NC BL 04/00/2007 Table: Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, Bulletin 3135-50, May 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $21.12 2.5 34.6 $20.52 2.9 34.2 $25.65 0.9 37.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.99 1.7 37.0 30.97 2.1 37.0 31.07 2.6 37.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.15 2.9 39.7 32.98 3.1 39.6 34.58 8.1 40.5 Professional and related.......................................... 29.94 2.8 35.9 29.82 3.6 35.7 30.30 3.5 36.4 Service............................................................. 11.82 4.8 27.5 10.52 3.9 26.6 20.28 2.7 35.8 Sales and office.................................................... 16.95 3.4 34.3 16.93 3.7 33.9 17.10 1.5 38.4 Sales and related................................................. 19.50 6.3 30.6 19.51 6.3 30.6 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.75 1.8 36.3 15.57 2.1 36.0 17.11 1.6 38.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.72 6.1 40.5 24.89 6.9 40.6 22.96 3.5 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 25.62 10.0 40.9 25.71 11.0 41.0 24.40 6.6 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.41 8.7 40.0 23.63 9.6 40.0 21.63 1.8 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.85 5.8 36.6 16.71 6.1 36.5 21.05 4.9 37.8 Production........................................................ 16.57 4.1 38.9 16.49 4.2 38.9 22.50 5.9 40.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.16 11.4 34.3 16.97 12.2 34.1 20.62 6.1 37.2 Full time........................................................... 23.20 2.2 39.9 22.73 2.6 40.0 26.34 .6 39.5 Part time........................................................... 11.57 3.3 21.4 11.24 3.4 21.3 17.69 3.9 22.6 Union............................................................... 23.29 3.0 36.5 22.29 5.1 35.7 24.81 1.0 37.8 Nonunion............................................................ 20.45 3.4 34.0 20.18 3.5 34.0 29.18 5.4 35.1 Time................................................................ 20.78 2.3 34.4 20.12 2.7 34.1 25.65 .9 37.2 Incentive........................................................... 30.64 13.4 39.7 30.64 13.4 39.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 23.91 2.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.91 5.4 32.9 18.91 5.4 32.9 20.48 20.6 28.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.33 2.9 35.5 19.17 3.0 35.6 22.94 3.8 34.3 500 workers or more................................................. 25.65 1.9 36.3 25.49 2.9 35.6 25.96 .9 37.6 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $21.12 2.5 $23.20 2.2 $11.57 3.3 Management occupations.............................................. 38.96 4.1 39.37 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.24 5.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.11 9.8 31.11 9.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.38 4.2 44.16 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.81 4.8 41.82 4.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 35.73 9.0 35.73 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.98 10.5 35.98 10.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.87 5.5 40.87 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.10 5.5 34.10 5.5 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 37.18 4.4 37.18 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.10 5.5 34.10 5.5 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 7.2 47.82 7.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 38.86 13.2 38.20 14.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.20 23.0 43.20 23.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.56 11.2 39.69 7.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.11 17.1 39.11 17.1 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 45.58 7.9 45.58 7.9 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 44.35 14.5 44.35 14.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.57 10.4 43.76 10.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.58 5.3 27.58 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 4.5 17.77 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.94 5.9 21.95 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.59 3.5 20.56 3.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.14 2.0 25.14 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.35 5.3 27.35 5.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 34.48 2.4 34.48 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.54 11.5 37.54 11.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.19 7.7 22.19 7.7 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.30 17.0 21.30 17.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.56 10.1 23.56 10.3 – – Training and development specialists............................ 23.75 5.8 23.73 6.2 – – Management analysts............................................... 32.63 1.6 32.63 1.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 33.88 3.3 33.88 3.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.31 4.3 25.31 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.39 3.6 21.39 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 12.1 25.62 12.1 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.29 5.2 25.29 5.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.13 5.0 34.14 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.73 3.6 24.73 3.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.07 1.6 27.07 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.65 4.2 31.66 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.62 3.5 41.62 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $40.43 6.2 $40.43 6.2 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 33.70 19.4 33.70 19.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.57 10.7 39.58 10.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.54 4.6 47.54 4.6 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.94 7.7 41.94 7.7 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.00 17.3 37.03 17.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 24.79 13.7 24.79 13.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.38 6.3 37.38 6.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.96 5.5 37.96 5.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.61 9.7 31.61 9.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 28.03 5.0 28.03 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.67 7.5 30.84 7.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.72 4.3 24.72 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.65 1.8 31.65 1.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.24 4.3 43.24 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.77 4.9 25.03 5.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.45 9.0 36.45 9.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.08 4.5 42.08 4.5 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 7.2 36.23 7.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.12 5.7 24.24 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.73 5.2 21.74 5.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.39 4.4 23.58 5.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.49 9.5 29.16 10.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.04 3.3 31.04 3.3 – – Physical scientists............................................... 27.52 15.8 27.52 15.8 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 31.46 14.8 33.28 14.3 – – Market research analysts........................................ 33.28 14.3 33.28 14.3 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.19 5.1 22.36 5.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.40 9.2 20.98 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.28 9.5 20.28 9.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.69 11.5 21.49 11.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.15 3.9 27.15 3.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 22.61 5.6 22.61 5.6 – – Social workers.................................................... 22.64 6.2 22.59 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.33 3.7 26.33 3.7 – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.46 5.3 24.46 5.3 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.30 8.7 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 16.90 3.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 36.98 4.5 38.14 5.4 – – Lawyers........................................................... 43.63 3.6 43.63 3.6 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.56 2.7 28.56 2.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ $30.32 5.4 $32.70 4.7 $16.46 7.7 Level 2 .................................................. 13.76 9.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.68 7.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 4.9 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.25 13.1 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.02 4.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.16 8.0 30.43 8.1 23.70 7.7 Level 8 .................................................. 33.44 6.4 33.54 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.10 4.1 39.09 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 29.01 23.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.06 8.3 38.49 8.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.08 4.9 34.69 4.8 17.94 23.5 Level 7 .................................................. 29.16 12.0 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.43 6.4 33.53 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.17 4.4 39.17 4.4 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 21.31 14.9 23.00 14.3 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 15.93 10.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.24 8.2 34.44 8.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.01 7.5 38.01 7.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.26 7.7 33.47 7.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 9.8 36.26 9.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.66 .2 37.66 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.97 3.0 40.97 3.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.80 .3 37.80 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.57 1.7 41.57 1.7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 37.97 5.7 38.32 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.79 7.6 38.79 7.6 – – Librarians........................................................ 26.67 13.7 32.01 8.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.65 3.9 14.86 3.6 14.41 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.76 9.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.68 7.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 4.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.48 6.0 22.76 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.69 4.6 20.69 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.53 11.8 26.85 18.5 – – Designers......................................................... 21.51 6.5 21.08 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.69 4.6 20.69 4.6 – – Graphic designers............................................... 20.62 8.9 19.96 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.08 1.5 28.10 2.2 28.05 2.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.11 12.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.83 3.2 17.51 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.07 4.6 21.65 5.9 19.66 5.0 Level 7 .................................................. $25.78 5.7 $25.49 6.0 $26.76 7.6 Level 8 .................................................. 27.78 6.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.27 1.2 32.64 2.3 31.80 2.0 Registered nurses................................................. 32.33 2.6 33.52 4.6 31.09 2.5 Level 7 .................................................. 25.33 5.1 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.98 7.3 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.68 1.3 33.67 3.0 31.80 2.0 Therapists........................................................ 28.62 4.4 28.71 4.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.61 1.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.30 2.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.38 1.6 19.19 1.5 19.86 3.1 Level 5 .................................................. 18.19 2.5 18.19 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.08 1.9 – – 20.28 4.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.75 5.4 14.45 8.4 12.51 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.68 5.2 – – 10.97 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.79 3.9 13.68 5.3 12.00 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 2.7 16.06 2.2 14.45 3.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.18 5.5 12.39 8.2 11.90 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.82 6.4 – – 11.57 4.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.79 5.2 13.86 4.7 12.00 5.7 Home health aides............................................... 10.68 4.9 – – 10.46 3.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.77 5.6 13.14 6.1 12.38 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.05 1.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.96 4.7 13.67 4.8 12.40 5.9 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.92 6.1 16.85 6.1 13.32 8.8 Level 4 .................................................. 15.50 2.8 16.05 2.4 14.47 3.8 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.52 3.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.84 4.8 23.16 4.8 13.73 17.6 Level 7 .................................................. 23.95 2.4 23.89 2.3 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.81 7.7 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.63 14.7 19.63 14.7 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.70 15.5 19.70 15.5 – – Police officers................................................... 25.90 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.31 2.3 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.86 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.83 1.1 11.31 3.5 7.85 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 3.4 8.53 7.8 7.04 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.30 3.3 8.87 3.2 8.11 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.14 7.6 – – 10.13 10.9 Level 4 .................................................. 11.57 3.8 11.91 8.9 10.78 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.72 6.9 19.65 2.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.64 2.2 12.27 7.9 10.80 1.2 Level 3 .................................................. $11.24 10.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.99 5.5 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.78 2.0 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.45 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.52 4.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.60 11.3 – – $9.67 14.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 7.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.76 2.7 $8.30 4.8 6.42 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.21 3.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.54 3.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 8.07 4.5 – – 7.41 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – 7.54 3.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.06 1.5 6.33 .9 6.02 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 5.99 2.4 – – 5.94 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.33 1.7 – – 6.35 2.3 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.50 5.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.67 7.5 – – 8.43 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.27 6.5 – – 7.82 4.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.20 10.0 – – 8.99 8.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 11.4 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 7.61 14.3 – – 6.60 11.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 15.0 – – 6.60 11.6 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.70 9.3 – – 8.63 11.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.96 13.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.63 4.7 13.39 5.1 9.88 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.81 2.2 11.64 3.2 9.58 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.61 6.1 11.93 8.0 10.68 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 14.39 9.6 14.55 10.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.10 2.9 20.10 2.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.94 2.5 12.51 2.8 9.93 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.88 2.3 11.64 3.2 9.61 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.61 6.1 11.93 8.0 10.68 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 13.33 5.7 13.45 6.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.46 3.4 13.14 4.0 9.94 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 11.22 3.2 12.14 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.32 9.8 13.34 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.37 6.2 13.52 7.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.59 1.5 10.81 2.3 9.91 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.11 3.5 10.57 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 7.1 11.03 7.6 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 18.29 8.1 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.95 9.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 7.8 11.15 10.7 8.95 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. $8.27 13.6 – – $7.48 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 5.9 – – 9.35 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.29 10.1 – – 8.34 22.9 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.51 7.1 – – 8.51 7.1 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 8.12 10.0 – – 8.12 10.0 Personal and home care aides...................................... 11.78 10.2 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 18.7 – – 8.85 21.1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.50 6.3 $24.54 6.8 8.99 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 5.4 – – 8.38 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 3.6 9.82 7.1 8.45 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.62 14.4 14.68 18.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.80 19.9 19.31 21.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.83 3.8 18.83 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.84 6.8 24.84 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.81 8.1 30.81 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.06 21.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.85 9.3 18.85 9.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.15 8.8 16.15 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 2.9 12.31 6.5 8.88 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 5.1 – – 8.29 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.72 1.0 – – 8.34 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 2.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.36 5.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.07 2.4 9.93 7.9 8.71 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.91 1.9 – – 8.83 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 4.2 – – 8.22 3.2 Cashiers...................................................... 9.07 2.4 9.93 7.9 8.71 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.91 1.9 – – 8.83 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 4.2 – – 8.22 3.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.79 2.6 12.94 8.2 9.02 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.41 1.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 1.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.83 2.8 29.83 2.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.41 4.3 29.41 4.3 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.12 15.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.75 1.8 16.39 1.8 11.50 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.28 6.7 – – 7.98 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.24 5.6 12.22 5.6 10.47 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 13.03 3.2 13.49 3.2 11.18 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 1.4 15.35 1.4 15.83 7.3 Level 5 .................................................. 17.36 2.2 17.41 2.2 16.33 7.4 Level 6 .................................................. 20.07 2.9 20.10 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. $22.17 4.1 $22.17 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 5.2 16.73 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.76 8.4 20.84 8.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.85 5.6 17.13 6.1 $12.98 9.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.50 4.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 3.0 14.74 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.33 3.5 16.34 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.60 1.4 20.66 1.