.8 13.58 11.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.63 11.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.80 8.1 17.80 8.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 10.53 5.3 10.70 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.46 1.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 6.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.45 3.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.67 15.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.68 9.6 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.90 2.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.54 8.3 17.54 8.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.61 5.4 10.61 5.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.30 14.2 11.30 14.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.63 13.2 8.89 15.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.40 2.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.21 16.0 11.62 16.4 $6.51 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 5.98 6.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.86 6.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.86 6.6 7.86 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.47 4.4 6.51 5.6 6.30 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.84 7.3 5.62 8.3 6.39 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 2.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.59 4.0 6.68 6.1 6.37 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.03 9.5 – – 6.48 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.03 3.4 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.26 12.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $10.57 5.6 $11.57 6.7 $6.55 2.1 Management occupations.............................................. 26.53 16.3 26.53 16.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 20.76 3.2 20.76 3.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.45 15.8 24.45 15.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.39 26.8 15.39 26.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.10 10.9 25.13 12.2 24.58 35.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.51 9.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.41 6.1 16.41 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.75 9.8 35.95 10.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.39 2.9 29.45 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.89 4.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.09 12.8 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.21 12.3 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.95 3.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.71 7.4 7.50 13.5 5.85 3.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.72 3.5 7.22 8.9 6.01 .2 Level 3 .................................................. 6.41 4.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.41 1.4 6.68 3.4 6.09 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.44 .4 – – 6.01 .2 Home health aides............................................... 6.20 2.3 – – 6.04 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.14 1.5 – – 6.01 .2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.36 2.1 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.24 18.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.24 6.7 6.28 6.1 6.07 8.2 Level 1 .................................................. 5.59 6.3 5.43 8.7 5.74 6.2 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.38 5.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.14 6.8 3.01 7.5 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.78 16.0 2.83 15.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 1.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.08 4.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.17 1.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.13 4.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.72 9.1 7.80 11.2 7.46 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.50 8.2 – – 7.34 8.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.07 10.0 7.07 10.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.49 5.6 7.51 7.2 7.46 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.84 7.8 – – 7.34 8.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.07 10.0 7.07 10.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $7.81 6.5 $7.93 7.9 $7.48 10.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.97 9.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.44 5.6 8.93 5.9 5.94 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 5.95 2.6 – – 5.95 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 5.98 .3 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.93 1.8 – – 5.93 1.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.95 2.7 – – 5.95 2.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.14 8.4 11.04 8.7 7.38 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 13.3 9.20 21.0 7.67 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 4.3 – – 6.76 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 7.67 11.1 7.85 12.6 6.67 1.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 13.8 12.74 15.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.55 6.5 12.55 6.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.51 14.4 11.51 14.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.34 21.3 12.34 21.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.10 8.2 10.05 10.2 7.39 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 13.3 9.20 21.0 7.67 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 6.62 .0 – – 6.59 .5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.64 11.4 7.82 12.9 6.64 1.3 Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 11.1 13.36 12.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 13.4 – – 7.66 6.8 Cashiers...................................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 13.4 – – 7.66 6.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.37 27.6 11.09 26.9 7.80 14.1 Level 3 .................................................. 7.03 9.0 7.02 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.96 14.4 14.44 15.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.89 5.5 10.07 5.5 6.80 4.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 12.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.81 4.8 8.00 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.83 2.8 8.89 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.16 6.6 12.16 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.07 13.2 13.07 13.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 8.91 7.0 8.95 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.44 8.2 8.48 8.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 8.71 4.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.56 11.9 11.56 11.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.07 22.5 8.47 21.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.10 14.0 11.36 13.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.62 4.2 8.80 3.8 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 8.90 2.7 9.08 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.44 6.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.12 12.1 9.12 12.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $9.80 4.8 $9.82 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 11.3 8.17 11.3 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.69 8.1 8.69 8.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.95 14.5 12.95 14.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.63 11.9 14.63 11.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 10.35 5.3 10.51 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.41 1.5 6.55 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 6.5 8.18 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.45 3.5 9.45 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.71 16.9 11.71 16.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.68 9.6 14.68 9.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.28 2.0 15.28 2.