NC BL 09/00/2008 Table: Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, Bulletin, May 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $17.17 4.3 35.5 $16.22 4.7 34.9 $21.63 6.5 38.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 27.16 5.4 38.7 27.60 7.7 38.8 26.44 7.1 38.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.49 5.9 41.7 28.68 6.1 41.9 27.60 18.2 40.6 Professional and related.......................................... 26.51 7.1 37.4 26.76 11.5 36.7 26.24 8.8 38.3 Service............................................................. 9.14 2.8 29.2 8.23 3.4 27.7 13.45 5.7 38.8 Sales and office.................................................... 14.36 3.2 35.5 14.35 3.5 35.3 14.39 5.0 38.2 Sales and related................................................. 15.20 7.0 34.3 15.19 7.1 34.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.83 2.8 36.4 13.75 3.2 36.1 14.31 4.9 38.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.90 6.5 40.6 15.76 6.7 40.7 17.99 5.9 39.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.45 7.5 40.1 14.29 7.3 40.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.67 6.2 41.1 17.64 6.5 41.4 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.73 9.3 36.1 14.79 9.4 36.3 – – – Production........................................................ 16.85 14.1 38.1 16.86 14.3 38.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.42 4.3 34.2 12.52 4.3 34.5 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.11 4.6 39.6 17.26 5.3 39.8 21.63 6.3 38.8 Part time........................................................... 10.78 6.5 20.7 10.13 3.2 20.3 21.47 17.7 30.7 Union............................................................... 21.36 1.6 37.3 21.36 1.6 37.3 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.10 4.4 35.5 16.11 4.8 34.9 21.63 6.5 38.4 Time................................................................ 16.83 4.3 35.2 15.71 4.7 34.5 21.63 6.5 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 21.86 10.3 40.4 21.86 10.3 40.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.19 6.3 33.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.09 4.4 33.1 14.97 4.5 33.0 20.10 10.0 38.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.35 8.6 37.6 17.15 10.0 37.6 18.74 8.9 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 21.27 7.8 38.2 19.47 13.9 37.6 22.64 7.6 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.17 4.3 $18.11 4.6 $10.78 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 32.29 5.2 32.29 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.75 6.7 25.75 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.71 10.2 40.71 10.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 44.34 15.1 44.34 15.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.87 7.8 34.87 7.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.50 12.9 22.50 12.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.30 11.4 27.30 11.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.84 12.5 36.84 12.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 1.2 33.42 1.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.93 6.0 37.93 6.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.31 11.6 27.31 11.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.80 11.8 15.80 11.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 19.21 9.9 19.21 9.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.10 10.3 25.16 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 23.82 6.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.31 10.3 27.31 10.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.50 9.0 38.49 9.0 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.75 9.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.32 9.3 26.32 9.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.80 5.2 16.36 4.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.03 7.3 32.06 10.7 28.31 5.8 Level 6 .................................................. 18.22 10.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.77 7.5 32.09 9.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.77 6.2 36.44 14.1 29.84 6.9 Level 7 .................................................. 30.01 3.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.72 3.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.56 4.5 10.30 4.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.76 4.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.76 4.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.40 5.5 10.40 5.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.46 4.7 14.46 4.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.27 7.1 7.87 8.6 6.43 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.58 2.2 6.33 3.7 6.80 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.08 16.5 8.23 23.2 5.77 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 7.37 14.5 6.88 9.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 7.83 10.1 7.83 10.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.91 2.1 10.16 4.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 1.5 4.34 7.1 3.80 18.9 Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 24.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 6.3 2.35 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.71 9.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.22 4.1 8.30 8.8 6.54 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 .2 – – 6.70 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 7.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.20 4.3 8.28 9.1 6.52 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.91 .0 – – 6.66 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.13 7.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.70 4.6 11.75 5.6 8.10 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.77 6.3 8.97 6.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.20 5.6 11.30 7.7 8.00 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 8.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.47 6.1 11.90 9.1 8.02 4.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.20 7.0 16.58 7.2 8.47 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.82 2.9 – – 8.20 3.6 Level 4 .................................................. 17.85 5.4 18.39 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.85 8.4 15.85 8.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.10 13.7 17.10 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.25 6.7 13.64 5.3 8.03 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.82 2.9 – – 8.20 3.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.86 9.6 15.86 9.6 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 .5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 .5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 16.34 5.7 16.85 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.83 2.8 14.13 2.6 10.95 13.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.91 4.7 – – 6.91 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 3.2 10.40 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 2.7 13.08 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.65 4.4 14.69 4.1 14.33 16.4 Level 5 .................................................. 15.31 5.4 15.31 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.50 3.2 17.50 3.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.65 7.4 18.65 7.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.12 5.7 14.39 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.49 8.7 13.61 9.5 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.78 4.7 15.78 4.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.98 7.7 13.98 7.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.66 11.5 14.15 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 12.6 – – – – File clerks....................................................... 13.04 9.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.02 7.0 12.60 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.31 6.4 12.31 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.26 10.