NC BL 09/00/2008 Table: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, Bulletin, January 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $14.99 2.1 36.6 $14.28 2.3 36.5 $18.80 3.2 37.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 23.27 5.3 38.1 24.92 9.0 38.2 21.67 4.1 38.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.12 6.8 40.8 33.22 6.6 41.1 21.56 8.0 40.3 Professional and related.......................................... 21.26 4.7 37.3 20.70 9.5 36.9 21.69 4.8 37.6 Service............................................................. 9.33 5.6 30.3 8.40 5.6 29.2 13.98 4.3 37.3 Sales and office.................................................... 13.28 3.3 36.4 13.24 3.5 36.3 13.80 7.8 37.2 Sales and related................................................. 12.06 2.8 33.7 12.06 2.8 33.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.86 4.3 37.8 13.87 4.7 37.9 13.80 7.8 37.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.03 8.1 40.0 14.85 9.5 40.0 15.83 5.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 12.86 11.2 40.0 12.63 11.6 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.83 2.9 39.9 17.03 3.1 39.9 16.18 6.7 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.05 3.1 38.6 14.07 3.2 38.8 – – – Production........................................................ 14.33 2.6 39.1 14.33 2.6 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.38 8.3 37.5 13.43 8.6 38.1 – – – Full time........................................................... 15.68 2.1 39.8 15.03 2.4 39.8 19.04 3.7 40.1 Part time........................................................... 8.56 4.5 21.1 7.95 4.3 21.4 14.76 8.3 18.6 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.93 2.0 36.7 14.20 2.2 36.5 18.80 3.2 37.6 Time................................................................ 14.82 2.5 36.4 14.01 2.9 36.1 18.80 3.2 37.6 Incentive........................................................... 17.08 6.8 40.6 17.08 6.8 40.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.44 2.4 39.1 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.34 3.8 34.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.01 3.7 35.3 12.76 4.0 35.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.23 2.7 37.9 15.17 2.7 38.1 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 18.50 2.6 37.8 17.69 3.7 37.6 19.30 4.4 38.0 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 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 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $14.99 2.1 $15.68 2.1 $8.56 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.80 9.0 33.80 9.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 39.61 11.9 39.61 11.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.87 8.6 24.87 8.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.25 9.1 23.25 9.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.84 2.5 22.08 2.7 17.52 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.05 8.5 22.31 9.4 18.61 11.2 Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 5.9 12.81 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.11 8.7 16.01 9.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.80 4.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.49 8.0 22.09 9.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.82 2.3 24.79 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.28 13.0 33.28 13.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.76 6.3 29.05 6.3 24.92 .6 Level 7 .................................................. 23.69 1.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.31 1.0 25.30 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.28 9.3 30.28 9.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.28 7.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.30 13.1 16.41 14.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 9.5 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.11 9.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 9.5 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.19 4.4 25.15 4.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.97 8.1 18.33 8.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.76 3.8 10.06 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 4.8 10.58 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 6.1 9.24 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 .8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.01 3.8 9.43 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.49 3.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.66 3.5 8.58 6.3 – – Home health aides............................................... 8.42 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 14.7 10.01 14.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.65 9.4 8.65 9.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.85 4.8 12.04 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 .8 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.46 2.6 12.29 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 .8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.82 8.2 13.16 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.68 11.7 8.82 9.6 6.47 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 6.47 5.7 6.75 1.7 6.21 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.74 12.3 9.28 6.6 6.62 18.8 Cooks............................................................. 7.27 1.0 7.36 3.2 7.10 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 1.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.18 34.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.66 25.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 5.5 – – 7.25 7.3 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.57 5.5 – – 7.25 7.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.97 9.5 11.03 15.8 7.55 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.59 2.4 7.66 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.51 3.9 9.01 12.0 7.55 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.59 2.4 7.66 4.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.40 5.2 8.76 13.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.73 3.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.44 3.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.06 2.8 13.35 3.3 7.18 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 13.1 – – 6.81 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.98 18.3 10.10 23.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.29 2.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.50 8.0 17.50 8.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.09 3.6 12.43 5.3 7.18 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 13.1 – – 6.81 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.98 18.3 10.10 23.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.91 13.2 – – 6.82 2.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.91 13.2 – – 6.82 2.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.90 6.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.86 4.3 14.14 3.9 9.06 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.42 3.6 11.44 3.0 8.09 3.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.77 3.0 11.74 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.96 3.9 13.98 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.23 5.2 15.23 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.76 6.4 18.76 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.25 8.1 18.25 8.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.60 8.9 13.33 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 4.1 14.08 4.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.34 5.8 13.52 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.49 5.0 12.67 5.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.07 1.7 14.07 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 5.2 13.56 5.2 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.59 7.5 13.59 7.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 5.0 14.16 5.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.07 2.5 13.07 2.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.39 3.4 12.39 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.86 11.2 12.86 11.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 2.9 16.83 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.29 5.2 16.29 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.30 4.8 17.30 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.21 3.0 21.21 3.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.35 2.5 19.35 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.17 1.7 21.17 1.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.89 2.1 19.89 2.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.26 2.8 20.26 2.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.33 2.6 14.35 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.92 1.8 9.92 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.23 5.9 11.28 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 2.7 13.60 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.66 3.2 15.66 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.81 4.0 16.81 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 5.9 20.14 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.36 1.5 18.36 1.5 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.93 10.9 11.93 10.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.22 4.7 12.33 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.12 1.6 10.12 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.79 4.2 12.79 4.2 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.48 9.7 13.54 9.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.04 5.4 15.04 5.4 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.84 7.0 12.84 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.42 5.2 13.42 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 3.1 12.87 3.1 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.61 8.1 13.61 8.