NC BL 10/00/2008 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin, May 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $17.33 5.5 37.0 $16.96 6.4 36.9 $19.84 6.2 38.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.02 9.2 37.9 35.48 11.3 38.2 23.95 3.8 37.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.97 16.5 39.1 40.04 18.3 40.3 30.13 13.3 35.3 Professional and related.......................................... 30.00 6.0 37.5 33.65 8.4 37.4 22.62 4.2 37.7 Service............................................................. 9.48 6.0 34.5 8.18 5.7 33.8 15.89 12.3 38.6 Sales and office.................................................... 14.35 4.8 36.7 14.39 5.0 36.5 13.67 13.6 39.6 Sales and related................................................. 17.56 10.1 35.6 17.56 10.1 35.6 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.64 2.4 37.3 12.53 2.2 37.1 13.67 13.6 39.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.24 8.5 38.6 14.81 9.2 38.5 18.89 10.0 39.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.31 15.4 40.0 13.15 17.1 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.88 6.3 37.7 15.81 6.7 37.7 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.07 5.4 39.0 14.04 5.6 39.0 – – – Production........................................................ 13.37 2.9 38.2 13.37 2.9 38.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.55 8.0 39.7 14.52 8.3 39.7 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.11 5.7 40.2 17.81 6.7 40.3 19.88 6.6 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.57 6.3 21.8 10.34 6.4 22.1 18.03 17.1 15.1 Union............................................................... 18.51 10.2 39.5 14.15 4.3 40.0 30.21 7.3 38.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.25 6.0 36.9 17.12 6.8 36.7 18.26 6.9 38.1 Time................................................................ 16.86 5.7 36.9 16.39 6.7 36.8 19.84 6.2 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 26.22 16.7 38.5 26.22 16.7 38.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.08 4.1 38.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.45 10.8 35.9 17.33 10.9 35.9 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.70 10.8 38.5 16.36 12.2 38.7 20.45 11.8 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 17.94 5.0 37.8 16.72 8.8 37.0 19.24 5.1 38.7 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 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), Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $17.33 5.5 $18.11 5.7 $10.57 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 45.57 18.9 45.52 19.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.62 18.4 51.62 18.4 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.09 1.8 40.09 1.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.07 5.0 24.07 5.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.05 13.2 30.05 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.47 25.6 45.47 25.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 52.04 31.0 52.04 31.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.82 7.9 24.96 8.3 18.63 31.1 Level 7 .................................................. 13.85 4.4 – – 15.27 5.2 Level 9 .................................................. 30.45 4.2 30.42 4.1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.93 6.8 31.43 6.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.22 3.3 29.19 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.23 3.3 29.19 3.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.98 2.9 28.92 2.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.98 2.9 28.92 2.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 2.0 11.48 2.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.48 15.5 20.48 15.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.74 11.6 32.03 9.2 29.54 36.4 Level 5 .................................................. 15.17 1.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.47 3.9 20.52 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 23.32 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.82 16.4 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.56 2.7 51.56 2.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.46 32.3 32.74 30.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.53 1.6 22.53 1.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 23.32 1.4 – – Therapists........................................................ 24.69 17.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.89 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.42 3.9 15.35 3.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.83 12.8 13.11 13.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 4.9 10.56 5.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.69 1.2 9.61 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 .5 9.98 .5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.69 1.2 9.61 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 .5 9.98 .5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.32 8.1 15.24 6.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.53 12.1 16.76 13.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.37 5.1 7.13 5.0 4.48 7.9 Level 1 .................................................. 5.06 7.1 5.35 11.0 4.51 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.56 9.8 5.84 12.6 5.01 11.2 Level 3 .................................................. 6.38 27.5 7.31 22.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.85 20.7 11.76 5.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.08 .9 10.08 .9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 2.0 9.89 2.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.16 1.8 10.16 1.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.52 4.1 2.41 1.8 2.68 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.65 .5 2.64 1.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.26 .6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 .1 2.26 .1 2.42 .1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.47 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.26 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 7.1 9.15 10.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.12 2.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.18 7.1 9.15 10.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.12 2.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.28 3.3 9.55 2.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 3.1 8.50 2.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 5.8 10.14 5.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.95 3.8 9.20 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 2.9 8.41 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 5.8 10.14 5.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.24 5.7 9.76 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.66 4.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.82 6.1 10.82 6.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.52 2.7 8.58 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 1.9 8.52 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.19 4.3 10.21 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.65 4.0 9.59 4.8 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.56 10.1 19.08 10.3 10.00 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 6.1 9.75 .0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 3.0 9.75 3.8 10.11 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 8.0 13.19 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.01 24.7 20.01 24.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.13 15.1 15.13 15.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.71 3.7 10.08 4.0 8.80 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 6.1 9.75 .0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.63 2.4 9.37 1.5 10.11 4.4 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.65 .0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.65 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.72 10.7 10.73 10.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.90 2.4 9.58 1.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.32 17.5 27.95 18.7 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.14 32.1 28.70 35.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.64 2.4 12.85 2.7 10.40 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 3.8 10.47 3.2 9.73 7.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 3.7 11.52 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.78 4.7 12.87 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.19 11.4 17.19 11.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.59 13.2 14.69 14.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.22 4.0 19.22 4.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.29 5.7 12.36 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.09 7.9 13.30 7.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.40 7.9 13.40 7.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.63 9.4 14.63 9.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.82 9.5 12.62 8.6 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.90 2.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.37 2.8 11.45 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.86 1.6 11.87 2.