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.08 5.8 15.98 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 7.3 16.19 8.3 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.89 9.8 15.89 9.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 3.7 12.41 3.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.45 7.5 14.46 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.37 11.3 10.08 12.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.37 6.5 14.37 6.5 – – Electricians...................................................... 16.92 15.6 16.92 15.6 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.66 4.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.67 6.2 17.67 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.52 5.2 14.52 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.25 3.5 24.25 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.09 6.1 18.09 6.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.70 8.1 18.70 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.40 2.4 21.40 2.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.51 15.7 15.51 15.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.85 14.1 17.18 14.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.46 6.3 13.80 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.08 8.6 12.35 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.56 5.9 18.56 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.10 18.8 15.10 18.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.36 4.6 23.36 4.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.49 11.4 15.49 11.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.42 4.3 13.22 4.4 9.29 7.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.87 4.7 9.28 6.0 8.33 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.42 3.0 11.64 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.76 20.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 14.2 17.91 16.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.11 9.9 11.87 14.4 9.23 11.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.95 5.0 9.28 6.0 8.33 12.9 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.95 9.0 10.82 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.49 6.9 – – – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.22 4.7 $17.26 5.3 $10.13 3.2 Management occupations.............................................. 31.89 4.5 31.89 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.75 6.7 25.75 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.71 10.2 40.71 10.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.87 7.8 34.87 7.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.92 16.3 22.92 16.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 1.2 33.42 1.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 37.93 6.0 37.93 6.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.86 8.4 15.70 9.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.85 7.8 29.70 10.3 30.22 5.3 Level 7 .................................................. 29.94 4.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.36 11.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.77 1.0 29.46 1.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.01 3.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.44 5.1 10.23 4.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.40 5.5 10.40 5.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.21 7.3 7.80 9.0 6.43 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.58 2.2 6.33 3.7 6.80 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.08 16.5 8.23 23.2 5.77 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 7.34 14.5 6.84 9.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.91 2.1 10.16 4.2 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 1.5 4.34 7.1 3.80 18.9 Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 24.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 6.3 2.35 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 2.71 9.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.10 3.8 8.09 9.1 6.54 2.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.92 .2 – – 6.70 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.17 7.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.07 3.9 8.06 9.3 6.52 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.91 .0 – – 6.66 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 7.13 7.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.69 5.6 10.77 8.1 8.10 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.77 6.3 8.97 6.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.53 5.4 9.10 11.4 8.00 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.31 8.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.61 6.1 – – 8.02 4.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.19 7.1 16.58 7.2 8.47 5.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.82 2.9 – – 8.20 3.6 Level 4 .................................................. 17.85 5.4 18.39 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.85 8.4 15.85 8.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.10 13.7 17.10 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.25 6.7 13.64 5.3 8.03 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.82 2.9 – – 8.20 3.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.86 9.6 15.86 9.6 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 .5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.57 1.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 .5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 16.34 5.7 16.85 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.75 3.2 14.08 3.0 10.98 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.91 4.7 – – 6.91 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 3.2 10.40 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.16 3.1 13.16 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.95 4.7 15.05 4.4 14.33 16.4 Level 5 .................................................. 15.05 6.2 15.05 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.33 5.0 18.33 5.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.94 5.8 14.20 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.49 8.7 13.61 9.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.98 7.7 13.98 7.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.66 11.5 14.15 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 12.6 – – – – File clerks....................................................... 13.04 9.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.70 8.0 12.42 7.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.26 10.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.69 5.9 16.57 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.61 3.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.25 4.4 12.25 4.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.29 7.3 14.29 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.38 12.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.64 6.5 17.64 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.70 2.6 24.70 2.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.09 6.1 18.09 6.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.98 8.3 18.98 8.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.40 2.4 21.40 2.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.74 17.0 15.74 17.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.86 14.3 17.19 14.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.46 6.3 13.80 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.08 8.6 12.35 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.56 5.9 18.56 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.87 21.9 14.87 21.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.36 4.6 23.36 4.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.49 11.4 15.49 11.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.52 4.3 13.30 4.4 9.39 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.92 4.7 9.28 6.0 8.44 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.56 2.7 11.75 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.76 20.