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.70 9.9 16.70 9.9 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.30 14.2 11.30 14.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.63 13.2 8.89 15.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.40 2.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.26 17.1 11.71 17.4 $6.13 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 5.98 6.6 5.85 8.0 6.39 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 5.5 7.75 5.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.86 6.6 7.86 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.46 4.5 6.50 5.6 6.30 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.84 7.3 5.62 8.3 6.39 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 2.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.58 4.0 6.67 6.0 6.37 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.03 9.5 – – 6.48 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.03 3.4 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.26 12.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.56 3.5 $18.70 3.4 $10.00 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 29.65 8.2 29.65 8.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.53 6.5 17.53 6.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.22 9.3 17.22 9.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.40 2.7 25.86 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.26 1.5 30.26 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.02 12.1 25.02 12.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.33 .8 30.37 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.44 1.4 30.44 1.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.17 5.6 29.17 5.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.93 .9 29.93 .9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.11 1.6 27.11 1.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.82 .3 29.82 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.08 2.5 31.08 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.57 4.0 31.57 4.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.96 2.4 30.96 2.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.50 2.9 10.50 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.10 5.8 15.12 5.7 – – Police officers................................................... 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.81 2.8 9.81 2.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.09 1.1 9.09 1.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.69 4.7 8.70 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.56 2.3 9.56 2.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.21 1.6 9.21 1.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.86 6.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.21 1.6 9.21 1.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.86 6.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.37 5.1 11.46 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 4.8 10.04 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.35 4.0 11.35 4.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.53 4.3 11.53 4.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.43 4.6 11.43 4.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.73 7.9 9.98 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.96 8.7 11.96 8.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $16.46 6.7 $16.46 6.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.88 20.7 14.88 20.7 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.61 5.4 10.61 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.56 2.0 10.49 1.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $12.31 4.7 $13.39 5.5 $6.62 2.0 Management occupations.............................................. 27.90 9.0 27.90 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 31.87 8.8 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.87 13.2 20.87 13.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.28 9.0 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.11 25.0 15.11 25.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.50 9.3 16.50 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 14.94 3.7 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.80 5.7 13.80 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 14.37 8.2 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 13.40 5.7 13.40 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.43 2.9 24.93 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.99 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.02 2.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.36 .9 29.40 1.1 – – Group II.................................................. 29.32 1.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.93 .9 29.93 .9 – – Group II.................................................. 29.92 .9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.82 .3 29.82 .3 – – Group II.................................................. 29.80 .3 29.80 .3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.03 2.5 31.03 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 31.01 2.6 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.91 2.4 30.91 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.89 2.5 30.89 2.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 9.99 3.9 10.10 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.99 3.9 10.10 3.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.16 10.2 25.19 11.3 24.58 35.5 Group I................................................... 13.89 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.78 16.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.83 7.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.48 3.0 29.53 3.1 – – Group III................................................. 29.80 4.4 29.88 4.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.09 12.8 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.21 12.3 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.77 3.1 16.74 3.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.95 6.9 7.81 11.7 5.85 3.4 Group I................................................... 6.95 6.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.73 2.8 7.18 6.5 6.09 .4 Group I................................................... $6.73 2.8 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 6.20 2.3 – – $6.04 0.0 Group I................................................... 6.20 2.3 – – 6.04 .0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.21 5.3 $8.33 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.21 5.3 8.33 5.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.24 18.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.24 18.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.38 9.4 10.90 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 15.62 8.1 – – – – Police officers................................................... 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.08 10.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.51 8.7 19.51 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.08 10.1 20.08 10.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.67 3.7 6.81 4.6 6.07 8.2 Group I................................................... 6.50 3.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.86 2.3 7.87 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 7.86 2.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.79 .4 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.79 .4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.67 7.5 3.63 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 3.67 7.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.78 16.0 2.83 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 2.78 16.0 2.83 15.2 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.32 3.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.32 3.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.35 4.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.35 4.