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.04 7.4 17.16 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.58 3.2 14.50 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.54 4.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.26 1.2 20.35 1.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 5.8 16.57 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.07 4.1 15.07 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.74 4.4 16.13 3.3 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 13.57 3.2 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.16 6.2 14.71 5.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.27 4.8 14.58 4.8 12.06 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.55 11.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.97 6.9 15.15 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.15 7.0 15.15 7.1 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.26 4.5 21.33 4.9 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 6.4 21.26 6.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 13.7 12.88 13.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.71 10.5 14.75 6.4 10.22 10.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.54 2.5 18.67 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.62 4.1 16.67 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.08 5.0 17.07 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.24 8.1 22.24 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.09 6.2 19.09 6.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.97 4.6 20.05 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.34 3.3 20.34 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.82 3.9 16.99 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.49 6.1 16.49 6.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.83 7.2 14.43 3.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.94 4.1 15.17 3.8 11.64 11.4 Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 8.5 12.88 7.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.23 4.2 13.28 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.42 7.7 16.43 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.54 13.7 18.54 13.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.62 10.0 25.62 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.03 13.8 22.03 13.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.76 .8 19.76 .8 – – Level 6 .................................................. $31.34 9.4 $31.34 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.16 2.9 29.16 2.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.06 8.1 20.06 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.12 6.9 27.12 6.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.41 8.7 23.41 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.93 4.3 20.93 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.64 5.1 22.64 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.73 13.2 24.73 13.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.63 2.0 22.63 2.0 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.43 4.5 21.43 4.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.78 3.0 20.78 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.88 5.6 20.88 5.6 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.45 3.0 21.45 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.45 6.1 19.45 6.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.57 4.1 17.03 3.9 $9.37 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 2.4 10.29 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.16 3.4 12.45 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.39 6.2 16.43 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.56 1.5 17.56 1.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.76 2.9 17.76 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.70 6.3 19.70 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.51 1.4 23.51 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.14 4.7 20.14 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.78 5.1 24.78 5.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.75 14.1 15.52 16.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.78 5.8 12.20 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.89 7.6 19.89 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.09 .5 19.09 .5 – – Computer control programmers and operators........................ 22.21 5.4 22.21 5.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.08 1.8 16.08 1.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.89 6.4 15.89 6.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.73 3.9 16.73 3.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.71 10.5 18.71 10.5 – – Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 13.6 19.49 13.6 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 19.49 13.6 19.49 13.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.70 4.8 12.25 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 2.1 10.05 3.5 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.67 10.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.16 11.4 19.75 12.7 10.45 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. $9.82 6.5 $13.55 14.7 $8.86 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.95 4.2 12.04 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.73 3.8 15.99 6.3 15.00 3.2 Level 4 .................................................. 18.38 3.8 18.46 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.32 8.3 16.32 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.94 7.5 21.94 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.93 14.6 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.10 6.6 18.55 5.5 13.57 10.2 Level 3 .................................................. 17.19 8.2 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.09 8.0 16.47 7.6 13.45 10.4 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.23 2.7 18.23 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.61 6.5 19.61 6.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.15 1.9 18.15 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.59 4.9 18.59 4.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.56 13.5 18.56 13.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 4.3 16.43 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.43 5.5 15.43 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.24 4.5 13.24 4.4 9.55 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.46 3.0 – – 9.07 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.10 2.2 12.10 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.01 8.6 15.30 14.8 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.74 4.2 14.93 7.1 10.11 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.56 7.1 – – 9.40 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 15.07 10.0 15.30 14.8 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.75 3.3 – – 9.70 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 4.6 – – 9.13 2.6 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 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $20.52 2.9 $22.73 2.6 $11.24 3.4 Management occupations.............................................. 38.52 4.6 38.97 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.00 5.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.98 9.0 28.98 9.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.14 4.7 43.88 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.07 5.2 42.08 5.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 35.73 9.0 35.73 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.98 10.5 35.98 10.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.87 5.5 40.87 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.10 5.5 34.10 5.5 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 37.18 4.4 37.18 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.10 5.5 34.10 5.5 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 7.2 47.82 7.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 38.86 13.2 38.20 14.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.20 23.0 43.20 23.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 21.99 11.1 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 44.35 14.5 44.35 14.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.56 11.4 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.68 5.8 27.69 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 4.5 17.77 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.24 6.1 22.24 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 3.5 20.01 3.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.27 2.6 25.27 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.76 6.7 26.76 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 34.48 2.4 34.48 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.54 11.5 37.54 11.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.12 7.9 22.12 7.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.59 10.5 23.58 10.7 – – Training and development specialists............................ 23.88 6.7 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 32.80 1.5 32.80 1.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 33.88 3.3 33.88 3.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.35 4.6 25.35 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 12.1 25.62 12.1 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.29 5.2 25.29 5.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.87 5.0 34.88 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.38 5.7 24.38 5.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.07 1.6 27.07 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.59 4.3 31.60 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.62 3.5 41.62 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.43 6.2 40.43 6.2 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 34.13 22.0 34.13 22.0 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.57 10.7 39.58 10.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.54 4.6 47.54 4.6 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... $41.94 7.7 $41.94 7.7 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.00 17.3 37.03 17.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 24.84 14.2 24.84 14.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.56 5.4 38.56 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.96 5.5 37.96 5.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.61 9.7 31.61 9.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.42 8.1 31.63 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.52 5.5 24.52 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.65 1.8 31.65 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.77 4.9 25.03 5.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.09 9.2 37.09 9.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.53 4.7 41.53 4.7 – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 7.2 36.23 7.2 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.56 6.5 24.74 6.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.73 5.2 21.74 5.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.39 4.4 23.58 5.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.94 8.4 33.10 8.5 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 33.28 14.3 33.28 14.3 – – Market research analysts........................................ 33.28 14.3 33.28 14.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.26 7.8 18.67 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.31 9.8 20.31 9.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.56 8.1 20.56 8.1 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.95 5.5 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 16.37 1.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 36.82 4.9 37.62 5.5 – – Lawyers........................................................... 43.16 3.8 43.16 3.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.32 8.6 22.14 7.8 $14.17 14.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.91 6.3 30.07 5.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.04 13.2 21.84 11.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.05 7.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.80 7.1 23.01 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.35 13.9 26.85 18.5 – – Designers......................................................... 21.39 6.6 20.94 6.8 – – Graphic designers............................................... 20.43 9.0 19.73 9.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.76 1.6 27.61 2.4 28.11 2.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 12.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 3.4 17.42 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.94 5.0 21.65 5.9 18.84 3.6 Level 7 .................................................. 25.69 6.3 25.33 6.9 26.76 7.6 Level 9 .................................................. $31.97 0.8 $32.12 1.8 $31.82 2.0 Registered nurses................................................. 31.90 2.8 33.20 5.6 30.81 2.3 Level 7 .................................................. 25.22 6.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.37 1.2 33.11 3.2 31.82 2.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.19 1.4 19.19 1.5 19.19 1.9 Level 5 .................................................. 18.18 2.5 18.19 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.76 1.2 – – 19.46 1.9 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.72 5.6 14.40 8.7 12.52 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.67 5.2 – – 10.96 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.57 4.2 13.34 5.4 11.94 5.8 Level 4 .................................................. 15.54 2.6 16.12 2.2 14.47 3.6 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.05 5.7 12.18 8.6 11.88 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 11.56 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 12.56 5.6 13.47 5.2 11.94 5.8 Home health aides............................................... 10.69 4.9 – – 10.46 3.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.75 5.9 13.09 6.5 12.38 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.89 5.1 13.60 5.3 12.35 6.0 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.96 6.2 16.91 6.2 13.31 9.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.55 2.7 16.11 2.4 14.49 3.9 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.52 3.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.73 1.2 11.22 3.4 7.76 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.15 4.2 8.14 2.6 6.98 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 3.2 8.87 3.2 7.87 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.10 7.6 – – 10.13 10.9 Level 4 .................................................. 11.55 3.8 11.91 8.9 10.67 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.72 6.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.56 2.3 12.18 7.8 10.74 .8 Level 4 .................................................. 11.97 5.5 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.45 2.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.52 4.5 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.45 11.0 – – 9.46 14.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.76 2.7 8.30 4.8 6.42 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.21 3.6 – – 6.11 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.54 3.5 – – 7.16 1.4 Bartenders...................................................... 8.07 4.5 – – 7.41 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – 7.54 3.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.06 1.5 6.33 .9 6.02 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 5.99 2.4 – – 5.94 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 6.33 1.7 – – 6.35 2.3 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.50 5.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.05 6.2 – – 8.11 6.3 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.40 9.3 – – 8.57 9.7 Dishwashers....................................................... $7.61 14.3 – – $6.60 11.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 15.0 – – 6.60 11.6 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.70 9.3 – – 8.63 11.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.96 13.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.71 4.9 $12.33 5.5 9.88 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.81 2.2 11.64 3.2 9.58 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.75 2.4 10.73 3.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.22 12.6 14.41 13.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.22 2.7 11.65 3.0 9.94 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.89 2.3 11.64 3.2 9.61 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.75 2.4 10.73 3.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.52 3.4 12.06 4.0 9.95 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 11.22 3.2 12.14 3.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.60 1.6 10.81 2.3 9.91 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.11 3.5 10.57 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 7.1 11.03 7.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.81 7.8 10.93 10.7 8.61 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.27 13.6 – – 7.48 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.23 5.7 – – 9.05 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.29 10.1 – – 8.34 22.9 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.51 7.1 – – 8.51 7.1 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 8.12 10.0 – – 8.12 10.0 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.35 18.7 – – 7.89 17.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.51 6.3 24.54 6.8 8.98 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 5.4 – – 8.38 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.10 3.6 9.82 7.1 8.41 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.62 14.4 14.68 18.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.80 20.0 19.32 21.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.83 3.8 18.83 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.84 6.8 24.84 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.81 8.1 30.81 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.06 21.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.85 9.3 18.85 9.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.15 8.8 16.15 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.22 2.9 12.29 6.6 8.87 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 5.1 – – 8.29 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.70 1.0 – – 8.29 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 2.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.36 5.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.03 2.4 9.84 8.1 8.69 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.91 1.9 – – 8.83 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 4.5 – – 8.14 2.4 Cashiers...................................................... 9.03 2.4 9.84 8.1 8.69 .6 Level 1 .................................................. $8.91 1.9 – – $8.83 0.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 4.5 – – 8.14 2.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.79 2.6 $12.94 8.2 9.02 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.41 1.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 1.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.83 2.8 29.83 2.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.41 4.3 29.41 4.3 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.12 15.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.57 2.1 16.27 2.1 11.40 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 6.6 – – 7.98 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 4.7 10.93 6.7 10.46 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 3.4 12.85 3.4 11.08 4.8 Level 4 .................................................. 15.05 1.2 14.99 1.1 15.88 7.3 Level 5 .................................................. 17.32 2.4 17.38 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.19 3.4 20.23 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.19 4.2 22.19 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 5.2 16.73 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.90 9.5 20.97 9.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.68 6.2 16.96 6.7 12.98 9.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.50 4.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 2.9 14.35 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.04 3.2 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.63 1.5 20.70 1.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.85 8.4 16.96 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.51 3.3 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 5.8 16.57 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.07 4.1 15.07 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.74 4.4 16.13 3.3 – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.16 6.2 14.71 5.