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 14.2 17.91 16.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.19 10.0 11.87 14.4 9.40 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.02 5.0 9.28 6.0 8.49 13.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.05 9.1 10.82 11.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 7.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.63 6.5 $21.63 6.3 $21.47 17.7 Management occupations.............................................. 34.95 26.0 34.95 26.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.14 10.0 21.14 10.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.55 6.1 18.55 6.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.38 5.5 21.38 5.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.12 7.3 27.22 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.31 10.3 27.31 10.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.10 .1 29.10 .1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.98 11.4 35.79 15.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.76 6.3 14.76 6.3 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.14 3.9 13.14 3.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.31 4.9 14.39 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.92 2.3 12.92 2.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.39 9.2 15.39 9.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.39 9.2 15.39 9.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.17 4.3 $18.11 4.6 $10.78 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 32.29 5.2 32.29 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.75 9.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.42 7.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 44.34 15.1 44.34 15.1 – – Group III................................................. 46.93 14.5 46.93 14.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 34.87 7.8 34.87 7.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.50 12.9 22.50 12.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.86 9.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.02 11.8 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.84 12.5 36.84 12.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 1.2 33.42 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 36.15 2.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 37.93 6.0 37.93 6.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.31 11.6 27.31 11.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.80 11.8 15.80 11.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.43 12.7 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 19.21 9.9 19.21 9.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.10 10.3 25.16 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.73 13.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.56 9.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.50 9.0 38.49 9.0 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.75 9.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.32 9.3 26.32 9.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.80 5.2 16.36 4.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.03 7.3 32.06 10.7 28.31 5.8 Group II.................................................. 25.39 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.94 7.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.77 6.2 36.44 14.1 29.84 6.9 Group II.................................................. 29.48 3.4 28.08 3.7 – – Group III................................................. 40.04 10.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.56 4.5 10.30 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.56 4.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.76 4.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.76 4.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.76 4.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.76 4.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.40 5.5 10.40 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 5.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.46 4.7 14.46 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.43 8.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.27 7.1 7.87 8.6 6.43 2.9 Group I................................................... 6.96 6.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.91 2.1 10.16 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.91 2.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 1.5 4.34 7.1 3.80 18.9 Group I................................................... 4.20 1.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 6.3 2.35 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 2.61 6.3 2.35 8.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.22 4.1 8.30 8.8 6.54 2.2 Group I................................................... 7.22 4.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.20 4.3 8.28 9.1 6.52 2.6 Group I................................................... 7.20 4.3 8.28 9.1 6.52 2.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.70 4.6 11.75 5.6 8.10 4.1 Group I................................................... 9.20 3.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.20 5.6 11.30 7.7 8.00 4.4 Group I................................................... 8.84 5.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.47 6.1 11.90 9.1 8.02 4.4 Group I................................................... 8.97 6.1 10.16 15.3 8.02 4.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.20 7.0 16.58 7.2 8.47 5.7 Group I................................................... 12.82 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.17 15.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.10 13.7 17.10 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.25 6.7 13.64 5.3 8.03 2.5 Group I................................................... 10.87 9.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Group I................................................... 8.62 .5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 2.6 9.24 2.8 8.10 .6 Group I................................................... 8.62 .5 9.07 2.1 8.10 .6 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.34 5.7 16.85 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.04 27.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.83 2.8 14.13 2.6 10.95 13.2 Group I................................................... 13.28 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.03 2.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.65 7.4 18.65 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.65 7.4 18.65 7.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.12 5.7 14.39 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.02 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.29 4.6 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.78 4.7 15.78 4.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.98 7.7 13.98 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.37 8.5 13.37 8.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.66 11.5 14.15 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.55 12.6 – – – – File clerks....................................................... 13.04 9.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.02 7.0 12.60 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.02 7.1 12.62 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.26 10.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.26 10.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.08 5.8 15.98 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.53 7.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.89 9.8 15.89 9.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 3.7 12.41 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.19 3.3 12.19 3.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.45 7.5 14.46 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.26 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.36 9.0 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 16.92 15.6 16.92 15.6 – – Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.66 4.