Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC National Compensation Survey (NCS) Bulletin 

NC BL 03/00/2009 Table: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, Bulletin, July 2008

Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC,
July 2008
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                 Civilian                 Private industry        State and local government 
                                                                                  workers                      workers                      workers          
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                          Hourly earnings              Hourly earnings              Hourly earnings          
                       Worker and establishment                                                                                                              
                           characteristics                                                    Mean                         Mean                         Mean 
                                                                                             weekly                       weekly                       weekly
                                                                                   Relative hours(-             Relative hours(-             Relative hours(-
                                                                           Mean    error(2)    3)       Mean    error(2)    3)       Mean    error(2)    3)  
                                                                                   (percen-                     (percen-                     (percen-        
                                                                                      t)                           t)                           t)           
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $16.94      3.1     33.8     $15.82      3.8     33.4     $23.07      4.0     36.1 
                                                                                                                                                             
                     Worker characteristics(4)(5)                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                             
  Management, professional, and related...............................    27.19       5.5     36.1     26.12       7.9     36.4     29.58       5.2     35.6 
    Management, business, and financial...............................    34.10       8.6     40.1     33.37       9.1     40.3     37.92      26.6     38.9 
    Professional and related..........................................    24.28       4.9     34.7     22.05       7.8     34.5     28.05       3.4     35.0 
  Service.............................................................    10.57       5.5     27.7      9.31       4.7     26.5     17.00      10.7     36.0 
  Sales and office....................................................    13.93       5.8     33.4     13.74       6.4     33.1     15.82       5.5     37.1 
    Sales and related.................................................    14.16      13.1     33.6     14.13      13.4     33.5       –          –       –   
    Office and administrative support.................................    13.74       1.8     33.3     13.38       1.8     32.7     15.79       5.5     36.9 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    16.11       5.9     38.0     15.99       6.6     37.8     16.96       6.7     40.0 
    Construction and  extraction......................................    15.95       8.8     38.4     15.73       9.7     38.1     17.35      10.7     40.0 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    16.38       3.9     37.4     16.42       4.2     37.1       –          –       –   
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    14.29      10.5     37.3     14.29      10.9     37.5     14.24       3.6     30.8 
    Production........................................................    17.19      21.1     40.0     17.19      21.1     40.0       –          –       –   
    Transportation and material moving................................    11.98       8.6     35.4     11.85       9.1     35.7     14.24       3.6     30.8 
                                                                                                                                                             
  Full time...........................................................    18.69       2.7     39.6     17.56       3.4     39.9     23.83       4.2     38.5 
  Part time...........................................................    10.17       3.8     21.6     10.05       3.8     21.7     12.50      14.4     19.5 
                                                                                                                                                             
  Union...............................................................    17.05       6.6     36.3     17.05       6.6     36.3       –          –       –   
  Nonunion............................................................    16.93       3.2     33.7     15.73       4.0     33.2     23.07       4.0     36.1 
                                                                                                                                                             
  Time................................................................    16.59       2.8     33.6     15.34       3.3     33.1     23.07       4.0     36.1 
  Incentive...........................................................    23.97       9.5     39.6     23.97       9.5     39.6       –          –       –   
                                                                                                                                                             
                    Establishment characteristics                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                             
  Goods producing.....................................................     (6)        (6)     (6)      19.51       7.3     39.0      (6)        (6)     (6)  
  Service providing...................................................     (6)        (6)     (6)        –          –       –        (6)        (6)     (6)  
                                                                                                                                                             
  1-99 workers........................................................    14.52       5.6     32.2     14.50       5.7     32.1       –          –       –   
  100-499 workers.....................................................    15.15       5.5     35.1     14.23       5.7     34.8     21.35       6.1     37.4 
  500 workers or more.................................................    23.35       4.3     36.4     22.63       7.1     37.1     24.26       4.5     35.5 

