NC BL 12/00/2006 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3135-26, April 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.42 5.3 36.5 $18.42 6.3 36.5 $18.41 2.0 36.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.32 5.0 38.7 31.22 6.1 39.8 27.48 1.9 35.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.41 9.3 40.8 35.63 10.3 41.3 33.86 11.3 37.7 Professional and related.......................................... 28.11 3.9 37.9 28.84 5.3 39.1 26.34 2.6 35.2 Service............................................................. 10.44 9.5 32.1 10.08 12.3 31.0 11.80 3.1 37.1 Sales and office.................................................... 15.33 9.1 35.8 15.65 9.7 35.6 12.36 5.7 38.0 Sales and related................................................. 16.97 25.2 33.3 16.95 25.3 33.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.42 4.2 37.4 14.80 4.7 37.2 12.21 5.8 38.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.39 4.7 39.5 17.84 5.2 39.4 14.98 6.4 39.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.14 3.7 38.9 17.34 4.5 38.8 15.99 7.4 39.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.75 8.0 40.1 18.34 8.4 40.1 14.26 4.4 39.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.55 9.0 38.6 15.74 9.3 39.0 11.68 6.3 32.9 Production........................................................ 17.72 16.3 39.5 17.99 16.7 39.5 12.19 5.1 38.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.44 10.6 38.2 14.59 10.9 38.7 11.44 8.6 30.6 Full time........................................................... 19.44 5.3 39.6 19.59 6.3 39.8 18.64 1.9 38.8 Part time........................................................... 8.77 4.6 21.0 8.32 5.1 21.3 14.03 15.1 18.4 Union............................................................... 19.65 7.9 37.9 18.94 9.7 38.8 22.91 8.1 34.1 Nonunion............................................................ 18.30 5.6 36.4 18.37 6.5 36.3 17.87 1.9 37.1 Time................................................................ 18.17 5.5 36.5 18.13 6.6 36.4 18.42 2.0 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 23.33 31.3 37.6 23.38 31.4 37.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.72 7.1 35.2 15.73 7.2 35.1 13.02 6.6 42.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.03 8.2 39.1 20.34 8.7 39.2 15.49 1.9 37.5 500 workers or more................................................. 21.25 9.0 36.8 23.28 13.8 36.9 18.80 2.3 36.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.42 5.3 $19.44 5.3 $8.77 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 40.02 8.5 40.12 8.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.99 8.2 32.99 8.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 60.88 23.1 60.88 23.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.39 9.2 35.59 9.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 38.09 23.5 38.09 23.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 57.69 6.9 57.69 6.9 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 27.11 10.2 27.11 10.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.63 12.2 25.64 12.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.45 5.8 19.44 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.16 9.5 43.16 9.5 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.19 21.9 37.19 21.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.87 24.3 22.87 24.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.19 4.8 26.19 4.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.65 11.9 34.65 11.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.24 4.8 40.24 4.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.53 11.7 35.53 11.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.32 5.6 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 12.9 26.01 12.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.21 9.6 15.08 9.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 14.58 6.6 14.58 6.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 14.58 7.3 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.21 12.0 12.24 12.2 – – Legal occupations................................................... 33.93 14.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.87 6.8 33.63 6.7 12.68 24.2 Level 6 .................................................. 14.72 17.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.48 9.4 24.13 9.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.55 4.1 33.75 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.57 8.2 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 53.42 15.6 53.42 15.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.98 27.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.17 8.4 41.66 8.2 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.94 4.3 35.13 3.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.40 1.7 33.88 1.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.60 2.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.19 3.5 33.88 3.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.23 3.5 36.23 3.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.43 6.6 33.36 6.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. $35.49 6.1 $35.49 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.28 1.2 32.28 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.28 1.2 32.28 1.2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.52 2.2 36.52 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.85 1.1 36.85 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.01 10.6 12.99 10.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.23 15.9 20.23 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.42 2.4 25.73 2.6 $21.34 14.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.22 8.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.68 6.6 16.67 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.66 10.1 24.19 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.32 8.7 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.68 8.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.30 5.7 28.92 5.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.15 4.1 31.29 4.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.13 1.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.79 6.2 29.85 6.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.59 7.3 17.58 7.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.81 3.3 16.49 2.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.50 11.5 19.52 12.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.62 22.8 14.82 22.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 6.7 9.12 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 1.9 11.13 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.53 11.7 10.82 11.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.84 2.6 8.95 2.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.91 2.9 8.91 2.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 5.9 12.04 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.26 14.9 12.26 14.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.22 4.0 14.29 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 9.6 9.52 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.79 4.4 12.79 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.24 5.0 12.24 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.74 3.5 15.74 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 15.78 7.9 15.78 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.10 22.7 16.10 22.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.94 11.7 19.94 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 20.25 2.5 20.25 2.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 11.99 10.9 11.99 10.9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.60 .8 10.60 .8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... $10.43 2.7 $10.43 2.7 – – Police officers................................................... 16.54 4.0 16.54 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.02 5.6 18.02 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.54 4.0 16.54 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.02 5.6 18.02 5.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.13 12.4 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.13 12.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 12.4 8.84 16.4 $6.38 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.19 4.0 7.41 3.9 6.94 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.99 21.9 7.85 23.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.88 28.5 7.95 23.5 4.96 22.2 Level 4 .................................................. 11.12 26.3 11.37 25.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.36 7.4 11.14 9.9 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.78 14.7 11.78 14.7 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.10 8.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.23 3.2 4.01 16.5 4.47 16.4 Bartenders...................................................... 5.54 7.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 4.4 – – 3.19 13.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.67 9.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.24 9.1 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.26 8.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.35 2.6 9.19 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.76 2.2 8.56 2.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.49 3.3 9.59 3.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.08 2.0 9.06 2.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.82 2.0 8.63 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.14 2.2 9.13 3.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 8.73 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 3.3 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.57 1.3 8.57 1.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.3 8.57 1.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.95 7.2 8.95 7.2 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.57 10.2 8.57 10.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.44 5.7 10.24 9.0 8.07 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.82 5.0 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.69 7.5 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 8.19 6.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.97 25.2 19.67 25.7 7.53 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.95 6.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. $14.47 8.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.86 33.2 $24.24 32.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.53 29.1 17.45 28.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.34 10.2 10.49 9.3 $7.40 0.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 5.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.42 4.2 14.67 4.3 9.99 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.76 5.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.67 5.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 3.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.86 6.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.12 5.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.08 5.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.53 17.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.18 9.9 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.27 7.4 12.72 8.4 10.14 7.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 7.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.52 7.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.67 4.2 12.95 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.23 6.7 14.23 6.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.40 .7 10.12 2.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.82 8.0 16.82 8.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.52 6.9 9.02 10.4 – – Couriers and messengers........................................... 9.68 3.9 9.68 3.9 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.77 27.7 22.06 27.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.34 12.6 14.34 12.6 – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 16.73 13.2 17.73 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.95 9.1 17.95 9.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.39 4.9 16.51 5.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.78 7.5 19.78 7.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.04 13.6 14.04 13.