Highlights of Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                  FOR RELEASE:
Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist                                          December 17, 2008
(214) 767-6970                                              
http://www.bls.gov/ro6/
		

                             HIGHLIGHTS OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX
                           NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MARCH 2008

     Workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area earned an average of $20.93 per 
hour in March 2008, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey 
(NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  Regional 
Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide 
range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $37.48 for computer and 
mathematical science occupations and $26.39 for healthcare practitioner and technical 
occupations.  Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean 
hourly wage rate of $15.91.  The NCS data available for the Dallas-Fort Worth area include 
earnings for 20 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations 
within those groups.  (See table 1.)
       
     Systems computer software engineers, part of the computer and mathematical science 
occupational group, earned $42.62 per hour.  Within the healthcare practitioner and 
technical occupational group, registered nurses averaged $28.81 per hour and licensed 
practical and vocational nurses, $19.80.  Customer service representatives, an occupation 
within the office and administrative support group, registered an average hourly rate of 
$14.44, and receptionists and information clerks earned $12.57 per hour.  (See table 1.)
       
     Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the 
local area.  Full-time workers averaged $22.03 per hour while their part-time counterparts 
earned $10.36.  Union workers earned $24.28 and non-union workers, $20.80.  Workers in 
establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $18.60 per hour, those in establishments with 100-
499 workers earned $19.58, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned 
$26.04.

     The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for 
establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective 
bargaining negotiations.  Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers.  
NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined 
by a point factor leveling process.  The four occupational leveling factors are:  knowledge, 
job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment.  Details on the NCS are 
available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
       
     NCS data reported here covered 811 establishments with one or more workers in private 
industry and State and local governments.  Agricultural establishments, private households, 
the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey.  This sample of 
establishments represented 2,859,700 workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Combined Statistical 
Area (CSA) which is comprised of Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, 
Hunt, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise 
Counties in Texas.

Survey Availability
     Complete survey results are contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX National 
Compensation Survey March 2008 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF 
formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.  
       
     For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as 
well as other Bureau data, contact the Southwest Information Office by calling (214) 767-
6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. 



	Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX CSA,
 March 2008
	
		
			Occupation(3)
			Total
			Full-time workers
			Part-time workers
		
		
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
		
	
	
		
			All workers
			$20.93
			2.6
			$22.03
			2.6
			$10.36
			6.7
		
		
			Management occupations
			45.28
			4.1
			45.28
			4.1
			-
			-
		
		
			General and operations managers
			51.64
			7.1
			51.64
			7.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Marketing and sales managers
			45.98
			12.8
			45.98
			12.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Marketing managers
			48.94
			8.7
			48.94
			8.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Sales managers
			41.61
			31.6
			41.61
			31.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Administrative services managers
			30.86
			16.8
			30.86
			16.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer and information systems managers
			49.01
			16.0
			49.01
			16.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Financial managers
			64.69
			10.6
			64.69
			10.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Human resources managers
			38.04
			7.8
			38.04
			7.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial production managers
			35.95
			6.0
			35.95
			6.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
			32.75
			6.9
			32.75
			6.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Construction managers
			35.58
			1.1
			35.58
			1.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Education administrators
			48.76
			13.0
			48.76
			13.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
			45.94
			4.0
			45.94
			4.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Education administrators, postsecondary
			52.57
			26.9
			52.57
			26.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Business and financial operations occupations
			30.31
			3.7
			30.30
			3.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Buyers and purchasing agents
			33.03
			10.3
			33.03
			10.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
			29.07
			9.7
			29.07
			9.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, andinvestigators
			23.93
			0.8
			23.93
			0.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
			23.93
			0.8
			23.93
			0.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Human resources, training, and labor relationsspecialists
			25.50
			7.8
			25.59
			7.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
			22.28
			5.2
			22.28
			5.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Management analysts
			33.41
			12.0
			33.41
			12.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Accountants and auditors
			27.37
			6.5
			27.26
			6.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Financial analysts and advisors
			33.37
			15.9
			33.37
			15.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Financial analysts
			31.58
			10.5
			31.58
			10.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Loan counselors and officers
			28.41
			19.2
			28.41
			19.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Loan officers
			28.41
			19.2
			28.41
			19.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer and mathematical science occupations
			37.48
			5.5
			37.77
			6.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer programmers
			43.11
			7.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer software engineers
			39.48
			5.5
			39.48
			5.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer software engineers, applications
			37.78
			6.6
			37.78
			6.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer software engineers, systems software
			42.62
			4.2
			42.62
			4.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer support specialists
			26.39
			15.2
			27.06
			17.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer systems analysts
			43.81
			8.1
			43.81
			8.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Network systems and data communications analysts
			35.13
			8.3
			35.13
			8.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Architecture and engineering occupations
			33.73
			5.9
			33.70
			6.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Engineers
			38.19
			7.8
			38.28
			8.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical and electronics engineers
			45.12
			11.0
			45.48
			11.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical engineers
			54.49
			17.0
			55.96
			16.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Electronics engineers, except computer
			39.89
			5.7
			39.89
			5.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial engineers, including health and safety
			37.85
			2.8
			37.85
			2.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial engineers
			37.67
			3.1
			37.67
			3.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Engineering technicians, except drafters
			25.79
			3.8
			25.79
			3.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
			25.91
			4.0
			25.91
			4.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Life, physical, and social science occupations
			26.78
			5.6
			26.78
			5.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Community and social services occupations
			23.45
			9.9
			24.26
			10.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Counselors
			26.28
			13.5
			28.06
			11.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Educational, vocational, and school counselors
			27.97
			14.0
			28.88
			12.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Social workers
			20.93
			6.5
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Legal occupations
			37.18
			15.8
			37.15
			16.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous legal support workers
			23.69
			8.5
			23.69
			8.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Education, training, and library occupations
			29.33
			2.3
			30.40
			2.4
			14.75
			10.1
		
