NC BL 03/00/2009 Table: St. Louis, MO-IL, Bulletin, July 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.40 2.8 35.1 $21.17 3.1 35.0 $23.49 2.3 36.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 31.61 2.4 36.3 32.09 2.6 36.3 28.99 6.0 35.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.05 6.2 40.0 36.60 6.4 39.9 26.67 6.9 41.7 Professional and related.......................................... 29.84 1.9 35.0 29.98 1.8 34.9 29.25 6.6 35.4 Service............................................................. 12.20 6.4 31.9 10.71 6.3 30.8 19.10 8.0 38.6 Sales and office.................................................... 16.10 2.9 34.5 16.12 3.0 34.5 15.71 3.5 35.0 Sales and related................................................. 15.43 7.3 30.3 15.43 7.3 30.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.40 3.0 36.9 16.46 3.2 37.0 15.71 3.5 35.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.40 3.0 39.3 27.50 3.1 39.4 25.60 6.6 37.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 29.27 2.8 39.5 29.61 2.8 39.8 25.65 7.7 36.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.65 4.6 39.0 24.65 4.7 39.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.82 3.4 36.1 18.74 3.4 36.1 – – – Production........................................................ 19.52 .7 39.3 19.52 .7 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.00 6.8 32.9 17.78 6.9 32.8 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.58 2.8 39.5 22.39 3.1 39.5 24.16 2.2 39.3 Part time........................................................... 12.37 8.8 19.0 12.32 9.2 19.0 13.17 15.6 18.3 Union............................................................... 25.50 5.0 38.7 25.37 6.0 38.4 26.13 4.6 40.2 Nonunion............................................................ 20.27 3.5 34.3 20.12 3.8 34.2 22.01 5.4 35.0 Time................................................................ 21.46 3.0 35.2 21.22 3.4 35.0 23.49 2.3 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 20.49 10.2 34.2 20.49 10.2 34.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 25.97 2.2 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.82 3.8 33.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 19.64 4.3 34.2 19.42 4.7 34.0 23.39 1.9 39.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.29 7.4 35.9 20.83 8.5 36.0 25.21 3.9 35.0 500 workers or more................................................. 25.84 2.9 36.2 26.82 3.4 36.0 22.06 5.3 36.9 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 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $21.40 2.8 $22.58 2.8 $12.37 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 40.80 9.3 41.35 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.14 9.1 31.14 9.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.81 4.5 43.81 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.29 11.7 49.29 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.76 8.2 46.76 8.2 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.40 5.0 45.40 5.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 47.85 17.7 47.85 17.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 28.14 15.1 28.14 15.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.09 4.7 59.09 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.71 8.3 31.89 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.20 10.7 18.20 10.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.37 4.8 23.37 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.99 7.6 25.99 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.07 3.6 31.07 3.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.10 3.7 30.10 3.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.06 4.8 29.06 4.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.82 7.6 36.84 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.68 6.8 29.52 7.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.96 6.7 33.96 6.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.82 10.4 35.88 10.6 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.08 5.5 33.08 5.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.91 2.4 33.41 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.02 3.1 30.02 3.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.58 5.1 24.58 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.95 9.2 35.95 9.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.24 3.5 35.63 3.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.82 5.1 28.82 5.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.33 18.0 23.48 18.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.60 8.0 30.47 7.0 15.74 27.9 Level 7 .................................................. 26.29 10.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.60 7.6 33.63 7.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.94 11.4 42.07 12.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.92 3.4 34.72 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.24 7.7 35.24 7.7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.80 3.7 33.50 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.79 8.0 34.79 8.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.70 9.6 35.37 4.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.65 5.5 35.65 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.11 6.2 36.11 6.2 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.65 5.5 35.65 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.11 6.2 36.11 6.2 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.44 8.3 11.72 7.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.56 21.6 27.02 21.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.16 2.3 26.03 5.6 26.67 17.3 Level 5 .................................................. 16.16 8.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.05 .4 19.32 1.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.24 1.8 26.11 2.0 27.12 4.1 Level 8 .................................................. 27.41 4.4 27.39 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.03 7.9 28.02 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.17 23.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.54 7.1 26.68 3.2 31.12 22.1 Level 7 .................................................. 26.76 .1 26.65 .1 27.71 .6 Level 8 .................................................. 26.44 2.7 26.37 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.29 8.1 27.62 6.4 – – Therapists........................................................ 32.89 6.7 33.62 6.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.81 14.0 13.22 15.5 9.99 12.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 4.2 10.21 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.03 8.5 10.45 7.4 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.65 5.1 10.64 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.28 4.4 10.21 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.91 4.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.19 1.2 10.09 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.63 16.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.75 20.1 16.10 21.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.88 2.4 23.88 2.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.17 12.4 10.18 16.2 7.10 10.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.80 11.3 7.16 18.1 6.52 7.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.58 9.0 8.23 10.3 6.70 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.71 11.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.56 9.8 10.50 11.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.18 5.8 10.03 7.9 11.18 5.7 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.04 5.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.02 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.77 30.4 5.68 45.5 5.84 22.6 Level 2 .................................................. 5.72 27.9 – – 5.54 19.8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.38 37.8 – – 5.25 28.4 Level 2 .................................................. 5.33 35.4 – – 5.19 23.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.88 10.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 6.6 – – 7.61 7.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.43 7.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.62 6.1 11.10 5.9 8.09 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.81 6.3 10.04 6.4 8.09 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 12.2 11.16 13.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.14 5.5 11.45 5.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.42 6.5 10.90 6.4 7.86 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.81 6.3 10.04 6.4 8.09 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.67 13.9 12.27 13.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.71 5.5 11.02 5.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.46 5.7 11.79 5.2 8.59 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 10.69 8.5 11.05 8.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.23 11.6 13.36 12.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.67 5.6 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.34 2.6 8.72 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 1.5 8.73 1.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.04 14.3 14.59 16.1 17.20 18.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.86 6.4 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.53 23.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 7.3 19.18 10.9 8.00 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 4.4 – – 7.79 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 14.55 27.3 15.36 31.8 10.73 10.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 4.9 15.49 4.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.45 10.0 23.45 10.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 4.0 16.69 3.2 8.01 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.15 5.1 – – 7.79 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 15.90 36.2 – – 10.73 10.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.79 6.1 – – 8.79 6.1 Cashiers...................................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.79 6.1 – – 8.79 6.1 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.77 16.4 18.79 2.0 8.78 2.6 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.19 8.3 – – 8.78 2.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.50 3.2 17.61 4.4 7.70 .1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.06 5.8 – – 7.49 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 17.49 37.0 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.40 3.0 16.69 3.1 11.95 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.11 3.9 11.22 4.4 10.47 3.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.51 7.0 14.01 8.0 10.57 1.5 Level 4 .................................................. 16.06 4.7 16.10 4.9 14.64 11.8 Level 5 .................................................. 19.05 4.2 19.05 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.73 3.1 20.84 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.14 5.5 23.88 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.27 11.0 15.27 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.24 10.2 22.24 10.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.04 3.6 14.58 4.3 10.07 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 1.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.83 3.6 14.00 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.18 1.9 18.18 1.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.82 3.6 16.06 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 4.7 15.41 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.71 2.2 17.71 2.2 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.96 2.6 11.19 4.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.77 2.1 11.93 3.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.1 16.63 9.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.25 20.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.60 6.5 15.60 6.5 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.85 5.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.10 4.9 15.10 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.07 4.4 14.07 4.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 14.7 13.58 14.