NC BL 06/00/2007 Table: Birmingham, AL, Bulletin 3135-59, February 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $17.48 5.1 36.8 $16.72 5.7 36.5 $22.30 2.2 38.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.07 5.0 38.5 28.22 6.8 38.3 27.68 3.1 38.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.25 12.9 40.4 32.08 15.1 40.4 33.24 11.9 40.1 Professional and related.......................................... 26.43 4.7 37.8 26.32 6.8 37.4 26.67 2.1 38.7 Service............................................................. 10.16 3.4 33.0 9.03 5.5 32.2 16.88 4.6 39.2 Sales and office.................................................... 14.05 6.6 36.2 13.99 7.1 36.0 14.75 4.9 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 15.01 14.6 34.6 15.05 14.8 34.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.61 5.2 37.0 13.46 5.8 36.7 14.89 5.1 39.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.82 11.1 39.9 16.80 11.6 40.0 17.45 9.5 39.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.72 15.7 40.0 16.68 16.3 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.04 11.5 39.8 17.05 12.2 39.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.53 3.1 37.4 13.35 3.2 37.7 15.81 5.0 34.1 Production........................................................ 14.50 3.7 38.8 14.42 3.9 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.73 6.0 36.3 12.46 6.6 36.9 16.06 2.6 30.5 Full time........................................................... 18.37 5.3 39.9 17.64 6.1 40.0 22.51 2.3 39.4 Part time........................................................... 11.05 13.4 23.5 10.92 14.2 23.6 15.01 19.6 22.5 Union............................................................... 18.98 7.4 35.4 18.66 8.9 35.3 21.33 8.4 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 17.37 5.3 36.9 16.57 6.1 36.6 22.36 2.5 38.8 Time................................................................ 17.60 5.2 36.6 16.79 6.0 36.3 22.30 2.2 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 15.99 13.2 39.3 15.99 13.2 39.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.38 9.5 35.8 14.39 9.6 35.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.10 4.6 36.1 14.75 4.6 36.0 22.52 9.0 38.1 500 workers or more................................................. 22.25 5.2 38.3 22.13 7.8 38.2 22.49 2.8 38.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $17.48 5.1 $18.37 5.3 $11.05 13.4 Management occupations.............................................. 40.36 16.4 40.36 16.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.46 13.4 46.46 13.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 49.18 26.3 49.18 26.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 59.94 20.6 59.94 20.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.23 4.4 22.23 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.98 2.3 17.98 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.23 6.3 27.23 6.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.58 11.9 23.58 11.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 8.4 36.48 8.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.86 3.1 31.86 3.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.63 5.4 34.63 5.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.51 7.5 21.61 7.7 – – Counselors........................................................ 26.93 18.0 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 26.93 18.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.59 4.3 29.84 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.18 1.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.26 7.8 29.82 5.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.35 .9 21.35 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.58 2.8 32.58 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.41 15.9 46.41 15.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.20 3.6 27.41 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.18 1.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.53 7.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.50 3.6 28.50 3.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.80 3.2 29.80 3.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.78 5.5 24.78 5.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.28 8.7 25.28 8.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.89 2.7 11.58 1.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.26 12.8 17.46 13.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.21 4.2 22.25 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 14.81 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.60 6.9 15.60 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.54 9.8 21.67 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.59 6.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.40 1.9 25.37 2.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.73 3.5 27.48 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. $25.83 1.6 $25.80 1.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.77 6.9 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.30 1.7 14.30 1.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 5.4 15.71 6.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.92 6.0 11.53 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.00 1.6 9.74 2.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.88 1.1 9.84 1.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.94 1.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.86 1.1 9.79 1.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.94 1.7 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 7.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.84 20.0 14.36 19.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.75 26.0 15.67 24.7 – – Police officers................................................... 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 17.2 – – – – Security guards Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 17.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.04 3.6 7.66 14.0 $6.46 1.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.64 7.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.71 6.7 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.09 6.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.10 4.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.77 6.8 8.73 6.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 4.2 7.61 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.96 26.7 14.96 26.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.24 4.9 8.19 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 4.2 7.61 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.52 5.7 8.52 5.7 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.01 14.6 16.67 11.6 8.09 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.06 8.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.79 18.1 16.96 12.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.96 4.9 12.60 2.6 8.09 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.06 8.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.14 14.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.14 14.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.88 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.61 5.2 13.83 5.4 11.64 12.1 Level 1 .................................................. $11.56 10.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.60 5.6 $9.66 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.29 7.8 11.40 8.1 $10.79 8.8 Level 4 .................................................. 13.99 4.3 14.01 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.04 6.1 17.04 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.17 4.3 20.17 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.06 6.8 13.12 6.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.94 7.0 18.94 7.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.07 7.9 14.44 7.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 4.3 11.54 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 3.4 13.51 3.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.42 10.9 17.42 10.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.16 .1 10.20 .6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.17 4.7 13.17 4.