NC BL 10/00/2008 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, Bulletin, December 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $24.54 3.0 35.9 $24.13 3.4 35.9 $27.22 3.1 36.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 35.80 3.3 38.1 36.47 4.1 38.8 32.93 2.6 35.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.21 3.3 40.7 40.56 3.7 41.0 33.56 3.3 39.7 Professional and related.......................................... 33.87 5.1 36.8 34.17 6.3 37.7 32.56 2.6 33.4 Service............................................................. 13.48 5.4 31.4 12.12 4.4 30.6 20.41 9.6 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 18.56 3.8 35.0 18.50 4.3 34.9 19.01 4.7 35.3 Sales and related................................................. 20.96 8.5 33.3 20.96 8.5 33.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.35 2.2 35.9 16.99 2.4 36.0 19.01 4.7 35.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.66 4.6 39.0 22.25 4.8 38.9 27.99 6.1 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.38 5.4 38.8 22.16 5.7 38.7 26.55 3.7 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.39 5.4 39.3 22.48 5.8 39.2 31.25 2.6 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.98 4.8 35.9 18.87 5.0 35.8 23.03 3.8 38.6 Production........................................................ 19.54 3.7 36.8 19.54 3.7 36.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.50 8.6 35.1 18.26 9.1 35.0 23.03 3.8 38.6 Full time........................................................... 25.98 3.2 39.8 25.73 3.8 39.8 27.55 3.1 39.7 Part time........................................................... 14.09 3.5 21.0 12.72 3.4 21.2 24.36 9.9 20.1 Union............................................................... 24.49 2.7 36.5 23.65 4.0 36.2 25.80 3.6 37.0 Nonunion............................................................ 24.56 3.8 35.7 24.23 4.1 35.8 30.81 5.4 33.5 Time................................................................ 24.34 3.0 35.8 23.87 3.6 35.7 27.22 3.1 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 28.34 8.3 38.6 28.34 8.3 38.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 25.73 5.3 38.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.77 3.8 34.8 19.69 3.9 34.7 21.68 5.4 36.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 24.87 5.5 35.9 24.80 5.8 35.6 25.83 6.2 40.1 500 workers or more................................................. 31.44 2.8 37.7 33.02 3.5 39.2 28.41 3.2 35.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.54 3.0 $25.98 3.2 $14.09 3.5 Management occupations.............................................. 43.92 3.4 43.91 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.84 11.6 33.84 11.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.93 6.0 39.67 6.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.43 8.7 47.43 8.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 58.10 7.6 58.10 7.6 – – Level 13.................................................. 60.90 7.1 60.90 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.41 3.6 47.41 3.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 32.27 13.3 32.27 13.3 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.61 7.8 48.61 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.58 4.2 45.58 4.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.29 3.1 48.29 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.34 4.5 47.34 4.5 – – Sales managers.................................................. 48.94 16.7 48.94 16.7 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.23 2.3 63.23 2.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.25 8.8 40.16 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.98 19.6 41.98 19.6 – – Construction managers............................................. 47.61 14.2 47.61 14.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 34.37 12.3 34.37 12.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 34.87 7.7 34.87 7.7 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.61 6.6 51.61 6.6 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 52.71 9.5 52.71 9.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.59 4.5 32.66 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.05 7.1 20.04 7.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.98 13.2 30.16 13.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.69 4.4 27.57 5.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 31.66 3.4 31.66 3.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 50.72 7.1 50.72 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.38 5.6 36.38 5.6 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.05 5.5 39.05 5.5 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 7.7 41.18 7.7 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 38.29 5.9 38.29 5.9 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 36.90 15.6 38.25 15.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.03 9.9 29.03 9.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 34.08 10.0 34.45 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.47 10.9 29.38 11.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.62 6.7 21.62 6.7 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.20 24.8 42.20 24.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.17 1.8 35.23 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.32 4.7 25.32 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.80 6.3 27.80 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.36 3.2 36.36 3.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.51 4.6 35.51 4.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.84 3.3 41.84 3.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 47.43 2.3 47.43 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.13 2.6 34.13 2.6 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 38.54 6.0 38.54 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.57 7.8 32.57 7.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.96 4.4 42.96 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.10 9.4 38.10 9.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.61 7.4 45.61 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.28 6.1 49.28 6.1 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.45 9.9 26.45 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.48 10.7 24.48 10.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.36 5.5 36.36 5.5 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.24 3.6 40.24 3.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.11 17.1 40.59 17.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.24 6.8 26.24 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.48 6.1 26.35 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.68 4.3 28.68 4.3 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.56 4.7 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 39.62 1.8 39.62 1.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.39 2.5 45.39 2.5 – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 30.75 3.0 31.02 4.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 47.01 13.4 47.01 13.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.63 1.3 39.63 1.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.89 2.8 45.89 2.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.54 17.5 33.54 17.5 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 32.74 17.9 32.74 17.9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 24.01 13.6 24.01 13.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.85 2.1 29.79 2.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.21 10.1 26.90 8.0 – – Life scientists................................................... – – 20.29 10.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.62 3.8 25.05 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.02 6.8 31.35 8.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 26.19 11.2 25.96 11.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.56 8.8 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 24.77 8.1 24.67 9.3 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.80 10.1 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 29.49 16.6 31.14 18.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.89 6.5 31.00 6.6 30.31 16.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.33 3.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.78 7.4 13.51 8.0 14.01 8.7 Level 5 .................................................. 14.55 6.6 14.86 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.95 7.4 21.67 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.04 4.6 37.26 4.8 47.10 10.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.99 14.0 27.19 7.2 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.56 4.5 25.13 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.12 11.4 33.33 10.6 28.39 36.5 Level 7 .................................................. 21.96 11.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.02 6.6 37.85 6.2 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.42 20.5 17.96 20.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.78 5.1 36.97 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.50 5.6 38.45 5.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.80 4.7 35.89 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.93 5.5 37.72 5.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.17 5.3 40.58 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.17 5.3 40.58 5.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.76 10.1 36.77 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.36 10.2 37.27 10.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.54 10.4 36.54 10.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.19 10.7 37.09 10.5 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 47.76 16.3 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 36.46 5.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.03 4.7 14.54 8.3 13.55 7.4 Level 4 .................................................. 13.78 7.4 13.51 8.0 14.01 8.7 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.77 3.9 25.96 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.28 2.9 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.52 5.4 21.52 5.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.82 4.1 33.90 4.5 33.30 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.24 6.5 16.12 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 12.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.37 6.5 21.93 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.28 4.5 29.48 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.10 6.7 33.55 8.7 36.63 4.5 Level 9 .................................................. 34.80 2.8 34.59 3.0 36.14 1.8 Level 10.................................................. 43.55 1.4 43.71 1.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.60 2.9 44.96 4.9 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.78 .9 50.78 .9 – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 87.19 10.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.49 2.2 34.25 2.3 35.90 1.3 Level 8 .................................................. 31.18 10.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.98 1.5 – – 35.35 1.0 Level 10.................................................. 35.96 1.7 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 42.51 2.8 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 38.37 8.9 38.65 10.1 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 4.2 24.82 4.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.85 4.0 35.80 5.5 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 35.22 4.0 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.80 8.9 18.93 11.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.27 2.9 22.50 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.29 3.9 – – – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.34 3.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.13 5.4 16.10 4.7 16.30 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.36 2.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 4.1 15.07 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.43 5.6 15.97 4.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.75 3.9 14.17 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.21 5.2 15.32 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 4.7 13.87 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.76 4.3 14.18 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.21 5.2 15.32 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.72 5.4 13.85 5.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.89 5.5 17.67 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.16 3.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.60 12.2 22.05 13.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.64 2.4 26.64 2.4 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 29.75 1.6 29.75 1.6 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Police officers................................................... 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.20 9.6 13.31 10.3 – – Security guards................................................. 13.20 9.6 13.31 10.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.34 1.9 11.69 7.2 8.68 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.35 1.6 8.70 3.4 8.26 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 1.9 9.46 1.3 8.66 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.28 4.1 – – 8.71 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 11.92 1.7 12.21 2.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.66 4.6 16.67 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.34 6.8 16.35 6.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.29 4.3 11.83 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.02 6.3 12.46 4.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.99 8.8 11.70 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.55 6.7 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.14 5.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.32 1.0 8.71 2.2 8.06 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.01 .8 – – 8.01 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.9 – – 8.04 1.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.02 .5 – – 8.03 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 1.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 1.6 – – 8.04 1.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.45 7.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.15 2.1 10.88 9.9 9.13 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.61 5.3 – – 9.10 6.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.07 .6 10.65 11.1 9.09 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 5.5 – – 9.03 7.7 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.89 3.2 – – 8.91 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.41 4.1 14.14 3.5 10.03 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 12.70 12.1 13.61 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.06 3.7 13.40 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.24 5.5 14.37 5.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.88 6.1 13.79 5.7 9.68 12.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.73 12.8 13.72 8.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.54 6.0 13.13 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.40 3.0 13.72 3.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.73 4.1 14.78 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.04 7.1 15.13 7.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.98 5.0 13.98 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.72 2.9 13.72 3.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.74 7.3 10.04 8.0 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.57 5.0 13.74 6.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.45 5.4 14.41 6.7 10.47 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.74 4.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 2.6 – – 9.68 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 6.7 10.18 8.0 10.13 9.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.59 9.2 15.38 10.1 – – Child care workers................................................ 10.80 6.8 11.06 5.1 10.24 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.29 6.3 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.63 4.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 16.68 18.0 – – 10.87 13.5 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 18.24 19.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.96 8.5 24.43 8.8 10.91 7.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 1.2 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.1 11.11 4.3 9.24 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.11 4.0 13.27 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 7.7 16.14 10.0 15.62 2.5 Level 5 .................................................. 21.82 11.9 22.13 11.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.90 8.7 22.90 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.09 19.9 36.09 19.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.78 22.1 38.78 22.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.70 19.4 37.59 19.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 32.04 8.6 32.04 8.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 31.68 12.8 31.68 12.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.48 13.0 32.48 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.16 13.9 14.94 17.8 10.55 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 1.2 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.1 11.11 4.3 9.24 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.14 4.1 13.27 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 5.7 14.70 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.55 7.2 21.55 7.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 .9 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.97 1.3 11.41 3.3 10.08 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. – – 15.05 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.76 9.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 .9 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.97 1.3 11.41 3.3 10.08 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. – – 15.05 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.76 9.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.93 18.3 17.84 19.4 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.05 7.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.28 29.0 15.44 32.2 9.32 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 .5 – – 8.97 4.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 16.2 36.10 14.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.91 27.1 33.86 24.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.35 2.2 17.97 1.9 12.23 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.56 7.5 – – 10.39 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.43 4.7 12.51 6.3 9.64 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 2.2 13.59 2.5 12.10 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 16.18 2.3 16.36 2.2 14.22 5.9 Level 5 .................................................. 18.37 1.7 18.33 1.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.53 3.1 22.51 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.39 4.6 22.39 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.23 8.2 18.97 8.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.78 3.1 24.78 3.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.15 2.2 17.20 1.7 16.37 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 6.1 16.04 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.05 3.3 19.05 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.37 4.8 20.01 4.7 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.71 2.9 18.72 2.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.19 3.3 18.16 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.40 3.8 17.28 3.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.95 2.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.45 4.0 15.78 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 4.6 – – – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.45 2.3 18.45 2.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.56 5.5 14.44 5.5 10.95 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.04 7.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.47 5.8 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 21.14 14.8 21.14 14.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.86 9.7 15.86 9.