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.88 5.5 18.88 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.59 4.2 19.59 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.19 3.1 21.19 3.1 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 21.76 4.0 21.76 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.24 3.1 20.24 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.61 9.3 22.61 9.3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.32 2.4 14.32 2.4 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.04 1.5 15.04 1.5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.20 6.2 13.20 6.2 – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.57 8.3 14.57 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.82 11.3 14.82 11.3 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 14.66 3.0 14.66 3.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.56 5.0 14.56 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.24 .9 14.24 .9 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.18 3.8 12.18 3.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.18 5.1 13.18 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 .0 10.32 .0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 7.7 12.01 7.7 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 10.7 11.76 10.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.38 8.3 13.76 8.3 10.30 10.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.82 4.0 10.19 3.4 8.71 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.95 4.9 10.75 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.74 13.5 18.31 13.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.31 2.7 19.31 2.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.56 15.8 15.71 16.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.61 5.9 12.39 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.15 6.5 11.83 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.01 3.1 11.35 1.4 9.52 11.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.18 3.1 10.62 1.9 8.91 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.75 5.8 10.32 5.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.61 2.7 12.04 3.3 10.42 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.66 2.4 11.21 4.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.70 5.1 11.27 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.63 6.9 10.31 4.6 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $14.28 2.3 $15.03 2.4 $7.95 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 35.54 7.7 35.54 7.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.37 9.3 29.37 9.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.92 7.9 23.64 8.9 15.70 14.5 Level 4 .................................................. – – 14.87 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.05 12.0 16.96 13.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.80 4.2 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.82 2.3 24.79 2.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.04 5.0 30.05 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.31 1.0 25.30 1.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.30 13.1 16.41 14.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 9.5 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.11 9.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 9.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.97 8.1 18.33 8.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.48 3.5 10.06 3.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 4.8 10.58 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 6.1 9.24 8.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.01 3.8 9.43 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.49 3.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.66 3.5 8.58 6.3 – – Home health aides............................................... 8.42 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 14.7 10.01 14.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.65 9.4 8.65 9.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 1.9 12.04 1.9 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.29 2.8 12.29 2.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.52 12.7 8.67 10.8 6.34 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 6.47 5.7 6.75 1.7 6.21 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.91 15.5 – – 6.13 18.5 Cooks............................................................. 7.27 1.0 7.36 3.2 7.10 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 1.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.66 25.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.66 25.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.36 6.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.36 6.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.16 7.8 9.96 15.0 7.55 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.59 2.4 7.66 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.45 4.1 8.96 12.6 7.55 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.59 2.4 7.66 4.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.33 5.5 8.68 13.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.73 3.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.44 3.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.06 2.8 13.35 3.3 7.18 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 13.1 – – 6.81 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.98 18.3 10.10 23.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.29 2.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.50 8.0 17.50 8.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.09 3.6 12.43 5.3 7.18 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 13.1 – – 6.81 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.98 18.3 10.10 23.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.91 13.2 – – 6.82 2.7 Cashiers...................................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.91 13.2 – – 6.82 2.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.90 6.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.87 4.7 14.13 4.2 9.19 6.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.54 4.3 11.44 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.77 3.0 11.74 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.05 4.3 14.07 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.69 5.5 15.69 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.69 6.6 19.69 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.15 9.2 18.15 9.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.49 9.1 13.23 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.87 4.3 13.97 4.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.34 5.8 13.52 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.49 5.0 12.67 5.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.07 1.7 14.07 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 5.2 13.56 5.2 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.59 7.5 13.59 7.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 5.0 14.16 5.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.93 3.1 12.93 3.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.63 11.6 12.63 11.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.03 3.1 17.03 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.21 3.0 21.21 3.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.50 3.1 19.50 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.17 1.7 21.17 1.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.89 2.1 19.89 2.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.15 2.7 21.15 2.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.33 2.6 14.35 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.92 1.8 9.92 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.23 5.9 11.28 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 2.7 13.60 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.65 3.2 15.65 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.92 4.3 16.92 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.14 5.9 20.14 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.36 1.5 18.36 1.5 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.93 10.9 11.93 10.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.22 4.7 12.33 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.12 1.6 10.12 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.79 4.2 12.79 4.2 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.48 9.7 13.54 9.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.04 5.4 15.04 5.4 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.84 7.0 12.84 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.42 5.2 13.42 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 3.1 12.87 3.1 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.61 8.1 13.61 8.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.88 5.5 18.88 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.59 4.2 19.59 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.19 3.1 21.19 3.1 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 21.76 4.0 21.76 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.24 3.1 20.24 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.61 9.3 22.61 9.3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.32 2.4 14.32 2.4 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.04 1.5 15.04 1.5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.20 6.2 13.20 6.2 – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.57 8.3 14.57 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.82 11.3 14.82 11.3 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 14.66 3.0 14.66 3.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.56 5.0 14.56 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.24 .9 14.24 .9 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.18 3.8 12.18 3.