NC BL 06/00/2007 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Bulletin 3135-58, February 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.88 11.3 37.2 $21.84 13.7 36.6 $22.07 8.0 40.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 38.87 17.1 39.7 42.12 20.4 38.9 29.72 10.2 41.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.45 10.8 40.0 34.93 11.5 40.0 26.91 21.6 39.9 Professional and related.......................................... 40.83 24.0 39.5 46.74 31.0 38.3 29.94 10.8 42.0 Service............................................................. 9.74 9.4 33.0 7.98 8.0 31.4 14.38 7.9 38.3 Sales and office.................................................... 12.51 2.9 35.8 12.31 2.9 35.5 14.17 5.5 38.5 Sales and related................................................. 12.73 5.4 34.8 12.73 5.4 34.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.35 4.9 36.5 11.92 5.4 36.1 14.17 5.5 38.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.19 6.7 40.4 17.29 7.2 40.4 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 14.66 1.5 40.0 14.79 1.8 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.48 7.8 40.6 18.61 8.3 40.6 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.95 6.0 38.1 14.99 6.3 38.1 14.28 11.9 38.1 Production........................................................ 16.40 7.1 39.3 16.40 7.1 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.90 7.7 36.5 12.67 9.1 36.3 14.28 11.9 38.1 Full time........................................................... 23.05 11.4 39.9 23.34 13.8 39.6 21.86 7.0 41.4 Part time........................................................... 9.86 18.5 21.8 8.55 13.8 21.9 28.67 30.8 20.3 Union............................................................... 18.13 9.1 39.7 18.13 9.1 39.7 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 22.05 11.6 37.1 22.04 14.3 36.5 22.07 8.0 40.1 Time................................................................ 19.29 4.7 37.0 18.62 5.8 36.3 22.07 8.0 40.1 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 24.92 7.4 39.7 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.04 24.4 35.0 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.02 7.2 34.4 13.02 7.2 34.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 28.20 30.2 38.3 28.66 30.4 38.3 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 25.89 6.1 39.3 28.52 7.8 38.6 22.46 8.5 40.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.88 11.3 $23.05 11.4 $9.86 18.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.44 13.2 33.44 13.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.64 21.2 36.64 21.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.00 26.6 30.00 26.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.04 7.3 21.04 7.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.28 8.5 37.28 8.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.68 3.3 40.68 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.95 1.9 17.02 1.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.57 5.7 33.59 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .1 32.41 .1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.51 9.5 42.51 9.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.44 2.4 31.44 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .1 32.41 .1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.71 3.7 30.71 3.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.88 2.3 30.88 2.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.48 .5 33.48 .5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.48 .5 33.48 .5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.13 3.0 11.14 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 51.41 46.2 53.56 48.4 31.59 11.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 3.9 15.47 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.45 5.5 15.70 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.53 2.2 26.18 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.60 1.7 27.60 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.98 10.3 32.79 12.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.82 5.1 28.24 4.3 34.99 8.8 Level 9 .................................................. 33.29 10.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.58 1.4 14.38 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.28 2.0 14.25 2.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.57 12.3 13.64 12.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.66 8.2 8.66 8.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.07 3.1 8.04 3.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.96 3.9 7.95 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.81 3.7 7.77 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.95 3.8 7.95 3.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.15 12.4 14.58 9.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Security guards................................................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... $6.89 6.3 $7.81 18.3 $5.13 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.50 7.4 – – 4.88 9.0 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.28 6.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.65 25.6 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.13 4.9 8.24 5.0 7.23 15.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.67 5.2 7.60 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 8.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.64 4.1 7.71 3.7 7.23 15.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.29 5.9 7.14 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 8.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.24 7.0 8.39 7.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 8.4 7.76 7.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.73 5.2 6.80 4.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.73 5.4 14.36 10.0 7.62 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 .4 – – 7.63 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.11 10.0 9.42 11.9 10.99 17.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 13.3 14.88 13.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 11.5 18.91 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.33 19.5 14.29 8.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.14 13.0 11.80 6.8 6.96 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 .4 – – 7.63 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.10 5.2 9.42 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.37 27.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.02 .6 – – 7.47 .1 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.02 .6 – – 7.47 .1 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.66 6.3 14.61 7.4 7.76 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 2.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.35 4.9 12.35 5.3 12.38 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.73 7.3 9.74 8.3 9.64 13.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 3.1 12.88 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 4.9 13.86 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.35 9.9 15.35 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.38 17.8 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.54 5.7 11.40 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 6.7 12.57 6.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... $13.68 4.6 $13.20 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.89 4.9 14.25 4.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.89 7.6 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.56 10.3 11.60 10.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.54 8.1 12.41 8.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.31 5.0 15.02 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.21 5.8 14.62 8.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.76 5.1 13.76 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.97 7.0 15.35 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.10 10.0 16.10 10.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.66 1.5 14.66 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.48 7.8 18.48 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.72 4.8 16.72 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.94 5.8 25.94 5.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.93 10.0 20.93 10.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.54 3.4 15.54 3.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.13 8.2 25.13 8.2 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.09 9.4 25.09 9.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.04 16.6 17.04 16.6 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.75 4.7 18.75 4.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.40 7.1 16.58 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.76 11.5 12.99 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.02 2.5 13.02 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.42 8.4 13.42 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.40 7.4 21.40 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.41 15.7 23.41 15.