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.56 6.9 16.78 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.91 2.5 12.00 2.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.47 15.5 21.96 13.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 1.3 11.83 1.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 7.5 15.97 7.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.74 5.6 11.69 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.22 2.8 11.22 2.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.31 15.4 14.31 15.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.48 3.8 16.48 3.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.88 6.3 16.30 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.96 6.0 15.39 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.35 6.9 19.35 6.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.93 5.6 16.93 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.37 4.2 16.37 4.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 5.9 15.79 5.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.37 2.9 13.42 3.3 11.77 16.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 1.9 10.16 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.85 1.3 12.85 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.63 4.1 12.51 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.34 3.6 15.34 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 9.9 18.16 10.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 4.4 14.72 4.4 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.32 3.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 8.0 14.89 7.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 12.4 10.56 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.84 4.7 10.90 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.20 5.3 13.09 6.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 3.8 14.69 3.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.65 8.9 16.85 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.99 5.3 13.99 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 3.5 15.49 3.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.16 7.6 18.16 7.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.36 8.3 12.43 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.64 8.4 11.29 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 16.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.39 6.3 11.64 9.5 – – 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), Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $16.96 6.4 $17.81 6.7 $10.34 6.4 Management occupations.............................................. 47.94 20.7 47.94 20.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 56.99 23.6 56.99 23.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.32 6.4 24.32 6.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.47 25.6 45.47 25.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 52.04 31.0 52.04 31.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.93 6.8 31.43 6.6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.99 16.5 19.99 16.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.70 13.6 35.33 10.0 30.69 40.6 Level 5 .................................................. 15.17 2.1 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.45 1.3 21.66 2.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 23.29 1.5 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 53.70 1.1 53.70 1.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.36 34.8 33.68 32.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.53 1.6 22.53 1.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 23.29 1.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.42 3.9 15.35 3.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.70 3.2 10.80 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 6.4 10.76 8.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.68 1.4 9.59 2.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.69 1.4 9.59 2.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.90 6.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.31 5.2 7.08 5.2 4.44 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 4.81 7.1 4.97 11.7 4.51 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 5.52 10.0 5.80 13.1 4.95 11.0 Level 3 .................................................. 6.38 27.5 7.31 22.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.85 20.7 11.76 5.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.08 .9 10.08 .9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 2.0 9.89 2.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.16 1.8 10.16 1.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.52 4.1 2.41 1.8 2.68 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.65 .5 2.64 1.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.26 .6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 .1 2.26 .1 2.42 .1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.47 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.26 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.16 7.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.16 7.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.95 3.3 9.21 2.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 3.1 8.50 2.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.60 4.0 8.81 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.06 2.9 8.41 1.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.67 7.1 9.13 6.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.66 4.7 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.52 2.7 8.58 3.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 1.9 8.52 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 5.2 10.41 5.7 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.56 10.1 19.08 10.3 10.00 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 6.1 9.75 .0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 3.0 9.75 3.8 10.11 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 8.0 13.19 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.01 24.7 20.01 24.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.13 15.1 15.13 15.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.71 3.7 10.08 4.0 8.80 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 6.1 9.75 .0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.63 2.4 9.37 1.5 10.11 4.4 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.65 .0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.65 .0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.72 10.7 10.73 10.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.90 2.4 9.58 1.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.32 17.5 27.95 18.7 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.14 32.1 28.70 35.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.53 2.2 12.76 2.5 10.40 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.33 3.9 10.52 3.3 9.73 7.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.66 3.2 11.84 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.82 4.8 12.90 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.22 4.0 19.22 4.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.32 5.9 12.39 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.19 8.3 13.43 8.0 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.43 8.0 13.43 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.71 9.5 14.71 9.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.82 9.5 12.62 8.6 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.90 2.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.37 2.8 11.45 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.02 .6 12.06 .9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.94 9.8 16.20 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.91 2.5 12.00 2.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 1.3 11.83 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.78 6.0 11.72 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.22 3.2 11.22 3.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.15 17.1 13.15 17.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.81 6.7 16.25 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.02 6.5 15.51 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.17 7.4 19.17 7.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.19 5.8 17.19 5.8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.98 6.2 15.98 6.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.37 2.9 13.42 3.3 11.77 16.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 1.9 10.16 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.85 1.3 12.85 1.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.63 4.1 12.51 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.34 3.6 15.34 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.04 9.9 18.16 10.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 4.4 14.72 4.4 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.32 3.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.52 8.3 14.87 8.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 12.4 10.56 11.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.84 4.7 10.90 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 5.7 12.86 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.69 3.8 14.69 3.