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.85 7.5 10.09 7.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.92 7.3 16.99 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 7.8 14.66 8.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 10.6 20.65 10.6 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.35 6.1 13.35 6.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 4.5 15.76 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 5.7 15.88 5.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.66 4.9 15.18 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.83 6.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.29 7.4 17.29 7.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.72 15.7 16.72 15.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.59 14.1 14.59 14.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.13 4.5 21.13 4.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 21.22 40.3 21.22 40.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.04 11.5 17.11 12.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 7.9 14.64 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.20 18.8 12.20 18.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.02 6.1 20.02 6.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.05 6.7 14.05 6.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.50 3.7 14.69 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 1.4 11.47 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.63 4.1 17.63 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.56 7.1 20.56 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.86 22.1 22.86 22.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.73 6.0 13.22 6.0 9.68 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 8.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. $11.88 7.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.82 4.1 $13.76 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.83 .6 14.83 .6 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.86 .8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.21 14.5 12.53 13.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.87 8.4 12.87 8.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.99 10.9 11.77 14.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 11.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 11.5 11.66 14.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $16.72 5.7 $17.64 6.1 $10.92 14.2 Management occupations.............................................. 41.19 20.5 41.19 20.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.24 7.9 41.24 7.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.14 4.8 22.14 4.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 8.4 36.48 8.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.97 2.5 31.97 2.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 34.52 5.7 34.52 5.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.74 24.3 19.97 31.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.18 1.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.54 .3 16.94 .0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.18 1.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.45 13.1 16.63 13.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.15 5.0 22.30 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.16 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.91 .7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.61 4.1 27.27 4.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.52 5.7 15.46 6.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.71 6.3 11.24 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.96 1.7 9.66 2.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.86 1.1 9.80 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.94 1.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.84 1.2 9.74 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.94 1.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.64 2.0 – – 6.46 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.28 1.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.10 4.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.93 5.1 7.93 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.57 4.1 7.57 4.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.93 5.2 7.93 5.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.57 4.1 7.57 4.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.05 14.8 16.73 11.7 8.09 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.11 8.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.79 18.1 16.96 12.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.96 5.0 12.65 2.7 8.09 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.11 8.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... $10.11 15.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.11 15.4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.88 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.46 5.8 $13.66 6.1 $11.75 12.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.58 10.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.47 5.8 9.52 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.27 8.0 11.34 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 5.3 13.96 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.01 6.3 17.01 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.05 4.7 20.05 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.34 7.8 12.39 8.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.63 8.0 18.63 8.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.05 8.6 14.46 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 4.3 11.54 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.20 12.1 18.20 12.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.16 .1 10.20 .6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.17 4.7 13.17 4.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.74 7.7 9.98 7.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.31 8.3 17.40 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.44 10.8 14.59 11.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.74 10.6 20.74 10.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.01 5.4 16.55 4.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.68 16.3 16.68 16.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.59 14.1 14.59 14.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.16 4.5 21.16 4.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.05 12.2 17.13 12.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 7.9 14.64 7.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.05 6.7 14.05 6.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.42 3.9 14.63 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 1.4 11.47 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.60 4.4 17.60 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.56 7.1 20.56 7.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.46 6.6 12.99 6.5 8.95 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 8.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.53 4.2 13.53 4.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.09 15.0 12.42 14.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.87 8.4 12.87 8.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.99 10.9 11.77 14.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 11.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 11.5 11.66 14.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $22.30 2.2 $22.51 2.3 $15.01 19.6 Management occupations.............................................. 36.92 14.0 36.92 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.40 20.1 57.40 20.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 49.16 28.1 49.16 28.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.13 7.6 23.13 7.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 6.8 22.93 6.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.38 3.7 30.38 3.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.35 .9 21.35 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.58 2.8 32.58 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.02 16.1 46.02 16.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.20 2.7 28.20 2.7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.66 3.7 28.66 3.