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.08 8.4 11.10 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 9.6 10.52 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.73 7.6 10.73 7.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 3.7 17.43 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.38 20.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.85 9.7 17.06 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.99 6.2 19.99 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. – – 21.86 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.11 5.8 16.11 5.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 20.92 11.1 20.92 11.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 10.31 20.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. $10.38 21.1 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 19.63 1.3 $19.67 1.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.75 8.0 17.75 8.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.75 6.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.59 6.3 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.15 8.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.81 8.3 – – – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.53 5.7 15.53 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.25 5.1 16.25 5.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.21 12.5 14.21 12.5 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.48 2.8 13.48 2.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.72 16.3 17.85 16.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 12.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 9.0 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.14 12.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.60 27.0 24.60 27.0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.20 5.6 17.20 5.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.20 5.9 17.20 5.9 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 11.75 15.6 11.90 15.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.44 10.6 14.98 10.4 $8.04 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.66 6.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 8.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.87 2.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.24 2.8 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 10.49 18.7 15.09 6.8 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.53 1.1 13.91 5.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.34 14.0 15.34 14.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.74 31.7 13.74 31.7 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.86 12.9 13.86 12.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.92 2.8 10.02 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.06 4.0 10.18 3.9 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.04 4.0 10.11 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.87 5.2 9.93 5.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.42 6.3 $19.59 6.3 $8.32 5.1 Management occupations.............................................. 40.45 9.4 40.45 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.99 8.2 32.99 8.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 66.42 23.0 66.42 23.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.02 10.9 35.02 10.9 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 57.69 6.9 57.69 6.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.70 13.6 25.70 13.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.58 6.2 19.58 6.2 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.62 23.0 37.62 23.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.44 27.4 23.44 27.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.12 5.3 26.12 5.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.75 12.1 34.75 12.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.24 4.8 40.24 4.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 35.64 11.8 35.64 11.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.32 5.6 40.32 5.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.04 13.6 27.04 13.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.20 16.5 15.96 16.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.51 19.3 41.63 17.0 10.46 31.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.72 9.3 49.27 7.1 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 19.12 20.3 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.23 15.9 20.23 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.01 3.2 26.57 3.4 17.44 20.6 Level 9 .................................................. 28.89 7.4 28.93 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.59 7.0 32.66 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.61 7.3 29.67 7.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.96 9.9 16.95 10.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.24 25.4 15.50 25.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.25 2.1 11.25 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.46 13.8 10.80 13.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.72 3.0 8.87 2.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.86 6.3 11.86 6.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.90 13.0 8.81 17.3 6.34 10.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.19 4.1 7.52 4.9 6.84 7.6 Level 2 .................................................. 6.93 22.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.61 30.1 7.60 26.2 4.96 22.2 Level 4 .................................................. $11.12 26.3 $11.37 25.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.41 7.5 11.19 10.1 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.08 8.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.23 3.2 4.01 16.5 $4.47 16.4 Level 3 .................................................. – – – – 4.36 17.8 Bartenders...................................................... 5.54 7.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 4.4 – – 3.19 13.0 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.26 8.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.45 2.9 9.22 3.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.98 1.4 8.83 1.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 1.9 9.07 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.98 1.4 8.83 1.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.49 6.8 10.19 10.4 8.02 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 7.62 3.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.95 25.3 19.65 25.8 7.46 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.95 6.2 9.55 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.47 8.6 14.66 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 17.40 26.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.86 33.2 24.24 32.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.53 29.1 17.45 28.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.34 10.2 10.49 9.3 7.40 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.92 5.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 4.7 15.11 5.0 10.03 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.77 7.2 10.77 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 3.6 10.73 4.8 8.40 9.9 Level 4 .................................................. 14.00 7.2 14.17 6.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.54 5.2 18.54 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.92 3.9 20.92 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.22 9.9 19.80 8.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 8.3 12.77 9.7 10.14 7.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 7.2 10.66 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.34 8.5 13.22 9.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.56 4.7 12.89 3.2 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.40 .7 10.12 2.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 17.32 8.2 17.32 8.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.17 7.1 8.62 11.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.76 5.8 16.91 6.0 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.78 7.5 19.78 7.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.16 14.5 14.16 14.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. $17.34 4.5 $17.70 3.2 – – Construction laborers............................................. 10.36 20.8 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 19.76 1.4 19.83 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.34 8.4 18.34 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.81 6.9 15.81 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.67 6.9 16.67 6.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.99 16.7 18.11 16.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 12.7 9.24 11.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.51 10.3 14.51 10.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.33 12.1 17.33 12.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.05 27.4 25.05 27.4 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.20 5.6 17.20 5.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.20 5.9 17.20 5.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.59 10.9 15.14 10.6 $7.22 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.83 6.6 9.95 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.31 9.2 8.78 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.41 3.2 17.41 3.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.60 14.9 15.60 14.9 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.86 12.9 13.86 12.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.08 2.6 10.19 4.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.25 4.0 10.39 4.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.25 4.5 10.33 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.08 5.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.41 2.0 $18.64 1.9 $14.03 15.1 Management occupations.............................................. 37.15 12.6 37.85 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.75 19.1 37.80 19.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.03 19.7 25.14 19.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 13.85 3.1 13.90 3.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.22 .4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.35 3.6 31.64 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.91 11.3 25.54 12.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.14 4.0 34.14 4.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.47 1.8 35.01 2.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.60 2.0 35.60 2.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.76 3.7 35.59 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.23 3.5 36.23 3.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.90 6.4 35.02 6.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.49 6.1 35.49 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.28 1.2 32.28 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.28 1.2 32.28 1.2 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.52 2.2 36.52 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.85 1.1 36.85 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.56 8.3 13.56 8.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.85 4.7 23.42 6.2 27.97 19.1 Level 6 .................................................. 21.71 5.6 21.71 5.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.40 1.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.46 8.1 28.87 6.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.00 5.1 27.97 5.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.35 7.1 11.35 7.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.18 4.4 9.18 4.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.26 4.6 14.46 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.52 4.2 9.52 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.79 4.4 12.79 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.15 5.9 12.15 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.98 3.7 15.98 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.94 4.6 17.94 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.74 28.3 16.74 28.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.94 11.7 19.94 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 20.25 2.5 20.25 2.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... $11.99 10.9 $11.99 10.9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.60 .8 10.60 .8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.43 2.7 10.43 2.7 – – Police officers................................................... 