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.72 9.3 16.94 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 6.1 13.79 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 3.5 15.49 3.5 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.18 7.7 18.18 7.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.46 8.4 11.52 8.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.64 8.4 11.29 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 16.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.39 6.3 11.64 9.5 – – 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), Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $19.84 6.2 $19.88 6.6 $18.03 17.1 Management occupations.............................................. 35.18 16.0 34.72 16.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.79 6.9 23.92 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.34 3.3 29.30 3.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.23 3.3 29.19 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.23 3.3 29.19 3.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.98 2.9 28.92 2.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.98 2.9 28.92 2.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 2.0 11.48 2.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.12 14.8 22.27 15.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.29 15.0 18.65 16.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.10 6.3 11.10 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 7.0 10.89 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.67 13.6 13.67 13.6 – – 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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $17.33 5.5 $18.11 5.7 $10.57 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 45.57 18.9 45.52 19.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 8.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.85 16.6 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.09 1.8 40.09 1.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.07 5.0 24.07 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.58 2.4 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.05 13.2 30.05 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.47 25.6 45.47 25.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.18 8.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 52.04 31.0 52.04 31.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.82 7.9 24.96 8.3 18.63 31.1 Group I................................................... 11.48 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.80 2.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.50 4.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.93 6.8 31.43 6.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.22 3.3 29.19 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 29.23 3.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.98 2.9 28.92 2.8 – – Group III................................................. 28.98 2.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Group III................................................. 28.64 2.0 28.58 1.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 2.0 11.48 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 2.0 11.48 2.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.48 15.5 20.48 15.5 – – Group II.................................................. 16.45 6.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.74 11.6 32.03 9.2 29.54 36.4 Group II.................................................. 20.38 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 53.40 6.6 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.56 2.7 51.56 2.7 – – Group III................................................. 51.56 2.7 51.56 2.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.46 32.3 32.74 30.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.23 1.3 23.06 1.2 – – Therapists........................................................ 24.69 17.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.89 5.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.42 3.9 15.35 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.53 5.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.83 12.8 13.11 13.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.16 3.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.69 1.2 9.61 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.69 1.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.69 1.2 9.61 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.69 1.2 9.61 1.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.32 8.1 15.24 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.57 9.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.53 12.1 16.76 13.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.68 15.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.37 5.1 7.13 5.0 4.48 7.9 Group I................................................... 6.03 3.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.08 .9 10.08 .9 – – Group I................................................... 10.08 .9 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.16 1.8 10.16 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.16 1.8 10.16 1.8 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.52 4.1 2.41 1.8 2.68 8.1 Group I................................................... 2.52 4.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.32 .1 2.26 .1 2.42 .1 Group I................................................... 2.32 .1 2.26 .1 2.42 .1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 7.1 9.15 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.18 7.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.18 7.1 9.15 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.18 7.1 9.15 10.9 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.28 3.3 9.55 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.23 3.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.95 3.8 9.20 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.95 3.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.24 5.7 9.76 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.24 5.7 9.76 4.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.52 2.7 8.58 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.52 2.7 8.58 3.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.19 4.3 10.21 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.97 3.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.56 10.1 19.08 10.3 10.00 9.7 Group I................................................... 10.29 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.17 16.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.01 24.7 20.01 24.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.13 15.1 15.13 15.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.71 3.7 10.08 4.0 8.80 5.9 Group I................................................... 9.63 3.3 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Group I................................................... 9.07 6.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 3.8 9.60 2.4 7.86 .7 Group I................................................... 9.07 6.2 9.49 4.7 7.86 .7 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.72 10.7 10.73 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.71 11.8 10.72 12.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.32 17.5 27.95 18.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.73 18.7 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.14 32.1 28.70 35.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.64 2.4 12.85 2.7 10.40 2.3 Group I................................................... 11.67 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.08 7.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.22 4.0 19.22 4.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.29 5.7 12.36 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 6.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.40 7.9 13.40 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.40 7.9 13.40 7.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.82 9.5 12.62 8.6 – – Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.90 2.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.90 2.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.37 2.8 11.45 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.37 2.8 11.45 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.86 1.6 11.87 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.86 1.6 11.87 2.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.56 6.9 16.78 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.92 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.59 4.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.47 15.5 21.96 13.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 1.3 11.83 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.83 1.3 11.83 1.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 7.5 15.97 7.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.74 5.6 11.69 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.81 5.9 11.75 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.31 15.4 14.31 15.