Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD National Compensation Survey (NCS) Bulletin
NC BL 10/00/2008 Table: Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Bulletin, January 2008
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.36 1.6 34.7 $21.75 1.8 34.6 $27.57 1.9 35.5
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 35.82 2.1 36.0 35.68 2.5 36.4 36.66 1.4 33.8
Management, business, and financial............................... 38.86 3.6 39.2 38.99 3.8 39.5 36.73 2.2 34.2
Professional and related.......................................... 34.55 2.3 34.8 34.08 2.9 35.0 36.64 1.8 33.8
Service............................................................. 13.11 2.7 29.5 11.22 2.8 28.3 22.43 5.1 36.9
Sales and office.................................................... 16.98 2.2 33.7 16.81 2.4 33.5 19.30 3.2 36.6
Sales and related................................................. 17.40 6.1 30.4 17.39 6.1 30.3 – – –
Office and administrative support................................. 16.76 2.1 35.9 16.46 2.3 35.8 19.32 3.3 36.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.82 2.1 38.9 20.76 2.3 39.1 21.61 3.0 36.9
Construction and extraction...................................... 19.38 8.4 38.4 19.46 9.0 38.7 18.36 2.1 34.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.10 3.7 39.4 21.88 4.0 39.4 25.49 3.1 39.5
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.25 2.7 38.9 16.11 2.7 38.9 19.28 5.4 37.0
Production........................................................ 15.72 4.9 38.9 15.65 5.0 38.9 18.69 15.7 40.0
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.61 4.3 38.8 16.44 4.5 39.0 19.42 4.0 36.3
Full time........................................................... 23.69 1.5 39.4 23.11 1.8 39.7 28.10 1.8 37.6
Part time........................................................... 12.92 5.9 18.8 12.85 6.1 18.9 14.76 8.9 15.1
Union............................................................... 25.08 3.6 36.3 22.75 6.6 36.4 28.05 2.8 36.1
Nonunion............................................................ 21.81 1.8 34.4 21.63 1.9 34.4 26.41 4.8 34.1
Time................................................................ 22.61 1.9 34.4 21.98 2.2 34.3 27.57 1.9 35.5
Incentive........................................................... 19.17 10.0 39.3 19.17 10.0 39.3 – – –
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.86 3.8 39.3 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.72 2.0 33.8 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 18.77 2.7 33.3 18.74 2.7 33.4 20.45 13.5 32.2
100-499 workers..................................................... 20.34 3.6 35.6 19.64 4.0 35.5 30.37 4.7 36.6
500 workers or more................................................. 29.30 3.0 36.2 29.83 3.9 36.4 27.81 2.3 35.7
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are
those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those
whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.36 1.6 $23.69 1.5 $12.92 5.9
Management occupations.............................................. 45.85 4.0 45.85 4.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.96 4.4 31.96 4.4 – –
Level 10.................................................. 38.96 5.1 38.96 5.1 – –
Level 11.................................................. 44.32 6.0 44.32 6.0 – –
Level 12.................................................. 63.49 10.8 63.49 10.8 – –
Level 13.................................................. 74.44 11.2 74.44 11.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.59 7.5 53.59 7.5 – –
General and operations managers................................... 38.03 21.9 38.03 21.9 – –
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.65 10.1 48.65 10.1 – –
Sales managers.................................................. 42.32 9.5 42.32 9.5 – –
Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.03 8.0 62.03 8.0 – –
Financial managers................................................ 53.70 9.2 53.70 9.2 – –
Level 12.................................................. 68.82 16.6 68.82 16.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.43 7.2 58.43 7.2 – –
Human resources managers.......................................... 40.60 10.1 40.60 10.1 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 33.93 8.6 33.93 8.6 – –
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.58 16.7 40.58 16.7 – –
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 30.23 7.1 30.23 7.1 – –
Social and community service managers............................. 30.57 14.0 30.57 14.0 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.80 4.1 32.80 4.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.12 14.4 21.12 14.4 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.17 4.6 25.19 4.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 27.08 6.1 27.08 6.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.30 3.1 31.57 2.6 – –
Level 10.................................................. 37.75 6.9 37.75 6.9 – –
Level 11.................................................. 51.80 11.8 51.80 11.8 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.52 5.9 31.13 7.0 – –
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.95 6.9 31.95 6.9 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 19.8 36.76 19.8 – –
Management analysts............................................... 37.23 12.9 37.23 12.9 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.80 10.2 31.41 10.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 27.50 8.5 27.50 8.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 4.9 28.89 4.3 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.05 7.8 – – – –
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.12 9.0 29.12 9.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 14.6 27.85 14.6 – –
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 7.7 33.10 7.7 – –
Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.49 13.8 24.49 13.8 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.08 3.8 36.67 2.8 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 27.47 9.9 – – – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.26 4.4 24.26 4.4 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 24.94 15.5 27.57 11.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 3.7 38.22 3.7 – –
Level 10.................................................. 40.78 10.4 40.78 10.4 – –
Level 11.................................................. 41.80 5.7 41.80 5.7 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.18 5.5 38.18 5.5 – –
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.24 7.8 42.24 7.8 – –
Level 11.................................................. 43.64 9.1 43.64 9.1 – –
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 11.9 37.78 11.9 – –
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.43 7.4 46.43 7.4 – –
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.15 4.8 25.15 4.8 – –
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.93 7.1 40.93 7.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 4.8 37.00 4.8 – –
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.32 6.6 37.32 6.6 – –
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 41.10 8.6 41.10 8.6 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.00 11.9 36.00 11.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.05 7.9 23.05 7.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 29.26 2.7 29.26 2.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.64 16.5 33.64 16.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 30.53 9.6 30.53 9.6 – –
Engineers......................................................... 41.36 12.0 41.36 12.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.53 4.0 34.53 4.0 – –
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.80 19.3 41.80 19.3 – –
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.39 7.0 36.39 7.0 – –
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.05 5.5 28.05 5.5 – –
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.00 8.6 34.01 8.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.46 13.0 19.40 13.3 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.53 8.5 31.53 8.5 – –
Life scientists................................................... 42.67 7.9 42.69 7.9 – –
Biological scientists........................................... 37.92 8.7 37.92 8.7 – –
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.07 22.3 44.12 22.5 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.35 12.6 21.86 11.7 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 12.93 15.0 15.73 9.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 17.42 7.9 17.42 7.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 25.80 10.8 29.20 6.8 – –
Counselors........................................................ 21.97 15.8 22.64 16.7 – –
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 27.15 22.2 31.09 20.7 – –
Social workers.................................................... 20.21 12.2 19.28 9.8 – –
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ – – 23.37 22.7 – –
Legal occupations................................................... 44.05 21.8 45.29 21.8 – –
Level 11.................................................. 43.11 7.2 – – – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.38 8.9 40.10 10.5 – –
Lawyers........................................................... 57.40 21.4 59.28 20.9 – –
Level 11.................................................. 43.11 7.2 – – – –
Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 20.27 5.5 – – – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.45 1.4 35.24 1.5 16.38 8.8
Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 11.4 13.03 9.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.95 13.2 15.53 12.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 13.05 13.3 – – – –
Level 7 .................................................. 16.08 14.9 16.01 15.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 37.45 6.1 37.51 6.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 44.31 5.8 44.31 5.8 – –
Level 11.................................................. 41.79 4.6 41.81 4.7 – –
Level 13.................................................. 76.07 5.0 76.07 5.0 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.34 6.2 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.59 5.2 42.62 5.4 40.80 11.2
Level 11.................................................. 42.51 4.9 42.54 5.0 – –
Level 13.................................................. 76.07 5.0 76.07 5.0 – –
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 43.13 11.1 43.15 11.7 – –
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.58 8.5 36.38 9.2 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.44 3.3 36.66 3.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 38.20 7.0 38.27 7.1 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 44.72 6.4 44.72 6.4 – –
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.30 11.9 20.30 11.9 – –
Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.21 9.5 14.21 9.5 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.78 5.3 38.21 4.9 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 36.86 11.6 36.93 11.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.39 4.7 45.39 4.7 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.34 5.2 36.84 4.8 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 35.50 13.7 35.57 13.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.05 3.8 45.05 3.8 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.77 2.9 42.87 2.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 40.89 2.7 40.89 2.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 46.62 7.1 46.62 7.1 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.80 7.3 42.91 7.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 38.54 14.1 38.62 14.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 47.53 6.7 47.53 6.7 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.80 7.3 42.91 7.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 38.54 14.1 38.62 14.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 47.53 6.7 47.53 6.7 – –
Special education teachers...................................... 40.80 6.5 40.80 6.5 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 43.36 2.9 43.36 2.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.79 16.8 37.79 16.8 – –
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 43.80 4.8 43.80 4.8 – –
Librarians........................................................ 32.08 13.3 32.08 13.3 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.04 4.5 13.70 5.9 10.68 6.5
Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 11.4 13.03 9.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.95 13.2 15.53 12.6 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.85 24.9 36.62 25.1 15.30 28.0
Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.71 43.1 58.03 43.5 – –
Designers......................................................... 19.41 6.5 21.47 12.1 – –
Graphic designers............................................... 23.10 9.8 23.10 9.8 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.21 2.8 35.78 3.5 32.31 6.6
Level 5 .................................................. 17.48 11.9 17.83 10.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.63 6.8 21.33 5.2 22.13 12.3
Level 7 .................................................. 27.72 5.4 27.68 5.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.48 2.2 32.56 2.5 36.68 3.6
Level 9 .................................................. 31.76 3.6 31.36 4.0 33.49 2.7
Level 10.................................................. 42.32 7.7 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 38.03 7.6 37.16 9.5 – –
Level 13.................................................. 84.21 1.5 84.21 1.5 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.28 14.3 35.73 12.7 – –
Pharmacists....................................................... 35.43 37.6 45.04 15.6 – –
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.29 8.7 67.31 8.7 – –
Level 13.................................................. 84.21 1.5 84.21 1.5 – –
Registered nurses................................................. 34.06 2.9 33.43 3.4 36.60 2.3
Level 7 .................................................. 30.67 4.4 – – – –
Level 8 .................................................. 34.33 1.9 33.52 1.8 36.73 3.7
Level 9 .................................................. 31.89 4.2 31.64 4.5 32.83 5.1
Level 10.................................................. 42.70 7.6 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 30.44 7.2 – – – –
Therapists........................................................ 27.65 7.7 27.97 7.5 – –
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.37 5.4 20.29 5.9 – –
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.92 17.7 – – – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.31 2.6 22.27 3.0 25.52 4.9
Level 6 .................................................. 23.68 2.7 22.83 2.1 – –
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 2.3 12.76 2.3 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.70 2.7 13.00 3.2 11.79 4.5
Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 4.5 9.77 2.6 10.81 7.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 3.4 11.49 2.7 11.06 7.7
Level 4 .................................................. 14.40 2.7 14.38 3.8 14.48 5.1
Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 10.5 19.30 9.5 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.00 3.0 12.14 3.4 11.33 2.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 1.0 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.61 2.1 11.62 2.1 11.59 6.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 7.5 – – – –
Home health aides............................................... 10.25 3.5 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.22 3.2 12.17 3.5 12.49 2.8
Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 2.0 12.19 1.8 12.89 3.8
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.82 6.1 14.86 6.1 12.07 8.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 9.1 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.46 13.7 – – 10.36 12.3
Level 4 .................................................. 15.20 4.5 15.41 6.4 14.80 5.8
Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 13.0 19.71 11.8 – –
Dental assistants............................................... 18.36 5.3 19.28 4.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.60 2.7 – – – –
Medical assistants.............................................. 13.61 7.5 – – – –
Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.58 1.0 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 21.22 9.1 22.44 8.0 10.22 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 10.59 5.1 – – 11.05 5.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.21 4.9 10.35 6.6 9.86 1.2
Level 3 .................................................. 12.11 7.1 12.55 6.7 9.90 4.1
Level 5 .................................................. 19.94 7.0 20.11 6.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.93 4.9 25.93 4.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 4.3 26.31 4.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.01 6.6 33.01 6.6 – –
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.42 4.9 25.42 4.9 – –
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.42 4.9 25.42 4.9 – –
Police officers................................................... 26.76 2.6 26.93 2.7 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.3 26.91 3.3 – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.76 2.6 26.93 2.7 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.3 26.91 3.3 – –
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.47 8.8 11.85 9.8 9.93 1.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.6 10.35 6.6 10.00 1.0
Level 3 .................................................. 12.22 7.4 12.55 6.7 – –
Security guards................................................. 11.47 8.8 11.85 9.8 9.93 1.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 5.6 10.35 6.6 10.00 1.0
Level 3 .................................................. 12.22 7.4 12.55 6.7 – –
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.60 4.1 – – 10.60 4.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.28 4.5 11.22 4.9 7.04 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.66 4.1 8.63 18.1 7.37 2.2
Level 2 .................................................. 7.83 16.2 8.37 15.9 7.15 13.9
Level 3 .................................................. 8.07 11.6 10.57 12.4 5.99 24.0
Level 4 .................................................. 13.65 5.8 14.20 5.4 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 13.82 11.9 13.82 11.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.30 18.7 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 19.80 6.3 19.88 6.1 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 18.94 4.0 19.02 4.1 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.66 4.0 11.74 3.1 8.41 4.8
Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 3.8 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.80 6.5 13.11 4.9 – –
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.31 9.4 12.72 9.3 – –
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.25 2.6 11.46 5.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 11.24 .7 – – – –
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.87 6.4 10.36 11.8 9.15 7.8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.41 5.3 – – 8.60 8.3
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.52 6.5 6.36 21.7 4.92 11.1
Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 13.3 7.35 28.7 7.00 10.1
Level 2 .................................................. 4.52 26.0 5.13 26.6 3.81 20.5
Level 3 .................................................. 5.07 12.5 – – 3.86 33.2
Bartenders...................................................... 6.86 10.8 – – 5.98 15.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.74 4.4 5.24 23.8 4.37 12.0
Level 1 .................................................. 6.26 31.5 – – 7.43 17.8
Level 2 .................................................. 4.22 26.0 4.72 23.5 3.53 28.2
Level 3 .................................................. 4.29 10.2 – – 3.10 6.2
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.85 15.4 8.70 26.5 6.70 13.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.19 7.2 – – 6.33 14.8
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.95 5.0 11.85 12.2 7.88 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.1 – – 7.46 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 11.8 – – 8.26 4.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.65 13.7 11.93 14.6 – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.83 5.9 12.64 18.2 7.88 2.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.1 – – 7.46 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.75 4.9 – – 8.75 4.9
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.44 13.7 – – – –
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.17 7.0 – – – –
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.27 3.3 – – – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 5.4 – – – –
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 10.75 14.9 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.05 5.7 12.48 5.9 9.22 6.6
Level 1 .................................................. 11.11 2.6 11.29 2.8 8.97 3.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.32 5.2 11.16 5.6 8.46 5.3
Level 3 .................................................. 12.19 9.8 12.18 9.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.75 5.4 15.81 5.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.93 20.4 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.44 4.1 11.85 4.4 8.90 4.8
Level 1 .................................................. 11.13 2.6 11.29 2.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.28 5.4 11.17 5.9 8.46 5.3
Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 11.9 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.52 5.0 12.08 5.7 8.62 4.5
Level 1 .................................................. 11.28 3.0 11.51 2.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.01 6.3 11.29 6.1 8.06 3.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.16 12.1 – – – –
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.94 4.1 10.86 4.5 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 10.76 3.9 10.85 4.4 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 9.2 10.90 10.0 – –
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.41 7.7 – – – –
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.08 5.8 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.76 6.0 16.28 8.4 10.83 7.5
Level 1 .................................................. 8.80 4.9 – – 9.12 4.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.98 6.6 8.95 11.0 9.02 8.8
Level 3 .................................................. 10.07 8.2 9.87 9.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 22.76 11.0 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 9.6 15.20 9.6 – –
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 3.6 13.78 3.6 – –
Gaming services workers........................................... 6.91 .0 7.31 3.3 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 6.73 1.4 – – – –
Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.82 1.5 7.31 3.3 – –
Child care workers................................................ 9.77 7.1 9.85 9.9 9.52 7.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 8.6 – – – –
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.35 8.7 – – – –
Recreation workers.............................................. 13.50 9.2 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.40 6.1 20.42 6.4 8.87 4.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.75 4.0 – – 7.75 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.17 3.2 9.98 4.3 8.62 5.1
Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 4.9 13.99 8.9 9.19 2.3
Level 4 .................................................. 14.04 2.2 13.95 2.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 5.3 17.90 5.3 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.20 10.9 20.20 10.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 31.81 7.5 31.81 7.5 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 35.55 22.6 35.55 22.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.63 6.6 29.63 6.6 – –
Level 11.................................................. 51.91 8.6 51.91 8.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 15.84 18.0 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.43 16.3 20.43 16.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 2.6 15.71 2.6 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.00 1.3 16.00 1.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 2.6 15.71 2.6 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.94 2.6 14.08 2.4 8.53 2.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.75 4.0 – – 7.75 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.15 3.3 9.98 4.3 8.57 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 4.9 13.99 8.9 9.19 2.3
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 1.6 14.01 1.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.43 2.0 18.43 2.0 – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.75 4.4 11.30 8.2 8.52 3.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 1.5 – – 8.19 .6
Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.3 10.00 5.0 8.53 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 13.07 9.5 14.49 10.4 9.49 1.0
Cashiers...................................................... 9.61 4.4 11.07 8.2 8.52 3.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 1.5 – – 8.19 .6
Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.3 10.00 5.0 8.53 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 10.7 14.68 12.0 9.49 1.0
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.86 5.8 16.65 1.0 – –
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 1.1 16.67 1.1 – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.68 2.0 14.66 3.3 8.55 1.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 .0 – – 8.95 6.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.89 7.8 13.98 11.8 9.12 2.9
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 2.4 14.03 2.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 7.4 17.47 7.4 – –
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 22.65 23.1 22.65 23.1 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.00 8.3 31.00 8.3 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.84 15.8 30.84 15.8 – –
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.17 33.3 27.91 34.0 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.76 2.1 17.06 1.9 13.90 7.4
Level 1 .................................................. 10.20 11.4 – – 9.10 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 2.4 12.61 2.7 11.36 6.4
Level 3 .................................................. 13.05 3.8 13.21 4.2 12.00 3.3
Level 4 .................................................. 16.15 2.3 16.22 2.5 14.84 2.5
Level 5 .................................................. 17.80 2.3 17.87 2.4 16.54 7.8