16.89 4.7 16.89 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.02 5.6 18.02 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.89 4.7 16.89 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.02 5.6 18.02 5.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.48 15.5 9.36 18.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.91 .3 11.91 .3 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.05 4.7 9.12 4.8 $8.15 0.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 4.6 7.55 5.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 1.0 10.06 1.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.08 3.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.91 6.3 9.00 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 3.1 7.30 4.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 6.5 9.10 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 3.6 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.91 7.9 8.92 8.0 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.44 11.9 8.44 12.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.22 9.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.21 5.8 12.25 6.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.62 6.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.44 1.2 10.44 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 7.0 10.42 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 8.9 12.65 8.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.50 10.7 14.50 10.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.37 10.7 12.37 10.7 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.73 8.5 17.73 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.95 9.1 17.95 9.1 – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.73 8.5 17.73 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.95 9.1 17.95 9.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.02 5.5 13.02 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.14 5.8 12.14 5.8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.31 5.5 12.31 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.14 5.8 12.14 5.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.07 7.3 10.08 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.44 5.7 9.44 5.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.99 7.4 15.99 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.84 1.5 15.84 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.26 4.4 14.26 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. $15.21 8.1 $15.21 8.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.19 5.1 12.26 5.0 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 11.75 15.6 11.90 15.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.44 8.6 10.97 10.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.98 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.29 5.7 12.22 5.7 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 13.53 1.1 13.91 5.4 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.53 1.1 13.91 5.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.42 5.3 $19.44 5.3 $8.77 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 40.02 8.5 40.12 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 16.70 10.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.85 11.9 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 38.09 23.5 38.09 23.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 57.69 6.9 57.69 6.9 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 27.11 10.2 27.11 10.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.63 12.2 25.64 12.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.44 4.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.62 24.5 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 37.19 21.9 37.19 21.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.87 24.3 22.87 24.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.23 18.3 21.23 18.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.19 4.8 26.19 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.72 2.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.13 6.3 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.65 11.9 34.65 11.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.57 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.39 8.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 35.53 11.7 35.53 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.01 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.41 8.9 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 12.9 26.01 12.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.21 9.6 15.08 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 16.55 4.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 14.58 7.3 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.21 12.0 12.24 12.2 – – Group II.................................................. 14.42 1.0 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 33.93 14.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.87 6.8 33.63 6.7 12.68 24.2 Group I................................................... 12.72 9.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.54 3.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.85 10.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.17 8.4 41.66 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.73 12.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 46.27 10.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.94 4.3 35.13 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 24.16 10.6 – – – – Group III................................................. $40.23 15.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.40 1.7 $33.88 1.9 – – Group II.................................................. 33.86 1.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.19 3.5 33.88 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 33.86 3.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.43 6.6 33.36 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 33.33 6.5 33.36 6.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Group II.................................................. 31.74 .3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Group II.................................................. 31.74 .3 31.74 .3 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.52 2.2 36.52 2.2 – – Group II.................................................. 36.52 2.2 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.01 10.6 12.99 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.01 10.6 12.99 10.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.23 15.9 20.23 15.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.42 2.4 25.73 2.6 $21.34 14.4 Group I................................................... 12.74 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.59 7.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.25 2.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.15 4.1 31.29 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.30 3.2 26.05 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 33.55 6.7 33.65 6.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.59 7.3 17.58 7.3 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.81 3.3 16.49 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.03 2.7 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.50 11.5 19.52 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 11.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.62 22.8 14.82 22.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 5.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.84 2.6 8.95 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.84 2.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.91 2.9 8.91 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.91 2.9 8.91 2.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 5.9 12.04 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 5.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.22 4.0 14.29 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 6.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.38 2.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.94 11.7 19.94 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.32 .2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ $20.25 2.5 $20.25 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.59 .7 20.59 .7 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 11.99 10.9 11.99 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 10.65 .9 10.65 .9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.60 .8 10.60 .8 – – Group I................................................... 10.34 2.2 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.43 2.7 10.43 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 3.0 10.40 3.0 – – Police officers................................................... 16.54 4.0 16.54 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.72 4.5 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.54 4.0 16.54 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.72 4.5 16.72 4.5 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.13 12.4 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.13 12.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.96 12.4 8.84 16.4 $6.38 10.0 Group I................................................... 7.82 11.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.36 7.4 11.14 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.36 7.4 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.78 14.7 11.78 14.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.78 14.7 11.78 14.7 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.10 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.10 8.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.23 3.2 4.01 16.5 4.47 16.4 Group I................................................... 4.23 3.2 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.54 7.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.54 7.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 4.4 – – 3.19 13.0 Group I................................................... 2.93 4.4 – – 3.19 13.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.67 9.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.67 9.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.24 9.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.24 9.1 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.26 8.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.26 8.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.35 2.6 9.19 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.26 2.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.08 2.0 9.06 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.08 2.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.14 2.2 9.13 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.14 2.2 9.13 3.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.57 1.3 8.57 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.57 1.3 8.57 1.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.95 7.2 8.95 7.2 – – Group I................................................... $8.91 7.9 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.57 10.2 $8.57 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.44 11.9 8.44 12.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.44 5.7 10.24 9.0 $8.07 5.3 Group I................................................... 8.37 5.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.69 7.5 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 8.19 6.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.97 25.2 19.67 25.7 7.53 1.1 Group I................................................... 9.73 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.02 17.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.86 33.2 24.24 32.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.53 29.1 17.45 28.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.34 10.2 10.49 9.3 7.40 .6 Group I................................................... 9.45 9.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Group I................................................... 7.65 .7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.78 3.7 – – 7.44 1.8 Group I................................................... 7.65 .7 – – 7.44 1.