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.00 4.1 14.14 5.7 9.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 2.9 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.75 4.7 19.89 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.49 4.7 17.76 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.23 2.3 17.10 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.95 6.4 22.95 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.20 6.6 23.20 6.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.75 4.4 19.99 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.98 6.4 21.98 6.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.64 3.7 17.57 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.44 2.4 17.25 2.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.86 5.3 16.15 5.2 10.76 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.56 3.0 12.75 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.47 4.6 15.76 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.06 7.7 18.06 7.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.38 5.4 22.59 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.92 9.6 14.92 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.68 4.6 17.68 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.39 3.9 23.65 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.94 4.2 24.00 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.52 1.5 27.52 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.44 2.5 32.44 2.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.17 7.9 31.17 7.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 23.06 5.0 23.06 5.0 – – Construction laborers............................................. 17.30 18.3 17.99 18.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.79 4.7 19.79 4.7 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.15 5.1 30.15 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 31.02 3.5 31.02 3.5 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.56 4.8 30.56 4.8 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.51 1.2 24.73 1.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.39 5.4 23.50 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.82 4.1 18.00 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.53 8.9 24.53 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.95 4.1 26.95 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.51 4.2 35.51 4.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.36 18.4 24.36 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.36 16.8 19.36 16.8 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.36 16.8 19.36 16.8 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.80 7.4 25.80 7.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.93 5.9 22.93 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 7.1 18.07 7.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.15 11.3 27.15 11.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.62 6.5 20.62 6.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 7.1 18.07 7.1 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.58 11.4 24.08 10.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.54 3.7 20.06 4.4 11.56 16.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.44 7.8 10.25 11.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 3.2 12.07 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.17 5.2 15.20 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.52 4.2 18.42 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.15 6.6 21.15 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.21 4.6 24.21 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.37 6.2 27.37 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.70 9.8 23.82 9.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.87 9.4 26.87 9.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.97 4.2 14.02 3.9 – – Bakers............................................................ 14.13 12.1 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.63 2.4 24.63 2.4 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 16.2 17.44 16.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.27 8.1 22.27 8.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.61 8.9 12.42 10.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.09 8.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.50 8.6 19.82 8.6 12.16 5.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.61 4.9 11.49 6.6 9.30 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 6.2 12.46 6.5 14.09 13.6 Level 3 .................................................. 15.20 6.1 16.07 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.71 5.0 20.85 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.59 4.4 20.88 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.21 15.4 24.21 15.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.93 8.2 21.63 7.9 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.83 12.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.31 5.0 20.55 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.19 4.5 20.18 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.50 6.1 21.66 6.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.95 4.9 21.28 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.03 7.2 16.79 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.07 6.8 22.07 6.8 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.10 14.2 18.10 14.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.86 11.7 18.86 11.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.15 6.4 14.38 6.5 9.81 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.57 5.5 11.68 7.7 9.29 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.67 4.8 13.13 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.04 5.3 15.35 6.0 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.37 5.4 11.55 6.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.77 6.6 15.23 6.2 10.03 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.84 5.6 12.24 7.4 9.45 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 13.36 6.4 13.61 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 3.8 16.40 4.3 – – 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 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.13 3.4 $25.73 3.8 $12.72 3.4 Management occupations.............................................. 45.79 3.6 45.78 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.78 13.0 34.78 13.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.49 6.5 39.20 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 50.33 9.3 50.33 9.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.73 7.4 59.73 7.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 60.70 7.8 60.70 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.92 4.5 50.92 4.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.61 7.8 48.61 7.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.58 4.2 45.58 4.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.29 3.1 48.29 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.34 4.5 47.34 4.5 – – Sales managers.................................................. 48.94 16.7 48.94 16.7 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 64.53 1.1 64.53 1.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.42 9.0 40.33 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.47 20.7 42.47 20.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 47.94 14.6 47.94 14.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 23.51 6.7 23.51 6.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.70 5.1 33.75 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.76 8.6 19.76 8.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.80 16.0 32.10 16.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.75 2.3 28.03 2.0 – – Level 13.................................................. 50.72 7.1 50.72 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.22 5.0 37.22 5.0 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.05 5.5 39.05 5.5 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 7.7 41.18 7.7 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 38.29 5.9 38.29 5.9 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.96 9.7 28.96 9.7 – – Management analysts............................................... 34.97 9.7 35.39 9.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.67 11.3 29.78 11.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.37 2.0 35.43 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.32 4.7 25.32 4.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.80 6.3 27.80 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.79 3.9 36.79 3.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.72 3.8 42.72 3.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 47.43 2.3 47.43 2.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.04 2.8 34.04 2.8 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 39.20 6.2 39.20 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.10 9.4 38.10 9.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.80 7.4 45.80 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.28 6.1 49.28 6.1 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.45 9.9 26.45 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.48 10.7 24.48 10.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.32 6.1 36.32 6.1 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.86 4.3 40.86 4.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.32 17.9 40.83 17.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.24 6.8 26.24 6.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.48 6.1 26.35 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.01 3.2 28.01 3.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.62 1.8 39.62 1.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.39 2.5 45.39 2.5 – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 30.75 3.0 31.02 4.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 47.64 13.8 47.64 13.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.63 1.3 39.63 1.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 45.89 2.8 45.89 2.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.54 17.5 33.54 17.5 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 32.74 17.9 32.74 17.9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 24.01 13.6 24.01 13.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.04 2.3 30.03 3.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.37 13.7 26.40 10.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.05 13.3 22.25 8.9 – – Legal occupations................................................... 28.38 17.6 29.99 19.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.24 15.9 27.43 14.9 15.85 41.7 Level 7 .................................................. 23.11 13.6 20.42 12.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.06 5.9 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.81 13.3 17.27 13.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.83 13.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.15 14.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.36 3.7 25.50 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.28 2.9 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.52 5.4 21.52 5.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.65 4.4 33.75 4.7 32.84 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.24 6.5 16.12 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 12.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.11 6.6 21.61 7.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.54 4.4 29.78 4.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.69 7.4 34.11 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.81 3.0 – – – – Level 10.................................................. 43.81 1.6 43.87 1.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.88 2.0 44.14 4.6 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 51.09 .9 51.09 .9 – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 87.19 10.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.48 2.5 34.26 2.5 36.46 2.3 Level 8 .................................................. 31.39 13.5 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 42.51 2.8 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 37.57 10.3 37.75 12.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 4.2 24.82 4.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.85 4.0 35.80 5.5 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 35.22 4.0 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.80 8.9 18.93 11.7 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.83 2.9 21.98 3.3 – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.34 3.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.96 6.2 15.88 5.4 16.30 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.36 2.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 4.1 15.07 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.58 6.0 16.08 4.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.50 4.2 13.93 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.21 5.2 15.32 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.09 4.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.49 4.6 13.92 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.21 5.2 15.32 5.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.81 6.4 17.53 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.47 2.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.80 13.1 14.06 15.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.07 6.9 12.13 7.2 – – Security guards................................................. 12.07 6.9 12.13 7.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.27 1.7 11.64 7.2 8.62 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.35 1.6 8.70 3.4 8.26 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 1.9 9.46 1.3 8.66 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.22 4.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.71 .7 11.99 2.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.67 4.7 16.67 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.35 6.9 16.35 6.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.29 4.3 11.83 2.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.02 6.3 12.46 4.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.99 8.8 11.70 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.55 6.7 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.95 3.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.32 1.0 8.71 2.2 8.06 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.01 .8 – – 8.01 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 1.9 – – 8.04 1.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.02 .5 – – 8.03 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 1.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 1.6 – – 8.04 1.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.45 7.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.94 .5 10.57 9.1 9.13 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.61 5.3 – – 9.10 6.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.07 .6 10.65 11.1 9.09 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 5.5 – – 9.03 7.7 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.89 3.2 – – 8.91 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.64 6.0 13.39 5.0 9.62 12.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.30 19.3 12.63 17.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.82 3.5 13.13 3.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.78 8.4 12.78 8.9 9.62 12.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.18 21.5 12.70 19.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.86 5.8 12.36 6.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.18 7.7 14.25 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.13 4.6 13.13 4.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.74 7.3 10.04 8.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.10 5.9 13.89 7.3 10.51 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 2.6 – – 9.68 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 7.4 10.18 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.45 9.3 15.24 10.4 – – Child care workers................................................ 10.76 7.0 11.06 5.1 10.07 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.29 6.3 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.63 4.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 17.80 17.9 – – 12.00 12.8 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 18.24 19.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.96 8.5 24.43 8.8 10.91 7.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 1.2 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.1 11.11 4.3 9.24 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.11 4.0 13.27 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 7.7 16.14 10.0 15.62 2.5 Level 5 .................................................. 21.82 11.9 22.13 11.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.90 8.7 22.90 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.09 19.9 36.09 19.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.78 22.1 38.78 22.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.70 19.4 37.59 19.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 32.04 8.6 32.04 8.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 31.68 12.8 31.68 12.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.48 13.0 32.48 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.16 13.9 14.94 17.8 10.55 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 1.2 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.1 11.11 4.3 9.24 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.14 4.1 13.27 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 5.7 14.70 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.55 7.2 21.55 7.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 .9 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.97 1.3 11.41 3.3 10.08 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. – – 15.05 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.76 9.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 .9 – – 8.97 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.97 1.3 11.41 3.3 10.08 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. – – 15.05 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.76 9.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.93 18.3 17.84 19.4 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.05 7.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.28 29.0 15.44 32.2 9.32 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.66 .5 – – 8.97 4.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 16.2 36.10 14.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.91 27.1 33.86 24.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.99 2.4 17.59 2.2 12.08 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.56 7.5 – – 10.39 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.52 5.1 12.53 6.8 9.60 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 13.28 1.9 13.43 2.2 12.17 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 16.17 2.7 16.29 2.6 14.75 6.5 Level 5 .................................................. 18.29 2.1 18.25 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.11 3.8 22.08 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.89 5.8 21.89 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.92 9.0 18.70 9.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.90 3.8 24.90 3.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.81 2.3 16.84 1.9 16.37 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 5.9 15.61 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.05 3.9 19.05 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.25 5.0 19.85 5.0 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.71 2.9 18.72 2.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.96 3.7 17.91 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.90 4.0 16.72 3.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.95 2.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.45 4.0 15.78 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.90 4.6 – – – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.42 2.8 18.42 2.8 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.56 5.5 14.44 5.5 10.95 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.04 7.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.47 5.8 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.86 9.7 15.86 9.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.00 4.1 14.14 5.7 9.