Level 6 .................................................. 21.33 3.2 21.39 2.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.10 4.2 23.76 5.0 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 30.14 6.6 30.14 6.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.26 5.4 18.10 8.2 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.62 2.4 24.62 2.4 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 22.79 5.5 22.79 5.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 23.85 5.9 23.85 5.9 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 30.14 6.6 30.14 6.6 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.06 4.7 16.07 4.7 15.89 9.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.84 3.0 11.84 3.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 5.0 15.71 5.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.29 4.7 17.23 4.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.59 4.9 21.11 4.1 – –
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.33 7.3 15.33 7.3 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.92 6.2 15.97 6.6 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 3.8 11.76 3.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.00 6.1 16.01 6.2 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.69 4.8 17.00 4.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.12 3.4 19.70 1.9 – –
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.30 12.7 – – – –
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 15.22 8.5 15.22 8.5 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 4.7 15.95 5.5 12.50 8.9
Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 8.4 15.09 8.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.63 9.9 15.63 9.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.35 5.9 19.57 7.3 – –
File clerks....................................................... 12.08 3.6 – – – –
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.42 2.0 15.70 2.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.83 .5 15.93 .5 – –
Order clerks...................................................... 13.76 14.3 – – – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.90 6.0 13.10 5.3 11.90 15.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.14 4.4 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.25 5.6 12.23 6.0 12.38 7.1
Dispatchers....................................................... 15.95 10.0 15.95 10.0 – –
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 2.9 14.16 3.2 – –
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.48 6.3 14.25 1.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.42 1.5 13.42 1.5 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.02 2.5 20.04 2.8 19.79 11.3
Level 4 .................................................. 16.69 3.4 16.99 3.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.76 3.1 20.32 3.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.65 5.6 23.65 5.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.93 4.5 23.64 8.0 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.49 8.4 19.91 9.8 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.05 3.4 22.27 4.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.49 6.3 20.58 6.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 24.21 4.7 24.21 4.7 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.08 6.9 22.08 6.9 – –
Legal secretaries............................................... 25.61 2.4 25.61 2.4 – –
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.68 5.2 – – – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.66 2.3 16.78 2.6 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 17.38 4.2 17.38 4.2 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.20 6.5 18.20 6.5 – –
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.50 5.3 15.03 5.2 – –
Data entry keyers............................................... 12.39 5.0 12.44 5.6 – –
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.22 2.1 17.14 2.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 3.7 15.98 3.7 – –
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.55 1.2 12.50 1.7 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.45 7.5 15.61 7.8 13.19 9.9
Level 2 .................................................. 12.56 4.8 12.67 5.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.72 12.8 12.90 12.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 10.3 16.15 11.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.88 5.3 18.87 5.4 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.38 8.4 19.50 8.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.70 2.3 15.70 2.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.88 3.9 16.66 3.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.86 3.1 19.28 2.7 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.52 22.6 21.82 23.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.00 6.4 24.00 6.4 – –
Carpenters........................................................ 22.29 6.0 22.41 6.3 – –
Construction and building inspectors.............................. 19.31 10.1 – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.10 3.7 22.19 3.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.69 2.3 15.69 2.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.49 2.7 19.57 2.8 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.06 5.3 23.08 5.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.33 6.1 27.33 6.1 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 36.30 7.1 36.30 7.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.13 20.6 24.13 20.6 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 35.50 6.6 35.50 6.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 36.21 8.4 36.21 8.4 – –
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 21.47 13.9 21.47 13.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 34.46 3.9 34.46 3.9 – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.61 4.2 18.61 4.2 – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.05 3.9 18.05 3.9 – –
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.91 2.9 22.94 2.9 – –
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 24.41 14.1 24.41 14.1 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.15 5.0 20.27 5.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 5.4 15.32 5.4 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 4.8 19.55 5.1 – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.08 4.6 20.35 5.0 – –
Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.27 4.3 31.27 4.3 – –
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.70 1.0 33.70 1.0 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.30 8.1 16.42 8.3 – –
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 16.84 4.5 17.04 5.0 – –
Production occupations.............................................. 15.72 4.9 15.92 4.7 10.45 12.5
Level 1 .................................................. 8.59 5.9 8.59 5.9 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 2.7 11.51 2.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.08 5.7 13.82 4.4 9.64 9.0
Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 9.4 15.87 9.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.50 5.1 19.50 5.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.90 1.4 20.91 1.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.97 1.5 22.97 1.5 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.52 10.7 16.52 10.7 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.13 6.4 22.13 6.4 – –
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.94 14.6 17.94 14.6 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.80 20.2 12.80 20.2 – –
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.21 8.8 16.21 8.8 – –
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.25 13.7 16.25 13.7 – –
Painting workers.................................................. 16.46 2.8 16.46 2.8 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.70 5.3 14.70 5.4 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.61 4.3 17.15 5.1 12.04 8.8
Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 3.4 9.74 5.2 9.01 6.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.83 4.5 11.83 4.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.12 5.7 16.64 5.6 13.91 10.1
Level 4 .................................................. 19.74 5.5 19.95 5.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 20.16 4.0 20.27 3.8 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.91 3.8 23.90 3.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.47 21.8 15.09 20.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 18.82 9.1 – – – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 17.74 6.8 19.39 5.5 16.03 3.2
Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.66 3.9 17.78 2.8 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.99 4.9 19.40 4.6 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.53 11.3 17.34 9.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 20.15 6.8 20.15 6.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.62 4.0 19.62 4.0 – –
Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.16 9.9 15.58 9.9 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.93 4.9 20.32 4.6 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 20.38 7.3 20.38 7.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.13 4.1 19.13 4.1 – –
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.00 9.7 19.36 8.9 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.31 9.8 17.31 9.8 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.71 4.6 12.18 5.0 10.12 2.9
Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 4.0 9.11 9.2 9.25 7.4
Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 4.9 12.43 5.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.63 4.4 14.08 4.2 – –
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.91 8.7 11.09 12.6 – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.47 10.0 13.44 10.6 10.28 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.20 7.2 – – 9.11 9.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.68 6.5 – – – –
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.00 8.0 11.22 8.0 – –
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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),
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $21.75 1.8 $23.11 1.8 $12.85 6.1
Management occupations.............................................. 46.13 4.3 46.13 4.3 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 32.14 4.5 32.14 4.5 – –
Level 10.................................................. 38.74 5.7 38.74 5.7 – –
Level 11.................................................. 43.53 6.6 43.53 6.6 – –
Level 12.................................................. 64.26 11.2 64.26 11.2 – –
Level 13.................................................. 74.44 11.2 74.44 11.2 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 54.73 7.5 54.73 7.5 – –
General and operations managers................................... 38.03 21.9 38.03 21.9 – –
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.65 10.1 48.65 10.1 – –
Sales managers.................................................. 42.32 9.5 42.32 9.5 – –
Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.43 8.3 62.43 8.3 – –
Financial managers................................................ 54.05 9.3 54.05 9.3 – –
Level 12.................................................. 68.82 16.6 68.82 16.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.43 7.2 58.43 7.2 – –
Human resources managers.......................................... 40.60 10.1 40.60 10.1 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 26.43 8.9 26.43 8.9 – –
Social and community service managers............................. 30.53 15.2 30.53 15.2 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.93 4.3 32.89 4.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.16 4.7 25.18 4.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 27.32 6.6 27.32 6.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 30.83 3.4 31.11 2.8 – –
Level 10.................................................. 38.81 7.1 38.81 7.1 – –
Level 11.................................................. 51.80 11.8 51.80 11.8 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.66 5.9 31.12 7.2 – –
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.95 6.9 31.95 6.9 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 19.8 36.76 19.8 – –
Management analysts............................................... 37.23 12.9 37.23 12.9 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.19 10.6 31.83 11.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 4.9 28.89 4.3 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.05 7.8 – – – –
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.12 9.0 29.12 9.0 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 14.6 27.85 14.6 – –
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 7.7 33.10 7.7 – –
Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.49 13.8 24.49 13.8 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.93 4.0 36.55 2.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.26 4.4 24.26 4.4 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 24.94 15.5 27.57 11.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 38.80 3.5 38.80 3.5 – –
Level 10.................................................. 40.78 10.4 40.78 10.4 – –
Level 11.................................................. 41.80 5.7 41.80 5.7 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.18 5.5 38.18 5.5 – –
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.24 7.8 42.24 7.8 – –
Level 11.................................................. 43.64 9.1 43.64 9.1 – –
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 11.9 37.78 11.9 – –
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.43 7.4 46.43 7.4 – –
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.33 4.9 25.33 4.9 – –
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 7.0 39.01 7.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 4.8 37.00 4.8 – –
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 38.05 6.8 38.05 6.8 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.00 11.9 36.00 11.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.05 7.9 23.05 7.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 29.26 2.7 29.26 2.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.64 16.5 33.64 16.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 30.53 9.6 30.53 9.6 – –
Engineers......................................................... 41.36 12.0 41.36 12.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.53 4.0 34.53 4.0 – –
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.80 19.3 41.80 19.3 – –
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.39 7.0 36.39 7.0 – –
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.05 5.5 28.05 5.5 – –
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.44 8.6 34.45 8.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.38 14.0 – – – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.83 8.6 31.83 8.6 – –
Life scientists................................................... 42.67 7.9 42.69 7.9 – –
Biological scientists........................................... 37.92 8.7 37.92 8.7 – –
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.07 22.3 44.12 22.5 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.19 9.8 17.01 6.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. – – 15.04 8.7 – –
Counselors........................................................ 16.45 8.0 16.52 9.1 – –
Social workers.................................................... 20.36 21.0 – – – –
Legal occupations................................................... 46.04 28.8 48.11 29.0 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.48 9.3 – – – –
Lawyers........................................................... 62.10 27.1 65.77 25.5 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.90 5.0 27.61 5.5 12.54 14.3
Level 7 .................................................. 15.57 16.2 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 42.50 5.4 42.43 5.6 – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.11 6.2 44.09 6.6 45.75 18.6
Level 11.................................................. 42.76 6.0 42.69 6.1 – –
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.06 9.4 – – – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.53 11.1 18.71 11.9 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.75 8.9 – – – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.84 25.0 36.62 25.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.81 43.2 58.03 43.5 – –
Designers......................................................... 19.41 6.5 21.47 12.1 – –
Graphic designers............................................... 23.10 9.8 23.10 9.8 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.44 2.8 36.07 3.6 32.31 6.6
Level 5 .................................................. 17.48 11.9 17.83 10.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.65 7.4 21.33 6.0 22.13 12.3
Level 7 .................................................. 27.92 5.8 27.89 6.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.48 2.2 32.56 2.5 36.68 3.6
Level 9 .................................................. 31.73 3.7 31.30 4.1 33.49 2.7
Level 10.................................................. 42.32 7.7 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 38.03 7.6 37.16 9.5 – –
Level 13.................................................. 84.21 1.5 84.21 1.5 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.28 14.3 35.73 12.7 – –
Pharmacists....................................................... 35.43 37.6 45.04 15.6 – –
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.29 8.7 67.31 8.7 – –
Level 13.................................................. 84.21 1.5 84.21 1.5 – –
Registered nurses................................................. 34.08 2.9 33.45 3.4 36.60 2.3
Level 8 .................................................. 34.33 1.9 33.52 1.8 36.73 3.7
Level 9 .................................................. 31.96 4.2 31.73 4.6 32.83 5.1
Level 10.................................................. 42.70 7.6 – – – –
Level 11.................................................. 30.44 7.2 – – – –
Therapists........................................................ 26.91 8.3 27.16 7.7 – –
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.37 5.4 20.29 5.9 – –
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.92 17.7 – – – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.42 2.7 22.33 3.2 25.52 4.9
Level 6 .................................................. 23.85 2.8 22.98 2.0 – –
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 2.3 12.76 2.3 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.46 2.7 12.70 3.5 11.79 4.5
Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 4.5 9.77 2.6 10.81 7.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.22 3.3 11.27 2.5 11.06 7.7
Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 2.7 14.60 3.9 14.48 5.1
Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 13.0 19.71 11.8 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.50 1.9 11.54 2.3 11.33 2.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 1.0 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 1.7 11.37 1.7 11.59 6.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.35 8.8 – – – –
Home health aides............................................... 10.25 3.5 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.14 3.2 12.08 3.5 12.49 2.8
Level 3 .................................................. 12.19 1.8 12.05 1.3 12.89 3.8
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.82 6.1 14.86 6.1 12.07 8.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 9.1 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 10.46 13.7 – – 10.36 12.3
Level 4 .................................................. 15.20 4.5 15.41 6.4 14.80 5.8
Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 13.0 19.71 11.8 – –
Dental assistants............................................... 18.36 5.3 19.28 4.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.60 2.7 – – – –
Medical assistants.............................................. 13.61 7.5 – – – –
Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.58 1.0 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 9.1 12.55 10.3 9.86 1.5
Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 5.2 – – 9.86 1.2
Level 3 .................................................. 11.68 7.9 12.08 7.7 – –
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.92 6.7 11.19 7.7 9.93 1.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.28 5.9 – – 10.00 1.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 8.2 12.08 7.7 – –
Security guards................................................. 10.92 6.7 11.19 7.7 9.93 1.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.28 5.9 – – 10.00 1.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 8.2 12.08 7.7 – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.95 4.2 10.73 4.7 7.00 2.1
Level 1 .................................................. 7.66 4.1 8.63 18.1 7.37 2.2
Level 2 .................................................. 7.62 16.8 8.03 17.5 7.12 14.0
Level 3 .................................................. 7.92 12.0 10.39 12.6 5.88 24.6
Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 5.1 13.39 4.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 20.25 8.9 20.38 8.6 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 19.07 6.1 19.20 6.1 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.45 3.4 11.47 2.5 8.41 4.8
Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 3.8 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.44 5.8 12.76 4.1 – –
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.57 10.1 11.95 10.2 – –
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.25 2.6 11.46 5.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 11.24 .7 – – – –
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.83 6.4 10.36 11.8 9.03 8.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.41 5.3 – – 8.60 8.3
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.31 5.9 5.98 22.8 4.83 11.8
Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 13.3 7.35 28.7 7.00 10.1
Level 2 .................................................. 4.29 23.1 4.72 23.5 3.81 20.5
Level 3 .................................................. 4.68 8.2 – – 3.82 33.3
Bartenders...................................................... 6.96 12.2 – – – –
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.73 4.3 5.24 23.8 4.35 12.0
Level 1 .................................................. 6.26 31.5 – – 7.43 17.8
Level 2 .................................................. 4.22 26.0 4.72 23.5 3.53 28.2
Level 3 .................................................. 4.25 10.8 – – 3.04 4.5
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.98 15.7 – – 6.33 14.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.19 7.2 – – 6.33 14.8
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.71 4.8 11.21 12.9 7.85 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.1 – – 7.46 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.21 4.1 – – 8.18 4.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.65 13.7 11.93 14.6 – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.82 6.0 12.64 18.2 7.85 2.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.1 – – 7.46 1.2
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.26 .5 – – – –
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.17 7.0 – – – –
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.27 3.3 – – – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 5.4 – – – –
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 10.75 14.9 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.45 6.4 11.86 6.7 9.19 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.00 2.6 11.15 2.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 4.9 10.70 5.8 8.44 5.3
Level 3 .................................................. 11.62 10.2 11.61 10.4 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.78 4.1 11.16 4.6 8.88 4.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.00 2.6 11.15 2.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 9.83 5.1 10.67 6.1 8.44 5.3
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.68 5.1 11.20 6.1 8.59 4.6
Level 1 .................................................. 11.04 3.2 11.28 2.9 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 9.33 5.6 10.53 6.5 8.03 3.9
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.94 4.1 10.86 4.5 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 10.76 3.9 10.85 4.4 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 9.2 10.90 10.0 – –
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.50 7.7 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.82 6.4 16.26 8.9 10.98 7.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.76 6.8 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 8.95 6.8 8.95 11.0 8.94 9.9
Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 8.5 9.49 10.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 22.76 11.0 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 9.6 15.20 9.6 – –
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 3.6 13.78 3.6 – –
Gaming services workers........................................... 6.91 .0 7.31 3.3 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 6.73 1.4 – – – –
Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.82 1.5 7.31 3.3 – –
Child care workers................................................ 9.66 7.4 9.72 9.6 – –
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.39 12.0 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.39 6.1 20.42 6.4 8.86 4.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.75 4.0 – – 7.75 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.17 3.2 9.98 4.3 8.62 5.1
Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.4 13.59 9.9 9.17 2.5
Level 4 .................................................. 14.04 2.2 13.95 2.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.92 5.3 17.92 5.3 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.20 10.9 20.20 10.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 31.81 7.5 31.81 7.5 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 35.55 22.6 35.55 22.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.63 6.6 29.63 6.6 – –
Level 11.................................................. 51.91 8.6 51.91 8.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 15.84 18.0 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.43 16.3 20.43 16.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 2.6 15.71 2.6 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.00 1.3 16.00 1.3 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 2.6 15.71 2.6 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.87 2.5 13.98 2.4 8.52 2.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.75 4.0 – – 7.75 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.15 3.3 9.98 4.3 8.57 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.4 13.59 9.9 9.17 2.5
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 1.6 14.01 1.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.46 2.0 18.46 2.0 – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.44 3.2 10.69 5.1 8.51 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 1.5 – – 8.19 .6
Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.3 10.00 5.0 8.53 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.71 4.6 12.79 7.2 9.42 .6
Cashiers...................................................... 9.29 3.1 10.41 3.9 8.51 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 1.5 – – 8.19 .6
Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 4.3 10.00 5.0 8.53 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.46 4.3 12.65 8.5 9.42 .6
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.86 5.8 16.65 1.0 – –
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 1.1 16.67 1.1 – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.68 2.0 14.66 3.3 8.55 1.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.39 .0 – – 8.95 6.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.89 7.8 13.98 11.8 9.12 2.9
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 2.4 14.03 2.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 7.4 17.47 7.4 – –
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 22.65 23.1 22.65 23.1 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.00 8.3 31.00 8.3 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.84 15.8 30.84 15.8 – –
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.17 33.3 27.91 34.0 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 2.3 16.77 2.1 13.79 7.7
Level 1 .................................................. 10.07 12.0 – – 9.10 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 12.34 2.5 12.58 2.9 11.36 6.4
Level 3 .................................................. 12.90 4.1 13.03 4.5 12.05 3.4
Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 2.6 15.92 2.8 14.81 2.4
Level 5 .................................................. 17.54 2.5 17.63 2.6 15.42 5.1
Level 6 .................................................. 20.91 3.4 20.95 3.2 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 23.84 4.5 23.46 5.5 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.98 5.6 17.75 8.9 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.27 2.7 24.27 2.7 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 23.63 6.5 23.63 6.5 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.84 4.9 15.90 5.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.84 3.0 11.84 3.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.59 5.4 15.59 5.4 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.84 4.9 16.92 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.58 5.1 21.13 4.3 – –
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.33 7.3 15.33 7.3 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.91 6.5 15.95 6.9 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 3.8 11.76 3.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 6.4 15.96 6.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 16.88 5.0 17.26 4.5 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.12 3.4 19.70 1.9 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 4.7 15.95 5.5 12.50 8.9
Level 4 .................................................. 15.12 8.4 15.09 8.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 15.63 9.9 15.63 9.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.35 5.9 19.57 7.3 – –
File clerks....................................................... 12.08 3.6 – – – –
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.42 2.0 15.70 2.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.83 .5 15.93 .5 – –
Order clerks...................................................... 13.76 14.3 – – – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.81 6.1 13.01 5.3 11.90 15.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.14 4.4 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.08 5.6 12.03 5.9 12.38 7.1
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 2.9 14.16 3.2 – –
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.48 6.3 14.25 1.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.42 1.5 13.42 1.5 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.92 3.1 19.93 3.5 19.79 11.3
Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 2.9 15.52 2.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 20.14 4.8 21.27 5.4 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.63 6.3 23.63 6.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.36 5.6 22.68 9.9 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.92 4.4 22.22 5.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 20.16 8.1 – – – –
Level 6 .................................................. 24.16 5.6 24.16 5.6 – –
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.15 2.0 26.15 2.0 – –
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.68 5.2 – – – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.75 2.2 15.90 2.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 2.9 15.72 2.9 – –
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.39 5.0 12.44 5.6 – –
Data entry keyers............................................... 12.39 5.0 12.44 5.6 – –
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 1.2 16.80 1.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.98 3.7 15.98 3.7 – –
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.55 1.2 12.50 1.7 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.44 8.2 15.60 8.5 13.37 10.3
Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 5.1 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.56 13.4 12.71 13.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.97 10.8 16.10 12.2 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.86 5.7 18.85 5.9 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.46 9.0 19.55 9.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.52 3.5 – – – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.86 3.2 19.31 2.9 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.82 23.6 21.82 23.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 24.00 6.4 24.00 6.4 – –
Carpenters........................................................ 22.29 6.0 22.41 6.3 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.88 4.0 21.97 4.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 2.5 15.52 2.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.39 2.9 19.47 3.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 22.94 5.8 22.97 5.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.36 6.3 27.36 6.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 37.70 8.7 37.70 8.7 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.18 23.4 24.18 23.4 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 37.01 7.9 37.01 7.9 – –
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 21.47 13.9 21.47 13.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 34.46 3.9 34.46 3.9 – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.33 4.1 18.33 4.1 – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.68 4.0 17.68 4.0 – –
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 24.41 14.1 24.41 14.1 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.99 5.5 20.12 5.8 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.64 3.5 14.64 3.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.12 5.5 – – – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.68 6.0 19.98 6.7 – –
Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.27 4.3 31.27 4.3 – –
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.70 1.0 33.70 1.0 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.30 8.1 16.42 8.3 – –
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 16.84 4.5 17.04 5.0 – –
Production occupations.............................................. 15.65 5.0 15.85 4.8 10.45 12.5
Level 1 .................................................. 8.59 5.9 8.59 5.9 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 2.7 11.51 2.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.05 5.8 13.80 4.5 9.64 9.0
Level 4 .................................................. 15.79 9.7 15.77 9.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.54 5.2 19.54 5.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.03 1.3 21.04 1.3 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.97 1.5 22.97 1.5 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.13 6.4 22.13 6.4 – –
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.94 14.6 17.94 14.6 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.80 20.2 12.80 20.2 – –
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.21 8.8 16.21 8.8 – –
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 14.2 15.77 14.2 – –
Painting workers.................................................. 16.46 2.8 16.46 2.8 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.76 5.4 14.76 5.5 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.44 4.5 16.99 5.3 11.66 9.9
Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 3.4 9.74 5.2 9.01 6.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 4.5 11.81 4.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.99 6.3 16.56 6.1 13.36 11.9
Level 4 .................................................. 19.75 5.6 19.96 5.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.43 4.5 19.59 4.4 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 23.91 3.8 23.90 3.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.95 24.4 14.58 23.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 18.82 9.1 – – – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.98 5.0 19.40 4.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.50 11.9 17.35 10.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 20.15 6.8 20.15 6.8 – –
Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.16 9.9 15.58 9.9 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.95 5.0 20.36 4.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 20.38 7.3 20.38 7.3 – –
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.00 9.7 19.36 8.9 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.31 9.8 17.31 9.8 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.65 4.6 12.11 5.0 10.12 2.9
Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 4.0 9.11 9.2 9.25 7.4
Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 4.9 12.43 5.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 13.41 4.2 13.83 3.8 – –
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.91 8.7 11.09 12.6 – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.35 10.2 13.29 11.0 10.28 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.20 7.2 – – 9.11 9.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.26 5.4 – – – –
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.00 8.0 11.22 8.0 – –
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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),
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $27.57 1.9 $28.10 1.8 $14.76 8.9
Management occupations.............................................. 41.97 4.7 41.97 4.7 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 44.03 7.1 44.03 7.1 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.04 12.7 30.85 9.7 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 28.65 10.9 28.65 10.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 19.84 3.2 19.84 3.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 32.29 2.3 32.29 2.3 – –
Counselors........................................................ 38.62 15.3 38.62 15.3 – –
Social workers.................................................... 20.00 1.4 20.00 1.4 – –
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.37 22.7 23.37 22.7 – –
Legal occupations................................................... 37.26 8.8 37.26 8.8 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.84 1.7 39.64 1.8 19.06 8.4
Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 .3 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.91 14.4 17.05 10.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 41.13 1.8 41.28 1.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.73 5.6 45.73 5.6 – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.33 7.8 39.43 8.0 – –
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.85 9.6 37.90 10.0 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.66 1.8 43.86 1.8 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 42.41 .7 42.58 1.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.97 6.1 45.97 6.1 – –
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 39.76 2.3 39.76 2.3 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.29 1.5 43.59 1.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 41.73 1.7 41.92 .9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.65 5.0 45.65 5.0 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.52 1.1 43.90 1.1 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 42.19 1.6 42.49 .4 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 45.36 4.2 45.36 4.2 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.77 2.9 42.87 2.6 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 40.89 2.7 40.89 2.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 46.62 7.1 46.62 7.1 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.59 4.6 45.77 5.1 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 43.89 2.2 44.23 .9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 47.53 6.7 47.53 6.7 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 45.59 4.6 45.77 5.1 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 43.89 2.2 44.23 .9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 47.53 6.7 47.53 6.7 – –
Special education teachers...................................... 43.67 2.7 43.67 2.7 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 43.36 2.9 43.36 2.9 – –
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 43.80 4.8 43.80 4.8 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 14.75 8.6 15.24 11.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 .3 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.91 14.4 17.05 10.3 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.03 10.2 27.03 10.2 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.57 6.6 15.57 6.6 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.78 6.2 15.78 6.2 – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 27.12 1.9 27.54 1.9 12.04 2.2
Level 5 .................................................. 20.96 8.0 21.23 7.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.93 4.9 25.93 4.9 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.66 4.3 26.66 4.3 – –
Level 8 .................................................. 33.01 6.6 33.01 6.6 – –
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.42 4.9 25.42 4.9 – –
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 25.42 4.9 25.42 4.9 – –
Police officers................................................... 27.47 .9 27.66 1.2 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.3 26.91 3.3 – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.47 .9 27.66 1.2 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.3 26.91 3.3 – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 16.38 12.7 17.97 3.8 9.22 12.7
Food service, tipped.............................................. 12.04 16.9 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.41 8.7 15.59 9.6 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.63 9.8 15.63 9.8 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.79 5.0 14.83 5.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.63 9.8 15.63 9.8 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.79 5.0 14.83 5.0 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.63 9.8 15.63 9.8 – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.90 9.5 – – 9.27 12.5
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.32 3.3 19.40 3.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 14.74 6.5 15.07 5.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 17.98 3.4 17.99 3.4 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.49 3.2 19.40 3.4 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 24.91 2.5 24.91 2.5 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.41 7.7 26.41 7.7 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.88 10.7 19.78 13.8 – –
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 15.22 8.5 15.22 8.5 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.32 4.4 20.32 4.4 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 19.28 6.1 19.28 6.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.19 4.0 19.19 4.0 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.39 4.3 22.39 4.3 – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.62 4.7 18.62 4.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 19.39 6.5 19.39 6.5 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.53 7.1 15.81 8.2 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.36 2.1 18.75 1.0 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.49 3.1 25.49 3.1 – –
Production occupations.............................................. 18.69 15.7 18.69 15.7 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.42 4.0 19.66 4.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 17.58 1.3 17.64 1.8 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 21.37 3.6 21.37 3.6 – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 19.06 5.1 19.39 5.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 17.48 .1 – – – –
Bus drivers, school............................................. 17.69 2.2 17.78 2.8 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 17.48 .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 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),
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $22.36 1.6 $23.69 1.5 $12.92 5.9
Management occupations.............................................. 45.85 4.0 45.85 4.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 24.73 13.1 – – – –
Group III................................................. 43.16 5.8 – – – –
Group IV.................................................. 75.27 7.7 – – – –
General and operations managers................................... 38.03 21.9 38.03 21.9 – –
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.65 10.1 48.65 10.1 – –
Group III................................................. 46.11 12.3 – – – –
Sales managers.................................................. 42.32 9.5 42.32 9.5 – –
Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.03 8.0 62.03 8.0 – –
Group III................................................. 61.02 11.4 61.02 11.4 – –
Financial managers................................................ 53.70 9.2 53.70 9.2 – –
Group III................................................. 52.83 14.3 52.83 14.3 – –
Human resources managers.......................................... 40.60 10.1 40.60 10.1 – –
Education administrators.......................................... 33.93 8.6 33.93 8.6 – –
Group III................................................. 36.14 5.7 – – – –
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.58 16.7 40.58 16.7 – –
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 30.23 7.1 30.23 7.1 – –
Group III................................................. 30.12 8.0 30.12 8.0 – –
Social and community service managers............................. 30.57 14.0 30.57 14.0 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.80 4.1 32.80 4.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.65 3.5 – – – –
Group III................................................. 37.28 5.5 – – – –
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.95 6.9 31.95 6.9 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 9.8 31.40 9.8 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 19.8 36.76 19.8 – –
Management analysts............................................... 37.23 12.9 37.23 12.9 – –
Group III................................................. 32.56 8.0 32.56 8.0 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.80 10.2 31.41 10.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.30 3.4 25.30 3.4 – –
Group III................................................. 37.35 20.6 38.80 17.8 – –
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.12 9.0 29.12 9.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 29.06 10.4 – – – –
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 7.7 33.10 7.7 – –
Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.49 13.8 24.49 13.8 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.08 3.8 36.67 2.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 24.81 7.3 – – – –
Group III................................................. 41.58 3.7 – – – –
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.24 7.8 42.24 7.8 – –
Group III................................................. 44.26 8.3 – – – –
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 11.9 37.78 11.9 – –
Group III................................................. 41.10 13.3 41.10 13.3 – –
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.43 7.4 46.43 7.4 – –
Group III................................................. 47.08 9.0 47.08 9.0 – –
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.15 4.8 25.15 4.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 23.99 2.9 23.99 2.9 – –
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.93 7.1 40.93 7.1 – –
Group III................................................. 42.07 6.8 42.07 6.8 – –
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.32 6.6 37.32 6.6 – –
Group III................................................. 41.80 6.0 41.80 6.0 – –
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 41.10 8.6 41.10 8.6 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.00 11.9 36.00 11.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 27.84 6.3 – – – –
Group III................................................. 37.35 11.1 – – – –
Engineers......................................................... 41.36 12.0 41.36 12.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 28.13 2.1 – – – –
Group III................................................. 40.99 4.8 – – – –
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.80 19.3 41.80 19.3 – –
Group III................................................. 38.40 8.5 – – – –
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.39 7.0 36.39 7.0 – –
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.05 5.5 28.05 5.5 – –
Group II.................................................. 27.43 7.1 – – – –
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.00 8.6 34.01 8.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.90 6.5 – – – –
Group III................................................. 37.52 5.0 – – – –
Life scientists................................................... 42.67 7.9 42.69 7.9 – –
Group III................................................. 40.34 3.4 – – – –
Biological scientists........................................... 37.92 8.7 37.92 8.7 – –
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.07 22.3 44.12 22.5 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.35 12.6 21.86 11.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 16.96 14.6 – – – –
Group III................................................. 27.20 11.2 – – – –
Counselors........................................................ 21.97 15.8 22.64 16.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 19.54 19.2 – – – –
Group III................................................. 27.26 17.1 – – – –
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 27.15 22.2 31.09 20.7 – –
Social workers.................................................... 20.21 12.2 19.28 9.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 18.75 12.0 – – – –
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ – – 23.37 22.7 – –
Legal occupations................................................... 44.05 21.8 45.29 21.8 – –
Group III................................................. 60.19 22.2 – – – –
Lawyers........................................................... 57.40 21.4 59.28 20.9 – –
Group III................................................. 62.69 21.1 64.95 20.7 – –
Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 20.27 5.5 – – – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.45 1.4 35.24 1.5 16.38 8.8
Group I................................................... 13.33 7.8 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 30.83 3.7 – – – –
Group III................................................. 42.93 4.6 – – – –
Group IV.................................................. 76.07 5.0 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.59 5.2 42.62 5.4 40.80 11.2
Group II.................................................. 31.63 6.5 – – – –
Group III................................................. 41.48 4.7 – – – –
Group IV.................................................. 76.07 5.0 – – – –
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 43.13 11.1 43.15 11.7 – –
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.58 8.5 36.38 9.2 – –
Group III................................................. 38.78 10.0 – – – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.44 3.3 36.66 3.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 31.90 2.9 – – – –
Group III................................................. 44.72 6.4 – – – –
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.30 11.9 20.30 11.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 16.39 7.8 – – – –
Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.21 9.5 14.21 9.5 – –
Group II.................................................. 14.21 9.5 14.21 9.5 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.78 5.3 38.21 4.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 33.78 10.1 – – – –
Group III................................................. 45.39 4.7 – – – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.34 5.2 36.84 4.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 31.86 9.8 32.44 9.6 – –
Group III................................................. 45.05 3.8 45.05 3.8 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.77 2.9 42.87 2.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 40.89 2.7 40.89 2.7 – –
Group III................................................. 46.62 7.1 46.62 7.1 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.80 7.3 42.91 7.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 38.54 14.1 – – – –
Group III................................................. 47.53 6.7 – – – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.80 7.3 42.91 7.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 38.54 14.1 38.62 14.5 – –
Group III................................................. 47.53 6.7 47.53 6.7 – –
Special education teachers...................................... 40.80 6.5 40.80 6.5 – –
Group II.................................................. 43.36 2.9 – – – –
Group III................................................. 37.79 16.8 – – – –
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 43.80 4.8 43.80 4.8 – –
Librarians........................................................ 32.08 13.3 32.08 13.3 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.04 4.5 13.70 5.9 10.68 6.5
Group I................................................... 13.33 7.8 13.93 8.2 11.01 11.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.85 24.9 36.62 25.1 15.30 28.0
Group II.................................................. 17.96 11.5 – – – –
Group III................................................. 43.89 7.9 – – – –
Designers......................................................... 19.41 6.5 21.47 12.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 15.29 15.2 – – – –
Graphic designers............................................... 23.10 9.8 23.10 9.8 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.21 2.8 35.78 3.5 32.31 6.6
Group II.................................................. 26.66 4.2 – – – –