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.42 4.2 14.67 4.3 9.99 6.2 Group I................................................... 12.51 6.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 4.2 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.27 7.4 12.72 8.4 10.14 7.9 Group I................................................... 11.28 4.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.67 4.2 12.95 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.79 6.9 12.07 8.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.40 .7 10.12 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 .7 10.12 2.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.82 8.0 16.82 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.57 7.4 18.57 7.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.52 6.9 9.02 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.40 7.0 8.87 10.6 – – Couriers and messengers........................................... 9.68 3.9 9.68 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.68 3.9 9.68 3.9 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.77 27.7 22.06 27.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.29 10.5 – – – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 16.73 13.2 17.73 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.89 13.9 17.95 9.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.39 4.9 16.51 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.82 7.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 4.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.78 7.5 19.78 7.5 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.04 13.6 14.04 13.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.04 13.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ $11.08 8.4 $11.10 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.07 8.0 10.08 8.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 3.7 17.43 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 13.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.36 3.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 20.92 11.1 20.92 11.1 – – Construction laborers............................................. 10.31 20.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.38 21.1 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 19.63 1.3 19.67 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.02 4.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.75 8.0 17.75 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.43 7.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.79 3.7 – – – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.53 5.7 15.53 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.25 5.1 16.25 5.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.21 12.5 14.21 12.5 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.48 2.8 13.48 2.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.72 16.3 17.85 16.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.67 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.82 17.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.60 27.0 24.60 27.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 27.0 24.60 27.0 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.20 5.6 17.20 5.6 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.20 5.9 17.20 5.9 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 11.75 15.6 11.90 15.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.71 10.4 10.77 11.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.44 10.6 14.98 10.4 $8.04 7.1 Group I................................................... 12.36 9.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.85 13.5 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 10.49 18.7 15.09 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.49 18.7 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.53 1.1 13.91 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.53 1.1 13.91 5.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.34 14.0 15.34 14.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.28 24.2 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.74 31.7 13.74 31.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.74 31.7 13.74 31.7 – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.86 12.9 13.86 12.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.68 16.2 13.68 16.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.92 2.8 10.02 3.8 – – Group I................................................... $9.92 2.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.04 4.0 $10.11 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.04 4.0 10.11 4.2 – – 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), New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.00 $15.00 $22.05 $35.10 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 27.84 38.10 46.58 64.10 General and operations managers................................... 19.23 19.23 40.79 51.28 51.28 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.88 46.15 46.58 64.10 88.94 Medical and health services managers.............................. 15.34 21.86 30.75 33.00 33.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.11 16.11 20.04 34.09 44.57 Management analysts............................................... 21.05 21.05 39.04 54.24 54.24 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.06 16.11 16.11 29.70 44.57 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.60 18.02 19.25 29.87 45.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.80 26.04 34.19 40.00 50.00 Engineers......................................................... 18.80 26.50 34.19 40.00 50.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.96 25.04 25.36 33.99 35.19 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.48 11.87 13.74 20.90 21.53 Counselors........................................................ 11.87 11.87 12.76 13.71 16.31 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.48 8.48 12.97 14.38 16.00 Legal occupations................................................... 15.86 23.41 42.50 42.50 42.50 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.50 20.98 32.07 38.31 54.05 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 17.33 24.53 35.90 56.04 76.71 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 17.33 24.08 29.21 44.87 58.34 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.28 29.42 37.10 38.31 38.41 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.59 29.19 37.10 38.31 38.35 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 18.59 27.83 37.10 37.10 43.09 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Special education teachers...................................... 30.09 36.35 38.17 38.23 39.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.21 10.80 14.97 14.97 14.97 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.73 13.73 17.43 26.96 29.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.91 17.42 24.48 30.56 36.87 Registered nurses................................................. 21.49 26.95 30.00 34.98 38.10 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.25 10.22 14.10 24.79 28.65 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.61 14.50 15.36 18.33 20.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.67 14.79 22.91 22.91 22.91 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 9.12 11.10 17.61 27.82 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.50 8.25 8.55 9.62 10.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.62 10.17 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.30 10.50 11.75 12.86 17.48 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.91 10.73 13.55 16.47 19.90 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 12.66 19.06 20.48 21.61 23.70 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ $17.50 $19.73 $20.65 $21.13 $22.11 Fire fighters..................................................... 8.79 10.38 11.94 13.66 14.78 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 8.21 9.32 9.85 11.50 14.49 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 8.21 8.89 9.73 11.50 14.49 Police officers................................................... 13.17 15.40 16.47 18.02 19.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.17 15.40 16.47 18.02 19.28 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.63 8.91 10.00 11.50 15.28 Security guards................................................. 8.63 8.91 10.00 11.50 15.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 5.83 7.05 10.42 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.70 11.67 14.00 14.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.00 8.60 14.00 14.00 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.97 5.97 6.86 7.72 7.72 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.24 5.83 6.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.13 5.83 5.83 6.00 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.50 2.67 5.15 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.80 5.89 7.00 9.00 11.81 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.80 5.89 7.00 8.00 9.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.68 6.00 7.05 9.25 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.13 7.92 9.17 10.00 11.91 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.13 7.88 9.06 10.00 10.21 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.35 8.50 9.39 10.00 10.21 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.13 7.13 7.92 9.05 12.75 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 5.75 7.91 8.74 9.24 12.08 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 5.75 7.02 8.27 9.24 12.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.39 7.21 8.62 10.00 13.44 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.92 6.92 7.79 8.76 11.62 Recreation workers.............................................. 6.92 6.92 7.42 8.76 9.39 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.26 8.00 10.15 18.76 35.43 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.13 10.27 14.70 28.85 41.78 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.13 10.27 13.22 15.70 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.78 7.46 8.19 9.65 13.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.12 6.75 8.00 9.03 9.03 Cashiers...................................................... 6.12 6.75 8.00 9.03 9.03 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.44 13.17 16.25 21.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.87 10.85 13.95 17.64 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.30 9.87 13.95 15.63 17.64 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 11.17 12.67 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.08 12.08 18.30 20.58 21.48 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.91 7.24 7.69 9.86 11.93 Couriers and messengers........................................... 8.26 8.50 10.10 10.50 11.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.80 12.00 15.83 36.06 37.74 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 7.95 13.79 17.47 19.65 21.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 15.01 16.25 18.43 20.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.25 18.43 22.00 22.00 22.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.51 11.67 12.86 14.73 21.79 Office clerks, general............................................ $6.39 $8.11 $11.06 $12.14 $15.67 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 13.82 17.00 19.56 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 15.70 16.80 20.41 26.07 26.07 Construction laborers............................................. 5.47 7.97 12.00 13.00 14.00 Electricians...................................................... 13.61 16.50 18.00 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 14.38 16.60 19.91 28.59 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 14.00 14.25 15.00 17.86 17.86 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 11.54 16.60 16.60 17.13 19.83 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.27 11.27 11.54 17.71 19.83 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.34 12.00 13.00 14.38 16.00 Production occupations.............................................. 9.95 11.88 16.00 23.65 27.89 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.94 13.55 21.98 37.26 39.66 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.29 16.00 17.11 18.00 20.70 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.29 15.00 16.97 18.00 20.70 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.06 8.92 10.48 12.43 18.21 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.14 9.58 14.38 17.86 22.05 Bus drivers....................................................... 