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.67 6.2 17.67 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.84 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.41 7.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.70 8.1 18.70 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.18 3.8 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.51 15.7 15.51 15.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.85 14.1 17.18 14.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.49 7.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.20 4.9 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.49 11.4 15.49 11.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.42 11.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.42 4.3 13.22 4.4 9.29 7.6 Group I................................................... 11.53 8.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 14.2 17.91 16.3 – – Group I................................................... 17.22 19.4 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.11 9.9 11.87 14.4 9.23 11.3 Group I................................................... 10.33 7.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.95 9.0 10.82 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.95 9.0 10.82 11.0 – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.00 $14.18 $20.85 $30.45 Management occupations.............................................. 18.74 25.38 30.45 36.80 52.91 General and operations managers................................... 22.65 32.20 33.23 60.14 60.14 Financial managers................................................ 19.71 25.38 34.38 39.73 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.94 16.99 20.47 26.42 32.19 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.24 22.85 33.70 51.92 59.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 25.82 33.33 39.54 46.44 Engineers......................................................... 25.82 33.01 38.47 43.93 50.93 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.26 23.26 25.25 27.60 34.24 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.22 10.38 15.52 19.99 20.95 Counselors........................................................ 14.25 14.25 18.73 21.10 26.62 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.22 14.28 23.92 31.74 39.29 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.19 29.71 34.15 46.91 54.49 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 27.56 31.03 36.04 47.66 56.40 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 12.46 22.00 25.92 33.12 37.24 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.93 14.09 17.18 17.18 19.23 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 22.66 28.39 34.00 54.11 Registered nurses................................................. 22.75 25.70 31.07 34.00 36.18 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 8.25 9.00 10.50 11.72 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.75 7.75 8.25 9.35 10.77 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.75 7.75 8.25 9.35 10.77 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.75 9.00 10.50 10.50 12.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.61 12.81 13.51 15.36 19.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 6.00 7.00 8.93 10.62 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.93 9.80 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.19 4.00 5.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.75 3.76 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.25 7.00 7.64 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.25 6.85 7.60 10.13 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.20 8.00 9.75 12.65 15.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.50 9.00 12.49 15.08 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.50 10.00 12.80 15.08 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.70 12.43 18.18 22.79 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.45 14.20 17.26 18.35 19.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.40 9.50 12.43 22.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.02 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.30 Cashiers...................................................... 7.02 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.07 9.90 12.43 22.79 27.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.55 11.00 13.45 16.60 18.27 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.28 15.03 18.53 21.63 26.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.68 11.37 14.71 16.46 18.02 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.09 15.68 16.00 16.41 18.02 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.82 11.00 14.26 16.48 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 11.81 13.54 13.54 15.88 File clerks....................................................... 8.50 9.92 15.14 15.50 17.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.97 9.97 12.41 13.90 14.86 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.88 7.00 9.10 10.00 14.42 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.93 12.98 15.55 18.90 21.59 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.59 12.75 15.05 18.11 21.62 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.38 10.50 12.50 13.45 15.54 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.00 14.00 17.00 19.75 Electricians...................................................... 10.65 12.00 16.50 19.00 28.04 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.61 10.23 13.00 14.67 14.67 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.40 14.10 16.16 21.82 26.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.00 16.16 20.83 22.85 23.13 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 12.89 16.64 17.99 20.56 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.45 14.18 18.50 25.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.45 11.45 14.25 18.88 20.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.05 11.00 13.82 17.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 12.71 14.27 18.90 28.17 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 8.00 10.25 12.67 13.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 9.05 11.00 12.67 13.90 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.35 $9.45 $13.46 $18.90 $29.33 Management occupations.............................................. 19.71 25.41 30.45 36.80 39.73 Financial managers................................................ 19.71 25.38 34.38 39.73 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.94 17.10 19.84 28.67 35.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 25.82 33.33 39.54 46.44 Engineers......................................................... 25.82 33.01 38.47 43.93 50.93 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.76 10.50 14.42 16.36 22.86 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 18.39 29.97 34.00 36.18 Registered nurses................................................. 24.63 27.00 33.17 34.00 34.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.50 11.73 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.75 9.00 10.50 10.50 12.93 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 6.00 7.00 8.81 10.62 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.93 9.80 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.19 4.00 5.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.75 3.76 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.25 6.75 7.50 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.25 6.75 7.50 9.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.27 8.42 10.00 14.81 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.27 8.00 9.00 10.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.75 7.27 8.00 9.00 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.66 12.43 18.18 22.79 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.45 14.20 17.26 18.35 19.