		
			Postsecondary teachers
			41.32
			10.9
			43.76
			10.0
			22.11
			4.2
		
		
			Health teachers, postsecondary
			45.74
			18.5
			45.74
			18.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary
			39.71
			4.7
			39.54
			5.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary
			34.96
			11.0
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers
			40.78
			13.5
			47.44
			20.1
			22.92
			19.6
		
		
			Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
			31.62
			1.8
			31.82
			1.9
			20.23
			15.0
		
		
			Preschool and kindergarten teachers
			26.18
			10.1
			26.18
			10.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Elementary and middle school teachers
			31.58
			0.9
			31.82
			1.1
			22.36
			2.6
		
		
			Elementary school teachers, except special education
			31.54
			1.3
			31.84
			1.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
			31.64
			1.7
			31.68
			1.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Secondary school teachers
			32.22
			4.4
			32.46
			4.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
			33.58
			0.9
			33.86
			0.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Special education teachers
			32.85
			0.8
			32.85
			0.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
			32.80
			1.3
			32.80
			1.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Other teachers and instructors
			15.69
			18.9
			-
			-
			10.31
			8.8
		
		
			Librarians
			29.61
			4.7
			29.69
			4.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Teacher assistants
			12.54
			1.2
			12.54
			1.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
			23.37
			12.0
			24.17
			12.7
			17.94
			21.3
		
		
			Designers
			19.62
			12.7
			19.62
			12.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
			19.67
			33.2
			-
			-
			14.87
			22.5
		
		
			Coaches and scouts
			19.89
			36.1
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
			26.39
			6.0
			27.34
			7.2
			18.13
			12.9
		
		
			Registered nurses
			28.81
			2.0
			28.79
			2.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Therapists
			29.27
			3.3
			29.11
			3.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Diagnostic related technologists and technicians
			21.29
			9.0
			21.87
			9.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Radiologic technologists and technicians
			20.94
			12.6
			21.14
			12.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
			16.34
			8.8
			19.09
			10.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
			19.80
			3.7
			19.78
			4.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Healthcare support occupations
			12.55
			8.7
			12.96
			9.3
			10.27
			6.8
		
		
			Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
			10.58
			5.5
			10.76
			4.5
			9.59
			8.0
		
		
			Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
			10.43
			6.1
			10.65
			5.1
			9.59
			8.0
		
		
			Psychiatric aides
			10.99
			7.3
			10.99
			7.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
			15.76
			12.9
			16.71
			12.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Protective service occupations
			17.92
			3.2
			18.11
			3.0
			14.96
			22.2
		
		
			Fire fighters
			20.47
			3.4
			20.47
			3.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Police officers
			26.53
			12.9
			26.53
			12.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Police and sheriff's patrol officers
			26.53
			12.9
			26.53
			12.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
			12.90
			8.1
			11.93
			5.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Security guards
			12.90
			8.1
			11.93
			5.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous protective service workers
			10.62
			12.5
			-
			-
			8.83
			1.7
		
		
			Food preparation and serving related occupations
			7.80
			1.6
			8.50
			4.2
			6.39
			11.0
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers
			18.57
			6.6
			18.92
			5.5
			-
			-
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
			18.57
			6.6
			18.92
			5.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Cooks
			9.39
			1.2
			9.46
			1.7
			9.17
			1.4
		
		
			Cooks, fast food
			8.36
			1.7
			8.44
			1.0
			8.16
			5.2
		
		
			Cooks, institution and cafeteria
			9.97
			8.5
			10.02
			9.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Cooks, restaurant
			9.79
			0.8
			9.81
			0.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Food preparation workers
			9.61
			7.5
			9.53
			7.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Food service, tipped
			4.49
			9.5
			4.37
			0.7
			4.63
			20.2
		
		
			Bartenders
			7.50
			13.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Waiters and waitresses
			3.24
			14.9
			2.96
			12.1
			3.65
			40.0
		
		
			Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
			6.24
			2.2
			-
			-
			6.13
			3.4
		
		
			Fast food and counter workers
			7.50
			5.7
			7.70
			9.3
			7.00
			4.0
		
		
			Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
			7.30
			3.0
			7.44
			6.9
			7.01
			4.4
		
		
			Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
			8.47
			10.0
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Food servers, nonrestaurant
			6.06
			32.3
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Dishwashers
			8.20
			4.2
			7.96
			5.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
			5.45
			29.5
			-
			-
			4.89
			32.9
		
		
			Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
			9.53
			4.7
			9.77
			5.3
			7.33
			11.1
		
		
			Building cleaning workers
			8.73
			5.2
			8.90
			5.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
			8.90
			7.2
			8.98
			8.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Maids and housekeeping cleaners
			7.69
			5.7
			8.05
			2.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Grounds maintenance workers
			10.31
			21.8
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
			8.67
			10.0
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Personal care and service occupations
			10.89
			7.1
			11.23
			7.4
			10.09
			12.9
		