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  2 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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $16.94       3.1      $18.69       2.7      $10.17       3.8   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    40.40      11.8       40.69      11.7         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    29.31       3.6       29.31       3.6         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    30.52      10.8       31.60      10.8         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    26.88       6.4       26.68       7.1         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    20.08       5.2       20.08       5.2         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    27.08      11.0       27.19      11.3         –          –    
    Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........    25.30       7.2       25.30       7.2         –          –    
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    24.74       4.4       23.07       6.3         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    24.13       9.0       24.13       9.0         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    22.51      10.9       22.51      10.9         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.24       2.7       28.24       2.7         –          –    
    Engineers.........................................................    31.38       1.8       31.38       1.8         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    18.65      11.9       18.66      12.4         –          –    
    Social workers....................................................    23.21       6.6       23.21       6.6         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    26.92       7.2       28.57       6.7       15.12      12.0   
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.34       3.0       13.34       3.0         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    12.83      11.8         –          –          –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    22.24       4.0         –          –          –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.63       1.7       33.63       1.7         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    30.35      26.7         –          –          –          –    
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    33.34      11.6       36.54       7.9       15.53      32.2   
            Not able to be leveled....................................    36.69      13.0         –          –          –          –    
      Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................    26.92      18.2         –          –          –          –    
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    30.52       7.1       31.41       4.8         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.26        .8       33.26        .8         –          –    
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    32.42       3.9       32.42       3.9         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    32.86       3.8       32.86       3.8         –          –    
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    31.83       2.6       31.83       2.6         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    31.97       2.7       31.97       2.7         –          –    
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    33.68       6.0       33.68       6.0         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    34.91       4.0       34.91       4.0         –          –    
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    33.18       2.9       33.18       2.9         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.23       2.8       33.23       2.8         –          –    
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    32.56       1.8       32.56       1.8         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    32.61       1.8       32.61       1.8         –          –    
    Other teachers and instructors....................................    15.66      13.2         –          –        14.35      18.8   
    Teacher assistants................................................    12.14       4.5       12.14       4.5         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.34       3.0       13.34       3.0         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    23.29      11.2       22.98      12.9       26.55       7.9   
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.14      11.9       13.14      11.9         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    17.71       2.5       17.74       2.5         –          –    
            Level 8 ..................................................    22.66       4.4       22.14       4.0         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    28.37       3.0       27.52       3.4       32.57       8.1   
    Registered nurses.................................................    24.84       4.6       24.18       5.3       27.52       3.0   
            Level 8 ..................................................    25.39       2.4       25.12       2.3         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    26.39        .9         –          –        29.53       1.7   
    Therapists........................................................    26.45       7.5       26.45       7.5         –          –    
    Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...    13.28      13.7       13.28      13.7         –          –    
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    17.06       1.5         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.90       5.8       12.71       9.5       10.30       7.8   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.06       4.4         –          –         9.76       4.5   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.93       5.6         –          –          –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    11.95       4.2         –          –          –          –    
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    10.56       4.7       11.07       3.6        9.74       3.6   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.06       5.2         –          –          –          –    
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    10.71       4.3       11.07       3.6        9.97       3.3   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.06       5.2         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    13.89      11.3       15.33      11.0        8.68       3.5   
            Level 6 ..................................................    18.60       3.2       18.60       3.2         –          –    
    Police officers...................................................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     9.41       3.7        9.91       4.7         –          –    
      Security guards.................................................     9.41       3.7        9.91       4.7         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.80       7.7       10.38       2.8        8.08      10.4   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.85      10.6        7.78      21.9        7.87      10.5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     6.41       7.7         –          –         6.64       6.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.67       2.7         –          –          –          –    
    Cooks.............................................................     8.35      11.5         –          –         7.72       4.3   
    Food service, tipped..............................................     8.15      17.2         –          –         8.82      21.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.81      18.3         –          –         9.08      15.4   
            Level 2 ..................................................     4.07      32.0         –          –         2.94      34.9   
      Waiters and waitresses..........................................     3.66      33.2         –          –          –          –    
      Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......    10.05       9.9         –          –          –          –    
            Level 1 ..................................................    10.00      11.1         –          –          –          –    
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.43       3.6         –          –         7.21       4.4   
            Level 2 ..................................................     7.80       5.2         –          –         7.80       5.2   
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                                     
       food...........................................................     7.41       3.6         –          –         7.19       4.6   
            Level 2 ..................................................     7.75       5.9         –          –         7.75       5.9   
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.85       7.1       10.43       3.1       11.74      19.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.00       2.7         –          –          –          –    
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.68       8.0       10.10       3.6       11.74      19.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.00       2.7         –          –          –          –    
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    10.89      10.3       10.15       3.2       11.74      19.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.00       2.7         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     9.12      12.6         –          –         8.95      13.6   