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.63 34.1 23.63 34.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.06 .1 13.06 .1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.53 25.6 14.53 25.6 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.73 16.0 18.73 16.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 24.2 21.18 24.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.66 16.0 16.96 15.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.66 8.6 13.66 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.38 10.0 12.38 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.78 3.3 18.78 3.3 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.16 1.9 16.16 1.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.40 8.5 10.64 8.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.90 7.7 13.54 8.0 $7.06 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. $8.25 3.2 $8.75 6.0 $6.72 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.28 8.2 11.28 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.99 12.0 13.98 12.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 7.0 16.75 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.27 11.9 17.27 11.9 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.93 15.2 14.93 15.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.33 15.1 13.33 15.1 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.98 10.5 13.98 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 7.9 15.30 7.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.02 7.9 10.79 7.3 6.93 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 3.2 8.75 6.1 6.72 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 8.2 10.51 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.37 5.3 14.37 5.3 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.47 11.0 10.56 10.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.35 5.9 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.66 9.6 11.20 13.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.84 13.7 $23.34 13.8 $8.55 13.8 Management occupations.............................................. 33.15 13.5 33.15 13.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.39 24.4 36.39 24.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.33 27.2 29.33 27.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.04 7.3 21.04 7.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.57 8.6 37.57 8.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.68 3.3 40.68 3.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.05 31.5 23.35 32.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 58.79 47.4 61.29 47.5 26.74 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 16.08 1.0 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.58 8.6 16.63 6.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.72 1.9 26.37 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.31 13.7 32.79 12.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.77 3.7 28.61 4.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.11 3.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 7.9 12.21 7.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.29 11.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.84 5.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.83 5.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Security guards................................................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.75 7.1 7.67 19.4 5.01 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.28 8.7 – – 4.73 6.3 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.28 6.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.65 25.6 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.41 8.6 7.63 9.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.73 5.8 6.76 5.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.60 6.5 6.69 7.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.30 6.2 6.28 6.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.93 10.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.26 6.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.73 5.4 14.36 10.0 7.62 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. $7.10 0.4 – – $7.63 0.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.11 10.0 $9.42 11.9 10.99 17.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 13.3 14.88 13.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 11.5 18.91 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.33 19.5 14.29 8.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.14 13.0 11.80 6.8 6.96 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 .4 – – 7.63 .4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.10 5.2 9.42 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.37 27.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.02 .6 – – 7.47 .1 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.02 .6 – – 7.47 .1 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.66 6.3 14.61 7.4 7.76 9.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 2.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.92 5.4 11.84 5.9 12.49 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 7.5 9.75 8.5 9.68 14.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.74 3.4 12.91 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 8.3 14.05 9.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.16 4.6 10.95 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.75 8.6 11.47 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.03 6.9 12.10 6.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.69 14.3 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.70 10.3 11.70 10.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.54 8.1 12.41 8.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... – – 16.07 7.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.45 9.0 16.04 9.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.79 1.8 14.79 1.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.61 8.3 18.61 8.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.94 5.0 16.94 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.99 3.9 26.99 3.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.60 10.7 21.60 10.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.40 6.0 26.40 6.0 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.09 9.4 25.09 9.4 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.63 6.9 18.63 6.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.40 7.1 16.58 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.76 11.5 12.99 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.02 2.5 13.02 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.42 8.4 13.42 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.40 7.4 21.40 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. $23.41 15.7 $23.41 15.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.63 34.1 23.63 34.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.06 .1 13.06 .1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.53 25.6 14.53 25.6 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.73 16.0 18.73 16.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 24.2 21.18 24.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.66 16.0 16.96 15.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.66 8.6 13.66 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.38 10.0 12.38 10.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.78 3.3 18.78 3.3 – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.16 1.9 16.16 1.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.40 8.5 10.64 8.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.67 9.1 13.41 9.3 $6.93 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 3.2 8.75 6.0 6.72 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.39 10.2 11.39 10.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.47 13.4 14.47 13.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.75 7.0 16.75 7.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.55 15.5 15.55 15.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.98 10.5 13.98 10.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 7.9 15.30 7.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.94 8.7 10.78 8.2 6.93 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 3.2 8.75 6.1 6.72 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.39 11.4 10.39 11.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.37 5.3 14.37 5.3 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.47 11.0 10.56 10.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.35 5.9 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.66 9.6 11.20 13.