Group III................................................. 34.80 3.9 – – – –
Group IV.................................................. 85.67 .9 – – – –
Pharmacists....................................................... 35.43 37.6 45.04 15.6 – –
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.29 8.7 67.31 8.7 – –
Group III................................................. 28.63 22.3 – – – –
Group IV.................................................. 85.67 .9 – – – –
Registered nurses................................................. 34.06 2.9 33.43 3.4 36.60 2.3
Group II.................................................. 33.79 1.6 33.05 1.2 36.26 4.0
Group III................................................. 33.49 4.5 33.22 5.6 34.62 5.8
Therapists........................................................ 27.65 7.7 27.97 7.5 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.06 10.0 – – – –
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.37 5.4 20.29 5.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 19.68 3.0 – – – –
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.92 17.7 – – – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.31 2.6 22.27 3.0 25.52 4.9
Group II.................................................. 23.51 2.5 22.47 2.9 25.52 4.9
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 2.3 12.76 2.3 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.70 2.7 13.00 3.2 11.79 4.5
Group I................................................... 11.89 2.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.34 8.5 – – – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.00 3.0 12.14 3.4 11.33 2.9
Group I................................................... 11.65 1.8 – – – –
Home health aides............................................... 10.25 3.5 – – – –
Group I................................................... 10.25 3.5 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.22 3.2 12.17 3.5 12.49 2.8
Group I................................................... 12.19 3.0 12.13 3.3 12.49 2.8
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.82 6.1 14.86 6.1 12.07 8.1
Group I................................................... 12.31 7.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.36 11.2 – – – –
Dental assistants............................................... 18.36 5.3 19.28 4.0 – –
Group I................................................... 16.32 .4 – – – –
Medical assistants.............................................. 13.61 7.5 – – – –
Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.58 1.0 – – – –
Group I................................................... 8.58 1.0 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 21.22 9.1 22.44 8.0 10.22 2.0
Group I................................................... 10.94 6.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 25.98 1.9 – – – –
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.96 5.0 – – – –
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.96 5.0 22.96 5.0 – –
Police officers................................................... 26.76 2.6 26.93 2.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 26.76 2.6 – – – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.76 2.6 26.93 2.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 26.76 2.6 26.93 2.7 – –
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.47 8.8 11.85 9.8 9.93 1.6
Group I................................................... 10.97 6.6 – – – –
Security guards................................................. 11.47 8.8 11.85 9.8 9.93 1.6
Group I................................................... 10.97 6.6 11.24 7.4 9.93 1.6
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.60 4.1 – – 10.60 4.1
Group I................................................... 10.60 4.1 – – – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.28 4.5 11.22 4.9 7.04 2.0
Group I................................................... 8.51 4.1 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 17.63 12.2 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 19.80 6.3 19.88 6.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.98 5.7 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 18.94 4.0 19.02 4.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 19.88 5.7 19.88 5.7 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.66 4.0 11.74 3.1 8.41 4.8
Group I................................................... 10.49 5.7 – – – –
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.31 9.4 12.72 9.3 – –
Group I................................................... 12.10 10.9 12.57 10.9 – –
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.25 2.6 11.46 5.2 – –
Group I................................................... 11.27 2.7 11.56 .8 – –
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.87 6.4 10.36 11.8 9.15 7.8
Group I................................................... 9.87 6.4 10.36 11.8 9.15 7.8
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.52 6.5 6.36 21.7 4.92 11.1
Group I................................................... 5.55 6.9 – – – –
Bartenders...................................................... 6.86 10.8 – – 5.98 15.3
Group I................................................... 6.86 10.8 – – 5.98 15.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.74 4.4 5.24 23.8 4.37 12.0
Group I................................................... 4.69 5.4 5.15 26.9 4.37 12.0
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.85 15.4 8.70 26.5 6.70 13.1
Group I................................................... 9.08 7.8 12.00 11.4 6.33 14.8
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.95 5.0 11.85 12.2 7.88 2.0
Group I................................................... 8.95 5.0 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.83 5.9 12.64 18.2 7.88 2.3
Group I................................................... 8.83 5.9 12.64 18.2 7.88 2.3
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.44 13.7 – – – –
Group I................................................... 9.44 13.7 – – – –
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.17 7.0 – – – –
Group I................................................... 9.78 4.8 – – – –
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.27 3.3 – – – –
Group I................................................... 7.86 1.4 – – – –
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 10.75 14.9 – – – –
Group I................................................... 10.75 14.9 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.05 5.7 12.48 5.9 9.22 6.6
Group I................................................... 11.48 4.4 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.44 4.1 11.85 4.4 8.90 4.8
Group I................................................... 11.35 4.2 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.52 5.0 12.08 5.7 8.62 4.5
Group I................................................... 11.42 5.2 11.95 5.8 8.58 4.7
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.94 4.1 10.86 4.5 – –
Group I................................................... 10.94 4.1 10.86 4.5 – –
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.41 7.7 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.12 5.6 – – – –
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.08 5.8 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.00 6.2 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.76 6.0 16.28 8.4 10.83 7.5
Group I................................................... 14.53 6.5 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 16.90 10.4 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 9.6 15.20 9.6 – –
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 3.6 13.78 3.6 – –
Gaming services workers........................................... 6.91 .0 7.31 3.3 – –
Group I................................................... 7.02 1.3 – – – –
Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.82 1.5 7.31 3.3 – –
Group I................................................... 6.93 2.9 7.31 3.3 – –
Child care workers................................................ 9.77 7.1 9.85 9.9 9.52 7.7
Group I................................................... 9.50 11.0 – – 9.52 7.7
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.35 8.7 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.72 6.5 – – – –
Recreation workers.............................................. 13.50 9.2 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.40 6.1 20.42 6.4 8.87 4.0
Group I................................................... 11.16 2.4 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 23.05 7.7 – – – –
Group III................................................. 42.62 7.1 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.43 16.3 20.43 16.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 18.81 11.3 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.00 1.3 16.00 1.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 16.43 1.5 16.43 1.5 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.94 2.6 14.08 2.4 8.53 2.2
Group I................................................... 11.06 2.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.10 6.5 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.75 4.4 11.30 8.2 8.52 3.7
Group I................................................... 9.74 4.4 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 9.61 4.4 11.07 8.2 8.52 3.7
Group I................................................... 9.60 4.4 11.09 8.8 8.51 3.9
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.86 5.8 16.65 1.0 – –
Group I................................................... 13.28 6.1 – – – –
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 1.1 16.67 1.1 – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.68 2.0 14.66 3.3 8.55 1.1
Group I................................................... 11.72 1.3 13.69 3.2 8.53 1.3
Group II.................................................. 18.59 6.8 18.59 6.8 – –
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 22.65 23.1 22.65 23.1 – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.00 8.3 31.00 8.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 28.93 8.9 – – – –
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.84 15.8 30.84 15.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 30.59 16.3 30.59 16.3 – –
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.17 33.3 27.91 34.0 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.76 2.1 17.06 1.9 13.90 7.4
Group I................................................... 14.27 2.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.27 3.0 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.62 2.4 24.62 2.4 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.02 4.2 25.02 4.2 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.06 4.7 16.07 4.7 15.89 9.0
Group I................................................... 14.29 5.2 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 18.35 4.8 – – – –
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.33 7.3 15.33 7.3 – –
Group I................................................... 13.86 7.9 13.86 7.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 16.95 10.0 16.95 10.0 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.92 6.2 15.97 6.6 – –
Group I................................................... 14.64 7.8 14.64 7.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 18.10 3.1 18.53 2.8 – –
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.30 12.7 – – – –
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 15.22 8.5 15.22 8.5 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 4.7 15.95 5.5 12.50 8.9
Group I................................................... 14.49 7.3 14.80 8.2 11.89 11.1
Group II.................................................. 17.72 6.4 17.75 6.6 – –
File clerks....................................................... 12.08 3.6 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.08 3.6 – – – –
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.42 2.0 15.70 2.2 – –
Group I................................................... 15.11 3.6 15.47 2.8 – –
Order clerks...................................................... 13.76 14.3 – – – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.90 6.0 13.10 5.3 11.90 15.1
Group I................................................... 12.75 6.3 12.94 5.4 11.90 15.1
Dispatchers....................................................... 15.95 10.0 15.95 10.0 – –
Group I................................................... 15.19 10.5 – – – –
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 2.9 14.16 3.2 – –
Group I................................................... 15.04 7.0 15.04 7.0 – –
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.48 6.3 14.25 1.5 – –
Group I................................................... 11.90 7.0 13.84 2.5 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.02 2.5 20.04 2.8 19.79 11.3
Group I................................................... 15.92 3.2 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 22.49 2.6 – – – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.05 3.4 22.27 4.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.17 3.8 22.71 4.1 – –
Legal secretaries............................................... 25.61 2.4 25.61 2.4 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.61 2.4 25.61 2.4 – –
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.68 5.2 – – – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.66 2.3 16.78 2.6 – –
Group I................................................... 16.15 3.4 16.31 3.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 17.92 5.2 17.92 5.2 – –
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.50 5.3 15.03 5.2 – –
Group I................................................... 14.18 3.9 – – – –
Data entry keyers............................................... 12.39 5.0 12.44 5.6 – –
Group I................................................... 12.39 5.0 12.44 5.6 – –
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.22 2.1 17.14 2.5 – –
Group I................................................... 15.82 4.2 15.60 6.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 19.64 4.7 19.64 4.7 – –
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.55 1.2 12.50 1.7 – –
Group I................................................... 12.25 2.3 – – – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.45 7.5 15.61 7.8 13.19 9.9
Group I................................................... 13.66 8.1 13.77 8.5 12.48 10.9
Group II.................................................. 19.82 5.7 19.84 5.9 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.38 8.4 19.50 8.5 – –
Group I................................................... 15.75 8.9 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 21.74 3.9 – – – –
Carpenters........................................................ 22.29 6.0 22.41 6.3 – –
Construction and building inspectors.............................. 19.31 10.1 – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.10 3.7 22.19 3.8 – –
Group I................................................... 15.30 1.8 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 24.61 3.4 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 35.50 6.6 35.50 6.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 35.98 6.9 35.98 6.9 – –
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 21.47 13.9 21.47 13.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.32 15.9 – – – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.61 4.2 18.61 4.2 – –
Group I................................................... 15.38 11.2 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.36 2.1 – – – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.05 3.9 18.05 3.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.11 3.0 20.11 3.0 – –
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.91 2.9 22.94 2.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.91 2.9 22.94 2.9 – –
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 24.41 14.1 24.41 14.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.58 10.2 25.58 10.2 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.15 5.0 20.27 5.2 – –
Group I................................................... 15.32 5.4 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 21.48 4.9 – – – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.08 4.6 20.35 5.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 21.62 4.2 22.19 4.5 – –
Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.27 4.3 31.27 4.3 – –
Group II.................................................. 32.47 2.6 – – – –
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.70 1.0 33.70 1.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 33.43 .0 33.43 .0 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.30 8.1 16.42 8.3 – –
Group I................................................... 15.84 8.0 – – – –
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 16.84 4.5 17.04 5.0 – –
Group I................................................... 17.63 1.7 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 15.72 4.9 15.92 4.7 10.45 12.5
Group I................................................... 12.82 5.3 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.43 2.3 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.13 6.4 22.13 6.4 – –
Group II.................................................. 21.39 8.6 21.39 8.6 – –
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.94 14.6 17.94 14.6 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.80 20.2 12.80 20.2 – –
Group I................................................... 12.46 22.6 – – – –
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.21 8.8 16.21 8.8 – –
Group I................................................... 12.36 3.3 – – – –
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.25 13.7 16.25 13.7 – –
Group I................................................... 12.77 7.0 12.77 7.0 – –
Painting workers.................................................. 16.46 2.8 16.46 2.8 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.70 5.3 14.70 5.4 – –
Group I................................................... 14.21 5.0 – – – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.61 4.3 17.15 5.1 12.04 8.8
Group I................................................... 15.48 4.9 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 21.53 6.0 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 18.82 9.1 – – – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 17.74 6.8 19.39 5.5 16.03 3.2
Group I................................................... 16.75 4.8 – – – –
Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.66 3.9 17.78 2.8 – –
Group I................................................... 16.29 2.8 – – – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.99 4.9 19.40 4.6 – –
Group I................................................... 18.63 5.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.36 4.5 – – – –
Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.16 9.9 15.58 9.9 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.93 4.9 20.32 4.6 – –
Group I................................................... 19.95 6.0 20.40 5.9 – –
Group II.................................................. 19.82 5.8 19.82 5.8 – –
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.00 9.7 19.36 8.9 – –
Group I................................................... 18.05 10.7 18.49 9.8 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.31 9.8 17.31 9.8 – –
Group I................................................... 17.20 10.1 17.20 10.1 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.71 4.6 12.18 5.0 10.12 2.9
Group I................................................... 11.98 4.8 – – – –
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.91 8.7 11.09 12.6 – –
Group I................................................... 10.91 8.7 11.09 12.6 – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.47 10.0 13.44 10.6 10.28 5.1
Group I................................................... 12.57 10.8 13.77 11.8 10.28 5.1
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.00 8.0 11.22 8.0 – –
Group I................................................... 11.57 10.5 11.69 10.1 – –
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), Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2008
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.12 $18.19 $27.41 $39.93
Management occupations.............................................. 26.91 32.55 39.62 54.05 77.14
General and operations managers................................... 20.01 26.44 30.75 38.46 51.56
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.41 36.21 46.64 54.66 72.12
Sales managers.................................................. 33.10 36.21 37.79 46.64 65.87
Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.19 52.88 57.13 65.08 88.41
Financial managers................................................ 32.55 38.08 49.08 60.29 85.58
Human resources managers.......................................... 25.48 33.33 39.08 42.47 61.88
Education administrators.......................................... 17.00 26.91 29.08 45.18 52.16
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 17.00 17.00 47.16 52.16 52.84
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.04 26.67 28.10 33.32 40.24
Social and community service managers............................. 13.39 20.06 33.57 39.81 39.81
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.02 24.52 29.85 37.02 48.72
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.82 24.75 30.11 30.11 50.13
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.51 20.02 31.99 46.65 62.50
Management analysts............................................... 22.28 27.42 32.48 44.18 63.69
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.25 23.70 29.78 34.90 41.89
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.43 22.67 28.41 35.19 40.53
Financial analysts.............................................. 22.67 27.69 29.84 40.29 43.27
Personal financial advisors..................................... 18.27 19.43 22.34 26.71 31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.64 26.98 36.95 43.67 51.25
Computer software engineers....................................... 29.64 34.72 41.12 49.26 57.84
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 29.64 29.64 34.72 41.12 56.79
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 33.32 40.67 48.08 53.22 58.87
Computer support specialists...................................... 19.13 21.77 23.00 27.00 37.51
Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.44 37.16 39.10 47.31 54.35
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 21.64 31.94 40.73 44.73 45.40
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.07 35.07 41.34 48.51 50.24
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.75 25.68 31.10 44.40 58.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.22 29.71 36.77 49.12 68.82
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 29.46 31.55 37.07 46.90 63.84
Mechanical engineers............................................ 26.65 29.42 33.65 42.09 49.12
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.00 22.39 30.17 32.40 34.29
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.75 24.73 30.00 38.50 54.12
Life scientists................................................... 23.63 30.82 38.50 52.67 59.18
Biological scientists........................................... 25.58 34.17 38.50 38.50 54.12
Medical scientists.............................................. 21.42 24.95 42.63 49.87 97.90
Community and social services occupations........................... 8.80 12.64 16.41 22.94 31.26
Counselors........................................................ 12.90 13.94 16.00 28.00 39.83
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.42 16.00 20.26 40.58 53.25
Social workers.................................................... 12.54 16.85 21.08 22.94 27.50
Legal occupations................................................... 20.19 20.99 39.36 50.00 83.79
Lawyers........................................................... 37.93 39.36 47.04 71.97 95.15
Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 16.74 18.64 20.19 20.87 20.87
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.25 19.29 35.41 44.57 54.81
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.41 33.64 41.32 45.87 57.06
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.74 35.97 45.87 50.91 52.20
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.18 25.46 36.91 44.50 51.49
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.42 26.60 36.57 47.94 57.11
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.00 10.50 15.18 18.23 45.86
Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 10.00 10.50 11.25 16.00 17.10
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.47 28.41 36.40 47.94 57.43
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.01 27.52 35.05 47.25 56.63
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.23 35.76 38.61 50.27 58.54
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.35 35.16 43.34 53.11 58.75
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 26.35 35.16 43.34 53.11 58.75
Special education teachers...................................... 24.04 33.17 43.58 48.83 56.45
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 29.67 35.52 43.24 52.50 57.51
Librarians........................................................ 18.97 22.20 33.95 35.90 52.21
Teacher assistants................................................ 8.51 10.39 12.18 15.80 19.29
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.00 14.75 25.16 44.09 51.10
Designers......................................................... 11.00 11.00 14.75 24.04 46.32
Graphic designers............................................... 10.00 12.50 19.81 24.04 47.20
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.27 23.64 30.00 38.46 55.46
Pharmacists....................................................... 12.08 13.00 49.35 51.50 52.00
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 22.33 25.41 67.31 97.54 108.82
Registered nurses................................................. 26.00 28.70 33.53 38.12 41.23
Therapists........................................................ 18.55 23.63 28.52 31.99 36.63
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.94 15.87 18.65 24.67 27.46
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.08 18.08 26.22 28.84 32.93
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.78 21.63 22.75 25.00 28.00
Medical records and health information technicians................ 8.48 8.74 12.50 15.51 17.93
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.27 10.63 12.00 14.00 18.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.51 10.66 11.25 12.88 15.00
Home health aides............................................... 9.27 9.51 10.66 10.66 10.66
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.10 10.99 11.97 13.00 14.42
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 13.06 17.16 19.50
Dental assistants............................................... 14.00 15.00 18.00 18.09 25.37
Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.76 17.21
Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.04 8.04 8.50 9.20 9.75
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.16 11.60 19.94 26.29 34.68