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.43 4.8 8.55 5.1 7.47 7.4 Group I................................................... 8.24 4.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 4.0 8.56 4.1 7.47 7.4 Group I................................................... 8.41 4.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.66 3.4 8.81 3.1 7.49 10.3 Group I................................................... 8.68 3.6 8.84 3.4 7.49 10.3 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.24 10.1 7.24 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.24 10.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.52 5.4 8.89 4.9 5.94 1.7 Group I................................................... 6.24 3.2 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.93 1.8 – – 5.93 1.8 Group I................................................... 5.93 1.8 – – 5.93 1.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.14 8.4 11.04 8.7 7.38 .3 Group I................................................... $9.38 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 12.91 6.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.51 14.4 $11.51 14.4 – – Group II.................................................. 12.50 12.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.34 21.3 12.34 21.3 – – Group II.................................................. 15.27 3.4 15.27 3.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.10 8.2 10.05 10.2 $7.39 0.2 Group I................................................... 9.25 8.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Group I................................................... 7.54 11.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.61 9.0 8.13 16.3 7.21 4.6 Group I................................................... 7.54 11.3 7.91 18.8 7.25 6.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.37 27.6 11.09 26.9 7.80 14.1 Group I................................................... 10.86 28.7 11.51 28.0 8.05 16.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.16 4.3 10.33 4.3 6.82 3.7 Group I................................................... 9.51 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.72 9.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.59 8.4 9.64 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.72 9.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.41 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.41 7.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 8.71 4.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.56 11.9 11.56 11.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.07 22.5 8.47 21.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.15 22.7 8.47 21.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.21 10.2 11.40 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.75 2.9 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 8.90 2.7 9.08 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.90 2.7 9.08 1.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.09 4.6 11.09 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.09 4.6 11.09 4.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.35 8.2 9.43 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.15 9.1 9.23 9.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.98 3.9 10.00 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.49 7.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.29 5.5 – – – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.69 8.1 8.69 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.69 8.1 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.58 11.8 13.58 11.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.23 8.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.62 9.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.80 8.1 17.80 8.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. $10.53 5.3 $10.70 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 8.40 5.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.02 6.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.54 8.3 17.54 8.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.27 9.2 13.27 9.2 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.61 5.4 10.61 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.90 5.0 9.90 5.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.30 14.2 11.30 14.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.63 13.2 8.89 15.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.58 10.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.21 16.0 11.62 16.4 $6.51 4.1 Group I................................................... 9.05 12.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.86 6.6 7.86 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 7.86 6.6 7.86 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.47 4.4 6.51 5.6 6.30 5.8 Group I................................................... 6.47 4.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.59 4.0 6.68 6.1 6.37 6.2 Group I................................................... 6.59 4.0 6.68 6.1 6.37 6.2 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.26 12.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.26 12.3 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.75 $6.50 $9.03 $14.18 $24.81 Management occupations.............................................. 15.13 16.46 25.96 36.05 40.34 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.83 17.55 19.02 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 8.00 8.00 9.99 23.68 30.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.26 11.66 15.85 17.91 27.38 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.76 10.71 14.21 16.47 18.08 Social and human service assistants............................. 8.76 10.26 14.08 16.26 17.51 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.30 12.40 26.03 32.57 35.87 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.53 25.40 29.46 33.72 37.15 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.81 25.95 30.92 32.57 35.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.81 25.73 30.43 32.57 35.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.53 26.03 30.43 35.21 38.87 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.53 25.95 30.18 34.95 38.92 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.69 8.86 9.79 11.68 12.12 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.35 13.50 17.56 28.54 36.80 Registered nurses................................................. 24.01 27.84 29.87 31.77 33.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.00 11.42 11.47 19.00 22.11 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.00 11.00 13.50 13.50 19.70 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 15.84 16.00 17.56 18.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.15 6.00 6.35 7.50 9.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.65 6.00 6.35 7.35 8.53 Home health aides............................................... 5.50 6.00 6.20 6.35 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 7.17 7.77 9.12 10.28 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 5.15 5.15 6.19 8.50 12.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 5.25 5.25 10.13 14.09 20.32 Police officers................................................... 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 5.85 6.00 8.00 8.87 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.30 8.73 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.15 5.50 5.90 8.40 10.22 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.15 3.25 5.15 6.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.15 2.15 2.16 3.25 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.81 6.78 8.40 9.78 10.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.84 7.00 8.60 9.84 10.44 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.84 7.22 8.88 9.92 10.44 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 5.50 5.50 8.00 8.40 8.40 Personal care and service occupations............................... $5.15 $5.77 $6.05 $6.85 $8.05 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 5.90 7.10 8.80 11.54 14.53 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.83 10.11 10.11 13.80 15.20 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 7.83 8.45 13.26 14.70 18.