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.40 9.50 12.43 22.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.02 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.30 Cashiers...................................................... 7.02 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.07 9.90 12.43 22.79 27.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.27 10.68 13.09 16.64 18.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.57 11.32 14.26 16.30 17.33 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.82 11.00 14.26 16.48 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 11.81 13.54 13.54 15.88 File clerks....................................................... 8.50 9.92 15.14 15.50 17.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.00 9.97 12.41 13.90 14.68 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.88 7.00 9.10 10.00 14.42 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.48 12.98 17.55 18.90 21.76 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.90 10.50 11.50 13.45 16.96 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.00 13.60 17.00 19.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.61 14.10 16.64 22.10 25.86 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.00 17.52 20.83 22.85 25.86 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 13.08 17.52 18.34 26.02 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 11.45 14.18 18.50 25.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.45 11.45 14.25 18.88 20.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.05 11.00 13.88 17.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 12.71 14.27 18.90 28.17 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.43 8.00 10.30 12.67 13.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 9.05 11.00 12.76 13.90 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.40 $13.57 $18.08 $25.46 $33.98 Management occupations.............................................. 15.63 18.74 32.31 52.91 60.14 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 16.99 21.31 25.46 25.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.36 15.52 18.61 20.54 23.16 Counselors........................................................ 17.50 18.73 19.53 23.31 27.78 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.61 21.46 24.88 33.21 39.44 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.00 23.92 27.76 33.96 39.09 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.55 23.25 27.24 32.40 68.64 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.28 12.78 13.80 16.35 19.88 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.21 11.73 12.95 14.82 15.73 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.02 12.07 14.03 15.89 18.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.57 12.60 14.76 17.54 20.84 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.57 12.60 14.76 17.54 20.84 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.75 $11.04 $15.00 $22.00 $31.15 Management occupations.............................................. 18.74 25.38 30.45 36.80 52.91 General and operations managers................................... 22.65 32.20 33.23 60.14 60.14 Financial managers................................................ 19.71 25.38 34.38 39.73 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.94 16.99 20.47 26.42 32.19 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.24 22.85 33.70 51.92 59.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 25.82 33.33 39.54 46.44 Engineers......................................................... 25.82 33.01 38.47 43.93 50.93 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.26 23.26 25.25 27.60 34.24 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.22 10.38 15.52 19.99 20.95 Counselors........................................................ 14.25 14.25 18.73 21.10 26.62 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.23 14.28 23.92 31.74 39.29 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.19 29.71 34.15 46.91 54.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 12.46 22.00 25.92 33.12 37.24 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.65 14.89 17.18 17.18 19.67 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 22.50 27.68 33.82 63.46 Registered nurses................................................. 24.10 26.16 30.17 34.18 70.35 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.00 10.50 10.77 12.42 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.75 9.00 10.50 10.50 12.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.61 12.81 13.51 15.36 19.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 6.00 7.71 10.00 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 8.42 9.10 9.80 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.19 4.00 7.71 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.75 2.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.53 8.30 10.13 11.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.53 7.80 10.13 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.74 8.42 11.43 14.02 17.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.42 11.43 13.25 15.73 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.74 8.42 12.19 14.02 17.14 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 9.50 14.66 19.00 24.88 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.45 14.20 17.26 18.35 19.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.10 8.50 10.50 15.39 22.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 10.59 Cashiers...................................................... 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 10.59 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.24 10.60 12.43 22.79 27.67 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.97 11.50 13.54 16.60 18.24 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.28 15.03 18.53 21.63 26.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 11.52 15.22 17.00 18.02 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.09 15.68 16.00 16.41 18.02 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.82 11.00 14.26 16.48 18.03 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.90 13.40 13.54 13.56 18.77 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.97 9.97 13.00 13.90 15.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.83 12.98 15.00 18.90 21.62 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.59 12.75 15.05 18.11 21.62 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.38 10.50 12.50 13.45 15.54 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.00 14.00 17.00 20.00 Electricians...................................................... 10.65 12.00 16.50 19.00 28.04 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.40 14.10 16.16 21.82 26.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 7.00 16.16 20.83 22.85 23.13 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 7.00 12.89 16.64 17.99 20.56 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 11.45 14.63 18.88 25.83 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.45 11.45 14.25 18.88 20.73 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 9.74 11.58 14.00 21.63 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.16 12.71 15.88 21.75 28.17 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.55 11.00 13.82 13.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.55 11.00 13.82 13.90 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $6.75 $8.00 $10.50 $22.66 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.00 22.66 31.38 34.00 34.00 Registered nurses................................................. 22.66 24.63 34.00 34.00 34.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.76 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.75 4.00 4.16 6.20 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.25 6.69 7.00 7.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.25 6.65 7.00 7.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 7.27 7.50 9.56 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.27 7.27 9.00 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.50 7.27 7.27 9.00 10.