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $22.07 8.0 $21.86 7.0 $28.67 30.8 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.07 6.0 34.07 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .1 32.41 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.24 .6 32.24 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 .1 32.41 .1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.07 1.1 32.07 1.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.76 .5 31.76 .5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.14 3.0 11.14 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.74 35.9 14.76 6.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.77 4.3 15.73 4.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.97 5.3 8.88 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.71 7.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.91 6.8 8.78 6.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.35 11.5 9.21 12.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 5.5 14.24 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.60 2.8 13.60 2.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.09 7.7 14.09 7.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.41 9.5 13.41 9.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.28 11.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.88 11.3 $23.05 11.4 $9.86 18.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.44 13.2 33.44 13.2 – – Group III................................................. 32.35 10.5 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations Group II.................................................. 18.13 12.4 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.04 7.3 21.04 7.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.28 8.5 37.28 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.42 1.7 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.68 3.3 40.68 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.95 1.9 17.02 1.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.43 2.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.57 5.7 33.59 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.13 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.83 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.55 .5 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.51 9.5 42.51 9.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.44 2.4 31.44 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.06 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.41 .1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.71 3.7 30.71 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.79 9.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.88 2.3 30.88 2.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.48 .5 33.48 .5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.48 .5 33.48 .5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.13 3.0 11.14 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.13 3.0 11.14 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 51.41 46.2 53.56 48.4 31.59 11.4 Group I................................................... 15.58 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.69 3.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 124.33 32.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.82 5.1 28.24 4.3 34.99 8.8 Group II.................................................. 27.32 2.4 26.78 2.3 – – Group III................................................. 34.39 7.3 31.77 8.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.58 1.4 14.38 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 14.28 2.0 14.25 2.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.57 12.3 13.64 12.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.82 8.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... $8.07 3.1 $8.04 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.07 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.81 3.7 7.77 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 7.81 3.7 7.77 3.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.15 12.4 14.58 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.15 13.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.93 3.4 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Security guards................................................. 8.54 17.5 8.41 7.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.89 6.3 7.81 18.3 $5.13 7.8 Group I................................................... 6.79 8.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.28 6.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.28 6.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.65 25.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.65 25.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.65 25.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.65 25.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.13 4.9 8.24 5.0 7.23 15.1 Group I................................................... 7.87 3.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.64 4.1 7.71 3.7 7.23 15.1 Group I................................................... 7.64 4.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.24 7.0 8.39 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.24 7.0 8.39 7.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.73 5.2 6.80 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 6.73 5.2 6.80 4.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.73 5.4 14.36 10.0 7.62 8.9 Group I................................................... 9.95 12.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.27 6.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 7.8 12.28 7.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.14 13.0 11.80 6.8 6.96 4.4 Group I................................................... 9.02 10.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 7.02 1.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 10.5 7.89 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 7.02 1.6 – – 7.20 .9 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.66 6.3 14.61 7.4 7.76 9.9 Group I................................................... 10.79 15.4 – – 7.76 10.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.35 4.9 12.35 5.3 12.38 8.5 Group I................................................... 12.02 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.48 6.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. $11.54 5.7 $11.40 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.34 5.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.68 4.6 13.20 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.16 6.2 12.46 6.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.89 7.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.62 9.5 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.56 10.3 11.60 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.56 10.3 11.60 10.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.54 8.1 12.41 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.54 8.1 12.41 8.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.31 5.0 15.02 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.52 5.3 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.76 5.1 13.76 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.76 5.1 13.76 5.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.97 7.0 15.35 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.53 6.9 14.89 6.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.66 1.5 14.66 1.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.48 7.8 18.48 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.94 10.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.12 7.3 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.93 10.0 20.93 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 22.32 9.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.09 9.4 25.09 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.27 9.4 25.27 9.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.04 16.6 17.04 16.6 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.75 4.7 18.75 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.95 5.2 18.95 5.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.40 7.1 16.58 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.87 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.33 4.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.63 34.1 23.63 34.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 4.1 13.52 4.1 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.06 .1 13.06 .1 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 .1 – – – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.34 39.7 13.34 39.7 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.53 25.6 14.53 25.6 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.73 16.0 18.73 16.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 24.2 21.18 24.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.66 16.0 16.96 15.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.28 7.3 – – – – Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.16 1.9 16.16 1.9 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... $10.40 8.5 $10.64 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 8.5 10.64 8.