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.03 3.3 30.03 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.96 2.3 25.96 2.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.43 6.5 22.10 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.91 4.2 22.91 4.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.38 5.1 28.38 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.52 2.9 19.52 2.9 – – Police officers................................................... 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.59 6.7 11.59 6.7 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.32 12.2 14.46 13.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.42 3.9 11.20 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.20 2.9 11.20 2.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.89 5.1 15.12 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.20 3.8 14.20 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.00 7.3 16.00 7.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 4.7 15.09 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 5.7 14.80 5.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.06 5.7 15.06 5.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.11 5.7 13.47 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.06 2.6 16.51 4.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.50 6.7 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.86 .8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $17.48 5.1 $18.37 5.3 $11.05 13.4 Management occupations.............................................. 40.36 16.4 40.36 16.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.08 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.36 7.7 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 49.18 26.3 49.18 26.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.23 4.4 22.23 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.67 6.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.79 6.3 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.58 11.9 23.58 11.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 8.4 36.48 8.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.86 3.1 31.86 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 27.95 9.0 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 34.63 5.4 34.63 5.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.51 7.5 21.61 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 16.97 1.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 26.93 18.0 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 26.93 18.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.59 4.3 29.84 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.11 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.74 2.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.20 3.6 27.41 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.47 9.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.50 3.6 28.50 3.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.80 3.2 29.80 3.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.78 5.5 24.78 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.79 6.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.28 8.7 25.28 8.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.89 2.7 11.58 1.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 2.7 11.58 1.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.26 12.8 17.46 13.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.21 4.2 22.25 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.02 9.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.72 11.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.11 4.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.73 3.5 27.48 4.0 – – Group III................................................. 27.53 4.2 27.52 4.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. $19.77 6.9 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.30 1.7 $14.30 1.8 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 5.4 15.71 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.51 7.4 15.51 7.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.92 6.0 11.53 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.89 6.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.88 1.1 9.84 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.88 1.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.86 1.1 9.79 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.86 1.1 9.79 1.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.84 20.0 14.36 19.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.29 17.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.08 1.5 – – – – Police officers................................................... 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.26 4.0 20.26 4.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.04 3.6 7.66 14.0 $6.46 1.2 Group I................................................... 6.85 2.2 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.09 6.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.09 6.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.10 4.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.10 4.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.77 6.8 8.73 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.43 6.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.24 4.9 8.19 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.17 5.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.52 5.7 8.52 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.43 5.6 8.43 5.6 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.01 14.6 16.67 11.6 8.09 .0 Group I................................................... 10.97 4.3 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.96 4.9 12.60 2.6 8.09 .0 Group I................................................... 10.97 4.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.14 14.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.14 14.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.88 .0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.95 .0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.61 5.2 13.83 5.4 11.64 12.1 Group I................................................... 12.00 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.10 4.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.94 7.0 18.94 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. $18.75 7.5 $18.75 7.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.07 7.9 14.44 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.78 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.29 6.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.42 10.9 17.42 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.50 3.9 13.50 3.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.16 .1 10.20 .6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.17 4.7 13.17 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.97 5.0 12.97 5.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.85 7.5 10.09 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.76 8.0 10.00 7.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.92 7.3 16.99 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.45 7.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.08 5.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 10.6 20.65 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.87 11.2 20.87 11.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.35 6.1 13.35 6.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 4.5 15.76 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.30 5.7 15.57 5.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.66 4.9 15.18 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.62 5.2 15.15 9.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.72 15.7 16.72 15.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.07 10.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.93 6.8 – – – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 21.22 40.3 21.22 40.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.04 11.5 17.11 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.39 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.18 16.