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 7.02 8.00 9.44 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.50 7.02 7.95 9.00 9.55 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.02 7.95 8.60 9.85 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.02 7.95 8.60 9.85 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.88 7.60 9.52 12.41 18.70 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.25 7.15 9.00 10.00 12.67 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.00 6.50 8.25 12.67 12.67 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.11 $15.00 $718 $596 39.6 $36,679 $30,900 2,025 Management occupations.............................................. 32.29 30.45 1,369 1,203 42.4 71,121 62,575 2,202 General and operations managers................................... 44.34 33.23 2,077 2,116 46.8 107,988 110,051 2,435 Financial managers................................................ 34.87 34.38 1,396 1,203 40.0 72,365 62,575 2,075 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.50 20.47 914 852 40.7 47,424 44,283 2,108 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.84 33.70 1,474 1,348 40.0 76,631 70,096 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 33.33 1,375 1,486 41.1 71,174 75,048 2,130 Engineers......................................................... 37.93 38.47 1,582 1,590 41.7 81,710 82,247 2,154 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.31 25.25 1,076 1,010 39.4 55,971 52,520 2,050 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.80 15.52 624 582 39.5 31,891 29,975 2,019 Counselors........................................................ 19.21 18.73 732 728 38.1 36,366 36,404 1,893 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.16 23.92 924 863 36.7 37,757 35,870 1,500 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.49 34.15 1,539 1,366 40.0 60,037 53,279 1,560 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.32 25.92 948 944 36.0 37,724 36,535 1,433 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.36 17.18 643 687 39.3 33,435 35,724 2,044 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.06 27.68 1,264 1,080 39.4 65,602 56,139 2,046 Registered nurses................................................. 36.44 30.17 1,353 1,082 37.1 70,380 56,270 1,931 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 10.50 389 420 37.8 20,250 21,840 1,966 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.40 10.50 390 420 37.5 20,305 21,840 1,952 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.46 13.51 600 540 41.5 31,176 28,105 2,157 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.87 7.71 293 270 37.2 15,164 14,040 1,926 Cooks............................................................. 10.16 9.80 379 392 37.3 19,537 20,384 1,923 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.34 4.00 158 150 36.3 8,193 7,800 1,887 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.35 2.19 83 77 35.3 4,304 3,986 1,834 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.30 8.30 309 281 37.2 15,906 14,138 1,917 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.28 7.80 308 279 37.2 16,023 14,524 1,935 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.75 11.43 445 416 37.9 23,121 21,622 1,968 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.30 11.43 421 416 37.2 21,879 21,622 1,936 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.90 12.19 442 427 37.1 22,959 22,186 1,930 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.58 14.66 654 586 39.5 33,999 30,493 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.10 17.26 680 690 39.7 35,351 35,901 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.64 10.50 549 420 40.3 28,565 21,825 2,094 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 8.50 366 340 39.6 19,019 17,680 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 8.50 366 340 39.6 19,019 17,680 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.85 12.43 674 497 40.0 35,048 25,861 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.13 13.54 560 538 39.6 29,077 27,976 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.65 18.53 728 699 39.0 37,871 36,360 2,031 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.39 15.22 563 588 39.1 29,109 30,591 2,023 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.78 16.00 617 640 39.1 32,101 33,280 2,034 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.98 14.26 535 518 38.3 27,541 26,805 1,970 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.15 13.54 566 541 40.0 29,435 28,157 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.60 13.00 499 520 39.6 25,944 27,040 2,059 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.98 15.00 629 583 39.4 32,700 30,323 2,046 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.89 15.05 617 586 38.8 32,085 30,478 2,020 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.41 12.50 492 500 39.7 25,518 26,000 2,057 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 14.00 583 552 40.3 30,216 28,305 2,089 Electricians...................................................... 16.92 16.50 677 660 40.0 35,199 34,320 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.67 16.16 727 705 41.1 37,738 36,650 2,136 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.70 20.83 745 833 39.9 38,554 41,662 2,062 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.51 16.64 617 666 39.7 32,060 34,611 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 17.18 14.63 683 576 39.8 35,318 29,952 2,055 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.49 14.25 620 570 40.0 31,884 29,640 2,058 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.22 11.58 533 475 40.3 27,546 24,710 2,083 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.91 15.88 750 692 41.9 39,002 35,963 2,177 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.87 11.00 475 440 40.0 24,695 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 11.00 433 440 40.0 22,499 22,880 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.26 $14.28 $688 $577 39.8 $35,667 $29,994 2,066 Management occupations.............................................. 31.89 30.45 1,359 1,203 42.6 70,595 62,575 2,214 Financial managers................................................ 34.87 34.38 1,396 1,203 40.0 72,365 62,575 2,075 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.92 19.84 934 855 40.8 48,397 44,460 2,112 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.42 33.33 1,375 1,486 41.1 71,174 75,048 2,130 Engineers......................................................... 37.93 38.47 1,582 1,590 41.7 81,710 82,247 2,154 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.70 15.79 608 614 38.8 31,641 31,949 2,016 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.70 27.83 1,127 985 37.9 58,608 51,230 1,973 Registered nurses................................................. 29.46 29.97 1,063 1,046 36.1 55,254 54,413 1,876 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.23 10.50 383 385 37.5 19,936 20,020 1,949 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.40 10.50 390 420 37.5 20,305 21,840 1,952 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 7.71 289 270 37.1 15,008 14,034 1,925 Cooks............................................................. 