            Level 1 ..................................................     6.93       3.7         –          –          –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     7.07       6.5         –          –         6.93       6.9   
    Child care workers................................................     7.30       2.8         –          –         7.18       2.0   
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................    10.52       6.9         –          –         9.74       2.5   
      Recreation workers..............................................    11.20       9.4         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.16      13.1       16.48      10.0        8.12       6.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.10       3.5         –          –         6.88        .8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.03       5.5         –          –         7.99       2.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.51       3.6       10.86       5.0        9.75       2.0   
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.78      23.0       15.51      24.7         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    18.64       5.5       18.64       5.5         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................      –          –        20.08      47.2         –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    15.50      12.2       15.50      12.2         –          –    
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    15.47      12.3       15.47      12.3         –          –    
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.68      14.8       12.39       9.8        8.00       5.8   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.10       3.5         –          –         6.88        .8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.02       5.8         –          –         7.94       2.1   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.73       4.1       11.06       5.5         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.02      26.8       15.96      29.7         –          –    
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     8.48       7.4         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.27       2.1         –          –          –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.20       4.5         –          –         7.93       2.2   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.57       5.7         –          –          –          –    
        Cashiers......................................................     8.48       7.4         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.27       2.1         –          –          –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.20       4.5         –          –         7.93       2.2   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.57       5.7         –          –          –          –    
      Retail salespersons.............................................    12.72      22.6       14.43      22.4        9.05       9.5   
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.15      28.0       16.17      31.3         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.74       1.8       13.80       2.1       13.49       2.1   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.39       4.7       10.82       4.7        9.02       8.1   
            Level 3 ..................................................    12.05       2.2       12.44       2.6       10.55       4.3   
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.54       2.3       13.26       2.7         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    15.24       4.6       15.44       4.8         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    17.89       1.8       17.77       2.8         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    14.74       9.4       14.85       9.2         –          –    
    Financial clerks..................................................    15.21       3.4       14.27       6.8         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................      –          –        13.02       8.2         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    14.69       8.5       14.69       8.5         –          –    
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................      –          –        14.16       7.6         –          –    
    Customer service representatives..................................    13.00       5.3       13.00       5.5         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    12.77       3.5       12.77       3.5         –          –    
    Order clerks......................................................    10.13       6.6         –          –          –          –    
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................    11.77       6.2         –          –          –          –    
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    10.00       7.9       10.44      10.6         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       8.9         –          –          –          –    
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    13.75       5.5       13.87       5.9         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.00       4.5       12.84       4.5         –          –    
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    16.21       6.1       16.42       5.8         –          –    
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    11.53       3.2         –          –          –          –    
    Office clerks, general............................................    13.10       3.8       13.70       4.4         –          –    
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.49       2.3       11.85       2.6         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    15.95       8.8       16.05       8.7         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.00        .4       10.08        .2         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.28       3.6       14.28       3.6         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    17.64       4.4       17.64       4.4         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    22.45       3.6       22.62       4.5         –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and                                                                          
     extraction workers...............................................    27.07       7.6         –          –          –          –    
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99       4.3       11.99       4.3         –          –    
    Construction equipment operators..................................    15.02       4.8       15.02       4.8         –          –    
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    15.02       4.8       15.02       4.8         –          –    
    Helpers, construction trades......................................    10.01       7.0       10.02       7.4         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.32       1.6         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    16.38       3.9       16.93       4.0         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    16.40       7.5       16.40       7.5         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    20.11       1.8       20.11       1.8         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    22.46       7.9       25.20       8.1         –          –    
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    19.08      16.1       19.26      16.3         –          –    
    Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......    13.35      11.6         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    17.19      21.1       17.24      21.2         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.50       5.6        9.50       5.6         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.64      10.4       14.64      10.4         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    18.43       5.0       18.43       5.0         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    20.55       3.4       20.55       3.4         –          –    
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.18      18.4        9.18      18.4         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    11.98       8.6       13.04       7.7        8.29       3.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.55      10.6        9.20      17.2        7.80       5.1   
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.83       3.4       10.40       7.3         –          –    
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.62       8.2       11.85      10.1         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.93       7.6       16.03       8.5         –          –    
    Bus drivers.......................................................    14.34       3.7       14.42       3.6         –          –    
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    14.34       3.7       14.42       3.6         –          –    
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.57      10.6       13.57      10.6         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    16.00      10.4       16.00      10.4         –          –    
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.48      16.2       15.48      16.2         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    17.14      14.6       17.14      14.6         –          –    
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     9.66       7.1       10.72       6.8        8.30       6.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.36       5.7         –          –         7.99       5.3   
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     9.74      10.8       11.42      10.2        8.30       7.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.33       6.4         –          –         7.96       5.2   

