NC BL 12/00/2008 Table: Iowa City, IA, Bulletin, August 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.35 5.0 35.4 $17.45 2.3 34.1 $29.70 10.9 38.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 33.86 8.3 38.3 28.57 5.2 37.1 37.74 12.2 39.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 43.47 23.0 40.7 36.05 10.5 41.5 54.57 42.8 39.6 Professional and related.......................................... 31.18 4.1 37.7 25.23 3.7 35.4 34.74 6.0 39.2 Service............................................................. 11.23 3.1 29.5 9.84 2.9 27.4 14.97 3.5 37.2 Sales and office.................................................... 14.65 2.3 34.1 13.37 3.1 32.7 18.51 3.4 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 13.40 4.9 30.5 13.40 4.9 30.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.32 2.6 36.4 13.35 3.1 34.9 18.51 3.4 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.41 6.7 39.2 21.95 7.9 40.4 18.93 1.1 34.8 Construction and extraction...................................... 21.45 13.9 39.4 21.78 15.4 39.3 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.94 9.7 41.1 22.06 10.2 41.1 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.59 4.3 38.1 16.58 4.3 38.2 17.99 13.1 26.4 Production........................................................ 18.55 4.8 37.7 18.55 4.8 37.8 19.28 15.5 36.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.55 12.1 38.4 14.54 12.2 38.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 23.32 5.7 40.4 19.37 2.8 40.7 30.42 12.2 40.0 Part time........................................................... 10.35 4.9 20.9 9.79 2.0 20.6 15.36 14.5 22.9 Union............................................................... 19.63 2.4 39.0 16.26 1.3 40.0 20.60 3.3 38.7 Nonunion............................................................ 21.75 5.7 34.7 17.53 2.4 33.7 37.47 13.9 38.6 Time................................................................ 21.54 5.2 34.9 17.40 2.5 33.2 29.70 10.9 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 18.11 14.2 48.4 18.11 14.2 48.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.96 2.6 33.0 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.25 3.2 31.7 15.14 3.4 31.6 20.36 5.0 36.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.57 3.9 38.2 16.69 4.9 38.6 22.74 3.3 36.0 500 workers or more................................................. 29.04 8.9 38.4 25.39 6.7 37.0 30.70 12.0 39.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.35 5.0 $23.32 5.7 $10.35 4.9 Management occupations.............................................. 54.55 30.1 54.57 30.1 9.66 2.1 Level 9 .................................................. 27.29 6.2 27.29 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 75.09 2.7 – – 9.66 2.1 Legislators....................................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.09 15.8 28.09 15.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.75 11.3 17.75 11.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.29 6.9 27.29 6.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.32 8.1 24.32 8.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.83 14.4 18.91 14.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.25 11.2 17.26 21.6 – – Counselors........................................................ – – 13.23 19.6 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.67 18.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 59.57 10.4 60.62 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.39 3.5 34.39 3.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.45 8.5 30.47 8.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.39 3.5 34.39 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.66 9.7 30.66 9.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.82 4.6 34.82 4.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.34 9.7 29.34 9.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.60 2.1 34.60 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.26 10.4 28.32 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.51 10.8 31.51 10.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.26 10.4 28.32 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.51 10.8 31.51 10.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.15 7.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.23 3.5 26.27 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.99 4.4 24.99 4.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.50 .4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.58 4.3 14.59 4.3 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.80 5.7 14.81 5.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.54 14.9 16.05 16.3 – – Police officers................................................... 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.88 2.9 10.25 4.2 7.15 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.86 6.9 – – 6.86 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 1.5 – – 6.96 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.28 6.4 – – 7.48 14.1 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.78 3.8 13.79 3.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.74 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.52 3.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 4.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.01 10.7 – – 5.78 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 5.40 15.7 – – 5.87 19.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.32 2.9 – – 4.51 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 3.84 6.3 – – 3.96 5.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 3.7 – – 8.07 2.4 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.01 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.06 7.6 14.44 3.0 9.21 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.18 7.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.25 7.7 – – 8.65 3.5 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.25 7.7 – – 8.65 3.5 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.59 12.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.73 6.0 10.70 8.2 8.95 7.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.40 4.9 15.39 4.3 8.84 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 10.7 – – 8.63 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 2.2 9.63 2.5 8.41 .5 Level 5 .................................................. 15.33 11.7 15.87 12.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.27 7.1 11.53 11.3 8.43 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.63 6.6 – – 8.63 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 2.2 9.63 2.5 8.41 .5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 6.7 – – 8.56 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 6.7 – – 8.56 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.20 11.6 12.68 13.2 8.43 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.18 1.2 – – 8.46 2.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.32 2.6 16.18 2.5 10.40 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.84 14.6 – – 7.91 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 3.7 12.75 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 9.5 16.46 9.0 11.06 2.1 Level 5 .................................................. 