10.16 9.80 381 392 37.5 19,814 20,384 1,950 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.34 4.00 158 150 36.3 8,193 7,800 1,887 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.35 2.19 83 77 35.3 4,304 3,986 1,834 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.09 7.50 298 272 36.9 15,361 13,806 1,900 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.06 7.50 297 268 36.9 15,467 13,931 1,919 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.77 8.50 426 340 39.5 22,144 17,680 2,055 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.10 8.40 357 336 39.2 18,549 17,472 2,038 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.58 14.66 654 586 39.5 33,991 30,493 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.10 17.26 680 690 39.7 35,351 35,901 2,067 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.64 10.50 549 420 40.3 28,565 21,825 2,094 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 8.50 366 340 39.6 19,019 17,680 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 8.50 366 340 39.6 19,019 17,680 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.85 12.43 674 497 40.0 35,048 25,861 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.08 13.45 560 538 39.8 29,086 27,976 2,066 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.20 14.79 555 547 39.1 28,685 28,428 2,020 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.98 14.26 535 518 38.3 27,541 26,805 1,970 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.15 13.54 566 541 40.0 29,435 28,157 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.42 13.00 490 520 39.5 25,502 27,040 2,054 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.57 16.35 662 654 40.0 34,430 34,000 2,077 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.25 11.50 490 460 40.0 25,389 23,920 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.29 14.00 576 534 40.3 29,868 28,080 2,089 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.64 16.64 730 705 41.4 37,891 36,650 2,148 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.98 20.83 759 833 40.0 39,261 41,662 2,068 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.74 17.52 630 701 40.0 32,744 36,442 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.19 14.53 684 576 39.8 35,332 29,640 2,055 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.49 14.25 620 570 40.0 31,884 29,640 2,058 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.30 12.00 536 480 40.3 27,694 24,960 2,083 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.91 15.88 750 692 41.9 39,002 35,963 2,177 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.87 11.00 475 440 40.0 24,695 22,880 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.82 11.00 433 440 40.0 22,499 22,880 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.63 $18.01 $840 $721 38.8 $40,498 $35,358 1,872 Management occupations.............................................. 34.95 32.31 1,431 1,131 41.0 74,437 58,801 2,130 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.14 21.31 853 803 40.3 44,325 41,746 2,096 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.55 18.61 709 718 38.2 35,967 35,549 1,939 Counselors........................................................ 21.38 19.53 819 760 38.3 39,847 38,956 1,864 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.22 24.90 1,005 912 36.9 39,655 37,800 1,457 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.10 27.76 1,054 1,002 36.2 40,041 38,078 1,376 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.79 27.53 1,504 1,126 42.0 77,860 58,032 2,175 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.76 13.80 610 552 41.3 31,738 28,698 2,150 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.14 12.95 470 453 35.7 24,385 23,569 1,856 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.39 14.03 558 535 38.8 29,034 27,842 2,017 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.39 14.76 597 583 38.8 31,042 30,299 2,017 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.39 14.76 597 583 38.8 31,042 30,299 2,017 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.22 $14.97 $17.15 $19.47 Management, professional, and related...... 27.60 28.43 26.17 29.26 Management, business, and financial...... 28.68 28.47 27.77 31.83 Professional and related................. 26.76 28.40 24.97 27.35 Service.................................... 8.23 8.23 8.99 7.07 Sales and office........................... 14.35 14.44 14.49 12.83 Sales and related........................ 15.19 14.95 15.73 14.13 Office and administrative support........ 13.75 14.12 13.13 12.15 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.76 15.37 15.54 19.14 Construction and extraction............. 14.29 15.51 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.64 15.15 18.41 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.79 12.44 13.73 22.20 Production............................... 16.86 14.11 13.82 23.58 Transportation and material moving....... 12.52 11.39 13.62 16.61 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........................................................... 4.7 4.5 10.0 13.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.7 4.8 16.0 10.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.1 7.7 10.8 22.5 Professional and related.......................................... 11.5 8.2 26.4 4.3 Service............................................................. 3.4 2.6 3.7 15.0 Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 5.2 5.7 12.7 Sales and related................................................. 7.1 12.9 9.8 28.9 Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 3.7 5.5 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.7 7.7 8.8 5.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.3 11.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.5 7.5 10.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.4 5.1 6.0 19.6 Production........................................................ 14.3 9.5 1.8 17.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 3.0 13.4 27.1 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.09 $14.00 $637 $555 39.6 $33,056 $28,445 2,054 Management occupations.............................................. 29.41 29.33 1,201 1,156 40.8 62,432 60,091 2,123 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.09 28.39 1,227 985 39.5 63,792 51,230 2,052 Registered nurses................................................. 30.80 33.42 1,154 1,136 37.5 60,033 59,051 1,949 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.92 10.00 370 380 37.2 19,220 19,760 1,937 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.07 10.50 374 380 37.1 19,425 19,760 1,929 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.05 7.50 292 270 36.3 15,142 14,034 1,882 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.05 2.19 135 77 33.4 7,029 3,986 1,735 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.03 7.35 295 268 36.8 15,180 13,650 1,891 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.00 7.30 294 266 36.7 15,283 13,806 1,911 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.52 14.44 650 636 39.4 33,809 33,091 2,047 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.77 9.50 519 380 40.7 27,003 19,760 2,115 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.87 8.50 355 340 40.0 18,455 17,680 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 8.87 8.50 355 340 40.0 18,455 17,680 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.61 14.26 580 556 39.7 30,100 28,912 2,060 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.41 15.41 560 588 38.9 28,892 30,591 2,005 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.14 14.26 536 535 37.9 27,492 23,132 1,944 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.85 18.90 713 756 39.9 37,069 39,312 2,077 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.51 16.50 626 640 40.4 32,353 33,280 2,086 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.15 14.10 650 694 42.9 33,795 36,096 2,231 Production occupations.............................................. 14.77 14.25 580 570 39.3 30,167 29,640 2,042 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.97 11.00 489 440 40.9 25,145 22,880 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.51 $14.72 $743 $589 40.1 $38,490 $30,624 2,079 Management occupations.............................................. 35.71 36.80 1,633 1,662 45.7 84,689 86,401 2,371 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.22 22.36 935 900 40.3 48,419 46,800 2,085 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.70 33.73 1,387 1,488 41.2 71,810 77,351 2,131 Engineers......................................................... 