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor.  The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $15.82       3.8      $17.56       3.4      $10.05       3.8   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    38.43      13.5       38.43      13.5         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    29.31       3.6       29.31       3.6         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    27.57       7.0       27.40       8.0         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    27.40      12.0       27.53      12.2         –          –    
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    24.80       4.7         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    21.72      10.4       21.72      10.4         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.87       2.1       28.87       2.1         –          –    
    Engineers.........................................................    31.38       1.8       31.38       1.8         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    15.82       7.5         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    20.29      18.8       22.12      22.4         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    21.65       3.7         –          –          –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    35.60      17.1       35.60      17.1         –          –    
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    27.98      10.3         –          –          –          –    
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........      –          –        21.83      19.7         –          –    
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    30.03      16.5       30.03      16.5         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    22.69      12.9       22.30      15.0       26.40       8.4   
            Level 5 ..................................................    17.76       2.6       17.79       2.6         –          –    
            Level 8 ..................................................    22.16       4.9       21.49       3.8         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    28.12       3.2       27.20       3.7         –          –    
    Registered nurses.................................................    24.36       5.0       23.54       5.7       27.38       3.0   
            Level 8 ..................................................    25.18       2.9         –          –          –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    26.28        .8         –          –          –          –    
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    17.06       1.8         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.90       5.8       12.71       9.5       10.25       8.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.06       4.4         –          –         9.76       4.5   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.93       5.6         –          –          –          –    
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    10.53       4.8       11.07       3.6        9.66       3.6   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.06       5.2         –          –          –          –    
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    10.68       4.4       11.07       3.6        9.88       3.4   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.06       5.2         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................     8.98        .9        9.18        .6        8.68       3.5   
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     8.93       1.0         –          –          –          –    
      Security guards.................................................     8.93       1.0         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.75       8.1       10.30       3.0        8.05      10.7   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.85      10.6        7.78      21.9        7.87      10.5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     6.28       8.2         –          –         6.46       6.4   
    Cooks.............................................................     8.30      12.0         –          –         7.62       4.0   
    Food service, tipped..............................................     8.15      17.2         –          –         8.82      21.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.81      18.3         –          –         9.08      15.4   
            Level 2 ..................................................     4.07      32.0         –          –         2.94      34.9   
      Waiters and waitresses..........................................     3.66      33.2         –          –          –          –    
      Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......    10.05       9.9         –          –          –          –    
            Level 1 ..................................................    10.00      11.1         –          –          –          –    
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.13       4.7         –          –         7.12       4.9   
            Level 2 ..................................................     7.59       6.8         –          –         7.59       6.8   
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                                     
       food...........................................................     7.13       4.7         –          –         7.12       4.9   
            Level 2 ..................................................     7.59       6.8         –          –         7.59       6.8   
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.93       9.7       10.32       5.1         –          –    
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.77      10.4         –          –          –          –    
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    11.10      14.7         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     8.87      14.6         –          –         8.99      15.7   
            Level 2 ..................................................     6.91       7.2         –          –          –          –    
    Child care workers................................................     7.31       3.1         –          –         7.18       2.2   
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     9.78       2.3         –          –         9.78       2.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.13      13.4       16.48      10.2        8.12       6.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.10       3.5         –          –         6.88        .8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.03       5.5         –          –         7.99       2.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.44       3.8       10.79       5.4        9.75       2.0   
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.78      23.0       15.51      24.7         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    18.50       6.2       18.50       6.2         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................      –          –        20.08      47.2         –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    15.22      12.5       15.22      12.5         –          –    
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    15.18      12.6       15.18      12.6         –          –    
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.67      15.0       12.40      10.0        8.00       5.8   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.10       3.5         –          –         6.88        .8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.02       5.8         –          –         7.94       2.1   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.66       4.4       11.00       5.9         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.02      26.8       15.96      29.7         –          –    
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     8.38       7.6         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.27       2.1         –          –          –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.20       4.5         –          –         7.93       2.2   
        Cashiers......................................................     8.38       7.6         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.27       2.1         –          –          –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.20       4.5         –          –         7.93       2.2   
      Retail salespersons.............................................    12.72      22.6       14.43      22.4        9.05       9.5   
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.15      28.0       16.17      31.3         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.38       1.8       13.29       2.2       13.73       2.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.45       4.6       10.82       4.7        9.10       9.2   
            Level 3 ..................................................    12.01       2.2       12.44       2.6       10.10       2.7   
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.43       2.4       13.05       3.0         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    15.10       5.8       15.35       6.3         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    13.36       8.2       13.24       8.2         –          –    
    Financial clerks..................................................    15.21       3.5       14.24       7.1         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................      –          –        13.02       8.2         –          –    
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................      –          –        14.16       7.6         –          –    
    Customer service representatives..................................    13.00       5.5       13.00       5.5         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    12.77       3.5       12.77       3.5         –          –    
    Order clerks......................................................    10.13       6.6         –          –          –          –    
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................    11.77       6.2         –          –          –          –    
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    10.00       7.9       10.44      10.6         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       8.9         –          –          –          –    
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    12.58       6.0       12.57       6.1         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    12.98       4.8         –          –          –          –    
    Office clerks, general............................................    12.84       3.0       13.33       4.0         –          –    
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.49       2.3       11.85       2.6         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    15.73       9.7       15.84       9.7         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.00        .4       10.08        .2         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    17.96       4.4       17.96       4.4         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    22.62       4.4       22.85       5.9         –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and                                                                          
     extraction workers...............................................    27.07       7.6         –          –          –          –    
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99       4.3       11.99       4.3         –          –    
    Construction equipment operators..................................    14.31        .1       14.31        .1         –          –    
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    14.31        .1       14.31        .1         –          –    
    Helpers, construction trades......................................    10.01       7.0       10.02       7.4         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.32       1.6         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    16.42       4.2       17.05       4.2         –          –    
            Level 5 ..................................................    16.40       7.5       16.40       7.5         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    22.46       7.9       25.20       8.1         –          –    
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    20.79      16.3       21.05      16.7         –          –    
    Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......    13.35      11.6         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    17.19      21.1       17.24      21.2         –          –    
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.50       5.6        9.50       5.6         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.64      10.4       14.64      10.4         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    18.43       5.0       18.43       5.0         –          –    
            Level 7 ..................................................    20.55       3.4       20.55       3.4         –          –    
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.18      18.4        9.18      18.4         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    11.85       9.1       12.95       8.3        8.29       3.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.55      10.6        9.20      17.2        7.80       5.1   
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.68       3.5       10.21       7.2         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.93       8.7       16.04       9.9         –          –    
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.52      11.0       13.52      11.0         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    16.07      11.3       16.07      11.3         –          –    
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.52      17.7       15.52      17.7         –          –    
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     9.66       7.1       10.72       6.8        8.30       6.9   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.36       5.7         –          –         7.99       5.3   
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     9.74      10.8       11.42      10.2        8.30       7.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.33       6.4         –          –         7.96       5.2   