17.89 2.2 17.92 2.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.64 11.9 17.70 10.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.12 11.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.31 9.2 18.52 8.8 – – Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.16 2.5 17.23 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.20 2.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.14 5.2 14.51 4.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.57 6.9 17.72 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 11.1 16.62 7.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.76 7.6 18.13 .7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.61 10.7 15.72 10.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.45 13.9 21.69 13.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.62 24.6 – – – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 2.0 21.10 2.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.94 9.7 22.24 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.50 3.8 16.50 3.8 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 14.9 20.35 14.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.19 9.7 19.19 9.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 4.8 19.18 3.9 8.64 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.63 5.8 13.91 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.61 2.0 13.69 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.23 1.3 16.36 .7 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.28 15.5 19.52 16.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 12.1 15.82 7.7 8.46 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.09 2.6 – – 7.93 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.84 7.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.99 4.8 12.93 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.98 .8 16.98 .8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.69 11.7 16.56 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.08 1.2 17.08 1.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.73 11.9 16.73 11.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.18 10.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.23 3.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.08 13.4 – – – – 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.45 2.3 $19.37 2.8 $9.79 2.0 Management occupations.............................................. 53.33 11.1 53.33 11.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.19 15.9 28.19 15.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.68 11.7 17.68 11.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.32 8.1 24.32 8.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 12.44 2.9 11.92 2.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.41 3.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.64 10.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.65 2.9 15.65 2.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.67 3.4 9.98 5.1 7.12 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.86 6.9 – – 6.86 6.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 1.5 – – 6.96 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.10 7.6 – – 7.35 15.3 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.58 2.5 13.58 2.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.32 3.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.01 10.7 – – 5.78 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 5.40 15.7 – – 5.87 19.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.32 2.9 – – 4.51 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 3.84 6.3 – – 3.96 5.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 3.7 – – 8.07 2.4 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.01 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.78 11.1 – – 9.20 3.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.51 9.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.51 9.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.69 6.1 – – 8.87 8.1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.40 4.9 15.39 4.3 8.84 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.90 10.7 – – 8.63 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 2.2 9.63 2.5 8.41 .5 Level 5 .................................................. 15.33 11.7 15.87 12.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.27 7.1 11.53 11.3 8.43 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.63 6.6 – – 8.63 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.02 2.2 9.63 2.5 8.41 .5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 6.7 – – 8.56 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 6.7 – – 8.56 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.20 11.6 12.68 13.2 8.43 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.18 1.2 – – 8.46 2.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.35 3.1 14.20 2.8 10.49 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 9.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 3.7 12.75 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.47 3.1 14.37 3.1 11.03 2.1 Level 5 .................................................. 16.76 7.1 16.82 7.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.03 3.6 13.73 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.29 10.9 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.97 8.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.14 5.2 14.51 4.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.21 7.8 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.88 6.2 13.02 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.78 15.4 22.09 14.5 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 2.0 21.10 2.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.06 10.2 22.39 9.2 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 14.9 20.35 14.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 4.8 19.18 4.0 8.63 8.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.63 5.8 13.91 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.61 2.0 13.69 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.24 1.3 16.37 .7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.54 12.2 15.83 7.7 8.26 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.09 2.6 – – 7.93 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.84 7.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.93 4.9 12.93 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.98 .8 16.98 .8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.69 11.7 16.56 8.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.08 1.2 17.08 1.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.73 11.9 16.73 11.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.18 10.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.23 3.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.08 13.4 – – – – 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $29.70 10.9 $30.42 12.2 $15.36 14.5 Management occupations.............................................. 55.13 43.1 55.17 43.1 9.66 2.1 Level 9 .................................................. 27.29 6.2 27.29 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Legislators....................................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.80 4.5 26.96 4.