7.11 7.37 8.36 13.27 16.59 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.48 12.79 13.27 13.27 14.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.44 10.56 16.01 19.66 23.46 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.64 7.44 19.66 19.66 19.66 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 9.58 10.83 14.38 14.38 22.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.59 9.35 9.83 10.25 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 9.35 9.83 10.25 12.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.47 $10.00 $15.00 $22.00 $35.10 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 27.84 38.10 46.58 64.10 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.88 46.15 46.58 64.10 88.94 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.11 16.11 18.15 33.00 45.24 Management analysts............................................... 21.05 21.05 39.04 54.24 54.24 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.11 16.11 16.11 29.70 44.57 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.60 18.02 19.25 41.27 45.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.80 26.04 34.19 40.00 50.00 Engineers......................................................... 18.80 26.50 34.19 40.00 50.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.95 25.04 25.36 33.99 35.19 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.48 8.48 16.31 20.90 21.53 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 17.04 30.27 69.75 76.71 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 13.50 29.29 41.80 75.96 76.71 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 12.93 12.93 19.69 24.23 28.30 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.73 13.73 17.43 26.96 29.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.75 16.02 26.36 34.98 38.10 Registered nurses................................................. 23.22 28.03 30.04 34.98 38.10 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.25 9.62 14.10 25.00 28.80 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.00 11.50 27.82 27.82 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.52 8.25 8.55 9.05 10.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.25 10.50 12.11 12.86 13.30 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 5.83 7.05 10.00 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 9.55 11.67 14.00 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.97 5.97 6.86 7.72 7.72 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.24 5.83 6.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.13 5.83 5.83 6.00 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.50 2.67 5.15 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.68 6.00 7.05 9.25 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.35 8.05 9.24 10.00 12.44 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.13 7.92 9.02 10.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.45 7.21 8.62 10.00 13.44 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.26 8.00 10.15 18.76 35.43 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.13 10.27 14.70 28.85 41.78 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.13 10.27 13.22 15.70 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.78 7.46 8.19 9.65 13.26 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.12 6.75 8.00 9.03 9.03 Cashiers...................................................... 6.12 6.75 8.00 9.03 9.03 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $9.51 $10.82 $13.93 $17.59 $21.79 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.87 10.81 13.95 17.64 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.30 9.87 13.95 15.63 17.64 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 11.17 12.67 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.08 12.08 18.30 20.58 21.48 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.91 7.24 7.24 8.01 11.93 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 16.25 16.25 20.00 20.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.25 18.43 22.00 22.00 22.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.51 12.42 12.86 14.73 21.79 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 13.82 17.00 19.56 25.00 Construction laborers............................................. 5.47 7.97 12.00 13.00 14.00 Electricians...................................................... 13.61 16.50 19.00 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 14.50 16.60 19.91 28.59 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.88 16.10 23.65 27.89 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.55 13.55 22.43 37.26 39.66 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.29 16.00 17.11 18.00 20.70 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.29 15.00 16.97 18.00 20.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.36 9.58 14.38 18.13 22.05 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.44 10.56 16.06 19.66 23.75 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 9.58 10.83 14.38 14.38 22.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 9.35 9.96 10.25 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 9.35 9.96 10.25 13.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.33 $10.68 $14.67 $22.91 $34.55 Management occupations.............................................. 21.86 27.13 33.00 40.79 59.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.91 16.06 24.35 34.51 34.51 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.87 12.15 12.97 13.87 16.40 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.99 12.97 13.54 14.71 17.84 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.73 23.15 32.16 38.31 43.09 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.53 30.71 37.10 38.31 38.43 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.43 31.69 37.10 38.31 38.41 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.96 29.94 37.10 37.10 43.09 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Special education teachers...................................... 30.09 36.35 38.17 38.23 39.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.09 11.93 14.97 14.97 14.97 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 17.88 23.04 28.65 31.70 Registered nurses................................................. 20.28 23.97 27.03 30.94 33.83 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.17 9.12 10.17 11.46 17.48 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.50 7.78 9.92 10.15 10.78 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.79 10.38 14.13 17.11 20.18 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 12.66 19.06 20.48 21.61 23.70 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 17.50 19.73 20.65 21.13 22.11 Fire fighters..................................................... 8.79 10.38 11.94 13.66 14.78 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 8.21 9.32 9.85 11.50 14.49 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 8.21 8.89 9.73 11.50 14.49 Police officers................................................... 15.00 15.40 16.47 18.43 19.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 15.00 15.40 16.47 18.43 19.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.89 5.89 10.42 11.81 12.37 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.47 7.51 8.94 10.21 10.33 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.56 6.85 9.86 10.21 10.21 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.66 6.85 9.86 10.21 10.21 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 5.75 7.91 8.74 9.35 12.97 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 5.75 6.47 7.91 9.21 12.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.37 6.92 8.05 11.07 13.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.82 9.46 11.22 14.55 17.16 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.79 9.79 10.85 16.08 17.08 Dispatchers....................................................... 13.00 15.83 18.69 20.57 22.19 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.00 15.83 18.69 20.57 22.19 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.40 11.97 12.55 15.19 16.68 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.40 11.53 12.11 13.13 14.87 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.39 8.11 10.26 11.22 13.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. $9.04 $12.68 $16.80 $18.34 $20.41 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.27 11.81 14.03 15.99 17.71 Production occupations.............................................. 8.92 10.12 11.54 13.20 14.48 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.06 8.92 10.48 12.43 18.21 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.13 8.29 12.12 13.27 15.74 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.48 12.79 13.27 13.27 14.66 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.48 12.79 13.27 13.27 14.66 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), New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.63 $11.00 $16.11 $23.65 $35.95 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 27.84 38.10 46.58 64.10 General and operations managers................................... 19.23 19.23 40.79 51.28 51.28 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.88 46.15 46.58 64.10 88.94 Medical and health services managers.............................. 15.34 21.86 30.75 33.00 33.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.11 16.11 19.88 34.09 44.57 Management analysts............................................... 21.05 21.05 39.04 54.24 54.24 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.06 16.11 16.11 29.70 44.57 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.60 18.02 19.25 29.87 45.68 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.80 26.04 34.19 40.00 50.00 Engineers......................................................... 18.80 26.50 34.19 40.00 50.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.96 25.04 25.36 33.99 35.19 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.48 11.87 13.74 20.90 21.53 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.48 8.48 12.97 14.38 16.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.75 22.61 33.01 38.31 54.95 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.32 24.53 37.14 57.07 76.71 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 17.33 24.23 29.41 44.87 58.39 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.90 30.09 37.10 38.31 38.41 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.91 30.33 37.10 38.31 38.39 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.54 28.66 37.10 37.10 43.09 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.01 32.05 35.99 37.96 Special education teachers...................................... 30.09 36.35 38.17 38.23 39.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.21 10.45 14.97 14.97 14.97 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.73 13.73 17.43 26.96 29.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.10 17.61 25.19 30.86 38.00 Registered nurses................................................. 21.16 26.95 30.04 34.98 38.10 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.25 10.22 14.10 24.86 28.65 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.31 14.87 15.36 18.33 20.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.67 14.79 22.91 22.91 22.91 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 9.22 11.18 17.61 27.82 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.50 8.55 9.00 9.62 10.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.62 10.17 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.30 10.50 11.75 12.86 17.48 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.99 10.92 13.56 16.47 19.73 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 12.66 19.06 20.48 21.61 23.70 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ $17.50 $19.73 $20.65 $21.13 $22.11 Fire fighters..................................................... 8.79 10.38 11.94 13.66 14.78 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 8.21 9.32 9.85 11.50 14.49 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 8.21 8.89 9.73 11.50 14.49 Police officers................................................... 