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.90 7.7 13.54 8.0 $7.06 2.9 Group I................................................... 12.39 8.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.69 10.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.93 15.2 14.93 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.81 16.5 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.98 10.5 13.98 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.72 12.2 13.72 12.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 7.9 15.30 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.60 6.2 14.60 6.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.02 7.9 10.79 7.3 6.93 2.8 Group I................................................... 10.32 6.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.47 11.0 10.56 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.99 10.6 10.56 10.6 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.66 9.6 11.20 13.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.66 9.6 11.20 13.8 – – 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.16 $10.00 $14.90 $27.40 $39.07 Management occupations.............................................. 18.27 23.76 27.40 38.46 61.90 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.00 19.18 19.18 22.25 26.38 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.18 28.18 36.32 43.20 49.57 Engineers......................................................... 30.93 35.00 39.58 45.23 53.75 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.72 15.07 17.69 18.91 21.18 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.80 27.44 34.08 40.45 51.66 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.99 40.45 40.45 51.66 51.66 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.16 27.08 32.28 36.04 39.61 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.07 26.65 31.95 35.17 38.87 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.08 26.34 31.89 35.93 38.74 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.33 29.51 32.28 37.39 42.02 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.33 29.51 32.28 37.39 42.02 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.42 10.13 11.05 12.27 12.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.72 18.56 28.18 33.64 157.90 Registered nurses................................................. 21.01 25.51 29.57 34.68 39.03 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 11.83 13.30 14.50 16.09 17.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 7.98 11.86 14.90 20.06 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.04 7.25 7.69 8.61 9.34 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.00 7.18 7.34 8.18 8.88 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.66 10.98 13.08 18.23 21.19 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 5.96 5.96 7.66 10.44 15.00 Security guards................................................. 5.96 5.96 7.66 10.44 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.15 5.69 6.00 8.75 10.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.25 5.46 6.00 7.25 7.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.50 2.61 3.15 3.15 5.70 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.50 2.61 3.15 3.15 5.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.65 6.33 7.34 9.31 10.73 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.65 6.00 6.81 9.05 10.59 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.75 6.00 7.34 10.00 11.45 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 5.65 5.65 6.58 7.21 8.03 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 7.00 10.63 15.54 24.44 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.85 8.19 11.91 16.11 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 6.85 7.75 9.57 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.85 7.75 9.57 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 8.35 10.61 13.20 24.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $7.40 $10.01 $12.02 $14.18 $16.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.69 10.01 10.75 11.25 15.52 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.10 14.61 15.73 16.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.63 11.42 14.13 14.57 15.63 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.26 10.24 10.24 14.50 14.65 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.85 8.00 11.00 14.18 14.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.37 13.12 16.00 17.31 19.60 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.68 11.52 13.12 16.20 18.22 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.90 12.86 14.08 17.57 20.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.10 14.33 14.33 14.33 16.74 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 8.57 14.82 17.37 23.33 28.92 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 12.38 16.43 19.03 28.45 29.65 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.09 21.96 28.45 29.65 29.65 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 12.23 16.55 17.55 30.33 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.30 16.43 19.03 21.66 22.16 Production occupations.............................................. 8.91 11.35 14.35 22.09 25.20 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.68 10.68 25.45 32.75 34.47 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.85 12.00 12.17 15.04 16.03 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 10.85 12.13 12.82 14.09 15.58 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.00 10.50 11.90 14.00 22.80 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.69 14.00 22.80 22.80 22.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.35 13.67 22.00 28.18 28.18 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.91 9.63 16.17 25.20 25.20 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 8.91 13.26 16.17 20.60 22.44 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.34 7.85 7.91 13.90 15.58 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.91 8.71 11.99 15.11 21.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 11.25 12.25 18.00 21.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.75 11.99 17.77 18.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.11 11.63 13.90 15.30 22.70 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.16 7.91 8.51 12.32 15.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.16 7.16 7.91 11.00 15.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.85 8.38 8.71 13.13 15.86 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.81 $9.69 $14.65 $27.23 $38.05 Management occupations.............................................. 18.27 23.76 27.40 38.46 61.90 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.00 19.18 19.18 22.25 26.38 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.93 28.18 36.53 43.50 49.57 Engineers......................................................... 30.93 35.00 39.58 45.23 53.75 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.63 8.02 29.48 32.28 32.28 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.08 23.13 28.18 36.19 198.33 Registered nurses................................................. 21.28 25.51 29.17 31.51 36.37 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.20 14.00 14.69 16.62 17.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 8.28 13.39 14.55 17.18 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.00 7.25 7.40 8.16 8.88 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.00 7.25 7.40 8.02 8.88 Protective service occupations...................................... 5.96 5.96 7.66 10.44 15.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 5.96 5.96 7.66 10.44 15.00 Security guards................................................. 5.96 5.96 7.66 10.44 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.15 5.69 5.75 8.37 10.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.25 5.46 6.00 7.25 7.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.50 2.61 3.15 3.15 5.70 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.50 2.61 3.15 3.15 5.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.65 6.00 6.44 7.61 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.60 5.65 6.00 6.81 9.99 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.45 5.80 6.00 8.05 10.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 5.65 5.65 6.00 6.67 6.99 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 7.00 10.63 15.54 24.44 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.85 8.19 11.91 16.11 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.00 6.85 7.75 9.57 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.00 6.85 7.75 9.57 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 8.35 10.61 13.20 24.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.40 9.69 11.25 14.08 16.18 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.69 10.01 10.55 11.03 15.