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.65 6.25 7.53 9.60 11.93 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.55 6.20 7.20 8.36 10.90 Cashiers...................................................... 5.55 6.20 7.20 8.36 10.90 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.75 6.90 7.81 10.68 15.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.50 7.87 9.60 11.78 14.17 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.50 7.06 9.50 11.74 12.52 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 10.21 11.46 12.40 13.95 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.14 7.50 8.53 9.21 10.40 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.50 9.89 12.24 14.12 14.12 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 5.75 6.50 8.30 11.04 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.50 8.50 10.35 13.75 16.39 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.25 7.50 8.50 9.72 10.80 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.13 9.96 10.67 12.47 13.84 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.50 7.50 9.35 11.39 11.86 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.50 7.50 8.75 11.75 15.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.25 7.75 8.00 10.00 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 8.62 12.57 16.00 22.80 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 13.86 13.86 14.92 22.71 24.33 Production occupations.............................................. 6.39 6.70 9.75 12.87 17.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 13.52 18.89 19.47 24.04 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.05 9.28 10.75 12.00 12.28 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.00 7.65 8.87 16.96 20.16 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 5.51 6.39 7.69 10.25 12.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.40 6.90 8.75 15.00 21.88 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.48 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.30 6.00 7.19 8.44 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.26 6.45 7.22 8.44 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.15 5.40 5.40 6.50 7.70 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.50 $6.05 $8.00 $11.79 $17.12 Management occupations.............................................. 15.13 15.60 21.49 35.00 41.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.32 19.02 30.68 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 8.00 8.00 11.00 23.68 30.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.35 13.17 17.12 27.84 45.00 Registered nurses................................................. 24.70 27.84 29.61 31.77 31.77 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.00 11.42 11.47 19.00 22.11 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.00 11.00 13.50 13.50 19.70 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 16.00 16.75 18.00 18.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.15 5.85 6.19 7.17 8.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.65 6.00 6.35 6.50 7.49 Home health aides............................................... 5.50 6.00 6.20 6.35 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.44 6.50 7.33 7.96 8.53 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 5.15 5.15 6.19 8.50 12.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.15 5.50 5.83 7.25 8.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.15 2.38 4.25 5.15 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.15 2.15 2.16 3.25 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.50 5.90 6.00 6.50 6.55 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.50 6.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.50 5.84 6.85 9.15 10.46 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.78 5.84 7.00 8.92 10.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.78 5.84 7.21 9.79 10.40 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 5.65 6.05 6.50 7.25 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 5.90 7.10 8.80 11.54 14.53 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.83 10.11 10.11 13.80 15.20 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 7.83 8.45 13.26 14.70 18.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.65 6.25 7.53 9.60 11.93 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.55 6.20 7.20 8.36 10.90 Cashiers...................................................... 5.55 6.20 7.20 8.36 10.90 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.75 6.90 7.81 10.68 15.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.50 7.50 9.21 11.39 14.12 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.50 6.92 8.75 10.21 11.96 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.14 7.50 8.53 9.21 10.40 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.50 9.89 12.24 14.12 14.12 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 5.75 6.50 8.30 11.04 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.25 8.47 9.98 14.21 16.39 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.25 7.50 8.50 9.72 10.80 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.40 7.42 8.46 11.39 11.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $6.25 $7.25 $8.50 $11.55 $14.50 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.25 7.75 8.00 10.00 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 8.01 11.00 15.00 23.38 Production occupations.............................................. 6.39 6.60 9.70 12.86 16.63 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 13.52 18.46 19.00 21.11 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.00 7.65 8.87 16.96 20.16 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 5.51 6.39 7.69 10.25 12.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.40 6.50 8.50 15.00 21.88 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.48 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.30 6.00 7.19 8.44 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.26 6.45 7.22 8.44 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.15 5.40 5.40 6.50 7.70 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.85 $10.06 $14.28 $26.38 $34.14 Management occupations.............................................. 15.07 19.28 33.30 37.48 39.44 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.34 15.53 18.16 20.84 20.84 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.26 12.70 15.99 18.35 28.82 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.06 19.23 26.86 32.63 36.02 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.00 25.72 30.12 33.85 37.28 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.81 25.95 30.92 32.57 35.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.81 25.73 30.43 32.57 35.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.53 26.03 30.61 35.28 38.89 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.53 26.03 30.39 35.01 38.93 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.86 9.26 10.06 11.71 12.62 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.13 10.97 14.09 16.44 25.84 Police officers................................................... 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.24 8.87 9.50 10.22 12.63 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.55 8.30 9.00 9.86 10.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.38 8.51 9.64 9.92 10.44 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.38 8.51 9.64 9.92 10.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.36 9.52 10.88 12.47 14.55 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.52 9.96 11.44 12.52 14.43 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.52 9.96 11.06 12.47 14.07 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.73 8.28 9.58 10.83 12.21 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.31 10.08 10.08 15.58 15.58 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 8.64 14.49 16.86 17.87 22.71 Production occupations.............................................. 