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 2.9 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.61 6.3 20.80 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 2.1 16.14 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.45 8.3 23.45 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.92 7.9 22.92 7.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.20 4.9 19.46 5.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.25 7.4 18.25 7.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.84 7.5 15.99 6.6 10.84 9.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.91 5.9 16.40 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 9.2 18.11 9.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.16 5.7 22.36 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.92 9.6 14.92 9.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.68 4.6 17.68 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.04 4.3 23.32 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.76 4.3 23.81 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.52 1.5 27.52 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.65 1.8 32.65 1.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.17 7.9 31.17 7.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 23.10 5.0 23.10 5.0 – – Construction laborers............................................. 17.30 18.3 17.99 18.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.79 4.7 19.79 4.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.33 1.0 24.55 .6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.48 5.8 22.59 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.82 4.1 18.00 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.15 8.6 22.15 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.42 3.6 26.42 3.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.36 18.4 24.36 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.47 18.6 18.47 18.6 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.47 18.6 18.47 18.6 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.45 8.1 25.45 8.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.07 6.1 22.07 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 7.1 18.07 7.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.15 11.3 27.15 11.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.05 6.8 19.05 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 7.1 18.07 7.1 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.95 8.4 22.42 7.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.54 3.7 20.06 4.4 11.56 16.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.44 7.8 10.25 11.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 3.2 12.07 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.17 5.2 15.20 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.52 4.2 18.42 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.15 6.6 21.15 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.21 4.6 24.21 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.37 6.2 27.37 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.70 9.8 23.82 9.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.87 9.4 26.87 9.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.97 4.2 14.02 3.9 – – Bakers............................................................ 14.13 12.1 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.63 2.4 24.63 2.4 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 16.2 17.44 16.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.27 8.1 22.27 8.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.61 8.9 12.42 10.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.09 8.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.26 9.1 19.65 9.1 11.39 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.61 4.9 11.49 6.6 9.30 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 6.3 12.22 6.3 13.97 14.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.20 6.1 16.07 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.68 5.5 20.80 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.91 6.0 20.37 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 16.4 23.47 16.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.93 8.2 21.63 7.9 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.21 5.5 20.46 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.92 4.9 19.90 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.41 7.6 21.59 7.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.86 5.4 21.20 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.19 4.2 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.09 8.5 22.09 8.5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.10 14.2 18.10 14.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.86 11.7 18.86 11.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.09 6.5 14.32 6.7 9.81 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.57 5.5 11.68 7.7 9.29 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 5.4 12.64 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.04 5.3 15.35 6.0 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.37 5.4 11.55 6.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.71 6.8 15.18 6.4 10.03 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.84 5.6 12.24 7.4 9.45 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 12.76 6.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 3.8 16.40 4.3 – – 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 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $27.22 3.1 $27.55 3.1 $24.36 9.9 Management occupations.............................................. 37.14 4.6 37.14 4.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.80 6.3 39.80 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.78 7.1 36.78 7.1 – – Education administrators.......................................... 44.27 11.9 44.27 11.9 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.61 6.6 51.61 6.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.80 5.9 26.80 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.23 3.6 21.30 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.61 9.3 27.01 10.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.05 4.0 33.05 4.0 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 32.98 3.2 32.98 3.2 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 32.65 2.7 32.65 2.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.93 6.1 28.55 7.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 26.72 6.0 26.72 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.01 8.0 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 26.99 9.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.12 3.9 32.90 5.6 34.04 17.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.79 3.9 14.98 2.0 14.65 6.5 Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 5.2 37.31 5.4 47.66 10.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.88 26.6 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.93 6.7 37.86 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.08 6.7 37.86 6.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.32 5.7 38.50 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.65 5.9 38.50 5.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.55 5.5 37.75 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.97 5.8 37.75 5.3 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.58 5.2 40.58 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.58 5.2 40.58 5.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.36 10.2 37.27 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.36 10.2 37.27 10.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.19 10.7 37.09 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.19 10.7 37.09 10.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.04 1.5 15.64 4.6 14.43 5.9 Level 4 .................................................. 14.79 3.9 14.98 2.0 14.65 6.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.15 3.6 37.00 6.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.62 3.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 26.91 5.5 27.16 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.20 1.8 26.20 1.8 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 29.81 1.7 29.81 1.7 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Police officers................................................... 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.62 5.0 16.09 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 5.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.29 4.6 15.30 4.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.29 4.6 15.30 4.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.26 1.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.01 4.7 19.70 4.1 12.96 11.9 Level 4 .................................................. 16.21 3.1 16.67 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.57 2.7 18.54 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.69 4.2 23.69 4.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 20.72 5.7 20.72 5.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 4.9 18.33 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.96 3.3 17.79 3.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.27 1.7 17.13 1.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.69 2.7 17.48 3.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.90 3.0 16.59 8.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.55 3.7 26.55 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 26.10 6.8 26.10 6.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 31.25 2.6 31.25 2.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 29.42 7.3 29.42 7.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.03 3.8 23.63 6.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.54 3.0 $25.98 3.2 $14.09 3.5 Management occupations.............................................. 43.92 3.4 43.91 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.29 11.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.74 7.6 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 60.06 5.4 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 32.27 13.3 32.27 13.3 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.61 7.8 48.61 7.8 – – Group III................................................. 55.31 9.4 – – – – Marketing managers.............................................. 48.29 3.1 48.29 3.1 – – Sales managers.................................................. 48.94 16.7 48.94 16.7 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.23 2.3 63.23 2.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.25 8.8 40.16 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 32.76 14.0 32.32 14.7 – – Construction managers............................................. 47.61 14.2 47.61 14.2 – – Group III................................................. 48.93 13.2 48.93 13.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 34.37 12.3 34.37 12.3 – – Group III................................................. 36.33 11.8 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.61 6.6 51.61 6.6 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 52.71 9.5 52.71 9.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.59 4.5 32.66 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.05 7.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.86 4.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 53.71 7.6 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.05 5.5 39.05 5.5 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 7.7 41.18 7.7 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 38.29 5.9 38.29 5.9 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 36.90 15.6 38.25 15.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.03 9.9 29.03 9.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 34.08 10.0 34.45 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.47 10.9 29.38 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.20 5.9 22.18 6.1 – – Group III................................................. 30.63 4.2 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.20 24.8 42.20 24.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.17 1.8 35.23 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.99 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.27 2.2 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 38.54 6.0 38.54 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 39.51 4.1 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications Group III................................................. 37.99 4.5 37.99 4.5 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.61 7.4 45.61 7.4 – – Group III................................................. 41.24 7.3 41.24 7.3 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.45 9.9 26.45 9.9 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.36 5.5 36.36 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 37.90 4.2 37.90 4.2 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.24 3.6 40.24 3.6 – – Group III................................................. 41.06 5.0 41.06 5.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.11 17.1 40.59 17.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.12 3.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.97 2.9 – – – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 30.75 3.0 31.02 4.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 47.01 13.4 47.01 13.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.35 8.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.38 4.5 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.54 17.5 33.54 17.5 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 32.74 17.9 32.74 17.9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 24.01 13.6 24.01 13.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.85 2.1 29.79 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 27.96 4.2 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.21 10.1 26.90 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.76 8.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.13 4.1 – – – – Life scientists................................................... – – 20.29 10.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.62 3.8 25.05 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.12 5.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.02 6.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 26.19 11.2 25.96 11.9 – – Group III................................................. 30.56 8.8 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 24.77 8.1 24.67 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.29 6.4 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.80 10.1 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 29.49 16.6 31.14 18.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.89 6.5 31.00 6.6 30.31 16.5 Group I................................................... 13.50 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.40 24.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.12 4.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.99 14.0 27.19 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 32.04 13.0 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.56 4.5 25.13 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.12 11.4 33.33 10.6 28.39 36.5 Group II.................................................. 15.74 2.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.02 6.6 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.42 20.5 17.96 20.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.78 5.1 36.97 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 22.63 11.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.50 5.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.80 4.7 35.89 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.63 11.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.93 5.5 37.72 5.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.17 5.3 40.58 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 40.17 5.3 40.58 5.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.76 10.1 36.77 10.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.36 10.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.54 10.4 36.54 10.3 – – Group III................................................. 37.19 10.7 37.09 10.5 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 47.76 16.3 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 36.46 5.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.03 4.7 14.54 8.3 13.55 7.4 Group I................................................... 13.51 5.9 13.48 6.8 13.53 7.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.77 3.9 25.96 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.88 6.4 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.52 5.4 21.52 5.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.82 4.1 33.90 4.5 33.30 4.6 Group I................................................... 15.10 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.43 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.13 4.7 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.78 .9 50.78 .9 – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 87.19 10.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.49 2.2 34.25 2.3 35.90 1.3 Group II.................................................. 30.94 11.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.76 2.7 – – 36.05 1.9 Therapists........................................................ 38.37 8.9 38.65 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 40.35 9.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 4.2 24.82 4.2 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.85 4.0 35.80 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 35.23 3.8 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 35.22 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 35.22 4.0 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.80 8.9 18.93 11.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.76 5.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.27 2.9 22.50 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.27 2.9 22.50 3.4 – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.34 3.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.13 5.4 16.10 4.7 16.30 10.2 Group I................................................... 15.24 6.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.75 3.9 14.17 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.75 3.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.76 4.3 14.18 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.76 4.3 14.18 4.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.89 5.5 17.67 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.85 8.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.60 12.2 22.05 13.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.34 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.00 4.8 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 29.75 1.6 29.75 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.75 1.6 29.75 1.6 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.22 4.8 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.50 6.4 22.50 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.22 4.8 23.22 4.8 – – Police officers................................................... 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.69 1.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.22 4.9 32.22 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 30.69 1.6 30.69 1.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.20 9.6 13.31 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 9.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 13.20 9.6 13.31 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 9.1 12.29 9.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.34 1.9 11.69 7.2 8.68 1.4 Group I................................................... 9.38 .9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.91 6.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.66 4.6 16.67 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.12 8.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.34 6.8 16.35 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.00 10.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.29 4.3 11.83 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.23 5.1 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.99 8.8 11.70 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.99 8.8 11.70 1.9 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.14 5.