		
			Barbers and cosmetologists
			12.69
			28.8
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Transportation attendants
			27.22
			27.4
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Child care workers
			8.84
			8.9
			8.81
			10.5
			9.06
			5.1
		
		
			Recreation and fitness workers
			13.39
			14.0
			-
			-
			13.09
			20.8
		
		
			Sales and related occupations
			20.00
			7.6
			22.88
			7.9
			9.22
			3.7
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers
			28.69
			17.6
			28.69
			17.6
			-
			-
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
			22.83
			12.8
			22.83
			12.8
			-
			-
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
			37.48
			26.6
			37.48
			26.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Retail sales workers
			12.27
			7.9
			14.02
			8.2
			8.72
			1.8
		
		
			Cashiers, all workers
			9.50
			6.2
			11.08
			7.7
			8.00
			3.4
		
		
			Cashiers
			9.50
			6.2
			11.08
			7.7
			8.00
			3.4
		
		
			Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons
			15.21
			23.9
			16.97
			21.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Parts salespersons
			16.80
			26.4
			17.76
			22.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Retail salespersons
			13.25
			12.4
			14.60
			13.3
			9.47
			2.8
		
		
			Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
			37.61
			9.5
			37.61
			9.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
			40.20
			7.9
			40.20
			7.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
			35.29
			18.6
			35.29
			18.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Telemarketers
			11.51
			7.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous sales and related workers
			16.50
			21.5
			19.50
			18.3
			11.33
			21.4
		
		
			Office and administrative support occupations
			15.91
			2.4
			16.26
			2.5
			10.99
			5.2
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
			23.29
			3.7
			23.29
			3.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Financial clerks
			15.18
			2.8
			15.52
			3.1
			11.92
			5.4
		
		
			Bill and account collectors
			16.35
			8.3
			16.29
			8.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
			14.40
			3.6
			14.40
			3.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
			16.13
			4.7
			16.62
			5.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Procurement clerks
			19.22
			5.5
			19.22
			5.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Tellers
			11.58
			2.2
			11.82
			1.0
			10.84
			4.8
		
		
			Customer service representatives
			14.44
			4.4
			14.66
			4.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Library assistants, clerical
			14.33
			5.4
			14.95
			9.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Order clerks
			13.51
			14.7
			13.51
			14.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
			18.02
			7.6
			18.02
			7.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Receptionists and information clerks
			12.57
			4.3
			12.61
			4.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Dispatchers
			14.10
			7.9
			14.10
			7.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
			12.21
			9.7
			12.26
			9.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Stock clerks and order fillers
			13.57
			11.1
			14.37
			10.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Secretaries and administrative assistants
			19.34
			4.8
			19.34
			4.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
			21.47
			5.2
			21.47
			5.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Medical secretaries
			15.93
			18.9
			15.93
			18.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
			16.16
			8.6
			16.16
			8.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
			17.44
			2.0
			17.44
			2.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Office clerks, general
			12.63
			6.6
			13.08
			8.1
			10.05
			8.0
		
		
			Construction and extraction occupations
			15.02
			1.5
			15.02
			1.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Construction laborers
			11.46
			4.3
			11.46
			4.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
			19.43
			3.9
			19.45
			4.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
			22.19
			20.8
			22.19
			20.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
			22.19
			20.8
			22.19
			20.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
			19.47
			8.1
			19.47
			8.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
			20.40
			7.1
			20.40
			7.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
			28.39
			6.0
			28.39
			6.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Automotive technicians and repairers
			20.08
			3.8
			20.28
			4.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Automotive service technicians and mechanics
			20.16
			4.2
			20.45
			5.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers
			18.81
			7.3
			18.81
			7.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Maintenance and repair workers, general
			18.53
			10.9
			18.53
			10.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers
			14.56
			7.3
			14.56
			7.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
			12.14
			7.2
			12.14
			7.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Production occupations
			13.10
			4.9
			13.36
			5.6
			10.03
			5.2
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
			22.71
			6.5
			22.71
			6.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
			27.32
			5.1
			27.32
			5.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers
			11.39
			3.8
			11.37
			4.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
			11.74
			8.2
			11.97
			13.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators
			9.84
			1.1
			9.86
			1.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
			15.18
			12.3
			15.18
			12.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
			15.18
			12.3
			15.18
			12.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Printers
			18.28
			8.5
			18.28
			8.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Printing machine operators
			16.18
			11.6
			16.18
			11.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
			9.98
			5.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
			15.66
			9.5
			17.43
			10.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
			12.80
			2.8
			13.28
			7.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous production workers
			10.00
			9.6
			10.19
			9.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Helpers--production workers
			9.53
			5.6
			9.53
			5.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Transportation and material moving occupations
			16.09
			7.6
			16.88
			8.4
			9.31
			5.2
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
			20.05
			4.5
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Bus drivers
			13.57
			7.3
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
			18.66
			5.9
			19.73
			6.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Driver/sales workers
			11.11
			26.2
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
			21.04
			7.8
			21.04
			7.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Truck drivers, light or delivery services
			16.96
			12.0
			17.09
			12.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial truck and tractor operators
			13.27
			5.7
			13.27
			5.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Laborers and material movers, hand
			11.53
			4.0
			11.86
			4.6
			9.83
			5.8
		
		
			Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
			11.26
			11.5
			11.26
			11.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
			11.86
			4.7
			11.91
			5.7
			11.55
			3.2
		
		
			Machine feeders and offbearers
			13.72
			10.5
			13.72
			10.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Packers and packagers, hand
			9.92
			6.5
			11.32
			6.6
			7.24
			11.4
		
	

		
			Footnotes

				(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. For more information see full publication.