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.50 5.5 18.63 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.26 3.2 12.46 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.48 3.8 15.49 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.97 7.5 17.97 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.59 6.7 21.59 6.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.68 6.9 20.95 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.49 8.0 21.49 8.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.44 2.1 14.43 2.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.97 7.0 16.97 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.20 6.3 15.20 6.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.49 7.6 15.69 7.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 10.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.07 5.9 17.07 6.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.27 2.8 29.60 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 26.43 17.6 26.43 17.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.62 3.2 32.62 3.2 – – Carpenters........................................................ 26.11 17.3 26.11 17.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.28 16.1 16.47 15.2 – – Electricians...................................................... 30.81 6.5 30.81 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.65 4.6 24.65 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.62 14.6 20.62 14.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.66 2.7 26.66 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.46 3.2 27.46 3.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 35.67 5.7 35.67 5.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.40 11.5 20.40 11.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.80 8.4 27.80 8.4 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.68 12.3 20.68 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.52 .7 19.68 .8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.56 1.6 19.68 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.84 6.7 19.84 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.77 5.3 18.90 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.30 1.3 26.30 1.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.04 15.4 18.99 15.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 23.78 13.0 23.80 13.2 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 21.59 5.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.00 6.8 19.37 7.5 9.82 23.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.48 4.0 10.92 5.9 7.52 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 16.66 17.0 16.83 16.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.45 4.6 19.92 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.61 4.4 17.14 3.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 11.0 15.94 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.58 4.5 16.98 4.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.75 2.1 17.09 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.97 2.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.80 19.8 14.80 19.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.83 23.2 19.83 23.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.95 16.8 16.60 14.9 9.26 16.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.72 4.0 – – 8.97 17.3 Level 2 .................................................. 18.78 20.5 18.78 20.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.66 11.7 12.91 12.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.56 17.3 19.22 15.6 11.14 13.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.03 8.4 – – 10.96 16.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $21.17 3.1 $22.39 3.1 $12.32 9.2 Management occupations.............................................. 41.43 9.7 42.02 9.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.54 10.7 30.54 10.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.81 4.5 43.81 4.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.45 10.0 52.45 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.76 8.2 46.76 8.2 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.40 5.0 45.40 5.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 47.85 17.7 47.85 17.7 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.09 4.7 59.09 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.17 8.6 32.37 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.37 4.8 23.37 4.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.99 7.6 25.99 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.80 2.7 31.80 2.7 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.10 3.7 30.10 3.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.21 7.8 37.23 7.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.68 6.8 29.52 7.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.02 7.3 35.02 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.39 11.2 37.49 11.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.08 5.5 33.08 5.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.91 2.4 33.41 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.02 3.1 30.02 3.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.58 5.1 24.58 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.95 9.2 35.95 9.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.24 3.5 35.63 3.3 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.82 5.1 28.82 5.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.58 19.7 26.73 18.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.18 4.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.28 14.5 39.49 17.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.74 22.0 27.23 21.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.27 2.4 25.93 6.1 27.64 17.8 Level 6 .................................................. – – 19.45 1.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.70 .8 26.63 .4 27.12 4.1 Level 8 .................................................. 26.26 1.7 26.19 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.79 8.5 27.74 9.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.17 23.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.46 7.6 26.58 3.3 31.60 24.9 Level 7 .................................................. 26.76 .1 26.65 .1 27.71 .6 Level 8 .................................................. 26.44 2.7 26.37 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. – – 27.13 8.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 29.26 9.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.68 15.8 13.11 17.6 9.99 12.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.30 4.2 10.21 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.48 7.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.20 1.5 10.12 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.28 4.4 10.21 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.84 4.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.19 1.2 10.09 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.09 13.0 10.13 16.7 6.89 12.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.79 11.5 7.16 18.1 6.50 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 9.2 8.23 10.3 6.50 8.7 Level 3 .................................................. 7.63 11.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.56 9.8 10.50 11.2 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.98 6.7 9.88 8.9 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.04 5.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.02 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.77 30.4 5.68 45.5 5.84 22.6 Level 2 .................................................. 5.72 27.9 – – 5.54 19.8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.38 37.8 – – 5.25 28.4 Level 2 .................................................. 5.33 35.4 – – 5.19 23.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.88 10.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.49 6.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.43 7.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.64 4.3 10.04 4.5 7.99 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 6.6 9.96 6.8 8.09 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.10 11.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.70 5.3 10.16 5.6 7.72 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.73 6.6 9.96 6.8 8.09 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 15.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.67 6.1 11.04 6.0 8.33 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.62 9.3 11.00 9.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.34 2.6 8.72 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 1.5 8.73 1.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.28 14.3 14.59 16.1 17.72 17.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.94 6.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.53 23.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 7.3 19.18 10.9 8.00 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 4.4 – – 7.79 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 14.55 27.3 15.36 31.8 10.73 10.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.49 4.9 15.49 4.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.45 10.0 23.45 10.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 4.0 16.69 3.2 8.01 2.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.15 5.1 – – 7.79 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 15.90 36.2 – – 10.73 10.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.79 6.1 – – 8.79 6.1 Cashiers...................................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.79 6.1 – – 8.79 6.1 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.77 16.4 18.79 2.0 8.78 2.6 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.19 8.3 – – 8.78 2.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.50 3.2 17.61 4.4 7.70 .1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.06 5.8 – – 7.49 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 17.49 37.0 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 3.2 16.76 3.2 11.59 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 4.0 11.22 4.4 10.71 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 7.5 13.90 8.7 10.59 1.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.13 4.8 16.18 5.0 14.64 11.8 Level 5 .................................................. 19.52 4.1 19.52 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.07 3.5 21.07 3.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.95 5.7 23.95 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.64 16.7 15.64 16.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.95 9.9 22.95 9.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 3.7 14.51 4.5 10.07 1.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 1.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 3.7 13.88 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.42 1.1 18.42 1.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.83 4.0 16.10 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.09 5.2 15.27 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.97 1.8 17.97 1.8 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.96 2.6 11.19 4.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.77 2.1 11.93 3.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.1 16.63 9.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.25 20.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.60 6.5 15.60 6.5 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.85 5.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.40 4.7 15.40 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.07 4.4 14.07 4.4 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 14.7 13.58 14.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.91 5.9 19.08 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.29 3.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.99 3.2 16.03 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.91 7.2 21.91 7.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.81 6.9 21.09 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.49 8.0 21.49 8.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.44 2.1 14.43 2.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.51 8.7 17.51 8.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.49 7.6 15.69 7.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 10.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.07 5.9 17.07 6.