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.05 6.7 14.05 6.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.50 3.7 14.69 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.04 10.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.50 4.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.86 22.1 22.86 22.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.73 6.0 13.22 6.0 $9.68 3.3 Group I................................................... 11.12 6.1 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.86 .8 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.86 .8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.21 14.5 12.53 13.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.87 8.4 12.87 8.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.99 10.9 11.77 14.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.79 11.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... $10.94 11.5 $11.66 14.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.83 12.2 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.06 $10.20 $14.20 $21.40 $30.06 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 28.60 31.30 45.00 76.97 Education administrators.......................................... 28.60 35.04 40.25 76.97 76.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.50 17.58 21.50 25.01 29.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.58 17.58 18.79 29.64 35.72 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.15 32.00 35.48 36.58 59.98 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.40 28.37 30.75 38.19 43.23 Engineers......................................................... 29.47 30.06 30.75 40.82 43.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.42 15.36 17.72 24.10 36.76 Counselors........................................................ 15.36 16.12 30.24 36.76 36.76 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.36 16.12 30.24 36.76 36.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.50 20.49 28.44 34.66 44.99 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.31 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 20.38 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 20.49 25.77 31.23 34.66 34.66 Secondary school teachers....................................... 16.67 20.31 23.31 29.99 33.92 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 16.67 20.31 29.17 29.99 33.92 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.81 9.99 12.10 12.23 12.23 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.20 12.20 15.00 17.91 24.62 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.65 17.09 23.25 28.56 30.40 Registered nurses................................................. 23.43 23.43 28.43 29.75 35.38 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.22 14.51 20.92 23.26 26.17 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.50 13.25 14.15 15.41 16.95 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.65 17.00 17.75 17.75 17.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.52 10.00 13.46 13.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.76 9.34 9.95 10.50 11.01 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 9.34 9.60 10.50 11.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 10.20 10.20 19.36 21.81 Police officers................................................... 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.38 5.60 6.50 8.00 10.45 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.86 8.20 10.89 10.89 10.92 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.25 5.38 5.50 6.00 8.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.05 7.00 8.21 9.25 11.03 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.05 7.00 8.21 9.00 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.00 8.42 9.25 10.97 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.08 10.60 13.48 19.45 24.13 Retail sales workers.............................................. $7.75 $8.08 $11.14 $13.42 $13.48 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.18 8.05 8.55 13.48 13.48 Cashiers...................................................... 6.18 8.05 8.55 13.48 13.48 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.95 10.93 12.82 12.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.65 10.05 12.50 15.74 20.12 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.39 15.39 17.97 20.62 22.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.56 10.39 12.92 16.77 22.87 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.54 13.00 17.51 22.87 23.25 Tellers......................................................... 9.56 9.56 10.09 10.52 10.88 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 11.58 13.00 13.88 15.87 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.06 8.06 9.49 12.02 12.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.95 12.62 15.89 19.44 25.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.19 16.00 19.68 25.29 27.23 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.95 11.95 12.34 15.10 16.02 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.63 12.50 16.05 18.25 18.63 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 10.26 13.48 20.00 20.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.49 11.29 15.50 20.42 32.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.05 12.60 15.25 32.50 32.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.02 12.82 16.00 21.43 26.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 12.16 12.16 12.52 16.00 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.25 13.50 16.12 19.85 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.85 14.85 19.82 34.08 37.71 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.50 11.92 15.45 18.87 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.45 14.39 14.86 16.38 16.38 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 10.92 16.07 19.13 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.79 10.01 13.42 14.90 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.21 9.00 10.00 13.44 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.21 9.00 10.00 13.44 17.53 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), Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $9.97 $13.46 $20.41 $29.75 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 30.00 30.76 45.00 69.78 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.40 17.58 21.50 24.52 33.17 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.15 32.00 35.48 36.58 59.98 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.95 29.65 30.75 37.22 42.05 Engineers......................................................... 30.06 30.06 30.75 40.82 43.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 12.50 16.67 22.49 23.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.25 12.50 16.67 22.49 22.49 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.20 12.20 15.00 17.91 24.62 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.65 17.09 23.43 28.45 29.75 Registered nurses................................................. 23.43 23.43 28.13 29.75 36.18 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.65 16.45 17.50 17.75 17.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.38 10.00 11.95 13.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 9.34 9.75 10.50 11.09 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.50 9.34 9.52 10.50 11.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.38 5.50 6.37 7.02 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.25 5.38 5.50 6.00 8.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.05 7.00 8.00 8.81 9.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.05 7.00 8.00 8.81 9.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.08 10.63 13.48 19.99 24.13 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.08 11.33 13.42 13.48 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.18 8.05 8.48 13.48 13.48 Cashiers...................................................... 6.18 8.05 8.48 13.48 13.48 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.95 10.93 12.82 12.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 10.00 12.02 15.39 20.41 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.39 15.39 17.79 20.62 22.