				(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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
  				(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 full publication.


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 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX CSA,
March 2008
Occupation(3)	Total	Full-time workers	Part-time workers
All workers	$20.93	2.6	$22.03	2.6	$10.36	6.7
Management occupations	45.28	4.1	45.28	4.1	-	-
General and operations managers	51.64	7.1	51.64	7.1	-	-
Marketing and sales managers	45.98	12.8	45.98	12.8	-	-
Marketing managers	48.94	8.7	48.94	8.7	-	-
Sales managers	41.61	31.6	41.61	31.6	-	-
Administrative services managers	30.86	16.8	30.86	16.8	-	-
Computer and information systems managers	49.01	16.0	49.01	16.0	-	-
Financial managers	64.69	10.6	64.69	10.6	-	-
Human resources managers	38.04	7.8	38.04	7.8	-	-
Industrial production managers	35.95	6.0	35.95	6.0	-	-
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	32.75	6.9	32.75	6.9	-	-
Construction managers	35.58	1.1	35.58	1.1	-	-
Education administrators	48.76	13.0	48.76	13.0	-	-
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	45.94	4.0	45.94	4.0	-	-
Education administrators, postsecondary	52.57	26.9	52.57	26.9	-	-
Business and financial operations occupations	30.31	3.7	30.30	3.8	-	-
Buyers and purchasing agents	33.03	10.3	33.03	10.3	-	-
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	29.07	9.7	29.07	9.7	-	-
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, andinvestigators	23.93	0.8	23.93	0.8	-	-
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	23.93	0.8	23.93	0.8	-	-
Human resources, training, and labor relationsspecialists	25.50	7.8	25.59	7.8	-	-
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	22.28	5.2	22.28	5.2	-	-
Management analysts	33.41	12.0	33.41	12.0	-	-
Accountants and auditors	27.37	6.5	27.26	6.9	-	-
Financial analysts and advisors	33.37	15.9	33.37	15.9	-	-
Financial analysts	31.58	10.5	31.58	10.5	-	-
Loan counselors and officers	28.41	19.2	28.41	19.2	-	-
Loan officers	28.41	19.2	28.41	19.2	-	-
Computer and mathematical science occupations	37.48	5.5	37.77	6.0	-	-
Computer programmers	43.11	7.6	-	-	-	-
Computer software engineers	39.48	5.5	39.48	5.5	-	-
Computer software engineers, applications	37.78	6.6	37.78	6.6	-	-
Computer software engineers, systems software	42.62	4.2	42.62	4.2	-	-
Computer support specialists	26.39	15.2	27.06	17.9	-	-
Computer systems analysts	43.81	8.1	43.81	8.1	-	-
Network systems and data communications analysts	35.13	8.3	35.13	8.3	-	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	33.73	5.9	33.70	6.1	-	-
Engineers	38.19	7.8	38.28	8.0	-	-
Electrical and electronics engineers	45.12	11.0	45.48	11.1	-	-
Electrical engineers	54.49	17.0	55.96	16.8	-	-
Electronics engineers, except computer	39.89	5.7	39.89	5.7	-	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	37.85	2.8	37.85	2.8	-	-
Industrial engineers	37.67	3.1	37.67	3.1	-	-
Engineering technicians, except drafters	25.79	3.8	25.79	3.8	-	-
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	25.91	4.0	25.91	4.0	-	-
Life, physical, and social science occupations	26.78	5.6	26.78	5.6	-	-
Community and social services occupations	23.45	9.9	24.26	10.1	-	-
Counselors	26.28	13.5	28.06	11.8	-	-
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	27.97	14.0	28.88	12.7	-	-
Social workers	20.93	6.5	-	-	-	-
Legal occupations	37.18	15.8	37.15	16.4	-	-
Miscellaneous legal support workers	23.69	8.5	23.69	8.5	-	-
Education, training, and library occupations	29.33	2.3	30.40	2.4	14.75	10.1
Postsecondary teachers	41.32	10.9	43.76	10.0	22.11	4.2
Health teachers, postsecondary	45.74	18.5	45.74	18.5	-	-
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary	39.71	4.7	39.54	5.4	-	-
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	34.96	11.0	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers	40.78	13.5	47.44	20.1	22.92	19.6
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	31.62	1.8	31.82	1.9	20.23	15.0
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	26.18	10.1	26.18	10.1	-	-
Elementary and middle school teachers	31.58	0.9	31.82	1.1	22.36	2.6
Elementary school teachers, except special education	31.54	1.3	31.84	1.3	-	-
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	31.64	1.7	31.68	1.6	-	-
Secondary school teachers	32.22	4.4	32.46	4.3	-	-
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	33.58	0.9	33.86	0.2	-	-
Special education teachers	32.85	0.8	32.85	0.8	-	-
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	32.80	1.3	32.80	1.3	-	-
Other teachers and instructors	15.69	18.9	-	-	10.31	8.8
Librarians	29.61	4.7	29.69	4.8	-	-
Teacher assistants	12.54	1.2	12.54	1.2	-	-
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	23.37	12.0	24.17	12.7	17.94	21.3
Designers	19.62	12.7	19.62	12.7	-	-
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	19.67	33.2	-	-	14.87	22.5
Coaches and scouts	19.89	36.1	-	-	-	-
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	26.39	6.0	27.34	7.2	18.13	12.9
Registered nurses	28.81	2.0	28.79	2.2	-	-
Therapists	29.27	3.3	29.11	3.8	-	-
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	21.29	9.0	21.87	9.2	-	-
Radiologic technologists and technicians	20.94	12.6	21.14	12.7	-	-
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians	16.34	8.8	19.09	10.3	-	-
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	19.80	3.7	19.78	4.1	-	-
Healthcare support occupations	12.55	8.7	12.96	9.3	10.27	6.8
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	10.58	5.5	10.76	4.5	9.59	8.0
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	10.43	6.1	10.65	5.1	9.59	8.0
Psychiatric aides	10.99	7.3	10.99	7.3	-	-
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations	15.76	12.9	16.71	12.4	-	-
Protective service occupations	17.92	3.2	18.11	3.0	14.96	22.2
Fire fighters	20.47	3.4	20.47	3.4	-	-
Police officers	26.53	12.9	26.53	12.9	-	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	26.53	12.9	26.53	12.9	-	-
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	12.90	8.1	11.93	5.1	-	-
Security guards	12.90	8.1	11.93	5.1	-	-
Miscellaneous protective service workers	10.62	12.5	-	-	8.83	1.7
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7.80	1.6	8.50	4.2	6.39	11.0
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers	18.57	6.6	18.92	5.5	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	18.57	6.6	18.92	5.5	-	-
Cooks	9.39	1.2	9.46	1.7	9.17	1.4
Cooks, fast food	8.36	1.7	8.44	1.0	8.16	5.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	9.97	8.5	10.02	9.0	-	-
Cooks, restaurant	9.79	0.8	9.81	0.3	-	-
Food preparation workers	9.61	7.5	9.53	7.3	-	-
Food service, tipped	4.49	9.5	4.37	0.7	4.63	20.2
Bartenders	7.50	13.6	-	-	-	-