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 66.42 4.0 67.86 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.39 3.5 34.39 3.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.89 3.8 33.93 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.39 3.5 34.39 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.19 4.7 34.19 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.82 4.6 34.82 4.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.70 1.7 33.70 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.60 2.1 34.60 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.23 9.7 31.36 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.51 10.8 31.51 10.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.23 9.7 31.36 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.51 10.8 31.51 10.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.06 2.4 26.11 2.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.96 8.3 20.22 3.2 – – Police officers................................................... 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.82 12.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.06 3.2 14.24 2.2 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.27 6.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.51 3.4 18.71 3.2 8.79 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 15.68 8.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.88 2.3 19.91 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.26 .5 18.26 .5 – – Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.16 2.5 17.23 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.20 2.8 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.28 15.5 19.52 16.7 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.28 15.5 19.52 16.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.35 5.0 $23.32 5.7 $10.35 4.9 Management occupations.............................................. 54.55 30.1 54.57 30.1 9.66 2.1 Group III................................................. 37.14 22.8 – – – – Legislators....................................................... 9.66 2.1 – – 9.66 2.1 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.09 15.8 28.09 15.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.11 7.8 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.29 6.9 27.29 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.31 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.95 11.9 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.32 8.1 24.32 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.71 2.5 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.83 14.4 18.91 14.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.25 11.2 17.26 21.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.04 10.5 – – – – Counselors........................................................ – – 13.23 19.6 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.67 18.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 18.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 59.57 10.4 60.62 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.97 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 59.44 26.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.45 8.5 30.47 8.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.39 3.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.66 9.7 30.66 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 34.82 4.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.34 9.7 29.34 9.7 – – Group III................................................. 34.60 2.1 34.60 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.26 10.4 28.32 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 31.51 10.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.26 10.4 28.32 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 31.51 10.8 31.51 10.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.15 7.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.23 3.5 26.27 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 26.73 1.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.09 8.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.50 .4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.58 4.3 14.59 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.09 3.1 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.80 5.7 14.81 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.35 4.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.54 14.9 16.05 16.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 5.7 – – – – Police officers................................................... 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.22 4.6 21.22 4.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.88 2.9 10.25 4.2 7.15 3.8 Group I................................................... 8.16 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.99 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.78 3.8 13.79 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 13.99 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.74 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 14.76 5.5 14.76 5.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.52 3.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.52 3.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.01 10.7 – – 5.78 7.0 Group I................................................... 6.01 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.32 2.9 – – 4.51 2.0 Group I................................................... 4.32 2.9 – – 4.51 2.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 3.7 – – 8.07 2.4 Group I................................................... 8.98 3.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.01 4.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.01 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.06 7.6 14.44 3.0 9.21 3.3 Group I................................................... 12.61 9.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.25 7.7 – – 8.65 3.5 Group I................................................... 13.31 7.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.25 7.7 – – 8.65 3.5 Group I................................................... 13.31 7.9 – – 8.65 3.5 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.59 12.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.86 2.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.73 6.0 10.70 8.2 8.95 7.9 Group I................................................... 10.24 4.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.40 4.9 15.39 4.3 8.84 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.15 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.11 8.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.27 7.1 11.53 11.3 8.43 1.5 Group I................................................... 9.60 2.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Group I................................................... 8.90 2.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.05 .5 – – 8.46 2.3 Group I................................................... 8.90 2.5 – – 8.46 2.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.20 11.6 12.68 13.2 8.43 1.6 Group I................................................... 10.22 7.0 – – 8.43 1.