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.00 12.18 16.50 16.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 7.50 7.63 14.13 14.64 14.73 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.26 10.24 10.24 14.50 14.65 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.85 8.00 11.00 14.18 14.80 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.09 14.08 14.08 20.12 20.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 14.33 14.33 14.33 16.74 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $8.57 $14.96 $17.09 $23.33 $29.65 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 12.38 16.55 21.66 29.65 29.65 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.09 21.96 28.45 29.65 29.65 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.30 15.50 20.54 21.66 23.77 Production occupations.............................................. 8.91 11.35 14.35 22.09 25.20 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.68 10.68 25.45 32.75 34.47 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.85 12.00 12.17 15.04 16.03 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 10.85 12.13 12.82 14.09 15.58 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.00 10.50 11.90 14.00 22.80 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.69 14.00 22.80 22.80 22.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.35 13.67 22.00 28.18 28.18 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.91 9.63 16.17 25.20 25.20 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 8.91 13.26 16.17 20.60 22.44 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.34 7.85 7.91 13.90 15.58 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.45 8.38 11.99 15.00 20.42 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.75 11.99 15.63 18.00 21.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.75 11.99 17.77 18.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.11 11.63 13.90 15.30 22.70 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.16 7.91 8.38 12.85 15.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.16 7.16 7.91 11.00 15.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.85 8.38 8.71 13.13 15.86 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.39 $12.02 $16.83 $32.66 $40.45 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.05 27.82 34.42 40.45 51.66 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.74 27.47 32.99 36.73 39.71 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.04 27.47 32.96 35.98 39.34 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.84 27.16 32.26 36.02 38.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.42 10.15 11.05 12.27 12.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.55 13.72 13.72 22.68 39.03 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.35 12.15 13.85 18.60 22.23 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.63 7.35 8.65 9.75 11.48 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.57 6.81 8.03 10.18 11.48 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 6.99 9.05 10.78 12.56 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.01 11.67 13.47 15.87 19.41 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.76 11.52 12.94 16.98 19.60 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.28 11.42 12.86 16.45 17.57 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.26 10.83 10.85 16.83 23.92 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.91 $10.98 $15.65 $27.93 $39.71 Management occupations.............................................. 18.27 23.76 27.40 38.46 61.90 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.00 19.18 19.18 22.25 26.38 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.18 28.18 36.32 43.20 49.57 Engineers......................................................... 30.93 35.00 39.58 45.23 53.75 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.78 15.07 17.69 18.91 21.18 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.80 27.47 34.08 40.45 51.66 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.99 40.45 40.45 51.66 51.66 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.16 27.08 32.28 36.04 39.61 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.07 26.65 31.95 35.17 38.87 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.08 26.34 31.89 35.93 38.74 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.33 29.51 32.28 37.39 42.02 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.33 29.51 32.28 37.39 42.02 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.42 10.15 11.05 12.27 12.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.72 18.00 28.11 31.79 198.33 Registered nurses................................................. 19.91 24.77 28.35 31.09 36.37 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 11.50 13.19 14.42 15.60 17.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.24 7.98 11.86 14.90 20.06 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.04 7.25 7.67 8.52 9.34 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.00 7.18 7.33 7.98 8.73 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.47 11.35 13.13 18.23 21.61 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.66 7.66 7.66 8.48 10.44 Security guards................................................. 7.66 7.66 7.66 8.48 10.44 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.69 5.69 7.33 9.75 10.51 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.65 6.44 7.50 9.31 10.56 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.65 6.00 6.81 9.15 10.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.80 6.00 7.74 10.00 11.27 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 5.65 6.00 6.67 7.22 8.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.85 9.07 12.22 19.23 24.44 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.63 10.63 11.27 14.00 14.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.85 7.30 9.81 12.22 24.44 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.85 6.85 6.85 8.65 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 6.85 6.85 6.85 8.65 10.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.20 9.85 12.22 24.44 24.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $7.40 $10.01 $12.02 $14.14 $17.43 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.90 10.01 10.75 11.25 15.15 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.00 13.44 15.15 15.73 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.26 10.24 10.24 14.50 14.65 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 11.00 14.14 14.80 14.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.17 12.30 14.30 18.49 19.76 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.68 11.52 13.12 16.20 18.22 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.86 14.08 14.08 17.57 20.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.10 14.33 14.33 14.33 16.74 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 8.57 14.82 17.37 23.33 28.92 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 12.38 16.43 19.03 28.45 29.65 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.09 21.96 28.45 29.65 29.65 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 12.23 16.55 17.55 30.33 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.30 16.43 19.03 21.66 22.16 Production occupations.............................................. 9.63 11.65 14.35 22.44 25.20 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 10.68 10.68 25.45 32.75 34.47 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.85 12.00 12.17 15.04 16.03 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 10.85 12.13 12.82 14.09 15.58 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.44 28.39 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.00 10.50 11.90 14.00 22.80 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.69 14.00 22.80 22.80 22.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.35 13.67 22.00 28.18 28.18 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.91 10.32 16.27 25.20 25.20 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 8.91 13.26 16.17 20.60 22.44 Helpers--production workers..................................... 6.34 7.91 7.91 13.90 15.58 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.25 12.25 15.68 21.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 11.25 12.25 18.00 21.75 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.75 11.99 17.77 18.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.11 11.63 13.90 15.30 22.70 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.91 8.17 10.25 13.23 15.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.91 7.91 8.89 13.30 15.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.38 8.38 10.50 13.23 15.86 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), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $3.15 $5.75 $7.16 $9.74 $18.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.99 25.32 32.00 38.51 42.45 Registered nurses................................................. 