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.61 2.8 29.81 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.75 3.4 32.75 3.4 – – Carpenters........................................................ 26.11 17.3 26.11 17.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.13 19.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.65 4.7 24.64 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.62 14.6 20.62 14.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.71 2.8 26.71 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.46 3.2 27.46 3.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 35.67 5.7 35.67 5.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.40 11.5 20.40 11.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 28.11 9.0 28.11 9.0 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.68 12.3 20.68 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.52 .7 19.68 .8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.56 1.6 19.68 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.84 6.7 19.84 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.77 5.3 18.90 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.30 1.3 26.30 1.3 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.04 15.4 18.99 15.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 23.78 13.0 23.80 13.2 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 21.59 5.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.78 6.9 19.17 7.7 9.82 23.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.48 4.0 10.92 5.9 7.52 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 16.66 17.0 16.83 16.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.82 3.7 19.28 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.65 4.3 17.18 3.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 11.0 15.94 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.58 4.5 16.98 4.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.75 2.1 17.09 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. – – 16.97 2.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.80 19.8 14.80 19.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.83 23.2 19.83 23.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.95 16.8 16.60 14.9 9.26 16.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.72 4.0 – – 8.97 17.3 Level 2 .................................................. 18.78 20.5 18.78 20.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.66 11.7 12.91 12.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.56 17.3 19.22 15.6 11.14 13.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.03 8.4 – – 10.96 16.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $23.49 2.3 $24.16 2.2 $13.17 15.6 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.52 6.7 32.07 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.74 7.2 35.74 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.74 2.5 35.20 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.60 8.0 35.60 8.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.80 3.7 33.50 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.79 8.0 34.79 8.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.70 9.6 35.37 4.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.79 4.7 36.79 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.20 6.0 37.20 6.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.79 4.7 36.79 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.20 6.0 37.20 6.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.82 .8 12.82 .8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.29 9.2 26.87 13.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.05 13.3 14.05 13.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.61 1.7 22.88 1.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.88 2.4 23.88 2.4 – – Police officers................................................... 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.35 5.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.25 6.9 14.33 6.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.26 2.8 13.33 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.26 2.8 13.33 2.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.71 3.5 15.76 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.63 15.3 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.35 10.0 16.35 10.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.92 11.3 15.92 11.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.93 12.4 15.93 12.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.65 7.7 27.18 5.9 – – 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $21.40 2.8 $22.58 2.8 $12.37 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 40.80 9.3 41.35 9.5 – – Group III................................................. 43.40 7.7 – – – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.40 5.0 45.40 5.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 47.85 17.7 47.85 17.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 28.14 15.1 28.14 15.1 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.09 4.7 59.09 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.71 8.3 31.89 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.69 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.89 12.5 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.10 3.7 30.10 3.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.06 4.8 29.06 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 33.17 7.4 33.17 7.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.82 7.6 36.84 7.6 – – Group II.................................................. 28.87 8.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.08 8.2 – – – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.82 10.4 35.88 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 34.84 6.9 34.91 7.4 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.08 5.5 33.08 5.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.91 2.4 33.41 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 27.89 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.72 2.9 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.24 3.5 35.63 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.86 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.29 3.0 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.82 5.1 28.82 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 27.46 7.2 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.33 18.0 23.48 18.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.87 6.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.60 8.0 30.47 7.0 15.74 27.9 Group I................................................... 11.34 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.11 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.66 6.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.94 11.4 42.07 12.4 – – Group III................................................. 45.29 6.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.92 3.4 34.72 1.3 – – Group II.................................................. 33.68 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.24 7.7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.80 3.7 33.50 .9 – – Group III................................................. 34.79 8.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.70 9.6 35.37 4.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.65 5.5 35.65 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.11 6.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.65 5.5 35.65 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.11 6.2 36.11 6.2 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.44 8.3 11.72 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.44 8.3 11.72 7.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.56 21.6 27.02 21.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.98 21.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.16 2.3 26.03 5.6 26.67 17.3 Group II.................................................. 22.31 3.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.58 4.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.54 7.1 26.68 3.2 31.12 22.1 Group II.................................................. 25.46 4.0 25.85 2.9 22.66 11.0 Group III................................................. 32.23 7.4 27.97 5.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 32.89 6.7 33.62 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 31.95 7.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.81 14.0 13.22 15.5 9.99 12.9 Group I................................................... 10.44 2.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.65 5.1 10.64 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.42 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.19 1.2 10.09 2.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.19 1.2 10.09 2.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.63 16.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.33 8.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.75 20.1 16.10 21.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.65 3.2 – – – – Police officers................................................... 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.78 2.8 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.88 2.6 24.88 2.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.78 2.8 24.78 2.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.17 12.4 10.18 16.2 7.10 10.6 Group I................................................... 7.96 7.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.55 17.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.18 5.8 10.03 7.9 11.18 5.7 Group I................................................... 9.68 4.2 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.04 5.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.68 4.6 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.02 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.02 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.77 30.4 5.68 45.5 5.84 22.6 Group I................................................... 5.77 30.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.38 37.8 – – 5.25 28.4 Group I................................................... 5.38 37.8 – – 5.25 28.4 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.88 10.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.88 10.6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 6.6 – – 7.61 7.8 Group I................................................... 8.55 6.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.43 7.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.43 7.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.62 6.1 11.10 5.9 8.09 4.6 Group I................................................... 10.13 5.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.42 6.5 10.90 6.4 7.86 4.2 Group I................................................... 10.18 5.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.46 5.7 11.79 5.2 8.59 4.4 Group I................................................... 11.19 5.1 11.52 4.8 8.59 4.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.34 2.6 8.72 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.34 2.6 8.72 2.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.04 14.3 14.59 16.1 17.20 18.9 Group I................................................... 15.42 29.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.21 18.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.43 7.3 19.18 10.9 8.00 2.7 Group I................................................... 11.82 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.71 8.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.07 4.0 16.69 3.2 8.01 2.7 Group I................................................... 10.83 2.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Group I................................................... 8.81 3.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.83 2.2 – – 8.34 4.1 Group I................................................... 8.81 3.2 – – 8.54 6.2 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.77 16.4 18.79 2.0 8.78 2.6 Group I................................................... 14.80 17.2 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.19 8.3 – – 8.78 2.6 Group I................................................... 8.78 2.6 – – 8.78 2.