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.18 5.1 13.18 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 .0 10.32 .0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 7.7 12.01 7.7 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 10.7 11.76 10.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.43 8.6 13.81 8.5 9.94 12.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.82 4.0 10.19 3.4 8.71 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.95 5.1 10.74 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.60 13.7 18.60 13.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.31 2.7 19.31 2.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.56 15.8 15.71 16.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.61 5.9 12.39 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.15 6.5 11.83 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.01 3.1 11.35 1.4 9.52 11.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.18 3.1 10.62 1.9 8.91 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.75 5.8 10.32 5.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.61 2.7 12.04 3.3 10.42 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.66 2.4 11.21 4.3 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.70 5.1 11.27 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.63 6.9 10.31 4.6 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.80 3.2 $19.04 3.7 $14.76 8.3 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.75 9.7 23.75 9.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.74 2.4 21.90 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.10 16.3 20.92 17.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.92 1.8 14.13 1.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.80 7.8 14.25 7.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.18 6.7 16.18 6.7 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $14.99 2.1 $15.68 2.1 $8.56 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.80 9.0 33.80 9.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.22 7.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.94 12.0 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 39.61 11.9 39.61 11.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.87 8.6 24.87 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.68 .7 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.38 6.9 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.25 9.1 23.25 9.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.84 2.5 22.08 2.7 17.52 3.3 Group I................................................... 12.17 4.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.61 1.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 .6 24.79 .6 – – Group III................................................. 24.79 .6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Group III................................................. 25.02 .4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Group III................................................. 25.02 .4 25.02 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 4.1 11.71 3.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.05 8.5 22.31 9.4 18.61 11.2 Group I................................................... 12.64 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.62 6.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.83 7.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.76 6.3 29.05 6.3 24.92 .6 Group II.................................................. 24.60 1.6 24.56 1.8 24.92 .6 Group III................................................. 37.36 6.8 37.36 6.8 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.28 7.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.30 13.1 16.41 14.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.02 9.5 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.11 9.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 15.02 9.5 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.19 4.4 25.15 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.19 4.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.97 8.1 18.33 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.02 9.5 19.65 10.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.76 3.8 10.06 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.57 3.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.01 3.8 9.43 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.01 3.8 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 8.42 2.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.42 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 14.7 10.01 14.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.01 14.7 10.01 14.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.85 4.8 12.04 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 2.1 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.46 2.6 12.29 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 2.6 12.29 2.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.82 8.2 13.16 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.13 1.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.68 11.7 8.82 9.6 6.47 10.0 Group I................................................... 7.19 6.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.27 1.0 7.36 3.2 7.10 3.7 Group I................................................... 7.27 1.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.18 34.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.18 34.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.66 25.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.66 25.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 5.5 – – 7.25 7.3 Group I................................................... 7.57 5.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.57 5.5 – – 7.25 7.3 Group I................................................... 7.57 5.5 – – 7.25 7.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.97 9.5 11.03 15.8 7.55 5.9 Group I................................................... 8.51 3.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.51 3.9 9.01 12.0 7.55 5.9 Group I................................................... 8.51 3.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.40 5.2 8.76 13.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.40 5.2 8.76 13.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.44 3.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.44 3.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.06 2.8 13.35 3.3 7.18 3.9 Group I................................................... 11.04 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.14 6.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.09 3.6 12.43 5.3 7.18 3.9 Group I................................................... 10.90 2.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.01 11.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.09 12.0 8.83 13.8 7.04 2.5 Group I................................................... 8.01 11.3 8.74 14.0 7.04 2.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.90 6.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.86 4.3 14.14 3.9 9.06 5.2 Group I................................................... 12.71 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.06 6.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.25 8.1 18.25 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.72 3.7 19.72 3.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.60 8.9 13.33 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 9.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.34 5.8 13.52 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 5.0 12.67 5.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.07 1.7 14.07 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.56 5.2 13.56 5.2 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.59 7.5 13.59 7.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 5.0 14.16 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.56 4.8 14.56 4.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.07 2.5 13.07 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.75 3.0 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.39 3.4 12.39 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.86 11.2 12.86 11.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.57 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.29 5.2 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 2.9 16.83 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.29 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.37 4.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.35 2.5 19.35 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.10 1.9 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.89 2.1 19.89 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.89 2.1 19.89 2.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.26 2.8 20.26 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.21 3.1 20.21 3.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.33 2.6 14.35 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.27 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.16 4.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.36 1.5 18.36 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.68 .4 18.68 .4 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.93 10.9 11.93 10.9 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.22 4.7 12.33 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 4.7 – – – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.48 9.7 13.54 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.48 9.7 13.54 9.5 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.84 7.0 12.84 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.84 7.0 – – – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.61 8.1 13.61 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.61 8.1 13.61 8.