8.63 9.90 12.00 18.89 31.31 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.05 9.28 10.75 12.00 12.28 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.65 9.26 9.80 11.95 13.51 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.50 $10.00 $15.07 $26.38 Management occupations.............................................. 15.13 16.46 25.96 36.05 40.34 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.83 17.55 19.02 30.68 30.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 8.00 8.00 9.99 23.68 30.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.26 11.66 15.85 17.99 27.38 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.76 10.71 14.21 16.47 18.08 Social and human service assistants............................. 8.76 10.26 14.08 16.26 17.51 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.32 17.80 26.51 32.57 35.99 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.53 25.40 29.50 33.72 37.17 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.81 25.95 30.92 32.57 35.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.81 25.73 30.43 32.57 35.30 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.53 26.03 30.43 35.21 38.87 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.53 25.95 30.18 34.95 38.92 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.70 9.11 9.89 11.71 12.30 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.35 13.50 17.50 28.35 34.14 Registered nurses................................................. 24.09 27.84 29.87 31.77 33.67 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 15.84 16.00 17.50 18.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.00 6.35 7.35 8.53 11.87 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.00 6.35 6.44 7.73 9.24 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 7.32 7.81 9.24 10.51 Protective service occupations...................................... 5.25 5.25 10.13 14.13 20.68 Police officers................................................... 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.13 14.21 16.44 25.84 25.84 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 6.00 6.00 8.00 9.22 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.30 8.73 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.15 3.25 4.38 6.59 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.15 2.15 2.16 3.25 4.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.84 7.00 8.53 9.82 10.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.84 7.06 8.84 9.84 10.44 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.84 7.55 9.18 9.92 10.44 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 5.50 5.50 8.00 8.40 8.40 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.35 6.25 8.05 11.00 14.77 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 7.65 10.11 13.01 14.97 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 7.83 10.11 10.11 13.80 15.20 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... $7.83 $8.45 $13.26 $14.70 $18.63 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.75 6.75 7.81 10.94 14.97 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.25 7.65 9.45 11.53 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.25 7.65 9.45 11.53 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.75 7.30 8.25 10.94 20.40 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.81 8.28 9.77 11.93 14.21 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.50 7.27 9.50 11.90 12.52 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.50 9.89 12.24 14.12 14.12 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 9.35 11.04 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.63 8.79 10.57 13.75 16.39 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.00 8.25 8.50 10.00 10.85 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.13 9.96 10.67 12.47 13.84 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.40 7.50 9.56 11.39 11.90 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.25 7.50 8.75 11.75 15.00 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 6.25 7.75 8.00 10.00 11.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.75 8.62 12.57 16.00 22.80 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 13.86 13.86 14.92 22.71 24.33 Production occupations.............................................. 6.39 6.81 10.00 12.91 17.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.50 13.52 18.89 19.47 24.04 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.31 11.74 17.00 18.00 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.05 9.28 10.75 12.00 12.28 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.00 7.65 8.87 16.96 20.16 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.39 6.39 8.50 10.25 12.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.40 7.00 8.75 15.00 21.88 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.48 7.00 8.50 8.75 8.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.15 5.15 5.90 7.22 8.44 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.15 5.15 6.45 8.00 8.44 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.15 $5.50 $6.05 $6.85 $8.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.00 11.88 19.00 45.00 45.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.00 6.19 6.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 5.50 5.85 6.00 6.30 6.50 Home health aides............................................... 5.50 5.75 6.00 6.25 6.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.15 5.49 5.65 6.50 8.40 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.30 6.50 7.40 8.00 10.31 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.30 6.50 7.40 8.00 10.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.30 5.81 7.00 10.31 10.31 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 5.30 6.05 6.05 6.85 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.15 5.15 6.05 6.05 6.85 Sales and related occupations....................................... 5.60 6.00 7.00 8.30 9.57 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.60 6.00 7.00 8.30 10.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 5.50 5.80 7.00 8.25 9.45 Cashiers...................................................... 5.50 5.80 7.00 8.25 9.45 Retail salespersons............................................. 5.85 6.25 7.00 9.25 10.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.00 6.15 6.98 7.50 8.24 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.37 5.40 6.00 7.00 7.80 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.37 5.60 6.00 7.00 7.30 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 5.48 5.60 6.20 7.00 7.30 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.39 $10.00 $529 $398 39.5 $26,202 $20,384 1,957 Management occupations.............................................. 27.90 25.96 1,195 1,188 42.8 58,113 54,001 2,083 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.87 19.02 835 761 40.0 43,410 39,562 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.11 9.99 605 400 40.0 31,434 20,779 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.50 15.85 660 634 40.0 32,971 32,970 1,998 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.80 14.21 552 568 40.0 28,648 29,548 2,075 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.40 14.08 536 563 40.0 27,798 29,293 2,075 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.93 26.51 954 1,021 38.3 36,561 39,243 1,467 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.40 29.50 1,115 1,123 37.9 42,183 42,243 1,435 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.93 30.92 1,129 1,140 37.7 42,280 42,639 1,412 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.82 30.43 1,127 1,140 37.8 42,222 42,639 1,416 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.03 30.43 1,179 1,154 38.0 44,657 43,300 1,439 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.91 30.18 1,173 1,148 38.0 44,341 42,990 1,434 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.10 9.89 391 373 38.7 14,789 13,990 1,464 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.19 17.50 1,004 700 39.8 51,436 36,557 2,042 Registered nurses................................................. 