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.32 2.6 16.18 2.5 10.40 6.9 Group I................................................... 14.09 6.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 2.3 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.64 11.9 17.70 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 17.08 12.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.31 9.2 18.52 8.8 – – Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.16 2.5 17.23 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.20 2.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.14 5.2 14.51 4.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.57 6.9 17.72 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.71 11.1 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.76 7.6 18.13 .7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.61 10.7 15.72 10.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.86 6.1 13.00 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.45 13.9 21.69 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 20.47 20.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.23 2.4 – – – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 2.0 21.10 2.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.94 9.7 22.24 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 24.11 9.5 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 14.9 20.35 14.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.35 14.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.19 9.7 19.19 9.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 4.8 19.18 3.9 8.64 8.1 Group I................................................... 13.16 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.32 5.1 – – – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.28 15.5 19.52 16.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.39 13.9 20.39 13.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.55 12.1 15.82 7.7 8.46 2.1 Group I................................................... 14.11 11.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.69 11.7 16.56 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.20 11.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.73 11.9 16.73 11.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.11 10.8 16.11 10.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.18 10.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.18 10.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.08 13.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.08 13.4 – – – – 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.73 $12.00 $16.92 $23.90 $33.61 Management occupations.............................................. 22.62 26.65 45.11 75.36 85.82 Legislators....................................................... 6.69 6.69 7.50 12.50 16.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 18.27 28.74 34.25 43.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.67 20.60 23.42 32.33 41.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.39 18.72 20.72 24.54 50.26 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.00 15.04 17.07 21.15 27.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.02 12.91 13.14 20.01 24.78 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.90 13.90 13.90 25.01 29.47 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.17 26.88 42.74 89.74 123.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.89 22.50 28.97 37.22 45.42 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.15 23.22 28.57 39.67 46.21 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.47 21.78 27.71 35.01 42.74 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.89 21.78 28.31 31.85 41.07 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.89 21.78 28.31 31.85 41.07 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 12.44 13.23 13.75 14.47 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.64 23.49 24.57 28.73 31.74 Registered nurses................................................. 23.07 23.57 25.22 30.02 31.85 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.39 13.39 13.45 16.75 17.93 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.39 13.39 13.45 16.75 17.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.50 17.22 20.62 24.42 Police officers................................................... 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.35 7.57 9.20 9.90 12.55 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.96 12.24 13.40 14.40 20.02 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.24 12.55 13.65 14.40 20.02 Cooks............................................................. 7.21 9.00 9.90 9.90 11.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 3.85 4.35 9.50 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.38 3.44 4.25 4.35 5.68 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.80 8.10 9.56 9.56 9.56 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.75 8.10 9.56 9.56 9.56 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 10.45 13.00 15.76 16.43 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 11.55 13.62 16.17 16.43 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 11.55 13.62 16.17 16.43 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.33 22.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.95 9.75 10.05 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.55 11.51 17.67 21.83 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.23 9.00 11.66 17.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.23 9.23 12.27 17.84 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.07 15.00 18.49 21.40 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 12.83 17.78 21.40 21.40 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 15.72 18.94 21.40 21.40 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.79 16.92 16.92 16.92 18.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 12.97 14.00 15.25 17.79 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.60 13.77 17.92 20.26 20.49 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.60 14.40 18.00 20.49 20.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.39 12.50 15.00 19.60 20.49 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.31 16.38 22.50 26.04 26.47 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.31 20.50 22.50 25.20 25.73 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 14.13 19.99 30.79 37.19 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.75 14.75 17.50 22.25 33.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.50 14.89 19.99 23.38 23.74 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 15.54 21.47 33.40 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 14.00 14.00 18.98 25.14 25.14 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.31 12.00 15.50 17.64 17.64 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 12.92 16.50 17.64 19.32 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.07 12.92 17.64 17.64 21.23 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.64 7.70 8.38 11.50 15.31 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.64 7.70 8.31 13.23 14.18 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.28 $10.00 $14.80 $20.70 $33.02 Management occupations.............................................. 