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.14 5.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.32 1.0 8.71 2.2 8.06 .2 Group I................................................... 8.32 1.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.02 .5 – – 8.03 .6 Group I................................................... 8.02 .5 – – 8.03 .6 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.45 7.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.45 7.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.15 2.1 10.88 9.9 9.13 6.3 Group I................................................... 10.27 3.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.07 .6 10.65 11.1 9.09 7.5 Group I................................................... 10.20 .9 – – 9.09 7.5 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.89 3.2 – – 8.91 1.0 Group I................................................... 8.89 3.2 – – 8.91 1.0 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.41 4.1 14.14 3.5 10.03 9.8 Group I................................................... 12.77 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.59 12.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.88 6.1 13.79 5.7 9.68 12.1 Group I................................................... 12.31 5.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.73 4.1 14.78 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.03 3.7 14.07 3.8 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.74 7.3 10.04 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.74 7.3 10.04 8.0 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.57 5.0 13.74 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.82 6.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.45 5.4 14.41 6.7 10.47 3.8 Group I................................................... 11.62 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.64 9.0 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.80 6.8 11.06 5.1 10.24 8.9 Group I................................................... 10.89 6.7 11.06 5.1 10.48 9.8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.63 4.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.63 4.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 16.68 18.0 – – 10.87 13.5 Group I................................................... 13.12 18.5 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 18.24 19.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.96 8.5 24.43 8.8 10.91 7.2 Group I................................................... 12.14 6.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.11 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.74 10.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 32.04 8.6 32.04 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 30.46 12.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 31.68 12.8 31.68 12.8 – – Group II.................................................. 31.70 14.6 31.70 14.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.48 13.0 32.48 13.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.16 13.9 14.94 17.8 10.55 7.3 Group I................................................... 11.49 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.12 8.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Group I................................................... 12.51 1.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Group I................................................... 12.51 1.5 13.37 3.9 11.64 1.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.93 18.3 17.84 19.4 – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.05 7.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.28 29.0 15.44 32.2 9.32 8.9 Group I................................................... 10.46 2.3 11.36 2.1 9.32 8.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.14 16.2 36.10 14.2 – – Group II.................................................. 27.73 30.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.91 27.1 33.86 24.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.53 32.5 28.64 32.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.35 2.2 17.97 1.9 12.23 3.5 Group I................................................... 14.36 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.68 2.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.78 3.1 24.78 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.81 3.1 24.81 3.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.15 2.2 17.20 1.7 16.37 15.5 Group I................................................... 15.01 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.02 3.7 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.71 2.9 18.72 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.22 5.5 19.22 5.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.19 3.3 18.16 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.97 3.8 16.85 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.79 5.7 19.79 5.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.95 2.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.95 2.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.45 4.0 15.78 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.81 4.3 13.08 4.9 – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.45 2.3 18.45 2.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.56 5.5 14.44 5.5 10.95 5.4 Group I................................................... 13.56 5.5 14.44 5.5 10.95 5.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.14 14.8 21.14 14.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.86 9.7 15.86 9.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.00 4.1 14.14 5.7 9.96 7.1 Group I................................................... 11.05 5.9 – – 9.22 5.8 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.75 4.7 19.89 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.42 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.90 5.7 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.75 4.4 19.99 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 5.2 20.23 5.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.64 3.7 17.57 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 17.63 2.5 17.48 2.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.86 5.3 16.15 5.2 10.76 6.3 Group I................................................... 13.00 4.8 14.20 4.6 10.99 6.5 Group II.................................................. 18.06 7.7 18.06 7.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.38 5.4 22.59 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.78 5.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.24 5.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.17 7.9 31.17 7.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 23.06 5.0 23.06 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.25 6.6 23.25 6.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 17.30 18.3 17.99 18.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.15 15.3 16.80 15.8 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.15 5.1 30.15 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 30.20 5.0 – – – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.56 4.8 30.56 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 30.63 4.7 30.63 4.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.51 1.2 24.73 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.54 6.0 27.23 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.39 5.4 23.50 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 11.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.36 5.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.36 18.4 24.36 18.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.36 18.4 24.36 18.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.36 16.8 19.36 16.8 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.36 16.8 19.36 16.8 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.80 7.4 25.80 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.06 10.1 25.06 10.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.93 5.9 22.93 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 22.93 5.9 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.15 11.3 27.15 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.15 11.3 27.15 11.3 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.62 6.5 20.62 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.62 6.5 20.62 6.5 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.58 11.4 24.08 10.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.58 11.4 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.54 3.7 20.06 4.4 11.56 16.5 Group I................................................... 14.54 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.38 4.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.87 9.4 26.87 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.10 7.0 24.10 7.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.97 4.2 14.02 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.92 7.4 – – – – Bakers............................................................ 14.13 12.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.98 7.7 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 24.63 2.4 24.63 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.34 .5 25.34 .5 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 16.2 17.44 16.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.27 8.1 22.27 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 27.25 8.4 27.25 8.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.61 8.9 12.42 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 8.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.50 8.6 19.82 8.6 12.16 5.6 Group I................................................... 14.32 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.89 5.0 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 17.83 12.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.31 5.0 20.55 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.83 9.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.97 5.5 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.95 4.9 21.28 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 17.84 4.9 17.60 5.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.18 6.2 21.18 6.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.10 14.2 18.10 14.2 – – Group I................................................... 17.82 16.4 17.82 16.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.86 11.7 18.86 11.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.39 14.9 17.39 14.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.15 6.4 14.38 6.5 9.81 3.6 Group I................................................... 13.13 7.6 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.37 5.4 11.55 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.37 5.4 11.55 6.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.77 6.6 15.23 6.2 10.03 4.3 Group I................................................... 13.81 8.0 15.47 7.1 10.03 4.3 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.76 $20.75 $31.59 $43.96 Management occupations.............................................. 25.48 32.21 41.54 56.03 67.31 General and operations managers................................... 25.54 26.19 26.19 36.06 48.46 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.47 42.37 47.82 55.17 65.89 Marketing managers.............................................. 40.87 44.34 47.82 47.82 57.45 Sales managers.................................................. 32.82 39.53 45.28 57.66 65.89 Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.80 59.40 67.87 67.87 67.87 Financial managers................................................ 17.37 25.48 31.23 52.88 65.18 Construction managers............................................. 33.65 36.05 48.00 52.89 57.69 Education administrators.......................................... 22.15 24.69 33.78 42.87 47.08 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.87 45.83 45.85 52.74 77.20 Engineering managers.............................................. 39.42 41.40 54.80 60.33 71.02 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.61 23.01 29.94 43.96 48.56 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.44 32.69 43.96 44.48 44.48 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.71 43.96 43.96 43.96 43.96 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.44 29.94 44.48 44.48 44.48 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 20.54 27.50 34.49 48.08 55.29 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.10 22.76 28.13 31.25 41.18 Management analysts............................................... 21.29 23.91 32.15 43.99 52.16 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.57 21.60 26.02 30.34 50.96 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.10 24.93 44.15 70.37 70.37 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.40 26.54 34.90 43.10 48.44 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.52 29.32 37.93 44.59 60.01 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 34.02 37.93 44.59 53.42 60.01 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.83 23.40 25.35 29.45 32.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.13 28.09 37.19 42.29 48.39 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.79 37.69 37.69 43.52 48.44 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.41 27.86 37.16 52.00 64.00 Architects, except naval.......................................... 22.41 24.04 28.05 37.16 43.26 Engineers......................................................... 26.44 34.97 45.80 60.00 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 20.26 23.58 30.29 42.11 45.80 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 20.26 23.19 28.93 40.30 44.15 Drafters.......................................................... 12.50 17.00 20.00 31.00 35.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.47 27.53 30.10 32.47 36.92 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.65 19.31 24.76 28.85 37.54 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.26 18.08 25.14 27.49 35.75 Counselors........................................................ 17.09 18.74 26.30 30.73 34.28 Social workers.................................................... 15.35 21.16 25.69 25.82 28.97 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.35 15.96 15.96 24.44 24.56 Legal occupations................................................... 14.00 20.14 28.85 41.35 43.98 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.53 17.30 31.67 39.69 46.36 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 24.36 28.59 36.15 37.97 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.56 23.08 27.71 30.94 36.15 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.75 25.38 36.95 41.82 46.62 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.53 13.53 13.75 15.77 34.87 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.25 33.09 39.84 42.15 46.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.20 30.01 38.45 41.82 44.33 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.15 33.89 40.47 42.67 46.36 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.70 32.35 38.01 44.20 46.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.46 32.22 37.73 45.70 46.64 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.23 36.35 52.28 62.22 65.00 Librarians........................................................ 28.48 33.71 38.21 39.69 39.69 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.00 12.31 14.33 15.49 17.30 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.50 20.40 25.50 31.52 35.51 Designers......................................................... 15.50 15.50 15.50 25.72 35.51 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.17 28.50 33.36 38.78 47.78 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.75 49.68 51.75 52.00 52.00 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 30.22 57.75 73.82 103.00 167.03 Registered nurses................................................. 29.71 32.00 34.25 37.00 41.34 Therapists........................................................ 28.33 29.94 38.03 47.78 47.78 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.80 17.82 25.93 31.57 32.75 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.20 30.41 35.87 40.87 43.99 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.50 30.41 35.54 40.87 41.32 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.86 16.85 18.41 21.52 23.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.16 20.04 22.18 24.04 26.31 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.43 15.35 16.91 18.12 22.52 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.45 12.93 16.00 18.80 20.77 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.75 11.73 13.24 15.34 18.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.75 11.50 13.25 15.83 18.24 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 14.98 18.00 20.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.55 12.00 22.78 28.65 32.76 Fire fighters..................................................... 27.41 27.41 29.84 32.76 32.76 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Police officers................................................... 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.25 19.23 Security guards................................................. 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.25 19.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 8.07 9.00 10.50 15.69 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.18 11.35 19.23 19.54 24.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.10 11.00 16.83 19.54 24.38 Cooks............................................................. 8.50 9.00 11.25 12.50 14.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.07 8.67 8.67 9.77 10.69 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.50 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.93 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.20 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.07 11.88 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.03 8.50 9.20 10.50 15.41 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.20 10.50 13.75 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.87 10.83 12.50 15.31 18.14 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.97 10.00 12.19 14.70 18.02 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.62 11.97 14.69 16.54 19.07 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.86 7.97 9.01 10.88 12.49 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.25 11.25 12.50 16.00 16.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.07 9.95 11.10 15.24 23.82 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 9.18 10.80 11.33 13.39 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.85 9.95 10.25 11.20 11.90 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.25 9.36 15.24 23.82 27.44 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.18 11.25 15.24 23.82 27.44 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 10.50 15.10 24.06 44.23 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.68 21.65 31.25 43.36 50.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.68 16.28 21.65 43.36 56.79 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 22.84 22.84 31.25 37.49 50.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.05 11.00 15.10 19.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.30 9.45 11.70 14.26 18.20 Cashiers...................................................... 8.30 9.45 11.70 14.26 18.20 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.07 9.50 14.10 16.10 22.90 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.07 9.05 10.02 16.10 16.10 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 8.75 10.55 13.49 24.02 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.00 19.42 25.48 53.58 64.55 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.84 18.04 22.74 52.77 61.17 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.75 13.58 16.83 20.40 24.00 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.78 24.02 25.00 25.50 28.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 13.58 17.39 19.74 23.18 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.52 16.40 19.00 19.07 25.11 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.42 16.15 18.00 20.05 23.18 Tellers......................................................... 12.02 12.33 12.50 13.41 15.