29.53 29.87 1,176 1,195 39.8 57,820 57,897 1,958 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.74 16.00 662 640 39.6 34,450 33,280 2,059 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.81 7.35 270 240 34.5 14,018 12,480 1,795 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.18 6.44 233 220 32.5 12,134 11,440 1,689 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.33 7.81 333 312 40.0 17,325 16,245 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.90 10.13 457 408 42.0 23,779 21,191 2,182 Police officers................................................... 19.51 16.44 792 657 40.6 41,164 34,187 2,110 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.51 16.44 792 657 40.6 41,164 34,187 2,110 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.81 6.00 261 240 38.4 12,959 12,480 1,904 Cooks............................................................. 7.87 8.00 307 319 39.0 15,411 16,401 1,959 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.63 3.25 119 81 32.6 5,835 4,214 1,606 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.16 89 73 31.3 4,604 3,801 1,628 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.55 8.53 333 336 39.0 17,186 17,468 2,010 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.56 8.84 331 344 38.7 17,040 17,820 1,990 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.81 9.18 349 355 39.6 17,958 18,387 2,038 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.24 8.00 290 320 40.0 15,058 16,640 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.89 8.05 356 322 40.0 18,490 16,736 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... $11.04 $10.11 $438 $384 39.7 $22,785 $19,968 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.51 10.11 477 455 41.5 24,825 23,660 2,157 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.34 13.26 493 500 39.9 25,622 26,000 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.05 7.81 390 304 38.8 20,295 15,808 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.13 7.65 322 296 39.6 16,747 15,392 2,060 Cashiers...................................................... 8.13 7.65 322 296 39.6 16,747 15,392 2,060 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.09 8.25 425 308 38.3 22,113 16,016 1,993 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.33 9.77 410 391 39.7 20,911 19,781 2,024 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.64 9.50 385 380 40.0 19,419 19,760 2,015 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.56 12.24 463 490 40.0 24,053 25,459 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.47 6.50 339 260 40.0 17,608 13,520 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.40 10.57 446 423 39.1 22,467 20,862 1,970 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.08 8.50 363 340 40.0 18,879 17,680 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.09 10.67 440 417 39.7 20,718 20,138 1,868 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.43 9.56 376 382 39.9 19,566 19,874 2,075 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 8.75 400 350 40.0 20,794 18,200 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.69 8.00 347 320 40.0 18,065 16,640 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.58 12.57 558 480 41.1 28,993 24,960 2,135 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 17.80 14.92 778 686 43.7 40,461 35,670 2,273 Production occupations.............................................. 10.70 10.00 429 400 40.1 22,322 20,800 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.54 18.89 737 760 42.0 38,328 39,520 2,185 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... $10.61 $10.75 $425 $430 40.0 $22,075 $22,354 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.30 8.87 452 355 40.0 23,501 18,450 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.89 8.50 355 340 39.9 18,445 17,680 2,076 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.62 8.75 467 350 40.1 23,890 17,555 2,055 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.86 8.50 315 340 40.0 16,357 17,680 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.51 5.90 251 230 38.5 13,046 11,960 2,003 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.68 6.45 261 258 39.1 13,584 13,408 2,033 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $11.57 $8.79 $457 $344 39.5 $23,704 $17,826 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 26.53 21.49 1,202 1,032 45.3 62,512 53,639 2,356 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.45 30.68 978 1,227 40.0 50,863 63,808 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.39 11.00 616 440 40.0 32,010 22,880 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.13 17.00 1,002 680 39.9 52,086 35,360 2,073 Registered nurses................................................. 29.45 29.64 1,172 1,185 39.8 60,931 61,630 2,069 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 6.48 253 240 33.8 13,169 12,480 1,756 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.68 6.35 209 184 31.2 10,860 9,555 1,625 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.28 6.00 241 240 38.3 12,498 12,480 1,989 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.01 2.38 95 78 31.7 4,964 4,056 1,649 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.16 89 73 31.3 4,604 3,801 1,628 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.80 6.50 293 240 37.6 15,208 12,480 1,951 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.51 6.75 275 258 36.7 14,274 12,896 1,902 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.93 7.25 308 296 38.9 15,974 15,371 2,013 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.93 8.00 357 320 40.0 18,565 16,640 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.04 10.11 438 384 39.7 22,785 19,968 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.51 10.11 477 455 41.5 24,825 23,660 2,157 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.34 13.26 493 500 39.9 25,622 26,000 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.05 7.81 390 304 38.8 20,295 15,808 2,020 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.13 7.65 322 296 39.6 16,747 15,392 2,060 Cashiers...................................................... 8.13 7.65 322 296 39.6 16,747 15,392 2,060 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.09 8.25 425 308 38.3 22,113 16,016 1,993 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.07 9.50 399 373 39.6 20,709 19,427 2,056 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.95 8.75 358 350 40.0 18,479 18,200 2,065 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.56 12.24 463 490 40.0 24,053 25,459 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.47 6.50 339 260 40.0 17,608 13,520 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.36 10.33 441 423 38.8 22,917 21,986 2,017 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.08 8.50 363 340 40.0 18,879 17,680 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.12 8.46 364 338 39.9 18,908 17,588 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.82 8.50 393 340 40.0 20,422 17,680 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 8.69 8.00 347 320 40.0 18,065 16,640 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.95 11.00 535 440 41.3 27,804 22,880 2,148 Production occupations.............................................. $10.51 $9.85 $422 $394 40.1 $21,943 $20,488 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.70 18.46 704 680 42.1 36,602 35,360 2,192 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.27 11.74 531 470 40.0 27,610 24,419 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.30 8.87 452 355 40.0 23,501 18,450 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.89 8.50 355 340 39.9 18,445 17,680 2,076 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.71 8.75 470 340 40.2 24,452 17,680 2,088 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.86 8.50 315 340 40.0 16,357 17,680 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.50 5.90 250 230 38.5 13,021 11,960 2,003 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.67 6.45 261 258 39.1 13,547 13,408 2,032 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.70 $14.51 $739 $603 39.5 $32,389 $32,292 1,732 Management occupations.............................................. 