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.50 3.2 17.61 4.4 7.70 .1 Group I................................................... 9.67 14.5 – – 7.65 .7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.58 21.8 31.58 21.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.40 3.0 16.69 3.1 11.95 4.9 Group I................................................... 14.33 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.04 2.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.24 10.2 22.24 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 10.2 22.24 10.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.04 3.6 14.58 4.3 10.07 1.8 Group I................................................... 12.77 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.47 4.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.82 3.6 16.06 3.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.69 5.6 15.04 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.74 2.1 17.74 2.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.96 2.6 11.19 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.96 2.6 11.19 4.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.28 10.1 16.63 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.70 10.8 13.98 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.52 6.4 21.52 6.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 19.85 5.2 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.10 4.9 15.10 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.22 5.1 15.22 5.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 14.7 13.58 14.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.50 5.5 18.63 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.59 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.34 5.5 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.68 6.9 20.95 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.67 6.2 21.67 6.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.44 2.1 14.43 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.44 2.1 14.43 2.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.97 7.0 16.97 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.73 6.1 14.73 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.33 8.9 20.33 8.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.49 7.6 15.69 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.93 9.6 15.10 9.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.27 2.8 29.60 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 20.76 17.8 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 26.11 17.3 26.11 17.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 15.28 16.1 16.47 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.28 16.1 16.47 15.2 – – Electricians...................................................... 30.81 6.5 30.81 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 31.02 6.5 31.02 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.65 4.6 24.65 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 18.27 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.31 4.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 35.67 5.7 35.67 5.7 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.40 11.5 20.40 11.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.80 8.4 27.80 8.4 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.68 12.3 20.68 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 19.52 .7 19.68 .8 – – Group I................................................... 17.92 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 12.1 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.04 15.4 18.99 15.4 – – Group I................................................... 18.74 14.2 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 5.1 16.28 5.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 21.59 5.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.00 6.8 19.37 7.5 9.82 23.4 Group I................................................... 15.06 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.04 9.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 11.0 15.94 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.91 11.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.75 2.1 17.09 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.64 1.4 16.96 1.9 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.80 19.8 14.80 19.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.80 19.8 14.80 19.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.83 23.2 19.83 23.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.90 5.2 13.90 5.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.95 16.8 16.60 14.9 9.26 16.2 Group I................................................... 14.64 16.2 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.66 11.7 12.91 12.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 8.3 11.69 8.3 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.56 17.3 19.22 15.6 11.14 13.3 Group I................................................... 17.56 17.3 19.22 15.6 11.14 13.3 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.88 $18.87 $28.72 $35.31 Management occupations.............................................. 19.81 26.78 39.36 53.22 62.69 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.60 39.93 45.43 49.82 54.99 Financial managers................................................ 25.91 30.24 50.48 62.50 69.86 Education administrators.......................................... 16.22 16.22 25.93 33.99 33.99 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.48 53.84 60.05 62.32 71.09 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.35 21.81 27.67 34.42 48.08 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.08 28.13 31.58 31.58 33.65 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.78 24.04 26.83 33.89 37.98 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.26 27.16 36.06 45.05 52.77 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.17 26.86 33.18 44.71 56.07 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 31.90 36.06 36.06 39.71 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 27.94 31.98 39.90 45.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.16 31.25 33.73 43.27 49.57 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.00 25.90 28.62 31.92 35.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.75 15.90 29.28 29.28 29.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.62 18.44 28.40 37.75 50.52 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.00 24.98 44.57 50.70 56.60 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.50 27.76 33.34 38.82 47.62 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.50 27.28 32.20 36.71 41.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.85 26.95 31.58 41.36 49.49 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.04 28.40 34.83 39.58 47.65 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.04 28.40 34.83 39.58 47.65 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.24 8.74 10.43 13.08 15.59 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.34 13.00 25.85 35.00 41.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.96 18.57 21.63 29.80 37.93 Registered nurses................................................. 19.02 21.73 26.91 32.00 35.37 Therapists........................................................ 24.18 25.52 31.00 36.53 43.74 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.25 10.76 16.52 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.00 9.80 11.53 12.95 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 9.74 11.01 12.29 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.49 11.71 18.00 21.00 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.76 9.50 12.00 21.26 25.90 Police officers................................................... 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 6.65 8.50 10.70 13.68 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 9.73 12.25 13.13 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.32 11.50 13.13 13.25 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 9.00 10.50 11.00 12.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.29 3.25 4.50 7.50 12.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.29 3.25 3.35 7.25 13.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.05 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.88 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 7.06 8.30 9.95 10.70 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.00 8.25 9.25 10.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.24 9.92 12.00 14.86 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.05 9.82 12.00 14.76 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.98 9.45 10.55 13.64 16.34 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.05 8.60 10.12 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.55 11.71 26.92 29.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.34 8.10 12.00 18.75 23.77 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.65 7.37 8.74 12.50 21.39 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.65 7.25 8.15 10.22 11.64 Cashiers...................................................... 6.65 7.25 8.15 10.22 11.64 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.75 8.00 17.03 19.00 21.48 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.80 14.05 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.65 7.37 7.70 10.00 21.39 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.15 15.81 20.41 23.72 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.00 18.32 20.41 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.50 13.25 17.20 19.23 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.30 15.00 16.50 17.50 18.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 10.50 11.68 13.36 Customer service representatives.................................. 6.95 12.15 15.42 19.87 25.05 Order clerks...................................................... 17.56 19.43 21.28 21.28 21.28 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.87 12.79 14.49 17.79 18.92 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.70 10.15 12.39 14.63 20.43 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.30 14.89 17.97 23.72 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.98 18.10 21.29 24.21 25.00 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.45 13.10 14.50 15.70 17.80 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.18 13.59 15.74 18.90 24.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.02 12.00 15.00 21.10 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.17 28.61 32.25 32.60 35.00 Carpenters........................................................ 16.17 16.17 31.27 31.27 33.00 Construction laborers............................................. 7.00 8.25 15.09 18.37 26.98 Electricians...................................................... 23.94 25.41 32.60 33.75 35.86 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.46 19.55 25.00 29.35 31.99 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.92 32.71 38.01 38.61 40.92 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 12.00 20.00 25.48 31.89 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.85 24.70 30.43 31.66 31.75 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.37 15.46 23.11 23.18 26.13 Production occupations.............................................. 10.70 14.45 18.62 26.49 29.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.06 10.63 14.51 29.10 29.44 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.50 14.47 20.03 30.75 31.85 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 10.14 15.18 21.70 28.23 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 10.14 14.50 17.80 23.36 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 14.50 16.31 18.75 25.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.14 10.14 10.14 17.23 23.36 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.25 12.25 18.00 29.61 29.61 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.35 10.00 13.52 21.46 22.16 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.89 10.00 11.95 13.52 13.80 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.50 11.09 16.25 22.16 28.70 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.32 $18.38 $28.64 $35.10 Management occupations.............................................. 