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.88 5.5 18.88 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.61 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.84 1.8 – – – – Upholsterers.................................................... 21.76 4.0 21.76 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 20.24 3.1 20.24 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.53 4.3 22.53 4.3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.32 2.4 14.32 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.50 1.1 – – – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.04 1.5 15.04 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.28 .5 14.28 .5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.20 6.2 13.20 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.20 6.2 – – – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.57 8.3 14.57 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.57 8.3 – – – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 14.66 3.0 14.66 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.66 3.0 14.66 3.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.56 5.0 14.56 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.86 1.8 13.86 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 15.59 4.8 15.59 4.8 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.18 3.8 12.18 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.18 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.18 5.1 13.18 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.92 3.9 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 10.7 11.76 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.76 10.7 11.76 10.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.38 8.3 13.76 8.3 10.30 10.9 Group I................................................... 13.00 7.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.56 15.8 15.71 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.56 15.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.61 5.9 12.39 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.61 5.9 12.39 6.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.01 3.1 11.35 1.4 9.52 11.9 Group I................................................... 10.95 3.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.61 2.7 12.04 3.3 10.42 8.3 Group I................................................... 11.53 2.9 11.96 3.6 10.42 8.3 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.70 5.1 11.27 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.70 5.1 11.27 2.7 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.32 $13.49 $17.35 $23.70 Management occupations.............................................. 16.21 19.05 31.25 44.98 53.89 General and operations managers................................... 19.05 28.96 44.98 44.98 44.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.67 17.79 22.68 30.96 38.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.18 19.23 21.63 26.72 30.59 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.46 15.60 23.09 26.99 31.12 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.36 21.47 24.65 27.90 31.20 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.59 10.91 11.58 12.64 14.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.62 13.97 22.00 26.26 33.04 Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 23.90 26.26 29.93 41.44 Therapists........................................................ 22.28 22.76 27.93 30.47 33.04 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.00 12.00 14.75 19.27 24.10 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 10.61 14.32 16.21 17.52 17.52 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.56 24.93 24.93 25.97 29.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.04 15.79 17.00 23.11 23.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.08 8.75 11.33 13.04 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.08 8.75 9.12 11.33 Home health aides............................................... 8.00 8.08 8.30 8.75 8.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 8.00 9.50 11.46 14.40 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.78 12.00 12.00 13.04 15.14 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 13.04 13.04 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.72 10.84 13.64 14.27 16.22 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.15 6.25 7.15 8.50 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.30 6.75 7.15 7.75 8.31 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.43 3.00 3.13 9.00 10.33 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.43 2.43 3.13 3.15 6.15 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.08 6.23 6.75 9.00 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.08 6.23 6.75 9.00 10.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 7.50 11.05 18.78 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 7.25 9.25 11.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.38 11.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.50 8.25 8.60 10.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.50 12.00 15.00 15.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 7.50 9.60 15.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.78 10.14 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.78 10.14 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.80 11.93 15.00 15.00 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.55 12.78 15.50 18.53 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 12.69 13.00 18.86 21.00 24.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 10.00 12.50 15.23 17.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.27 12.50 14.62 17.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.50 13.39 13.41 15.29 16.02 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 11.27 14.68 14.99 16.97 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 12.34 16.00 16.60 16.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.47 12.39 13.39 13.39 14.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.60 11.88 14.47 14.58 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.25 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 13.50 16.14 18.75 22.31 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.70 16.82 19.33 21.23 23.74 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.69 16.82 19.85 22.31 22.31 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.32 17.92 20.50 21.23 25.58 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.55 13.87 16.42 19.57 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.25 16.00 18.25 20.84 23.24 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.34 8.34 11.86 14.03 16.61 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.30 10.08 11.85 14.52 15.93 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.97 10.46 12.13 16.06 18.31 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.25 12.15 12.35 14.15 15.21 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.25 13.06 14.15 14.15 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.71 15.14 19.21 22.08 26.58 Upholsterers.................................................... 16.98 19.10 20.96 24.07 27.60 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 14.59 15.45 17.16 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.35 14.60 16.67 18.15 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.75 11.65 12.70 14.00 16.35 Cutting workers................................................... 11.94 12.97 13.63 16.50 18.90 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.21 12.97 13.63 16.23 18.40 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.50 12.38 13.89 16.40 17.68 Painting workers.................................................. 7.00 10.96 12.73 14.10 15.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.40 11.00 14.00 14.64 16.41 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.40 10.00 10.75 13.35 15.86 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 9.80 11.50 16.09 21.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 10.00 14.22 20.63 21.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 9.83 11.70 14.90 16.35 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 9.00 10.17 13.35 14.99 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.06 9.23 10.17 13.43 16.09 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 8.50 10.45 13.62 14.99 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.65 $10.00 $13.00 $16.35 $21.51 Management occupations.............................................. 16.06 20.75 38.91 44.98 53.89 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.14 21.15 29.90 33.92 48.91 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.00 16.21 23.11 26.26 35.50 Registered nurses................................................. 21.10 23.75 26.53 35.50 44.01 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.00 12.00 14.75 19.27 24.10 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 10.61 14.32 16.21 17.52 17.52 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.04 15.79 17.00 23.11 23.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.08 8.75 10.23 12.18 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.08 8.75 9.12 11.33 Home health aides............................................... 8.00 8.08 8.30 8.75 8.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 8.00 9.50 11.46 14.40 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.35 12.00 12.00 12.18 14.02 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.13 6.25 7.00 8.31 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.30 6.75 7.15 7.75 8.31 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.43 2.43 3.13 3.15 6.15 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.43 2.43 3.13 3.15 6.15 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.08 6.21 6.75 8.00 9.17 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.08 6.21 6.75 8.00 9.17 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 7.25 10.65 16.34 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 7.25 9.25 11.