13.17 15.40 16.47 18.02 19.28 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.17 15.40 16.47 18.02 19.28 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.50 6.00 8.00 11.81 15.09 Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.70 11.67 14.00 14.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.00 8.60 14.00 14.00 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.83 6.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.13 7.76 9.03 10.00 11.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.13 7.60 9.05 10.00 10.37 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.85 8.25 9.29 10.19 10.27 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.13 7.13 7.92 9.05 12.75 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 5.75 7.91 8.74 9.24 12.08 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 5.75 7.02 8.27 9.24 12.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.69 7.21 8.80 10.64 13.96 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.19 9.65 13.26 23.66 40.04 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.27 10.43 15.20 28.85 78.47 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.27 10.27 14.70 26.81 28.85 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.47 8.19 9.20 10.73 15.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.51 10.82 13.78 17.08 21.48 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.00 11.17 14.62 17.64 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.30 9.87 13.95 15.63 17.64 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 11.14 11.17 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.08 12.08 18.30 20.58 21.48 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.24 7.24 8.01 9.86 11.93 Couriers and messengers........................................... 8.26 8.50 10.10 10.50 11.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.80 12.00 16.92 36.06 37.74 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.00 15.83 18.69 20.57 22.19 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.11 16.25 16.25 18.43 20.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.25 18.43 22.00 22.00 22.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.51 11.67 12.86 14.73 21.79 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.39 8.11 11.06 12.14 15.67 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 14.00 17.00 19.56 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 15.70 16.80 20.41 26.07 26.07 Electricians...................................................... 15.00 17.00 18.00 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 14.38 16.60 19.91 28.59 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 14.00 14.25 15.00 17.86 17.86 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $11.54 $16.60 $16.60 $17.13 $19.83 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.27 11.27 11.54 17.71 19.83 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 11.34 12.00 13.00 14.38 16.00 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.88 16.00 23.65 27.89 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.94 13.55 21.98 37.26 39.66 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.29 16.00 17.11 18.00 20.70 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.29 15.00 16.97 18.00 20.70 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 8.06 8.92 10.91 12.43 18.96 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.87 9.96 14.38 18.96 22.05 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.27 13.27 16.39 16.59 16.59 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.27 13.27 13.27 13.41 16.39 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.44 10.56 16.01 19.66 23.46 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.64 7.44 19.66 19.66 19.66 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 9.58 10.83 14.38 14.38 22.05 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.27 9.35 9.96 10.25 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 9.35 9.83 10.25 12.75 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), New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.49 $6.75 $7.50 $9.75 $13.05 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.00 6.00 10.98 15.17 29.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.86 11.52 20.75 26.25 32.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 5.25 5.97 8.13 9.60 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.26 5.15 5.83 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.26 2.50 5.15 5.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.37 6.92 7.21 8.76 9.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.20 7.21 7.48 8.00 8.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.20 6.79 7.26 8.00 8.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.12 6.20 7.70 8.00 8.40 Cashiers...................................................... 6.12 6.20 7.70 8.00 8.40 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.91 7.69 9.77 12.00 12.67 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.63 9.77 9.77 10.37 12.67 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.25 6.50 7.37 8.23 12.48 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $19.44 $16.11 $770 $630 39.6 $39,342 $32,744 2,024 Management occupations.............................................. 40.12 38.10 1,668 1,524 41.6 86,331 74,241 2,152 General and operations managers................................... 38.09 40.79 1,785 1,989 46.9 92,806 103,409 2,436 Engineering managers.............................................. 57.69 46.58 2,438 2,096 42.3 126,778 109,000 2,198 Medical and health services managers.............................. 27.11 30.75 1,074 1,230 39.6 55,865 63,960 2,061 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.64 19.88 1,015 746 39.6 51,964 41,995 2,027 Management analysts............................................... 37.19 39.04 1,488 1,562 40.0 77,366 81,201 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.87 16.11 901 644 39.4 46,814 33,500 2,047 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.19 19.25 1,043 770 39.8 54,238 40,040 2,071 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.65 34.19 1,434 1,458 41.4 74,583 75,833 2,153 Engineers......................................................... 35.53 34.19 1,476 1,458 41.5 76,733 75,833 2,160 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.01 25.36 1,061 1,065 40.8 54,958 55,386 2,113 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.08 13.74 600 550 39.8 31,110 28,579 2,062 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.24 12.97 486 519 39.7 25,250 26,978 2,063 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.63 33.01 1,202 1,126 35.8 46,923 42,438 1,395 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.66 37.14 1,635 1,461 39.2 64,349 55,871 1,545 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.13 29.41 1,405 1,176 40.0 55,573 48,480 1,582 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.88 37.10 1,113 1,147 32.9 41,047 42,438 1,212 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.88 37.10 1,092 1,113 32.2 40,361 41,180 1,191 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.36 37.10 1,089 1,113 32.6 40,286 41,180 1,208 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.74 32.05 1,125 1,137 35.5 41,289 41,631 1,301 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.74 32.05 1,125 1,137 35.5 41,289 41,631 1,301 Special education teachers...................................... 36.52 38.17 1,217 1,197 33.3 44,744 44,760 1,225 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.99 14.97 418 449 32.2 15,332 16,612 1,180 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.23 17.43 809 697 40.0 42,078 36,259 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.73 25.19 1,025 981 39.8 53,277 51,031 2,071 Registered nurses................................................. 31.29 30.04 1,242 1,202 39.7 64,584 62,485 2,064 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.58 14.10 702 564 39.9 36,501 29,328 2,076 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.49 15.36 660 615 40.0 34,308 31,957 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.52 22.91 776 916 39.8 40,361 47,644 2,067 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.82 11.18 565 412 38.1 29,402 21,424 1,984 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.95 9.00 353 342 39.4 18,361 17,776 2,051 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.91 9.00 351 342 39.4 18,258 17,784 2,049 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 11.75 438 419 36.3 22,763 21,803 1,890 Protective service occupations...................................... $14.29 $13.56 $609 $587 42.6 $31,659 $30,503 2,216 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.94 20.48 842 865 42.2 43,774 44,989 2,195 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 20.25 20.65 853 865 42.1 44,374 44,989 2,192 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.99 11.94 596 597 49.7 30,995 31,060 2,586 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.60 9.85 441 417 41.6 22,921 21,681 2,162 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.43 9.73 436 418 41.8 22,682 21,750 2,175 Police officers................................................... 16.54 16.47 684 675 41.4 35,564 35,098 2,151 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.54 16.47 684 675 41.4 35,564 35,098 2,151 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 8.00 325 280 36.8 16,721 14,560 1,892 Cooks............................................................. 11.14 11.67 452 491 40.6 23,359 25,554 2,097 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.78 14.00 469 560 39.8 23,974 29,120 2,034 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.01 2.50 131 85 32.6 6,795 4,430 1,696 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.19 9.03 354 346 38.5 18,164 17,680 1,977 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.06 9.05 349 346 38.6 17,907 17,527 1,977 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.13 9.29 351 346 38.5 17,672 17,527 1,937 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.57 7.92 326 304 38.1 16,958 15,808 1,979 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.95 8.74 331 349 36.9 17,193 18,171 1,920 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.57 8.27 303 316 35.4 15,758 16,453 1,838 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.24 8.80 390 350 38.1 16,565 15,891 1,618 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.67 13.26 786 531 39.9 40,861 27,589 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.24 15.20 980 628 40.4 50,971 32,656 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.45 14.70 707 588 40.5 36,748 30,576 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.49 9.20 416 366 39.7 21,632 19,032 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.67 13.78 573 550 39.0 29,723 28,095 2,026 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.72 11.17 489 433 38.5 25,355 22,493 1,993 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.95 13.95 513 558 39.6 26,442 27,854 2,042 Tellers......................................................... 10.12 10.00 405 400 40.0 21,042 20,800 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.82 18.30 668 732 39.7 34,720 38,054 2,064 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.02 8.01 360 320 39.9 18,670 16,655 2,070 Couriers and messengers........................................... 9.68 10.10 385 404 39.8 20,044 21,000 2,070 Dispatchers....................................................... 