29.65 33.30 1,186 1,332 40.0 53,804 57,167 1,815 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.53 18.16 701 726 40.0 36,470 37,777 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.22 15.99 689 639 40.0 34,234 34,253 1,988 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.86 27.04 987 1,041 38.2 37,663 39,931 1,456 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.37 30.12 1,150 1,140 37.8 43,276 42,639 1,425 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.93 30.92 1,129 1,140 37.7 42,280 42,639 1,412 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.82 30.43 1,127 1,140 37.8 42,222 42,639 1,416 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.08 30.61 1,182 1,159 38.0 44,738 43,360 1,440 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.96 30.39 1,176 1,152 38.0 44,421 43,290 1,435 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.50 10.06 405 386 38.6 15,165 14,453 1,444 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.12 14.09 665 621 44.0 34,577 32,289 2,288 Police officers................................................... 19.51 16.44 792 657 40.6 41,164 34,187 2,110 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.51 16.44 792 657 40.6 41,164 34,187 2,110 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.81 9.50 381 359 38.8 14,989 14,050 1,528 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.09 9.00 364 360 40.0 18,677 18,468 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.21 9.64 369 386 40.0 18,883 19,668 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.21 9.64 369 386 40.0 18,883 19,668 2,050 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.46 10.92 458 437 40.0 21,722 20,811 1,895 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.53 11.44 461 458 40.0 21,297 19,471 1,847 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.43 11.06 457 442 40.0 21,022 19,471 1,839 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.98 9.93 399 397 40.0 20,754 20,652 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.96 10.08 478 403 40.0 24,873 20,956 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.46 16.86 658 674 40.0 34,230 35,069 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.88 12.00 595 480 40.0 30,945 24,960 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 10.61 10.75 425 430 40.0 22,075 22,354 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.49 9.80 419 392 40.0 17,934 15,523 1,710 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $10.57 $10.03 $10.81 $12.24 Management, professional, and related...... 23.00 18.47 38.20 21.72 Management, business, and financial...... 25.98 23.79 – – Professional and related................. 22.04 15.41 38.91 19.44 Service.................................... 6.48 6.48 6.40 6.57 Sales and office........................... 10.00 10.44 9.29 8.98 Sales and related........................ 10.14 10.63 9.30 – Office and administrative support........ 9.89 10.29 9.27 8.98 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 11.13 11.11 10.94 – Construction and extraction............. 9.80 6.95 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 12.95 13.04 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 10.90 11.28 9.43 13.72 Production............................... 10.35 8.98 9.67 – Transportation and material moving....... 11.26 12.30 9.24 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.6 8.5 6.0 8.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.2 12.9 11.4 12.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 13.1 15.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 8.7 13.2 11.7 5.6 Service............................................................. 2.0 3.4 5.6 2.1 Sales and office.................................................... 4.1 5.1 2.6 3.9 Sales and related................................................. 8.4 8.9 4.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 7.8 4.9 3.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.2 12.9 6.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.8 7.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.5 16.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.9 15.8 20.6 5.3 Production........................................................ 5.3 10.9 5.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.1 17.3 38.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $10.50 $8.50 $420 $334 39.9 $21,817 $17,389 2,077 Management occupations.............................................. 23.35 15.60 1,002 756 42.9 52,119 39,335 2,232 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.45 30.68 978 1,227 40.0 50,863 63,808 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.38 11.00 615 440 40.0 31,992 22,880 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.27 10.11 459 455 40.7 23,850 23,660 2,117 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.12 10.11 464 455 41.7 24,119 23,660 2,170 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.80 8.80 471 313 39.9 24,487 16,286 2,076 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.05 7.00 408 270 40.6 21,225 14,040 2,111 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.69 7.50 521 300 41.1 27,115 15,600 2,136 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.54 10.00 416 400 39.4 21,618 20,800 2,050 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.86 8.75 355 350 40.0 18,439 18,200 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.94 8.46 356 338 39.9 18,523 17,588 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.92 7.00 277 280 40.0 14,398 14,560 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.04 11.00 540 440 41.4 28,067 22,880 2,153 Production occupations.............................................. 8.98 7.65 359 306 40.0 18,678 15,912 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.56 12.00 503 480 40.1 26,159 24,960 2,083 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.72 6.30 269 252 40.0 13,967 13,104 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.74 6.00 270 240 40.0 14,020 12,480 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.46 $9.70 $521 $374 38.7 $26,910 $19,240 2,000 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.01 19.70 1,194 788 39.8 62,103 40,976 2,070 Registered nurses................................................. 28.90 28.85 1,146 1,154 39.7 59,586 60,008 2,062 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.55 5.89 208 170 31.8 10,753 8,840 1,641 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.82 8.18 319 299 36.2 16,528 15,522 1,875 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.98 7.23 283 288 35.4 14,641 14,997 1,834 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.98 9.06 343 316 38.1 17,699 16,432 1,970 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.47 10.03 390 363 37.3 20,295 18,886 1,937 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.04 9.64 371 346 37.0 19,293 17,992 1,922 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.21 10.76 399 429 39.1 20,748 22,318 2,032 Cashiers...................................................... 10.21 10.76 399 429 39.1 20,748 22,318 2,032 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.54 9.10 343 322 36.0 17,853 16,723 1,872 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.27 8.88 370 352 39.9 19,146 18,408 2,066 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.54 9.50 378 380 39.6 19,667 19,760 2,061 Production occupations.............................................. 