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 7.25 9.25 11.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.50 8.25 8.60 10.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.50 12.00 15.00 15.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 7.50 9.60 15.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.78 10.14 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.78 10.14 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.80 11.93 15.00 15.00 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.55 12.75 15.29 18.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 12.69 13.00 20.10 21.00 24.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 10.00 12.27 15.00 17.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.27 12.50 14.62 17.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.50 13.39 13.41 15.29 16.02 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 11.27 14.68 14.99 16.97 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 12.34 16.00 16.60 16.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.47 12.25 13.39 13.39 14.49 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 11.00 14.25 16.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 13.33 16.32 19.65 23.39 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.70 16.82 19.85 22.31 25.58 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.69 16.82 19.85 22.31 22.31 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.92 17.92 21.23 23.00 26.08 Production occupations.............................................. 9.40 11.55 13.83 16.42 19.57 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.25 16.00 18.25 20.84 23.24 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.34 8.34 11.86 14.03 16.61 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.30 10.08 11.85 14.52 15.93 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.97 10.46 12.13 16.06 18.31 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.25 12.15 12.35 14.15 15.21 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.25 13.06 14.15 14.15 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.71 15.14 19.21 22.08 26.58 Upholsterers.................................................... 16.98 19.10 20.96 24.07 27.60 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 14.59 15.45 17.16 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.35 14.60 16.67 18.15 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.75 11.65 12.70 14.00 16.35 Cutting workers................................................... 11.94 12.97 13.63 16.50 18.90 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.21 12.97 13.63 16.23 18.40 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.50 12.38 13.89 16.40 17.68 Painting workers.................................................. 7.00 10.96 12.73 14.10 15.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.40 11.00 14.00 14.64 16.41 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.40 10.00 10.75 13.35 15.86 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.06 9.61 11.50 16.35 21.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.75 10.00 14.22 20.63 21.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 9.83 11.70 14.90 16.35 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 9.00 10.17 13.35 14.99 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.06 9.23 10.17 13.43 16.09 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 8.50 10.45 13.62 14.99 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.42 $13.58 $16.91 $23.28 $28.71 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.03 20.78 21.63 28.36 30.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.24 16.54 22.80 26.99 30.48 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.36 21.47 24.65 27.90 31.20 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.59 10.91 11.58 12.64 14.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.42 12.62 18.49 27.74 31.17 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.08 13.40 13.64 14.97 16.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.32 11.79 13.42 16.15 18.86 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.58 14.56 16.14 17.69 20.68 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.25 $14.00 $17.99 $24.40 Management occupations.............................................. 16.21 19.05 31.25 44.98 53.89 General and operations managers................................... 19.05 28.96 44.98 44.98 44.98 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.67 17.79 22.68 30.96 38.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.18 19.23 21.63 26.72 30.59 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.46 14.86 23.38 26.99 31.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.36 21.47 24.65 27.90 31.20 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 18.62 21.55 24.76 28.41 31.52 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.59 10.80 11.46 12.05 13.51 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.78 13.93 22.28 26.99 34.67 Registered nurses................................................. 19.78 23.75 26.26 30.68 41.44 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 12.00 12.00 14.93 21.13 24.25 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.41 24.93 24.93 25.97 29.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.04 15.79 17.00 23.11 23.36 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.65 8.08 9.50 12.00 13.52 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.00 8.08 8.75 10.00 13.19 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 8.00 9.50 11.46 14.40 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.35 12.00 12.00 12.18 14.02 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.21 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.72 11.49 13.64 14.49 16.35 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.25 6.75 7.75 10.25 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.40 7.00 7.15 7.75 8.31 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 9.00 11.25 18.78 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 10.57 11.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 8.50 10.06 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.56 15.00 15.00 16.60 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.78 15.00 15.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.56 11.34 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.56 11.34 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.40 11.88 13.00 15.61 18.76 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 12.69 13.00 18.86 21.00 24.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.88 11.76 12.73 15.23 17.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.27 12.27 12.50 14.62 17.60 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.50 13.39 13.41 15.29 16.02 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 11.27 14.68 14.99 16.97 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 12.34 16.00 16.60 16.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.47 12.39 13.39 13.39 14.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.60 11.88 14.47 14.58 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.25 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 13.50 16.14 18.75 22.31 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.70 16.82 19.33 21.23 23.74 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.69 16.82 19.85 22.31 22.31 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.32 17.92 20.50 21.23 25.58 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.55 13.89 16.42 19.57 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.25 16.00 18.25 20.84 23.24 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.34 8.34 11.86 14.03 16.61 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.50 10.40 11.85 14.52 15.93 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.97 10.50 12.28 16.06 18.48 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.25 12.15 12.35 14.15 15.21 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.25 13.06 14.15 14.15 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.71 15.14 19.21 22.08 26.58 Upholsterers.................................................... 16.98 19.10 20.96 24.07 27.60 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 14.59 15.45 17.16 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.35 14.60 16.67 18.15 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.75 11.65 12.70 14.00 16.35 Cutting workers................................................... 11.94 12.97 13.63 16.50 18.90 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.21 12.97 13.63 16.23 18.40 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.50 12.38 13.89 16.40 17.68 Painting workers.................................................. 7.00 10.96 12.73 14.10 15.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.40 11.00 14.00 14.64 16.41 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.40 10.00 10.75 13.35 15.86 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.91 10.00 11.70 16.67 21.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.00 14.22 20.63 21.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.50 9.79 11.60 14.50 16.35 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.04 9.01 10.45 13.62 14.99 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.06 9.23 10.91 14.79 17.25 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.76 9.01 11.70 13.85 14.99 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.15 $6.75 $8.00 $8.75 $12.58 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.00 15.90 16.00 17.78 25.