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.22 4.9 14.53 5.0 12.06 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.52 11.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.83 7.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.15 7.0 15.15 7.1 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.26 6.4 21.26 6.4 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 6.4 21.26 6.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 13.7 12.88 13.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.61 10.7 14.63 6.5 10.22 10.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.87 3.3 19.07 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 4.8 16.43 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.69 6.1 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.26 8.2 22.26 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.09 6.2 19.09 6.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. $20.37 4.7 $20.47 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.34 3.3 20.34 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.46 5.6 16.74 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.05 7.9 17.05 7.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.35 6.0 14.61 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 4.8 12.50 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 9.1 14.62 10.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.52 14.5 18.52 14.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.71 11.0 25.71 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.03 13.8 22.03 13.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.83 2.8 29.83 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.63 9.6 23.63 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.93 4.6 20.93 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.02 14.2 25.02 14.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.63 2.0 22.63 2.0 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.47 5.3 21.47 5.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.77 3.1 20.77 3.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.45 3.0 21.45 3.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.49 4.2 16.95 4.0 $9.37 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 2.4 10.29 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.16 3.4 12.45 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.39 6.2 16.43 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.56 1.5 17.56 1.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.50 4.0 17.50 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.65 6.4 19.65 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.53 1.5 23.53 1.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.14 4.7 20.14 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.78 5.1 24.78 5.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.75 14.1 15.52 16.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.78 5.8 12.20 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.89 7.6 19.89 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.09 .5 19.09 .5 – – Computer control programmers and operators........................ 22.21 5.4 22.21 5.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.08 1.8 16.08 1.8 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.89 6.4 15.89 6.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.73 3.9 16.73 3.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.71 10.5 18.71 10.5 – – Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 13.6 19.49 13.6 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 19.49 13.6 19.49 13.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. $11.70 4.8 $12.25 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 2.1 10.05 3.5 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.67 10.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.97 12.2 19.66 13.7 $10.32 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.82 6.5 13.55 14.7 8.86 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.67 3.8 11.75 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.99 4.4 15.10 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.50 3.9 18.50 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.28 8.4 16.28 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.32 8.4 21.33 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.93 14.6 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 13.36 10.1 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.36 10.1 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.17 2.8 18.17 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.61 6.5 19.61 6.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.14 2.0 18.14 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.59 4.9 18.59 4.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.35 14.5 18.35 14.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 4.3 16.43 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.43 5.5 15.43 5.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 4.4 13.12 4.3 9.55 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.46 3.0 – – 9.07 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.10 2.2 12.10 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.73 9.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.59 4.2 14.76 7.3 10.11 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.56 7.1 – – 9.40 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 14.75 10.7 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.75 3.3 – – 9.70 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.21 4.6 – – 9.13 2.6 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 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $25.65 0.9 $26.34 0.6 $17.69 3.9 Management occupations.............................................. 42.50 5.0 42.50 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.71 19.5 43.71 19.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.96 8.4 45.96 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.46 11.5 39.46 11.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 48.04 3.8 48.04 3.8 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 49.37 2.3 49.37 2.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.70 3.9 26.71 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.33 .5 29.33 .5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.54 7.1 24.54 7.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.17 10.0 25.17 10.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.06 8.6 21.62 11.0 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.19 5.1 22.36 5.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.21 1.8 25.45 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.71 5.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.21 4.4 27.21 4.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 26.15 3.7 26.16 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.27 4.3 26.27 4.3 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 24.81 2.7 25.68 .9 – – Legal occupations................................................... 38.20 8.2 42.79 6.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.94 3.8 36.04 2.7 18.08 4.8 Level 3 .................................................. 15.99 5.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.28 5.0 – – 24.28 8.3 Level 8 .................................................. 34.64 4.3 34.77 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.65 2.3 40.65 2.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.69 11.1 41.69 11.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.71 2.0 38.09 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.55 8.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.63 4.3 34.76 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.83 2.3 40.83 2.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.73 3.7 38.12 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.54 .0 41.54 .0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.57 3.5 37.03 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.31 .0 41.31 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.66 .2 37.66 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.97 3.0 40.97 3.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.80 .3 37.80 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. $41.57 1.7 $41.57 1.7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 37.97 5.7 38.32 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.79 7.6 38.79 7.6 – – Librarians........................................................ 31.33 8.6 32.01 8.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.57 1.9 14.85 1.2 $16.38 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 15.99 5.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.67 2.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.15 5.7 32.28 4.4 27.20 12.4 Level 9 .................................................. 35.03 7.7 35.19 7.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.32 5.3 34.68 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.04 3.9 36.30 3.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.47 5.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.55 7.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.14 4.8 23.42 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.95 2.4 23.89 2.3 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.81 7.7 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.63 14.7 19.63 14.7 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.70 15.5 19.70 15.5 – – Police officers................................................... 25.90 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.31 2.3 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.86 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.03 2.1 – – 12.43 5.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 12.05 3.0 – – 11.18 3.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 12.05 3.0 – – 11.18 3.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.47 7.8 17.64 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.97 4.7 14.99 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.10 2.9 20.10 2.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.40 4.7 16.57 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.99 4.7 14.99 4.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.42 4.8 16.59 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.99 4.7 14.99 4.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 21.18 .6 21.18 .6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.11 1.6 17.19 1.4 14.75 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 14.65 4.0 14.66 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.99 5.3 16.28 5.0 12.62 2.9 Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 4.2 17.48 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 5.4 17.61 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.40 1.3 19.41 1.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. $19.84 1.7 $19.84 1.7 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 13.57 3.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.66 1.3 17.66 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.13 7.2 17.13 7.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.34 4.4 17.34 4.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.28 4.0 16.40 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.35 1.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.61 4.8 18.66 4.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.40 6.6 24.40 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 1.8 21.63 1.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 22.50 5.9 22.50 5.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.62 6.1 21.15 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.76 2.9 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 19.25 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.85 3.0 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 17.37 7.0 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $21.12 2.5 $23.20 2.2 $11.57 3.3 Management occupations.............................................. 38.96 4.1 39.37 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.63 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.44 4.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 56.92 5.7 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 35.73 9.0 35.73 9.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.87 5.5 40.87 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 43.75 9.3 – – – – Marketing managers.............................................. 37.18 4.4 37.18 4.4 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 7.2 47.82 7.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 38.86 13.2 38.20 14.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 36.56 11.2 39.69 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 41.23 19.7 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 45.58 7.9 45.58 7.9 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 44.35 14.5 44.35 14.5 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.57 10.4 43.76 10.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.58 5.3 27.58 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.18 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.69 4.3 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.19 7.7 22.19 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.03 6.4 – – – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.30 17.0 21.30 17.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.56 10.1 23.56 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 8.5 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 23.75 5.8 23.73 6.2 – – Management analysts............................................... 32.63 1.6 32.63 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 32.83 2.5 32.83 2.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.31 4.3 25.31 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.46 3.7 23.46 3.7 – – Group III................................................. 26.05 10.5 26.05 10.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.29 5.2 25.29 5.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.13 5.0 34.14 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.78 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.69 3.8 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 33.70 19.4 33.70 19.4 – – Group III................................................. 35.53 20.4 35.53 20.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.57 10.7 39.58 10.7 – – Group III................................................. 40.16 13.5 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.94 7.7 41.94 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 42.28 3.1 42.28 3.1 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.00 17.3 37.03 17.4 – – Group III................................................. 38.24 22.5 38.28 22.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 24.79 13.7 24.79 13.7 – – Group II.................................................. $21.44 12.7 $21.44 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.38 6.3 37.38 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.11 10.7 20.11 10.7 – – Group III................................................. 38.05 6.5 38.05 6.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.61 9.7 31.61 9.7 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 28.03 5.0 28.03 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.67 7.5 30.84 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.01 4.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.25 2.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.45 9.0 36.45 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.54 8.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.99 2.6 – – – – Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 7.2 36.23 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.57 5.7 37.57 5.7 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.12 5.7 24.24 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.07 5.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.39 4.4 23.58 5.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.49 9.5 29.16 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.89 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.13 4.8 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 27.52 15.8 27.52 15.8 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 31.46 14.8 33.28 14.3 – – Market research analysts........................................ 33.28 14.3 33.28 14.3 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.19 5.1 22.36 5.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.40 9.2 20.98 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.15 3.9 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 22.61 5.6 22.61 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.04 7.3 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 22.64 6.2 22.59 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.40 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.33 3.7 – – – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.46 5.3 24.46 5.3 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.30 8.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.68 2.4 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 16.90 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.70 2.5 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 36.98 4.5 38.14 5.4 – – Group III................................................. 45.00 2.7 – – – – Lawyers........................................................... 43.63 3.6 43.63 3.6 – – Group III................................................. 47.51 4.7 47.51 4.7 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.56 2.7 28.56 2.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ $30.32 5.4 $32.70 4.7 $16.46 7.7 Group I................................................... 14.25 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.27 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.69 4.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.06 8.3 38.49 8.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.98 13.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.08 4.9 34.69 4.8 17.94 23.5 Group II.................................................. 29.36 7.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.17 4.4 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 21.31 14.9 23.00 14.3 – – Group II.................................................. 15.98 9.8 – – – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 15.93 10.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.93 10.2 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.24 8.2 34.44 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 30.35 7.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.01 7.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.26 7.7 33.47 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.95 6.1 31.20 6.3 – – Group III................................................. 36.26 9.8 36.26 9.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.66 .2 37.66 .2 – – Group III................................................. 40.97 3.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.80 .3 37.80 .3 – – Group III................................................. 41.57 1.7 41.57 1.7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 37.97 5.7 38.32 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.79 7.6 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 26.67 13.7 32.01 8.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.65 3.9 14.86 3.6 14.41 6.9 Group I................................................... 14.25 3.8 14.86 3.6 13.50 5.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.48 6.0 22.76 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.94 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.28 8.0 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.51 6.5 21.08 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.06 4.6 – – – – Graphic designers............................................... 20.62 8.9 19.96 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.08 1.5 28.10 2.2 28.05 2.3 Group I................................................... 15.11 12.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.72 1.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.02 2.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.33 2.6 33.52 4.6 31.09 2.5 Group II.................................................. 26.76 4.0 27.04 5.6 26.43 6.1 Group III................................................. 33.84 1.8 35.31 3.4 32.14 2.2 Therapists........................................................ 28.62 4.4 28.71 4.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. $20.61 1.