18.38 30.05 39.93 53.84 63.37 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.60 39.93 45.43 49.82 54.99 Financial managers................................................ 25.91 30.24 50.48 62.50 69.86 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.48 53.84 60.05 62.32 71.09 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.33 21.81 28.13 34.75 52.89 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.08 28.13 31.58 31.58 33.65 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.12 27.89 36.06 45.43 52.77 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.17 29.08 33.42 47.09 56.07 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 31.90 36.06 36.06 39.71 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 27.94 31.98 39.90 45.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.16 31.25 33.73 43.27 49.57 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.00 25.90 28.62 31.92 35.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.48 14.46 22.09 29.83 50.70 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.44 22.11 29.83 51.50 58.89 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.34 13.00 30.00 35.00 41.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.00 19.00 21.75 29.93 37.35 Registered nurses................................................. 18.97 21.40 26.00 32.63 35.69 Therapists........................................................ 23.74 24.83 27.25 32.40 43.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.00 10.65 18.00 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.00 9.74 11.01 12.50 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 9.74 11.01 12.29 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 6.55 8.50 10.50 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 9.32 12.25 13.13 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.32 11.50 13.13 13.25 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 9.00 10.50 11.00 12.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.29 3.25 4.50 7.50 12.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.29 3.25 3.35 7.25 13.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.05 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.88 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 7.00 8.25 9.95 10.66 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.00 8.25 9.25 10.70 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.58 12.37 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 8.60 10.38 13.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.50 10.25 11.38 16.34 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.05 8.60 10.12 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.90 8.55 12.00 26.92 29.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.34 8.10 12.00 18.75 23.77 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.65 7.37 8.74 12.50 21.39 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.65 7.25 8.15 10.22 11.64 Cashiers...................................................... 6.65 7.25 8.15 10.22 11.64 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.75 8.00 17.03 19.00 21.48 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.80 14.05 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.65 7.37 7.70 10.00 21.39 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.00 15.81 21.00 23.74 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.00 20.41 21.15 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.36 13.22 17.09 19.23 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.36 15.00 16.58 17.50 18.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 10.00 10.50 11.68 13.36 Customer service representatives.................................. 6.95 12.15 15.42 19.87 25.05 Order clerks...................................................... 17.56 19.43 21.28 21.28 21.28 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 12.79 14.49 18.92 18.92 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.70 10.15 12.39 14.63 20.43 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.56 18.23 23.74 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.64 18.23 21.79 24.21 25.00 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.45 13.10 14.50 15.70 17.80 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.00 15.99 19.33 24.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.02 12.00 15.00 21.10 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.17 28.61 32.25 33.75 35.00 Carpenters........................................................ 16.17 16.17 31.27 31.27 33.00 Construction laborers............................................. 7.00 7.80 15.09 15.09 26.98 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.46 19.00 25.00 29.35 31.99 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.92 32.71 38.01 38.61 40.92 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 12.00 20.00 25.48 31.89 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.85 24.70 30.43 31.66 31.75 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.37 15.46 23.11 23.18 26.13 Production occupations.............................................. 10.70 14.45 18.62 26.49 29.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.06 10.63 14.51 29.10 29.44 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.50 14.47 20.03 30.75 31.85 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.05 10.14 14.77 21.46 28.17 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.50 10.14 14.50 17.80 23.36 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 14.50 16.31 18.75 25.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.14 10.14 10.14 17.23 23.36 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.25 12.25 18.00 29.61 29.61 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.35 10.00 13.52 21.46 22.16 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.89 10.00 11.95 13.52 13.80 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.50 11.09 16.25 22.16 28.70 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.87 $14.65 $22.01 $29.17 $36.85 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.14 24.50 32.00 39.58 47.53 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.35 28.00 33.74 39.04 47.79 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.50 27.28 32.20 36.71 41.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.85 26.95 31.58 41.36 49.49 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.04 29.40 34.83 40.79 52.10 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.04 29.40 34.83 40.79 52.10 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.74 10.75 12.75 13.57 17.49 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.10 16.74 21.12 29.50 43.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.96 11.62 13.46 15.55 20.36 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.83 20.65 22.94 25.90 28.14 Police officers................................................... 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.32 9.73 11.28 12.83 13.60 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.91 12.21 13.70 15.55 17.30 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.45 11.31 13.13 14.46 16.55 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.45 11.31 13.13 14.46 16.55 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.03 12.59 14.43 18.32 22.02 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.18 12.30 14.66 18.64 23.35 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.18 12.30 14.53 18.64 23.35 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.71 22.01 26.46 30.95 30.95 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.75 $13.33 $19.91 $29.28 $36.06 Management occupations.............................................. 19.81 30.24 39.49 53.27 63.37 Computer and information systems managers......................... 38.60 39.93 45.43 49.82 54.99 Financial managers................................................ 25.91 30.24 50.48 62.50 69.86 Education administrators.......................................... 16.22 16.22 25.93 33.99 33.99 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.48 53.84 60.05 62.32 71.09 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.39 21.81 27.85 34.62 48.08 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.08 28.13 31.58 31.58 33.65 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.78 24.04 26.83 33.89 37.98 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.17 27.16 36.06 45.11 52.77 Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.17 26.77 32.57 45.19 56.07 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.40 31.90 36.06 36.06 39.71 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 27.94 31.98 37.50 43.79 Engineers......................................................... 26.54 31.25 33.02 40.87 48.39 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.00 25.90 28.62 31.92 35.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.75 15.90 29.28 29.28 29.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.46 20.93 29.29 38.37 50.66 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.93 25.23 45.44 50.70 56.47 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.35 28.04 33.74 39.01 47.65 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.95 27.66 32.64 36.76 41.36 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.96 27.22 32.70 41.36 51.84 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.04 28.40 34.83 39.58 47.65 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.04 28.40 34.83 39.58 47.65 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.24 9.24 11.21 13.17 16.36 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.34 15.97 30.00 35.00 41.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.61 19.00 21.95 29.60 37.11 Registered nurses................................................. 19.54 21.44 25.91 31.14 34.65 Therapists........................................................ 24.23 26.00 31.88 37.62 44.83 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.90 18.00 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.00 9.77 11.09 13.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 9.50 10.85 12.29 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 10.00 12.88 22.23 26.00 Police officers................................................... 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 19.32 22.68 25.26 27.69 29.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 7.79 9.32 12.75 15.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 9.32 12.25 13.13 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.29 2.29 3.33 9.88 13.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.60 10.32 12.65 15.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.60 10.25 12.65 16.34 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.23 9.82 11.00 13.70 16.34 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.50 8.00 8.45 8.60 10.90 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 7.90 12.68 17.55 26.92 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.65 12.00 16.25 21.39 29.38 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.50 10.85 16.52 21.39 22.22 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.57 17.24 19.00 21.48 21.58 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.45 11.00 13.87 21.39 23.92 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 16.20 16.44 23.63 30.95 61.18 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.19 12.62 16.15 21.00 23.74 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.00 18.32 20.41 29.81 29.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.02 10.98 14.71 17.31 19.35 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.30 15.00 16.58 17.50 18.83 Tellers......................................................... 9.13 10.14 10.93 11.88 13.36 Customer service representatives.................................. 6.95 13.14 16.00 20.30 25.05 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.87 12.79 14.49 17.79 18.92 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.70 10.15 12.39 14.63 20.43 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.30 14.97 18.23 23.72 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.64 18.23 22.22 24.21 25.00 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.13 13.09 14.50 15.72 17.92 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.18 13.59 15.74 18.90 24.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.02 12.00 15.50 21.34 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.72 28.61 32.25 33.00 35.00 Carpenters........................................................ 