31.88 45.57 60.21 60.21 73.56 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 18.27 29.49 34.25 43.88 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.39 18.72 20.72 24.54 50.26 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.02 12.91 12.91 13.44 13.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 12.38 13.00 13.75 13.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.88 21.64 23.27 30.18 42.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.45 14.04 16.75 16.94 17.93 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.35 7.50 9.00 9.56 12.24 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 8.31 12.24 13.40 14.40 20.02 Cooks............................................................. 7.21 8.50 9.90 9.90 9.90 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 3.85 4.35 9.50 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.38 3.44 4.25 4.35 5.68 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.80 8.10 9.56 9.56 9.56 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.75 8.10 9.56 9.56 9.56 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.50 9.00 11.25 16.35 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.30 8.50 8.50 10.45 13.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.30 8.50 8.50 10.45 13.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.95 9.75 10.05 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.55 11.51 17.67 21.83 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.23 9.00 11.66 17.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.23 9.23 12.27 17.84 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.69 11.14 13.00 15.11 18.09 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.34 11.00 12.49 15.00 16.21 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.50 11.17 15.00 15.74 17.78 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 12.97 14.00 15.25 17.79 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.60 10.60 13.37 18.09 18.09 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.62 12.50 12.50 14.66 15.31 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.31 16.38 22.50 26.47 26.47 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.31 20.50 22.50 25.20 25.73 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 14.00 19.53 30.79 37.19 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.75 14.75 17.50 22.25 33.61 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 15.54 21.45 33.40 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.31 12.00 15.50 17.64 17.64 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 12.92 16.50 17.64 19.32 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.07 12.92 17.64 17.64 21.23 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.64 7.70 8.38 11.50 15.31 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.64 7.70 8.31 13.23 14.18 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.72 $17.19 $21.40 $27.56 $69.98 Management occupations.............................................. 22.55 25.26 30.85 81.81 126.70 Legislators....................................................... 6.69 6.69 7.50 12.50 16.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.93 24.35 24.67 29.31 40.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.30 30.81 59.95 100.65 123.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.68 27.54 32.09 42.74 48.10 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.83 27.54 32.47 42.74 48.10 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.37 27.54 31.74 41.07 48.10 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.17 26.02 29.52 37.37 44.69 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.17 26.02 29.52 37.37 44.69 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.08 24.01 24.57 28.29 31.37 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.30 17.33 19.65 21.35 24.72 Police officers................................................... 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.69 11.96 13.01 13.41 21.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.05 12.08 14.12 16.43 16.43 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.00 9.50 10.00 10.75 11.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.40 16.92 18.77 20.49 21.40 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.79 16.92 16.92 16.92 18.93 Production occupations.............................................. 14.00 14.00 18.98 25.14 25.14 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 14.00 14.00 18.98 25.14 25.14 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.00 $13.87 $17.86 $24.95 $37.19 Management occupations.............................................. 22.79 26.65 45.11 75.36 85.82 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.42 18.27 28.74 34.25 43.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.67 20.60 23.42 32.33 41.13 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.39 18.72 20.72 24.54 50.26 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.04 15.04 17.07 21.15 27.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.02 13.10 13.90 24.35 28.12 Counselors........................................................ 9.02 9.02 13.10 13.14 14.12 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.61 27.54 43.17 89.74 123.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.89 22.50 29.06 37.22 45.42 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 18.15 23.22 28.57 39.67 46.21 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.47 21.78 27.71 35.01 42.74 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.89 21.78 28.31 31.85 41.07 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 18.89 21.78 28.31 31.85 41.07 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.64 23.49 24.57 28.29 31.85 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.39 13.39 13.45 16.75 17.93 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.39 13.39 13.45 16.75 17.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.50 10.00 17.22 20.62 24.42 Police officers................................................... 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.65 19.92 20.62 21.57 25.94 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.81 9.56 9.56 12.00 13.65 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.96 12.24 13.40 14.40 20.02 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.24 12.55 13.65 14.40 20.02 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.25 12.08 14.37 16.43 16.43 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.50 10.00 10.05 11.00 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.23 9.90 13.80 18.00 24.68 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.50 10.50 12.27 17.84 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.29 8.23 11.66 17.67 19.72 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.46 13.37 15.73 19.49 21.40 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.90 15.00 18.72 21.40 21.40 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 15.74 19.43 21.40 21.40 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.79 16.92 16.92 16.92 18.93 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 13.23 14.00 15.48 17.99 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.77 15.05 18.09 20.49 20.49 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.40 17.08 18.09 20.49 20.