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.56 10.29 12.71 16.77 22.87 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.92 13.00 20.85 22.87 23.25 Tellers......................................................... 9.56 9.56 10.09 10.52 10.88 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 11.58 13.00 13.88 15.87 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.06 8.06 9.49 12.02 12.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.95 12.62 15.95 19.80 26.38 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.19 16.63 19.90 25.29 27.23 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.29 12.38 18.25 18.25 18.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.49 11.05 15.50 20.42 32.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.82 15.81 22.12 27.69 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $12.16 $12.16 $12.52 $16.00 $19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.18 13.45 16.12 19.82 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.20 11.61 14.90 17.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 10.82 16.07 19.13 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.79 10.01 13.42 14.90 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.21 9.00 10.00 13.44 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.21 9.00 10.00 13.44 17.53 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), Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.97 $14.39 $19.81 $27.08 $34.66 Management occupations.............................................. 15.87 24.62 34.62 42.19 76.97 Education administrators.......................................... 28.60 35.04 38.20 76.97 76.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.78 18.80 25.01 26.35 26.35 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.85 15.97 20.42 28.49 36.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.62 20.49 29.17 34.66 45.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.38 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 20.38 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 20.49 26.92 31.24 34.66 34.66 Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.31 20.31 23.31 29.99 33.92 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.50 16.16 22.89 29.23 31.01 Registered nurses................................................. 22.98 25.76 29.23 31.01 33.45 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.80 15.98 20.42 21.81 25.30 Police officers................................................... 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.59 10.89 10.89 14.34 14.34 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 10.80 12.65 15.97 27.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.40 9.88 11.61 12.65 12.84 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.40 9.56 11.03 12.38 12.84 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.78 11.98 14.81 17.51 20.12 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.41 12.74 14.77 16.62 18.33 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.47 12.56 14.13 17.33 19.24 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.44 10.49 12.56 15.53 17.51 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.78 14.39 16.30 18.87 19.00 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.45 14.39 14.86 16.38 16.38 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), Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.80 $11.11 $15.25 $22.62 $31.24 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 28.60 31.30 45.00 76.97 Education administrators.......................................... 28.60 35.04 40.25 76.97 76.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.50 17.58 21.50 25.01 29.64 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.58 17.58 18.79 29.64 35.72 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.15 32.00 35.48 36.58 59.98 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.40 28.37 30.75 38.19 43.23 Engineers......................................................... 29.47 30.06 30.75 40.82 43.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.42 15.36 17.72 24.10 36.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.50 20.49 28.44 34.66 45.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.38 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 20.38 20.49 28.44 34.66 34.66 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 20.49 25.77 31.23 34.66 34.66 Secondary school teachers....................................... 16.67 20.31 23.31 29.99 33.92 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 16.67 20.31 29.17 29.99 33.92 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.99 10.00 12.10 12.10 12.23 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.20 12.20 17.54 17.91 24.62 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.76 16.95 23.43 28.08 31.39 Registered nurses................................................. 23.43 23.43 26.79 29.83 36.18 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.50 13.25 14.15 15.41 16.95 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 12.65 12.65 17.09 17.09 17.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 9.34 10.50 13.46 13.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.34 9.34 10.04 11.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.34 9.34 10.09 11.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 10.20 10.50 19.36 22.50 Police officers................................................... 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 14.08 18.03 21.48 21.81 24.24 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.75 6.00 6.50 9.00 10.89 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.05 7.00 8.21 9.25 11.03 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.05 7.00 8.21 9.00 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.00 8.42 9.25 10.97 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.33 12.82 14.20 22.51 24.13 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.22 11.74 12.82 13.48 14.49 Office and administrative support occupations....................... $9.00 $10.80 $12.92 $15.97 $20.71 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.39 15.39 17.97 20.62 22.55 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.56 10.82 12.92 17.02 22.87 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.54 13.00 17.51 22.87 23.25 Tellers......................................................... 9.56 9.56 10.29 10.73 10.98 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 11.58 13.00 13.88 15.87 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.06 8.06 9.49 12.02 12.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.95 12.96 15.94 19.44 25.40 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.19 16.00 19.68 25.29 27.23 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.95 11.95 12.34 15.10 16.02 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.35 12.74 16.76 18.25 18.64 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.30 11.98 14.79 17.51 20.71 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.49 11.29 15.50 20.42 32.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.05 12.60 15.25 32.50 32.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.82 16.00 21.43 27.69 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 12.16 12.16 12.52 16.00 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 10.26 14.00 16.12 20.04 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.85 14.85 19.82 34.08 37.71 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.01 12.83 15.45 19.13 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 11.22 16.07 19.13 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.79 10.01 13.42 14.90 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.21 6.21 11.92 14.26 17.53 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.21 6.21 11.92 13.44 17.53 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), Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.65 $9.20 $11.09 $17.75 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.25 5.38 6.00 7.02 8.73 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.18 7.75 8.08 8.48 9.