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.63 12.00 14.78 18.40 22.51 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.10 18.03 19.06 19.19 19.19 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 11.00 14.25 16.50 17.33 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.50 17.52 22.71 26.10 26.10 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.30 11.94 12.80 22.00 26.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.35 9.00 12.15 14.00 16.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.26 16.51 18.05 21.65 27.80 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.52 18.00 18.99 21.65 25.74 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.22 16.51 17.58 18.32 20.39 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.62 12.11 14.24 18.46 22.13 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 16.48 20.50 28.04 32.53 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 22.00 25.00 32.40 35.00 40.54 Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 19.67 20.50 25.94 32.49 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.00 15.30 19.94 26.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.19 29.80 31.75 32.17 32.46 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.19 29.80 31.75 32.17 33.78 Electricians...................................................... 12.07 23.15 23.50 31.15 36.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 17.50 22.41 28.26 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 12.50 19.50 28.85 40.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 12.44 22.11 23.90 28.05 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.00 12.44 22.11 23.90 28.05 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 20.00 27.40 28.98 32.87 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.49 17.45 21.57 25.27 32.87 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.35 20.35 22.40 36.51 36.51 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.49 16.56 21.57 22.76 26.18 Line installers and repairers..................................... 15.75 17.48 23.50 26.77 35.73 Production occupations.............................................. 10.30 12.75 18.88 25.00 29.97 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.77 22.00 24.04 27.67 33.88 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.20 10.30 12.24 15.00 21.41 Bakers............................................................ 9.00 10.50 14.42 15.99 19.50 Machinists........................................................ 19.00 22.75 24.58 26.00 31.90 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.00 11.00 15.95 24.58 28.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.25 14.90 22.50 29.97 31.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.76 10.00 11.50 13.76 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.95 16.74 21.62 25.52 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.40 12.47 18.21 20.27 25.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.50 17.00 20.18 23.56 25.42 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.13 18.50 20.98 23.76 25.42 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.50 12.00 15.69 21.73 28.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.00 13.28 17.76 22.27 27.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.31 9.25 12.03 16.27 18.06 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.82 9.50 11.08 12.03 14.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.50 9.25 13.00 16.75 18.06 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.53 $13.00 $19.98 $31.03 $44.31 Management occupations.............................................. 24.76 32.21 45.67 57.69 67.87 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.47 42.37 47.82 55.17 65.89 Marketing managers.............................................. 40.87 44.34 47.82 47.82 57.45 Sales managers.................................................. 32.82 39.53 45.28 57.66 65.89 Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.92 59.72 67.87 67.87 67.87 Financial managers................................................ 17.37 25.48 31.23 52.88 65.18 Construction managers............................................. 33.65 36.05 48.00 52.89 57.69 Education administrators.......................................... 16.82 22.15 24.69 26.68 26.68 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.61 23.91 31.25 44.32 50.86 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.44 32.69 43.96 44.48 44.48 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.71 43.96 43.96 43.96 43.96 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.44 29.94 44.48 44.48 44.48 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.39 23.01 28.85 31.25 40.09 Management analysts............................................... 21.63 23.91 32.96 43.99 52.16 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.57 21.82 26.02 30.53 50.96 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.40 26.13 35.33 43.27 49.34 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.52 29.32 39.81 45.05 60.01 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 34.02 37.93 44.59 53.55 60.01 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.83 23.40 25.35 29.45 32.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.13 28.09 37.32 42.29 48.39 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.69 37.69 37.69 44.35 48.44 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.41 27.64 37.16 53.00 64.00 Architects, except naval.......................................... 22.41 24.04 28.05 37.16 43.26 Engineers......................................................... 25.83 33.00 47.00 62.00 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 20.26 23.58 30.29 42.11 45.80 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 20.26 23.19 28.93 40.30 44.15 Drafters.......................................................... 12.50 17.00 20.00 31.00 35.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.47 27.53 30.10 32.66 37.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.65 17.79 23.69 28.85 37.41 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.62 15.23 17.50 27.83 33.56 Legal occupations................................................... 14.00 20.14 28.85 41.35 43.98 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.66 14.00 27.11 38.21 39.69 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.08 24.97 27.71 28.98 36.15 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.45 13.53 14.15 15.77 27.90 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 14.31 20.25 25.25 30.05 39.24 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.50 19.23 25.48 28.50 35.51 Designers......................................................... 15.50 15.50 15.50 25.72 35.51 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.12 28.33 33.00 38.68 46.89 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.68 49.68 51.75 52.00 52.00 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 30.22 57.75 73.82 103.00 167.03 Registered nurses................................................. 29.94 32.00 34.50 36.99 41.34 Therapists........................................................ 27.58 29.81 37.31 47.78 47.78 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.80 17.82 25.93 31.57 32.75 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.20 30.41 35.87 40.87 43.99 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.50 30.41 35.54 40.87 41.32 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.86 16.85 18.41 21.52 23.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.16 19.51 22.17 24.04 24.45 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.43 15.35 16.91 18.12 22.52 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.38 12.84 15.38 18.24 20.95 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.65 11.50 12.92 14.74 18.24 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.42 11.45 12.91 14.74 18.24 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.37 14.98 18.00 20.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.70 12.00 14.25 26.23 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.50 9.55 11.50 13.00 16.35 Security guards................................................. 8.50 9.55 11.50 13.00 16.35 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 8.07 9.00 10.50 15.69 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.18 11.35 19.23 19.54 24.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.10 11.00 16.83 19.54 24.38 Cooks............................................................. 8.50 9.00 11.25 12.50 14.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.07 8.25 8.67 9.25 10.42 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.50 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.93 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.20 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.07 11.88 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.03 8.50 9.14 10.00 13.70 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.20 10.50 13.75 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.97 10.00 11.76 14.24 17.05 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.93 9.00 10.83 12.90 16.89 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.98 12.73 15.45 21.62 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.86 7.97 9.01 10.88 12.49 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.93 9.85 10.80 13.95 23.82 Child care workers................................................ 8.50 9.18 10.80 11.33 13.39 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.85 9.95 10.25 11.20 11.90 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.17 10.50 15.24 23.82 27.44 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.18 11.25 15.24 23.82 27.44 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 10.50 15.10 24.06 44.23 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.68 21.65 31.25 43.36 50.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.68 16.28 21.65 43.36 56.79 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 22.84 22.84 31.25 37.49 50.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.05 11.00 15.10 19.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.30 9.45 11.70 14.26 18.20 Cashiers...................................................... 8.30 9.45 11.70 14.26 18.20 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.07 9.50 14.10 16.10 22.90 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.07 9.05 10.02 16.10 16.10 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 8.75 10.55 13.49 24.02 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.00 19.42 25.48 53.58 64.55 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.84 18.04 22.74 52.77 61.17 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.60 13.10 16.40 19.96 23.92 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.43 21.64 25.00 27.69 30.12 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.33 13.41 16.40 19.50 22.25 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.52 16.40 19.00 19.07 25.11 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.42 15.00 17.50 19.74 23.44 Tellers......................................................... 12.02 12.33 12.50 13.41 15.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.63 12.00 14.78 18.40 22.51 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.70 17.87 19.08 19.19 19.98 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 11.00 14.25 16.50 17.33 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.30 11.94 12.80 22.00 26.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.35 9.00 12.15 14.00 16.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.24 16.54 18.99 23.44 28.11 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.24 16.37 18.00 21.37 25.74 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.22 15.87 19.71 20.09 21.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.73 12.00 14.42 16.02 22.16 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 16.48 20.50 28.04 32.53 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 22.00 25.00 32.40 35.00 40.54 Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 19.67 20.50 25.94 32.49 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.00 15.30 19.94 26.50 Electricians...................................................... 11.63 12.07 23.50 31.15 36.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.15 17.45 21.57 27.40 32.87 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 12.50 19.50 28.85 40.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 12.44 20.00 23.90 28.05 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.00 12.44 20.00 23.90 28.05 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 20.00 27.40 28.70 32.87 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.49 16.56 21.00 22.40 32.87 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.35 20.35 22.40 36.51 36.51 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.12 16.49 17.45 21.57 21.57 Line installers and repairers..................................... 15.75 17.48 22.00 26.77 26.77 Production occupations.............................................. 10.30 12.75 18.88 25.00 29.97 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.77 22.00 24.04 27.67 33.88 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.20 10.30 12.24 15.00 21.41 Bakers............................................................ 9.00 10.50 14.42 15.99 19.50 Machinists........................................................ 19.00 22.75 24.58 26.00 31.90 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.00 11.00 15.95 24.58 28.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.25 14.90 22.50 29.97 31.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.76 10.00 11.50 13.76 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.77 16.00 21.28 25.42 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.00 16.62 19.62 23.00 25.42 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.00 18.35 20.98 23.96 25.42 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.50 12.00 15.69 21.73 28.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.00 13.28 17.76 22.27 27.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.30 9.25 12.03 16.00 18.00 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.82 9.50 11.08 12.03 14.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.50 9.25 12.88 16.75 18.06 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.69 $18.15 $25.90 $33.78 $41.30 Management occupations.............................................. 26.19 31.58 35.00 41.83 48.89 Education administrators.......................................... 33.78 36.10 42.87 47.08 55.19 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.87 45.83 45.85 52.74 77.20 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.32 20.54 25.89 33.35 39.46 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 30.42 34.01 36.29 37.19 Computer software engineers....................................... 29.77 30.51 33.70 35.61 37.19 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 29.77 30.51 33.70 34.80 37.19 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.08 22.68 28.32 32.06 40.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.56 24.44 25.82 26.30 36.14 Social workers.................................................... 21.60 24.97 25.69 25.82 40.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.79 22.76 33.84 40.98 47.23 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 16.56 31.83 36.23 58.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.21 33.15 39.24 42.57 46.64 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.28 33.90 40.02 42.39 46.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.08 33.90 39.85 41.82 45.22 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.15 36.39 40.47 42.67 46.36 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.15 32.35 38.45 44.98 46.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.54 32.35 38.01 46.39 46.64 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.49 13.57 14.75 15.49 17.30 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.71 29.71 33.74 40.72 48.75 Registered nurses................................................. 29.10 30.43 33.74 37.94 40.72 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.23 23.10 27.41 31.80 32.76 Fire fighters..................................................... 27.41 27.41 28.28 32.76 32.76 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Police officers................................................... 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.95 13.69 14.69 18.02 20.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.97 14.29 14.69 16.61 18.14 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.97 14.29 14.69 16.61 18.14 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.25 12.96 17.89 17.89 22.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.41 16.51 18.61 22.16 24.84 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.17 19.27 20.05 21.60 25.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.21 16.51 17.58 20.43 22.21 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.51 16.51 17.58 17.58 18.32 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.67 12.23 14.24 18.61 22.13 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.30 25.19 26.20 29.80 30.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.76 26.82 30.04 35.73 40.20 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.74 19.34 23.56 25.34 28.72 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.50 $15.41 $22.68 $32.53 $44.48 Management occupations.............................................. 25.48 32.21 41.54 56.03 67.31 General and operations managers................................... 25.54 26.19 26.19 36.06 48.46 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.47 42.37 47.82 55.17 65.89 Marketing managers.............................................. 40.87 44.34 47.82 47.82 57.45 Sales managers.................................................. 32.82 39.53 45.28 57.66 65.89 Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.80 59.40 67.87 67.87 67.87 Financial managers................................................ 17.37 25.48 31.23 52.88 65.18 Construction managers............................................. 33.65 36.05 48.00 52.89 57.69 Education administrators.......................................... 22.15 24.69 33.78 42.87 47.08 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.87 45.83 45.85 52.74 77.20 Engineering managers.............................................. 39.42 41.40 54.80 60.33 71.02 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.61 23.27 30.11 43.96 48.56 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.44 32.69 43.96 44.48 44.48 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.71 43.96 43.96 43.96 43.96 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.44 29.94 44.48 44.48 44.48 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 23.76 27.50 36.54 48.08 55.29 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.10 22.76 28.13 31.25 41.18 Management analysts............................................... 21.29 23.91 32.59 43.99 52.16 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.57 21.60 26.02 30.34 50.96 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.10 24.93 44.15 70.37 70.37 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.44 26.54 35.12 43.10 48.44 Computer software engineers....................................... 25.52 29.32 37.93 44.59 60.01 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 34.02 37.93 44.59 53.42 60.01 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.83 23.40 25.35 29.45 32.50 Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.13 28.09 37.19 42.29 48.39 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.79 37.69 37.69 43.52 48.44 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.41 27.53 38.94 53.00 64.00 Architects, except naval.......................................... 22.41 24.04 27.89 37.16 43.26 Engineers......................................................... 26.44 34.97 45.80 60.00 66.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 20.26 23.58 30.29 42.11 45.80 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 20.26 23.19 28.93 40.30 44.15 Drafters.......................................................... 12.50 17.00 20.00 31.00 35.65 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.01 27.02 27.53 32.68 37.98 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.65 20.67 25.00 28.85 38.45 Life scientists................................................... 17.65 17.65 17.65 23.69 23.73 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.60 18.51 25.69 26.30 40.83 Counselors........................................................ 