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.99 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.56 8.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.88 6.3 16.30 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.13 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.51 4.8 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.93 5.6 16.93 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.24 5.5 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 5.9 15.79 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.22 3.7 17.22 3.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.37 2.9 13.42 3.3 11.77 16.3 Group I................................................... 11.54 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.10 3.5 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 4.4 14.72 4.4 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.32 3.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.32 3.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 8.0 14.89 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.57 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.18 4.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.65 8.9 16.85 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.82 3.9 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.16 7.6 18.16 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.99 6.1 13.99 6.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.36 8.3 12.43 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.36 8.3 12.43 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.64 8.4 11.29 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.64 8.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.39 6.3 11.64 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.39 6.3 11.64 9.5 – – 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.00 $19.23 $30.98 Management occupations.............................................. 16.00 26.18 40.22 68.38 68.38 Education administrators.......................................... 32.44 33.88 41.15 45.19 46.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 20.91 22.65 25.34 27.74 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.04 19.35 24.47 38.46 53.53 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 33.54 41.84 48.35 75.66 Engineers......................................................... 31.35 34.62 39.37 74.04 75.66 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.15 14.23 25.77 32.90 37.02 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.60 24.67 27.02 44.16 44.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.78 24.84 28.90 32.90 36.94 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.78 24.72 28.56 32.54 35.44 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 24.61 28.32 31.87 34.63 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.18 9.79 11.47 12.65 13.76 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 16.84 20.46 46.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.82 18.19 23.59 44.81 60.70 Pharmacists....................................................... 44.81 46.86 53.25 54.50 54.50 Registered nurses................................................. 20.12 22.06 24.08 56.49 62.50 Therapists........................................................ 15.59 17.51 20.15 35.07 35.07 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.00 18.30 21.09 23.65 24.61 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.45 14.73 15.13 16.00 16.85 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 9.24 10.31 14.02 24.22 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.10 9.06 9.48 10.50 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.10 9.10 9.48 10.50 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 10.80 14.02 14.98 22.46 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.41 12.72 14.79 19.28 24.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.45 6.77 9.60 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.82 10.03 10.03 11.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.99 9.00 9.94 11.00 11.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 2.45 3.90 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.40 2.48 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.50 6.61 7.00 8.22 12.70 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.50 6.61 7.00 8.22 12.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.94 8.63 10.38 12.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.94 8.50 9.71 12.01 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.64 7.94 8.40 11.15 12.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.56 8.50 9.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.11 8.75 10.10 10.99 11.27 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.70 8.97 11.75 21.64 32.36 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.61 10.91 14.61 29.12 44.27 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.61 10.91 12.20 16.35 29.12 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.85 8.10 9.20 10.25 12.47 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.75 8.79 9.75 13.58 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.75 8.79 9.75 13.58 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.03 8.76 9.85 10.95 13.49 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.05 19.81 24.99 30.93 35.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.97 16.05 19.81 31.25 62.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.04 10.44 11.75 13.85 17.77 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.01 18.01 18.01 20.55 21.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.64 11.42 13.25 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.42 11.42 12.11 15.00 17.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 10.00 12.33 13.56 14.76 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.50 9.00 10.00 10.25 11.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 10.82 11.17 11.50 13.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.35 11.20 12.21 12.50 12.54 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.86 12.53 15.50 20.21 25.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 10.85 11.35 21.62 26.39 27.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 10.33 11.28 12.75 16.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.74 13.50 15.87 17.69 20.21 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.88 10.57 11.80 13.00 14.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 14.00 17.00 23.07 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.50 16.00 17.40 22.28 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.46 14.72 17.40 20.39 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.32 13.50 17.10 17.40 20.39 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.40 12.62 15.40 18.05 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.40 11.40 14.60 18.05 18.05 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 11.65 13.50 16.63 21.46 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 13.50 15.84 19.37 24.18 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.60 13.50 17.14 22.44 25.38 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 10.14 12.30 13.63 16.63 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 9.25 12.00 13.50 13.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 10.50 13.50 13.50 13.55 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.90 $10.00 $12.50 $17.75 $29.12 Management occupations.............................................. 16.00 28.34 46.15 68.38 68.38 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.32 20.91 22.65 25.50 32.23 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 33.54 41.84 48.35 75.66 Engineers......................................................... 31.35 34.62 39.37 74.04 75.66 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.60 24.67 27.02 44.16 44.16 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 16.84 20.46 46.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.04 20.41 24.00 54.50 62.50 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.45 53.25 54.50 54.50 54.50 Registered nurses................................................. 20.21 22.06 24.00 57.33 62.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.45 14.73 15.13 16.00 16.85 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.24 10.00 12.13 14.98 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.12 9.43 10.50 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.12 9.45 10.50 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 10.92 14.02 14.98 14.98 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.45 6.61 9.70 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.82 10.03 10.03 11.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.99 9.00 9.94 11.00 11.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 2.45 3.90 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.40 2.48 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.50 6.61 6.92 8.15 12.70 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.50 6.61 6.92 8.15 12.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.77 8.50 9.45 12.