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.50 12.50 15.05 19.67 20.49 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.27 19.00 22.50 26.04 26.47 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.31 20.50 22.50 25.20 25.73 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 14.50 19.99 30.79 37.19 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.75 14.75 17.50 22.25 33.61 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.50 14.89 19.99 23.38 23.74 Production occupations.............................................. 11.68 14.40 15.54 23.08 33.40 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 14.00 14.00 18.98 25.14 25.14 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.00 13.08 16.00 17.64 18.25 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.07 15.50 17.00 17.64 19.44 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.07 12.92 17.64 17.64 21.23 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), Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.75 $8.73 $10.75 $18.75 Management occupations.............................................. 6.69 6.69 7.50 12.50 16.00 Legislators....................................................... 6.69 6.69 7.50 12.50 16.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.25 5.68 7.75 8.50 9.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.44 4.25 4.35 8.25 9.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.44 3.85 4.35 4.35 5.68 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.75 8.00 8.29 8.71 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.50 11.33 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.30 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.30 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.90 7.50 9.00 9.50 10.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.00 8.58 9.31 11.51 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.51 8.50 8.85 9.43 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 8.31 9.16 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.31 9.16 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 8.00 8.55 8.73 9.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.70 8.00 10.60 11.94 15.33 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.00 8.00 8.00 13.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 7.70 8.31 8.40 9.00 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.32 $17.86 $942 $731 40.4 $47,554 $37,631 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 54.57 45.11 2,210 1,804 40.5 114,932 93,829 2,106 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.09 28.74 1,166 1,106 41.5 60,630 57,500 2,158 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.29 23.42 1,105 997 40.5 57,470 51,823 2,106 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.32 20.72 1,016 865 41.8 52,835 45,000 2,172 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.91 17.07 757 683 40.0 35,596 34,226 1,882 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.26 13.90 668 556 38.7 33,655 28,912 1,950 Counselors........................................................ 13.23 13.10 498 393 37.6 25,275 20,436 1,910 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 60.62 43.17 2,352 1,590 38.8 89,787 57,736 1,481 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.47 29.06 1,153 1,132 37.8 43,507 42,452 1,428 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.66 28.57 1,156 1,111 37.7 43,636 41,989 1,423 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.34 27.71 1,115 1,078 38.0 42,002 40,755 1,431 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.32 28.31 1,098 1,101 38.8 41,372 41,983 1,461 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.32 28.31 1,098 1,101 38.8 41,372 41,983 1,461 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.27 24.57 1,050 983 40.0 54,435 51,099 2,072 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.59 13.45 559 536 38.3 29,076 27,860 1,993 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.81 13.45 565 536 38.1 29,359 27,860 1,983 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.05 17.22 672 689 41.9 34,939 35,818 2,177 Police officers................................................... 21.22 20.62 868 825 40.9 45,159 42,890 2,128 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.22 20.62 868 825 40.9 45,159 42,890 2,128 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.25 9.56 399 358 38.9 20,250 18,634 1,975 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.79 13.40 551 502 39.9 26,195 26,106 1,900 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.76 13.65 591 546 40.0 30,298 28,386 2,052 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.44 14.37 582 575 40.3 28,792 28,746 1,994 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.70 10.05 413 402 38.6 21,486 20,906 2,009 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.39 13.80 622 560 40.4 32,364 29,120 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.53 10.50 475 420 41.2 24,679 21,840 2,140 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.68 11.66 532 467 42.0 27,680 24,259 2,183 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.18 15.73 640 629 39.6 33,252 32,698 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.70 18.72 705 749 39.8 36,666 38,942 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.52 19.43 737 777 39.8 38,336 40,404 2,070 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.23 16.92 689 677 40.0 35,835 35,194 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.51 14.00 569 560 39.2 29,588 29,120 2,039 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.72 18.09 709 724 40.0 36,562 37,631 2,064 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.13 18.09 725 724 40.0 37,570 37,631 2,072 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.72 15.05 616 586 39.2 32,048 30,493 2,038 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.69 22.50 868 900 40.0 45,125 46,800 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 22.50 844 900 40.0 43,891 46,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.24 19.99 918 800 41.3 47,731 41,581 2,146 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 17.50 822 700 40.4 42,743 36,400 2,100 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.19 19.99 768 800 40.0 39,915 41,581 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.18 15.54 768 622 40.0 39,860 32,323 2,078 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.52 18.98 781 759 40.0 40,597 39,478 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 16.00 731 676 46.2 38,029 35,152 2,403 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.56 17.00 806 730 48.7 41,931 37,960 2,532 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.73 17.64 902 987 53.9 46,886 51,349 2,802 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.37 $15.98 $787 $636 40.7 $40,685 $32,760 2,101 Management occupations.............................................. 