16.93 18.70 26.30 28.77 33.91 Social workers.................................................... 13.65 20.54 25.69 25.82 40.83 Legal occupations................................................... 14.00 26.44 28.85 43.98 43.98 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.15 22.76 33.09 39.69 42.67 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.56 23.08 27.71 31.41 36.23 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.56 23.08 26.99 28.85 30.94 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.75 25.89 36.95 41.64 46.62 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.53 13.53 14.15 15.77 36.29 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.70 33.15 39.85 42.15 45.70 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.00 30.27 38.45 41.82 43.34 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 33.15 36.39 40.47 42.67 46.36 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.70 32.35 38.01 44.00 46.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.96 32.26 37.41 45.70 46.64 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.00 13.17 14.33 16.04 19.80 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.50 20.40 26.92 32.18 35.51 Designers......................................................... 15.50 15.50 15.50 25.72 35.51 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.51 29.00 33.00 38.84 47.78 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.75 49.68 51.75 52.00 52.00 Registered nurses................................................. 29.84 31.98 34.14 36.50 40.70 Therapists........................................................ 27.58 29.66 35.85 47.78 47.78 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.80 17.82 25.93 31.57 32.75 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.20 30.41 35.87 40.87 42.00 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.86 16.85 20.39 22.80 23.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.16 20.72 22.76 24.04 28.04 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.45 13.13 15.83 18.64 20.06 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.45 11.73 13.75 16.16 18.24 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.45 11.73 13.76 16.20 18.24 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 14.68 18.00 20.00 20.77 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.00 13.00 23.60 29.33 32.76 Fire fighters..................................................... 27.41 27.41 29.84 32.76 32.76 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 17.97 20.80 22.10 25.37 27.81 Police officers................................................... 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.15 30.49 31.80 32.62 39.54 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.25 19.23 Security guards................................................. 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.25 19.23 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 13.09 19.23 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.18 11.35 19.23 19.54 24.38 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.10 11.00 16.83 19.54 24.38 Cooks............................................................. 8.98 10.10 11.50 13.11 14.50 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.50 11.50 12.50 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.93 8.07 9.00 9.00 9.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.50 9.14 10.00 12.00 15.69 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.50 9.14 10.00 10.50 15.69 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 11.25 12.63 16.00 19.34 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.01 10.83 13.67 15.31 18.14 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.74 11.97 14.69 16.61 19.34 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.93 8.15 9.25 10.79 12.63 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.25 11.25 12.50 16.00 16.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.93 10.00 11.60 17.89 26.97 Child care workers................................................ 8.89 10.37 11.10 11.33 12.98 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.38 12.20 18.20 32.06 50.49 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.68 21.65 31.25 43.36 50.48 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.68 16.28 21.65 43.36 56.79 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 22.84 22.84 31.25 37.49 50.48 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.45 10.56 12.20 18.20 23.36 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 11.36 12.20 15.00 18.20 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 11.36 12.20 15.00 18.20 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.50 13.35 16.10 22.90 38.56 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.86 10.38 11.50 19.06 25.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.84 19.42 27.99 54.67 64.55 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.84 19.42 22.76 53.03 64.55 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.33 14.53 17.50 20.80 24.23 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.78 24.02 25.00 25.50 28.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 14.00 17.48 19.74 22.44 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.52 16.40 19.00 19.07 25.11 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.42 16.15 18.00 20.05 23.18 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.20 12.61 14.87 18.40 22.70 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.10 18.03 19.06 19.19 19.19 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 12.92 14.25 16.50 17.33 Dispatchers....................................................... 10.50 17.52 22.71 26.10 26.10 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.30 11.94 12.80 22.00 26.03 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.00 12.20 14.15 16.50 16.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.52 16.51 18.05 21.70 27.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.56 18.00 18.99 21.65 25.74 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.22 16.51 17.58 18.15 20.24 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.23 13.36 14.44 18.98 22.16 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.07 16.48 20.50 28.86 32.53 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 22.00 25.00 32.40 35.00 40.54 Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 19.67 20.50 25.94 32.49 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.00 19.00 19.94 26.50 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.19 29.80 31.75 32.17 32.46 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.19 29.80 31.75 32.17 33.78 Electricians...................................................... 11.63 12.07 23.98 31.15 36.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.58 17.50 22.76 28.50 35.50 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 12.50 12.50 19.50 28.85 40.54 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.00 12.44 22.11 23.90 28.05 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.00 12.44 22.11 23.90 28.05 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.00 20.00 27.40 28.98 32.87 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.49 17.45 21.57 25.27 32.87 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.35 20.35 22.40 36.51 36.51 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.49 16.56 21.57 22.76 26.18 Line installers and repairers..................................... 16.50 18.00 26.50 26.77 35.73 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.42 19.50 25.36 30.28 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.77 22.00 24.04 27.67 33.88 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.20 10.30 12.28 15.00 21.61 Machinists........................................................ 19.00 22.75 24.58 26.00 31.90 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.00 11.00 15.95 24.58 28.06 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.25 14.90 22.50 29.97 31.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.44 9.00 12.13 13.42 14.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.55 13.00 18.00 22.49 27.13 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.00 17.39 20.80 24.04 25.42 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.47 18.50 21.62 25.12 25.42 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.50 12.00 15.69 21.73 28.38 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.00 13.28 17.76 22.27 27.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.25 11.08 13.33 16.75 18.06 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.82 10.00 11.60 12.03 14.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.25 11.81 14.89 17.45 18.11 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.93 $8.50 $10.01 $15.20 $26.34 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.50 13.36 17.30 43.55 62.22 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.69 10.73 23.43 47.69 48.45 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.33 12.00 14.51 15.20 15.49 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.41 27.66 33.74 38.46 43.29 Registered nurses................................................. 28.06 33.36 34.64 38.43 43.45 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.42 12.01 18.00 21.00 21.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.92 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.93 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.93 7.93 7.93 8.07 8.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.93 8.14 8.35 9.50 11.96 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.93 8.00 8.35 9.25 11.96 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.93 8.50 8.92 9.66 9.66 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.86 7.97 9.26 11.08 12.90 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.86 7.97 9.20 11.08 12.85 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.07 8.50 10.00 11.20 13.39 Child care workers................................................ 7.99 8.24 10.25 11.65 13.39 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.25 8.25 9.17 10.40 13.73 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.25 8.50 9.25 12.00 17.95 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.25 8.50 9.05 11.17 17.70 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.35 10.00 13.70 17.95 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.35 10.00 13.70 17.95 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 8.50 8.50 9.84 11.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.35 9.10 11.79 13.10 18.34 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.10 13.10 13.10 20.00 24.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.66 9.75 10.00 11.15 14.31 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.25 8.35 9.00 11.67 13.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.33 8.67 9.73 12.11 15.00 Production occupations.............................................. 7.93 7.93 10.00 14.08 20.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 14.65 20.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.93 8.25 8.75 11.00 12.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.93 8.15 9.00 11.00 12.69 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.98 $22.68 $1,033 $885 39.8 $53,028 $45,510 2,041 Management occupations.............................................. 43.91 41.54 1,790 1,662 40.8 92,451 86,401 2,105 General and operations managers................................... 32.27 26.19 1,291 1,048 40.0 67,120 54,484 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.61 47.82 1,972 1,913 40.6 102,527 99,457 2,109 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.29 47.82 1,932 1,913 40.0 100,441 99,457 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 48.94 45.28 2,013 1,737 41.1 104,688 90,330 2,139 Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.23 67.87 2,855 3,394 45.2 148,471 176,467 2,348 Financial managers................................................ 40.16 31.23 1,624 1,249 40.4 84,442 64,963 2,102 Construction managers............................................. 47.61 48.00 1,904 1,920 40.0 99,019 99,840 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 34.37 33.78 1,403 1,351 40.8 66,918 55,501 1,947 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.61 45.85 2,064 1,834 40.0 104,343 95,333 2,022 Engineering managers.............................................. 52.71 54.80 2,195 2,031 41.6 114,115 105,612 2,165 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.66 30.11 1,340 1,188 41.0 69,656 61,755 2,133 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.05 43.96 1,680 1,758 43.0 87,385 91,441 2,238 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 43.96 1,647 1,758 40.0 85,648 91,441 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 38.29 44.48 1,694 1,614 44.2 88,073 83,907 2,300 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 38.25 36.54 1,567 1,405 41.0 81,488 73,074 2,130 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.03 28.13 1,161 1,125 40.0 60,381 58,500 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 34.45 32.59 1,376 1,304 40.0 71,570 67,787 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.38 26.02 1,245 1,067 42.4 64,754 55,494 2,204 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.20 44.15 1,688 1,766 40.0 87,767 91,832 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.23 35.12 1,477 1,466 41.9 76,829 76,222 2,181 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.54 37.93 1,669 1,517 43.3 86,803 78,892 2,252 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.61 44.59 1,838 1,784 40.3 95,559 92,751 2,095 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.45 25.35 1,111 954 42.0 57,778 49,612 2,184 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.36 37.19 1,532 1,488 42.1 79,686 77,353 2,191 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.24 37.69 1,566 1,413 38.9 81,423 73,499 2,023 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.59 38.94 1,633 1,557 40.2 84,936 80,954 2,093 Architects, except naval.......................................... 31.02 27.89 1,303 1,115 42.0 67,733 58,001 2,183 Engineers......................................................... 47.01 45.80 1,884 1,844 40.1 97,982 95,909 2,084 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.54 30.29 1,342 1,211 40.0 69,766 62,995 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 32.74 28.93 1,310 1,157 40.0 68,101 60,168 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 24.01 20.00 960 800 40.0 49,946 41,600 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.79 27.53 1,192 1,101 40.0 61,968 57,262 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.90 25.00 1,075 1,000 40.0 54,776 52,000 2,036 Life scientists................................................... 20.29 17.65 811 706 40.0 42,198 36,718 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.05 25.69 1,026 1,014 41.0 51,487 52,291 2,055 Counselors........................................................ 25.96 26.30 1,095 1,220 42.2 54,375 59,592 2,094 Social workers.................................................... 24.67 25.69 979 1,028 39.7 48,156 53,435 1,952 Legal occupations................................................... 31.14 28.85 1,246 1,154 40.0 64,768 60,000 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.00 33.09 1,163 1,251 37.5 48,740 49,990 1,572 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.19 27.71 1,025 1,051 37.7 47,507 49,457 1,747 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.13 26.99 962 969 38.3 46,843 48,006 1,864 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.33 36.95 1,247 1,309 37.4 48,034 49,990 1,441 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.96 14.15 706 566 39.3 33,747 29,432 1,879 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.97 39.85 1,370 1,401 37.1 50,566 50,989 1,368 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.89 38.45 1,333 1,401 37.2 49,399 50,989 1,377 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.58 40.47 1,490 1,544 36.7 54,344 56,903 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.77 38.01 1,360 1,373 37.0 50,200 49,990 1,365 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.54 37.41 1,359 1,425 37.2 50,221 52,171 1,374 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.54 14.33 483 466 33.2 19,052 18,680 1,310 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.96 26.92 1,039 1,077 40.0 52,868 55,390 2,036 Designers......................................................... 21.52 15.50 861 620 40.0 44,758 32,240 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.90 33.00 1,330 1,320 39.2 68,806 68,640 2,030 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.78 51.75 2,060 2,080 40.6 107,113 108,160 2,109 Registered nurses................................................. 34.25 34.14 1,360 1,360 39.7 70,707 70,720 2,064 Therapists........................................................ 38.65 35.85 1,515 1,434 39.2 75,453 69,846 1,952 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 25.93 978 996 39.4 50,842 51,817 2,048 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.80 35.87 1,432 1,435 40.0 74,463 74,610 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.93 20.39 707 815 37.3 36,746 42,403 1,941 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.50 22.76 840 847 37.3 42,041 39,229 1,868 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.10 15.83 603 576 37.4 31,180 29,952 1,937 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.17 13.75 544 529 38.4 27,968 27,331 1,974 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.18 13.76 543 517 38.3 27,895 26,857 1,968 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.67 18.00 644 599 36.5 33,500 31,165 1,896 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.05 23.60 915 911 41.5 47,567 47,382 2,157 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.75 29.84 1,424 1,465 47.9 74,031 76,182 2,489 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.50 22.10 900 884 40.0 46,810 45,968 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.50 22.10 900 884 40.0 46,810 45,968 2,080 Police officers................................................... 32.22 31.80 1,297 1,272 40.2 67,419 66,136 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.22 31.80 1,297 1,272 40.2 67,419 66,136 2,093 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.31 12.00 528 480 39.7 27,473 24,960 2,064 Security guards................................................. 13.31 12.00 528 480 39.7 27,473 24,960 2,064 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.69 10.00 446 380 38.1 23,035 19,760 1,971 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.67 19.23 682 769 40.9 35,457 40,000 2,127 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.35 16.83 670 673 41.0 34,859 35,000 2,133 Cooks............................................................. 11.83 11.50 449 440 38.0 23,371 22,880 1,975 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.70 11.50 440 437 37.6 22,889 22,724 1,957 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.71 9.00 317 306 36.4 16,496 15,912 1,893 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.88 10.00 423 400 38.9 21,524 20,800 1,978 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.65 10.00 415 400 39.0 21,579 20,800 2,026 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.14 12.63 546 491 38.6 28,326 24,960 2,003 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.79 13.67 545 541 39.5 28,226 28,151 2,047 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.78 14.69 591 588 40.0 30,586 30,564 2,069 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.04 9.25 380 360 37.9 19,760 18,720 1,968 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.74 12.50 506 480 36.8 26,308 24,960 1,915 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.41 11.60 525 444 36.4 26,979 22,750 1,872 Child care workers................................................ 11.06 11.10 428 432 38.7 21,175 22,464 1,914 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.43 18.20 993 728 40.6 51,629 37,856 2,114 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 32.04 31.25 1,345 1,250 42.0 69,965 65,000 2,184 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 31.68 21.65 1,386 866 43.8 72,084 45,032 2,275 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.48 31.25 1,299 1,250 40.0 67,566 65,000 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.94 12.20 605 464 40.5 31,459 24,151 2,106 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.37 12.20 512 464 38.3 26,625 24,151 1,991 Cashiers...................................................... 