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.18 7.75 8.08 8.48 9.45 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.81 9.04 10.00 13.48 20.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.35 9.00 9.20 9.20 14.39 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $18.37 $15.25 $733 $609 39.9 $37,525 $31,720 2,042 Management occupations.............................................. 40.36 31.30 1,643 1,250 40.7 84,921 62,922 2,104 Education administrators.......................................... 49.18 40.25 1,891 1,514 38.5 93,213 75,512 1,895 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.23 21.50 888 860 40.0 46,192 44,720 2,078 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.58 18.79 937 751 39.7 48,700 39,073 2,066 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 35.48 1,459 1,419 40.0 75,887 73,790 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.86 30.75 1,311 1,256 41.2 68,190 65,304 2,140 Engineers......................................................... 34.63 30.75 1,442 1,398 41.6 74,962 72,713 2,165 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.61 17.72 857 709 39.7 42,940 38,892 1,987 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.84 28.44 1,140 995 38.2 45,309 37,294 1,518 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.41 28.44 1,046 995 38.1 38,901 37,294 1,419 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.50 28.44 1,085 1,039 38.1 40,060 39,798 1,406 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.80 31.23 1,126 1,112 37.8 41,091 42,675 1,379 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.78 23.31 960 932 38.7 36,482 37,294 1,472 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.28 29.17 969 1,021 38.3 36,236 37,161 1,434 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.58 12.10 437 459 37.8 16,957 16,506 1,465 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.46 17.54 699 702 40.0 36,324 36,489 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.25 23.43 890 937 40.0 46,286 48,736 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.48 26.79 1,099 1,072 40.0 57,154 55,723 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.30 14.15 572 566 40.0 29,740 29,432 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.71 17.09 628 684 40.0 32,673 35,551 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.53 10.50 461 420 40.0 23,992 21,840 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.84 9.34 394 374 40.0 20,471 19,433 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.79 9.34 392 374 40.0 20,360 19,433 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.36 10.50 584 408 40.6 30,208 21,216 2,103 Police officers................................................... 20.26 21.48 810 859 40.0 41,902 44,678 2,069 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.26 21.48 810 859 40.0 41,902 44,678 2,069 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.66 6.50 293 260 38.2 14,462 13,520 1,887 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.73 8.21 341 328 39.0 17,680 17,081 2,026 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.19 8.21 319 320 39.0 16,561 16,640 2,023 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.52 8.42 329 320 38.6 17,083 16,640 2,005 Sales and related occupations....................................... $16.67 $14.20 $664 $568 39.8 $34,519 $29,540 2,071 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.60 12.82 500 513 39.7 26,023 26,668 2,065 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.83 12.92 551 517 39.9 28,448 26,111 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.94 17.97 757 719 40.0 39,387 37,369 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.44 12.92 575 517 39.8 29,897 26,869 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.42 17.51 690 701 39.6 35,867 36,427 2,059 Tellers......................................................... 10.20 10.29 408 412 40.0 21,218 21,399 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.17 13.00 526 520 39.9 27,366 27,040 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.09 9.49 403 380 39.9 20,947 19,743 2,075 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.99 15.94 678 638 39.9 34,725 32,448 2,043 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 19.68 826 787 40.0 42,813 40,930 2,073 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.35 12.34 534 494 40.0 27,763 25,667 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.76 16.76 622 648 39.4 30,606 29,931 1,942 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.18 14.79 597 592 39.4 29,759 30,763 1,961 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.72 15.50 669 620 40.0 34,774 32,240 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 21.22 15.25 849 610 40.0 44,134 31,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.11 16.00 687 640 40.1 35,715 33,280 2,087 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 14.05 12.52 562 501 40.0 29,226 26,042 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.69 14.00 589 560 40.1 30,621 29,120 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 22.86 19.82 929 594 40.6 48,316 30,880 2,113 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $13.22 $12.83 $527 $513 39.9 $27,308 $26,682 2,066 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.53 11.22 506 450 40.4 26,306 23,400 2,100 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.87 13.42 515 537 40.0 26,776 27,920 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.77 11.92 471 477 40.0 24,481 24,792 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.66 11.92 466 477 40.0 24,247 24,792 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $17.64 $14.20 $705 $568 40.0 $36,650 $29,540 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 41.19 30.76 1,683 1,221 40.9 87,522 63,502 2,125 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.14 21.50 884 860 39.9 45,983 44,720 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 35.48 1,459 1,419 40.0 75,887 73,790 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.97 30.75 1,320 1,261 41.3 68,627 65,564 2,147 Engineers......................................................... 34.52 30.75 1,444 1,398 41.8 75,084 72,713 2,175 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.97 16.67 667 667 33.4 26,130 26,630 1,308 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.94 16.67 664 667 39.2 25,113 24,000 1,483 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.63 17.54 665 702 40.0 34,585 36,489 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.30 23.43 892 937 40.0 46,377 48,736 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.27 25.63 1,091 1,025 40.0 56,718 53,315 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.46 17.09 618 684 40.0 32,158 35,551 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.24 10.45 450 418 40.0 23,389 21,736 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.80 9.34 392 374 40.0 20,394 19,433 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.74 9.34 390 374 40.0 20,254 19,433 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.93 8.00 308 320 38.9 16,038 16,640 2,022 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.93 8.00 308 320 38.9 16,039 16,640 2,021 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.73 14.20 666 568 39.8 34,643 29,540 2,071 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.65 12.82 502 513 39.7 26,106 26,668 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.66 12.50 545 500 39.9 28,353 26,000 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.63 17.79 745 712 40.0 38,745 36,999 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.46 12.92 576 517 39.8 29,927 26,869 2,070 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.20 20.85 719 834 39.5 37,393 43,370 2,054 Tellers......................................................... 