26.00 30.00 36.07 39.21 42.71 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.61 3.15 5.46 6.65 7.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.65 5.75 6.00 8.57 11.48 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.65 5.75 6.00 8.57 11.48 Sales and related occupations....................................... 5.60 6.00 6.25 8.36 10.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 5.60 6.00 6.25 8.08 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.00 6.30 7.80 8.75 10.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.63 8.74 11.90 16.00 16.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.32 6.32 7.16 7.16 7.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.32 6.32 7.16 7.16 7.45 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $23.05 $15.65 $921 $634 39.9 $46,813 $32,893 2,031 Management occupations.............................................. 33.44 27.40 1,338 1,096 40.0 69,202 56,992 2,070 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.04 19.18 842 767 40.0 43,765 39,894 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.28 36.32 1,488 1,453 39.9 77,383 75,541 2,075 Engineers......................................................... 40.68 39.58 1,627 1,583 40.0 84,608 82,322 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.02 17.69 680 707 39.9 35,347 36,785 2,077 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.59 34.08 1,431 1,280 42.6 57,230 47,031 1,704 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.51 40.45 2,235 2,427 52.6 103,303 126,210 2,430 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.44 32.28 1,208 1,203 38.4 45,751 45,676 1,455 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.71 31.95 1,179 1,193 38.4 44,692 45,330 1,456 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.88 31.89 1,179 1,193 38.2 44,775 45,330 1,450 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.48 32.28 1,256 1,208 37.5 47,297 45,738 1,413 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.48 32.28 1,256 1,208 37.5 47,297 45,738 1,413 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.14 11.05 406 401 36.4 15,040 14,832 1,350 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 53.56 28.11 2,202 1,119 41.1 114,359 58,200 2,135 Registered nurses................................................. 28.24 28.35 1,104 1,102 39.1 57,131 56,805 2,023 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.38 14.42 574 577 39.9 29,837 29,994 2,074 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.64 11.86 538 474 39.4 27,985 24,669 2,051 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.04 7.67 316 305 39.3 16,455 15,856 2,046 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.77 7.33 304 290 39.2 15,830 15,059 2,037 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.58 13.13 602 567 41.3 30,752 27,887 2,110 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Security guards................................................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.81 7.33 281 256 36.0 14,360 12,480 1,840 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.24 7.50 310 294 37.7 16,042 15,282 1,947 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.71 6.81 284 265 36.9 14,658 13,851 1,902 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.39 7.74 328 309 39.1 16,829 15,972 2,007 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.80 6.67 233 204 34.2 12,110 10,619 1,780 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.36 12.22 591 528 41.2 30,739 27,458 2,141 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 11.27 494 451 40.2 25,686 23,442 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 11.27 494 451 40.2 25,686 23,442 2,092 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.80 9.81 483 385 40.9 25,101 20,020 2,127 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.89 6.85 315 274 40.0 16,403 14,248 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... $7.89 $6.85 $315 $274 40.0 $16,403 $14,248 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.61 12.22 607 534 41.6 31,577 27,768 2,161 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.35 12.02 491 481 39.7 25,353 25,002 2,054 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.40 10.75 453 430 39.7 23,516 22,360 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.20 13.44 515 504 39.0 26,711 26,208 2,024 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.60 10.24 461 410 39.7 23,963 21,305 2,065 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.41 14.14 496 566 40.0 25,804 29,411 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.02 14.30 583 528 38.8 30,042 27,768 2,000 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.76 13.12 529 522 38.4 27,159 27,298 1,973 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.35 14.08 609 563 39.7 30,096 29,295 1,961 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.66 14.33 587 573 40.0 30,499 29,802 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.48 17.37 750 704 40.6 38,990 36,616 2,110 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 20.93 19.03 828 770 39.5 42,972 40,019 2,053 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.09 28.45 976 1,081 38.9 50,761 56,217 2,024 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.04 16.55 681 662 40.0 35,262 33,322 2,070 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.75 19.03 750 761 40.0 39,007 39,582 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.58 14.35 662 574 39.9 34,438 29,848 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.63 25.45 966 916 40.9 50,243 47,646 2,126 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 12.17 541 487 40.0 28,113 25,314 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... $13.06 $12.82 $517 $513 39.6 $26,890 $26,666 2,058 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 10.00 526 400 39.4 27,336 20,800 2,049 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.34 10.00 526 400 39.4 27,336 20,800 2,049 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.53 11.90 581 476 40.0 30,213 24,752 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.73 22.80 749 912 40.0 38,954 47,418 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 22.00 847 880 40.0 44,047 45,760 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.96 16.27 677 651 39.9 35,216 33,850 2,077 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.16 16.17 646 647 40.0 33,605 33,634 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.64 7.91 424 316 39.8 22,047 16,453 2,071 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.54 12.25 539 480 39.8 27,874 24,939 2,058 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.93 12.25 597 490 40.0 31,047 25,480 2,079 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.98 11.99 559 480 40.0 29,064 24,939 2,079 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 13.90 612 556 40.0 31,818 28,912 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.79 10.25 431 410 40.0 22,434 21,320 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.56 8.89 423 356 40.0 21,973 18,497 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.20 10.50 448 420 40.0 23,295 21,840 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $23.34 $15.58 $924 $611 39.6 $47,975 $31,720 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 33.15 27.40 1,327 1,096 40.0 68,786 56,992 2,075 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.04 19.18 842 767 40.0 43,765 39,894 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.57 36.53 1,503 1,461 40.0 78,147 75,974 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 40.68 39.58 1,627 1,583 40.0 84,608 82,322 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.35 29.48 879 1,061 37.6 31,997 38,210 1,370 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 61.29 28.18 2,434 1,127 39.7 126,551 58,604 2,065 Registered nurses................................................. 28.61 28.43 1,119 1,119 39.1 58,190 58,200 2,034 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.21 13.39 479 536 39.3 24,924 27,851 2,042 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Security guards................................................