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Police officers................................................... 18.51 23.21 25.98 29.72 35.59
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.51 23.21 25.98 29.72 35.59
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 9.16 10.25 13.38 16.00
Security guards................................................. 8.00 9.16 10.25 13.38 16.00
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 9.17 9.17 10.28 12.05 12.55
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.84 7.00 8.50 11.50 15.51
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 14.05 15.92 19.01 23.04 26.30
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 13.89 15.72 18.00 21.64 23.51
Cooks............................................................. 7.15 8.76 10.00 12.46 14.53
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.50 9.27 12.46 13.91 17.57
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.70 14.00
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.15 8.50 10.00 11.00 11.80
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.83 4.31 6.72 10.92
Bartenders...................................................... 3.03 5.00 5.00 5.15 16.04
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.15 2.83 3.35 5.75 8.50
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.47 3.50 8.50 10.00 13.87
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 7.15 7.61 8.65 13.42
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.95 7.15 7.61 8.51 13.42
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.15 7.15 8.00 9.31 13.60
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.75 9.00 9.93 14.55 14.55
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.15 7.15 7.22 9.00 10.50
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.50 8.00 9.00 15.39 16.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.60 9.00 11.50 13.62 17.03
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 9.00 11.44 13.37 15.81
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.75 11.50 13.50 16.19
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.02 9.19 10.30 12.73 14.08
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.50 11.00 12.50 15.15 19.00
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.50 11.00 11.00 13.50 13.50
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 8.45 11.73 17.16 35.52
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 10.73 11.58 14.33 16.97 21.98
Slot key persons................................................ 10.65 11.58 12.92 15.65 17.28
Gaming services workers........................................... 4.43 4.80 7.15 8.76 9.00
Gaming dealers.................................................. 4.43 4.77 7.05 8.76 9.00
Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.56 9.77 11.19 12.50
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.94 12.20 12.31 16.83 17.27
Recreation workers.............................................. 12.00 12.20 12.31 13.50 23.04
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.93 12.31 21.11 36.75
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 12.48 17.31 23.24 26.57
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.93 12.22 16.24 17.60 21.72
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.05 9.99 13.52 20.43
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.75 8.50 10.00 13.11
Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.50
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.00 12.12 15.00 20.66 23.10
Parts salespersons............................................ 12.04 14.00 15.50 20.66 23.10
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.59 14.50 21.39
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 3.89 7.27 20.11 35.43 45.19
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.51 21.63 29.51 37.50 43.85
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 18.27 22.29 29.51 37.50 37.54
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.86 19.23 20.19 42.32 42.32
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 12.81 16.06 19.78 24.20
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.08 19.78 24.53 26.79 31.24
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.72 12.81 15.68 19.60 21.15
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.94 12.81 14.00 17.71 19.60
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.39 13.93 15.81 18.43 20.66
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 9.00 15.00 15.42 18.98 20.81
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 11.94 12.70 15.79 15.79 18.15
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 11.98 15.28 18.18 21.59
File clerks....................................................... 10.00 11.50 12.06 13.08 14.00
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.61 14.28 15.20 16.33 18.54
Order clerks...................................................... 10.44 10.44 12.25 17.77 18.75
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.75 10.00 12.50 15.50 17.00
Dispatchers....................................................... 11.00 11.00 17.39 19.00 20.75
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.02 10.37 14.15 18.25 18.99
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 8.88 12.50 15.62 17.29
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.51 15.63 19.05 23.93 28.00
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.24 18.64 22.48 24.77 28.00
Legal secretaries............................................... 21.65 23.65 23.93 28.57 30.54
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.51 13.51 16.01 18.26 34.00
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.98 13.87 15.63 18.96 21.70
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.90 12.00 14.36 17.54 17.54
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.62 10.00 12.50 13.91 15.04
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.00 16.03 16.19 18.75 21.62
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.47 11.33 12.78 13.57 14.48
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.36 12.00 14.50 19.19 21.20
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.25 15.00 18.24 24.00 27.00
Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 18.50 24.00 24.00 27.00
Construction and building inspectors.............................. 13.00 16.72 18.77 22.12 26.69
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.29 16.95 20.64 26.51 32.33
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 27.43 29.03 34.49 43.08 45.79
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 14.93 15.70 17.74 27.43 35.85
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.56 14.90 17.35 24.00 26.68
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.56 14.90 17.00 20.00 26.68
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.80 20.56 22.74 25.70 27.85
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 14.00 20.00 22.00 30.11 37.30
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.29 16.95 20.19 24.35 25.92
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.15 17.33 20.50 23.04 25.78
Line installers and repairers..................................... 19.88 29.71 30.57 35.85 37.14
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.71 31.68 35.85 37.14 37.48
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.00 12.77 17.43 18.47 19.22
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.00 17.43 17.43 18.47 19.22
Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.00 14.75 19.67 24.03
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 13.45 18.00 21.57 25.48 31.76
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.33 14.00 19.92 21.09 22.29
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.15 7.50 8.85 13.15 29.55
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.70 9.80 17.08 20.19 21.77
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.40 11.61 13.54 20.74 24.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.64 14.79 19.29 21.13
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.50 12.49 14.39 17.64 20.15
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.77 14.93 21.15 24.17
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 13.80 15.90 19.50 21.88 22.50
Bus drivers....................................................... 13.80 16.56 16.56 18.75 23.54
Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.40 15.94 16.56 17.92 18.75
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.20 14.20 19.67 22.28 24.72
Driver/sales workers............................................ 9.00 11.50 14.35 21.15 24.16
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.85 16.39 19.67 21.84 24.74
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.90 12.10 20.00 22.28 26.31
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.90 13.25 15.27 23.23 23.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 9.62 10.48 13.60 15.91
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.25 9.00 10.48 10.48 13.98
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.77 11.68 13.95 18.98
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.15 9.66 10.27 13.30 14.00
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), Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2008
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.80 $11.82 $17.50 $26.44 $38.63
Management occupations.............................................. 26.44 32.49 39.62 57.13 77.78
General and operations managers................................... 20.01 26.44 30.75 38.46 51.56
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.41 36.21 46.64 54.66 72.12
Sales managers.................................................. 33.10 36.21 37.79 46.64 65.87
Computer and information systems managers......................... 49.99 54.05 57.13 72.11 88.41
Financial managers................................................ 32.24 38.08 49.08 60.29 90.39
Human resources managers.......................................... 25.48 33.33 39.08 42.47 61.88
Education administrators.......................................... 17.00 24.04 26.91 29.81 33.67
Social and community service managers............................. 13.39 20.06 33.57 39.81 39.81
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.02 24.64 29.84 36.33 49.58
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.82 24.75 30.11 30.11 50.13
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.51 20.02 31.99 46.65 62.50
Management analysts............................................... 22.28 27.42 32.48 44.18 63.69
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.25 23.94 29.81 34.90 46.39
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.43 22.67 28.41 35.19 40.53
Financial analysts.............................................. 22.67 27.69 29.84 40.29 43.27
Personal financial advisors..................................... 18.27 19.43 22.34 26.71 31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.64 26.86 36.95 43.27 50.24
Computer software engineers....................................... 29.64 34.72 41.12 49.26 57.84
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 29.64 29.64 34.72 41.12 56.79
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 33.32 40.67 48.08 53.22 58.87
Computer support specialists...................................... 19.13 22.60 23.00 27.00 37.51
Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.37 35.78 39.10 43.67 49.87
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 21.64 31.94 40.73 44.73 45.40
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.75 25.68 31.10 44.40 58.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.22 29.71 36.77 49.12 68.82
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 29.46 31.55 37.07 46.90 63.84
Mechanical engineers............................................ 26.65 29.42 33.65 42.09 49.12
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.00 22.39 30.17 32.40 34.29
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.75 25.00 30.80 38.50 54.12
Life scientists................................................... 23.63 30.82 38.50 52.67 59.18
Biological scientists........................................... 25.58 34.17 38.50 38.50 54.12
Medical scientists.............................................. 21.42 24.95 42.63 49.87 97.90
Community and social services occupations........................... 8.80 8.80 14.42 19.16 23.28
Counselors........................................................ 12.50 13.22 14.42 19.00 22.82
Social workers.................................................... 11.30 14.97 22.94 26.30 27.50
Legal occupations................................................... 20.19 20.87 39.36 50.10 87.91
Lawyers........................................................... 38.66 39.54 50.00 83.79 95.15
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 12.85 21.60 37.49 44.87
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.60 34.97 43.55 45.87 57.84
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 35.97 39.78 45.87 52.20 55.79
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.50 11.00 16.38 23.54 28.41
Teacher assistants................................................ 7.50 8.25 9.01 11.00 11.25
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.00 14.75 25.16 44.09 51.10
Designers......................................................... 11.00 11.00 14.75 24.04 46.32
Graphic designers............................................... 10.00 12.50 19.81 24.04 47.20
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.27 23.64 30.05 38.46 55.46
Pharmacists....................................................... 12.08 13.00 49.35 51.50 52.00
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 22.33 25.41 67.31 97.54 108.82
Registered nurses................................................. 26.00 28.76 33.53 38.16 41.23
Therapists........................................................ 18.55 22.71 28.52 30.00 32.58
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.94 15.87 18.65 24.67 27.46
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.08 18.08 26.22 28.84 32.93
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.67 21.86 22.75 25.00 28.00
Medical records and health information technicians................ 8.48 8.74 12.50 15.51 17.93
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.20 10.49 11.60 13.41 17.96
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.51 10.59 10.92 12.42 13.65
Home health aides............................................... 9.27 9.51 10.66 10.66 10.66
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.00 10.86 11.75 12.95 14.42
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 13.06 17.16 19.50
Dental assistants............................................... 14.00 15.00 18.00 18.09 25.37
Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.76 17.21
Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.04 8.04 8.50 9.20 9.75
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.25 9.16 10.50 13.58 17.20
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.00 14.80
Security guards................................................. 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.00 14.80
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 6.75 8.46 10.92 14.53
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 13.65 16.22 20.30 23.60 26.30
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 13.52 15.45 18.43 21.64 23.60
Cooks............................................................. 7.15 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.00
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.50 9.07 12.00 13.25 14.53
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.70 14.00
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.15 8.50 10.00 11.00 11.80
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.83 4.02 6.31 10.00
Bartenders...................................................... 3.03 5.00 5.00 5.15 16.04
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.15 2.83 3.35 5.75 8.50
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.47 3.50 7.15 9.50 11.66
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.10 7.15 7.61 8.50 13.42
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.95 7.15 7.61 8.50 13.42
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.15 7.15 7.73 8.50 9.75
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.75 9.00 9.93 14.55 14.55
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.15 7.15 7.22 9.00 10.50
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.50 8.00 9.00 15.39 16.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.00 11.00 12.82 17.00
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.50 10.25 12.52 14.31
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.22 8.50 10.25 12.50 14.75
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.02 9.19 10.30 12.73 14.08
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.50 11.00 12.50 15.15 19.00
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 8.36 11.58 16.83 36.36
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 10.73 11.58 14.33 16.97 21.98
Slot key persons................................................ 10.65 11.58 12.92 15.65 17.28
Gaming services workers........................................... 4.43 4.80 7.15 8.76 9.00
Gaming dealers.................................................. 4.43 4.77 7.05 8.76 9.00
Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.56 9.77 11.02 12.50
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.94 12.20 12.31 14.42 23.04
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.93 12.25 20.91 36.75
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 12.48 17.31 23.24 26.57
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.93 12.22 16.24 17.60 21.72
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.00 9.85 13.52 20.33
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.31
Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.00
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.00 12.12 15.00 20.66 23.10
Parts salespersons............................................ 12.04 14.00 15.50 20.66 23.10
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.59 14.50 21.39
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 3.89 7.27 20.11 35.43 45.19
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.51 21.63 29.51 37.50 43.85
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 18.27 22.29 29.51 37.50 37.54
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.86 19.23 20.19 42.32 42.32
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.36 12.69 15.87 19.60 23.77
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.47 19.78 23.94 26.44 31.24
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.70 12.81 15.42 18.98 20.88
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.94 12.81 14.00 17.71 19.60
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.14 13.93 15.81 18.43 20.66
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 11.98 15.28 18.18 21.59
File clerks....................................................... 10.00 11.50 12.06 13.08 14.00
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.61 14.28 15.20 16.33 18.54
Order clerks...................................................... 10.44 10.44 12.25 17.77 18.75
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.75 10.00 12.50 15.50 16.50
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.02 10.37 14.15 18.25 18.99
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 8.88 12.50 15.62 17.29
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.48 15.39 18.96 23.93 28.00
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.00 18.46 21.95 24.77 28.00
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.65 23.65 25.16 29.01 30.77
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.51 13.51 16.01 18.26 34.00
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.73 13.66 15.39 17.58 20.59
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.62 10.00 12.50 13.91 15.04
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.62 10.00 12.50 13.91 15.04
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.39 16.03 16.19 18.72 19.81
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.47 11.33 12.78 13.57 14.48
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.05 12.00 14.50 19.62 21.72
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.25 15.00 18.24 24.00 27.00
Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 18.50 24.00 24.00 27.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.61 20.50 26.00 32.20
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 29.03 32.88 34.49 43.08 45.79
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 14.93 15.70 17.74 27.43 35.85
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.56 14.90 17.00 24.00 26.00
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.50 14.90 17.00 20.00 25.63
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 14.00 20.00 22.00 30.11 37.30
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.29 16.95 20.19 24.15 25.90
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.15 16.36 20.50 22.88 25.10
Line installers and repairers..................................... 19.88 29.71 30.57 35.85 37.14
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.71 31.68 35.85 37.14 37.48
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.00 12.77 17.43 18.47 19.22
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.00 17.43 17.43 18.47 19.22
Production occupations.............................................. 8.70 10.75 14.64 19.62 23.99
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 13.45 18.00 21.57 25.48 31.76
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.33 14.00 19.92 21.09 22.29
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.15 7.50 8.85 13.15 29.55
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.70 9.80 17.08 20.19 21.77
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.40 11.61 13.54 20.39 24.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.64 14.79 19.29 21.13
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.49 12.49 14.73 17.80 20.15
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.48 14.15 20.05 24.17
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 13.80 15.90 19.50 21.88 22.50
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.20 14.15 19.67 22.28 24.72
Driver/sales workers............................................ 9.00 11.50 14.35 21.15 24.16
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.76 16.50 19.67 21.84 24.72
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.90 12.10 20.00 22.28 26.31
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.90 13.25 15.27 23.23 23.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 9.59 10.48 13.60 15.69
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.25 9.00 10.48 10.48 13.98
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.77 11.68 13.95 18.98
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.15 9.66 10.27 13.30 14.00
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), Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA,
January 2008
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $13.71 $17.41 $23.96 $36.13 $47.99
Management occupations.............................................. 27.01 37.12 40.34 51.85 52.84
Education administrators.......................................... 27.01 39.84 46.49 52.16 52.84
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.48 23.74 30.94 37.07 37.07
Community and social services occupations........................... 16.41 18.49 23.63 32.69 48.83
Counselors........................................................ 25.32 31.06 31.69 48.83 57.51
Social workers.................................................... 16.75 17.83 20.53 21.92 22.79
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.41 16.41 16.41 28.80 37.17
Legal occupations................................................... 18.29 21.09 37.93 47.04 51.04
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.51 30.84 38.24 48.83 57.51
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.64 27.00 36.91 45.49 53.53
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 24.83 26.99 36.91 44.50 48.96
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.99 35.74 43.09 51.33 58.75
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.39 33.36 39.77 51.47 56.83
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.08 35.06 41.29 50.96 59.44
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.83 34.72 42.46 51.00 59.71
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.23 35.76 38.61 50.27 58.54
Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.88 37.81 44.57 53.25 58.75
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.88 37.81 44.57 53.25 58.75
Special education teachers...................................... 30.99 36.31 43.88 49.32 57.51
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 29.67 35.52 43.24 52.50 57.51
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.67 12.18 13.60 17.43 19.29
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.51 20.82 24.55 31.09 37.88
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.40 13.31 14.36 17.84 20.30
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 13.31 14.72 19.01 20.30
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.04 21.39 25.98 32.43 39.02
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Police officers................................................... 21.39 24.72 25.98 30.75 35.59
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.39 24.72 25.98 30.75 35.59
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.44 14.98 17.05 18.57 22.09
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.00 9.44 11.67 16.07 18.47
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.89 13.18 14.17 16.10 20.10
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.35 13.18 14.17 16.10 19.53
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.35 13.18 14.17 16.10 19.53
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.64 8.96 12.32 17.27 21.40
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.11 15.50 18.16 22.82 26.79
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 23.09 24.53 26.79 28.52 29.72
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.26 14.60 20.50 23.38 30.51
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 11.94 12.70 15.79 15.79 18.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.67 17.18 19.05 23.23 26.48
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.24 18.64 22.79 26.48 28.06
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.03 15.82 18.04 21.56 24.20
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.36 12.57 15.31 17.74 18.35
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.53 15.96 16.45 21.18 25.67
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.21 22.15 25.70 27.43 36.01
Production occupations.............................................. 13.43 13.96 18.03 25.75 27.53
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.72 16.63 18.75 22.73 23.54
Bus drivers....................................................... 15.28 16.63 18.75 22.73 23.54
Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.25 16.62 17.92 18.75 20.17
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), Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January
2008
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.36 $19.60 $28.85 $41.71
Management occupations.............................................. 26.91 32.55 39.62 54.05 77.14
General and operations managers................................... 20.01 26.44 30.75 38.46 51.56