13.37 12.20 512 464 38.3 26,625 24,151 1,991 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.84 16.10 714 644 40.0 37,107 33,480 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.44 11.50 654 440 42.4 34,025 22,880 2,203 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.10 27.99 1,476 1,120 40.9 76,772 58,221 2,127 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.86 22.76 1,389 910 41.0 72,231 47,343 2,133 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.97 17.50 708 699 39.4 36,664 36,094 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.78 25.00 962 961 38.8 50,013 49,962 2,018 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.20 17.48 681 656 39.6 35,424 34,112 2,059 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.72 19.00 715 656 38.2 37,164 34,112 1,985 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.16 18.00 724 720 39.9 37,661 37,440 2,074 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.78 14.87 631 595 40.0 32,818 30,930 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.45 19.06 725 720 39.3 37,723 37,424 2,044 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.44 14.25 561 570 38.8 29,149 29,640 2,019 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.14 22.71 846 908 40.0 43,968 47,237 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.86 12.80 634 512 40.0 32,992 26,624 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.14 14.15 556 560 39.3 28,933 29,120 2,046 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.89 18.05 785 722 39.5 40,490 37,440 2,036 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.99 18.99 796 760 39.8 41,374 39,499 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.57 17.58 702 703 40.0 35,757 35,805 2,035 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.15 14.44 611 577 37.8 31,140 30,000 1,928 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.59 20.50 895 820 39.6 46,030 42,640 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.17 32.40 1,247 1,296 40.0 64,825 67,392 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 23.06 20.50 922 820 40.0 47,575 42,640 2,063 Construction laborers............................................. 17.99 19.00 694 612 38.6 35,347 31,824 1,965 Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.15 31.75 1,206 1,270 40.0 61,313 61,984 2,034 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.56 31.75 1,223 1,270 40.0 62,021 63,232 2,029 Electricians...................................................... 24.73 23.98 989 959 40.0 51,457 49,878 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.50 22.76 940 910 40.0 48,870 47,339 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.36 19.50 975 780 40.0 50,676 40,560 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.36 22.11 775 884 40.0 40,279 45,978 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.36 22.11 775 884 40.0 40,279 45,978 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.80 27.40 1,032 1,096 40.0 53,657 56,992 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.93 21.57 917 863 40.0 47,696 44,866 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.15 22.40 1,086 896 40.0 56,482 46,592 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.62 21.57 825 863 40.0 42,896 44,866 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.08 26.50 963 1,060 40.0 50,094 55,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.06 19.50 801 778 39.9 41,196 39,832 2,053 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.87 24.04 1,075 962 40.0 55,896 50,001 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.02 12.28 561 491 40.0 29,157 25,542 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.63 24.58 985 983 40.0 51,231 51,126 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 15.95 698 638 40.0 36,275 33,176 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.27 22.50 891 900 40.0 41,310 45,802 1,855 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.42 12.13 497 485 40.0 25,830 25,226 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.82 18.00 785 720 39.6 40,745 37,440 2,055 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.55 20.80 822 832 40.0 42,622 43,272 2,074 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.28 21.62 851 865 40.0 44,097 44,970 2,072 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.10 15.69 724 628 40.0 37,657 32,635 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.86 17.76 754 710 40.0 39,233 36,941 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.38 13.33 575 533 40.0 29,905 27,724 2,080 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.55 11.60 462 464 40.0 24,030 24,128 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.23 14.89 609 596 40.0 31,685 30,975 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.73 $21.65 $1,024 $840 39.8 $53,033 $43,680 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 45.78 45.67 1,870 1,774 40.8 96,499 92,225 2,108 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.61 47.82 1,972 1,913 40.6 102,527 99,457 2,109 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.29 47.82 1,932 1,913 40.0 100,441 99,457 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 48.94 45.28 2,013 1,737 41.1 104,688 90,330 2,139 Computer and information systems managers......................... 64.53 67.87 2,937 3,394 45.5 152,746 176,467 2,367 Financial managers................................................ 40.33 31.23 1,631 1,249 40.4 84,834 64,963 2,103 Construction managers............................................. 47.94 48.00 1,918 1,920 40.0 99,719 99,840 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 23.51 24.69 919 988 39.1 41,049 47,382 1,746 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.75 31.25 1,393 1,250 41.3 72,454 65,000 2,147 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.05 43.96 1,680 1,758 43.0 87,385 91,441 2,238 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 43.96 1,647 1,758 40.0 85,648 91,441 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 38.29 44.48 1,694 1,614 44.2 88,073 83,907 2,300 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.96 28.85 1,158 1,154 40.0 60,239 60,008 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.39 33.19 1,414 1,328 39.9 73,508 69,035 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.78 26.44 1,266 1,067 42.5 65,827 55,494 2,211 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.43 35.33 1,493 1,466 42.1 77,620 76,222 2,191 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.20 39.81 1,715 1,784 43.7 89,173 92,751 2,275 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.80 44.59 1,846 1,784 40.3 95,969 92,751 2,095 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.45 25.35 1,111 954 42.0 57,778 49,612 2,184 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.32 37.32 1,541 1,503 42.4 80,108 78,173 2,206 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 40.86 37.69 1,584 1,413 38.8 82,361 73,499 2,016 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.83 38.92 1,644 1,552 40.3 85,480 80,725 2,093 Architects, except naval.......................................... 31.02 27.89 1,303 1,115 42.0 67,733 58,001 2,183 Engineers......................................................... 47.64 47.00 1,910 1,894 40.1 99,310 98,500 2,084 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.54 30.29 1,342 1,211 40.0 69,766 62,995 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 32.74 28.93 1,310 1,157 40.0 68,101 60,168 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 24.01 20.00 960 800 40.0 49,946 41,600 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.03 28.38 1,201 1,135 40.0 62,460 59,039 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.40 25.00 1,055 1,000 40.0 54,871 52,000 2,079 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.25 18.56 890 742 40.0 46,282 38,605 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 29.99 28.85 1,200 1,154 40.0 62,383 60,000 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.43 27.71 1,066 1,108 38.8 53,129 56,389 1,937 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.27 14.15 681 566 39.4 32,023 29,432 1,854 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.50 25.50 1,020 1,020 40.0 51,836 53,040 2,033 Designers......................................................... 21.52 15.50 861 620 40.0 44,758 32,240 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.75 33.00 1,325 1,320 39.3 68,876 68,640 2,041 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.09 51.75 2,077 2,080 40.6 107,986 108,160 2,114 Registered nurses................................................. 34.26 34.25 1,360 1,360 39.7 70,697 70,720 2,064 Therapists........................................................ 37.75 33.58 1,495 1,343 39.6 77,762 69,846 2,060 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 25.93 978 996 39.4 50,842 51,817 2,048 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.80 35.87 1,432 1,435 40.0 74,463 74,610 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.93 20.39 707 815 37.3 36,746 42,403 1,941 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.98 22.32 832 827 37.8 43,250 43,000 1,967 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.88 15.03 590 576 37.1 30,667 29,952 1,931 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.93 13.38 535 516 38.4 27,836 26,857 1,998 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.92 13.25 533 516 38.3 27,741 26,857 1,992 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.53 18.00 628 576 35.8 32,645 29,952 1,863 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.06 12.00 564 480 40.1 29,351 24,960 2,087 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.13 12.00 481 480 39.6 24,999 24,960 2,061 Security guards................................................. 12.13 12.00 481 480 39.6 24,999 24,960 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.64 10.00 444 380 38.1 23,073 19,760 1,983 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.67 19.23 682 769 40.9 35,457 40,000 2,127 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.35 16.83 670 673 41.0 34,859 35,000 2,133 Cooks............................................................. 11.83 11.50 449 440 38.0 23,371 22,880 1,975 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.70 11.50 440 437 37.6 22,889 22,724 1,957 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.71 9.00 317 306 36.4 16,496 15,912 1,893 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.57 10.00 410 380 38.8 21,301 19,760 2,016 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 10.65 10.00 415 400 39.0 21,579 20,800 2,026 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.39 12.19 510 480 38.1 26,545 24,960 1,982 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.78 11.60 501 456 39.2 26,074 23,712 2,040 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.25 12.53 570 501 40.0 29,641 26,054 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.04 9.25 380 360 37.9 19,760 18,720 1,968 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.89 11.20 501 422 36.1 25,717 21,938 1,852 Child care workers................................................ 11.06 11.10 428 432 38.7 21,175 22,464 1,914 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.43 18.20 993 728 40.6 51,629 37,856 2,114 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 32.04 31.25 1,345 1,250 42.0 69,965 65,000 2,184 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 31.68 21.65 1,386 866 43.8 72,084 45,032 2,275 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.48 31.25 1,299 1,250 40.0 67,566 65,000 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.94 12.20 605 464 40.5 31,459 24,151 2,106 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.37 12.20 512 464 38.3 26,625 24,151 1,991 Cashiers...................................................... 13.37 12.20 512 464 38.3 26,625 24,151 1,991 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 17.84 16.10 714 644 40.0 37,107 33,480 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.44 11.50 654 440 42.4 34,025 22,880 2,203 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.10 27.99 1,476 1,120 40.9 76,772 58,221 2,127 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.86 22.76 1,389 910 41.0 72,231 47,343 2,133 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.59 17.12 692 673 39.4 36,001 35,011 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.90 25.00 960 875 38.6 49,931 45,500 2,005 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.84 16.40 666 648 39.6 34,650 33,716 2,057 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.72 19.00 715 656 38.2 37,164 34,112 1,985 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.91 17.50 714 700 39.9 37,137 36,400 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.78 14.87 631 595 40.0 32,818 30,930 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.42 19.08 722 720 39.2 37,535 37,424 2,038 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.44 14.25 561 570 38.8 29,149 29,640 2,019 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.86 12.80 634 512 40.0 32,992 26,624 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.14 14.15 556 560 39.3 28,933 29,120 2,046 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.80 19.01 818 760 39.3 42,531 39,535 2,045 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.46 18.79 778 752 40.0 40,475 39,085 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.25 19.71 730 788 40.0 37,966 41,001 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.99 14.42 605 577 37.9 31,406 30,000 1,964 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.36 20.50 886 820 39.6 45,518 42,640 2,036 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.17 32.40 1,247 1,296 40.0 64,825 67,392 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 23.10 20.50 924 820 40.0 47,643 42,640 2,063 Construction laborers............................................. 17.99 19.00 694 612 38.6 35,347 31,824 1,965 Electricians...................................................... 24.55 23.59 982 944 40.0 51,054 49,067 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.59 21.57 904 863 40.0 46,982 44,866 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 24.36 19.50 975 780 40.0 50,676 40,560 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.47 20.00 739 800 40.0 38,415 41,600 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.47 20.00 739 800 40.0 38,415 41,600 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.45 27.40 1,018 1,096 40.0 52,938 56,992 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.07 21.00 883 840 40.0 45,905 43,680 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.15 22.40 1,086 896 40.0 56,482 46,592 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.05 17.45 762 698 40.0 39,614 36,292 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.42 22.14 897 885 40.0 46,638 46,041 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.06 19.50 801 778 39.9 41,196 39,832 2,053 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 26.87 24.04 1,075 962 40.0 55,896 50,001 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.02 12.28 561 491 40.0 29,157 25,542 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.63 24.58 985 983 40.0 51,231 51,126 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.44 15.95 698 638 40.0 36,275 33,176 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 22.27 22.50 891 900 40.0 41,310 45,802 1,855 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.42 12.13 497 485 40.0 25,830 25,226 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.65 17.45 778 710 39.6 40,415 36,941 2,056 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.46 20.18 818 807 40.0 42,417 42,182 2,074 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.20 21.62 848 865 40.0 43,925 44,970 2,072 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.10 15.69 724 628 40.0 37,657 32,635 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.86 17.76 754 710 40.0 39,233 36,941 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.32 13.00 573 520 40.0 29,783 27,040 2,080 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.55 11.60 462 464 40.0 24,030 24,128 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.18 14.89 607 596 40.0 31,565 30,975 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.55 $26.19 $1,093 $1,048 39.7 $53,001 $50,989 1,924 Management occupations.............................................. 37.14 35.00 1,501 1,400 40.4 77,853 72,800 2,096 Education administrators.......................................... 44.27 42.87 1,883 1,805 42.5 96,295 93,860 2,175 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.61 45.85 2,064 1,834 40.0 104,343 95,333 2,022 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.80 25.89 1,066 998 39.8 55,239 51,913 2,061 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.05 34.01 1,322 1,360 40.0 68,744 70,741 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 32.98 33.70 1,319 1,348 40.0 68,596 70,092 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 32.65 33.70 1,306 1,348 40.0 67,905 70,092 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.55 26.79 1,142 1,072 40.0 54,487 49,358 1,908 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.72 25.82 1,110 1,033 41.5 54,527 53,704 2,040 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.90 34.33 1,213 1,268 36.9 47,018 49,823 1,429 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.86 39.24 1,397 1,401 36.9 51,337 51,147 1,356 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.50 40.02 1,423 1,416 37.0 52,272 51,556 1,358 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.75 39.84 1,398 1,401 37.0 51,512 50,989 1,365 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.58 40.47 1,490 1,544 36.7 54,344 56,903 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.27 38.01 1,376 1,373 36.9 50,725 50,663 1,361 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.09 38.01 1,376 1,425 37.1 50,798 52,171 1,370 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.64 14.79 499 481 31.9 18,807 18,171 1,202 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.00 34.88 1,430 1,221 38.7 67,531 63,294 1,825 Protective service occupations...................................... 27.16 27.41 1,151 1,182 42.4 59,863 61,477 2,204 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.81 28.28 1,426 1,405 47.8 74,164 73,074 2,488 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.50 22.10 900 884 40.0 46,810 45,968 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.50 22.10 900 884 40.0 46,810 45,968 2,080 Police officers................................................... 32.22 31.80 1,297 1,272 40.2 67,419 66,136 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 32.22 31.80 1,297 1,272 40.2 67,419 66,136 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.09 14.69 643 588 39.9 33,140 30,564 2,060 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.30 14.69 611 588 39.9 31,507 30,564 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.30 14.69 611 588 39.9 31,507 30,564 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.70 19.27 779 770 39.6 39,639 38,823 2,012 Financial clerks.................................................. 20.72 20.05 829 802 40.0 43,102 41,698 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.33 17.58 729 703 39.8 37,017 36,568 2,019 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.13 17.58 685 703 40.0 34,387 34,347 2,007 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.59 15.41 625 570 37.7 30,464 29,619 1,836 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.55 26.20 1,062 1,048 40.0 55,237 54,492 2,081 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 31.25 30.04 1,250 1,202 40.0 64,992 62,483 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.63 23.56 945 942 40.0 47,979 49,005 2,030 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $24.13 $19.69 $24.80 $33.02 Management, professional, and related...... 36.47 32.46 37.26 39.26 Management, business, and financial...... 40.56 37.10 38.26 44.41 Professional and related................. 34.17 29.35 36.94 35.75 Service.................................... 12.12 11.55 11.28 17.15 Sales and office........................... 18.50 17.06 20.13 21.16 Sales and related........................ 20.96 18.01 21.82 53.21 Office and administrative support........ 