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor.  The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
 
 
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $23.07       4.0      $23.83       4.2      $12.50      14.4   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    50.58      27.7       53.11      28.2         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    23.27       3.1       23.27       3.1         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    24.05       9.3       24.05       9.3         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    29.32       3.6       30.59       2.8       16.48      17.2   
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.34       3.0       13.34       3.0         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.53       1.6       33.53       1.6         –          –    
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    33.16        .3       33.16        .3         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.19        .4       33.19        .4         –          –    
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    32.66       3.8       32.66       3.8         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    32.68       4.0       32.68       4.0         –          –    
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    31.87       2.6       31.87       2.6         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    31.88       2.7       31.88       2.7         –          –    
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    34.69       4.6       34.69       4.6         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    34.69       4.6       34.69       4.6         –          –    
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    33.22       2.7       33.22       2.7         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    33.27       2.5       33.27       2.5         –          –    
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    32.56       1.1       32.56       1.1         –          –    
            Level 9 ..................................................    32.60       1.0       32.60       1.0         –          –    
    Teacher assistants................................................    12.94        .6       12.94        .6         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.34       3.0       13.34       3.0         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    27.29      16.2       27.22      17.1         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    19.90       8.8       19.90       8.8         –          –    
            Level 6 ..................................................    18.60       3.2       18.60       3.2         –          –    
    Police officers...................................................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    10.68      16.4         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.64       2.9       10.62       2.9         –          –    
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.39       3.7         –          –          –          –    
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    10.39       3.7         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    10.37      15.8         –          –         8.69      12.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.79       5.5       16.29       4.0         –          –    
            Level 4 ..................................................    14.18       5.2       14.18       5.2         –          –    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    17.24       9.9         –          –          –          –    
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    16.25       8.1       16.25       8.1         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    17.35      10.7       17.35      10.7         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    14.24       3.6       14.24       3.6         –          –    
    Bus drivers.......................................................    14.42       3.6       14.42       3.6         –          –    
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    14.42       3.6       14.42       3.6         –          –    