53.33 60.21 2,218 2,408 41.6 115,339 125,239 2,163 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.19 29.49 1,171 1,106 41.5 60,876 57,500 2,160 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.32 20.72 1,016 865 41.8 52,835 45,000 2,172 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.92 13.10 456 393 38.3 23,714 20,436 1,990 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.65 16.75 580 536 37.0 30,149 27,872 1,926 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.98 9.56 391 358 39.2 20,338 18,634 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.58 13.40 567 546 41.8 29,499 28,386 2,172 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.39 13.80 622 560 40.4 32,364 29,120 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.53 10.50 475 420 41.2 24,679 21,840 2,140 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.68 11.66 532 467 42.0 27,680 24,259 2,183 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.20 13.70 557 538 39.2 28,977 27,997 2,041 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.73 14.68 543 587 39.6 28,257 30,534 2,059 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.51 14.00 569 560 39.2 29,588 29,120 2,039 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.02 12.50 500 475 38.4 25,992 24,700 1,997 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.09 24.30 884 972 40.0 45,945 50,544 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 22.50 844 900 40.0 43,891 46,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.39 20.19 925 784 41.3 48,108 40,768 2,149 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 17.50 822 700 40.4 42,743 36,400 2,100 Production occupations.............................................. 19.18 15.54 768 622 40.0 39,855 32,323 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.83 16.00 731 676 46.2 38,035 35,152 2,403 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.56 17.00 806 730 48.7 41,931 37,960 2,532 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.73 17.64 902 987 53.9 46,886 51,349 2,802 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $30.42 $21.40 $1,217 $886 40.0 $58,952 $44,516 1,938 Management occupations.............................................. 55.17 30.85 2,207 1,234 40.0 114,746 64,168 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.96 24.67 1,068 987 39.6 50,728 51,314 1,881 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 67.86 69.98 2,617 2,398 38.6 100,411 66,929 1,480 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.93 32.09 1,250 1,213 36.8 47,479 46,125 1,399 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.19 32.47 1,258 1,213 36.8 47,765 46,158 1,397 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.70 31.74 1,242 1,199 36.9 47,116 45,849 1,398 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.36 29.52 1,184 1,171 37.8 45,090 45,211 1,438 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.36 29.52 1,184 1,171 37.8 45,090 45,211 1,438 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.11 24.57 1,044 983 40.0 54,057 51,099 2,070 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.22 19.92 875 890 43.3 45,512 46,257 2,251 Police officers................................................... 21.22 20.62 868 825 40.9 45,159 42,890 2,128 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.22 20.62 868 825 40.9 45,159 42,890 2,128 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.24 14.37 570 575 40.0 28,074 28,746 1,971 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.71 18.93 749 757 40.0 38,813 39,381 2,074 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.23 16.92 689 677 40.0 35,835 35,194 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.52 18.98 781 759 40.0 40,597 39,478 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.52 18.98 781 759 40.0 40,597 39,478 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.45 $15.14 $16.69 $25.39 Management, professional, and related...... 28.57 21.85 26.16 33.37 Management, business, and financial...... 36.05 – 31.67 – Professional and related................. 25.23 21.25 21.17 28.95 Service.................................... 9.84 9.55 10.47 – Sales and office........................... 13.37 12.52 14.71 14.58 Sales and related........................ 13.40 12.45 15.41 – Office and administrative support........ 13.35 12.59 13.86 14.58 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 21.95 22.58 – – Construction and extraction............. 21.78 21.72 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.06 23.38 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.58 18.63 14.99 15.37 Production............................... 18.55 23.98 14.84 15.54 Transportation and material moving....... 14.54 14.03 15.07 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.3 3.4 4.9 6.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.2 9.3 11.4 5.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.5 – 17.4 – Professional and related.......................................... 3.7 9.7 12.2 2.3 Service............................................................. 2.9 3.1 5.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.1 4.9 7.0 2.9 Sales and related................................................. 4.9 5.2 13.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 6.0 3.4 2.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.9 8.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 15.4 15.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.2 11.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.3 9.2 6.1 1.1 Production........................................................ 4.8 13.7 2.8 1.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 17.1 9.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.58 $15.39 $705 $594 40.1 $36,623 $30,784 2,083 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.92 13.10 456 393 38.3 23,714 20,436 1,990 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.06 14.86 548 536 36.4 28,473 27,872 1,890 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.53 9.56 373 358 39.1 19,388 18,634 2,035 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.06 12.50 570 560 40.6 29,660 29,120 2,109 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.69 10.50 489 420 41.8 25,410 21,840 2,173 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.10 11.66 566 467 43.2 29,433 24,259 2,248 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.22 13.70 564 548 39.6 29,321 28,496 2,062 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.03 22.50 881 900 40.0 45,829 46,800 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.10 22.50 844 900 40.0 43,891 46,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.86 20.19 987 781 41.4 51,344 40,614 2,152 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.35 17.50 822 700 40.4 42,743 36,400 2,100 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.20 $16.66 $875 $688 41.3 $44,923 $35,306 2,119 Management occupations.............................................. 53.33 60.21 2,218 2,408 41.6 115,339 125,239 2,163 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.90 29.49 1,212 1,106 40.5 63,003 57,500 2,107 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.01 20.72 911 829 41.4 47,350 43,098 2,152 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.20 15.86 731 605 40.2 38,018 31,450 2,089 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.18 13.83 552 538 38.9 28,712 27,997 2,025 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.11 21.18 745 851 41.2 38,743 44,262 2,140 Production occupations.............................................. 