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.30 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.30 2.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.38 1.6 $19.19 1.5 $19.86 3.1 Group II.................................................. 19.34 1.8 19.12 1.7 19.86 3.3 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.75 5.4 14.45 8.4 12.51 5.1 Group I................................................... 13.08 3.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.18 5.5 12.39 8.2 11.90 4.3 Group I................................................... 12.19 5.2 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 10.68 4.9 – – 10.46 3.9 Group I................................................... 10.68 4.9 – – 10.46 3.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.77 5.6 13.14 6.1 12.38 5.3 Group I................................................... 12.96 4.0 13.56 4.4 12.51 4.9 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.92 6.1 16.85 6.1 13.32 8.8 Group I................................................... 14.72 6.8 – – – – Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.52 3.4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.84 4.8 23.16 4.8 13.73 17.6 Group I................................................... 14.57 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.85 .2 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.86 8.4 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 19.81 7.7 – – – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.63 14.7 19.63 14.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.66 6.5 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.70 15.5 19.70 15.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.66 6.5 22.66 6.5 – – Police officers................................................... 25.90 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.87 2.1 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.86 1.6 26.30 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.83 2.2 26.33 1.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.83 1.1 11.31 3.5 7.85 2.9 Group I................................................... 8.38 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.19 3.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.72 6.9 19.65 2.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.64 2.2 12.27 7.9 10.80 1.2 Group I................................................... 11.51 2.2 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.78 2.0 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.45 2.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.35 1.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.60 11.3 – – 9.67 14.7 Group I................................................... 9.60 11.3 – – 9.67 14.7 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.76 2.7 8.30 4.8 6.42 2.9 Group I................................................... 6.76 2.7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... $8.07 4.5 – – $7.41 4.9 Group I................................................... 8.07 4.5 – – 7.41 4.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.06 1.5 $6.33 0.9 6.02 1.3 Group I................................................... 6.06 1.5 6.33 .9 6.02 1.3 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.50 5.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.50 5.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.67 7.5 – – 8.43 6.1 Group I................................................... 8.67 7.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.20 10.0 – – 8.99 8.7 Group I................................................... 9.20 10.0 – – 8.99 8.7 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.61 14.3 – – 6.60 11.6 Group I................................................... 7.53 15.0 – – 6.60 11.6 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.70 9.3 – – 8.63 11.3 Group I................................................... 8.70 9.3 – – 8.63 11.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.63 4.7 13.39 5.1 9.88 .8 Group I................................................... 12.45 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.71 2.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.94 2.5 12.51 2.8 9.93 .9 Group I................................................... 12.00 2.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.46 3.4 13.14 4.0 9.94 .5 Group I................................................... 12.48 3.2 13.24 3.7 9.94 .5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.59 1.5 10.81 2.3 9.91 3.2 Group I................................................... 10.61 1.8 10.89 3.4 9.91 3.2 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 18.29 8.1 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.95 9.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 7.8 11.15 10.7 8.95 8.1 Group I................................................... 9.51 7.7 – – – – Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.51 7.1 – – 8.51 7.1 Group I................................................... 8.51 7.1 – – – – Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 8.12 10.0 – – 8.12 10.0 Group I................................................... 8.12 10.0 – – 8.12 10.0 Personal and home care aides...................................... 11.78 10.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.78 10.2 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 18.7 – – 8.85 21.1 Group I................................................... 7.89 17.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.50 6.3 24.54 6.8 8.99 2.9 Group I................................................... 11.75 10.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.27 18.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.87 9.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.85 9.3 18.85 9.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.15 8.8 16.15 8.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 2.9 12.31 6.5 8.88 2.6 Group I................................................... $9.59 2.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.07 2.4 $9.93 7.9 $8.71 0.6 Group I................................................... 9.04 2.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.07 2.4 9.93 7.9 8.71 .6 Group I................................................... 9.04 2.9 9.89 9.4 8.71 .6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.79 2.6 12.94 8.2 9.02 6.6 Group I................................................... 9.91 5.7 11.11 1.5 9.06 7.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.83 2.8 29.83 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 28.37 2.0 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.41 4.3 29.41 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.37 2.0 28.37 2.0 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 12.12 15.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.68 15.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.75 1.8 16.39 1.8 11.50 6.2 Group I................................................... 13.57 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.19 2.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.76 8.4 20.84 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 7.0 19.70 7.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.85 5.6 17.13 6.1 12.98 9.3 Group I................................................... 12.86 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.52 4.6 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.04 7.4 17.16 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.25 4.3 13.26 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.56 5.9 20.72 5.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.14 5.8 16.57 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.30 4.2 14.66 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.60 2.9 18.86 2.7 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 13.57 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.06 1.6 – – – – Order clerks...................................................... 14.16 6.2 14.71 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.29 6.0 13.88 3.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.27 4.8 14.58 4.8 12.06 7.8 Group I................................................... 14.39 5.2 14.76 5.4 12.06 7.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.26 4.5 21.33 4.9 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 6.4 21.26 6.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 13.7 12.88 13.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.66 16.7 11.66 16.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.71 10.5 14.75 6.4 10.22 10.2 Group I................................................... 13.19 8.2 14.20 4.2 10.22 10.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.54 2.5 18.67 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.66 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.03 5.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.97 4.6 20.05 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. $20.74 6.8 $20.91 7.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.82 3.9 16.99 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.58 5.0 16.86 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 17.87 4.3 17.87 4.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.83 7.2 14.43 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.89 8.1 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.94 4.1 15.17 3.8 $11.64 11.4 Group I................................................... 13.85 3.9 14.04 3.9 11.78 12.8 Group II.................................................. 19.72 9.6 19.72 9.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.62 10.0 25.62 10.0 – – Group I................................................... 20.87 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.22 9.1 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 20.06 8.1 20.06 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 8.9 20.20 8.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.41 8.7 23.41 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.27 10.4 – – – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.43 4.5 21.43 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.50 3.7 20.50 3.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.78 3.0 20.78 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.08 1.8 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.45 3.0 21.45 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.05 3.0 21.05 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.45 6.1 19.45 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.54 6.1 19.54 6.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.57 4.1 17.03 3.9 9.37 1.9 Group I................................................... 13.87 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.65 3.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.78 5.1 24.78 5.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.75 14.1 15.52 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.71 14.6 – – – – Computer control programmers and operators........................ 22.21 5.4 22.21 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.26 1.9 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.08 1.8 16.08 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.88 6.0 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.89 6.4 15.89 6.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.73 3.9 16.73 3.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.71 10.5 18.71 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.29 22.2 16.29 22.2 – – Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 13.6 19.49 13.6 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ $19.49 13.6 $19.49 13.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.70 4.8 12.25 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.66 5.2 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.67 10.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.16 11.4 19.75 12.7 $10.45 5.5 Group I................................................... 13.55 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 8.7 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.10 6.6 18.55 5.5 13.57 10.2 Group I................................................... 16.70 6.0 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.09 8.0 16.47 7.6 13.45 10.4 Group I................................................... 15.47 3.5 16.47 7.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.23 2.7 18.23 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 18.26 6.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.15 1.9 18.15 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.17 7.6 17.17 7.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.56 13.5 18.56 13.5 – – Group I................................................... 21.58 6.9 21.58 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 4.3 16.43 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.56 5.3 16.56 5.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.24 4.5 13.24 4.4 9.55 3.6 Group I................................................... 11.22 4.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.74 4.2 14.93 7.1 10.11 3.6 Group I................................................... 12.91 4.2 15.42 8.4 10.19 3.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.75 3.3 – – 9.70 4.5 Group I................................................... 9.74 3.3 – – 9.67 4.6 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.20 $12.49 $17.99 $26.91 $37.05 Management occupations.............................................. 19.83 28.11 38.70 46.41 58.55 General and operations managers................................... 19.08 19.83 40.87 45.67 49.52 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 29.81 34.86 37.85 45.78 59.11 Marketing managers.............................................. 29.10 34.86 34.86 38.48 45.74 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.46 38.50 46.47 56.63 58.09 Financial managers................................................ 21.88 22.90 28.57 50.94 77.79 Education administrators.......................................... 16.00 23.57 35.45 50.03 63.05 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 28.11 35.45 41.80 58.28 63.05 Engineering managers.............................................. 29.33 37.66 38.52 43.27 74.05 Medical and health services managers.............................. 21.54 39.10 39.10 61.04 61.04 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.19 19.95 26.20 31.95 39.66 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.90 19.27 21.15 24.07 29.84 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 14.72 15.38 17.13 28.00 30.06 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 16.97 19.52 22.81 25.60 30.13 Training and development specialists............................ 17.35 21.53 23.22 25.60 26.85 Management analysts............................................... 22.28 28.78 31.53 36.44 41.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.09 19.75 26.44 27.33 34.96 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.99 19.93 21.60 25.59 37.93 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.00 27.86 32.80 40.58 46.65 Computer programmers.............................................. 25.48 27.89 30.29 46.15 46.15 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.85 28.88 37.74 51.55 52.97 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 26.92 31.67 44.57 52.97 52.97 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 28.88 28.88 32.34 43.32 52.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 15.18 17.92 25.18 30.29 34.14 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.16 34.11 37.98 43.27 45.19 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.04 24.09 31.73 40.32 40.32 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 21.72 25.90 27.88 29.91 35.71 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.19 22.43 27.00 35.17 47.96 Engineers......................................................... 22.26 26.44 34.99 41.60 52.03 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.80 28.30 33.71 47.82 50.60 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.74 20.84 23.95 26.89 30.46 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.31 21.21 23.95 26.89 26.89 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.77 19.04 26.23 34.92 43.03 Physical scientists............................................... 17.22 19.04 27.47 31.85 45.89 Market and survey researchers..................................... 17.99 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Market research analysts........................................ 24.88 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 18.97 19.44 19.85 24.65 27.21 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.91 16.00 17.46 24.44 29.20 Counselors........................................................ 16.09 19.53 21.06 24.76 29.45 Social workers.................................................... 15.05 16.88 22.52 27.39 29.20 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.00 21.84 24.24 29.20 29.20 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.91 16.00 17.37 17.46 25.01 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.91 16.00 16.18 17.46 18.31 Legal occupations................................................... $23.90 $27.44 $35.00 $43.79 $50.48 Lawyers........................................................... 34.78 35.00 39.28 50.48 55.63 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 23.90 26.58 27.44 31.39 33.74 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.52 19.47 30.42 41.58 46.17 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.62 24.82 38.72 45.80 54.63 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.19 26.02 35.82 42.07 46.17 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.50 12.30 18.77 23.06 42.51 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 10.29 10.74 15.95 20.19 20.19 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.85 26.02 36.52 42.07 45.75 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.66 25.65 33.99 38.09 45.71 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.82 34.61 35.82 43.01 48.42 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.79 35.47 35.82 43.01 48.63 Special education teachers...................................... 27.18 34.14 37.43 45.71 47.98 Librarians........................................................ 16.61 18.68 25.78 30.74 39.33 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.81 12.56 14.15 16.08 19.83 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.63 17.89 19.05 24.56 32.98 Designers......................................................... 15.87 17.89 18.72 25.70 32.67 Graphic designers............................................... 15.38 16.46 18.72 22.74 30.05 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.22 19.84 27.20 34.21 40.18 Registered nurses................................................. 24.47 27.86 32.00 37.46 40.18 Therapists........................................................ 24.21 27.00 29.55 31.33 31.33 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.08 18.82 19.92 21.83 27.17 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.00 24.39 26.25 27.15 29.42 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.07 19.59 20.53 21.49 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 11.00 13.02 16.19 18.34 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.35 11.45 13.39 15.68 Home health aides............................................... 9.30 9.99 10.30 10.50 12.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.60 11.25 13.02 14.19 15.82 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.67 12.53 16.34 18.00 20.20 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.95 15.61 16.91 17.44 19.03 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.88 19.21 23.79 26.96 28.89 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.94 17.92 19.91 22.50 23.77 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.88 13.88 20.20 23.79 23.93 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.88 13.88 20.83 23.79 23.93 Police officers................................................... 20.71 24.38 26.82 28.06 29.23 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.71 24.38 26.82 28.06 29.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.16 8.00 10.50 12.90 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.00 18.13 18.49 21.15 22.08 Cooks............................................................. 