22.06 16.92 829 532 37.6 43,131 27,660 1,955 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.73 18.69 710 748 40.0 36,919 38,871 2,083 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.51 16.25 636 630 38.5 32,975 32,744 1,997 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.78 22.00 733 770 37.1 38,132 40,040 1,927 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.04 12.86 551 514 39.2 28,644 26,745 2,041 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.10 11.06 434 442 39.1 22,572 23,001 2,033 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.43 17.00 696 680 39.9 36,210 35,360 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... $20.92 $20.41 $837 $816 40.0 $43,517 $42,447 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.67 18.00 787 720 40.0 40,924 37,440 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.75 16.60 711 664 40.1 36,973 34,530 2,083 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.53 15.00 621 600 40.0 32,307 31,200 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.25 16.60 650 664 40.0 33,802 34,530 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.21 11.54 568 462 40.0 29,548 24,001 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.48 13.00 539 520 40.0 28,039 27,040 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.85 16.00 711 640 39.8 36,984 33,280 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.60 21.98 958 871 38.9 49,816 45,273 2,025 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.20 17.11 688 684 40.0 35,767 35,589 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.20 16.97 688 679 40.0 35,779 35,298 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... $11.90 $10.91 $476 $436 40.0 $24,756 $22,697 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.98 14.38 619 575 41.3 32,015 29,900 2,138 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.09 16.39 511 469 33.9 21,100 14,724 1,398 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.91 13.27 420 398 30.2 15,449 14,724 1,111 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.34 16.01 650 723 42.3 33,776 37,587 2,202 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.74 19.66 548 786 39.9 28,484 40,882 2,073 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.86 14.38 598 575 43.1 31,091 29,900 2,243 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.02 9.96 371 374 37.0 19,296 19,442 1,925 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.11 9.83 368 374 36.4 19,142 19,442 1,893 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $19.59 $16.25 $780 $630 39.8 $40,283 $32,744 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 40.45 38.10 1,698 1,524 42.0 88,321 79,252 2,184 Engineering managers.............................................. 57.69 46.58 2,438 2,096 42.3 126,778 109,000 2,198 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.70 18.15 1,023 726 39.8 53,213 37,752 2,071 Management analysts............................................... 37.62 39.04 1,505 1,562 40.0 78,240 81,201 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.44 16.11 934 644 39.9 48,580 33,500 2,073 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.12 19.25 1,045 770 40.0 54,330 40,040 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.75 34.19 1,439 1,458 41.4 74,807 75,833 2,153 Engineers......................................................... 35.64 34.19 1,481 1,458 41.5 76,992 75,833 2,160 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.04 25.36 1,106 1,065 40.9 57,534 55,386 2,128 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.96 16.31 638 652 40.0 33,196 33,925 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.63 35.02 1,557 1,313 37.4 61,199 50,771 1,470 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.27 41.80 1,881 1,567 38.2 75,016 61,125 1,523 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.23 17.43 809 697 40.0 42,078 36,259 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.57 28.03 1,061 1,121 40.0 55,195 58,298 2,078 Registered nurses................................................. 32.66 30.04 1,303 1,202 39.9 67,734 62,485 2,074 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.95 14.10 678 564 40.0 35,256 29,328 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.50 12.11 588 416 37.9 30,574 21,632 1,972 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.87 8.55 350 342 39.4 18,176 17,776 2,050 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.86 12.11 426 404 35.9 22,152 21,008 1,867 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.81 8.00 324 280 36.8 16,848 14,560 1,913 Cooks............................................................. 11.19 11.67 456 491 40.7 23,693 25,554 2,118 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.01 2.50 131 85 32.6 6,795 4,430 1,696 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.22 9.02 355 346 38.5 18,464 17,988 2,002 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.07 8.65 349 340 38.4 18,137 17,680 1,999 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.19 8.62 386 345 37.8 15,913 14,997 1,562 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.65 13.26 785 531 40.0 40,835 27,589 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.24 15.20 980 628 40.4 50,971 32,656 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.45 14.70 707 588 40.5 36,748 30,576 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.49 9.20 416 366 39.7 21,632 19,032 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $15.11 $14.22 $590 $566 39.1 $30,691 $29,417 2,031 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.77 11.17 492 409 38.5 25,560 21,258 2,001 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.89 13.95 516 558 40.0 26,807 29,008 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.12 10.00 405 400 40.0 21,042 20,800 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.32 18.30 693 732 40.0 36,031 38,054 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.62 7.24 345 290 40.0 17,926 15,063 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.91 16.25 651 630 38.5 33,866 32,744 2,003 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.78 22.00 733 770 37.1 38,132 40,040 1,927 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.16 12.86 560 514 39.5 29,098 26,745 2,056 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.70 17.00 708 680 40.0 36,813 35,360 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.83 19.00 793 760 40.0 41,248 39,520 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.34 16.60 736 664 40.1 38,268 34,530 2,087 Production occupations.............................................. 18.11 16.10 721 644 39.8 37,514 33,488 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.05 22.43 974 879 38.9 50,665 45,718 2,023 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.20 17.11 688 684 40.0 35,767 35,589 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.20 16.97 688 679 40.0 35,779 35,298 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.14 14.38 629 575 41.6 32,727 29,900 2,161 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.60 16.06 664 749 42.6 34,524 38,943 2,213 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.86 14.38 598 575 43.1 31,091 29,900 2,243 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.19 9.96 376 374 36.9 19,555 19,442 1,918 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.33 9.96 374 374 36.2 19,450 19,442 1,883 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $18.64 $14.87 $723 $592 38.8 $34,828 $30,969 1,868 Management occupations.............................................. 37.85 33.00 1,475 1,320 39.0 73,989 68,230 1,955 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.14 28.85 941 974 37.4 42,738 49,472 1,700 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.90 12.97 550 515 39.6 28,344 26,770 2,039 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.64 32.57 1,119 1,113 35.4 43,597 41,631 1,378 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.01 37.10 1,147 1,147 32.8 42,218 42,438 1,206 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.59 37.10 1,140 1,149 32.0 42,039 42,524 1,181 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.02 37.10 1,139 1,113 32.5 41,957 41,180 1,198 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.74 32.05 1,125 1,137 35.5 41,289 41,631 1,301 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.74 32.05 1,125 1,137 35.5 41,289 41,631 1,301 Special education teachers...................................... 36.52 38.17 1,217 1,197 33.3 44,744 44,760 1,225 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.56 14.97 433 449 31.9 15,912 16,612 1,173 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.42 23.04 925 916 39.5 48,082 47,644 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 27.97 26.95 1,097 1,078 39.2 57,050 56,062 2,040 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.35 10.17 446 406 39.3 23,201 21,120 2,044 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.18 9.92 362 371 39.5 18,847 19,286 2,054 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.46 14.34 624 644 43.2 32,445 33,467 2,244 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 19.94 20.48 842 865 42.2 43,774 44,989 2,195 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 20.25 20.65 853 865 42.1 44,374 44,989 2,192 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.99 11.94 596 597 49.7 30,995 31,060 2,586 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.60 9.85 441 417 41.6 22,921 21,681 2,162 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 10.43 9.73 436 418 41.8 22,682 21,750 2,175 Police officers................................................... 16.89 16.47 704 684 41.7 36,597 35,583 2,167 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.89 16.47 704 684 41.7 36,597 35,583 2,167 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.36 11.19 351 413 37.5 14,716 15,297 1,573 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.12 9.39 350 357 38.4 17,529 16,716 1,922 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 9.86 352 362 39.0 17,107 16,716 1,900 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.10 9.86 355 381 39.0 17,210 16,716 1,890 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.92 8.74 327 349 36.6 16,982 18,171 1,904 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.44 7.91 292 248 34.6 15,182 12,901 1,798 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.25 11.22 476 449 38.9 24,498 23,259 2,000 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.37 10.85 475 434 38.4 23,957 22,564 1,937 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.73 18.69 710 748 40.0 36,919 38,871 2,083 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.73 18.69 710 748 40.0 36,919 38,871 2,083 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $13.02 $12.55 $504 $518 38.7 $25,368 $25,195 1,948 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.31 12.11 491 485 39.9 24,358 24,987 1,979 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.08 10.26 390 410 38.7 20,264 21,332 2,010 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.99 16.80 634 647 39.7 32,975 33,648 2,062 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.26 14.03 565 561 39.6 29,360 29,184 2,059 Production occupations.............................................. 12.26 12.43 490 497 40.0 25,502 25,854 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 11.90 10.91 476 436 40.0 24,756 22,697 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.97 9.90 402 398 36.7 18,508 15,318 1,688 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.91 13.27 420 398 30.2 15,449 14,724 1,111 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.91 13.27 420 398 30.2 15,449 14,724 1,111 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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.42 $15.73 $20.34 $23.28 Management, professional, and related...... 31.22 28.00 31.29 34.18 Management, business, and financial...... 35.63 34.53 30.49 46.25 Professional and related................. 28.84 23.83 32.03 30.87 Service.................................... 10.08 10.27 9.29 9.90 Sales and office........................... 15.65 13.22 21.34 14.83 Sales and related........................ 16.95 10.82 34.19 – Office and administrative support........ 14.80 15.17 13.63 15.63 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.84 18.79 16.76 14.68 Construction and extraction............. 17.34 18.06 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.34 19.51 15.41 18.76 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.74 15.19 13.62 21.54 Production............................... 17.99 12.21 15.58 22.95 Transportation and material moving....... 14.59 15.94 12.92 14.94 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........................................................... 6.3 7.2 8.7 13.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.1 10.0 9.4 11.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.3 16.2 17.9 11.7 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 8.8 7.4 9.4 Service............................................................. 12.3 16.9 8.4 4.7 Sales and office.................................................... 9.7 4.8 16.3 13.6 Sales and related................................................. 25.3 6.3 27.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.7 5.5 9.7 13.