Waiters and waitresses	3.24	14.9	2.96	12.1	3.65	40.0
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	6.24	2.2	-	-	6.13	3.4
Fast food and counter workers	7.50	5.7	7.70	9.3	7.00	4.0
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	7.30	3.0	7.44	6.9	7.01	4.4
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	8.47	10.0	-	-	-	-
Food servers, nonrestaurant	6.06	32.3	-	-	-	-
Dishwashers	8.20	4.2	7.96	5.8	-	-
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	5.45	29.5	-	-	4.89	32.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	9.53	4.7	9.77	5.3	7.33	11.1
Building cleaning workers	8.73	5.2	8.90	5.5	-	-
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	8.90	7.2	8.98	8.3	-	-
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	7.69	5.7	8.05	2.1	-	-
Grounds maintenance workers	10.31	21.8	-	-	-	-
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	8.67	10.0	-	-	-	-
Personal care and service occupations	10.89	7.1	11.23	7.4	10.09	12.9
Barbers and cosmetologists	12.69	28.8	-	-	-	-
Transportation attendants	27.22	27.4	-	-	-	-
Child care workers	8.84	8.9	8.81	10.5	9.06	5.1
Recreation and fitness workers	13.39	14.0	-	-	13.09	20.8
Sales and related occupations	20.00	7.6	22.88	7.9	9.22	3.7
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers	28.69	17.6	28.69	17.6	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	22.83	12.8	22.83	12.8	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	37.48	26.6	37.48	26.6	-	-
Retail sales workers	12.27	7.9	14.02	8.2	8.72	1.8
Cashiers, all workers	9.50	6.2	11.08	7.7	8.00	3.4
Cashiers	9.50	6.2	11.08	7.7	8.00	3.4
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons	15.21	23.9	16.97	21.5	-	-
Parts salespersons	16.80	26.4	17.76	22.0	-	-
Retail salespersons	13.25	12.4	14.60	13.3	9.47	2.8
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	37.61	9.5	37.61	9.5	-	-
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40.20	7.9	40.20	7.9	-	-
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	35.29	18.6	35.29	18.6	-	-
Telemarketers	11.51	7.6	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous sales and related workers	16.50	21.5	19.50	18.3	11.33	21.4
Office and administrative support occupations	15.91	2.4	16.26	2.5	10.99	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	23.29	3.7	23.29	3.7	-	-
Financial clerks	15.18	2.8	15.52	3.1	11.92	5.4
Bill and account collectors	16.35	8.3	16.29	8.4	-	-
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	14.40	3.6	14.40	3.6	-	-
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	16.13	4.7	16.62	5.1	-	-
Procurement clerks	19.22	5.5	19.22	5.5	-	-
Tellers	11.58	2.2	11.82	1.0	10.84	4.8
Customer service representatives	14.44	4.4	14.66	4.1	-	-
Library assistants, clerical	14.33	5.4	14.95	9.7	-	-
Order clerks	13.51	14.7	13.51	14.7	-	-
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	18.02	7.6	18.02	7.6	-	-
Receptionists and information clerks	12.57	4.3	12.61	4.4	-	-
Dispatchers	14.10	7.9	14.10	7.9	-	-
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	12.21	9.7	12.26	9.7	-	-
Stock clerks and order fillers	13.57	11.1	14.37	10.9	-	-
Secretaries and administrative assistants	19.34	4.8	19.34	4.8	-	-
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	21.47	5.2	21.47	5.2	-	-
Medical secretaries	15.93	18.9	15.93	18.9	-	-
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	16.16	8.6	16.16	8.6	-	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	17.44	2.0	17.44	2.0	-	-
Office clerks, general	12.63	6.6	13.08	8.1	10.05	8.0
Construction and extraction occupations	15.02	1.5	15.02	1.5	-	-
Construction laborers	11.46	4.3	11.46	4.3	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	19.43	3.9	19.45	4.0	-	-
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	22.19	20.8	22.19	20.8	-	-
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	22.19	20.8	22.19	20.8	-	-
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	19.47	8.1	19.47	8.1	-	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	20.40	7.1	20.40	7.1	-	-
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	28.39	6.0	28.39	6.0	-	-
Automotive technicians and repairers	20.08	3.8	20.28	4.8	-	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	20.16	4.2	20.45	5.7	-	-
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers	18.81	7.3	18.81	7.3	-	-
Maintenance and repair workers, general	18.53	10.9	18.53	10.9	-	-
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers	14.56	7.3	14.56	7.3	-	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	12.14	7.2	12.14	7.2	-	-
Production occupations	13.10	4.9	13.36	5.6	10.03	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	22.71	6.5	22.71	6.5	-	-
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	27.32	5.1	27.32	5.1	-	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	11.39	3.8	11.37	4.9	-	-
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	11.74	8.2	11.97	13.3	-	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	9.84	1.1	9.86	1.1	-	-
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	15.18	12.3	15.18	12.3	-	-
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	15.18	12.3	15.18	12.3	-	-
Printers	18.28	8.5	18.28	8.5	-	-
Printing machine operators	16.18	11.6	16.18	11.6	-	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	9.98	5.6	-	-	-	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	15.66	9.5	17.43	10.8	-	-
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	12.80	2.8	13.28	7.0	-	-
Miscellaneous production workers	10.00	9.6	10.19	9.3	-	-
Helpers--production workers	9.53	5.6	9.53	5.6	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	16.09	7.6	16.88	8.4	9.31	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	20.05	4.5	-	-	-	-
Bus drivers	13.57	7.3	-	-	-	-
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	18.66	5.9	19.73	6.8	-	-
Driver/sales workers	11.11	26.2	-	-	-	-
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	21.04	7.8	21.04	7.8	-	-
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	16.96	12.0	17.09	12.5	-	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	13.27	5.7	13.27	5.7	-	-
Laborers and material movers, hand	11.53	4.0	11.86	4.6	9.83	5.8
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	11.26	11.5	11.26	11.5	-	-
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	11.86	4.7	11.91	5.7	11.55	3.2
Machine feeders and offbearers	13.72	10.5	13.72	10.5	-	-
Packers and packagers, hand	9.92	6.5	11.32	6.6	7.24	11.4
Footnotes (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. For more information see full publication. (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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (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 full publication. 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.