9.43 10.50 11.23 12.50 15.02 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.48 14.31 15.26 15.28 15.28 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.50 10.50 11.23 11.31 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 9.07 9.35 12.90 Food service, tipped.............................................. $6.15 $6.15 $6.16 $7.30 $9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 6.16 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.25 6.15 6.15 6.28 6.28 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.15 6.15 7.30 7.30 11.14 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.35 12.80 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 10.96 13.19 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.15 6.15 7.97 9.00 10.85 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.08 8.05 8.05 9.02 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 11.77 13.67 19.87 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 10.00 11.77 12.20 15.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.50 10.35 12.20 12.91 18.15 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.75 9.50 10.50 11.68 12.60 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.30 19.87 19.87 20.63 20.97 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.25 19.87 19.87 19.87 20.85 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 8.00 9.75 11.00 14.14 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.00 8.20 8.63 9.00 9.65 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.00 7.00 8.20 8.95 9.24 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.80 10.39 11.23 12.34 14.21 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.38 8.00 9.00 12.50 15.95 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.63 9.00 13.79 23.77 38.46 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.30 13.46 15.50 20.14 29.62 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.30 13.26 14.69 19.00 20.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.75 9.00 12.00 13.65 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.07 10.25 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.07 10.25 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 8.00 9.25 12.50 14.93 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 22.28 26.88 29.79 31.83 35.73 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 22.28 26.55 28.85 31.77 34.89 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.53 7.90 12.90 15.00 15.41 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.08 12.66 15.38 18.23 21.42 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.90 17.34 20.19 22.93 28.11 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.88 13.09 15.60 20.92 21.40 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 13.25 15.60 21.13 21.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.36 13.39 15.00 18.15 22.56 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 11.05 12.29 13.15 13.89 17.11 Order clerks...................................................... 12.98 12.98 14.50 14.79 17.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.92 11.76 14.00 16.60 18.27 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.82 20.23 21.62 22.30 22.43 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.82 21.14 21.62 21.62 28.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.79 7.79 12.95 16.50 17.80 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 11.00 14.12 16.17 18.77 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.42 15.80 18.25 20.48 24.08 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.45 16.83 19.70 23.62 25.96 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.60 14.72 16.62 18.55 20.32 Data entry and information processing workers..................... $10.00 $10.00 $12.98 $13.68 $15.74 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.75 11.83 14.37 16.25 19.88 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.02 20.07 27.62 30.26 32.48 Carpenters........................................................ 14.02 14.02 14.02 28.09 30.29 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.94 19.23 22.32 23.85 36.13 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.50 20.00 21.05 23.85 23.85 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.36 18.73 21.57 22.77 23.31 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.50 19.89 22.46 22.62 22.77 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 17.19 18.76 22.77 22.77 Production occupations.............................................. 10.10 12.05 15.95 19.27 25.80 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.83 18.93 25.80 27.54 31.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.35 10.38 12.49 16.79 28.08 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.00 19.10 20.23 27.60 31.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.50 14.40 15.80 18.19 18.95 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 11.10 13.15 15.59 18.93 19.76 Printers.......................................................... 11.98 14.00 16.15 17.99 21.75 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.16 17.36 17.94 22.00 25.48 Painting workers.................................................. 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.25 9.00 10.90 14.69 15.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.00 9.69 14.00 14.71 14.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.77 14.62 18.40 22.87 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.26 12.24 14.20 16.70 22.35 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.00 11.90 13.68 15.20 16.70 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.25 16.00 17.57 20.50 23.82 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 16.30 17.57 19.00 22.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.25 10.05 20.81 23.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.85 14.82 16.30 17.73 18.97 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.50 9.95 13.15 16.47 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.95 12.87 15.03 18.98 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 8.50 9.81 10.46 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.00 $17.23 $26.20 $36.53 Management occupations.............................................. 19.83 26.92 38.70 45.71 58.09 General and operations managers................................... 19.08 19.83 40.87 45.67 49.52 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 29.81 34.86 37.85 45.78 59.11 Marketing managers.............................................. 29.10 34.86 34.86 38.48 45.74 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.46 38.50 46.47 56.63 58.09 Financial managers................................................ 21.88 22.90 28.57 50.94 77.79 Education administrators.......................................... 16.00 16.00 20.93 28.11 28.11 Engineering managers.............................................. 29.33 37.66 38.52 43.27 74.05 Medical and health services managers.............................. 21.54 39.10 39.10 61.04 61.04 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.00 19.75 25.60 33.46 41.64 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.90 19.27 21.15 24.07 29.84 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 16.97 19.35 22.08 25.60 34.49 Training and development specialists............................ 17.01 20.96 24.26 25.60 26.85 Management analysts............................................... 22.28 28.78 32.21 36.44 41.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.09 19.75 26.44 27.33 35.10 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.99 19.93 21.60 25.59 37.93 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.04 28.85 34.11 42.12 48.08 Computer programmers.............................................. 25.48 27.89 29.52 46.15 46.15 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.85 28.88 37.74 51.55 52.97 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 26.92 31.67 44.57 52.97 52.97 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 28.88 28.88 32.34 43.32 52.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 15.18 17.92 25.18 30.87 34.14 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.74 34.11 38.21 43.27 45.23 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.04 24.09 31.73 40.32 40.32 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.19 23.68 28.50 36.23 48.35 Engineers......................................................... 22.26 30.22 35.17 43.27 52.84 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.80 28.30 33.71 47.82 50.60 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.50 21.79 25.00 26.89 31.04 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.31 21.21 23.95 26.89 26.89 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.88 26.23 30.23 43.03 43.03 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.88 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Market research analysts........................................ 24.88 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.91 16.00 17.37 21.06 25.01 Social workers.................................................... 15.05 16.59 21.25 24.16 28.49 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.91 16.00 16.18 17.46 18.31 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.91 16.00 16.00 17.46 17.46 Legal occupations................................................... 25.13 27.44 35.00 40.80 50.48 Lawyers........................................................... 34.78 35.00 36.06 50.48 60.88 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.74 12.94 20.02 24.79 31.59 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.53 23.05 30.24 34.93 40.67 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.74 17.43 22.03 24.79 28.50 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.75 11.26 12.56 14.31 15.15 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... $15.38 $17.89 $18.72 $25.70 $34.28 Designers......................................................... 15.87 17.89 18.72 23.75 32.67 Graphic designers............................................... 15.38 16.46 18.72 22.74 30.05 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.13 19.59 27.15 33.30 39.78 Registered nurses................................................. 24.36 27.86 32.00 36.93 39.73 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 18.00 19.59 20.18 21.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 10.82 13.02 16.19 18.45 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.99 10.35 11.25 13.38 15.30 Home health aides............................................... 9.30 9.99 10.30 10.50 12.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.56 11.25 13.02 14.19 15.82 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.25 12.53 16.41 18.00 20.20 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.95 15.61 16.91 17.44 19.03 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.16 7.97 10.00 12.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.00 18.13 18.49 21.15 22.08 Cooks............................................................. 9.43 10.50 11.23 12.45 15.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.50 10.50 11.23 11.31 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 9.07 9.22 12.83 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.15 6.15 6.16 7.30 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 6.16 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.25 6.15 6.15 6.28 6.28 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.15 6.15 7.30 7.30 11.14 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.00 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 7.35 7.65 8.50 10.90 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.15 6.15 7.97 9.00 10.85 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.08 8.05 8.05 9.02 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 9.75 11.68 12.20 16.38 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 9.75 11.30 12.20 13.15 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 9.75 11.77 12.20 13.32 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.75 9.50 10.50 11.68 12.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 8.00 9.75 10.50 14.14 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.00 8.20 8.63 9.00 9.65 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.00 7.00 8.20 8.95 9.24 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.38 6.25 9.00 12.50 15.95 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.63 9.00 13.79 23.77 38.46 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.30 13.46 15.50 20.14 29.62 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.30 13.26 14.69 19.00 20.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.75 9.00 12.00 13.65 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.07 10.25 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.07 10.25 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 8.00 9.25 12.50 14.93 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 22.28 26.88 29.79 31.83 35.73 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. $22.28 $26.55 $28.85 $31.77 $34.89 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.53 7.90 12.90 15.00 15.41 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.36 15.00 18.03 21.62 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.80 16.81 21.00 23.00 29.57 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.88 13.09 15.53 20.92 21.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 13.14 15.53 21.13 21.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.36 13.39 15.00 18.15 22.56 Order clerks...................................................... 12.98 12.98 14.50 14.79 17.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.92 11.76 14.00 16.60 18.27 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.82 21.14 21.62 21.62 28.34 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.82 21.14 21.62 21.62 28.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.79 7.79 12.95 16.50 17.80 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 11.00 14.00 16.17 17.17 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.42 15.85 18.17 21.91 25.32 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.64 17.18 20.16 23.84 25.96 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.27 14.63 16.16 18.08 20.32 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.73 11.00 13.00 16.25 19.88 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.02 20.07 27.62 30.26 32.59 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.91 19.23 22.46 24.46 36.13 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.50 20.00 21.05 23.85 23.85 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.36 18.50 22.34 22.77 23.31 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.50 19.89 22.46 22.62 22.77 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.00 15.95 19.18 25.48 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.83 18.93 25.80 27.54 31.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.35 10.38 12.49 16.79 28.08 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.00 19.10 20.23 27.60 31.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.50 14.40 15.80 18.19 18.95 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 11.10 13.15 15.59 18.93 19.76 Printers.......................................................... 11.98 14.00 16.15 17.99 21.75 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.16 17.36 17.94 22.00 25.48 Painting workers.................................................. 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.25 9.00 10.90 14.69 15.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 8.00 9.69 14.00 14.71 14.90 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.35 10.46 14.42 17.91 21.98 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.00 11.58 13.32 14.99 15.70 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.00 11.58 13.32 14.99 15.70 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.25 16.00 17.57 20.50 23.82 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 16.20 17.57 19.35 22.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... $9.25 $10.05 $15.75 $26.15 $27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.85 14.82 16.30 17.73 18.97 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.50 9.81 13.15 15.56 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.72 12.80 15.03 18.98 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 8.50 9.81 10.46 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 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.52 $18.07 $22.35 $30.23 $42.07 Management occupations.............................................. 29.25 34.50 41.10 51.03 63.05 Education administrators.......................................... 35.45 36.19 41.80 62.27 63.05 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 35.45 41.10 50.03 62.27 63.05 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.69 24.27 28.00 30.06 30.06 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 16.88 20.28 25.00 28.83 29.94 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.37 20.83 21.94 26.08 27.43 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.22 17.77 18.54 20.33 32.46 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 18.97 19.44 19.85 24.65 27.21 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.75 21.34 25.60 29.20 31.06 Social workers.................................................... 19.35 23.48 26.67 29.20 29.25 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.86 19.88 23.33 31.06 32.35 Legal occupations................................................... 14.13 24.83 44.06 48.76 50.86 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.35 23.53 35.82 42.51 48.39 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.58 28.85 43.04 48.31 56.67 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.22 34.15 37.08 42.56 47.96 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.86 33.83 37.92 42.07 47.96 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.65 30.89 36.53 41.71 47.95 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.82 34.61 35.82 43.01 48.42 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.79 35.47 35.82 43.01 48.63 Special education teachers...................................... 27.18 34.14 37.43 45.71 47.98 Librarians........................................................ 21.91 25.78 30.74 36.23 42.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.08 13.52 15.14 17.05 19.85 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.75 18.47 22.13 22.13 24.35 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.22 24.21 29.68 38.30 41.34 Registered nurses................................................. 25.19 29.62 34.21 38.80 41.34 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.45 11.46 14.37 15.96 18.34 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.45 11.45 13.83 18.34 18.34 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.88 19.91 23.79 26.96 29.09 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.94 17.92 19.91 22.50 23.77 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.88 13.88 20.20 23.79 23.93 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.88 13.88 20.83 23.79 23.93 Police officers................................................... 20.71 24.38 26.82 28.06 29.23 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.71 24.38 26.82 28.06 29.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.96 11.40 13.19 14.31 15.14 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.96 10.96 12.36 13.19 13.19 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... $10.96 $10.96 $12.36 $13.19 $13.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.87 14.48 18.15 20.40 20.85 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.62 14.45 15.95 19.80 20.40 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.62 14.45 15.95 19.80 20.40 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 20.63 20.63 20.85 20.97 23.24 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.68 15.57 16.46 19.39 20.48 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.28 19.53 19.72 21.67 22.19 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 11.05 12.29 13.15 13.89 17.11 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.65 15.79 18.40 19.44 20.48 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.70 15.49 18.10 18.93 19.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.37 14.80 15.99 17.59 19.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.15 21.15 22.03 27.78 30.29 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.94 20.97 21.74 23.13 23.73 Production occupations.............................................. 19.14 19.37 22.31 26.29 26.88 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.35 19.00 21.23 22.35 24.89 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.85 15.89 19.91 22.35 22.35 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.56 15.35 19.02 19.91 19.91 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.25 $14.74 $19.75 $28.48 $38.99 Management occupations.............................................. 21.06 28.14 38.83 46.41 59.11 General and operations managers................................... 19.08 19.83 40.87 45.67 49.52 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 29.81 34.86 37.85 45.78 59.11 Marketing managers.............................................. 