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.64 7.50 8.25 9.00 11.38 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.64 7.36 7.94 9.00 11.38 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.56 8.50 9.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 9.31 10.71 10.99 10.99 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.70 8.97 11.75 21.64 32.36 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.61 10.91 14.61 29.12 44.27 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.61 10.91 12.20 16.35 29.12 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.85 8.10 9.20 10.25 12.47 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.75 8.79 9.75 13.58 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.75 8.79 9.75 13.58 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.03 8.76 9.85 10.95 13.49 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.05 19.81 24.99 30.93 35.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.97 16.05 19.81 31.25 62.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 10.50 11.75 13.60 17.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.01 18.01 18.01 20.55 21.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.64 11.42 13.47 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.42 11.42 12.11 15.00 17.71 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 10.00 12.33 13.56 14.76 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.50 9.00 10.00 10.25 11.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 10.82 11.17 11.50 13.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.80 11.75 12.21 12.50 12.54 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.85 11.59 14.90 15.91 26.39 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 10.33 11.28 12.75 16.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.88 10.57 11.80 13.00 14.82 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 12.63 16.00 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.50 16.00 17.40 22.28 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.46 14.55 17.40 20.60 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.25 13.50 17.40 17.40 20.74 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.40 12.62 15.40 18.05 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.40 11.40 14.60 18.05 18.05 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 11.50 13.50 16.63 21.66 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.50 13.50 15.84 19.65 24.18 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.62 13.50 17.14 22.51 25.62 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 9.43 11.50 13.63 16.63 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 9.25 12.00 13.50 13.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 10.50 13.50 13.50 13.55 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.04 $12.55 $18.20 $25.34 $33.83 Management occupations.............................................. 26.18 26.18 33.88 41.90 45.88 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.85 13.76 25.07 31.25 34.47 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.78 24.84 28.90 32.90 36.94 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.78 24.72 28.56 32.54 35.44 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 24.61 28.32 31.87 34.63 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.18 9.79 11.47 12.65 13.76 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.43 14.22 17.75 26.66 35.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.52 13.72 14.79 22.17 26.07 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.30 9.03 11.15 12.55 13.82 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.30 8.78 10.61 12.46 13.82 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.30 8.78 10.61 12.46 13.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.04 9.04 11.26 18.27 20.89 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.55 $10.40 $13.50 $20.46 $32.50 Management occupations.............................................. 16.00 26.18 40.22 68.38 68.38 Education administrators.......................................... 32.44 33.88 41.15 45.19 46.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 20.91 22.65 25.34 27.74 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.04 19.35 24.47 38.46 53.53 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 33.54 41.84 48.35 75.66 Engineers......................................................... 31.35 34.62 39.37 74.04 75.66 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.22 14.23 26.12 32.90 37.02 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.67 25.70 27.62 44.16 44.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.78 24.84 28.90 32.90 37.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.78 24.66 28.48 32.29 35.45 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.69 24.61 28.22 31.55 34.71 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.18 9.79 11.47 12.65 13.76 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 16.84 20.46 46.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.52 17.75 23.59 46.63 60.21 Pharmacists....................................................... 44.81 46.86 53.25 54.50 54.50 Registered nurses................................................. 19.88 22.06 24.22 39.93 60.93 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.10 14.73 15.13 15.93 17.04 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.46 9.24 10.49 14.50 26.29 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.00 9.43 10.31 10.82 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.00 9.43 10.31 10.82 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.35 12.56 14.50 14.98 23.80 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.97 12.72 14.79 20.07 24.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.76 7.79 10.03 11.75 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.82 10.03 10.03 11.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.99 9.00 9.94 11.00 11.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.38 2.58 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.28 2.45 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.92 6.92 7.50 12.30 13.80 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.92 6.92 7.50 12.30 13.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.67 8.00 8.78 10.38 12.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.94 8.75 9.99 12.46 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.94 7.94 9.00 11.34 12.55 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.28 7.75 8.50 9.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 8.54 10.30 10.99 11.10 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.10 9.63 12.50 23.87 34.12 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.61 10.91 14.61 29.12 44.27 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.61 10.91 12.20 16.35 29.12 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.70 8.45 9.42 10.59 14.03 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.10 9.25 10.00 14.03 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.10 9.25 10.00 14.03 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.10 8.76 9.30 11.08 13.49 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.68 19.81 26.13 31.25 35.13 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 14.54 16.68 19.81 33.17 62.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.26 10.50 12.00 13.85 18.01 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.01 18.01 18.01 20.55 21.15 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 10.64 11.42 13.38 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.42 11.42 12.11 15.00 17.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.05 12.33 13.56 16.92 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 10.82 11.42 12.00 13.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.39 11.20 12.21 12.45 14.03 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.86 13.50 15.87 20.21 25.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 10.85 20.89 24.29 26.39 27.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 10.33 11.28 12.75 16.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.74 13.50 15.87 17.69 20.21 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.88 10.57 11.80 13.00 13.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 14.00 17.00 23.07 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.25 12.50 16.05 18.90 22.28 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.46 14.72 17.40 20.39 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.32 13.50 17.10 17.40 20.39 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.40 12.78 15.24 18.05 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.40 11.40 14.60 18.05 18.05 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 11.65 13.63 17.02 22.44 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.85 13.50 15.84 19.48 24.18 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.60 13.50 17.14 22.44 25.38 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 10.14 12.30 13.63 16.63 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.00 11.05 12.75 14.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.54 11.10 12.75 16.05 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $2.76 $6.64 $9.17 $12.47 $16.