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 34.41 36.21 46.64 54.66 72.12
Sales managers.................................................. 33.10 36.21 37.79 46.64 65.87
Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.19 52.88 57.13 65.08 88.41
Financial managers................................................ 32.55 38.08 49.08 60.29 85.58
Human resources managers.......................................... 25.48 33.33 39.08 42.47 61.88
Education administrators.......................................... 17.00 26.91 29.08 45.18 52.16
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 17.00 17.00 47.16 52.16 52.84
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.04 26.67 28.10 33.32 40.24
Social and community service managers............................. 13.39 20.06 33.57 39.81 39.81
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.02 24.64 29.84 36.92 49.22
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.82 24.75 30.11 30.11 50.13
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 18.96 20.12 28.78 43.43 43.43
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.51 20.02 31.99 46.65 62.50
Management analysts............................................... 22.28 27.42 32.48 44.18 63.69
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.67 23.68 27.76 33.64 38.79
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.43 22.67 28.41 35.19 40.53
Financial analysts.............................................. 22.67 27.69 29.84 40.29 43.27
Personal financial advisors..................................... 18.27 19.43 22.34 26.71 31.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.35 27.82 37.16 44.20 51.92
Computer software engineers....................................... 29.64 34.72 41.12 49.26 57.84
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 29.64 29.64 34.72 41.12 56.79
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 33.32 40.67 48.08 53.22 58.87
Computer support specialists...................................... 19.13 21.77 23.00 27.00 37.51
Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.44 37.16 39.10 47.31 54.35
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 21.64 31.94 40.73 44.73 45.40
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.07 35.07 41.34 48.51 50.24
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.75 25.68 31.10 44.40 58.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.22 29.71 36.77 49.12 68.82
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 29.46 31.55 37.07 46.90 63.84
Mechanical engineers............................................ 26.65 29.42 33.65 42.09 49.12
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.00 22.39 30.17 32.40 34.29
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.75 24.73 30.00 38.50 54.12
Life scientists................................................... 23.35 30.82 38.50 52.67 59.18
Biological scientists........................................... 25.58 34.17 38.50 38.50 54.12
Medical scientists.............................................. 21.42 24.95 42.63 49.87 97.90
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.74 14.42 19.16 24.41 35.50
Counselors........................................................ 12.74 13.46 19.00 29.26 40.98
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 13.94 16.35 22.82 46.14 56.04
Social workers.................................................... 11.60 16.76 19.17 22.79 23.28
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.41 16.41 16.41 28.80 37.17
Legal occupations................................................... 20.19 22.99 39.36 49.15 87.91
Lawyers........................................................... 37.93 39.36 47.04 81.04 95.15
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.48 21.34 36.10 45.58 55.62
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.41 33.64 41.92 45.87 56.98
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.74 35.97 45.87 50.91 52.20
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.72 25.46 36.91 44.50 51.49
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.42 26.74 36.69 48.28 57.17
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.00 10.50 15.18 18.23 45.86
Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 10.00 10.50 11.25 16.00 17.10
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 20.58 28.51 36.43 48.48 57.51
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.46 28.41 35.70 47.41 56.83
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.26 35.95 38.64 50.83 58.91
Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.78 35.05 43.92 53.11 58.75
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 25.78 35.05 43.92 53.11 58.75
Special education teachers...................................... 24.04 33.17 43.58 48.83 56.45
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 29.67 35.52 43.24 52.50 57.51
Librarians........................................................ 18.97 22.20 33.95 35.90 52.21
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 10.63 12.51 16.63 19.29
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.50 16.06 25.16 44.92 51.39
Designers......................................................... 10.00 14.50 14.75 24.04 47.06
Graphic designers............................................... 10.00 12.50 19.81 24.04 47.20
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.27 23.57 29.66 38.46 60.00
Pharmacists....................................................... 8.57 49.35 51.00 51.50 52.00
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 22.33 25.41 67.31 97.54 108.82
Registered nurses................................................. 25.42 28.21 33.20 38.12 41.23
Therapists........................................................ 19.55 24.51 28.50 31.99 36.29
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.94 15.87 18.59 24.67 27.46
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.28 21.00 22.51 23.86 25.02
Medical records and health information technicians................ 8.48 8.74 12.50 15.51 17.93
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.51 10.66 12.00 14.30 18.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.66 11.44 13.00 15.42
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.00 10.95 11.90 13.00 14.35
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 10.50 14.00 18.00 20.76
Dental assistants............................................... 13.41 16.50 18.00 25.37 25.84
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.70 13.75 21.90 29.50 35.15
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.97 18.60 20.80 27.62 34.68
Police officers................................................... 18.51 23.21 25.98 29.72 35.59
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.51 23.21 25.98 29.72 35.59
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 9.15 10.66 13.58 16.00
Security guards................................................. 8.00 9.15 10.66 13.58 16.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.40 8.49 10.00 14.00 17.77
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 14.29 16.22 19.01 23.04 26.30
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 14.05 15.90 18.43 21.64 23.51
Cooks............................................................. 9.07 9.38 11.00 13.00 15.89
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.00 10.09 12.46 14.53 17.57
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.00 14.12
Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.50 8.50 10.00 11.00 11.75
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 3.47 5.30 8.44 13.15
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 5.00 6.30 8.44
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.47 3.50 9.25 13.15 15.36
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 8.00 11.63 13.81 18.95
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.15 8.00 13.42 15.01 18.95
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.46 9.78 11.50 13.87 17.03
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 9.39 11.50 13.62 16.18
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.25 9.25 11.50 13.77 17.03
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.02 9.26 10.30 12.52 13.87
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 8.85 12.31 20.56 37.97
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 10.73 11.58 14.33 16.97 21.98
Slot key persons................................................ 10.65 11.58 12.92 15.65 17.28
Gaming services workers........................................... 4.64 5.92 7.77 8.76 9.00
Gaming dealers.................................................. 4.64 5.92 7.77 8.76 9.00
Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.56 9.77 11.45 12.50
Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 11.00 16.42 24.92 37.70
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.93 12.48 17.31 23.24 26.57
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.93 12.22 16.24 17.60 21.72
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.42 12.04 16.70 21.39
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.08 18.05
Cashiers...................................................... 7.80 8.50 9.90 12.00 16.80
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.04 14.00 15.50 20.66 23.10
Parts salespersons............................................ 12.04 14.00 15.50 20.66 23.10
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.30 9.75 12.25 18.17 23.07
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 3.89 7.27 20.11 35.43 45.19
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 16.51 21.63 29.51 37.50 43.85
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 18.27 22.29 29.51 37.50 37.54
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.86 20.19 21.99 42.32 42.32
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.79 13.00 16.38 20.19 24.25
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.08 19.78 24.53 26.79 31.24
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.70 12.81 15.59 19.60 21.15
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.94 12.81 14.00 17.71 19.60
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.10 13.93 16.00 18.58 20.85
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 11.94 12.70 15.79 15.79 18.15
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 12.13 15.66 18.44 21.76
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.47 14.28 15.38 16.80 18.93
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 12.99 15.50 16.50
Dispatchers....................................................... 11.00 11.00 17.39 19.00 20.75
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.85 10.37 13.96 18.62 18.99
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.22 12.50 14.22 16.30 17.29
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.63 15.82 19.54 23.65 28.00
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.24 18.78 22.43 25.55 28.00
Legal secretaries............................................... 21.65 23.65 23.93 28.57 30.54
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.03 14.17 15.83 18.96 21.70
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.90 12.50 15.91 17.54 18.16
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.62 9.90 12.50 14.36 15.86
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.39 16.03 16.19 18.75 20.59
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 9.72 10.80 12.91 14.09 14.72
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.36 12.00 14.50 19.62 21.95
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.25 15.00 18.50 24.00 27.00
Carpenters........................................................ 18.00 18.50 24.00 24.00 27.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.00 16.95 20.70 26.51 32.35
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 27.43 29.03 34.49 43.08 45.79
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 14.93 15.70 17.74 27.43 35.85
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.56 14.90 17.35 24.00 26.68
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 12.56 14.90 17.00 20.00 26.68
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.80 20.56 23.12 25.70 27.85
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 14.00 20.00 22.00 30.11 37.30
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.29 16.36 20.50 24.35 25.92
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.15 15.80 20.50 25.10 25.86
Line installers and repairers..................................... 19.88 29.71 30.57 35.85 37.14
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.71 31.68 35.85 37.14 37.48
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.00 12.77 17.43 18.47 19.22
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.00 17.43 17.43 18.47 19.22
Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.36 15.00 19.92 24.17
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 13.45 18.00 21.57 25.48 31.76
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.33 14.00 19.92 21.09 22.29
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.15 7.50 8.85 13.15 29.55
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.70 9.80 17.08 20.19 21.77
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.40 11.61 13.54 20.74 24.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.00 14.64 14.79 19.29 21.13
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.49 12.49 14.13 17.64 20.15
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.15 11.24 15.27 21.50 24.29
Bus drivers....................................................... 15.10 17.25 18.75 22.73 23.54
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.77 16.62 18.75 18.75 20.17
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.52 15.11 19.67 22.28 24.74
Driver/sales workers............................................ 9.50 11.50 14.41 21.15 24.16
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.66 16.50 19.67 22.38 24.74
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.90 12.10 20.00 22.28 26.31
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.90 13.25 15.27 23.23 23.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.25 10.02 11.24 13.95 15.99
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.50 9.00 10.48 10.48 13.98
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.59 10.02 11.72 15.00 19.00
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.15 10.27 10.55 13.60 14.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January
2008
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $6.83 $7.75 $9.66 $14.00 $25.44
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.50 9.01 12.18 15.50 36.13
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.20 35.99 37.94 37.94 66.67
Teacher assistants................................................ 7.50 8.25 11.31 12.18 13.22
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.00 11.00 11.00 16.24 27.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.00 26.83 31.52 38.82 45.00
Registered nurses................................................. 27.34 30.00 34.10 40.00 43.00
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.00 23.64 25.44 28.00 28.00
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.51 11.75 12.77 15.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.51 10.00 10.73 12.52 14.06
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.73 11.00 12.52 13.95 15.00
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 8.75 12.00 14.29 15.69
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 9.16 9.74 11.25 12.35
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.75 9.16 9.16 10.86 12.35
Security guards................................................. 8.75 9.16 9.16 10.86 12.35
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 9.17 9.17 10.28 12.05 12.55
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 5.00 7.15 8.46 10.00
Cooks............................................................. 7.00 7.15 7.30 9.90 12.00
Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.50 7.50 8.75 11.50 11.80
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 4.00 5.30 9.50
Bartenders...................................................... 3.03 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.15
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.83 2.83 4.84 9.50
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.00 4.00 8.15 9.01 9.63
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.90 7.15 7.45 8.25 9.05
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.80 7.15 7.50 8.25 9.05
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.15 7.15 8.00 10.00 12.76
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.15 7.15 7.81 10.00 12.54
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.15 7.15 7.50 10.00 12.50
Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 8.00 9.66 13.35 15.74
Child care workers................................................ 6.00 8.82 8.96 11.02 11.29
Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.83 7.50 8.00 9.25 11.40
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.83 7.40 8.00 9.00 10.45
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.83 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 6.83 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 6.65 7.49 7.96 9.00 11.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.20 10.08 12.89 15.81 20.50
Financial clerks.................................................. 11.82 13.50 15.81 20.50 20.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 8.20 9.15 13.00 14.86 17.33
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.90 9.70 10.91 14.16 17.00
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 13.51 16.50 24.77 34.00
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.32 10.05 13.00 16.00 19.14
Production occupations.............................................. 8.15 8.80 9.00 9.77 14.73
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 9.10 10.90 15.87 16.56
Bus drivers....................................................... 13.10 15.87 16.56 16.56 17.38
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.81 9.66 11.00 13.22
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.15 7.25 9.25 12.73 14.03
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,
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $23.69 $19.60 $933 $776 39.4 $47,530 $39,936 2,007
Management occupations.............................................. 45.85 39.62 1,839 1,606 40.1 95,227 82,807 2,077
General and operations managers................................... 38.03 30.75 1,541 1,230 40.5 80,142 63,960 2,107
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.65 46.64 2,015 1,939 41.4 104,763 100,815 2,153
Sales managers.................................................. 42.32 37.79 1,866 1,865 44.1 97,041 97,001 2,293
Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.03 57.13 2,485 2,288 40.1 129,231 118,991 2,083
Financial managers................................................ 53.70 49.08 2,172 1,963 40.4 112,930 102,078 2,103
Human resources managers.......................................... 40.60 39.08 1,593 1,563 39.2 82,828 81,286 2,040
Education administrators.......................................... 33.93 29.08 1,305 1,119 38.5 65,132 57,718 1,920
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.58 47.16 1,569 1,780 38.7 73,601 91,952 1,814
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 30.23 28.10 1,150 1,061 38.0 59,796 55,175 1,978
Social and community service managers............................. 30.57 33.57 1,247 1,239 40.8 64,836 64,446 2,121
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.80 29.84 1,287 1,183 39.2 66,933 61,499 2,041
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.95 30.11 1,262 1,204 39.5 65,599 62,629 2,053
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 31.99 1,479 1,280 40.2 76,903 66,548 2,092
Management analysts............................................... 37.23 32.48 1,497 1,308 40.2 77,866 67,995 2,091
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.41 27.76 1,228 1,110 39.1 63,839 57,737 2,032
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.12 28.41 1,119 1,112 38.4 58,210 57,799 1,999
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 29.84 1,317 1,194 39.8 68,477 62,073 2,069
Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.49 22.34 935 894 38.2 48,622 46,463 1,985
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.67 37.16 1,438 1,467 39.2 74,552 76,275 2,033
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.24 41.12 1,669 1,645 39.5 86,802 85,538 2,055
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 34.72 1,485 1,389 39.3 77,213 72,216 2,044
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.43 48.08 1,845 1,923 39.7 95,921 100,000 2,066
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.15 23.00 993 904 39.5 50,988 47,000 2,027
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.93 39.10 1,562 1,564 38.2 81,204 81,326 1,984
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.32 40.73 1,486 1,629 39.8 77,248 84,716 2,070
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 41.10 41.34 1,614 1,417 39.3 83,908 73,680 2,042
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.00 31.10 1,444 1,262 40.1 75,092 65,626 2,086
Engineers......................................................... 41.36 36.77 1,665 1,475 40.3 86,604 76,712 2,094
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.80 37.07 1,672 1,483 40.0 86,949 77,106 2,080
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.39 33.65 1,456 1,346 40.0 75,699 70,000 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.05 30.17 1,118 1,153 39.8 58,119 59,966 2,072
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.01 30.00 1,271 1,155 37.4 65,701 60,060 1,932
Life scientists................................................... 42.69 38.50 1,484 1,155 34.8 77,169 60,060 1,808
Biological scientists........................................... 37.92 38.50 1,260 1,155 33.2 65,515 60,060 1,728
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.12 42.63 1,570 1,496 35.6 81,650 77,808 1,851
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.86 19.16 835 760 38.2 42,101 39,499 1,926
Counselors........................................................ 22.64 19.00 871 760 38.5 43,456 39,499 1,919
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.09 22.82 1,141 856 36.7 52,785 48,794 1,698
Social workers.................................................... 19.28 19.17 738 766 38.3 37,560 37,941 1,949
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.37 16.41 861 726 36.8 44,775 37,765 1,916
Legal occupations................................................... 45.29 39.36 1,786 1,442 39.4 92,890 75,000 2,051
Lawyers........................................................... 59.28 47.04 2,382 1,968 40.2 123,862 102,331 2,089
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.24 36.10 1,295 1,275 36.8 53,310 51,530 1,513
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.62 41.92 1,662 1,570 39.0 73,029 70,060 1,713
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 43.15 45.87 1,606 1,752 37.2 62,818 66,050 1,456
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.38 36.91 1,385 1,292 38.1 60,518 56,139 1,663
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.66 36.69 1,336 1,311 36.4 53,657 52,070 1,464
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.30 15.18 789 607 38.9 35,405 31,574 1,744
Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.21 11.25 564 450 39.7 26,620 21,840 1,873
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.21 36.43 1,380 1,287 36.1 54,111 50,959 1,416
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.84 35.70 1,344 1,269 36.5 52,511 49,464 1,425
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.87 38.64 1,497 1,328 34.9 59,441 52,956 1,386
Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.91 43.92 1,539 1,604 35.9 62,048 62,623 1,446
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.91 43.92 1,539 1,604 35.9 62,048 62,623 1,446
Special education teachers...................................... 40.80 43.58 1,468 1,587 36.0 58,061 60,234 1,423
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 43.80 43.24 1,561 1,587 35.6 61,998 61,364 1,415
Librarians........................................................ 32.08 33.95 1,258 1,188 39.2 62,092 64,680 1,936
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.70 12.51 479 438 35.0 19,498 17,826 1,424
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 36.62 25.16 1,452 1,006 39.6 69,895 50,440 1,909
Designers......................................................... 21.47 14.75 859 590 40.0 44,663 30,688 2,080
Graphic designers............................................... 23.10 19.81 924 792 40.0 48,049 41,201 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.78 29.66 1,415 1,151 39.6 73,515 59,821 2,055
Pharmacists....................................................... 45.04 51.00 1,735 1,974 38.5 90,208 102,648 2,003
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.31 67.31 2,686 2,981 39.9 139,651 155,002 2,075
Registered nurses................................................. 33.43 33.20 1,324 1,274 39.6 68,694 66,202 2,055
Therapists........................................................ 27.97 28.50 1,112 1,128 39.8 57,836 58,660 2,068
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.29 18.59 808 744 39.8 42,024 38,667 2,071
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.27 22.51 873 900 39.2 45,408 46,800 2,039
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 12.50 507 500 39.7 26,376 26,000 2,066
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.00 12.00 491 456 37.8 25,532 23,733 1,964
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.14 11.44 464 431 38.2 24,123 22,425 1,987
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.17 11.90 472 451 38.7 24,521 23,475 2,014
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.86 14.00 547 522 36.8 28,419 27,165 1,912
Dental assistants............................................... 19.28 18.00 638 594 33.1 33,154 30,888 1,720
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.44 21.90 890 876 39.7 45,701 44,181 2,036
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.96 20.80 919 832 40.0 47,789 43,256 2,081
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.96 20.80 919 832 40.0 47,789 43,256 2,081
Police officers................................................... 26.93 25.98 1,073 1,039 39.8 55,782 54,034 2,071
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.93 25.98 1,073 1,039 39.8 55,782 54,034 2,071
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.85 10.66 464 420 39.2 23,577 21,840 1,990
Security guards................................................. 11.85 10.66 464 420 39.2 23,577 21,840 1,990
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.22 10.00 426 386 37.9 21,681 19,760 1,933
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 19.88 19.01 786 760 39.5 38,591 37,331 1,941
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 19.02 18.43 751 702 39.5 36,597 36,051 1,924
Cooks............................................................. 11.74 11.00 448 410 38.1 23,061 21,158 1,965
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.72 12.46 488 498 38.3 24,724 25,919 1,944
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.46 11.00 426 405 37.2 22,087 21,039 1,928
Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.36 10.00 404 380 39.0 20,602 19,760 1,988
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.36 5.30 233 180 36.7 11,936 9,373 1,878