  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 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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $16.94       3.1      $18.69       2.7      $10.17       3.8   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    40.40      11.8       40.69      11.7         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    36.85      10.4         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    26.88       6.4       26.68       7.1         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    22.03       5.9         –          –          –          –    
            Group III.................................................    31.88       6.6         –          –          –          –    
    Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........    25.30       7.2       25.30       7.2         –          –    
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    24.74       4.4       23.07       6.3         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    24.13       9.0       24.13       9.0         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.24       2.7       28.24       2.7         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    24.96       3.3         –          –          –          –    
            Group III.................................................    34.11       1.1         –          –          –          –    
    Engineers.........................................................    31.38       1.8       31.38       1.8         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    18.65      11.9       18.66      12.4         –          –    
    Social workers....................................................    23.21       6.6       23.21       6.6         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    26.92       7.2       28.57       6.7       15.12      12.0   
            Group I...................................................    12.09       4.2         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    16.85       8.5         –          –          –          –    
            Group III.................................................    34.17       2.2         –          –          –          –    
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    33.34      11.6       36.54       7.9       15.53      32.2   
      Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................    26.92      18.2         –          –          –          –    
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    30.52       7.1       31.41       4.8         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    33.26        .8         –          –          –          –    
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    32.42       3.9       32.42       3.9         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    32.86       3.8         –          –          –          –    
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    31.83       2.6       31.83       2.6         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    31.97       2.7       31.97       2.7         –          –    
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    33.68       6.0       33.68       6.0         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    34.91       4.0       34.91       4.0         –          –    
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    33.18       2.9       33.18       2.9         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    33.23       2.8         –          –          –          –    
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    32.56       1.8       32.56       1.8         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    32.61       1.8       32.61       1.8         –          –    
    Other teachers and instructors....................................    15.66      13.2         –          –        14.35      18.8   
            Group II..................................................    16.72      14.4         –          –          –          –    
    Teacher assistants................................................    12.14       4.5       12.14       4.5         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    12.14       4.5       12.14       4.5         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    23.29      11.2       22.98      12.9       26.55       7.9   
            Group I...................................................    12.90       9.1         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    20.29       2.8         –          –          –          –    
            Group III.................................................    36.76       8.9         –          –          –          –    
    Registered nurses.................................................    24.84       4.6       24.18       5.3       27.52       3.0   
            Group II..................................................    23.23       7.1       22.63       8.0         –          –    
            Group III.................................................    26.39        .9         –          –        29.53       1.7   
    Therapists........................................................    26.45       7.5       26.45       7.5         –          –    
    Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...    13.28      13.7       13.28      13.7         –          –    
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    17.06       1.5         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.90       5.8       12.71       9.5       10.30       7.8   
            Group I...................................................    10.93       2.4         –          –          –          –    
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    10.56       4.7       11.07       3.6        9.74       3.6   
            Group I...................................................    10.56       4.7         –          –          –          –    
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    10.71       4.3       11.07       3.6        9.97       3.3   
            Group I...................................................    10.71       4.3       11.07       3.6        9.97       3.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    13.89      11.3       15.33      11.0        8.68       3.5   
            Group I...................................................     9.29       3.3         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    19.76       4.4         –          –          –          –    
    Police officers...................................................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    20.42       4.4         –          –          –          –    
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    20.42       4.4       20.42       4.4         –          –    
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     9.41       3.7        9.91       4.7         –          –    
            Group I...................................................     9.25       3.6         –          –          –          –    
      Security guards.................................................     9.41       3.7        9.91       4.7         –          –    
            Group I...................................................     9.25       3.6         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.80       7.7       10.38       2.8        8.08      10.4   
            Group I...................................................     8.12       5.0         –          –          –          –    
    Cooks.............................................................     8.35      11.5         –          –         7.72       4.3   
            Group I...................................................     8.35      11.5         –          –          –          –    
    Food service, tipped..............................................     8.15      17.2         –          –         8.82      21.9   
            Group I...................................................     8.15      17.2         –          –          –          –    
      Waiters and waitresses..........................................     3.66      33.2         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................     3.66      33.2         –          –          –          –    
      Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......    10.05       9.9         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.05       9.9         –          –          –          –    
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.43       3.6         –          –         7.21       4.4   
            Group I...................................................     7.43       3.6         –          –          –          –    
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                                     
       food...........................................................     7.41       3.6         –          –         7.19       4.6   
            Group I...................................................     7.41       3.6         –          –         7.19       4.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.85       7.1       10.43       3.1       11.74      19.0   
            Group I...................................................    10.17       3.1         –          –          –          –    
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.68       8.0       10.10       3.6       11.74      19.0   
            Group I...................................................    10.06       3.3         –          –          –          –    
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    10.89      10.3       10.15       3.2       11.74      19.0   
            Group I...................................................     9.79       3.2       10.15       3.2         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     9.12      12.6         –          –         8.95      13.6   
            Group I...................................................     7.95       8.3         –          –          –          –    
    Child care workers................................................     7.30       2.8         –          –         7.18       2.0   
            Group I...................................................     7.30       2.8         –          –         7.18       2.0   
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................    10.52       6.9         –          –         9.74       2.5   
            Group I...................................................    10.06      10.8         –          –          –          –    
      Recreation workers..............................................    11.20       9.4         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................    11.20       9.4         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.16      13.1       16.48      10.0        8.12       6.2   
            Group I...................................................    10.90       9.0         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    19.40       5.7         –          –          –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    15.50      12.2       15.50      12.2         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    17.11       5.4         –          –          –          –    
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    15.47      12.3       15.47      12.3         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    17.10       5.5       17.10       5.5         –          –    
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.68      14.8       12.39       9.8        8.00       5.8   
            Group I...................................................    10.86       9.9         –          –          –          –    
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     8.48       7.4         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Group I...................................................     8.99       4.3         –          –          –          –    
        Cashiers......................................................     8.48       7.4         –          –         7.20        .7   
            Group I...................................................     8.99       4.3         –          –         7.75       5.6   
      Retail salespersons.............................................    12.72      22.6       14.43      22.4        9.05       9.5   
            Group I...................................................    12.58      20.1       14.44      19.7        9.09       9.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.74       1.8       13.80       2.1       13.49       2.1   
            Group I...................................................    12.35       1.5         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    16.70       2.5         –          –          –          –    
    Financial clerks..................................................    15.21       3.4       14.27       6.8         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    13.77       4.0         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    16.56       5.1         –          –          –          –    
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................      –          –        14.16       7.6         –          –    
    Customer service representatives..................................    13.00       5.3       13.00       5.5         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    12.28       3.4       12.25       3.5         –          –    
    Order clerks......................................................    10.13       6.6         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.13       6.6         –          –          –          –    
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................    11.77       6.2         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................    11.40       7.4         –          –          –          –    
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    10.00       7.9       10.44      10.6         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.00       7.9       10.44      10.6         –          –    
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    13.75       5.5       13.87       5.9         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    12.83       4.0         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    16.85       7.5         –          –          –          –    
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    16.21       6.1       16.42       5.8         –          –    
            Group II..................................................    17.94       4.7       17.94       4.7         –          –    
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    11.53       3.2         –          –          –          –    
    Office clerks, general............................................    13.10       3.8       13.70       4.4         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    12.82       6.2       13.38       7.0         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    15.95       8.8       16.05       8.7         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    11.73       2.2         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    19.56       2.6         –          –          –          –    
    First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and                                                                          
     extraction workers...............................................    27.07       7.6         –          –          –          –    
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99       4.3       11.99       4.3         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.88        .2       10.88        .2         –          –    
    Construction equipment operators..................................    15.02       4.8       15.02       4.8         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    13.41        .5         –          –          –          –    
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    15.02       4.8       15.02       4.8         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    13.41        .5       13.41        .5         –          –    
    Helpers, construction trades......................................    10.01       7.0       10.02       7.4         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.01       7.0         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    16.38       3.9       16.93       4.0         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    12.18       7.6         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    19.31       6.7         –          –          –          –    
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    19.08      16.1       19.26      16.3         –          –    
    Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......    13.35      11.6         –          –          –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.19       7.1         –          –          –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    17.19      21.1       17.24      21.2         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    10.76      10.8         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    18.87       2.2         –          –          –          –    
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.18      18.4        9.18      18.4         –          –    
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    11.98       8.6       13.04       7.7        8.29       3.9   
            Group I...................................................    11.11       6.6         –          –          –          –    
            Group II..................................................    18.83      13.2         –          –          –          –    
    Bus drivers.......................................................    14.34       3.7       14.42       3.6         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    14.34       3.7         –          –          –          –    
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    14.34       3.7       14.42       3.6         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    14.34       3.7       14.42       3.6         –          –    
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.57      10.6       13.57      10.6         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    13.83      10.4         –          –          –          –    
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.48      16.2       15.48      16.2         –          –    
            Group I...................................................    17.14      14.6       17.14      14.6         –          –    
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     9.66       7.1       10.72       6.8        8.30       6.9   
            Group I...................................................     9.67       8.6         –          –          –          –    
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     9.74      10.8       11.42      10.2        8.30       7.2   
            Group I...................................................     9.74      10.8       11.42      10.2        8.30       7.2   