29.10 34.86 34.86 38.48 45.74 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.46 38.50 46.47 56.63 58.09 Financial managers................................................ 21.88 22.90 24.04 51.53 77.79 Education administrators.......................................... 20.93 28.11 36.19 56.27 63.05 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 28.11 35.45 41.80 58.28 63.05 Engineering managers.............................................. 29.33 37.66 38.52 43.27 74.05 Medical and health services managers.............................. 21.54 39.10 39.10 61.04 61.04 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.19 19.95 26.20 31.95 39.66 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 15.90 19.27 21.15 24.07 29.84 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 14.72 15.38 17.13 28.00 30.06 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 16.97 19.52 22.81 25.60 34.49 Training and development specialists............................ 17.01 21.42 23.22 25.60 26.85 Management analysts............................................... 22.28 28.78 31.53 36.44 41.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.09 19.75 26.44 27.33 34.96 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.99 19.93 21.60 25.59 37.93 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.00 27.88 32.80 40.58 46.65 Computer programmers.............................................. 25.48 27.89 30.29 46.15 46.15 Computer software engineers....................................... 28.85 28.88 38.27 51.55 52.97 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 26.92 31.67 44.57 52.97 52.97 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 28.88 28.88 32.62 43.94 52.44 Computer support specialists...................................... 15.18 17.92 25.18 30.29 34.14 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.16 34.11 37.98 43.27 45.19 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.04 24.09 31.73 40.32 40.32 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 21.72 25.90 27.88 29.91 35.71 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.37 22.98 27.43 35.24 48.06 Engineers......................................................... 22.26 26.44 34.99 41.60 52.03 Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.80 28.30 33.71 47.82 50.60 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.85 21.21 23.95 26.89 30.59 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.67 21.93 24.02 26.89 26.89 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.77 21.13 27.47 34.92 43.03 Physical scientists............................................... 17.22 19.04 27.47 31.85 45.89 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.88 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Market research analysts........................................ 24.88 24.88 30.23 43.03 43.03 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 18.97 19.44 19.85 24.65 27.21 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.91 16.59 19.62 25.01 29.20 Counselors........................................................ 16.09 19.53 21.06 24.76 29.45 Social workers.................................................... 15.05 16.88 22.25 27.63 29.20 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.00 21.84 24.24 29.20 29.20 Legal occupations................................................... $25.72 $28.82 $35.00 $44.19 $50.48 Lawyers........................................................... 34.78 35.00 39.28 50.48 55.63 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 23.90 26.58 27.44 31.39 33.74 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.61 22.85 34.61 42.07 47.62 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.62 25.47 40.07 45.99 55.06 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.03 26.69 35.82 42.07 46.50 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.29 14.59 20.19 28.50 42.51 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.88 26.02 36.53 42.07 45.87 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.66 26.02 34.91 38.57 45.71 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.82 34.61 35.82 43.01 48.42 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.79 35.47 35.82 43.01 48.63 Special education teachers...................................... 29.57 34.15 37.49 45.71 47.98 Librarians........................................................ 22.78 26.94 30.74 37.07 42.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.56 13.52 14.31 15.97 19.83 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.87 17.89 18.72 25.70 34.28 Designers......................................................... 15.87 17.89 18.72 22.74 31.76 Graphic designers............................................... 15.38 16.46 18.72 21.89 26.58 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.12 19.59 26.25 34.51 41.34 Registered nurses................................................. 24.52 27.83 34.83 38.80 40.59 Therapists........................................................ 24.21 26.21 29.55 31.33 31.33 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.01 18.19 19.59 20.53 21.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 11.25 13.38 17.34 20.20 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.10 10.35 11.25 13.38 16.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.25 11.25 13.02 14.19 16.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.31 14.97 17.44 19.44 20.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.88 19.86 23.79 26.96 29.09 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 13.88 13.88 20.20 23.79 23.93 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.88 13.88 20.83 23.79 23.93 Police officers................................................... 20.81 25.00 26.82 28.06 29.65 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.81 25.00 26.82 28.06 29.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 9.00 10.85 13.14 18.13 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.25 18.13 18.49 21.15 22.08 Cooks............................................................. 11.23 11.23 11.23 14.00 15.28 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.15 6.15 9.00 10.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.15 6.15 6.15 6.50 7.15 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.40 10.99 12.20 15.63 19.87 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.30 10.93 12.07 13.08 17.35 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 11.77 12.20 14.45 18.30 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. $9.00 $10.11 $10.50 $11.68 $12.45 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 9.50 10.05 12.50 15.95 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 13.25 19.23 30.01 42.60 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.30 13.46 15.50 20.14 29.62 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.30 13.26 14.69 19.00 20.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 9.35 10.84 13.25 18.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 9.00 10.00 10.40 12.72 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 9.00 10.00 10.40 12.72 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.35 9.50 12.00 14.50 18.95 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 22.28 26.88 29.79 31.83 35.73 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 22.28 26.55 28.85 31.77 34.89 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.50 13.46 15.99 18.72 21.89 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.46 16.81 21.00 22.93 28.11 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 13.25 16.38 20.92 21.67 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 13.25 15.60 21.13 21.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.36 13.72 15.54 18.15 22.56 Order clerks...................................................... 12.98 12.98 14.50 14.79 17.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.03 12.00 14.44 16.75 18.27 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.82 21.14 21.62 22.30 23.13 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.82 21.14 21.62 21.62 28.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.79 7.79 12.95 16.50 17.80 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.75 11.98 16.17 16.49 18.77 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.42 15.89 18.36 20.67 24.08 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.36 16.83 20.00 23.62 25.96 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.60 15.13 16.62 18.93 20.32 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.98 13.08 13.68 15.74 15.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 12.00 14.90 16.25 19.88 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.02 20.07 27.62 30.26 32.48 Carpenters........................................................ 14.02 14.02 14.02 28.09 30.29 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.94 19.23 22.32 23.85 36.13 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.50 20.00 21.05 23.85 23.85 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 16.36 18.73 21.57 22.77 23.31 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.50 19.89 22.46 22.62 22.77 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.38 17.19 18.76 22.77 22.77 Production occupations.............................................. 10.58 12.50 16.28 19.76 25.80 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 16.83 18.93 25.80 27.54 31.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 11.26 12.90 17.33 28.08 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.00 19.10 20.23 27.60 31.00 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... $12.50 $14.40 $15.80 $18.19 $18.95 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 11.10 13.15 15.59 18.93 19.76 Printers.......................................................... 11.98 14.00 16.15 17.99 21.75 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.16 17.36 17.94 22.00 25.48 Painting workers.................................................. 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.86 15.61 16.66 28.19 28.43 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.45 12.20 14.70 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.05 13.26 16.11 19.51 25.22 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.37 15.35 19.91 22.35 22.35 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.00 13.76 15.53 19.91 19.91 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.25 16.00 17.57 20.50 23.82 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.00 16.30 17.57 19.00 22.15 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.25 10.05 20.81 23.00 27.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.85 14.82 16.30 17.73 18.97 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.24 9.81 12.00 15.03 20.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.00 12.00 15.00 16.20 20.83 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), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.15 $7.75 $9.75 $12.90 $18.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.66 11.26 14.92 19.47 24.07 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.74 10.74 15.15 25.65 29.34 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.79 11.26 13.64 17.05 19.61 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.31 20.29 28.62 33.30 36.90 Registered nurses................................................. 24.36 27.86 31.93 35.22 37.64 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.82 18.00 19.25 20.40 24.57 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.60 10.50 12.53 14.35 15.61 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.50 11.45 13.63 14.89 Home health aides............................................... 8.67 9.40 10.10 11.55 12.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.20 10.75 12.50 14.23 15.19 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.60 12.18 14.15 15.61 16.20 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.00 10.00 10.02 12.24 28.43 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 6.15 7.30 8.59 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.50 10.50 11.76 12.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 9.22 9.35 15.14 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.25 6.15 6.16 6.63 7.50 Bartenders...................................................... 6.16 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.59 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.25 6.15 6.15 6.28 6.28 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.97 11.40 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 7.35 8.00 10.10 12.04 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.15 6.15 6.15 7.97 7.97 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.08 7.65 8.05 8.05 14.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.98 9.34 9.75 10.05 10.78 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 9.50 9.75 10.35 10.78 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 9.75 9.75 10.00 10.78 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.55 8.98 9.50 10.65 13.16 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.75 7.00 8.63 10.00 12.34 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.00 8.20 8.63 9.00 9.65 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.00 7.00 8.20 8.95 9.24 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.38 4.75 8.00 10.00 15.66 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.65 7.50 8.10 10.00 12.70 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.50 8.10 9.53 12.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.35 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.35 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.15 7.72 8.50 9.60 12.95 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 12.66 17.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.10 10.52 12.25 15.96 17.31 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. $9.00 $10.64 $12.00 $14.00 $14.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.15 7.45 9.45 12.80 14.80 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.75 9.75 10.00 13.44 16.40 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.10 10.10 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.00 8.00 9.70 12.80 14.99 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.00 11.58 13.32 14.99 15.70 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.00 11.58 13.20 14.99 15.70 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.10 8.00 9.00 10.46 12.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.85 7.25 9.35 12.80 12.90 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 8.00 9.33 10.46 14.62 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $23.20 $19.75 $926 $790 39.9 $47,297 $40,352 2,039 Management occupations.............................................. 39.37 38.83 1,605 1,560 40.8 82,641 81,105 2,099 General and operations managers................................... 35.73 40.87 1,449 1,647 40.6 75,361 85,661 2,109 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.87 37.85 1,635 1,514 40.0 85,013 78,724 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 37.18 34.86 1,487 1,394 40.0 77,328 72,509 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 46.47 1,913 1,859 40.0 99,473 96,658 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 38.20 24.04 1,528 962 40.0 79,452 50,003 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 39.69 36.19 1,638 1,672 41.3 77,243 79,625 1,946 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 45.58 41.80 1,908 2,041 41.9 89,257 90,409 1,958 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.35 38.52 1,800 1,541 40.6 93,584 80,113 2,110 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.76 39.10 1,834 1,760 41.9 95,387 91,494 2,180 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.58 26.20 1,102 1,025 39.9 57,286 53,299 2,077 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.19 21.15 887 846 40.0 46,146 44,000 2,079 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.30 17.13 852 685 40.0 44,311 35,630 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.56 22.81 923 883 39.2 47,999 45,926 2,037 Training and development specialists............................ 23.73 23.22 876 912 36.9 45,542 47,441 1,919 Management analysts............................................... 32.63 31.53 1,305 1,261 40.0 67,865 65,582 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.31 26.44 1,008 1,025 39.8 52,439 53,299 2,072 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.29 21.60 986 845 39.0 51,279 43,953 2,028 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.14 32.80 1,365 1,340 40.0 70,995 69,680 2,080 Computer programmers.............................................. 33.70 30.29 1,348 1,212 40.0 70,086 62,999 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.58 38.27 1,583 1,531 40.0 82,336 79,602 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.94 44.57 1,678 1,783 40.0 87,233 92,699 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.03 32.62 1,481 1,305 40.0 77,012 67,850 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.79 25.18 1,001 1,007 40.4 52,076 52,366 2,101 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.38 37.98 1,489 1,513 39.8 77,405 78,674 2,071 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.61 31.73 1,261 1,269 39.9 65,557 66,000 2,074 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 28.03 27.88 1,121 1,115 40.0 58,310 57,990 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.84 27.43 1,234 1,097 40.0 64,148 57,054 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 36.45 34.99 1,458 1,399 40.0 75,815 72,771 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 33.71 1,449 1,348 40.0 75,350 70,111 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.24 23.95 970 958 40.0 50,428 49,816 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.58 24.02 943 961 40.0 49,039 49,962 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.16 27.47 1,175 1,153 40.3 61,091 59,966 2,095 Physical scientists............................................... 27.52 27.47 1,124 1,153 40.9 58,467 59,966 2,125 Market and survey researchers..................................... 33.28 30.23 1,330 1,209 40.0 69,176 62,880 2,079 Market research analysts........................................ 33.28 30.23 1,330 1,209 40.0 69,176 62,880 2,079 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.36 19.85 894 794 40.0 46,507 41,288 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.98 19.62 837 778 39.9 42,501 36,311 2,026 Counselors........................................................ $22.61 $21.06 $890 $842 39.4 $42,169 $41,496 1,865 Social workers.................................................... 22.59 22.25 904 890 40.0 45,875 45,812 2,030 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.46 24.24 977 970 39.9 48,048 47,784 1,964 Legal occupations................................................... 38.14 35.00 1,575 1,442 41.3 81,899 75,001 2,147 Lawyers........................................................... 43.63 39.28 1,867 1,751 42.8 97,087 91,077 2,225 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.56 27.44 1,104 1,077 38.6 57,397 56,000 2,010 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.70 34.61 1,244 1,262 38.0 49,346 52,049 1,509 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.49 40.07 1,523 1,547 39.6 66,560 66,040 1,729 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.69 35.82 1,310 1,366 37.8 50,078 52,134 1,443 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 23.00 20.19 915 808 39.8 40,852 41,995 1,776 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.44 36.53 1,283 1,262 37.3 48,429 52,380 1,406 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.47 34.91 1,286 1,325 38.4 47,797 48,759 1,428 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.66 35.82 1,425 1,372 37.8 53,338 52,134 1,416 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.80 35.82 1,427 1,372 37.8 53,419 52,134 1,413 Special education teachers...................................... 38.32 37.49 1,455 1,382 38.0 54,646 51,791 1,426 Librarians........................................................ 32.01 30.74 1,272 1,230 39.7 59,972 61,610 1,874 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.86 14.31 548 532 36.9 22,103 22,207 1,487 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.76 18.72 910 749 40.0 46,810 38,929 2,057 Designers......................................................... 21.08 18.72 843 749 40.0 43,837 38,929 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 19.96 18.72 798 749 40.0 41,510 38,929 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.10 26.25 1,121 1,050 39.9 58,143 54,600 2,069 Registered nurses................................................. 33.52 34.83 1,341 1,393 40.0 69,171 71,161 2,063 Therapists........................................................ 