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.33 14.77 14.77 22.80 33.97 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.87 20.71 24.00 24.00 73.45 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.40 3.67 6.61 7.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.40 2.50 3.90 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.40 2.40 2.48 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.50 6.84 8.50 10.05 16.05 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 6.73 8.50 10.00 10.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.10 6.73 7.50 9.56 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.10 6.73 7.50 9.56 10.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 8.75 10.28 11.50 12.51 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 7.75 9.75 16.74 19.15 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $18.11 $13.50 $728 $540 40.2 $37,229 $28,018 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 45.52 40.22 1,819 1,622 39.9 93,101 80,687 2,045 Education administrators.......................................... 40.09 41.15 1,610 1,622 40.2 73,202 75,264 1,826 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.07 22.65 965 914 40.1 50,203 47,509 2,086 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.05 24.47 1,198 979 39.9 62,290 50,898 2,073 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.47 41.84 1,828 1,674 40.2 95,033 87,023 2,090 Engineers......................................................... 52.04 39.37 2,101 1,575 40.4 109,270 81,890 2,100 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.96 26.12 963 994 38.6 41,018 40,125 1,643 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.43 27.62 1,257 1,105 40.0 59,933 56,195 1,907 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.19 28.90 1,118 1,102 38.3 44,666 44,160 1,530 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.92 28.48 1,105 1,086 38.2 44,159 43,451 1,527 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.58 28.22 1,093 1,072 38.2 43,703 42,903 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 11.47 424 423 37.0 16,363 16,349 1,426 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.48 16.84 786 615 38.4 40,669 31,990 1,986 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.03 23.59 1,267 944 39.6 65,024 47,216 2,030 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.56 53.25 2,062 2,130 40.0 107,244 110,750 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 32.74 24.22 1,309 964 40.0 67,822 50,149 2,072 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.35 15.13 608 605 39.6 31,602 31,479 2,058 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.11 10.49 510 403 38.9 25,837 20,958 1,970 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.61 9.43 370 369 38.5 19,244 19,213 2,003 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.61 9.43 370 369 38.5 19,246 19,213 2,003 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.24 14.50 609 580 40.0 31,691 30,160 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.76 14.79 719 727 42.9 37,412 37,812 2,232 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.13 7.79 282 290 39.5 14,392 13,260 2,019 Cooks............................................................. 10.08 10.03 410 421 40.7 21,323 21,906 2,115 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.16 9.94 406 398 40.0 21,128 20,675 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.41 2.13 95 85 39.7 4,965 4,430 2,063 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.26 2.13 90 85 39.7 4,660 4,430 2,062 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.15 7.50 332 249 36.3 16,518 12,949 1,804 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.15 7.50 332 249 36.3 16,518 12,949 1,804 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.55 8.78 376 350 39.3 19,213 17,957 2,011 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.20 8.75 360 338 39.2 18,572 17,476 2,019 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.76 9.00 387 360 39.7 20,097 18,720 2,060 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 8.50 332 323 38.7 16,964 16,640 1,977 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.21 10.30 428 438 41.9 20,474 20,696 2,005 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.08 12.50 769 484 40.3 39,968 25,191 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.01 14.61 852 654 42.6 44,317 34,008 2,215 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.13 12.20 647 600 42.8 33,659 31,200 2,225 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.08 9.42 399 369 39.6 20,762 19,178 2,059 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.60 9.25 384 370 40.0 19,976 19,240 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.60 9.25 384 370 40.0 19,976 19,240 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.73 9.30 418 350 38.9 21,727 18,221 2,025 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.95 26.13 1,169 1,058 41.8 60,803 54,999 2,175 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.70 19.81 1,262 990 44.0 65,608 51,501 2,286 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.85 12.00 513 480 39.9 26,601 24,752 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.22 18.01 769 720 40.0 39,988 37,465 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.36 11.42 493 457 39.9 25,615 23,745 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.40 12.11 531 484 39.6 27,624 25,183 2,061 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.62 12.33 505 493 40.0 26,253 25,646 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.45 11.42 458 457 40.0 23,811 23,745 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.87 12.21 473 488 39.8 24,574 25,401 2,070 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.78 15.87 671 629 40.0 34,869 32,706 2,078 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.96 24.29 876 972 39.9 45,527 50,523 2,073 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 11.28 473 451 40.0 24,615 23,462 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 15.87 639 635 40.0 33,212 33,018 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.69 11.80 468 472 40.0 24,315 24,544 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.31 14.00 573 560 40.0 28,880 26,266 2,018 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.30 16.05 651 642 39.9 33,841 33,384 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.93 17.40 676 696 39.9 35,168 36,200 2,077 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 17.10 630 684 39.9 32,779 35,568 2,076 Production occupations.............................................. 13.42 12.78 536 510 40.0 27,887 26,520 2,077 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 14.60 589 584 40.0 30,614 30,368 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 13.63 637 540 42.7 32,811 28,080 2,203 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.85 15.84 761 634 45.1 38,916 32,943 2,309 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.16 17.14 867 717 47.8 43,944 37,280 2,420 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.43 12.30 497 492 40.0 25,847 25,584 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.29 11.05 452 442 40.0 23,491 22,984 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.64 11.10 466 444 40.0 24,208 23,088 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $17.81 $13.00 $718 $519 40.3 $37,087 $26,624 2,082 Management occupations.............................................. 47.94 46.15 1,924 1,846 40.1 99,979 96,000 2,085 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.32 22.65 987 914 40.6 51,329 47,509 2,110 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.47 41.84 1,828 1,674 40.2 95,033 87,023 2,090 Engineers......................................................... 52.04 39.37 2,101 1,575 40.4 109,270 81,890 2,100 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.43 27.62 1,257 1,105 40.0 59,933 56,195 1,907 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.99 16.84 766 615 38.3 39,846 31,990 1,993 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.33 24.08 1,415 963 40.0 73,575 50,086 2,082 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.70 54.50 2,148 2,180 40.0 111,706 113,362 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 33.68 24.11 1,347 964 40.0 70,060 50,149 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.35 15.13 608 605 39.6 31,602 31,479 2,058 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.80 10.05 419 378 38.8 21,793 19,641 2,019 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.59 9.43 368 369 38.4 19,133 19,213 1,995 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.59 9.43 368 369 38.4 19,134 19,213 1,995 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.08 7.75 280 281 39.6 14,343 12,949 2,025 Cooks............................................................. 