16.17 16.17 31.27 31.27 33.00 Construction laborers............................................. 7.00 13.71 15.09 22.08 26.98 Electricians...................................................... 23.94 25.41 32.60 33.75 35.86 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.46 19.00 25.35 29.35 31.99 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.92 32.71 38.01 38.61 40.92 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 12.00 20.00 25.48 31.89 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.85 24.70 30.43 31.66 31.75 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.37 15.46 23.11 23.18 26.13 Production occupations.............................................. 10.92 14.53 18.85 27.51 29.44 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.02 10.63 14.17 29.10 29.64 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.00 13.50 16.70 19.05 22.12 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.14 12.64 16.25 22.16 28.70 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.14 13.25 15.00 17.80 23.36 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 14.25 15.81 18.75 25.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.14 10.14 10.14 17.23 23.36 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.25 12.25 18.00 29.61 29.61 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.00 11.09 13.52 22.16 28.70 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.00 10.00 11.95 13.52 17.55 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.09 12.57 21.46 22.16 28.70 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), St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.25 $8.79 $12.00 $25.99 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.00 8.48 9.00 18.00 29.36 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.00 16.96 19.00 30.64 50.00 Registered nurses................................................. 16.96 24.50 29.50 35.00 50.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 7.50 10.25 12.05 12.05 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.33 4.50 7.06 8.50 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 9.15 11.50 13.60 14.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.33 3.33 4.50 7.50 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.25 3.33 4.50 7.25 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.55 7.00 8.19 9.57 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.20 7.50 9.00 9.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.85 8.25 9.14 10.35 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 10.00 11.71 29.75 29.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.65 7.00 7.37 8.79 9.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.65 7.00 7.37 8.79 9.55 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.83 7.73 9.25 11.33 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.83 7.73 9.25 11.33 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.00 14.05 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.00 14.05 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.65 6.65 7.37 8.79 9.37 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.00 10.84 13.33 16.43 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 9.39 10.05 10.50 11.68 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.75 6.50 7.00 9.50 18.33 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.80 7.00 7.55 10.55 14.05 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.00 7.45 10.55 11.89 16.52 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $22.58 $19.91 $893 $792 39.5 $45,634 $40,476 2,021 Management occupations.............................................. 41.35 39.49 1,676 1,603 40.5 87,147 83,379 2,107 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.40 45.43 1,813 1,817 39.9 94,257 94,501 2,076 Financial managers................................................ 47.85 50.48 1,901 2,019 39.7 98,867 105,000 2,066 Education administrators.......................................... 28.14 25.93 1,212 1,326 43.1 63,008 68,958 2,239 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.09 60.05 2,364 2,402 40.0 122,907 124,896 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.89 27.85 1,297 1,102 40.7 67,372 57,300 2,112 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.10 31.58 1,312 1,516 43.6 67,851 75,001 2,254 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.06 26.83 1,162 1,073 40.0 60,448 55,800 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.84 36.06 1,476 1,442 40.1 76,744 75,001 2,083 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.88 32.57 1,420 1,303 39.6 73,850 67,746 2,058 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.08 36.06 1,323 1,442 40.0 68,798 75,001 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.41 31.98 1,366 1,279 40.9 71,031 66,518 2,126 Engineers......................................................... 35.63 33.02 1,471 1,321 41.3 76,475 68,677 2,146 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.82 28.62 1,153 1,145 40.0 59,956 59,530 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.48 29.28 927 1,171 39.5 47,524 60,902 2,024 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.47 29.29 1,119 1,083 36.7 45,496 43,425 1,493 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.07 45.44 1,579 1,783 37.5 67,408 69,529 1,602 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.72 33.74 1,274 1,232 36.7 48,485 45,450 1,396 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.50 32.64 1,216 1,183 36.3 44,658 43,063 1,333 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.37 32.70 1,282 1,177 36.3 47,363 42,851 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.65 34.83 1,319 1,306 37.0 49,530 49,626 1,389 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.65 34.83 1,319 1,306 37.0 49,530 49,626 1,389 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.72 11.21 432 417 36.9 18,504 17,273 1,578 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.02 30.00 942 804 34.9 48,982 41,808 1,813 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.03 21.95 1,020 871 39.2 52,243 44,262 2,007 Registered nurses................................................. 26.68 25.91 1,018 986 38.1 52,089 48,750 1,952 Therapists........................................................ 33.62 31.88 1,290 1,229 38.4 59,355 54,303 1,766 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.22 10.90 515 431 38.9 26,764 22,387 2,024 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.64 9.77 412 370 38.7 21,436 19,240 2,015 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.09 9.50 390 364 38.6 20,276 18,928 2,009 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.10 12.88 666 494 41.4 34,623 25,688 2,151 Police officers................................................... 24.88 25.26 994 996 39.9 51,676 51,767 2,077 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.88 25.26 994 996 39.9 51,676 51,767 2,077 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.18 9.32 390 350 38.4 19,976 18,176 1,963 Cooks............................................................. 10.03 9.32 384 350 38.3 19,094 18,176 1,903 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.68 3.33 217 130 38.2 11,290 6,760 1,986 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.10 10.32 436 411 39.3 22,667 21,362 2,042 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.90 10.25 425 410 39.0 22,103 21,320 2,028 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.79 11.00 468 439 39.6 24,310 22,818 2,062 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.72 8.45 327 322 37.5 16,993 16,742 1,950 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.59 12.68 473 416 32.4 24,613 21,618 1,687 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.18 16.25 774 650 40.4 40,264 33,800 2,099 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.69 16.52 666 681 39.9 34,622 35,422 2,075 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.79 19.00 756 760 40.2 39,292 39,520 2,091 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.61 13.87 697 555 39.6 36,239 28,850 2,058 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.58 23.63 1,397 913 44.2 72,649 47,499 2,301 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.58 23.63 1,397 913 44.2 72,649 47,499 2,301 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.69 16.15 657 636 39.4 34,079 32,999 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.24 20.41 889 816 40.0 46,254 42,449 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.58 14.71 570 572 39.1 29,647 29,744 2,034 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.06 16.58 630 660 39.2 32,762 34,320 2,040 Tellers......................................................... 11.19 10.93 431 435 38.5 22,406 22,620 2,002 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.63 16.00 650 623 39.1 33,801 32,420 2,033 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.10 14.49 602 580 39.9 31,317 30,143 2,074 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 12.39 543 495 40.0 28,256 25,765 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.63 18.23 730 673 39.2 37,391 34,975 2,007 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.95 22.22 828 862 39.5 43,034 44,824 2,054 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.43 14.50 574 577 39.8 29,837 29,994 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.97 15.74 655 630 38.6 32,716 32,737 1,928 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.69 15.50 613 600 39.1 31,875 31,198 2,031 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.60 32.25 1,182 1,290 39.9 60,682 67,080 2,050 Carpenters........................................................ 26.11 31.27 1,044 1,251 40.0 54,300 65,042 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 16.47 15.09 659 603 40.0 33,058 31,377 2,008 Electricians...................................................... 30.81 32.60 1,227 1,304 39.8 63,823 67,808 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.65 25.35 986 1,014 40.0 51,266 52,728 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 35.67 38.01 1,427 1,520 40.0 74,195 79,057 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.40 20.00 816 800 40.0 42,442 41,604 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.80 30.43 1,112 1,217 40.0 57,832 63,286 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.68 23.11 827 924 40.0 43,010 48,069 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.68 18.85 787 754 40.0 40,910 39,208 2,078 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.99 14.17 758 567 39.9 39,431 29,474 2,076 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.28 16.70 651 668 40.0 33,864 34,736 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 16.70 651 668 40.0 33,864 34,736 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.37 16.25 780 700 40.3 40,192 35,838 2,075 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.94 15.00 686 672 43.1 35,206 34,278 2,209 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.09 15.81 787 780 46.0 39,848 39,000 2,331 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.80 10.14 592 406 40.0 30,786 21,097 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.83 18.00 787 720 39.7 40,920 37,440 2,063 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.60 13.52 651 541 39.2 33,854 28,122 2,040 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.91 11.95 516 478 40.0 26,858 24,856 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 19.22 21.46 744 858 38.7 38,675 44,637 2,012 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $22.39 $19.58 $886 $773 39.5 $45,892 $40,040 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 42.02 40.39 1,696 1,627 40.4 88,174 84,612 2,098 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.40 45.43 1,813 1,817 39.9 94,257 94,501 2,076 Financial managers................................................ 47.85 50.48 1,901 2,019 39.7 98,867 105,000 2,066 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.09 60.05 2,364 2,402 40.0 122,907 124,896 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.37 28.71 1,317 1,125 40.7 68,432 58,500 2,114 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.10 31.58 1,312 1,516 43.6 67,851 75,001 2,254 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.23 36.06 1,492 1,442 40.1 77,573 75,001 2,083 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.49 33.56 1,482 1,346 39.5 77,083 69,992 2,056 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.08 36.06 1,323 1,442 40.0 68,798 75,001 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.41 31.98 1,366 1,279 40.9 71,031 66,518 2,126 Engineers......................................................... 