16.99 16.50 18.08 17.30 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.25 20.04 25.13 28.57 Construction and extraction............. 22.16 20.42 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.48 18.93 24.80 29.48 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 18.87 16.03 18.21 27.35 Production............................... 19.54 17.21 19.99 – Transportation and material moving....... 18.26 14.89 16.87 30.97 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........................................................... 3.4 3.9 5.8 3.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.1 6.4 8.4 1.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.7 9.6 6.0 2.7 Professional and related.......................................... 6.3 6.5 12.5 2.2 Service............................................................. 4.4 5.3 4.4 6.4 Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 6.0 6.6 11.0 Sales and related................................................. 8.5 15.5 7.9 18.2 Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 2.4 4.5 3.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 3.5 6.5 6.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.7 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.8 5.1 6.4 6.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.0 3.6 7.3 14.1 Production........................................................ 3.7 7.6 10.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 2.6 9.2 23.5 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 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.27 $18.00 $838 $700 39.4 $43,372 $36,400 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 40.42 40.04 1,626 1,539 40.2 83,302 80,022 2,061 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.62 43.43 1,994 1,729 41.0 103,700 89,910 2,133 Financial managers................................................ 28.55 25.48 1,142 1,019 40.0 59,388 52,998 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 48.60 48.00 1,944 1,920 40.0 101,093 99,840 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.99 24.93 1,101 997 40.8 57,248 51,854 2,121 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.69 37.93 1,427 1,517 40.0 74,227 78,892 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.85 27.89 1,184 1,115 41.1 61,584 58,001 2,135 Architects, except naval.......................................... 31.02 27.89 1,303 1,115 42.0 67,733 58,001 2,183 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.33 15.77 767 631 39.7 38,599 32,802 1,997 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.81 13.84 622 554 39.3 30,354 28,796 1,920 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.17 39.00 1,315 1,328 38.5 68,370 69,056 2,001 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.93 17.00 558 576 35.1 29,036 29,952 1,823 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.30 9.54 433 370 38.3 22,502 19,240 1,991 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.44 16.83 679 673 41.3 35,286 35,000 2,146 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.44 16.83 679 673 41.3 35,286 35,000 2,146 Cooks............................................................. 11.64 11.50 435 420 37.4 22,609 21,840 1,943 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.14 9.20 392 368 38.6 20,360 19,136 2,008 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 12.00 470 480 37.8 24,444 24,960 1,963 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.88 9.50 395 380 40.0 20,542 19,760 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.75 13.38 602 480 38.2 30,840 24,777 1,958 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.94 16.28 828 570 39.6 43,066 29,650 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.14 22.84 1,022 914 40.6 53,132 47,507 2,114 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.70 11.36 531 440 38.8 27,607 22,880 2,015 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.72 11.70 482 454 37.9 25,057 23,629 1,970 Cashiers...................................................... 12.72 11.70 482 454 37.9 25,057 23,629 1,970 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.25 10.64 521 426 39.3 27,072 22,131 2,043 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.31 23.08 1,380 910 41.4 71,750 47,343 2,154 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.35 22.76 1,384 800 41.5 71,950 41,600 2,157 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.07 16.40 668 655 39.1 34,722 34,050 2,034 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.40 16.40 647 606 39.4 33,633 31,512 2,051 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.15 17.50 684 656 37.7 35,559 34,112 1,959 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.88 17.50 712 700 39.8 37,013 36,400 2,070 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.34 14.25 564 570 39.3 29,304 29,640 2,043 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.32 18.99 763 760 39.5 39,700 39,499 2,055 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.17 18.00 727 720 40.0 37,789 37,440 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.28 14.44 603 577 37.1 31,271 30,000 1,921 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.42 19.67 810 787 39.7 42,141 40,922 2,064 Carpenters........................................................ 22.69 20.50 908 820 40.0 47,192 42,640 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.05 19.00 762 760 40.0 39,633 39,520 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.04 16.00 718 640 39.8 36,432 33,176 2,020 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.22 12.13 529 485 40.0 27,507 25,226 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.47 14.50 619 580 40.0 32,208 30,160 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.97 16.00 679 640 40.0 35,288 33,280 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.73 18.00 749 720 40.0 38,968 37,440 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.04 13.00 602 520 40.0 31,283 27,040 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.14 14.75 645 590 40.0 33,564 30,680 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $29.60 $27.11 $1,188 $1,079 40.2 $61,574 $55,688 2,080 Management occupations.............................................. 50.90 52.59 2,109 1,933 41.4 109,686 100,499 2,155 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.60 47.82 1,944 1,913 40.0 101,094 99,457 2,080 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.14 47.82 1,966 1,913 40.0 102,218 99,457 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 45.89 40.54 1,866 1,452 40.7 97,035 75,504 2,114 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.57 34.14 1,473 1,340 41.4 76,607 69,701 2,154 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 40.61 43.96 1,760 1,758 43.3 91,495 91,441 2,253 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 41.18 43.96 1,647 1,758 40.0 85,648 91,441 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 40.39 44.48 1,810 2,200 44.8 94,131 114,400 2,331 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.96 28.85 1,158 1,154 40.0 60,239 60,008 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.39 33.19 1,414 1,328 39.9 73,508 69,035 2,077 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.90 26.02 1,333 1,154 43.1 69,309 59,987 2,243 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.37 35.12 1,509 1,466 42.7 78,468 76,222 2,219 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.50 39.81 1,752 1,784 44.3 91,099 92,751 2,306 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.83 45.80 1,973 1,832 40.4 102,572 95,256 2,101 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.74 23.85 1,141 954 42.7 59,326 49,612 2,218 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.32 37.32 1,541 1,503 42.4 80,108 78,173 2,206 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 39.96 37.69 1,543 1,413 38.6 80,250 73,499 2,008 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 44.80 44.09 1,792 1,764 40.0 93,194 91,707 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 48.89 50.14 1,956 2,006 40.0 101,692 104,291 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 33.60 28.51 1,344 1,141 40.0 69,883 59,309 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.35 28.37 1,214 1,135 40.0 63,127 59,010 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.46 25.96 1,215 1,038 39.9 63,183 54,001 2,074 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.02 39.69 1,403 1,488 37.9 69,218 74,500 1,870 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.65 25.50 1,066 1,020 40.0 53,444 53,040 2,005 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.58 33.00 1,328 1,320 39.6 69,080 68,640 2,057 Therapists........................................................ 30.21 29.66 1,188 1,186 39.3 61,773 61,693 2,045 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.82 25.93 978 996 39.4 50,842 51,817 2,048 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.98 22.32 832 827 37.8 43,250 43,000 1,967 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.85 14.74 615 572 38.8 31,954 29,744 2,016 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.64 14.08 555 542 37.9 28,885 28,184 1,973 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.71 14.08 555 541 37.7 28,863 28,122 1,962 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.35 14.98 694 599 40.0 36,087 31,165 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.83 12.00 483 475 37.6 25,091 24,704 1,955 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.14 13.47 588 532 38.8 30,551 27,685 2,018 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.59 13.19 565 509 38.8 29,397 26,478 2,015 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.72 13.47 589 539 40.0 30,628 28,018 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.91 10.05 406 400 34.1 20,834 20,748 1,750 Sales and related occupations....................................... 28.71 21.54 1,208 995 42.1 62,814 51,743 2,188 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 38.83 37.49 1,685 1,500 43.4 87,632 77,985 2,257 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.88 16.10 736 637 43.6 38,249 33,124 2,266 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.95 13.95 588 558 39.3 30,560 29,016 2,045 Cashiers...................................................... 14.95 13.95 588 558 39.3 30,560 29,016 2,045 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.83 18.09 826 594 46.3 42,965 30,888 2,410 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 41.05 29.52 1,642 1,181 40.0 85,375 61,408 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.31 17.48 727 698 39.7 37,789 36,321 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.16 24.02 1,027 961 40.8 53,413 49,962 2,123 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.38 18.75 735 750 40.0 38,239 39,000 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.97 17.48 719 699 40.0 37,384 36,358 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.64 14.87 626 595 40.0 32,537 30,930 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.42 19.08 722 720 39.2 37,535 37,424 2,038 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 23.25 25.74 907 1,003 39.0 47,176 52,143 2,029 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.31 19.43 852 777 40.0 44,329 40,414 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.34 13.63 610 540 39.8 31,743 28,080 2,069 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.17 28.04 1,033 1,122 39.5 51,869 54,612 1,982 Construction laborers............................................. 19.79 19.94 791 797 40.0 39,744 41,467 2,009 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.21 26.77 1,048 1,071 40.0 54,511 55,688 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.87 22.40 995 896 40.0 51,739 46,592 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.63 21.30 865 852 40.0 44,993 44,304 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 29.70 25.48 1,188 1,019 40.0 61,766 52,990 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.48 12.43 579 497 40.0 30,112 25,854 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 23.04 23.56 922 942 40.0 47,922 48,996 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.92 19.32 900 776 39.2 46,688 40,435 2,037 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.65 23.00 906 920 40.0 46,877 47,840 2,070 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.42 23.00 897 920 40.0 46,346 47,840 2,067 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 20.65 21.88 826 875 40.0 42,961 45,510 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.63 12.88 545 515 40.0 28,343 26,795 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.12 14.89 565 596 40.0 29,375 30,975 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.49 $23.65 $25.80 $24.56 $24.23 $30.81 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.58 34.92 31.20 36.51 36.61 35.55 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.03 – 25.61 40.07 40.65 36.69 Professional and related.......................................... 33.48 35.12 32.36 34.00 34.04 33.32 Service............................................................. 18.95 15.15 21.49 12.00 11.78 16.58 Sales and office.................................................... 17.25 15.18 19.31 18.90 18.94 16.98 Sales and related................................................. 14.72 14.72 – 22.22 22.22 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.19 15.74 19.31 17.10 17.10 16.98 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.25 27.11 27.94 19.61 19.55 – Construction and extraction...................................... 27.25 27.37 26.55 19.59 19.59 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.60 26.65 31.54 19.64 19.43 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.67 21.64 22.06 17.40 17.34 – Production........................................................ 25.28 25.28 – 18.05 18.05 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.42 20.27 22.06 16.47 16.31 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.7 4.0 3.6 3.8 4.1 5.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.6 2.9 3.9 4.0 4.4 2.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.3 – 10.3 3.3 3.7 3.8 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 2.8 3.2 6.8 7.1 3.1 Service............................................................. 9.4 12.6 8.8 4.4 4.4 7.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.5 5.1 4.6 4.7 15.6 Sales and related................................................. 6.7 6.7 – 9.0 9.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 7.7 5.1 2.6 2.6 15.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.7 6.7 6.3 2.0 2.0 – Construction and extraction...................................... 8.4 9.7 3.7 1.8 1.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.5 4.6 3.4 6.7 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.7 7.2 2.0 4.2 4.2 – Production........................................................ 4.4 4.4 – 4.0 4.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.8 9.6 2.0 9.6 9.7 – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.34 $23.87 $28.34 $28.34 Management, professional, and related............................... 35.52 36.14 48.26 48.26 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.90 40.27 44.52 44.52 Professional and related.......................................... 33.71 33.98 – – Service............................................................. 13.45 11.97 14.03 14.03 Sales and office.................................................... 17.10 16.81 29.30 29.30 Sales and related................................................. 16.38 16.38 32.72 32.72 Office and administrative support................................. 17.38 17.01 16.57 16.57 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.50 22.07 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 22.00 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.24 22.25 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.96 18.84 19.83 19.83 Production........................................................ 19.54 19.54 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.43 18.18 19.83 19.83 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 3.6 8.3 8.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.3 4.0 13.1 13.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.7 4.2 13.2 13.2 Professional and related.......................................... 5.0 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 5.7 4.2 16.9 16.9 Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.9 7.2 7.2 Sales and related................................................. 10.2 10.2 8.7 8.7 Office and administrative support................................. 1.8 1.9 24.2 24.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 5.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 6.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 5.0 8.3 8.3 Production........................................................ 3.7 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 9.6 8.3 8.3 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $25.23 $26.08 $23.20 – – – $22.81 – $20.34 Management, professional, and related............................... 47.54 – 39.36 – – – 30.31 – 43.33 Management, business, and financial............................... 50.77 35.78 42.84 – – – 28.82 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 35.85 – – – 30.51 – – Service............................................................. – – 15.37 – – – 13.81 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 21.67 18.00 – – – 17.86 – 14.92 Sales and related................................................. – 31.58 19.15 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.85 15.63 – – – 18.09 – 15.71 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.65 23.37 20.87 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 31.55 21.07 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 19.58 18.97 – – – 13.82 – 16.77 Production........................................................ – 19.93 17.76 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 17.10 19.16 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 13.3 2.1 10.8 – – – 5.5 – 12.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.2 – 3.8 – – – 10.1 – 5.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 12.4 2.2 4.5 – – – 13.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 9.6 – – – 10.9 – – Service............................................................. – – 7.5 – – – 3.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 11.4 8.8 – – – 5.8 – 3.6 Sales and related................................................. – 37.5 11.8 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 7.9 4.4 – – – 3.8 – 2.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.8 15.6 8.8 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 11.4 9.5 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.0 12.2 – – – 25.0 – 9.6 Production........................................................ – 3.2 9.5 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 7.7 13.3 – – – – – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,849,600 1,581,100 268,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 651,700 504,700 147,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 213,500 171,000 42,500 Professional and related.......................................... 438,200 333,700 104,500 Service............................................................. 361,200 305,000 56,200 Sales and office.................................................... 381,500 335,600 46,000 Sales and related................................................. 133,900 133,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 247,600 201,700 46,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 181,500 169,100 12,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 125,600 119,300 6,200 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 55,400 49,800 5,600 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 273,700 266,700 7,000 Production........................................................ 124,100 124,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 149,600 142,600 7,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 91,233 90,249 984 Total in sample....................................................... 614 549 65 Responding........................................................ 368 322 46 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 173 154 19 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 73 73 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.