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.67 7.33 277 246 36.1 14,379 12,813 1,875 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.63 6.50 272 240 35.6 14,126 12,480 1,852 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.69 6.00 229 204 34.3 11,933 10,619 1,784 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.36 12.22 591 528 41.2 30,739 27,458 2,141 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.28 11.27 494 451 40.2 25,686 23,442 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.28 11.27 494 451 40.2 25,686 23,442 2,092 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.80 9.81 483 385 40.9 25,101 20,020 2,127 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.89 6.85 315 274 40.0 16,403 14,248 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 7.89 6.85 315 274 40.0 16,403 14,248 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.61 12.22 607 534 41.6 31,577 27,768 2,161 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.84 11.03 473 441 39.9 24,601 22,942 2,077 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.95 10.55 438 422 40.0 22,783 21,944 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.10 11.27 484 451 40.0 25,173 23,440 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.70 10.24 465 410 39.7 24,163 21,305 2,065 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.41 14.14 496 566 40.0 25,804 29,411 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.07 17.31 643 692 40.0 33,429 36,005 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.04 14.08 637 563 39.7 33,099 29,295 2,063 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.79 14.33 592 573 40.0 30,771 29,802 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.61 17.09 756 704 40.6 39,312 36,616 2,113 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $21.60 $21.66 $852 $866 39.5 $44,315 $45,051 2,052 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.09 28.45 976 1,081 38.9 50,761 56,217 2,024 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.63 20.54 745 822 40.0 38,752 42,723 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.58 14.35 662 574 39.9 34,438 29,848 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.63 25.45 966 916 40.9 50,243 47,646 2,126 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 12.17 541 487 40.0 28,113 25,314 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.06 12.82 517 513 39.6 26,890 26,666 2,058 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 10.00 526 400 39.4 27,336 20,800 2,049 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.34 10.00 526 400 39.4 27,336 20,800 2,049 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.53 11.90 581 476 40.0 30,213 24,752 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.73 22.80 749 912 40.0 38,954 47,418 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 22.00 847 880 40.0 44,047 45,760 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.96 16.27 677 651 39.9 35,216 33,850 2,077 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.16 16.17 646 647 40.0 33,605 33,634 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.64 7.91 424 316 39.8 22,047 16,453 2,071 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.41 12.32 536 493 40.0 27,891 25,626 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.55 15.63 622 625 40.0 32,326 32,500 2,079 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.98 11.99 559 480 40.0 29,064 24,939 2,079 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 13.90 612 556 40.0 31,818 28,912 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.78 9.06 431 362 40.0 22,423 18,845 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.56 8.89 423 356 40.0 21,973 18,497 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.20 10.50 448 420 40.0 23,295 21,840 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $21.86 $16.77 $905 $712 41.4 $42,211 $35,420 1,931 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.07 34.42 1,460 1,306 42.9 58,724 48,537 1,723 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.24 32.99 1,241 1,242 38.5 47,186 47,181 1,464 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.07 32.96 1,230 1,223 38.3 46,731 46,482 1,457 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.76 32.26 1,210 1,193 38.1 45,984 45,330 1,448 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.14 11.05 406 401 36.4 15,040 14,832 1,350 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.76 13.72 738 823 50.0 38,014 42,791 2,576 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.73 13.78 653 630 41.5 33,266 30,152 2,115 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.88 8.65 355 346 40.0 18,233 17,926 2,054 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.78 7.83 351 313 40.0 17,945 16,251 2,045 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.21 8.58 368 343 40.0 18,696 16,923 2,030 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.24 13.48 556 531 39.0 28,048 26,706 1,969 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.09 12.94 533 485 37.9 27,243 25,233 1,934 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.41 12.86 532 502 39.7 23,046 22,298 1,719 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.84 $13.02 $28.66 $28.52 Management, professional, and related...... 42.12 25.07 72.65 34.45 Management, business, and financial...... 34.93 25.47 – – Professional and related................. 46.74 23.15 90.36 31.52 Service.................................... 7.98 6.97 10.41 9.01 Sales and office........................... 12.31 12.27 12.20 13.01 Sales and related........................ 12.73 13.12 12.31 – Office and administrative support........ 11.92 11.36 12.12 14.28 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.29 14.94 21.16 22.13 Construction and extraction............. 14.79 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.61 15.64 21.80 21.92 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.99 12.71 12.93 20.51 Production............................... 16.40 13.00 13.49 21.14 Transportation and material moving....... 12.67 12.49 12.10 16.16 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........................................................... 13.7 7.2 30.4 7.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 20.4 9.7 30.4 10.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 11.5 10.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.0 21.0 49.0 10.0 Service............................................................. 8.0 5.4 13.2 12.0 Sales and office.................................................... 2.9 2.8 6.1 14.5 Sales and related................................................. 5.4 5.5 9.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.4 8.2 6.5 10.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.2 9.4 12.4 8.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 1.8 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.3 15.7 12.9 10.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.3 9.5 9.0 8.3 Production........................................................ 7.1 3.0 9.7 8.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 16.6 8.3 8.6 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 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $14.29 $12.22 $565 $486 39.5 $29,305 $25,293 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 25.47 24.77 1,019 991 40.0 52,730 51,528 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.45 6.00 269 216 36.1 13,991 11,213 1,877 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.13 6.00 216 204 35.3 11,233 10,628 1,834 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.30 14.00 647 560 42.3 33,657 29,120 2,200 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.94 7.75 543 310 41.9 28,219 16,120 2,180 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.09 11.00 443 440 40.0 23,039 22,880 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.23 10.44 449 418 40.0 23,367 21,715 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.64 15.65 650 660 41.6 33,822 34,320 2,163 Production occupations.............................................. 13.15 11.30 525 476 39.9 27,297 24,752 2,075 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.63 11.99 545 480 40.0 28,359 24,939 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.44 14.75 618 590 40.0 32,118 30,680 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.71 11.99 548 480 40.0 28,519 24,939 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $29.22 $22.77 $1,159 $898 39.7 $60,173 $46,634 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 43.09 35.32 1,726 1,442 40.1 89,696 74,990 2,082 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.57 36.53 1,503 1,461 40.0 78,147 75,974 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 40.68 39.58 1,627 1,583 40.0 84,608 82,322 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 63.18 28.18 2,509 1,127 39.7 130,489 58,604 2,065 Registered nurses................................................. 28.07 28.35 1,093 1,090 38.9 56,826 56,680 2,025 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Security guards................................................. 