15.23 15.13 609 605 40.0 31,660 31,462 2,079 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.54 16.66 789 742 50.8 41,012 38,584 2,639 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.87 17.64 882 1,014 55.6 45,879 52,729 2,890 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.87 17.64 882 1,014 55.6 45,879 52,729 2,890 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.63 $16.26 $20.60 $21.75 $17.53 $37.47 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.87 – 29.00 34.79 28.93 40.04 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 43.56 36.05 54.93 Professional and related.......................................... 27.92 – 29.07 31.85 25.58 36.57 Service............................................................. 15.38 – 15.38 10.00 9.84 12.77 Sales and office.................................................... 18.60 – 18.60 13.51 13.37 17.70 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.40 13.40 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.60 – 18.60 13.60 13.35 17.70 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.35 – – 22.20 22.41 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 21.78 22.14 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 22.53 22.62 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.65 15.65 – 16.81 16.80 17.99 Production........................................................ 15.56 15.56 – 20.18 20.19 19.28 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.48 14.48 – 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........................................................... 2.4 1.3 3.3 5.7 2.4 13.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.7 – 1.6 9.4 5.4 14.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 23.0 10.5 42.9 Professional and related.......................................... 1.7 – 1.5 5.0 3.8 8.0 Service............................................................. 5.7 – 5.7 2.8 2.9 11.5 Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 – 3.5 3.2 3.1 22.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 4.9 4.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 – 3.5 3.6 3.1 22.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.9 – – 6.9 7.4 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 13.4 14.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 12.4 12.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1.6 1.6 – 5.4 5.4 13.1 Production........................................................ 1.1 1.1 – 7.3 7.3 15.5 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.7 12.8 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.54 $17.40 $18.11 $18.11 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.90 28.63 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 43.75 36.39 – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.18 25.23 – – Service............................................................. 11.23 9.84 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.42 12.96 18.27 18.27 Sales and related................................................. 12.41 12.41 18.27 18.27 Office and administrative support................................. 15.32 13.35 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.13 21.68 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 21.78 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.45 21.59 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.62 16.61 16.43 16.43 Production........................................................ 18.30 18.30 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.01 13.99 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.2 2.5 14.2 14.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.3 5.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 22.9 10.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.1 3.7 – – Service............................................................. 3.1 2.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 3.2 15.1 15.1 Sales and related................................................. 6.0 6.0 15.1 15.1 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 3.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.6 7.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.9 9.5 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 3.6 12.5 12.5 Production........................................................ 4.7 4.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.0 13.2 – – 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $18.02 – – – $17.32 $15.40 – $22.35 Management, professional, and related............................... – 24.97 – – – 27.27 20.80 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 22.32 – – – 28.12 20.80 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 11.87 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.50 – – – 13.63 12.36 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 15.91 – – – 13.09 12.36 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.34 – – – 10.87 – – – Production........................................................ – 15.43 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.47 – – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 0.2 – – – 6.6 5.4 – 10.0 Management, professional, and related............................... – 4.7 – – – 3.6 3.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 11.3 – – – 5.2 3.7 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 2.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 5.4 – – – 3.0 1.5 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 10.9 – – – 4.3 1.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – .1 – – – 6.3 – – – Production........................................................ – .1 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 2.7 – – – – – – – 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 79,300 55,100 24,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 25,600 10,700 14,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 5,000 2,900 2,100 Professional and related.......................................... 20,600 7,800 12,800 Service............................................................. 16,700 12,900 3,700 Sales and office.................................................... 20,000 15,700 4,300 Sales and related................................................. 7,900 7,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 12,200 7,900 4,300 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5,500 4,400 1,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 2,200 1,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2,700 2,500 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11,400 11,300 100 Production........................................................ 5,900 5,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5,600 5,500 – 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 2,657 2,546 111 Total in sample....................................................... 194 154 40 Responding........................................................ 129 91 38 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 41 40 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 24 23 1 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.