NC SM 02/00/2008 Table: North Central Kansas, Summary, August 2007 Table 1. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), North Central Kansas, August 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........................................................... $16.15 5.0 $16.60 5.2 $10.30 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 24.98 9.8 25.64 9.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.26 8.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.02 2.9 19.59 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.55 5.2 20.55 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.55 2.1 22.40 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.80 2.3 24.80 2.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.16 3.1 23.42 2.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.08 .8 22.08 .8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.02 6.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.80 2.3 24.80 2.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.37 5.4 22.54 4.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.06 7.2 22.23 6.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.48 24.7 23.95 26.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 21.49 1.2 21.49 1.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.81 3.9 15.16 3.7 8.79 25.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.18 8.2 10.84 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.97 5.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.37 8.7 11.08 6.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.54 5.4 11.67 4.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.74 5.1 11.92 4.9 7.98 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 10.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.08 6.5 12.16 6.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.43 22.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.43 22.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.98 4.9 12.98 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.17 7.2 13.17 7.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.21 5.4 13.21 5.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.99 5.2 13.03 5.4 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.84 5.4 11.84 5.4 – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 13.63 2.9 13.63 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.95 8.1 12.95 8.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.61 10.9 – – 10.66 10.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 2. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), North Central Kansas, August 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.77 $10.91 $14.64 $19.87 $24.91 Management occupations.............................................. 16.50 19.17 26.00 27.35 35.63 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.16 19.69 22.74 23.88 29.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.50 12.57 19.62 23.77 28.07 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.64 19.72 23.09 26.70 28.61 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.97 18.96 22.30 26.03 28.46 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 16.97 18.49 21.63 25.40 28.46 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.45 16.44 19.87 21.46 25.05 Registered nurses................................................. 18.68 20.06 21.46 22.26 25.05 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.74 12.66 14.66 16.97 18.69 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.44 7.75 9.85 11.95 14.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.44 8.32 10.35 12.12 14.35 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.57 9.65 11.61 12.50 15.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.74 9.94 11.20 12.60 16.76 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.62 9.23 9.98 20.50 20.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.62 9.23 9.98 20.50 20.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.42 11.60 12.60 12.65 16.76 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.20 11.60 12.60 12.65 16.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.20 11.24 12.52 15.00 16.16 Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.20 10.20 11.24 12.52 15.37 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.11 12.31 13.34 14.07 16.85 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.46 11.46 13.61 15.00 15.69 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.37 8.37 10.20 13.79 15.07 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 3. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, North Central Kansas, August 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........................................................... $16.60 $14.72 $652 $587 39.3 $30,914 $29,287 1,863 Management occupations.............................................. 25.64 26.00 1,026 1,040 40.0 53,336 54,080 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.59 20.18 743 785 37.9 30,117 33,331 1,538 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.42 23.19 919 918 39.2 36,269 36,443 1,549 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.54 22.35 884 880 39.2 34,527 34,430 1,532 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.23 21.84 871 854 39.2 34,125 33,746 1,535 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.95 20.02 965 782 40.3 50,187 40,664 2,095 Registered nurses................................................. 21.49 21.46 844 858 39.3 43,896 44,639 2,042 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.16 15.00 606 600 40.0 31,532 31,200 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.84 11.45 434 458 40.0 19,302 20,488 1,780 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.08 11.45 443 458 40.0 23,044 23,816 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.67 11.61 467 464 40.0 24,271 24,151 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.92 11.42 472 457 39.6 23,947 21,796 2,008 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.98 12.60 505 504 38.9 24,435 23,754 1,882 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.21 12.60 510 504 38.6 24,328 23,296 1,841 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.03 12.52 521 501 40.0 27,101 26,042 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 11.84 11.24 473 450 40.0 24,618 23,379 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 13.63 13.34 545 534 40.0 28,343 27,747 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.95 13.61 518 544 40.0 26,932 28,309 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.