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.24 5.00 189 161 36.1 9,824 8,362 1,874
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.70 9.25 332 352 38.2 16,316 16,695 1,876
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.85 11.63 424 385 35.8 21,040 18,571 1,775
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 12.64 13.42 459 451 36.3 23,891 23,462 1,890
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.48 11.50 488 458 39.1 25,311 23,795 2,028
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.85 11.50 461 440 38.9 23,968 22,880 2,022
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.08 11.50 469 459 38.9 24,381 23,920 2,019
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.86 10.30 424 400 39.0 22,044 20,800 2,029
Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.28 12.31 574 507 35.3 29,695 26,000 1,824
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 14.33 608 573 40.0 31,624 29,806 2,080
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 12.92 551 517 40.0 28,663 26,874 2,080
Gaming services workers........................................... 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Child care workers................................................ 9.85 9.77 378 391 38.4 19,147 20,322 1,945
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.42 16.42 815 660 39.9 42,071 34,320 2,061
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.43 17.31 848 731 41.5 44,084 38,002 2,158
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.00 16.24 676 654 42.2 35,129 33,987 2,196
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.08 12.04 557 477 39.5 28,565 24,785 2,029
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.30 10.00 421 354 37.3 21,705 18,200 1,921
Cashiers...................................................... 11.07 9.90 412 340 37.2 21,222 17,680 1,917
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.65 15.50 666 620 40.0 34,642 32,240 2,080
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 15.50 667 620 40.0 34,671 32,240 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.66 12.25 592 480 40.4 30,256 24,785 2,064
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 22.65 20.11 893 828 39.4 46,454 43,079 2,051
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.00 29.51 1,243 1,180 40.1 64,661 61,379 2,086
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.84 29.51 1,239 1,180 40.2 64,411 61,379 2,088
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.91 21.99 1,162 808 41.6 60,411 41,995 2,165
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.06 16.38 667 640 39.1 34,487 33,280 2,021
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.62 24.53 989 920 40.2 51,430 47,835 2,089
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.07 15.59 628 612 39.1 32,640 31,819 2,031
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.33 14.00 598 553 39.0 31,106 28,743 2,029
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.97 16.00 622 615 39.0 32,350 32,001 2,026
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 15.22 15.79 540 553 35.5 28,093 28,731 1,845
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.95 15.66 634 628 39.8 32,325 32,032 2,026
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.70 15.38 617 612 39.3 32,106 31,824 2,046
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.10 12.99 511 520 39.0 25,866 26,312 1,974
Dispatchers....................................................... 15.95 17.39 665 696 41.7 34,576 36,171 2,167
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 13.96 566 558 40.0 29,448 29,037 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.25 14.22 570 569 40.0 29,630 29,578 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.04 19.54 767 759 38.3 39,823 39,492 1,987
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.27 22.43 861 865 38.6 44,750 45,001 2,009
Legal secretaries............................................... 25.61 23.93 927 945 36.2 48,187 49,149 1,882
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.78 15.83 647 625 38.6 33,560 32,500 2,000
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.03 15.91 575 617 38.3 29,921 32,059 1,991
Data entry keyers............................................... 12.44 12.50 493 484 39.6 25,613 25,188 2,059
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.14 16.19 653 615 38.1 33,948 31,984 1,981
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.50 12.91 493 516 39.4 25,618 26,853 2,050
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.61 14.50 613 580 39.2 31,463 29,432 2,015
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.50 18.50 772 730 39.6 39,122 36,400 2,007
Carpenters........................................................ 22.41 24.00 856 960 38.2 44,485 49,920 1,985
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.19 20.70 888 826 40.0 46,184 42,931 2,081
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 35.50 34.49 1,420 1,380 40.0 73,850 71,743 2,080
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 21.47 17.74 859 709 40.0 44,661 36,889 2,080
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.61 17.35 747 694 40.1 38,838 36,088 2,087
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.05 17.00 725 680 40.2 37,704 35,360 2,088
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.94 23.12 917 925 40.0 47,709 48,090 2,080
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 24.41 22.00 976 880 40.0 50,775 45,760 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.27 20.50 805 820 39.7 41,866 42,640 2,065
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.35 20.50 798 820 39.2 41,488 42,640 2,038
Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.27 30.57 1,251 1,223 40.0 65,044 63,579 2,080
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.70 35.85 1,348 1,434 40.0 70,097 74,568 2,080
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.42 17.43 664 697 40.5 34,535 36,254 2,104
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 17.04 17.43 682 697 40.0 35,450 36,254 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 15.92 15.00 635 596 39.9 32,981 30,930 2,072
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.13 21.57 890 863 40.2 46,295 44,866 2,092
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.94 19.92 718 797 40.0 37,324 41,434 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.80 8.85 507 354 39.6 26,236 18,408 2,050
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.21 17.08 648 683 40.0 33,711 35,526 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.25 13.54 650 542 40.0 33,792 28,163 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 16.46 14.79 659 592 40.0 34,247 30,763 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.70 14.13 595 583 40.5 30,962 30,292 2,106
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.15 15.27 726 640 42.3 37,082 32,926 2,162
Bus drivers....................................................... 19.39 18.75 693 632 35.7 29,915 25,693 1,543
Bus drivers, school............................................. 17.78 18.75 590 563 33.2 23,090 20,254 1,299
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.40 19.67 853 800 43.9 44,337 41,600 2,285
Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.58 14.41 680 700 43.7 35,381 36,400 2,271
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.32 19.67 923 851 45.4 47,980 44,242 2,361
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.36 20.00 774 800 40.0 40,270 41,600 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.31 15.27 665 600 38.4 34,562 31,181 1,997
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.18 11.24 485 442 39.9 25,228 22,589 2,072
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.09 10.48 444 419 40.0 23,069 21,788 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.44 11.72 531 467 39.5 27,597 24,294 2,054
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.22 10.55 450 426 40.1 23,420 22,152 2,087
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,
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $23.11 $18.96 $916 $751 39.7 $47,189 $38,688 2,042
Management occupations.............................................. 46.13 39.62 1,854 1,589 40.2 96,092 82,618 2,083
General and operations managers................................... 38.03 30.75 1,541 1,230 40.5 80,142 63,960 2,107
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.65 46.64 2,015 1,939 41.4 104,763 100,815 2,153
Sales managers.................................................. 42.32 37.79 1,866 1,865 44.1 97,041 97,001 2,293
Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.43 57.13 2,520 2,288 40.4 131,039 118,991 2,099
Financial managers................................................ 54.05 49.08 2,187 1,963 40.5 113,714 102,078 2,104
Human resources managers.......................................... 40.60 39.08 1,593 1,563 39.2 82,828 81,286 2,040
Education administrators.......................................... 26.43 26.91 1,027 1,076 38.9 50,930 55,000 1,927
Social and community service managers............................. 30.53 33.57 1,261 1,592 41.3 65,568 82,807 2,148
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.89 29.84 1,295 1,189 39.4 67,346 61,805 2,047
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.95 30.11 1,262 1,204 39.5 65,599 62,629 2,053
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 31.99 1,479 1,280 40.2 76,903 66,548 2,092
Management analysts............................................... 37.23 32.48 1,497 1,308 40.2 77,866 67,995 2,091
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.83 28.65 1,247 1,179 39.2 64,848 61,285 2,037
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.12 28.41 1,119 1,112 38.4 58,210 57,799 1,999
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 29.84 1,317 1,194 39.8 68,477 62,073 2,069
Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.49 22.34 935 894 38.2 48,622 46,463 1,985
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.55 37.16 1,440 1,477 39.4 74,642 76,636 2,042
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.24 41.12 1,669 1,645 39.5 86,802 85,538 2,055
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 34.72 1,485 1,389 39.3 77,213 72,216 2,044
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.43 48.08 1,845 1,923 39.7 95,921 100,000 2,066
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.33 23.00 1,000 904 39.5 51,362 47,000 2,028
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 39.10 1,508 1,564 38.6 78,410 81,326 2,010
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 38.05 40.73 1,515 1,629 39.8 78,755 84,716 2,070
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.00 31.10 1,444 1,262 40.1 75,092 65,626 2,086
Engineers......................................................... 41.36 36.77 1,665 1,475 40.3 86,604 76,712 2,094
Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.80 37.07 1,672 1,483 40.0 86,949 77,106 2,080
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.39 33.65 1,456 1,346 40.0 75,699 70,000 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.05 30.17 1,118 1,153 39.8 58,119 59,966 2,072
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.45 30.80 1,286 1,155 37.3 66,485 60,060 1,930
Life scientists................................................... 42.69 38.50 1,484 1,155 34.8 77,169 60,060 1,808
Biological scientists........................................... 37.92 38.50 1,260 1,155 33.2 65,515 60,060 1,728
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.12 42.63 1,570 1,496 35.6 81,650 77,808 1,851
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.01 14.42 677 577 39.8 35,218 30,000 2,070
Counselors........................................................ 16.52 14.42 657 577 39.7 34,145 30,000 2,067
Legal occupations................................................... 48.11 39.36 1,929 1,579 40.1 100,292 82,101 2,085
Lawyers........................................................... 65.77 50.48 2,706 2,788 41.1 140,693 144,999 2,139
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.61 22.79 1,087 912 39.4 47,345 37,918 1,715
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.09 43.55 1,746 1,752 39.6 77,959 76,838 1,768
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.71 16.82 742 659 39.6 31,166 30,260 1,666
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 36.62 25.16 1,452 1,006 39.6 69,895 50,440 1,909
Designers......................................................... 21.47 14.75 859 590 40.0 44,663 30,688 2,080
Graphic designers............................................... 23.10 19.81 924 792 40.0 48,049 41,201 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.07 29.98 1,427 1,156 39.6 74,230 60,112 2,058
Pharmacists....................................................... 45.04 51.00 1,735 1,974 38.5 90,208 102,648 2,003
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.31 67.31 2,686 2,981 39.9 139,651 155,002 2,075
Registered nurses................................................. 33.45 33.49 1,326 1,288 39.7 68,960 66,999 2,062
Therapists........................................................ 27.16 28.50 1,078 1,131 39.7 56,074 58,788 2,064
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.29 18.59 808 744 39.8 42,024 38,667 2,071
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.33 22.51 874 900 39.1 45,423 46,800 2,034
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 12.50 507 500 39.7 26,376 26,000 2,066
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.70 11.50 477 433 37.5 24,800 22,506 1,952
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.54 11.00 438 418 38.0 22,789 21,736 1,974
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.08 11.72 467 448 38.7 24,309 23,296 2,013
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.86 14.00 547 522 36.8 28,419 27,165 1,912
Dental assistants............................................... 19.28 18.00 638 594 33.1 33,154 30,888 1,720
Protective service occupations...................................... 12.55 11.14 491 440 39.1 25,526 22,859 2,035
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.19 10.25 438 400 39.2 22,795 20,800 2,037
Security guards................................................. 11.19 10.25 438 400 39.2 22,795 20,800 2,037
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.73 10.00 408 380 38.1 21,129 19,500 1,970
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 20.38 20.30 815 812 40.0 41,890 42,230 2,055
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 19.20 18.43 768 737 40.0 39,364 38,334 2,050
Cooks............................................................. 11.47 11.00 439 407 38.3 22,803 21,158 1,988
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.95 12.46 465 498 38.9 24,158 25,919 2,021
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.46 11.00 426 405 37.2 22,087 21,039 1,928
Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.36 10.00 404 380 39.0 20,602 19,760 1,988
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.98 5.15 220 161 36.8 11,369 8,362 1,903
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.24 5.00 189 161 36.1 9,824 8,362 1,874
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.21 9.83 409 340 36.5 21,290 17,665 1,899
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 12.64 13.42 459 451 36.3 23,891 23,462 1,890
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.86 11.25 463 437 39.0 24,078 22,734 2,030
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.16 11.00 433 400 38.8 22,541 20,800 2,020
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.20 11.25 434 400 38.7 22,567 20,800 2,015
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.86 10.30 424 400 39.0 22,044 20,800 2,029
Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.26 12.20 573 500 35.3 29,813 26,000 1,833
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 14.33 608 573 40.0 31,624 29,806 2,080
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 12.92 551 517 40.0 28,663 26,874 2,080
Gaming services workers........................................... 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Child care workers................................................ 9.72 9.77 379 391 38.9 19,691 20,322 2,025
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.42 16.34 815 660 39.9 42,080 34,320 2,061
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.43 17.31 848 731 41.5 44,084 38,002 2,158
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.00 16.24 676 654 42.2 35,129 33,987 2,196
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.98 12.00 553 477 39.5 28,363 24,617 2,028
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.69 9.60 397 340 37.1 20,427 17,680 1,910
Cashiers...................................................... 10.41 9.40 385 340 37.0 19,833 17,680 1,905
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.65 15.50 666 620 40.0 34,642 32,240 2,080
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 15.50 667 620 40.0 34,671 32,240 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.66 12.25 592 480 40.4 30,256 24,785 2,064
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 22.65 20.11 893 828 39.4 46,454 43,079 2,051
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.00 29.51 1,243 1,180 40.1 64,661 61,379 2,086
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.84 29.51 1,239 1,180 40.2 64,411 61,379 2,088
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.91 21.99 1,162 808 41.6 60,411 41,995 2,165
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.77 16.15 659 634 39.3 34,085 32,674 2,033
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.27 23.94 988 918 40.7 51,389 47,751 2,118
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.90 15.49 622 610 39.1 32,347 31,699 2,034
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.33 14.00 598 553 39.0 31,106 28,743 2,029
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.95 16.01 622 633 39.0 32,365 32,926 2,029
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.95 15.66 634 628 39.8 32,325 32,032 2,026
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.70 15.38 617 612 39.3 32,106 31,824 2,046
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.01 12.50 508 519 39.1 25,726 26,000 1,978
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.16 13.96 566 558 40.0 29,448 29,037 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.25 14.22 570 569 40.0 29,630 29,578 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.93 19.69 764 758 38.3 39,750 39,439 1,994
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.22 21.77 863 865 38.8 44,860 45,001 2,019
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.15 25.16 942 957 36.0 49,008 49,772 1,874
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.90 15.63 618 616 38.8 32,117 32,009 2,020
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.44 12.50 493 484 39.6 25,613 25,188 2,059
Data entry keyers............................................... 12.44 12.50 493 484 39.6 25,613 25,188 2,059
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.80 16.19 642 615 38.2 33,398 31,984 1,988
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.50 12.91 493 516 39.4 25,618 26,853 2,050
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.60 14.50 616 580 39.5 31,839 30,160 2,041
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.55 18.50 773 730 39.6 39,131 36,400 2,001
Carpenters........................................................ 22.41 24.00 856 960 38.2 44,485 49,920 1,985
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.97 20.50 880 820 40.1 45,766 42,640 2,083
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 37.01 34.49 1,481 1,380 40.0 76,988 71,743 2,080
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 21.47 17.74 859 709 40.0 44,661 36,889 2,080
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.33 17.00 735 680 40.1 38,243 35,360 2,087
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.68 17.00 710 680 40.2 36,917 35,360 2,089
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 24.41 22.00 976 880 40.0 50,775 45,760 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.12 20.19 802 820 39.9 41,703 42,640 2,073
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.98 20.50 788 820 39.4 40,961 42,640 2,050
Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.27 30.57 1,251 1,223 40.0 65,044 63,579 2,080
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.70 35.85 1,348 1,434 40.0 70,097 74,568 2,080
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.42 17.43 664 697 40.5 34,535 36,254 2,104
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 17.04 17.43 682 697 40.0 35,450 36,254 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 15.85 14.85 632 592 39.9 32,842 30,763 2,071
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.13 21.57 890 863 40.2 46,295 44,866 2,092
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.94 19.92 718 797 40.0 37,324 41,434 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.80 8.85 507 354 39.6 26,236 18,408 2,050
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.21 17.08 648 683 40.0 33,711 35,526 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 13.54 631 542 40.0 32,806 28,163 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 16.46 14.79 659 592 40.0 34,247 30,763 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.76 14.56 598 594 40.5 31,100 30,904 2,107
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.99 14.95 725 632 42.7 37,337 32,776 2,197
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.40 19.67 855 800 44.1 44,445 41,600 2,291
Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.58 14.41 680 700 43.7 35,381 36,400 2,271
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.36 19.67 929 860 45.6 48,313 44,720 2,373
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.36 20.00 774 800 40.0 40,270 41,600 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.31 15.27 665 600 38.4 34,562 31,181 1,997
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.11 11.20 482 440 39.9 25,077 22,480 2,071
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.09 10.48 444 419 40.0 23,069 21,788 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.29 11.68 525 467 39.5 27,296 24,294 2,053
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.22 10.55 450 426 40.1 23,420 22,152 2,087
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,
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $28.10 $24.53 $1,056 $956 37.6 $49,792 $47,403 1,772
Management occupations.............................................. 41.97 40.34 1,642 1,671 39.1 83,752 86,870 1,995
Education administrators.......................................... 44.03 46.49 1,671 1,768 37.9 84,077 90,663 1,909
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.85 32.06 1,130 1,160 36.6 58,808 60,519 1,907
Community and social services occupations........................... 28.65 23.63 1,036 916 36.2 50,286 48,291 1,755
Counselors........................................................ 38.62 31.69 1,369 1,186 35.4 62,465 60,563 1,617
Social workers.................................................... 20.00 20.53 730 757 36.5 36,417 36,254 1,820
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.37 16.41 861 726 36.8 44,775 37,765 1,916
Legal occupations................................................... 37.26 37.93 1,405 1,422 37.7 73,072 73,969 1,961
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.64 38.98 1,403 1,392 35.4 56,156 55,848 1,417
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.43 36.91 1,487 1,338 37.7 63,280 58,674 1,605
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.90 36.91 1,430 1,338 37.7 61,614 58,674 1,626
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.86 43.24 1,548 1,552 35.3 61,216 60,234 1,396
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 39.76 39.77 1,442 1,460 36.3 55,219 53,806 1,389
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.59 41.59 1,526 1,420 35.0 60,538 57,408 1,389
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.90 43.07 1,538 1,460 35.0 61,028 58,225 1,390
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 42.87 38.64 1,497 1,328 34.9 59,441 52,956 1,386
Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.77 45.44 1,625 1,684 35.5 64,215 63,500 1,403
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 45.77 45.44 1,625 1,684 35.5 64,215 63,500 1,403
Special education teachers...................................... 43.67 43.88 1,563 1,607 35.8 61,722 60,234 1,413
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 43.80 43.24 1,561 1,587 35.6 61,998 61,364 1,415
Teacher assistants................................................ 15.24 15.19 518 474 34.0 20,064 18,137 1,317
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.03 24.55 1,047 977 38.8 52,967 48,967 1,960
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.57 14.36 620 574 39.8 32,260 29,846 2,072
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.78 14.72 628 589 39.8 32,678 30,620 2,071
Protective service occupations...................................... 27.54 25.98 1,100 1,039 40.0 56,100 54,034 2,037
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.96 20.80 919 832 40.0 47,789 43,256 2,081
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 22.96 20.80 919 832 40.0 47,789 43,256 2,081
Police officers................................................... 27.66 25.98 1,101 1,039 39.8 57,281 54,034 2,071
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.66 25.98 1,101 1,039 39.8 57,281 54,034 2,071
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 17.97 17.54 648 658 36.1 27,624 28,416 1,537
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.59 14.17 611 567 39.2 31,385 29,465 2,014
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.83 14.17 581 567 39.2 30,116 29,465 2,031
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.83 14.17 581 567 39.2 30,116 29,465 2,031
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.40 18.15 728 686 37.5 37,518 35,674 1,934
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.41 26.79 993 1,070 37.6 51,620 55,620 1,954
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.78 17.15 747 720 37.7 38,821 37,434 1,963
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 15.22 15.79 540 553 35.5 28,093 28,731 1,845
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.32 19.05 773 762 38.1 40,017 39,624 1,970
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.39 22.79 856 912 38.2 44,511 47,403 1,988
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.62 18.04 708 707 38.0 36,492 36,777 1,960
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.81 15.50 582 568 36.8 28,077 26,770 1,776
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.75 18.63 750 745 40.0 39,004 38,750 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.49 25.70 1,008 1,028 39.5 52,407 53,456 2,056
Production occupations.............................................. 18.69 18.03 748 721 40.0 38,885 37,507 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.66 18.75 735 720 37.4 33,902 34,095 1,725
Bus drivers....................................................... 19.39 18.75 693 632 35.7 29,915 25,693 1,543
Bus drivers, school............................................. 17.78 18.75 590 563 33.2 23,090 20,254 1,299
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CSA, January 2008
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $21.75 $18.74 $19.64 $29.83