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.84 14.32 18.76 24.78 25.88 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 24.78 24.78 24.78 26.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.15 6.50 8.00 8.84 Cooks............................................................. 6.20 6.55 7.00 7.80 8.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 6.24 6.30 7.60 10.33 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.15 6.24 6.30 7.60 10.33 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.15 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.15 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 6.50 7.00 7.65 8.05 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 6.50 7.00 7.65 8.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.25 6.50 6.90 7.50 8.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.25 6.50 6.90 7.50 8.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 7.50 8.18 10.00 12.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.49 7.50 10.17 12.39 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.49 7.00 9.61 10.17 10.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.61 10.17 10.17 12.57 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $15.68 $14.00 $624 $560 39.8 $32,171 $29,120 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 33.80 31.25 1,405 1,250 41.6 73,086 65,000 2,162 General and operations managers................................... 39.61 44.98 1,639 1,799 41.4 85,212 93,558 2,152 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.87 22.68 998 907 40.1 51,887 47,170 2,087 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.25 21.63 917 865 39.5 45,325 44,982 1,949 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.08 23.38 875 905 39.7 38,969 39,301 1,765 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 24.65 969 960 39.1 42,129 41,504 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.02 24.76 973 965 38.9 42,301 42,055 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.02 24.76 973 965 38.9 42,301 42,055 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.71 11.46 459 447 39.2 19,869 19,383 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.31 22.28 867 777 38.9 44,612 39,520 2,000 Registered nurses................................................. 29.05 26.26 1,123 1,050 38.6 58,377 54,610 2,010 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.41 14.93 629 520 38.4 32,730 27,040 1,995 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.15 24.93 1,006 997 40.0 52,319 51,856 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.33 17.00 663 612 36.2 34,467 31,824 1,880 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.06 9.50 384 367 38.2 19,972 19,091 1,985 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.43 8.75 361 332 38.3 18,785 17,264 1,993 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 9.50 377 363 37.6 19,592 18,857 1,956 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 12.00 453 432 37.7 23,571 22,464 1,958 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.29 12.00 450 432 36.6 23,379 22,464 1,903 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.16 13.64 546 585 41.5 28,415 30,412 2,159 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.82 7.75 356 298 40.4 18,221 15,516 2,066 Cooks............................................................. 7.36 7.15 291 286 39.5 15,115 14,862 2,052 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.03 9.00 442 360 40.1 22,988 18,724 2,084 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.01 8.50 357 340 39.6 18,567 17,680 2,060 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.76 8.50 346 340 39.5 18,017 17,680 2,057 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.35 15.00 525 594 39.4 27,321 30,909 2,047 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.43 15.00 484 594 38.9 25,145 30,909 2,023 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 8.00 333 307 37.7 17,308 15,972 1,961 Cashiers...................................................... 8.83 8.00 333 307 37.7 17,308 15,972 1,961 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.14 13.00 570 535 40.3 29,621 27,841 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.25 18.86 730 754 40.0 37,958 39,233 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.33 12.73 533 509 40.0 27,716 26,478 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.52 12.50 541 500 40.0 28,130 26,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.07 13.41 556 536 39.5 28,937 27,889 2,056 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.59 14.68 544 587 40.0 28,263 30,534 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 16.00 566 640 40.0 29,453 33,280 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.07 13.39 523 535 40.0 27,189 27,841 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.39 11.88 490 475 39.5 25,479 24,710 2,056 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.86 12.00 515 480 40.0 26,756 24,960 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 16.14 672 645 39.9 34,956 33,561 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.35 19.33 774 773 40.0 40,254 40,200 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.89 19.85 796 794 40.0 41,371 41,288 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.26 20.50 810 820 40.0 42,144 42,646 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.35 13.89 562 532 39.2 29,231 27,664 2,036 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.36 18.25 734 730 40.0 38,182 37,960 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.93 11.86 446 465 37.3 23,167 24,184 1,942 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.33 11.85 478 442 38.8 24,852 22,984 2,016 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.54 12.28 542 491 40.0 28,170 25,538 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.84 12.35 512 494 39.9 26,619 25,688 2,072 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.61 14.15 544 566 40.0 28,305 29,432 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.88 19.21 750 768 39.7 39,002 39,957 2,065 Upholsterers.................................................... 21.76 20.96 864 838 39.7 44,954 43,597 2,066 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.32 14.59 573 584 40.0 29,794 30,343 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.04 14.60 602 584 40.0 31,285 30,368 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.20 12.70 517 496 39.2 26,879 25,792 2,036 Cutting workers................................................... 14.57 13.63 583 545 40.0 30,302 28,350 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 14.66 13.63 586 545 40.0 30,496 28,350 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.56 13.89 562 530 38.6 29,226 27,560 2,007 Painting workers.................................................. 12.18 12.73 487 509 40.0 25,338 26,478 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.18 14.00 513 534 38.9 26,659 27,768 2,023 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 10.75 431 444 36.7 22,415 23,067 1,907 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.76 11.70 560 465 40.7 29,135 24,170 2,118 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.71 14.22 655 568 41.7 34,061 29,536 2,169 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.39 11.60 494 460 39.9 25,688 23,920 2,073 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 10.45 451 418 39.7 23,464 21,736 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.04 10.91 477 431 39.6 24,793 22,422 2,059 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.27 11.70 449 468 39.8 23,344 24,336 2,071 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $15.03 $13.49 $597 $535 39.8 $31,051 $27,841 2,067 Management occupations.............................................. 35.54 38.91 1,488 1,556 41.9 77,387 80,927 2,177 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.37 29.90 1,170 1,196 39.8 60,855 62,200 2,072 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.64 23.36 902 834 38.1 46,901 43,368 1,984 Registered nurses................................................. 30.05 26.54 1,163 1,050 38.7 60,455 54,610 2,012 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.41 14.93 629 520 38.4 32,730 27,040 1,995 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.33 17.00 663 612 36.2 34,467 31,824 1,880 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.06 9.50 384 367 38.2 19,972 19,091 1,985 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.43 8.75 361 332 38.3 18,785 17,264 1,993 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 9.50 377 363 37.6 19,592 18,857 1,956 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.04 12.00 453 432 37.7 23,571 22,464 1,958 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.29 12.00 450 432 36.6 23,379 22,464 1,903 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.67 7.40 351 288 40.5 18,278 14,976 2,107 Cooks............................................................. 7.36 7.15 291 286 39.5 15,115 14,862 2,052 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.96 8.50 399 340 40.1 20,764 17,680 2,084 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.96 8.50 355 340 39.6 18,440 17,680 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.68 8.50 343 340 39.5 17,836 17,680 2,055 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.35 15.00 525 594 39.4 27,321 30,909 2,047 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.43 15.00 484 594 38.9 25,145 30,909 2,023 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 8.00 333 307 37.7 17,308 15,972 1,961 Cashiers...................................................... 