10.20 10.29 408 412 40.0 21,218 21,399 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.17 13.00 526 520 39.9 27,366 27,040 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.98 9.49 398 380 39.9 20,708 19,743 2,075 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.40 16.00 696 640 40.0 36,189 33,280 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.74 19.90 830 796 40.0 43,138 41,400 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.55 18.25 662 730 40.0 34,426 37,958 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.68 15.50 667 620 40.0 34,688 32,240 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.13 16.00 688 640 40.2 35,780 33,280 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $14.05 $12.52 $562 $501 40.0 $29,226 $26,042 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.63 13.88 586 555 40.1 30,492 28,860 2,084 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.99 12.61 521 513 40.1 27,105 26,682 2,087 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.42 11.03 502 441 40.4 26,086 22,942 2,101 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.87 13.42 515 537 40.0 26,776 27,920 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.77 11.92 471 477 40.0 24,481 24,792 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.66 11.92 466 477 40.0 24,247 24,792 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $22.51 $20.12 $887 $805 39.4 $41,949 $37,161 1,864 Management occupations.............................................. 36.92 34.62 1,479 1,385 40.1 74,590 59,496 2,020 Education administrators.......................................... 49.16 38.20 1,971 1,522 40.1 96,608 77,220 1,965 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.13 25.01 931 1,000 40.2 48,417 52,021 2,093 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 20.42 907 817 39.5 44,888 42,476 1,957 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.38 29.17 1,170 1,046 38.5 46,535 39,798 1,532 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.20 28.44 1,074 1,021 38.1 39,895 38,939 1,415 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.66 28.44 1,090 1,061 38.0 40,259 39,798 1,405 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.03 31.24 1,133 1,143 37.7 41,350 43,757 1,377 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.96 23.31 1,002 932 38.6 38,309 37,294 1,476 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.10 22.39 884 896 40.0 45,977 46,571 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 28.38 29.23 1,135 1,169 40.0 59,033 60,800 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.52 20.42 822 831 42.1 42,268 42,806 2,165 Police officers................................................... 20.26 21.48 810 859 40.0 41,902 44,678 2,069 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.26 21.48 810 859 40.0 41,902 44,678 2,069 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.59 10.89 392 327 33.8 15,921 13,073 1,373 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.46 12.84 578 514 40.0 29,714 26,707 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.20 11.03 448 441 40.0 22,826 22,464 2,038 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.20 11.03 448 441 40.0 22,826 22,464 2,038 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.12 15.37 597 586 39.5 29,131 28,475 1,926 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.09 14.77 592 584 39.3 28,460 28,122 1,886 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.06 14.13 587 562 39.0 27,669 26,208 1,837 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.47 12.56 534 488 39.7 25,837 24,914 1,919 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.51 16.38 603 655 36.6 29,842 34,070 1,808 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.72 $14.39 $14.75 $22.13 Management, professional, and related...... 28.22 26.83 24.33 30.28 Management, business, and financial...... 32.08 28.95 – 36.33 Professional and related................. 26.32 20.79 24.12 28.06 Service.................................... 9.03 8.02 9.65 10.68 Sales and office........................... 13.99 13.29 13.39 15.32 Sales and related........................ 15.05 15.15 13.95 – Office and administrative support........ 13.46 12.28 12.80 14.96 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 16.80 17.90 14.92 21.72 Construction and extraction............. 16.68 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.05 14.59 17.78 22.21 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.35 11.04 14.29 15.34 Production............................... 14.42 13.21 14.42 17.00 Transportation and material moving....... 12.46 9.47 14.17 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.7 9.6 4.6 7.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.8 9.8 6.7 9.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 15.1 6.9 – 24.2 Professional and related.......................................... 6.8 31.2 6.1 7.8 Service............................................................. 5.5 11.3 3.2 6.5 Sales and office.................................................... 7.1 8.0 10.8 10.1 Sales and related................................................. 14.8 14.4 18.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.8 6.0 6.9 9.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.6 14.3 9.7 17.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.3 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.2 12.5 7.7 18.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 9.3 7.6 4.8 Production........................................................ 3.9 13.7 2.5 5.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.6 6.7 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 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $15.32 $13.25 $611 $520 39.9 $31,690 $27,040 2,068 Management occupations.............................................. 34.40 30.00 1,376 1,200 40.0 71,543 62,400 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.46 21.50 938 860 40.0 48,797 44,720 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.36 16.67 632 595 38.7 24,818 24,000 1,517 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.94 16.67 664 667 39.2 25,113 24,000 1,483 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.19 13.48 647 539 40.0 33,669 28,038 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.16 11.95 486 478 40.0 25,295 24,856 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.64 12.00 546 480 40.0 28,376 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.56 12.82 588 513 40.4 30,562 26,659 2,099 Production occupations.............................................. 13.21 12.00 528 480 40.0 27,480 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.65 9.79 386 392 40.0 20,070 20,363 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $19.01 $15.66 $762 $626 40.1 $39,600 $32,406 2,083 Management occupations.............................................. 46.41 35.43 1,928 1,417 41.6 100,280 73,694 2,161 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.97 22.20 836 891 39.9 43,490 46,342 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.48 35.48 1,459 1,419 40.0 75,887 73,790 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.97 30.06 1,282 1,202 41.4 66,677 62,523 2,153 Engineers......................................................... 33.40 30.75 1,405 1,314 42.1 73,075 68,332 2,188 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.63 17.54 665 702 40.0 34,585 36,489 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.99 23.43 920 937 40.0 47,818 48,736 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.27 25.63 1,091 1,025 40.0 56,718 53,315 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.05 9.57 402 383 40.0 20,906 19,906 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.80 9.34 392 374 40.0 20,394 19,433 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.74 9.34 390 374 40.0 20,254 19,433 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.28 17.07 685 743 39.6 35,621 38,626 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.68 13.44 585 538 39.9 30,433 27,955 2,073 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.06 14.34 597 574 39.7 31,061 29,823 2,062 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.41 20.85 722 834 39.2 37,544 43,370 2,040 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.10 12.02 524 481 40.0 27,248 25,002 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.57 17.11 743 684 40.0 38,620 35,589 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 20.96 831 838 40.0 43,222 43,601 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.25 12.60 570 504 40.0 29,632 26,208 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.55 17.49 782 700 40.0 40,669 36,379 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.62 15.81 625 632 40.0 32,493 32,883 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.30 14.17 614 567 40.1 31,924 29,476 2,086 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 13.44 585 538 40.2 30,410 27,955 2,090 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.02 13.44 481 538 40.0 25,010 27,955 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 11.92 476 477 40.0 24,746 24,792 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... $18.98 $18.66 $21.33 $17.37 $16.57 $22.36 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 28.17 28.34 27.67 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 32.25 32.08 33.24 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 26.50 26.46 26.59 Service............................................................. – – – 10.10 8.95 16.97 Sales and office.................................................... 