28.71 29.55 1,148 1,182 40.0 59,715 61,466 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.19 19.59 767 784 40.0 39,899 40,747 2,079 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.45 13.38 574 535 39.7 29,871 27,832 2,067 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.39 11.25 494 455 39.9 25,672 23,678 2,072 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.14 13.02 524 521 39.9 27,254 27,084 2,073 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.85 17.44 667 700 39.6 34,694 36,400 2,059 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.16 23.79 950 973 41.0 49,396 50,606 2,133 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.63 20.20 785 808 40.0 40,822 42,016 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.70 20.83 788 833 40.0 40,976 43,326 2,080 Police officers................................................... 26.30 26.82 1,067 1,073 40.6 55,470 55,796 2,109 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.30 26.82 1,067 1,073 40.6 55,470 55,796 2,109 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.31 10.85 440 387 38.9 22,769 20,149 2,014 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 19.65 18.49 787 816 40.0 40,912 42,427 2,082 Cooks............................................................. 12.27 11.23 489 449 39.9 25,434 23,348 2,074 Food service, tipped.............................................. $8.30 $9.00 $322 $360 38.7 $16,731 $18,720 2,015 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.33 6.15 240 246 37.9 12,482 12,792 1,972 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.39 12.20 532 488 39.7 26,827 25,376 2,004 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.51 12.07 497 481 39.7 25,760 25,002 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.14 12.20 522 488 39.7 27,039 25,376 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.81 10.50 429 420 39.7 22,308 21,840 2,064 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.15 10.05 446 402 40.0 23,056 20,894 2,067 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.54 19.23 972 758 39.6 50,531 39,406 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.85 15.50 754 620 40.0 39,217 32,240 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.15 14.69 646 588 40.0 33,597 30,551 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.31 10.84 476 421 38.6 24,733 21,886 2,010 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.93 10.00 397 400 40.0 20,651 20,800 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.93 10.00 397 400 40.0 20,651 20,800 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.94 12.00 490 474 37.8 25,456 24,648 1,968 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.83 29.79 1,193 1,192 40.0 62,040 61,969 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.41 28.85 1,176 1,154 40.0 61,164 60,012 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.39 15.99 653 635 39.8 33,824 32,968 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.84 21.00 833 840 40.0 43,340 43,680 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.13 16.38 681 661 39.7 35,040 34,070 2,046 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.16 15.60 680 624 39.6 34,851 32,448 2,031 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.57 15.54 666 621 40.2 34,608 32,282 2,089 Order clerks...................................................... 14.71 14.50 588 580 40.0 30,587 30,160 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.58 14.44 583 578 40.0 30,324 30,035 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.33 21.62 853 865 40.0 40,288 35,458 1,889 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 21.62 851 865 40.0 39,125 35,458 1,840 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 12.95 515 518 40.0 26,786 26,936 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.75 16.17 590 647 40.0 30,674 33,634 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.67 18.36 740 731 39.7 38,405 38,000 2,057 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.05 20.00 795 800 39.7 41,149 41,076 2,053 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.99 16.62 672 660 39.5 34,922 34,324 2,056 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.43 13.68 565 547 39.2 29,399 28,454 2,038 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.17 14.90 606 598 39.9 31,412 30,202 2,070 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.62 27.62 1,048 1,140 40.9 52,566 56,742 2,052 Carpenters........................................................ 20.06 14.02 802 561 40.0 41,722 29,160 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.41 22.32 937 893 40.0 48,700 46,430 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.43 21.05 857 842 40.0 44,568 43,784 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $20.78 $21.57 $831 $863 40.0 $43,213 $44,868 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.45 22.46 858 898 40.0 44,609 46,717 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.45 18.76 778 750 40.0 40,453 39,021 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.03 16.28 681 650 40.0 35,419 33,800 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.78 25.80 1,010 1,032 40.8 52,541 53,664 2,120 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.52 12.90 621 516 40.0 32,282 26,832 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 22.21 20.23 888 809 40.0 46,187 42,080 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.08 15.80 640 630 39.8 33,297 32,760 2,071 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.89 15.59 630 623 39.6 32,760 32,417 2,061 Printers.......................................................... 16.73 16.15 669 646 40.0 34,774 33,592 2,079 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $18.71 $17.94 $748 $718 40.0 $38,907 $37,315 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 16.66 780 666 40.0 40,546 34,653 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 19.49 16.66 780 666 40.0 40,546 34,653 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.25 12.20 490 488 40.0 25,471 25,376 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.75 16.11 788 644 39.9 40,770 33,280 2,064 Bus drivers....................................................... 18.55 19.91 732 797 39.5 33,849 32,552 1,825 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.47 15.53 644 615 39.1 27,698 24,877 1,681 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.23 17.57 744 703 40.8 38,701 36,546 2,123 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.15 17.57 745 703 41.0 38,726 36,546 2,134 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.56 20.81 742 832 40.0 38,599 43,285 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 16.30 657 652 40.0 34,170 33,904 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.24 12.00 530 480 40.0 27,538 24,960 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.93 15.00 597 600 40.0 31,059 31,200 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $22.73 $19.03 $909 $760 40.0 $46,970 $39,229 2,067 Management occupations.............................................. 38.97 38.70 1,587 1,560 40.7 82,312 81,105 2,112 General and operations managers................................... 35.73 40.87 1,449 1,647 40.6 75,361 85,661 2,109 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.87 37.85 1,635 1,514 40.0 85,013 78,724 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 37.18 34.86 1,487 1,394 40.0 77,328 72,509 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 46.47 1,913 1,859 40.0 99,473 96,658 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 38.20 24.04 1,528 962 40.0 79,452 50,003 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.35 38.52 1,800 1,541 40.6 93,584 80,113 2,110 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.69 25.60 1,106 1,024 39.9 57,505 53,248 2,077 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.12 21.15 884 846 40.0 45,985 44,000 2,079 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.58 22.08 923 883 39.2 48,018 45,926 2,036 Management analysts............................................... 32.80 32.21 1,312 1,288 40.0 68,215 66,997 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.35 26.44 1,010 1,025 39.8 52,526 53,299 2,072 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.29 21.60 986 845 39.0 51,279 43,953 2,028 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.88 34.11 1,395 1,364 40.0 72,534 70,949 2,080 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.13 29.52 1,365 1,181 40.0 70,991 61,402 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.58 38.27 1,583 1,531 40.0 82,336 79,602 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.94 44.57 1,678 1,783 40.0 87,233 92,699 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.03 32.62 1,481 1,305 40.0 77,012 67,850 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.84 25.18 1,004 1,007 40.4 52,202 52,374 2,101 Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.56 38.21 1,535 1,529 39.8 79,826 79,483 2,070 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.61 31.73 1,261 1,269 39.9 65,557 66,000 2,074 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.63 28.73 1,265 1,149 40.0 65,788 59,758 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 37.09 35.17 1,483 1,407 40.0 77,140 73,145 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 33.71 1,449 1,348 40.0 75,350 70,111 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.74 25.04 990 1,001 40.0 51,466 52,075 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.58 24.02 943 961 40.0 49,039 49,962 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.10 30.23 1,339 1,209 40.5 69,634 62,880 2,104 Market and survey researchers..................................... 33.28 30.23 1,330 1,209 40.0 69,176 62,880 2,079 Market research analysts........................................ 33.28 30.23 1,330 1,209 40.0 69,176 62,880 2,079 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.67 17.46 744 698 39.8 38,116 36,134 2,041 Social workers.................................................... 20.56 21.25 822 850 40.0 41,140 35,268 2,001 Legal occupations................................................... 37.62 35.00 1,559 1,400 41.4 81,065 72,800 2,155 Lawyers........................................................... 43.16 36.06 1,866 1,654 43.2 97,033 85,999 2,248 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.14 21.45 878 858 39.6 38,205 35,543 1,726 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.07 30.24 1,158 1,182 38.5 56,285 55,515 1,872 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.84 22.66 874 906 40.0 35,399 36,115 1,620 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... $23.01 $18.75 $920 $750 40.0 $47,863 $39,000 2,080 Designers......................................................... 20.94 18.72 838 749 40.0 43,559 38,929 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 19.73 18.72 789 749 40.0 41,034 38,929 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.61 26.25 1,101 1,050 39.9 57,255 54,600 2,074 Registered nurses................................................. 33.20 34.89 1,328 1,396 40.0 69,046 72,571 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.19 19.59 767 784 40.0 39,899 40,747 2,079 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.40 13.38 573 535 39.8 29,810 27,832 2,070 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.18 11.25 487 450 40.0 25,337 23,400 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.09 13.02 522 521 39.9 27,131 27,084 2,073 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.91 17.59 670 714 39.6 34,823 37,107 2,059 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.22 10.74 436 380 38.9 22,683 19,760 2,021 Cooks............................................................. 12.18 11.23 486 449 39.9 25,255 23,348 2,073 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.30 9.00 322 360 38.7 16,731 18,720 2,015 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.33 6.15 240 246 37.9 12,482 12,792 1,972 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.33 11.86 489 471 39.7 24,554 24,877 1,992 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.65 11.77 462 471 39.7 24,018 24,482 2,062 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 12.20 478 488 39.6 24,864 25,376 2,061 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.81 10.50 429 420 39.7 22,311 21,840 2,064 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.93 9.75 437 390 40.0 22,736 20,280 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.54 19.23 972 760 39.6 50,541 39,520 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.85 15.50 754 620 40.0 39,217 32,240 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.15 14.69 646 588 40.0 33,597 30,551 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.29 10.84 475 421 38.6 24,688 21,886 2,009 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.84 10.00 394 400 40.0 20,469 20,800 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.84 10.00 394 400 40.0 20,469 20,800 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.94 12.00 490 474 37.8 25,456 24,648 1,968 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.83 29.79 1,193 1,192 40.0 62,040 61,969 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 29.41 28.85 1,176 1,154 40.0 61,164 60,012 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.27 15.76 649 624 39.9 33,656 32,448 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.97 21.00 839 840 40.0 43,614 43,680 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.96 15.60 674 624 39.7 34,653 32,448 2,044 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.96 15.53 672 621 39.6 34,385 32,302 2,027 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.57 15.54 666 621 40.2 34,608 32,282 2,089 Order clerks...................................................... 14.71 14.50 588 580 40.0 30,587 30,160 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.53 14.44 581 578 40.0 30,226 30,035 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... $21.26 $21.62 $851 $865 40.0 $39,125 $35,458 1,840 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 21.62 851 865 40.0 39,125 35,458 1,840 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 12.95 515 518 40.0 26,786 26,936 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.63 16.17 585 647 40.0 30,428 33,634 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.07 18.33 760 731 39.9 39,522 38,000 2,073 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.47 20.19 814 808 39.8 42,340 41,995 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.74 16.50 669 660 40.0 34,809 34,324 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.61 13.01 584 520 40.0 30,383 27,050 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.71 27.62 1,054 1,144 41.0 52,699 57,408 2,050 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.63 22.46 945 898 40.0 49,156 46,717 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.47 21.05 859 842 40.0 44,653 43,784 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.77 22.34 831 894 40.0 43,207 46,467 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.45 22.46 858 898 40.0 44,609 46,717 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.95 16.22 678 648 40.0 35,251 33,692 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.78 25.80 1,010 1,032 40.8 52,541 53,664 2,120 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.52 12.90 621 516 40.0 32,282 26,832 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 22.21 20.23 888 809 40.0 46,187 42,080 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 16.08 15.80 640 630 39.8 33,297 32,760 2,071 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.89 15.59 630 623 39.6 32,760 32,417 2,061 Printers.......................................................... 16.73 16.15 669 646 40.0 34,774 33,592 2,079 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.71 17.94 748 718 40.0 38,907 37,315 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 16.66 780 666 40.0 40,546 34,653 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 19.49 16.66 780 666 40.0 40,546 34,653 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.25 12.20 490 488 40.0 25,471 25,376 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.66 15.71 785 628 39.9 40,743 32,386 2,073 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.17 17.57 743 703 40.9 38,611 36,546 2,124 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.14 17.57 744 703 41.0 38,712 36,546 2,135 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.35 15.75 734 630 40.0 38,165 32,760 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 16.30 657 652 40.0 34,170 33,904 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.12 11.50 525 460 40.0 27,283 23,920 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.76 15.00 590 600 40.0 30,690 31,200 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $26.34 $23.13 $1,040 $930 39.5 $49,278 $47,091 1,871 Management occupations.............................................. 42.50 41.10 1,747 1,696 41.1 85,063 86,938 2,002 Education administrators.......................................... 48.04 41.80 2,022 2,055 42.1 93,253 90,409 1,941 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 49.37 50.03 2,087 2,055 42.3 95,463 91,559 1,934 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.71 28.00 1,066 1,120 39.9 55,449 58,240 2,076 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.54 25.00 982 1,000 40.0 51,046 52,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.17 21.94 1,007 878 40.0 52,352 45,635 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.62 19.04 865 762 40.0 44,971 39,603 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.36 19.85 894 794 40.0 46,507 41,288 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.45 25.65 1,019 1,026 40.0 50,838 51,366 1,998 Social workers.................................................... 26.16 26.75 1,049 1,070 40.1 54,541 55,644 2,085 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 25.68 23.92 1,027 957 40.0 53,418 49,754 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 42.79 48.76 1,711 1,950 40.0 88,995 101,415 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.04 36.53 1,354 1,372 37.6 52,301 52,380 1,451 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.69 43.04 1,667 1,722 40.0 70,081 68,156 1,681 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.09 37.13 1,418 1,384 37.2 53,440 52,380 1,403 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.12 38.09 1,384 1,399 36.3 52,604 53,172 1,380 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.03 36.67 1,398 1,399 37.8 52,192 53,172 1,409 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.66 35.82 1,425 1,372 37.8 53,338 52,134 1,416 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.80 35.82 1,427 1,372 37.8 53,419 52,134 1,413 Special education teachers...................................... 38.32 37.49 1,455 1,382 38.0 54,646 51,791 1,426 Librarians........................................................ 32.01 30.74 1,272 1,230 39.7 59,972 61,610 1,874 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.85 14.25 525 461 35.4 19,762 18,511 1,331 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.28 33.56 1,290 1,342 40.0 65,558 64,309 2,031 Registered nurses................................................. 34.68 34.21 1,386 1,368 40.0 69,604 71,161 2,007 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.42 23.79 965 998 41.2 50,204 51,896 2,143 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.63 20.20 785 808 40.0 40,822 42,016 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.70 20.83 788 833 40.0 40,976 43,326 2,080 Police officers................................................... 26.30 26.82 1,067 1,073 40.6 55,470 55,796 2,109 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.30 26.82 1,067 1,073 40.6 55,470 55,796 2,109 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.64 18.15 706 726 40.0 36,221 37,744 2,053 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.57 15.95 663 638 40.0 33,898 33,176 2,046 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.59 15.95 664 638 40.0 33,941 33,176 2,046 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... $21.18 $20.85 $847 $834 40.0 $44,056 $43,368 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.19 16.62 678 648 39.4 34,929 33,715 2,032 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.84 19.72 794 789 40.0 41,273 41,016 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.66 18.40 691 736 39.1 35,590 38,272 2,016 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.34 18.10 675 702 38.9 35,075 36,525 2,023 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.40 15.99 652 635 39.8 33,611 32,556 2,050 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.40 22.03 976 881 40.0 50,744 45,822 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 21.74 865 870 40.0 44,985 45,219 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 22.50 22.31 900 892 40.0 46,799 46,401 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.15 21.90 840 876 39.7 41,148 44,158 1,946 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.52 $18.91 $19.17 $25.49 Management, professional, and related...... 