8.83 8.00 333 307 37.7 17,308 15,972 1,961 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.13 13.00 570 535 40.3 29,619 27,841 2,096 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.15 20.10 726 804 40.0 37,753 41,804 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.23 12.67 529 507 40.0 27,516 26,354 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.52 12.50 541 500 40.0 28,130 26,000 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.07 13.41 556 536 39.5 28,937 27,889 2,056 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.59 14.68 544 587 40.0 28,263 30,534 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 16.00 566 640 40.0 29,453 33,280 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.93 13.39 517 535 40.0 26,898 27,841 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.63 11.00 505 440 40.0 26,275 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.03 16.32 680 652 39.9 35,361 33,883 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.50 19.85 780 794 40.0 40,565 41,288 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.89 19.85 796 794 40.0 41,371 41,288 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.15 21.23 846 849 40.0 44,000 44,163 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.35 13.87 562 532 39.2 29,208 27,649 2,036 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.36 18.25 734 730 40.0 38,182 37,960 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.93 11.86 446 465 37.3 23,167 24,184 1,942 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.33 11.85 478 442 38.8 24,852 22,984 2,016 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.54 12.28 542 491 40.0 28,170 25,538 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.84 12.35 512 494 39.9 26,619 25,688 2,072 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.61 14.15 544 566 40.0 28,305 29,432 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.88 19.21 750 768 39.7 39,002 39,957 2,065 Upholsterers.................................................... 21.76 20.96 864 838 39.7 44,954 43,597 2,066 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.32 14.59 573 584 40.0 29,794 30,343 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.04 14.60 602 584 40.0 31,285 30,368 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.20 12.70 517 496 39.2 26,879 25,792 2,036 Cutting workers................................................... 14.57 13.63 583 545 40.0 30,302 28,350 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 14.66 13.63 586 545 40.0 30,496 28,350 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.56 13.89 562 530 38.6 29,226 27,560 2,007 Painting workers.................................................. 12.18 12.73 487 509 40.0 25,338 26,478 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.18 14.00 513 534 38.9 26,659 27,768 2,023 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 10.75 431 444 36.7 22,415 23,067 1,907 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.81 11.70 563 465 40.7 29,254 24,170 2,119 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.71 14.22 655 568 41.7 34,061 29,536 2,169 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.39 11.60 494 460 39.9 25,688 23,920 2,073 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.35 10.45 451 418 39.7 23,464 21,736 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.04 10.91 477 431 39.6 24,793 22,422 2,059 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.27 11.70 449 468 39.8 23,344 24,336 2,071 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $19.04 $17.04 $763 $690 40.1 $37,641 $34,639 1,977 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.75 21.63 936 865 39.4 45,940 44,982 1,934 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.90 23.09 858 896 39.2 37,850 38,917 1,729 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.79 24.65 969 960 39.1 42,129 41,504 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.02 24.76 973 965 38.9 42,301 42,055 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.02 24.76 973 965 38.9 42,301 42,055 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.71 11.46 459 447 39.2 19,869 19,383 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.92 17.45 829 672 39.6 42,187 35,884 2,017 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.13 13.64 607 585 43.0 31,577 30,412 2,234 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.25 13.76 570 551 40.0 29,635 28,627 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.18 16.14 647 645 40.0 33,663 33,561 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $14.28 $12.76 $15.17 $17.69 Management, professional, and related...... 24.92 21.82 28.84 28.75 Management, business, and financial...... 33.22 32.18 33.00 – Professional and related................. 20.70 15.80 25.91 26.51 Service.................................... 8.40 8.15 9.00 10.39 Sales and office........................... 13.24 13.10 13.08 15.26 Sales and related........................ 12.06 11.98 12.16 – Office and administrative support........ 13.87 13.84 13.40 15.52 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.85 13.94 18.58 15.90 Construction and extraction............. 12.63 12.40 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.03 16.37 18.55 16.91 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.07 12.04 14.43 16.26 Production............................... 14.33 13.22 14.09 16.22 Transportation and material moving....... 13.43 10.10 15.43 16.41 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 4.0 2.7 3.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.0 16.4 6.9 3.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.6 11.5 6.9 – Professional and related.......................................... 9.5 6.7 5.7 8.5 Service............................................................. 5.6 7.2 5.9 5.2 Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 4.2 5.5 5.8 Sales and related................................................. 2.8 3.8 7.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.7 6.7 5.2 6.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.5 11.3 2.7 7.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 11.6 10.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.1 5.5 3.2 6.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 1.4 5.2 1.5 Production........................................................ 2.6 1.3 4.8 .1 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.6 4.9 12.3 6.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $13.78 $12.60 $552 $507 40.1 $28,702 $26,354 2,083 Management occupations.............................................. 31.85 22.85 1,315 1,000 41.3 68,377 52,001 2,147 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.86 17.00 611 612 36.2 31,758 31,824 1,883 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 8.30 351 323 37.9 18,239 16,802 1,972 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.74 7.50 354 294 40.5 18,422 15,288 2,109 Cooks............................................................. 7.36 7.15 291 286 39.5 15,115 14,862 2,052 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.89 15.00 504 600 39.1 26,227 31,200 2,034 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.24 15.00 474 600 38.7 24,624 31,200 2,011 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.74 7.50 328 280 37.5 17,051 14,560 1,952 Cashiers...................................................... 8.74 7.50 328 280 37.5 17,051 14,560 1,952 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.21 12.70 578 535 40.6 30,038 27,841 2,114 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.15 20.10 726 804 40.0 37,761 41,804 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.84 12.50 513 500 40.0 26,699 26,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.40 11.00 496 440 40.0 25,785 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.37 16.00 653 640 39.9 33,931 33,280 2,073 Production occupations.............................................. 13.28 13.19 529 527 39.8 27,508 27,427 2,071 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.14 10.00 406 400 40.0 21,093 20,800 2,080 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.02 11.25 521 450 40.0 27,092 23,400 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 16.01 16.42 641 657 40.0 33,306 34,154 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.98 13.63 559 545 40.0 29,088 28,350 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.30 14.00 492 560 40.0 25,592 29,120 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.28 10.00 417 400 40.5 21,664 20,800 2,107 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.90 8.94 354 358 39.8 18,425 18,591 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.53 9.21 377 368 39.6 19,616 19,157 2,059 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $16.22 $14.52 $640 $556 39.5 $33,278 $28,938 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 49.65 53.89 2,200 1,765 44.3 114,403 91,797 2,304 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.60 29.46 1,098 1,179 39.8 57,089 61,283 2,069 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.81 29.50 1,072 1,180 40.0 55,762 61,358 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.60 24.93 1,039 997 39.1 54,029 51,856 2,031 Registered nurses................................................. 