8.41 7.66 336 306 40.0 17,487 15,929 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.87 9.16 318 360 35.8 16,523 18,720 1,863 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.29 7.61 335 304 36.0 17,404 15,808 1,873 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.80 11.61 505 464 39.4 26,240 24,145 2,050 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.68 10.08 422 403 39.5 21,935 20,958 2,054 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.62 11.03 504 441 39.9 26,216 22,942 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.23 14.14 529 566 40.0 27,513 29,411 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.79 18.49 672 740 40.0 34,933 38,459 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.04 14.08 637 563 39.7 33,099 29,295 2,063 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.83 21.66 865 866 39.6 44,997 45,051 2,061 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 21.74 21.66 857 866 39.4 44,561 45,051 2,050 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.75 28.45 1,000 1,081 38.8 52,010 56,217 2,020 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.83 17.05 713 682 40.0 37,079 35,464 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.59 15.66 703 626 40.0 36,547 32,573 2,077 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.33 15.04 573 601 40.0 29,808 31,273 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.18 22.00 847 880 40.0 44,047 45,760 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.42 16.27 697 651 40.0 36,243 33,850 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.77 8.88 431 355 40.0 22,395 18,475 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.22 12.91 529 516 40.0 27,493 26,853 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.30 13.90 612 556 40.0 31,818 28,912 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.95 10.50 438 420 40.0 22,783 21,840 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.15 8.17 366 327 40.0 19,031 16,987 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $18.13 $18.13 – $22.05 $22.04 $22.07 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 38.93 42.22 29.72 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 34.45 34.93 26.91 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 40.92 46.94 29.94 Service............................................................. – – – 9.74 7.98 14.38 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 12.33 12.10 14.17 Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.43 12.43 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 12.26 11.81 14.17 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.32 25.32 – 16.35 16.40 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.65 14.78 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.39 25.39 – 17.37 17.42 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.63 15.63 – 14.83 14.87 14.28 Production........................................................ 15.68 15.68 – 16.58 16.58 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.52 15.52 – 12.60 12.29 14.28 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........................................................... 9.1 9.1 – 11.6 14.3 8.0 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 17.1 20.5 10.2 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.8 11.5 21.6 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 24.1 31.1 10.8 Service............................................................. – – – 9.4 8.0 7.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 2.6 2.5 5.5 Sales and related................................................. – – – 5.4 5.4 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.9 5.4 5.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.8 5.8 – 6.9 7.4 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 1.4 1.7 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.1 6.1 – 8.9 9.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.4 11.4 – 6.8 7.2 11.9 Production........................................................ 13.7 13.7 – 8.7 8.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 5.4 – 8.2 10.0 11.9 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.29 $18.62 – – Management, professional, and related............................... 31.75 32.52 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.79 34.24 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.80 31.32 – – Service............................................................. 9.70 7.89 – – Sales and office.................................................... 11.64 11.27 $17.90 $17.90 Sales and related................................................. 10.54 10.54 18.43 18.43 Office and administrative support................................. 12.25 11.78 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.93 17.02 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.79 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.32 18.46 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.68 14.70 19.39 19.39 Production........................................................ 16.32 16.32 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.26 11.89 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.8 – – Management, professional, and related............................... 6.9 8.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 10.8 11.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.8 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 9.5 7.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.5 9.5 9.5 Sales and related................................................. 9.3 9.3 10.1 10.1 Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 5.4 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.1 7.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.0 9.9 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 6.8 9.4 9.4 Production........................................................ 7.5 7.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 7.8 – – 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 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........................................................... $23.71 $25.61 $12.62 $20.57 - - $36.41 - - Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 24.02 - - 57.81 - - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - - 64.26 - - Service............................................................. – – – – - - 11.14 - - Sales and office.................................................... – 15.51 11.41 18.28 - - 11.80 - - Sales and related................................................. – – 11.91 – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. – 13.93 9.84 – - - 11.80 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 23.86 16.64 – - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 25.03 16.64 – - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.15 12.51 – - - – - - Production........................................................ – 17.75 – – - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.34 12.59 – - - – - - 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........................................................... 1.1 9.1 6.0 4.1 - - 28.7 - - Management, professional, and related............................... – – – .0 - - 38.2 - - Professional and related.......................................... – – – – - - 48.6 - - Service............................................................. – – – – - - 10.9 - - Sales and office.................................................... – 1.7 2.6 12.7 - - 8.6 - - Sales and related................................................. – – 5.0 – - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. – 7.8 12.6 – - - 8.6 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 6.3 11.6 – - - – - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 6.3 11.6 – - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 6.9 13.5 – - - – - - Production........................................................ – 6.7 – – - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.1 14.5 – - - – - - 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 180,500 147,600 33,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 60,000 43,100 16,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 17,400 16,300 1,100 Professional and related.......................................... 42,600 26,800 15,800 Service............................................................. 38,400 28,800 9,500 Sales and office.................................................... 38,500 34,500 4,000 Sales and related................................................. 16,600 16,600 – Office and administrative support................................. 21,900 18,000 4,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,900 12,200 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4,200 4,000 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8,600 8,000 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 30,800 28,900 1,900 Production........................................................ 17,400 17,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13,400 11,500 1,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, February 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 10,673 10,653 20 Total in sample....................................................... 213 197 16 Responding........................................................ 128 112 16 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 45 45 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 40 40 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.