10.08 10.03 410 421 40.7 21,323 21,906 2,115 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.16 9.94 406 398 40.0 21,128 20,675 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.41 2.13 95 85 39.7 4,965 4,430 2,063 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.26 2.13 90 85 39.7 4,660 4,430 2,062 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.21 8.63 361 338 39.2 18,411 17,476 1,998 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.81 8.40 344 328 39.0 17,690 17,050 2,008 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.13 8.20 361 328 39.5 18,755 17,050 2,054 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 8.50 332 323 38.7 16,964 16,640 1,977 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.41 10.95 447 440 42.9 20,914 22,464 2,009 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.08 12.50 769 484 40.3 39,968 25,191 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.01 14.61 852 654 42.6 44,317 34,008 2,215 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.13 12.20 647 600 42.8 33,659 31,200 2,225 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.08 9.42 399 369 39.6 20,762 19,178 2,059 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.60 9.25 384 370 40.0 19,976 19,240 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.60 9.25 384 370 40.0 19,976 19,240 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.73 9.30 418 350 38.9 21,727 18,221 2,025 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.95 26.13 1,169 1,058 41.8 60,803 54,999 2,175 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.70 19.81 1,262 990 44.0 65,608 51,501 2,286 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.76 12.00 509 480 39.9 26,427 24,877 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.22 18.01 769 720 40.0 39,988 37,465 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.39 11.42 494 457 39.9 25,685 23,745 2,073 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.43 12.11 533 484 39.7 27,713 25,183 2,063 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.62 12.33 505 493 40.0 26,253 25,646 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.45 11.42 458 457 40.0 23,811 23,745 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.06 12.21 482 488 40.0 25,076 25,401 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.20 14.90 648 596 40.0 33,689 31,000 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 11.28 473 451 40.0 24,615 23,462 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 11.80 469 472 40.0 24,383 24,544 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.15 12.63 526 505 40.0 26,357 25,818 2,004 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.25 16.25 650 650 40.0 33,804 33,800 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.19 17.40 688 696 40.0 35,766 36,200 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.98 17.40 639 696 40.0 33,232 36,200 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.42 12.78 536 510 40.0 27,887 26,520 2,077 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 14.60 589 584 40.0 30,614 30,368 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.87 13.60 637 540 42.8 32,831 28,080 2,208 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.94 15.84 771 634 45.5 39,405 32,943 2,326 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.18 17.14 872 717 48.0 44,172 37,280 2,429 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.52 11.50 461 460 40.0 23,969 23,920 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.29 11.05 452 442 40.0 23,491 22,984 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.64 11.10 466 444 40.0 24,208 23,088 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $19.88 $18.27 $787 $765 39.6 $38,013 $37,812 1,912 Management occupations.............................................. 34.72 33.88 1,359 1,355 39.1 65,383 70,470 1,883 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.92 25.07 917 960 38.3 37,968 38,954 1,587 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.19 28.90 1,118 1,102 38.3 44,666 44,160 1,530 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.92 28.48 1,105 1,086 38.2 44,159 43,451 1,527 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.58 28.22 1,093 1,072 38.2 43,703 42,903 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.48 11.47 424 423 37.0 16,363 16,349 1,426 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.27 17.25 850 710 38.2 42,098 36,920 1,891 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.65 14.79 829 828 44.5 43,127 43,068 2,313 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.10 11.15 444 446 40.0 22,985 23,026 2,071 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.89 10.61 436 424 40.0 22,551 22,069 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.89 10.61 436 424 40.0 22,551 22,069 2,070 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.67 11.26 541 441 39.6 28,110 22,936 2,057 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.96 $17.33 $16.36 $16.72 Management, professional, and related...... 35.48 36.87 38.18 28.79 Management, business, and financial...... 40.04 40.11 48.72 – Professional and related................. 33.65 35.17 35.60 28.00 Service.................................... 8.18 8.16 7.62 8.94 Sales and office........................... 14.39 14.70 14.20 12.67 Sales and related........................ 17.56 18.51 15.55 – Office and administrative support........ 12.53 12.05 13.37 12.67 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.81 13.49 18.21 – Construction and extraction............. 13.15 12.98 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 15.81 13.93 18.98 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.04 12.75 15.15 16.93 Production............................... 13.37 12.45 12.85 17.25 Transportation and material moving....... 14.52 12.91 16.75 – 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........................................................... 6.4 10.9 12.2 8.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.3 15.0 21.6 9.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 18.3 24.3 38.4 – Professional and related.......................................... 8.4 8.7 29.2 11.8 Service............................................................. 5.7 7.9 9.6 14.7 Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 10.3 7.9 3.9 Sales and related................................................. 10.1 16.6 22.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 1.7 5.2 3.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.2 9.5 8.1 – Construction and extraction...................................... 17.1 18.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.7 5.6 7.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 3.2 10.5 7.9 Production........................................................ 2.9 2.8 5.2 7.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 4.4 11.3 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $18.43 $13.00 $735 $520 39.9 $38,194 $27,040 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 45.87 46.15 1,842 1,846 40.2 95,809 96,000 2,089 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 48.37 41.84 1,935 1,674 40.0 100,603 87,023 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.20 23.64 1,578 946 40.3 82,056 49,171 2,093 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.51 8.50 299 255 39.9 15,569 13,260 2,074 Cooks............................................................. 10.16 10.03 418 421 41.1 21,729 21,906 2,138 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.75 2.38 108 95 39.2 5,595 4,950 2,036 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 9.00 386 354 39.3 19,763 18,431 2,014 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.19 9.00 360 350 39.2 18,425 18,200 2,005 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.81 8.75 342 350 38.8 17,318 18,200 1,967 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.18 12.50 805 488 39.9 41,855 25,376 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 12.20 826 600 42.7 42,940 31,200 2,221 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.08 9.25 403 370 40.0 20,964 19,240 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.51 27.89 1,201 1,115 40.7 62,477 58,001 2,117 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.22 11.42 487 457 39.9 25,348 23,745 2,074 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.41 11.42 494 457 39.8 25,700 23,745 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.61 12.00 538 480 39.5 27,987 24,960 2,057 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.63 11.42 465 457 40.0 24,190 23,745 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.03 10.79 441 432 40.0 22,938 22,443 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.98 12.63 519 505 40.0 27,001 26,266 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.23 15.00 569 600 40.0 29,604 31,200 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.44 17.40 618 696 40.0 32,118 36,200 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.50 12.50 498 500 39.9 25,921 26,000 2,074 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.04 12.80 521 512 40.0 27,116 26,624 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.63 13.50 545 540 40.0 28,359 28,080 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.00 11.25 480 450 40.0 24,953 23,400 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.89 11.10 475 444 40.0 24,723 23,088 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 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $17.03 $13.00 $696 $513 40.9 $35,686 $26,125 2,095 Management occupations.............................................. 