FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE: Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist December 17, 2008 (214) 767-6970 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/ HIGHLIGHTS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY AUGUST 2008 Workers in the Corpus Christi metropolitan area earned an average of $17.75 per hour in August 2008, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $38.51 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and $13.64 for transportation and material moving occupations. Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $13.12. The NCS data available for the Corpus Christi area include earnings for 18 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.) Registered nurses, part of the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational group, earned $30.21 per hour. Within the transportation and material moving occupational group, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers averaged $13.41 per hour and hand laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, $9.74. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive, an occupation within the office and administrative support group, registered an average hourly rate of $13.94, and general office clerks earned $12.10 per hour. (See table 1.) Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $19.14 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $8.87. Union workers earned $19.60 and non-union workers, $17.68. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $17.95 per hour, those in establishments with 100- 499 workers earned $15.37, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $20.16. The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm. The NCS data reported here covered 177 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 167,800 workers in the Corpus Christi metropolitan area which is comprised of Aransas, Nueces, and San Patricio Counties in Texas. Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the Corpus Christi, TX National Compensation Survey August 2008 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Southwest Information Office by calling (214) 767- 6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) |
Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) |
Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) |
|
All workers |
$17.75 | 10.5 | $19.14 | 9.7 | $8.87 | 7.8 |
Management occupations |
37.22 | 5.7 | 37.22 | 5.7 | - | - |
Business and financial operations occupations |
25.82 | 9.7 | 25.82 | 9.7 | - | - |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
22.09 | 13.2 | 22.75 | 13.6 | - | - |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
23.58 | 19.0 | 23.58 | 19.0 | - | - |
Community and social services occupations |
15.35 | 10.5 | 15.35 | 10.5 | - | - |
Education, training, and library occupations |
25.22 | 9.0 | 26.33 | 7.9 | 12.95 | 13.5 |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
28.52 | 4.6 | 28.52 | 4.7 | - | - |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
30.37 | 1.5 | 30.37 | 1.6 | - | - |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
30.62 | 1.6 | 30.62 | 1.6 | - | - |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
29.47 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - |
Secondary school teachers |
30.86 | 3.3 | 30.86 | 3.3 | - | - |
Secondary school teachers, except special & vocational education |
30.86 | 3.3 | 30.86 | 3.3 | - | - |
Other teachers and instructors |
12.55 | 15.4 | - | - | 12.55 | 15.4 |
Teacher assistants |
11.37 | 10.1 | 11.78 | 8.8 | - | - |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
38.51 | 26.5 | 40.01 | 27.6 | 25.79 | 8.7 |
Registered nurses |
30.21 | 2.6 | 30.66 | 2.7 | 27.74 | 2.3 |
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians |
16.75 | 4.3 | 17.22 | 3.0 | - | - |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
16.35 | 6.4 | - | - | - | - |
Healthcare support occupations |
- | - | 10.93 | 12.9 | - | - |
Protective service occupations |
17.61 | 9.1 | - | - | - | - |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
6.91 | 12.0 | 6.98 | 20.6 | 6.83 | 2.6 |
Cooks |
8.38 | 3.1 | 9.00 | 5.1 | - | - |
Food service, tipped |
2.89 | 31.4 | 2.90 | 31.5 | - | - |
Waiters and waitresses |
2.83 | 30.1 | 2.90 | 31.5 | - | - |
Fast food and counter workers |
7.30 | 0.8 | 7.95 | 2.0 | 7.11 | 0.9 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7.27 | 0.6 | 7.88 | 1.8 | 7.11 | 0.9 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9.01 | 3.8 | 8.95 | 4.4 | 9.25 | 17.6 |
Building cleaning workers |
8.48 | 7.5 | 8.12 | 4.7 | 9.25 | 17.6 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9.17 | 9.9 | 8.62 | 5.6 | - | - |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
7.24 | 2.7 | 7.36 | 4.1 | - | - |
Personal care and service occupations |
7.70 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - |
Sales and related occupations |
13.60 | 18.6 | 15.64 | 22.6 | 7.72 | 4.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
14.97 | 1.5 | 14.97 | 1.5 | - | - |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
15.02 | 1.9 | 15.02 | 1.9 | - | - |
Retail sales workers |
9.08 | 8.3 | 9.96 | 15.3 | 7.42 | 2.1 |
Cashiers, all workers |
8.41 | 3.0 | 8.86 | 3.7 | 7.69 | 4.6 |
Cashiers |
8.41 | 3.0 | 8.86 | 3.7 | 7.69 | 4.6 |
Retail salespersons |
9.65 | 15.6 | 11.15 | 19.7 | 7.17 | 2.7 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
13.12 | 4.6 | 13.33 | 4.3 | 10.37 | 10.9 |
Financial clerks |
13.39 | 8.8 | 13.75 | 7.2 | - | - |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
14.55 | 8.9 | 14.55 | 8.9 | - | - |
Customer service representatives |
12.70 | 19.2 | - | - | - | - |
Receptionists and information clerks |
10.35 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
17.44 | 9.5 | 17.72 | 9.1 | - | - |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
13.94 | 5.8 | 14.26 | 5.8 | - | - |
Office clerks, general |
12.10 | 6.9 | 12.20 | 8.1 | - | - |
Construction and extraction occupations |
21.77 | 16.1 | 21.90 | 16.1 | - | - |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
18.19 | 18.9 | 18.19 | 18.9 | - | - |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
21.28 | 5.9 | 21.28 | 5.9 | - | - |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
18.42 | 9.8 | 18.42 | 9.8 | - | - |
Production occupations |
16.79 | 9.3 | 16.95 | 9.5 | - | - |
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers |
13.93 | 12.3 | 13.93 | 12.3 | - | - |
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
13.93 | 12.3 | 13.93 | 12.3 | - | - |
Miscellaneous plant and system operators |
30.31 | 4.9 | 30.31 | 4.9 | - | - |
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
30.31 | 4.9 | 30.31 | 4.9 | - | - |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
13.64 | 9.1 | 13.97 | 9.3 | 8.44 | 6.5 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
14.39 | 12.2 | 14.83 | 12.6 | - | - |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
13.41 | 2.6 | 13.41 | 2.6 | - | - |
Crane and tower operators |
20.39 | 13.3 | 20.39 | 13.3 | - | - |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
10.09 | 9.2 | 10.25 | 9.6 | - | - |
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
10.49 | 14.0 | 10.49 | 14.0 | - | - |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
9.74 | 7.1 | 9.81 | 7.7 | - | - |
Footnotes SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. |
Last Modified Date: December 17, 2008