Last Modified Date: December 17, 2008

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Occupation(3)	Total		Full-time workers		Part-time workers
Occupation(3)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers	$20.93	2.6	$22.03	2.6	$10.36	6.7
Management occupations	45.28	4.1	45.28	4.1	-	-
General and operations managers	51.64	7.1	51.64	7.1	-	-
Marketing and sales managers	45.98	12.8	45.98	12.8	-	-
Marketing managers	48.94	8.7	48.94	8.7	-	-
Sales managers	41.61	31.6	41.61	31.6	-	-
Administrative services managers	30.86	16.8	30.86	16.8	-	-
Computer and information systems managers	49.01	16.0	49.01	16.0	-	-
Financial managers	64.69	10.6	64.69	10.6	-	-
Human resources managers	38.04	7.8	38.04	7.8	-	-
Industrial production managers	35.95	6.0	35.95	6.0	-	-
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	32.75	6.9	32.75	6.9	-	-
Construction managers	35.58	1.1	35.58	1.1	-	-
Education administrators	48.76	13.0	48.76	13.0	-	-
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	45.94	4.0	45.94	4.0	-	-
Education administrators, postsecondary	52.57	26.9	52.57	26.9	-	-
Business and financial operations occupations	30.31	3.7	30.30	3.8	-	-
Buyers and purchasing agents	33.03	10.3	33.03	10.3	-	-
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	29.07	9.7	29.07	9.7	-	-
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, andinvestigators	23.93	0.8	23.93	0.8	-	-
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	23.93	0.8	23.93	0.8	-	-
Human resources, training, and labor relationsspecialists	25.50	7.8	25.59	7.8	-	-
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	22.28	5.2	22.28	5.2	-	-
Management analysts	33.41	12.0	33.41	12.0	-	-
Accountants and auditors	27.37	6.5	27.26	6.9	-	-
Financial analysts and advisors	33.37	15.9	33.37	15.9	-	-
Financial analysts	31.58	10.5	31.58	10.5	-	-
Loan counselors and officers	28.41	19.2	28.41	19.2	-	-
Loan officers	28.41	19.2	28.41	19.2	-	-
Computer and mathematical science occupations	37.48	5.5	37.77	6.0	-	-
Computer programmers	43.11	7.6	-	-	-	-
Computer software engineers	39.48	5.5	39.48	5.5	-	-
Computer software engineers, applications	37.78	6.6	37.78	6.6	-	-
Computer software engineers, systems software	42.62	4.2	42.62	4.2	-	-
Computer support specialists	26.39	15.2	27.06	17.9	-	-
Computer systems analysts	43.81	8.1	43.81	8.1	-	-
Network systems and data communications analysts	35.13	8.3	35.13	8.3	-	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	33.73	5.9	33.70	6.1	-	-
Engineers	38.19	7.8	38.28	8.0	-	-
Electrical and electronics engineers	45.12	11.0	45.48	11.1	-	-
Electrical engineers	54.49	17.0	55.96	16.8	-	-
Electronics engineers, except computer	39.89	5.7	39.89	5.7	-	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	37.85	2.8	37.85	2.8	-	-
Industrial engineers	37.67	3.1	37.67	3.1	-	-
Engineering technicians, except drafters	25.79	3.8	25.79	3.8	-	-
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	25.91	4.0	25.91	4.0	-	-
Life, physical, and social science occupations	26.78	5.6	26.78	5.6	-	-
Community and social services occupations	23.45	9.9	24.26	10.1	-	-
Counselors	26.28	13.5	28.06	11.8	-	-
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	27.97	14.0	28.88	12.7	-	-
Social workers	20.93	6.5	-	-	-	-
Legal occupations	37.18	15.8	37.15	16.4	-	-
Miscellaneous legal support workers	23.69	8.5	23.69	8.5	-	-
Education, training, and library occupations	29.33	2.3	30.40	2.4	14.75	10.1
Postsecondary teachers	41.32	10.9	43.76	10.0	22.11	4.2
Health teachers, postsecondary	45.74	18.5	45.74	18.5	-	-
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary	39.71	4.7	39.54	5.4	-	-
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	34.96	11.0	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers	40.78	13.5	47.44	20.1	22.92	19.6
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	31.62	1.8	31.82	1.9	20.23	15.0
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	26.18	10.1	26.18	10.1	-	-
Elementary and middle school teachers	31.58	0.9	31.82	1.1	22.36	2.6
Elementary school teachers, except special education	31.54	1.3	31.84	1.3	-	-
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	31.64	1.7	31.68	1.6	-	-
Secondary school teachers	32.22	4.4	32.46	4.3	-	-
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	33.58	0.9	33.86	0.2	-	-
Special education teachers	32.85	0.8	32.85	0.8	-	-
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	32.80	1.3	32.80	1.3	-	-