30.97 29.14 29.57 33.90 Management, business, and financial...... 32.98 30.43 32.29 36.33 Professional and related................. 29.82 28.40 27.84 32.59 Service.................................... 10.52 9.77 11.01 12.56 Sales and office........................... 16.93 17.24 15.84 17.97 Sales and related........................ 19.51 19.58 16.45 31.68 Office and administrative support........ 15.57 15.46 15.56 15.80 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 24.89 23.91 24.54 30.54 Construction and extraction............. 25.71 24.82 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 23.63 21.21 20.33 30.83 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.71 15.73 15.38 20.95 Production............................... 16.49 17.08 15.39 17.37 Transportation and material moving....... 16.97 14.06 15.37 24.62 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........................................................... 2.9 5.4 3.0 2.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.1 5.2 4.9 2.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.1 6.2 8.7 6.2 Professional and related.......................................... 3.6 9.5 7.9 2.3 Service............................................................. 3.9 5.5 2.6 7.1 Sales and office.................................................... 3.7 7.0 2.6 7.6 Sales and related................................................. 6.3 11.8 4.6 16.6 Office and administrative support................................. 2.1 4.4 3.8 3.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.9 7.1 5.7 10.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 11.0 11.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.6 3.7 2.6 10.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.1 5.7 1.4 18.5 Production........................................................ 4.2 8.7 1.5 6.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 5.7 3.3 33.1 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $21.51 $18.93 $862 $757 40.1 $44,300 $38,584 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 33.30 30.77 1,359 1,231 40.8 70,648 64,000 2,121 General and operations managers................................... 34.71 41.18 1,412 1,647 40.7 73,446 85,661 2,116 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.76 25.28 1,114 1,016 40.1 57,907 52,824 2,086 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.02 26.44 1,041 1,058 40.0 54,111 55,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.80 31.73 1,392 1,269 40.0 72,394 66,000 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.83 38.58 1,553 1,543 40.0 80,770 80,251 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.14 44.57 1,646 1,783 40.0 85,576 92,699 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.29 25.50 971 1,020 40.0 50,518 53,040 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 36.47 35.00 1,505 1,400 41.3 78,257 72,800 2,146 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.75 23.76 949 950 40.0 36,065 36,115 1,519 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.33 25.50 1,043 1,020 39.6 54,241 53,040 2,060 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.91 16.82 629 673 39.5 32,688 34,986 2,055 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.65 10.00 412 363 38.7 21,439 18,874 2,012 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.02 9.00 308 360 38.4 16,002 18,720 1,996 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 12.20 498 488 40.0 24,292 25,376 1,951 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.15 12.20 446 488 40.0 23,198 25,376 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.95 20.77 986 826 39.5 51,276 42,931 2,056 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.09 10.25 465 410 38.4 24,160 21,320 1,999 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.81 11.50 477 430 37.3 24,828 22,381 1,938 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.80 16.17 671 647 40.0 34,786 33,634 2,070 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.24 20.41 720 792 39.5 36,754 41,200 2,015 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.10 21.13 749 792 39.2 37,740 41,200 1,976 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.25 18.15 702 730 40.7 36,491 37,960 2,115 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.82 14.44 593 578 40.0 30,830 30,035 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.56 16.50 702 660 40.0 36,518 34,324 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.18 12.50 647 500 40.0 33,656 26,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.82 27.62 1,025 1,140 41.3 50,665 51,097 2,041 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.21 22.00 848 880 40.0 44,122 45,760 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.17 16.83 687 673 40.0 35,750 35,006 2,082 Computer control programmers and operators........................ $22.21 $20.23 $888 $809 40.0 $46,187 $42,080 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.46 14.00 539 560 40.0 28,007 29,120 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.13 14.81 604 592 39.9 31,394 30,805 2,075 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.50 17.00 660 680 40.0 34,320 35,360 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.95 13.15 558 526 40.0 29,008 27,350 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.67 15.00 587 600 40.0 30,510 31,200 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... $23.77 $19.23 $950 $769 40.0 $49,277 $39,520 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 42.90 39.26 1,745 1,570 40.7 90,359 81,665 2,106 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.14 34.86 1,526 1,394 40.0 79,339 72,509 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 35.75 34.86 1,430 1,394 40.0 74,370 72,509 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.82 46.47 1,913 1,859 40.0 99,473 96,658 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 46.42 46.58 1,857 1,863 40.0 96,553 96,888 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.65 25.60 1,102 1,024 39.9 57,296 53,248 2,072 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 21.91 21.15 876 846 40.0 45,545 44,000 2,079 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.95 25.60 1,052 1,024 37.6 54,692 53,248 1,957 Management analysts............................................... 32.80 32.21 1,312 1,288 40.0 68,215 66,997 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.04 24.37 996 975 39.8 51,771 50,683 2,068 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.59 22.54 954 851 38.8 49,626 44,246 2,018 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.93 34.14 1,397 1,368 40.0 72,650 71,117 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.40 37.26 1,616 1,490 40.0 84,039 77,501 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 36.61 33.86 1,464 1,354 40.0 76,141 70,429 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.42 25.18 1,034 1,007 40.7 53,773 52,374 2,115 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.36 36.33 1,485 1,452 39.7 77,214 75,500 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.68 33.46 1,347 1,338 40.0 70,046 69,586 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 39.60 36.78 1,584 1,471 40.0 82,368 76,500 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 33.71 1,449 1,348 40.0 75,350 70,111 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.19 23.68 968 947 40.0 50,313 49,246 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.80 34.92 1,498 1,424 40.7 77,909 74,063 2,117 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.10 22.25 876 890 39.6 43,772 45,812 1,981 Legal occupations................................................... 40.38 50.48 1,691 1,780 41.9 87,952 92,560 2,178 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.84 18.51 821 684 39.4 40,404 34,008 1,939 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.52 31.59 1,206 1,212 38.3 58,060 59,236 1,842 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.63 21.89 985 876 40.0 51,241 45,540 2,080 Designers......................................................... 22.36 18.72 895 749 40.0 46,519 38,929 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.12 26.25 1,125 1,050 40.0 58,483 54,600 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 33.20 34.89 1,328 1,396 40.0 69,046 72,571 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.39 19.59 775 784 40.0 40,312 40,747 2,079 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.48 13.02 539 521 40.0 28,034 27,084 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.36 12.00 494 494 40.0 25,709 25,709 2,079 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.75 13.23 548 529 39.8 28,480 27,518 2,071 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... $16.32 $16.94 $653 $678 40.0 $33,937 $35,235 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.38 11.68 485 462 39.2 25,237 24,024 2,038 Cooks............................................................. 14.37 15.26 569 610 39.6 29,582 31,741 2,058 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.98 9.69 356 387 39.6 18,508 20,149 2,061 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.18 11.77 479 471 39.3 24,887 24,482 2,044 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.16 11.77 478 471 39.3 24,856 24,482 2,044 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.69 11.77 498 471 39.3 25,920 24,482 2,043 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.02 10.80 433 420 39.3 22,531 21,840 2,044 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.82 17.85 947 714 39.7 49,219 37,128 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.29 18.62 1,011 745 40.0 52,596 38,730 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.66 12.15 494 480 39.0 25,701 24,960 2,030 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.12 12.24 508 488 38.7 26,395 25,397 2,012 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.61 31.72 1,304 1,269 40.0 67,829 65,986 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.67 31.72 1,267 1,269 40.0 65,871 65,986 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.91 15.25 634 606 39.9 32,897 31,493 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.49 21.06 900 842 40.0 46,789 43,803 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.37 15.02 615 601 40.0 31,970 31,242 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.85 14.73 594 589 40.0 30,895 30,638 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.35 15.01 654 600 40.0 34,010 31,221 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.17 14.09 567 564 40.0 29,480 29,307 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.26 21.62 851 865 40.0 39,125 35,458 1,840 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.26 21.62 851 865 40.0 39,125 35,458 1,840 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.47 18.50 775 733 39.8 40,320 38,126 2,071 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.99 20.67 834 827 39.7 43,386 42,994 2,067 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.07 15.80 643 632 40.0 33,433 32,864 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.25 13.01 530 520 40.0 27,560 27,050 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.73 30.26 1,149 1,210 40.0 59,761 62,941 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.26 22.91 1,010 916 40.0 52,532 47,644 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.93 19.89 837 796 40.0 43,541 41,371 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.79 19.89 832 796 40.0 43,253 41,371 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.78 15.96 671 636 40.0 34,868 33,072 2,078 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.13 14.90 645 596 40.0 33,555 30,992 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 16.65 15.90 665 642 39.9 34,578 33,384 2,077 Painting workers.................................................. 19.49 16.66 780 666 40.0 40,546 34,653 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ $19.49 $16.66 $780 $666 40.0 $40,546 $34,653 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.61 10.70 464 428 40.0 24,151 22,256 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.50 17.68 939 707 40.0 48,658 36,774 2,071 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.38 20.00 911 800 42.6 47,353 41,600 2,215 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.61 19.68 890 749 43.2 46,255 38,936 2,244 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.43 16.30 657 652 40.0 34,170 33,904 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.39 9.81 495 392 40.0 25,761 20,399 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.29 $22.29 $24.81 $20.45 $20.18 $29.18 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.49 26.58 30.67 31.36 31.31 32.06 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.99 – 33.74 33.16 33.03 35.96 Professional and related.......................................... 29.02 26.70 30.10 30.26 30.20 30.84 Service............................................................. 16.22 13.00 20.36 10.07 9.96 19.11 Sales and office.................................................... 15.70 14.13 17.14 17.14 17.14 16.87 Sales and related................................................. 9.92 – – 19.98 19.98 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.47 15.49 17.15 15.60 15.58 16.87 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.34 27.96 23.20 20.25 20.27 – Construction and extraction...................................... – 29.01 24.40 – 19.92 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.37 26.07 21.98 20.64 20.71 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 23.40 23.72 21.05 14.62 14.61 – Production........................................................ 20.44 20.30 22.50 15.57 15.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ 25.59 26.57 20.61 13.39 13.38 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 5.1 1.0 3.4 3.5 5.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.6 2.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 6.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.8 – 11.1 2.9 3.1 4.6 Professional and related.......................................... 2.3 2.9 2.8 3.5 3.8 8.1 Service............................................................. 5.4 5.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 13.0 Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 5.5 2.1 3.9 3.9 3.2 Sales and related................................................. 3.8 – – 6.5 6.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 6.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 3.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.4 5.2 2.8 14.6 14.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.7 6.6 – 28.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.2 13.9 1.2 4.2 4.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.8 14.3 5.0 2.8 2.8 – Production........................................................ 11.1 12.1 5.9 2.7 2.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.2 20.3 6.3 5.9 5.9 – 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.78 $20.12 $30.64 $30.64 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.85 30.80 37.78 37.78 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.82 32.59 – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.92 29.79 – – Service............................................................. 11.81 10.51 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.70 15.57 33.56 33.56 Sales and related................................................. 15.81 15.81 35.59 35.59 Office and administrative support................................. 15.67 15.47 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.04 25.25 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 25.71 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.99 24.36 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.83 16.69 – – Production........................................................ 16.57 16.49 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.12 16.93 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 2.7 13.4 13.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.7 2.0 11.4 11.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 2.9 3.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 2.7 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 4.8 3.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 2.7 18.2 18.2 Sales and related................................................. 6.5 6.5 19.7 19.7 Office and administrative support................................. 1.5 1.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.6 7.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.6 10.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 6.3 – – Production........................................................ 4.1 4.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.1 12.9 – – 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 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........................................................... - $23.37 - - - - $19.78 - $16.07 Management, professional, and related............................... - 36.11 - - - - 26.06 - 20.42 Management, business, and financial............................... - 40.07 - - - - 29.59 - – Professional and related.......................................... - 34.25 - - - - 25.20 - 18.94 Service............................................................. - – - - - - 12.65 - 12.05 Sales and office.................................................... - 20.55 - - - - 15.91 - 14.78 Sales and related................................................. - 34.98 - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 17.99 - - - - 15.26 - 14.78 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 22.09 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 21.14 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 16.90 - - - - 17.46 - 13.90 Production........................................................ - 16.94 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 16.69 - - - - – - – 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........................................................... - 2.7 - - - - 4.2 - 4.6 Management, professional, and related............................... - 4.4 - - - - 5.4 - 10.9 Management, business, and financial............................... - 9.7 - - - - 7.0 - – Professional and related.......................................... - 2.2 - - - - 3.7 - 8.9 Service............................................................. - – - - - - 5.3 - 10.8 Sales and office.................................................... - 1.9 - - - - 4.6 - 7.3 Sales and related................................................. - 6.3 - - - - – - – Office and administrative support................................. - 1.7 - - - - 5.7 - 7.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - .1 - - - - – - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 2.5 - - - - – - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 4.6 - - - - 16.8 - 8.3 Production........................................................ - 4.6 - - - - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ - 5.9 - - - - – - – 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,698,900 1,500,400 198,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 507,400 394,600 112,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 150,300 133,900 16,300 Professional and related.......................................... 357,100 260,600 96,500 Service............................................................. 336,500 301,600 34,900 Sales and office.................................................... 444,900 412,800 32,100 Sales and related................................................. 158,200 157,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 286,800 255,000 31,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 106,800 97,700 9,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 63,900 59,500 4,300 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 42,900 38,200 4,700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 303,400 293,700 9,700 Production........................................................ 149,700 147,700 2,000 Transportation and material moving................................ 153,700 146,000 7,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI, May 2006 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 78,871 78,691 180 Total in sample....................................................... 597 548 49 Responding........................................................ 360 320 40 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 167 159 8 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 70 69 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.