18.47 18.53 – 13.73 13.64 14.72 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.57 14.61 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.40 13.22 14.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.67 22.21 – 15.87 15.79 18.23 Construction and extraction...................................... 19.52 20.13 – 16.31 16.22 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.04 24.30 – 14.83 14.70 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.42 – – 13.17 12.95 16.03 Production........................................................ 16.22 16.22 – 14.15 14.02 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.37 12.10 16.62 Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 7.4 8.9 8.4 5.3 6.1 2.5 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.2 7.0 3.3 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 12.9 15.1 11.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.9 7.1 2.3 Service............................................................. – – – 3.4 5.7 4.6 Sales and office.................................................... 19.0 19.3 – 6.1 6.7 5.1 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.7 14.9 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 5.2 5.8 5.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.8 6.7 – 14.6 15.2 8.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.9 5.2 – 19.8 20.4 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.5 7.3 – 5.9 5.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 – – 3.6 3.6 6.0 Production........................................................ 10.3 10.3 – 5.8 6.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 7.2 8.0 3.6 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.60 $16.79 $15.99 $15.99 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.14 28.32 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 32.63 32.52 – – Professional and related.......................................... 26.43 26.32 – – Service............................................................. 10.16 9.03 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.66 13.56 16.43 16.43 Sales and related................................................. 13.74 13.77 – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.64 13.47 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.09 17.07 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.21 18.33 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.34 13.11 – – Production........................................................ 14.54 14.46 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.28 11.91 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.2 6.0 13.2 13.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.1 7.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 13.4 15.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.7 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 3.4 5.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 6.7 7.3 16.5 16.5 Sales and related................................................. 14.6 14.8 – – Office and administrative support................................. 5.6 6.4 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.9 12.5 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.8 11.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.8 3.8 – – Production........................................................ 4.7 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 6.5 – – 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, Birmingham, AL, 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........................................................... - $17.79 - $21.59 $19.12 - - - – Management, professional, and related............................... - 26.88 - 23.20 31.74 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - – - – 27.25 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - – - – 44.26 - - - – Service............................................................. - – - – – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - – - – 13.37 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - – - – – - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - – - 17.09 12.97 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 17.80 - – – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 18.20 - – – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 15.08 - – – - - - – Production........................................................ - 15.41 - – – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - – - – – - - - – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... - 18.6 - 19.7 13.9 - - - – Management, professional, and related............................... - 5.4 - 31.1 11.9 - - - – Management, business, and financial............................... - – - – 10.3 - - - – Professional and related.......................................... - – - – 7.3 - - - – Service............................................................. - – - – – - - - – Sales and office.................................................... - – - – 5.9 - - - – Sales and related................................................. - – - – – - - - – Office and administrative support................................. - – - 19.9 7.2 - - - – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 2.5 - – – - - - – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 1.9 - – – - - - – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 6.7 - – – - - - – Production........................................................ - 5.8 - – – - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ - – - – – - - - – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 440,100 378,400 61,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 117,000 82,900 34,100 Management, business, and financial............................... 30,400 25,800 4,500 Professional and related.......................................... 86,600 57,000 29,500 Service............................................................. 87,400 76,700 10,700 Sales and office.................................................... 126,800 117,200 9,600 Sales and related................................................. 41,100 40,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 85,700 76,400 9,300 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 50,200 48,000 2,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 33,800 32,600 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16,400 15,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 58,700 53,600 5,100 Production........................................................ 25,400 23,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,300 29,900 3,400 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, Birmingham, AL, February 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 23,077 23,021 56 Total in sample....................................................... 178 159 19 Responding........................................................ 107 90 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 51 49 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 20 20 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.