56.70 38.79 2,268 1,552 40.0 117,448 80,687 2,071 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.14 25.00 1,118 1,000 41.2 58,111 52,000 2,141 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.26 24.14 1,328 965 39.9 69,075 50,170 2,077 Registered nurses................................................. 38.29 26.01 1,532 1,040 40.0 79,643 54,101 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.89 9.50 381 369 38.6 19,837 19,213 2,005 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.59 9.43 368 369 38.4 19,133 19,213 1,995 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.59 9.43 368 369 38.4 19,134 19,213 1,995 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.63 7.50 260 290 39.2 13,097 12,949 1,975 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.49 7.94 331 318 38.9 16,794 16,521 1,979 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.30 7.94 321 318 38.7 16,686 16,521 2,011 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.03 9.46 452 398 45.0 19,707 18,200 1,965 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.72 11.08 688 417 41.2 35,786 21,658 2,140 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.09 9.65 395 364 39.2 20,538 18,928 2,036 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.82 9.50 379 350 38.6 19,721 18,221 2,009 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.48 12.22 539 489 40.0 27,878 25,401 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.32 12.11 493 484 40.0 25,620 25,183 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 15.87 699 635 40.0 36,372 33,018 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.83 11.28 473 451 40.0 24,615 23,462 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.23 12.20 529 488 40.0 27,523 25,376 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.37 18.90 775 756 40.0 40,288 39,318 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.00 21.09 800 844 40.0 41,597 43,867 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.07 13.30 563 532 40.0 29,271 27,664 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.72 14.60 589 584 40.0 30,614 30,368 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.95 15.98 790 700 46.6 40,218 32,479 2,372 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... $18.51 $14.15 $30.21 $17.25 $17.12 $18.26 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.86 – 30.21 32.21 35.56 21.78 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 37.75 40.04 27.16 Professional and related.......................................... 28.05 – 28.31 30.21 33.75 20.48 Service............................................................. – – – 9.47 8.17 15.89 Sales and office.................................................... 12.74 12.74 – 14.47 14.53 13.67 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.70 17.70 – Office and administrative support................................. 12.58 12.58 – 12.64 12.52 13.67 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.95 14.45 18.89 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 13.85 12.50 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 15.76 15.67 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.99 13.99 – 14.08 14.05 – Production........................................................ 14.51 14.51 – 13.19 13.19 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.63 14.60 – 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........................................................... 10.2 4.3 7.3 6.0 6.8 6.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.9 – 7.3 10.0 11.4 5.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 17.4 18.3 6.7 Professional and related.......................................... 1.6 – 1.8 6.7 8.5 6.6 Service............................................................. – – – 6.0 5.7 12.3 Sales and office.................................................... 1.8 1.8 – 5.2 5.5 13.6 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.8 10.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 3.2 – 2.6 2.3 13.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 9.0 9.7 10.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.0 17.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 7.0 7.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.2 3.2 – 6.0 6.2 – Production........................................................ 4.3 4.3 – 3.7 3.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 8.4 8.7 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.86 $16.39 $26.22 $26.22 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.00 35.51 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 38.15 40.40 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.00 33.65 – – Service............................................................. 9.48 8.17 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.38 12.28 26.95 26.95 Sales and related................................................. 11.59 11.59 31.18 31.18 Office and administrative support................................. 12.68 12.58 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.24 14.81 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.15 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.88 15.81 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.03 14.00 – – Production........................................................ 13.37 13.37 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.50 14.46 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.7 6.7 16.7 16.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.3 11.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 17.0 18.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.0 8.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.0 5.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.2 2.0 19.1 19.1 Sales and related................................................. 4.6 4.6 18.0 18.0 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.5 9.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.3 6.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.5 5.7 – – Production........................................................ 2.9 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 8.7 – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 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........................................................... – $15.76 – – – – $19.71 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 27.14 – – – – 30.22 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 32.38 – – – – 21.42 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 24.22 – – – – 31.41 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.14 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 22.40 – – – – 11.84 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 14.52 – – – – 11.84 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 16.62 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 18.18 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 13.05 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 13.40 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.77 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 2.2 – – – – 14.3 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.0 – – – – 16.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 26.0 – – – – 10.0 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 3.7 – – – – 14.7 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 3.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.6 – – – – 5.2 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 4.6 – – – – 5.2 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 5.7 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 4.7 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.3 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 2.8 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 3.3 – – – – – – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 312,900 270,600 42,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 70,300 47,000 23,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 16,700 12,700 4,000 Professional and related.......................................... 53,500 34,200 19,300 Service............................................................. 67,700 57,400 10,300 Sales and office.................................................... 100,200 94,500 5,700 Sales and related................................................. 35,900 35,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 64,300 58,700 5,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19,400 17,400 2,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 7,800 6,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,600 11,000 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 55,300 54,400 – Production........................................................ 23,000 23,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,300 31,300 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,901 11,750 151 Total in sample....................................................... 286 267 19 Responding........................................................ 165 148 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 77 75 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 44 44 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.