Management, professional, and related...... 35.68 30.30 32.85 41.29
Management, business, and financial...... 38.99 36.76 32.71 44.53
Professional and related................. 34.08 27.86 32.95 39.73
Service.................................... 11.22 9.93 11.30 13.64
Sales and office........................... 16.81 16.37 16.26 18.86
Sales and related........................ 17.39 16.37 18.19 25.41
Office and administrative support........ 16.46 16.36 15.23 17.91
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 20.76 19.94 22.84 24.90
Construction and extraction............. 19.46 19.29 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.88 20.71 24.06 24.09
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 16.11 16.04 14.73 19.89
Production............................... 15.65 14.54 15.86 17.28
Transportation and material moving....... 16.44 16.87 14.05 25.37
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........................................................... 1.8 2.7 4.0 3.9
Management, professional, and related............................... 2.5 3.0 6.8 2.8
Management, business, and financial............................... 3.8 7.8 2.5 3.2
Professional and related.......................................... 2.9 3.1 11.2 4.1
Service............................................................. 2.8 5.3 3.3 4.4
Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 4.2 5.7 3.4
Sales and related................................................. 6.1 8.2 11.6 8.6
Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 4.0 4.4 2.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.3 4.4 7.6 4.5
Construction and extraction...................................... 9.0 10.2 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.0 3.7 10.8 6.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.7 5.0 6.6 10.9
Production........................................................ 5.0 10.1 3.5 9.3
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.5 6.2 10.6 10.6
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $20.22 $17.60 $805 $700 39.8 $41,451 $36,001 2,050
Management occupations.............................................. 41.37 38.08 1,683 1,523 40.7 86,747 79,200 2,097
Financial managers................................................ 52.09 41.83 2,112 1,673 40.5 109,814 87,002 2,108
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.74 27.66 1,143 1,070 38.5 59,459 55,640 2,000
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.74 33.23 1,252 1,329 39.4 65,118 69,110 2,051
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.80 31.94 1,342 1,250 39.7 69,800 64,999 2,065
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.94 36.95 1,426 1,478 39.7 74,139 76,850 2,063
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.65 27.23 1,226 1,089 40.0 63,756 56,640 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.52 34.81 1,148 1,155 36.4 59,707 60,060 1,894
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.88 14.42 630 577 39.7 32,765 30,000 2,063
Legal occupations................................................... 41.35 27.47 1,660 962 40.2 86,335 50,001 2,088
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.64 14.42 664 607 39.9 29,460 29,581 1,770
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.09 16.00 684 640 40.0 29,755 30,000 1,741
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.99 14.75 715 590 39.7 37,157 30,688 2,066
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.78 26.44 1,282 1,017 40.3 66,686 52,880 2,098
Registered nurses................................................. 31.71 27.65 1,288 1,058 40.6 66,959 54,999 2,112
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.59 13.06 487 482 35.8 25,327 25,043 1,863
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.24 13.06 506 504 35.5 26,301 26,208 1,846
Dental assistants............................................... 19.28 18.00 638 594 33.1 33,154 30,888 1,720
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.87 9.38 366 375 37.1 18,992 19,500 1,924
Cooks............................................................. 10.83 10.25 410 400 37.9 21,283 20,800 1,966
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.12 11.00 410 400 36.9 21,281 20,800 1,913
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.38 11.00 440 400 38.7 22,885 20,800 2,012
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.25 10.00 392 360 38.3 20,387 18,720 1,990
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.10 11.89 524 476 40.0 27,251 24,731 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.11 15.50 763 634 39.9 39,361 32,916 2,060
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.48 16.24 823 731 42.3 42,797 38,002 2,197
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.43 16.24 660 644 42.7 34,299 33,488 2,223
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.84 12.07 548 459 39.6 28,060 23,322 2,028
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.92 9.00 360 323 36.3 18,706 16,796 1,887
Cashiers...................................................... 9.92 9.00 360 323 36.3 18,706 16,796 1,887
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.65 15.50 666 620 40.0 34,642 32,240 2,080
Parts salespersons............................................ 16.67 15.50 667 620 40.0 34,671 32,240 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.37 12.50 584 483 40.7 29,657 25,099 2,064
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.57 29.51 1,183 1,180 40.0 61,496 61,379 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 30.74 29.51 1,230 1,180 40.0 63,939 61,379 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.62 16.00 656 617 39.5 34,105 32,059 2,053
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.55 25.13 1,010 1,005 41.1 52,519 52,264 2,139
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.89 15.20 620 608 39.0 32,255 31,620 2,030
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.52 13.00 605 520 39.0 31,447 27,040 2,026
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.96 18.03 665 721 39.2 34,598 37,500 2,040
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 11.00 480 440 40.0 24,959 22,880 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.31 12.99 518 520 38.9 26,927 27,025 2,023
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.86 20.73 771 827 38.8 40,099 43,007 2,019
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.13 21.64 875 865 39.6 45,526 45,001 2,057
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.14 14.50 599 580 39.6 31,136 30,160 2,057
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.11 14.15 598 566 39.6 31,104 29,432 2,058
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.39 18.00 766 720 39.5 38,702 36,400 1,996
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.79 18.50 835 740 40.2 43,421 38,480 2,089
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.49 17.35 742 694 40.1 38,597 36,088 2,088
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.65 17.00 709 680 40.2 36,887 35,360 2,090
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 26.21 29.11 1,048 1,164 40.0 54,520 60,549 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.23 16.95 689 678 40.0 35,840 35,248 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 14.77 13.54 588 542 39.8 30,510 28,080 2,065
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 20.63 18.00 825 720 40.0 42,915 37,440 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.77 7.50 346 286 39.5 17,862 14,872 2,037
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.33 16.50 613 660 40.0 31,893 34,320 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.54 16.50 748 660 42.6 38,268 34,320 2,181
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.59 19.67 864 787 44.1 44,924 40,909 2,293
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.56 21.50 956 860 44.4 49,734 44,720 2,307
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.67 10.27 423 411 39.6 21,956 21,355 2,058
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $25.62 $20.67 $1,013 $820 39.5 $52,152 $42,230 2,036
Management occupations.............................................. 48.99 45.67 1,955 1,827 39.9 101,660 95,000 2,075
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.86 50.05 2,047 1,992 41.9 106,438 103,569 2,179
Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.83 57.13 2,343 2,288 40.5 121,858 118,991 2,107
Financial managers................................................ 55.42 53.50 2,239 2,141 40.4 116,410 111,357 2,101
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.68 30.11 1,334 1,194 39.6 69,368 62,073 2,060
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.40 28.78 1,219 1,079 38.8 63,409 56,121 2,019
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.76 31.99 1,479 1,280 40.2 76,903 66,548 2,092
Management analysts............................................... 37.67 32.48 1,515 1,350 40.2 78,787 70,200 2,092
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.85 27.76 1,246 1,138 39.1 64,786 59,158 2,034
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.83 28.41 1,137 1,113 39.4 59,125 57,892 2,051
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.10 29.84 1,317 1,194 39.8 68,477 62,073 2,069
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.35 37.51 1,467 1,496 39.3 76,031 77,736 2,036
Computer software engineers....................................... 42.09 40.63 1,663 1,625 39.5 86,473 84,500 2,054
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.78 34.72 1,485 1,389 39.3 77,213 72,216 2,044
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.40 48.23 1,843 1,937 39.7 95,830 100,699 2,065
Computer support specialists...................................... 26.96 25.35 1,058 990 39.2 54,081 50,783 2,006
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 39.10 1,508 1,564 38.6 78,410 81,326 2,010
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.20 31.10 1,534 1,308 40.2 79,752 68,028 2,088
Engineers......................................................... 41.41 33.79 1,670 1,399 40.3 86,818 72,762 2,096
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.23 33.13 1,449 1,325 40.0 75,359 68,910 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.88 27.35 1,070 1,094 39.8 55,631 56,888 2,070
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.21 30.41 1,372 1,189 37.9 70,687 60,300 1,952
Life scientists................................................... 45.70 46.71 1,673 1,734 36.6 87,001 90,181 1,904
Biological scientists........................................... 40.95 42.77 1,503 1,635 36.7 78,168 85,001 1,909
Medical scientists.............................................. 44.12 42.63 1,570 1,496 35.6 81,650 77,808 1,851
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.66 19.00 747 760 40.0 38,823 39,520 2,080
Legal occupations................................................... 57.63 46.86 2,305 2,636 40.0 119,850 137,062 2,080
Lawyers........................................................... 71.20 71.97 2,909 2,885 40.9 151,258 150,001 2,124
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.22 37.49 1,448 1,443 38.9 62,112 58,124 1,669
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.99 43.55 1,746 1,722 39.7 78,156 77,979 1,777
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 42.31 26.71 1,676 1,068 39.6 78,920 52,324 1,865
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.88 31.19 1,487 1,223 39.3 77,337 63,615 2,042
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 68.31 72.12 2,651 2,788 38.8 137,829 144,997 2,018
Registered nurses................................................. 34.22 33.73 1,343 1,341 39.2 69,821 69,749 2,040
Therapists........................................................ 27.16 28.50 1,078 1,131 39.7 56,074 58,788 2,064
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.29 18.59 808 744 39.8 42,024 38,667 2,071
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.33 22.51 874 900 39.1 45,423 46,800 2,034
Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.76 12.50 507 500 39.7 26,376 26,000 2,066
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.37 11.50 473 431 38.2 24,585 22,425 1,988
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.61 11.05 442 418 38.0 22,960 21,736 1,977
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.09 11.75 467 446 38.6 24,285 23,186 2,008
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.97 16.19 627 616 39.3 32,616 32,018 2,043
Protective service occupations...................................... 12.71 11.62 497 452 39.1 25,842 23,478 2,034
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.30 10.50 443 412 39.2 23,013 21,403 2,037
Security guards................................................. 11.30 10.50 443 412 39.2 23,013 21,403 2,037
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.35 10.53 441 407 38.9 22,758 20,446 2,005
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 18.77 17.35 751 694 40.0 38,392 36,088 2,045
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 18.77 17.35 751 694 40.0 38,392 36,088 2,045
Cooks............................................................. 12.73 12.46 497 498 39.1 25,851 25,919 2,031
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.88 12.14 460 458 38.7 23,931 23,824 2,015
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.10 6.14 272 221 38.3 14,056 11,466 1,980
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.53 5.65 248 215 37.9 12,881 11,175 1,972
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 12.07 11.63 456 407 37.8 23,722 21,167 1,965
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.51 12.45 495 471 39.5 25,716 24,482 2,056
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.16 11.97 481 467 39.5 24,989 24,294 2,054
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.91 12.71 516 508 40.0 26,851 26,437 2,080
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.25 10.46 437 403 38.9 22,747 20,966 2,023
Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.16 12.20 585 513 34.1 30,435 26,676 1,773
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.20 14.33 608 573 40.0 31,624 29,806 2,080
Slot key persons................................................ 13.78 12.92 551 517 40.0 28,663 26,874 2,080
Gaming services workers........................................... 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.31 7.77 292 311 40.0 15,196 16,162 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.42 21.73 933 827 39.8 48,303 43,014 2,063
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.44 24.62 898 985 40.0 46,670 51,199 2,080
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.38 11.92 566 477 39.4 29,188 24,785 2,030
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.10 11.30 468 435 38.6 23,662 22,355 1,955
Cashiers...................................................... 11.49 10.56 444 406 38.7 22,364 20,894 1,947
Retail salespersons............................................. 15.38 11.92 610 477 39.7 31,739 24,785 2,064
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.90 16.28 662 640 39.2 34,069 33,176 2,016
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 23.74 21.49 950 860 40.0 49,394 44,699 2,080
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.92 16.00 624 617 39.2 32,438 32,074 2,037
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.88 15.56 583 606 39.2 30,323 31,527 2,037
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.18 15.00 590 600 38.8 30,668 31,200 2,020
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.75 17.07 704 680 39.6 35,556 35,200 2,003
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 16.05 15.59 631 622 39.3 32,792 32,344 2,043
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.71 12.50 499 500 39.3 24,621 26,000 1,937
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.70 15.00 588 600 40.0 30,585 31,200 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.73 13.10 549 524 40.0 28,564 27,248 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.00 19.26 759 758 37.9 39,463 39,439 1,973
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.33 22.28 848 839 38.0 44,078 43,607 1,974
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.47 16.15 631 625 38.3 32,829 32,500 1,993
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 16.49 654 648 38.7 33,990 33,675 2,010
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.50 12.91 493 516 39.4 25,618 26,853 2,050
Office clerks, general............................................ 17.09 16.40 670 656 39.2 34,041 34,112 1,992
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.96 19.03 838 761 40.0 42,952 41,309 2,049
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.23 23.23 966 929 39.8 50,206 48,318 2,072
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 27.84 29.66 1,114 1,186 40.0 57,906 61,693 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.81 24.15 906 974 39.7 47,122 50,648 2,066
Line installers and repairers..................................... 30.66 34.64 1,226 1,386 40.0 63,764 72,051 2,080
Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.43 35.85 1,337 1,434 40.0 69,543 74,568 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.63 15.71 664 628 39.9 34,511 32,673 2,076
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 16.00 15.35 640 614 40.0 33,290 31,928 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.14 15.00 646 600 40.0 33,571 31,200 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.49 14.21 591 592 40.8 30,721 30,794 2,121
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.34 12.98 698 585 42.7 36,226 30,410 2,216
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.02 19.00 837 854 44.0 43,498 44,402 2,287
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.94 22.28 838 891 40.0 43,561 46,342 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.25 13.51 565 467 37.0 29,375 24,279 1,927
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.64 12.63 547 516 40.1 28,460 26,841 2,086
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.03 13.77 601 551 40.0 31,262 28,633 2,080
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.67 13.23 512 532 40.4 26,603 27,664 2,100
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland,
PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 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........................................................... $25.08 $22.75 $28.05 $21.81 $21.63 $26.41
Management, professional, and related............................... 38.52 42.20 37.52 35.42 35.46 34.63
Management, business, and financial............................... 34.00 – 35.23 38.96 39.03 37.27
Professional and related.......................................... 38.74 42.88 37.62 33.66 33.66 33.60
Service............................................................. 19.59 15.41 23.01 10.98 10.57 20.01
Sales and office.................................................... 18.06 17.55 18.64 16.90 16.77 19.97
Sales and related................................................. 13.38 12.05 – 17.54 17.54 –
Office and administrative support................................. 18.96 19.32 18.62 16.52 16.30 20.00
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.46 27.62 21.35 19.06 18.96 22.08
Construction and extraction...................................... 22.66 24.61 17.51 18.77 18.74 –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.29 28.73 25.49 19.36 19.18 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.73 20.97 19.43 14.53 14.53 –
Production........................................................ 17.63 17.56 18.69 14.74 14.74 –
Transportation and material moving................................ 23.68 24.94 19.62 14.41 14.40 –
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........................................................... 3.6 6.6 2.8 1.8 1.9 4.8
Management, professional, and related............................... 6.1 24.7 1.1 1.9 2.0 5.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 9.8 – 11.6 3.7 3.8 2.9
Professional and related.......................................... 6.3 25.4 1.3 2.3 2.4 8.2
Service............................................................. 4.8 6.7 6.1 3.2 3.3 5.6
Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 8.5 4.8 2.5 2.6 3.7
Sales and related................................................. 13.3 8.9 – 6.1 6.1 –
Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 6.1 5.1 2.1 2.3 3.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.5 4.9 2.0 5.4 5.7 9.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 3.3 3.1 5.1 10.5 11.0 –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 6.6 5.1 2.6 2.7 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 3.6 5.6 3.4 3.4 –
Production........................................................ 4.0 4.1 15.7 6.8 6.8 –
Transportation and material moving................................ 2.2 3.5 4.2 4.0 4.0 –
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,
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2008
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $22.61 $21.98 $19.17 $19.17
Management, professional, and related............................... 35.79 35.64 38.88 38.88
Management, business, and financial............................... 38.73 38.85 43.95 43.95
Professional and related.......................................... 34.58 34.12 – –
Service............................................................. 13.08 11.15 15.11 15.11
Sales and office.................................................... 16.45 16.19 19.95 19.95
Sales and related................................................. 15.14 15.10 21.24 21.24
Office and administrative support................................. 16.91 16.61 13.00 13.00
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.86 20.80 – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – 19.46 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.23 22.01 – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.38 16.22 15.55 15.55
Production........................................................ 15.88 15.81 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.80 16.58 15.99 15.99
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 1.9 2.2 10.0 10.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 2.2 2.6 18.6 18.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 3.6 3.8 21.0 21.0
Professional and related.......................................... 2.4 2.9 – –
Service............................................................. 2.7 2.7 13.9 13.9
Sales and office.................................................... 2.2 2.4 9.2 9.2
Sales and related................................................. 4.7 4.7 11.2 11.2
Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 2.5 8.5 8.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.1 2.3 – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.0 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.7 4.0 – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.1 2.2 17.1 17.1
Production........................................................ 4.5 4.6 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 3.7 4.0 20.8 20.8
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA,
January 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........................................................... – $22.39 – $36.09 – – $22.36 $10.98 $21.89
Management, professional, and related............................... – 37.90 – 50.77 – – 30.40 40.36 31.96
Management, business, and financial............................... – 38.90 – – – – 30.24 41.28 –
Professional and related.......................................... – 37.05 – 53.08 – – 30.41 – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – 12.61 8.95 –
Sales and office.................................................... – 20.74 – 22.53 – – 16.07 13.45 19.64
Sales and related................................................. – 32.69 – – – – – 14.11 –
Office and administrative support................................. – 17.71 – 19.67 – – 16.15 12.85 16.32
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 21.60 – 25.44 – – 21.09 – 22.55
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 22.26 – 25.44 – – 20.13 – 22.55
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.15 – – – – 12.10 10.08 10.88
Production........................................................ – 16.49 – – – – – – 9.62
Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.52 – – – – – 8.19 –
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........................................................... – 5.2 – 15.7 – – 1.9 5.2 15.3
Management, professional, and related............................... – 3.3 – 22.2 – – 3.6 14.4 7.8
Management, business, and financial............................... – 4.2 – – – – 5.4 15.3 –
Professional and related.......................................... – 5.0 – 26.8 – – 4.3 – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – 1.0 4.9 –
Sales and office.................................................... – 4.7 – 12.6 – – 7.8 5.9 43.4
Sales and related................................................. – 3.1 – – – – – 11.6 –
Office and administrative support................................. – 3.1 – 6.6 – – 6.7 2.9 15.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 2.5 – 15.2 – – 9.9 – 5.2
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 3.2 – 15.2 – – 9.8 – 5.2
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – .8 – – – – 8.8 1.4 6.6
Production........................................................ – 5.2 – – – – – – 2.6
Transportation and material moving................................ – 19.9 – – – – – 3.2 –
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland,
PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January 2008
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 2,670,500 2,364,900 305,600
Management, professional, and related............................... 809,900 665,800 144,200
Management, business, and financial............................... 208,800 195,400 13,400
Professional and related.......................................... 601,100 470,400 130,700
Service............................................................. 540,200 461,700 78,500
Sales and office.................................................... 702,300 656,400 45,800
Sales and related................................................. 273,800 272,300 –
Office and administrative support................................. 428,500 384,200 44,300
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 242,000 224,200 17,900
Construction and extraction...................................... 115,400 105,700 9,700
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 125,600 117,900 7,700
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 376,000 356,800 19,200
Production........................................................ 147,500 144,300 3,200
Transportation and material moving................................ 228,500 212,500 16,000
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, Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA, January
2008
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 111,617 108,870 2,748
Total in sample....................................................... 859 782 77
Responding........................................................ 525 464 61
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 216 200 16
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 118 118 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.
Last Modified Date: November 10, 2008