35.63 33.02 1,471 1,321 41.3 76,475 68,677 2,146 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.82 28.62 1,153 1,145 40.0 59,956 59,530 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.73 22.28 975 855 36.5 45,883 43,541 1,717 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.49 30.48 1,441 1,263 36.5 64,118 55,180 1,624 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.23 31.00 945 800 34.7 49,128 41,600 1,804 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.93 22.03 1,014 856 39.1 52,576 44,506 2,027 Registered nurses................................................. 26.58 25.40 1,018 977 38.3 52,913 50,825 1,991 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.11 10.71 510 402 38.9 26,522 20,883 2,023 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.12 9.50 392 366 38.7 20,389 19,052 2,015 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.09 9.50 390 364 38.6 20,276 18,928 2,009 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.13 9.32 391 350 38.6 20,316 18,176 2,005 Cooks............................................................. 9.88 9.32 385 350 38.9 19,997 18,176 2,023 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.68 3.33 217 130 38.2 11,290 6,760 1,986 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 9.76 393 374 39.2 20,443 19,422 2,037 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 9.62 393 372 38.7 20,444 19,344 2,012 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.04 10.25 436 410 39.5 22,656 21,320 2,053 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.72 8.45 327 322 37.5 16,993 16,742 1,950 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.59 12.68 473 416 32.4 24,613 21,618 1,687 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.18 16.25 774 650 40.4 40,264 33,800 2,099 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.69 16.52 666 681 39.9 34,622 35,422 2,075 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.79 19.00 756 760 40.2 39,292 39,520 2,091 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.61 13.87 697 555 39.6 36,239 28,850 2,058 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.58 23.63 1,397 913 44.2 72,649 47,499 2,301 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 31.58 23.63 1,397 913 44.2 72,649 47,499 2,301 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.76 16.19 659 638 39.3 34,291 33,193 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.95 21.15 918 846 40.0 47,745 44,000 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.51 14.67 568 570 39.1 29,516 29,663 2,034 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.10 16.59 632 660 39.3 32,859 34,320 2,041 Tellers......................................................... 11.19 10.93 431 435 38.5 22,406 22,620 2,002 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.63 16.00 650 623 39.1 33,801 32,420 2,033 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.40 14.49 616 580 40.0 32,036 30,143 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.58 12.39 543 495 40.0 28,256 25,765 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.08 18.23 750 714 39.3 39,005 37,149 2,044 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.09 23.72 833 929 39.5 43,307 48,318 2,053 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.43 14.50 574 577 39.8 29,837 29,994 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.51 15.99 678 630 38.7 35,271 32,760 2,015 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.69 15.50 613 600 39.1 31,875 31,198 2,031 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.81 32.25 1,193 1,290 40.0 61,174 67,080 2,052 Carpenters........................................................ 26.11 31.27 1,044 1,251 40.0 54,300 65,042 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.64 25.00 986 1,000 40.0 51,256 52,000 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 35.67 38.01 1,427 1,520 40.0 74,195 79,057 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.40 20.00 816 800 40.0 42,442 41,604 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 28.11 30.43 1,124 1,217 40.0 58,461 63,286 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.68 23.11 827 924 40.0 43,010 48,069 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.68 18.85 787 754 40.0 40,910 39,208 2,078 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.99 14.17 758 567 39.9 39,431 29,474 2,076 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.28 16.70 651 668 40.0 33,864 34,736 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 16.70 651 668 40.0 33,864 34,736 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.17 16.25 775 689 40.5 40,082 35,838 2,091 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.94 15.00 686 672 43.1 35,206 34,278 2,209 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.09 15.81 787 780 46.0 39,848 39,000 2,331 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.80 10.14 592 406 40.0 30,786 21,097 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.83 18.00 787 720 39.7 40,920 37,440 2,063 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.60 13.52 651 541 39.2 33,854 28,122 2,040 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.91 11.95 516 478 40.0 26,858 24,856 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 19.22 21.46 744 858 38.7 38,675 44,637 2,012 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $24.16 $22.57 $950 $939 39.3 $43,747 $42,332 1,811 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.07 32.64 1,180 1,183 36.8 45,360 43,346 1,414 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.20 33.99 1,289 1,242 36.6 48,965 45,450 1,391 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.50 32.64 1,216 1,183 36.3 44,658 43,063 1,333 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.37 32.70 1,282 1,177 36.3 47,363 42,851 1,339 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.79 34.83 1,354 1,306 36.8 50,953 49,626 1,385 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.79 34.83 1,354 1,306 36.8 50,953 49,626 1,385 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.82 12.75 470 461 36.6 18,802 17,213 1,466 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.87 21.12 1,074 1,021 40.0 49,750 39,000 1,851 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.05 13.46 551 538 39.2 28,630 27,997 2,038 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.88 22.94 989 1,022 43.2 51,437 53,154 2,248 Police officers................................................... 24.88 25.26 994 996 39.9 51,676 51,767 2,077 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.88 25.26 994 996 39.9 51,676 51,767 2,077 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.33 13.70 568 546 39.6 29,526 28,371 2,060 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.33 13.40 533 536 40.0 27,730 27,872 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.33 13.40 533 536 40.0 27,730 27,872 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.76 14.61 620 573 39.4 31,321 29,355 1,988 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.92 14.66 613 558 38.5 28,720 27,682 1,804 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.93 14.53 611 558 38.4 28,349 25,693 1,780 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.18 30.88 1,058 1,161 38.9 55,040 60,349 2,025 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.17 $19.42 $20.83 $26.82 Management, professional, and related...... 32.09 30.65 32.21 33.61 Management, business, and financial...... 36.60 35.29 38.24 36.55 Professional and related................. 29.98 27.95 29.67 32.40 Service.................................... 10.71 11.20 9.68 12.05 Sales and office........................... 16.12 15.52 17.29 16.31 Sales and related........................ 15.43 15.23 15.96 – Office and administrative support........ 16.46 15.76 17.61 16.15 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 27.50 27.80 25.90 30.43 Construction and extraction............. 29.61 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 24.65 21.96 26.54 30.31 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 18.74 14.18 17.85 29.88 Production............................... 19.52 14.40 17.81 27.26 Transportation and material moving....... 17.78 14.04 17.92 38.78 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.1 4.7 8.5 3.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.6 9.3 7.9 2.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.4 13.8 8.7 6.1 Professional and related.......................................... 1.8 8.8 9.2 3.8 Service............................................................. 6.3 11.3 4.2 5.0 Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 4.5 3.7 5.4 Sales and related................................................. 7.3 8.8 10.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 4.2 5.0 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.1 5.2 7.8 6.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.8 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.7 7.1 7.1 7.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.4 6.0 6.4 2.4 Production........................................................ .7 4.9 4.0 1.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 9.2 15.3 13.1 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $21.11 $18.00 $836 $711 39.6 $43,283 $36,400 2,050 Management occupations.............................................. 37.27 33.15 1,525 1,326 40.9 79,314 68,958 2,128 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.13 31.58 1,427 1,390 41.8 74,198 72,280 2,174 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.22 36.06 1,577 1,442 40.2 82,009 75,001 2,091 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.18 31.25 1,352 1,248 42.0 70,306 64,896 2,185 Engineers......................................................... 34.17 32.45 1,468 1,298 42.9 76,318 67,496 2,233 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.51 28.62 1,100 1,145 40.0 57,217 59,530 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.15 20.72 702 737 36.6 34,969 33,353 1,826 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.86 23.00 696 625 31.8 36,168 32,500 1,655 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.71 9.75 416 360 38.8 21,607 18,720 2,017 Cooks............................................................. 9.91 9.32 385 350 38.9 20,033 18,176 2,020 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.45 8.05 309 288 36.6 16,074 14,976 1,901 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.60 8.05 310 280 36.1 16,125 14,560 1,876 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.21 16.25 779 650 40.6 40,532 33,800 2,110 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.69 17.73 670 709 40.1 34,821 36,887 2,086 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.61 23.63 1,454 945 44.6 75,582 49,150 2,317 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.61 23.63 1,454 945 44.6 75,582 49,150 2,317 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.10 15.50 626 620 38.9 32,568 32,240 2,023 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.55 12.88 531 508 39.2 27,604 26,399 2,037 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.04 16.50 642 660 40.0 33,369 34,320 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.19 10.93 431 435 38.5 22,406 22,620 2,002 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.89 16.00 605 615 38.1 31,446 32,001 1,979 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.78 14.49 631 580 40.0 32,815 30,143 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.83 23.74 802 865 38.5 41,720 44,954 2,003 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.77 23.74 851 949 39.1 44,228 49,373 2,032 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.36 15.50 592 620 38.5 30,785 32,240 2,004 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.86 23.31 875 932 40.0 45,479 48,485 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.51 13.25 579 530 39.9 30,097 27,560 2,074 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.95 13.75 633 600 42.4 32,568 30,680 2,178 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.37 15.25 732 700 44.7 37,286 35,838 2,278 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.87 15.75 779 780 46.2 39,434 39,000 2,337 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.14 11.09 470 400 38.7 24,438 20,800 2,013 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.69 11.95 468 478 40.0 24,312 24,856 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.56 $21.28 $930 $846 39.5 $48,255 $44,000 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 45.10 46.43 1,804 1,857 40.0 93,791 96,579 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 41.37 40.68 1,655 1,627 40.0 86,043 84,612 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.17 26.92 1,246 1,077 40.0 64,706 55,806 2,076 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.55 28.13 1,134 1,125 39.7 58,405 58,500 2,046 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.01 34.14 1,440 1,365 40.0 74,869 71,001 2,079 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.95 31.06 1,356 1,242 39.9 70,494 64,599 2,077 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.42 33.02 1,377 1,321 40.0 71,602 68,677 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 36.82 33.02 1,473 1,321 40.0 76,595 68,677 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.45 28.27 1,218 1,131 40.0 63,331 58,800 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.09 35.42 1,452 1,346 36.2 62,248 55,180 1,553 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.61 50.70 1,697 1,844 34.9 71,016 71,905 1,461 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.34 22.73 1,029 875 39.1 53,519 45,490 2,032 Registered nurses................................................. 