Other teachers and instructors	15.69	18.9	-	-	10.31	8.8
Librarians	29.61	4.7	29.69	4.8	-	-
Teacher assistants	12.54	1.2	12.54	1.2	-	-
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	23.37	12.0	24.17	12.7	17.94	21.3
Designers	19.62	12.7	19.62	12.7	-	-
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	19.67	33.2	-	-	14.87	22.5
Coaches and scouts	19.89	36.1	-	-	-	-
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	26.39	6.0	27.34	7.2	18.13	12.9
Registered nurses	28.81	2.0	28.79	2.2	-	-
Therapists	29.27	3.3	29.11	3.8	-	-
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	21.29	9.0	21.87	9.2	-	-
Radiologic technologists and technicians	20.94	12.6	21.14	12.7	-	-
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians	16.34	8.8	19.09	10.3	-	-
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	19.80	3.7	19.78	4.1	-	-
Healthcare support occupations	12.55	8.7	12.96	9.3	10.27	6.8
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	10.58	5.5	10.76	4.5	9.59	8.0
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	10.43	6.1	10.65	5.1	9.59	8.0
Psychiatric aides	10.99	7.3	10.99	7.3	-	-
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations	15.76	12.9	16.71	12.4	-	-
Protective service occupations	17.92	3.2	18.11	3.0	14.96	22.2
Fire fighters	20.47	3.4	20.47	3.4	-	-
Police officers	26.53	12.9	26.53	12.9	-	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	26.53	12.9	26.53	12.9	-	-
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	12.90	8.1	11.93	5.1	-	-
Security guards	12.90	8.1	11.93	5.1	-	-
Miscellaneous protective service workers	10.62	12.5	-	-	8.83	1.7
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7.80	1.6	8.50	4.2	6.39	11.0
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers	18.57	6.6	18.92	5.5	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	18.57	6.6	18.92	5.5	-	-
Cooks	9.39	1.2	9.46	1.7	9.17	1.4
Cooks, fast food	8.36	1.7	8.44	1.0	8.16	5.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	9.97	8.5	10.02	9.0	-	-
Cooks, restaurant	9.79	0.8	9.81	0.3	-	-
Food preparation workers	9.61	7.5	9.53	7.3	-	-
Food service, tipped	4.49	9.5	4.37	0.7	4.63	20.2
Bartenders	7.50	13.6	-	-	-	-
Waiters and waitresses	3.24	14.9	2.96	12.1	3.65	40.0
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	6.24	2.2	-	-	6.13	3.4
Fast food and counter workers	7.50	5.7	7.70	9.3	7.00	4.0
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	7.30	3.0	7.44	6.9	7.01	4.4
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	8.47	10.0	-	-	-	-
Food servers, nonrestaurant	6.06	32.3	-	-	-	-
Dishwashers	8.20	4.2	7.96	5.8	-	-
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	5.45	29.5	-	-	4.89	32.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	9.53	4.7	9.77	5.3	7.33	11.1
Building cleaning workers	8.73	5.2	8.90	5.5	-	-
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	8.90	7.2	8.98	8.3	-	-
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	7.69	5.7	8.05	2.1	-	-
Grounds maintenance workers	10.31	21.8	-	-	-	-
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	8.67	10.0	-	-	-	-
Personal care and service occupations	10.89	7.1	11.23	7.4	10.09	12.9
Barbers and cosmetologists	12.69	28.8	-	-	-	-
Transportation attendants	27.22	27.4	-	-	-	-
Child care workers	8.84	8.9	8.81	10.5	9.06	5.1
Recreation and fitness workers	13.39	14.0	-	-	13.09	20.8
Sales and related occupations	20.00	7.6	22.88	7.9	9.22	3.7
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers	28.69	17.6	28.69	17.6	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	22.83	12.8	22.83	12.8	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	37.48	26.6	37.48	26.6	-	-
Retail sales workers	12.27	7.9	14.02	8.2	8.72	1.8
Cashiers, all workers	9.50	6.2	11.08	7.7	8.00	3.4
Cashiers	9.50	6.2	11.08	7.7	8.00	3.4
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons	15.21	23.9	16.97	21.5	-	-
Parts salespersons	16.80	26.4	17.76	22.0	-	-
Retail salespersons	13.25	12.4	14.60	13.3	9.47	2.8
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	37.61	9.5	37.61	9.5	-	-
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	40.20	7.9	40.20	7.9	-	-
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	35.29	18.6	35.29	18.6	-	-
Telemarketers	11.51	7.6	-	-	-	-
Miscellaneous sales and related workers	16.50	21.5	19.50	18.3	11.33	21.4
Office and administrative support occupations	15.91	2.4	16.26	2.5	10.99	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	23.29	3.7	23.29	3.7	-	-