11.88 11.00 478 440 40.3 24,873 22,880 2,094 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.72 7.00 393 280 40.4 20,416 14,560 2,100 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.37 5.40 240 193 37.6 12,469 10,043 1,957 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.64 6.45 258 258 38.8 13,398 13,408 2,017 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.25 $21.47 – $12.22 $10.50 $18.47 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 23.88 22.99 24.57 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 25.83 25.98 25.65 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 23.41 22.04 24.36 Service............................................................. – – – 7.22 6.47 10.86 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 10.12 9.96 11.37 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.14 10.14 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 10.11 9.83 11.37 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 11.20 10.63 14.92 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 9.80 11.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 12.79 11.91 16.46 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.94 10.89 11.72 Production........................................................ – – – 10.53 10.34 14.88 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.20 11.25 10.49 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 9.7 – 4.7 5.6 3.6 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.2 8.2 3.8 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.8 13.3 8.0 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.5 8.7 4.0 Service............................................................. – – – 3.0 2.1 3.8 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.6 4.1 5.1 Sales and related................................................. – – – 8.4 8.4 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.3 5.5 5.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 6.2 7.0 5.3 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 4.8 8.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 11.7 14.3 6.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.3 11.0 11.4 Production........................................................ – – – 5.4 5.3 20.7 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 16.2 17.2 1.8 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $11.88 $9.87 $19.09 $19.09 Management, professional, and related............................... 22.90 20.35 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 26.79 27.99 – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.03 18.27 – – Service............................................................. 7.19 6.42 – – Sales and office.................................................... 9.69 9.44 12.77 12.77 Sales and related................................................. 8.38 8.38 15.52 15.52 Office and administrative support................................. 10.37 10.13 7.91 7.91 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.13 10.54 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.80 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.72 11.76 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.36 10.27 – – Production........................................................ 10.53 10.35 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.24 10.22 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.4 12.4 12.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.6 9.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 7.6 12.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 8.1 – – Service............................................................. 2.9 1.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.8 4.4 15.1 15.1 Sales and related................................................. 2.7 2.7 11.8 11.8 Office and administrative support................................. 4.6 6.0 2.9 2.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.2 5.3 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.9 12.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.3 11.2 – – Production........................................................ 5.3 5.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.4 20.2 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $9.73 $11.95 $11.72 – - $9.05 $11.90 $6.26 - Management, professional, and related............................... – 21.34 22.94 – - – 25.41 – - Management, business, and financial............................... – – 26.45 – - – – – - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - – 24.40 – - Service............................................................. – – 7.27 – - 6.00 6.55 6.20 - Sales and office.................................................... – 12.23 9.91 – - 10.47 9.52 – - Sales and related................................................. – – 9.85 – - – – – - Office and administrative support................................. – 11.31 10.05 – - 10.47 9.60 – - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.71 – 16.51 – - – – – - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 17.17 – - – – – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 11.21 12.32 – - 6.62 – – - Production........................................................ – 11.57 10.81 – - – – – - Transportation and material moving................................ – – 12.45 – - – – – - B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.0 12.9 8.6 – - 17.9 4.6 6.4 - Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.4 16.4 – - – 13.6 – - Management, business, and financial............................... – – 25.7 – - – – – - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - – 13.1 – - Service............................................................. – – 24.9 – - 4.5 .3 7.3 - Sales and office.................................................... – 9.8 5.4 – - 13.8 4.6 – - Sales and related................................................. – – 9.5 – - – – – - Office and administrative support................................. – 10.3 11.5 – - 13.8 5.5 – - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.3 – 6.5 – - – – – - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 10.8 – - – – – - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.5 13.8 – - 8.1 – – - Production........................................................ – 2.2 18.1 – - – – – - Transportation and material moving................................ – – 15.6 – - – – – - 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 112,100 87,000 25,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 23,600 9,000 14,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 3,800 1,800 1,900 Professional and related.......................................... 19,900 7,100 12,700 Service............................................................. 38,700 33,300 5,400 Sales and office.................................................... 26,000 23,100 2,900 Sales and related................................................. 10,800 10,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 15,200 12,200 2,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9,700 8,500 1,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 4,900 4,500 400 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4,200 3,400 800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14,100 13,100 1,000 Production........................................................ 5,300 5,100 200 Transportation and material moving................................ 8,800 8,000 800 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, August 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,184 4,158 26 Total in sample....................................................... 240 217 23 Responding........................................................ 168 147 21 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 30 28 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 42 42 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.