38.49 38.47 1,607 1,591 41.8 83,014 82,712 2,157 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.09 27.83 959 959 35.4 49,860 49,870 1,841 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.20 8.08 282 320 39.2 14,664 16,640 2,037 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.84 8.42 394 337 40.0 20,471 17,514 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.66 14.66 659 586 39.6 34,248 30,493 2,056 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.11 11.80 598 470 39.6 31,104 24,461 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.99 12.83 520 513 40.0 26,993 26,562 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.40 13.04 536 522 40.0 27,867 27,123 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.30 13.36 535 534 40.2 27,817 27,789 2,092 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.13 19.48 775 822 40.5 40,199 41,662 2,101 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.44 20.83 818 833 40.0 42,248 42,761 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 18.30 15.91 732 636 40.0 37,708 33,089 2,061 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.33 14.18 613 567 40.0 31,374 29,494 2,047 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.15 13.82 600 531 39.6 31,210 27,622 2,060 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.98 13.28 519 531 40.0 27,002 27,622 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.21 13.82 448 553 40.0 23,315 28,746 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.36 $21.36 – $17.10 $16.11 $21.63 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 27.16 27.60 26.44 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 28.49 28.68 27.60 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 26.51 26.76 26.24 Service............................................................. – – – 9.14 8.23 13.45 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.29 14.27 14.39 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.05 15.03 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.83 13.75 14.31 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 15.44 15.27 17.99 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.34 14.16 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.92 16.82 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 14.42 14.49 – Production........................................................ – – – 16.74 16.74 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.85 11.95 – 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........................................................... 1.6 1.6 – 4.4 4.8 6.5 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.4 7.7 7.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.9 6.1 18.2 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 7.1 11.5 8.8 Service............................................................. – – – 2.8 3.4 5.7 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.2 3.5 5.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.4 7.5 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.8 3.2 4.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 5.5 5.6 5.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 7.1 6.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 4.7 4.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.4 10.6 – Production........................................................ – – – 15.4 15.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 4.1 4.1 – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.83 $15.71 $21.86 $21.86 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.95 27.28 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 28.62 28.85 – – Professional and related.......................................... 26.19 26.15 – – Service............................................................. 9.10 8.17 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.55 13.45 21.77 21.77 Sales and related................................................. 12.89 12.85 24.23 24.23 Office and administrative support................................. 13.89 13.81 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.21 16.07 14.22 14.22 Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.43 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.75 18.85 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.52 13.56 25.86 25.86 Production........................................................ 15.11 15.09 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.68 11.78 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.3 4.7 10.3 10.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 7.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.2 6.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.9 10.9 – – Service............................................................. 3.0 3.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 3.4 7.0 7.0 Sales and related................................................. 6.2 6.2 15.5 15.5 Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 3.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.0 8.5 6.7 6.7 Construction and extraction...................................... – 8.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.8 7.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 3.6 33.4 33.4 Production........................................................ 5.5 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.2 8.2 – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – – $13.84 $19.21 – $19.01 $16.71 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 29.79 17.86 – 31.86 22.71 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – 34.08 22.38 – – Service............................................................. – – 12.22 – – 8.58 9.22 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – 13.21 18.29 – 15.04 13.78 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.40 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 12.91 – – 15.04 13.78 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 12.61 – – 10.33 – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 12.54 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – 3.2 14.5 – 20.3 17.3 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 20.4 17.5 – 10.9 18.4 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – 7.3 19.3 – – Service............................................................. – – 1.7 – – 5.6 2.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – 3.0 9.1 – 7.5 4.8 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 3.3 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 8.4 – – 7.5 4.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 4.2 – – 14.9 – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 4.6 – – – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 269,800 223,200 46,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 71,500 42,100 29,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 20,700 17,000 3,700 Professional and related.......................................... 50,800 25,100 25,700 Service............................................................. 62,100 54,000 8,200 Sales and office.................................................... 70,400 64,100 6,300 Sales and related................................................. 28,000 27,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 42,400 36,300 6,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 28,500 26,700 1,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 15,900 15,200 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12,600 11,500 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 37,300 36,400 – Production........................................................ 18,400 18,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18,900 18,200 – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 12,174 12,035 139 Total in sample....................................................... 230 210 20 Responding........................................................ 141 122 19 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 55 54 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 34 34 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.