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.2 6.3 10.2 14.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.5 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.4 10.2 8.0 6.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.3 15.3 6.5 18.0 Production........................................................ 16.7 6.1 8.4 16.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.9 16.7 9.2 10.5 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $17.10 $15.65 $678 $604 39.6 $35,193 $31,387 2,058 Management occupations.............................................. 37.02 39.35 1,643 1,574 44.4 85,456 81,842 2,309 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.52 17.66 1,044 706 39.4 54,304 36,727 2,048 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.72 12.93 592 517 37.6 24,343 23,809 1,549 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.68 17.61 693 443 37.1 36,037 23,057 1,929 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.59 7.80 307 270 35.7 15,952 14,040 1,857 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.74 2.50 121 85 32.3 6,287 4,430 1,679 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.27 10.13 490 405 39.9 25,487 21,072 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.34 13.22 623 588 40.6 32,374 30,576 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.34 13.22 623 588 40.6 32,374 30,576 2,110 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.86 9.03 391 359 39.6 20,314 18,645 2,060 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.52 16.25 600 630 38.7 31,214 32,744 2,011 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.94 11.25 487 400 37.6 25,313 20,800 1,957 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.41 16.25 672 630 38.6 34,924 32,744 2,005 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.97 18.61 719 744 40.0 37,385 38,709 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.51 16.60 784 664 40.2 40,788 34,530 2,090 Production occupations.............................................. 12.21 11.23 489 449 40.0 25,406 23,360 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.26 15.16 718 575 41.6 37,321 29,908 2,162 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $22.19 $17.00 $887 $691 40.0 $45,586 $35,630 2,054 Management occupations.............................................. 43.12 38.10 1,737 1,524 40.3 90,345 79,252 2,095 Engineering managers.............................................. 62.72 63.08 2,509 2,523 40.0 130,453 131,215 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.38 21.05 1,015 842 40.0 52,782 43,784 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.04 36.18 1,561 1,447 40.0 81,197 75,256 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 41.61 36.46 1,664 1,458 40.0 86,547 75,833 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.04 25.36 1,106 1,065 40.9 57,534 55,386 2,128 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 51.40 41.80 1,917 1,567 37.3 74,136 61,125 1,442 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.34 63.61 2,095 2,385 37.9 80,188 88,257 1,449 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.58 28.03 1,102 1,121 39.9 57,292 58,298 2,077 Registered nurses................................................. 32.66 30.04 1,303 1,202 39.9 67,734 62,485 2,074 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.73 9.62 385 375 39.5 20,017 19,500 2,056 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.47 10.44 419 418 40.0 21,779 21,715 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.44 9.00 380 360 40.3 19,779 18,720 2,095 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.45 8.75 415 293 36.3 14,880 10,284 1,300 Sales and related occupations....................................... 32.12 23.66 1,285 946 40.0 66,812 49,213 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.59 12.62 577 501 39.6 30,017 26,042 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 11.17 500 447 40.0 26,004 23,225 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.52 13.95 501 558 40.0 26,046 29,008 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.09 12.50 499 500 38.1 25,934 26,000 1,981 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.58 12.50 478 470 38.0 24,839 24,443 1,975 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.19 16.50 688 660 40.0 35,758 34,320 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.20 15.50 648 620 40.0 33,686 32,240 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.82 17.67 673 707 40.0 34,978 36,754 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.14 17.50 801 700 39.8 41,664 36,400 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.05 22.43 974 879 38.9 50,665 45,718 2,023 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.83 17.27 713 691 40.0 37,094 35,922 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.14 11.00 546 510 41.5 28,392 26,520 2,160 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ $10.55 $10.25 $384 $374 36.4 $19,970 $19,442 1,894 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... $19.65 $18.94 $22.91 $18.30 $18.37 $17.87 Management, professional, and related............................... 34.58 – 34.58 30.18 31.22 26.41 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.41 35.63 33.86 Professional and related.......................................... 34.58 – 34.58 27.81 28.84 24.83 Service............................................................. 10.48 – 11.50 10.44 10.11 11.84 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.34 15.66 12.36 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.02 17.01 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.41 14.78 12.22 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.21 19.64 – 16.47 16.77 15.28 Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.47 – – 17.17 15.99 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.89 – – 16.32 16.55 14.78 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.80 18.93 – 14.54 14.72 11.36 Production........................................................ – – – 15.46 15.68 12.19 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.66 15.74 – 14.11 14.28 10.85 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........................................................... 7.9 9.7 8.1 5.6 6.5 1.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.1 – 2.1 5.2 6.1 2.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 9.3 10.3 11.3 Professional and related.......................................... 2.1 – 2.1 4.2 5.3 3.1 Service............................................................. 9.2 – 6.7 10.0 12.5 4.4 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 9.1 9.7 5.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 25.2 25.4 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.2 4.8 5.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.1 11.5 – 4.6 5.1 6.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.9 – – 11.1 7.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.4 – – 3.1 3.7 4.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.3 14.6 – 9.8 10.3 7.0 Production........................................................ – – – 10.9 11.7 5.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 6.9 – 13.7 14.2 10.0 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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.17 $18.13 $23.33 $23.38 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.40 31.33 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 35.31 35.52 – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.27 29.07 – – Service............................................................. 10.60 10.27 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.79 13.96 28.08 28.20 Sales and related................................................. 12.20 12.15 28.97 29.11 Office and administrative support................................. 14.43 14.82 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.39 17.84 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.34 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.75 18.34 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.49 15.68 – – Production........................................................ 17.72 17.99 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.27 14.42 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.5 6.6 31.3 31.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.0 6.1 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.4 10.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 3.9 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.2 12.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.8 3.0 35.1 35.1 Sales and related................................................. 7.5 7.5 36.0 36.1 Office and administrative support................................. 4.2 4.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 5.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.0 8.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.3 9.7 – – Production........................................................ 16.3 16.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.6 12.0 – – 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, New Orleans, LA, April 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........................................................... - - - - - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. - - - - - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - - - - - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - - - - - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - - - - - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - - - - - - Production........................................................ - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - - - - 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........................................................... - - - - - - - - - Management, professional, and related............................... - - - - - - - - - Management, business, and financial............................... - - - - - - - - - Professional and related.......................................... - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. - - - - - - - - - Sales and office.................................................... - - - - - - - - - Sales and related................................................. - - - - - - - - - Office and administrative support................................. - - - - - - - - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - - - - - - - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - - - - - - - - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - - - - - - - - - Production........................................................ - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - - - - 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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 415,600 349,000 66,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 99,400 70,700 28,700 Management, business, and financial............................... 27,300 23,500 3,700 Professional and related.......................................... 72,100 47,100 25,000 Service............................................................. 86,100 70,300 15,800 Sales and office.................................................... 124,500 113,000 11,400 Sales and related................................................. 48,200 47,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 76,300 65,300 11,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 45,500 38,600 6,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 23,700 20,600 3,100 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21,100 18,000 3,100 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 60,200 56,400 3,800 Production........................................................ 19,700 18,700 900 Transportation and material moving................................ 40,500 37,600 2,900 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, New Orleans, LA, April 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 40,728 40,682 46 Total in sample....................................................... 270 231 39 Responding........................................................ 131 98 33 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 100 95 5 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 39 38 1 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.