  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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $7.66     $10.00     $14.09     $20.55     $30.23  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    24.53      28.72      35.55      50.21      57.71  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    18.20      21.89      25.52      31.47      38.63  
    Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........    21.89      21.89      23.17      29.08      30.77  
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    20.19      21.63      22.60      27.51      31.47  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    18.26      18.26      22.37      28.22      36.13  
                                                                                                                             
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    22.19      23.50      26.44      32.23      37.22  
    Engineers.........................................................    25.00      26.03      31.25      37.22      37.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    12.41      15.27      16.14      20.49      28.96  
    Social workers....................................................    18.04      19.38      22.74      28.96      28.96  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    11.30      15.77      28.70      34.63      41.65  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    12.42      27.71      31.69      37.56      49.64  
      Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................     7.50      12.42      24.45      35.21      52.40  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    15.77      26.85      30.91      35.59      41.33  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    26.25      28.43      31.96      35.78      40.52  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    26.21      27.93      31.82      34.81      39.13  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    26.80      30.55      32.72      37.13      42.29  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    26.33      28.52      30.95      37.13      42.89  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    26.32      28.08      30.75      36.10      42.04  
    Other teachers and instructors....................................     8.13      10.00      13.27      19.00      25.00  
    Teacher assistants................................................    10.23      11.01      11.75      13.65      14.46  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    12.76      15.50      19.60      26.83      33.65  
    Registered nurses.................................................    17.60      20.75      25.83      28.76      31.15  
    Therapists........................................................    18.02      24.88      26.70      30.20      33.65  
    Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...     9.25       9.25      11.50      15.21      21.18  
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    15.48      15.97      16.92      18.32      19.14  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................     9.01       9.70      11.70      12.02      14.40  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................     9.00       9.36      10.39      11.99      12.15  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................     9.15       9.53      10.54      12.02      12.15  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................     7.68       9.00      10.25      19.43      24.26  
    Police officers...................................................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     7.00       8.00       9.25      10.11      11.67  
      Security guards.................................................     7.00       8.00       9.25      10.11      11.67  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.36       6.55       8.40      10.72      14.00  
    Cooks.............................................................     6.55       7.00       7.60       9.00      12.50  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.13       2.36      10.71      10.72      10.80  
      Waiters and waitresses..........................................     2.13       2.13       2.13       6.50       8.00  
      Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......     6.38      10.51      10.72      10.80      11.45  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     5.85       6.55       6.85       8.01       9.15  
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                          
       food...........................................................     5.85       6.55       6.80       8.00       9.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.93       9.00      10.29      11.25      12.83  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     7.93       8.78       9.83      10.87      12.20  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     8.70       9.00       9.54      10.42      12.47  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     6.00       6.50       7.51      10.00      14.84  
    Child care workers................................................     6.18       6.50       7.23       7.51       8.38  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     7.56       8.18      10.00      13.06      14.75  
      Recreation workers..............................................     7.66       9.08      10.25      13.51      14.33  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     6.55       8.00      10.50      17.11      23.20  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................     9.00      13.52      17.11      17.69      20.00  
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........     9.00      13.52      17.11      17.69      20.00  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     6.42       7.35       9.83      11.89      16.54  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     6.00       6.75       7.66      10.14      12.06  
        Cashiers......................................................     6.00       6.75       7.66      10.14      12.06  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     7.72       9.43      10.35      13.00      21.36  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................     9.75      11.28      13.56      16.00      18.10  
    Financial clerks..................................................    11.04      13.56      15.25      17.79      18.10  
    Customer service representatives..................................    10.20      11.64      12.30      13.94      17.36  
    Order clerks......................................................     7.83       8.88       9.45      11.00      12.41  
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................     8.84       9.81      11.96      14.19      14.35  
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................     7.10       7.14       8.45      11.73      15.69  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    11.28      11.49      12.00      15.39      19.04  
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    11.92      13.70      15.67      18.86      20.11  
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............     9.24      11.49      11.49      11.54      12.00  
    Office clerks, general............................................    10.11      11.03      12.00      14.82      16.02  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................     9.75      11.25      15.00      19.16      23.00  
    First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and                                                               
     extraction workers...............................................    22.00      25.00      26.50      29.38      32.00  
    Construction laborers.............................................     9.00      10.33      11.25      13.00      16.00  
    Construction equipment operators..................................     9.75      14.07      14.56      15.48      19.59  
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..     9.75      14.07      14.56      15.48      19.59  
    Helpers, construction trades......................................     7.00       9.25      10.00      11.00      11.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................     9.68      12.00      16.31      19.21      26.06  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    12.38      13.01      18.00      26.90      28.38  
    Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......     8.60       9.68      12.88      17.73      18.75  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     8.14      10.55      15.97      20.25      33.67  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     7.63       7.63       7.63       8.51      10.93  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     7.00       8.58      10.30      14.46      20.30  
    Bus drivers.......................................................    11.05      11.86      13.96      16.45      18.07  
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    11.05      11.86      13.96      16.45      18.07  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    10.00      10.27      12.00      15.30      22.15  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    10.20      11.50      13.25      22.15      22.15  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     6.25       7.50       8.91      11.12      14.46  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     6.00       8.00       9.00      10.50      14.46  