31.02 28.24 1,241 1,130 40.0 64,518 58,739 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.59 11.13 448 435 38.6 23,275 22,625 2,009 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.56 10.90 442 430 38.2 22,993 22,347 1,988 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.72 11.24 448 436 38.3 23,307 22,672 1,989 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.72 7.25 349 290 40.0 18,129 15,070 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.71 7.25 348 290 40.0 18,108 15,070 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.69 13.77 638 551 40.6 33,165 28,642 2,113 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.00 13.78 557 535 39.8 28,967 27,835 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.88 12.95 555 518 40.0 28,869 26,936 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.54 14.44 559 557 38.5 29,089 28,974 2,001 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.87 11.93 515 477 40.0 26,763 24,814 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.91 15.00 556 600 40.0 28,928 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.85 17.92 714 717 40.0 37,136 37,278 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.62 19.85 785 794 40.0 40,813 41,288 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.31 21.23 852 849 40.0 44,328 44,163 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.73 14.05 573 534 38.9 29,805 27,789 2,024 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.16 13.18 504 499 38.3 26,211 25,958 1,992 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.86 14.39 554 576 40.0 28,818 29,940 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.19 13.06 525 522 39.8 27,318 27,165 2,072 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.20 14.15 568 566 40.0 29,529 29,432 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 19.34 19.41 767 776 39.7 39,888 40,367 2,063 Upholsterers.................................................... 21.77 20.96 865 838 39.7 44,989 43,597 2,066 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.80 14.60 592 584 40.0 30,774 30,368 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.06 15.00 602 600 40.0 31,322 31,200 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.98 12.60 507 494 39.1 26,385 25,688 2,033 Cutting workers................................................... 15.13 14.25 605 570 40.0 31,464 29,640 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.62 13.89 564 530 38.6 29,328 27,581 2,006 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.78 12.72 526 506 38.2 27,356 26,312 1,986 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.44 11.26 446 444 35.8 23,176 23,092 1,862 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.27 14.90 665 592 40.9 34,605 30,761 2,127 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.90 11.94 513 489 39.8 26,697 25,444 2,070 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.66 11.70 503 468 39.7 26,137 24,336 2,065 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.52 13.35 536 490 39.6 27,851 25,480 2,059 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.10 11.70 481 468 39.8 25,028 24,336 2,068 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... – – – $14.93 $14.20 $18.80 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 23.27 24.92 21.67 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 29.12 33.22 21.56 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 21.26 20.70 21.69 Service............................................................. – – – 9.33 8.40 13.98 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 13.28 13.24 13.80 Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.06 12.06 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.86 13.87 13.80 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.98 14.80 15.83 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 12.72 12.47 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.83 17.03 16.18 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 13.89 13.90 – Production........................................................ – – – 14.31 14.30 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.83 12.86 – 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........................................................... – – – 2.0 2.2 3.2 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.3 9.0 4.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.8 6.6 8.0 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.7 9.5 4.8 Service............................................................. – – – 5.6 5.6 4.3 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.3 3.5 7.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 2.8 2.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.3 4.7 7.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.0 9.5 5.3 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 10.6 10.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 2.9 3.1 6.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 2.8 2.8 – Production........................................................ – – – 2.7 2.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.5 5.8 – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $14.82 $14.01 $17.08 $17.08 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.27 24.92 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 29.12 33.22 – – Professional and related.......................................... 21.26 20.70 – – Service............................................................. 9.33 8.40 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.18 13.14 – – Sales and related................................................. 11.50 11.50 – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.97 13.99 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.88 14.66 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 12.63 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.72 16.91 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.44 13.44 17.30 17.30 Production........................................................ 13.65 13.63 17.96 17.96 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.94 12.98 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 2.9 6.8 6.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 9.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.8 6.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.7 9.5 – – Service............................................................. 5.6 5.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.0 4.2 – – Sales and related................................................. 3.5 3.5 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.4 4.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 9.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.2 3.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 3.3 8.2 8.2 Production........................................................ 1.9 1.9 11.4 11.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 11.0 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 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........................................................... $12.69 $15.72 $13.77 – – $11.43 $15.10 $8.85 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 32.20 – – – 20.94 24.33 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 36.12 – – – – 29.69 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 25.98 – – – – 23.55 – – Service............................................................. – 10.69 8.35 – – 8.06 8.97 7.71 – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.61 12.66 – – 13.07 13.32 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 12.03 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 15.36 13.99 – – 12.76 13.32 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.30 18.46 15.31 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 18.96 15.31 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 14.44 14.55 – – 9.45 – – – Production........................................................ – 14.74 14.19 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.53 14.67 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 15.2 1.0 5.1 – – 4.0 7.5 16.6 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 3.6 – – – 16.9 4.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – .8 – – – – 11.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... – .1 – – – – 6.9 – – Service............................................................. – 11.8 9.4 – – 6.7 3.3 16.4 – Sales and office.................................................... – 8.4 3.7 – – 7.5 4.4 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 1.3 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 7.5 7.9 – – 7.8 4.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.1 1.1 5.8 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 1.7 5.8 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 2.2 12.3 – – .6 – – – Production........................................................ – 2.3 2.4 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 1.2 15.1 – – – – – – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 154,400 129,000 25,400 Management, professional, and related............................... 28,900 13,500 15,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 6,600 4,200 2,300 Professional and related.......................................... 22,400 9,300 13,100 Service............................................................. 29,500 25,200 4,300 Sales and office.................................................... 26,900 25,000 1,800 Sales and related................................................. 9,300 9,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 17,500 15,700 1,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13,000 10,700 2,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,600 5,000 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,300 5,500 1,700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 56,100 54,500 – Production........................................................ 38,900 38,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17,200 16,000 – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 5,661 5,438 223 Total in sample....................................................... 228 210 18 Responding........................................................ 174 157 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 21 20 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 33 33 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.