Financial clerks	15.18	2.8	15.52	3.1	11.92	5.4
Bill and account collectors	16.35	8.3	16.29	8.4	-	-
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	14.40	3.6	14.40	3.6	-	-
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	16.13	4.7	16.62	5.1	-	-
Procurement clerks	19.22	5.5	19.22	5.5	-	-
Tellers	11.58	2.2	11.82	1.0	10.84	4.8
Customer service representatives	14.44	4.4	14.66	4.1	-	-
Library assistants, clerical	14.33	5.4	14.95	9.7	-	-
Order clerks	13.51	14.7	13.51	14.7	-	-
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	18.02	7.6	18.02	7.6	-	-
Receptionists and information clerks	12.57	4.3	12.61	4.4	-	-
Dispatchers	14.10	7.9	14.10	7.9	-	-
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	12.21	9.7	12.26	9.7	-	-
Stock clerks and order fillers	13.57	11.1	14.37	10.9	-	-
Secretaries and administrative assistants	19.34	4.8	19.34	4.8	-	-
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	21.47	5.2	21.47	5.2	-	-
Medical secretaries	15.93	18.9	15.93	18.9	-	-
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	16.16	8.6	16.16	8.6	-	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	17.44	2.0	17.44	2.0	-	-
Office clerks, general	12.63	6.6	13.08	8.1	10.05	8.0
Construction and extraction occupations	15.02	1.5	15.02	1.5	-	-
Construction laborers	11.46	4.3	11.46	4.3	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	19.43	3.9	19.45	4.0	-	-
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	22.19	20.8	22.19	20.8	-	-
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	22.19	20.8	22.19	20.8	-	-
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	19.47	8.1	19.47	8.1	-	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	20.40	7.1	20.40	7.1	-	-
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	28.39	6.0	28.39	6.0	-	-
Automotive technicians and repairers	20.08	3.8	20.28	4.8	-	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	20.16	4.2	20.45	5.7	-	-
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers	18.81	7.3	18.81	7.3	-	-
Maintenance and repair workers, general	18.53	10.9	18.53	10.9	-	-
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers	14.56	7.3	14.56	7.3	-	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	12.14	7.2	12.14	7.2	-	-
Production occupations	13.10	4.9	13.36	5.6	10.03	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	22.71	6.5	22.71	6.5	-	-
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	27.32	5.1	27.32	5.1	-	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	11.39	3.8	11.37	4.9	-	-
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	11.74	8.2	11.97	13.3	-	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	9.84	1.1	9.86	1.1	-	-
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	15.18	12.3	15.18	12.3	-	-
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	15.18	12.3	15.18	12.3	-	-
Printers	18.28	8.5	18.28	8.5	-	-
Printing machine operators	16.18	11.6	16.18	11.6	-	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	9.98	5.6	-	-	-	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	15.66	9.5	17.43	10.8	-	-
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	12.80	2.8	13.28	7.0	-	-
Miscellaneous production workers	10.00	9.6	10.19	9.3	-	-
Helpers--production workers	9.53	5.6	9.53	5.6	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	16.09	7.6	16.88	8.4	9.31	5.2
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	20.05	4.5	-	-	-	-
Bus drivers	13.57	7.3	-	-	-	-
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	18.66	5.9	19.73	6.8	-	-
Driver/sales workers	11.11	26.2	-	-	-	-
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	21.04	7.8	21.04	7.8	-	-
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	16.96	12.0	17.09	12.5	-	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	13.27	5.7	13.27	5.7	-	-
Laborers and material movers, hand	11.53	4.0	11.86	4.6	9.83	5.8
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	11.26	11.5	11.26	11.5	-	-
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	11.86	4.7	11.91	5.7	11.55	3.2
Machine feeders and offbearers	13.72	10.5	13.72	10.5	-	-
Packers and packagers, hand	9.92	6.5	11.32	6.6	7.24	11.4
Footnotes (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. For more information see full publication. (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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (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 full publication. 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.