27.18 26.27 1,037 989 38.1 53,920 51,426 1,984 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.26 9.74 397 365 38.7 20,636 18,993 2,012 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.26 9.74 395 365 38.5 20,559 18,993 2,004 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.19 9.50 392 360 38.5 20,394 18,720 2,002 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.68 8.50 289 315 37.7 15,036 16,380 1,958 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.63 10.32 428 411 40.2 22,252 21,362 2,093 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.64 9.84 421 393 39.6 21,912 20,426 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.47 10.55 456 419 39.8 23,720 21,798 2,068 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.03 8.60 355 344 39.2 18,438 17,888 2,041 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.22 7.90 436 308 30.7 22,690 16,016 1,595 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.07 18.85 754 737 39.5 39,209 38,316 2,056 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.39 16.95 692 673 39.8 35,976 34,975 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.49 16.95 644 639 39.0 33,462 33,248 2,029 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.17 17.31 619 678 38.2 32,168 35,256 1,989 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.24 16.25 690 650 40.0 35,864 33,800 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.89 16.82 713 673 39.9 37,090 34,975 2,073 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.28 20.58 811 823 40.0 42,191 42,800 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.43 14.50 574 577 39.8 29,837 29,994 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.30 16.34 688 654 39.8 35,773 33,987 2,068 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.23 14.50 648 580 39.9 33,685 30,160 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.83 31.27 1,073 1,251 40.0 55,813 65,042 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.36 28.43 1,095 1,137 40.0 56,919 59,143 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 28.11 30.43 1,124 1,217 40.0 58,461 63,286 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.63 18.91 865 756 40.0 44,981 39,333 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 23.01 29.10 920 1,164 40.0 47,853 60,528 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.52 21.70 939 886 38.3 48,809 46,093 1,991 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.05 10.14 602 406 40.0 31,300 21,097 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.60 10.14 584 406 40.0 30,375 21,097 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 23.07 22.16 923 886 40.0 47,983 46,093 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 22.89 22.16 916 886 40.0 47,607 46,093 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... $25.50 $25.37 $26.13 $20.27 $20.12 $22.01 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.04 30.78 29.62 31.78 32.15 28.58 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 36.51 37.13 26.67 Professional and related.......................................... 29.74 – 29.62 29.85 29.97 28.96 Service............................................................. 17.15 12.53 21.54 11.54 10.57 17.83 Sales and office.................................................... 20.95 20.96 – 15.50 15.54 14.57 Sales and related................................................. 18.54 18.54 – 15.17 15.17 – Office and administrative support................................. 21.64 21.72 – 15.66 15.73 14.57 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29.74 29.82 – 21.88 21.84 – Construction and extraction...................................... 31.57 – – 20.61 20.42 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.03 26.03 – 22.80 22.73 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 23.34 23.29 – 15.16 15.05 – Production........................................................ 22.82 22.82 – 16.40 16.40 – Transportation and material moving................................ 24.08 24.00 – 13.89 13.62 – 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........................................................... 5.0 6.0 4.6 3.5 3.8 5.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.2 4.1 2.4 2.5 2.6 10.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.7 6.9 6.9 Professional and related.......................................... 2.4 – 2.4 2.1 1.8 12.6 Service............................................................. 10.9 12.7 3.9 6.5 7.2 11.4 Sales and office.................................................... 6.7 7.2 – 3.4 3.6 3.0 Sales and related................................................. 20.4 20.4 – 8.2 8.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.3 5.9 – 3.1 3.3 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 4.8 – 11.9 12.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.2 – – 25.3 30.1 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.9 2.9 – 8.1 8.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.3 6.4 – 6.5 6.8 – Production........................................................ 3.5 3.5 – 7.3 7.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.7 12.2 – 10.8 11.7 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.46 $21.22 $20.49 $20.49 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.57 32.06 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 36.30 36.91 – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.84 29.98 – – Service............................................................. 11.75 9.94 16.52 16.52 Sales and office.................................................... 15.61 15.60 20.44 20.44 Sales and related................................................. 12.83 12.83 28.46 28.46 Office and administrative support................................. 16.76 16.84 11.78 11.78 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.37 27.48 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 29.61 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.40 24.39 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.00 18.91 16.20 16.20 Production........................................................ 19.53 19.53 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.28 18.03 16.14 16.14 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 3.4 10.2 10.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.3 2.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.6 6.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 1.9 1.8 – – Service............................................................. 6.6 5.1 15.1 15.1 Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 2.6 20.6 20.6 Sales and related................................................. 5.8 5.8 18.4 18.4 Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.1 3.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.0 5.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 3.6 6.4 6.4 Production........................................................ .7 .7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 7.9 6.7 6.7 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 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........................................................... – $24.66 $18.78 $24.60 – – $21.32 $10.01 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 37.90 40.07 25.19 – – 26.11 23.21 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 45.23 – – – – 26.79 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 33.91 38.29 23.35 – – 25.99 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 11.86 9.07 – Sales and office.................................................... – 17.82 14.63 23.06 – – 16.04 11.95 – Sales and related................................................. – – 14.26 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.51 15.55 22.31 – – 15.43 11.86 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 31.64 23.54 – – – 25.01 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 32.04 23.46 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 19.82 19.73 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 19.70 18.22 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 21.36 19.91 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 2.2 4.1 7.8 – – 5.2 11.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.9 17.6 18.7 – – 4.3 11.3 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 4.0 – – – – 14.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 1.9 14.5 28.4 – – 3.2 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 13.5 10.8 – Sales and office.................................................... – 2.4 7.4 6.2 – – 4.9 12.8 – Sales and related................................................. – – 9.9 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 1.3 6.9 2.8 – – 7.0 12.5 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 10.3 7.1 – – – 6.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 12.9 7.3 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 1.3 9.1 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – .1 5.6 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 15.7 10.5 – – – – – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,280,600 1,140,300 140,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 364,100 296,100 68,100 Management, business, and financial............................... 90,300 85,600 4,700 Professional and related.......................................... 273,800 210,500 63,300 Service............................................................. 278,000 233,700 44,300 Sales and office.................................................... 359,300 341,400 17,900 Sales and related................................................. 128,400 128,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 230,900 213,000 17,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 125,600 118,300 7,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 74,600 67,800 6,700 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 51,000 50,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 153,600 150,900 – Production........................................................ 75,800 75,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 77,800 75,100 – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, July 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 55,851 53,618 2,233 Total in sample....................................................... 359 324 35 Responding........................................................ 242 213 29 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 84 78 6 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 33 33 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.