  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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $7.35      $9.67     $12.75     $19.03     $28.38  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    24.53      28.04      35.55      50.21      55.41  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    18.75      22.17      27.38      31.47      41.72  
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    20.19      21.25      22.31      31.47      31.47  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    18.26      18.26      18.26      22.27      32.47  
                                                                                                                             
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    22.38      24.68      27.00      32.39      37.22  
    Engineers.........................................................    25.00      26.03      31.25      37.22      37.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    12.41      12.41      15.27      16.14      16.14  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    10.23      12.50      15.77      27.71      33.74  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    10.00      23.00      27.71      30.58      40.00  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    18.68      22.70      30.77      33.74      39.13  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    12.76      15.48      19.65      26.70      32.70  
    Registered nurses.................................................    17.60      20.25      24.86      28.38      30.59  
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    15.50      15.97      16.99      18.32      19.44  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................     9.01       9.70      11.70      12.02      14.40  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................     9.00       9.36      10.39      11.94      12.15  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................     9.15       9.53      10.50      12.02      12.15  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................     7.00       8.00       9.00       9.90      10.25  
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     7.00       8.00       9.05      10.00      10.25  
      Security guards.................................................     7.00       8.00       9.05      10.00      10.25  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.36       6.55       8.25      10.72      14.00  
    Cooks.............................................................     6.55       7.00       7.50       9.00      13.00  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.13       2.36      10.71      10.72      10.80  
      Waiters and waitresses..........................................     2.13       2.13       2.13       6.50       8.00  
      Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......     6.38      10.51      10.72      10.80      11.45  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     5.85       6.55       6.70       8.00       9.00  
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                          
       food...........................................................     5.85       6.55       6.70       8.00       9.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.93       8.76       9.54      11.37      12.94  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     7.93       8.76       9.46      10.87      12.20  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     8.76       8.80       9.46      10.30      12.94  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     6.00       6.40       7.50       9.00      18.80  
    Child care workers................................................     6.18       6.50       7.49       7.68       8.82  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     7.35       7.68       9.00      10.00      15.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     6.55       7.85      10.45      17.11      23.20  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................     9.00      10.89      17.11      17.69      20.00  
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........     9.00      10.89      17.11      17.69      20.00  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     6.42       7.35       9.79      11.85      16.54  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     6.00       6.75       7.66       9.90      12.06  
        Cashiers......................................................     6.00       6.75       7.66       9.90      12.06  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     7.72       9.43      10.35      13.00      21.36  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................     9.62      11.25      12.91      15.37      18.10  
    Financial clerks..................................................    11.04      13.56      15.25      17.79      18.10  
    Customer service representatives..................................    10.20      11.58      12.30      13.94      17.50  
    Order clerks......................................................     7.83       8.88       9.45      11.00      12.41  
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................     8.84       9.81      11.96      14.19      14.35  
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................     7.10       7.14       8.45      11.73      15.69  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    11.28      11.28      11.49      13.70      14.85  
    Office clerks, general............................................    10.11      11.00      12.00      13.87      16.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................     9.75      10.35      14.56      19.16      23.00  
    First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and                                                               
     extraction workers...............................................    22.00      25.00      26.50      29.38      32.00  
    Construction laborers.............................................     9.00      10.33      11.25      13.00      16.00  
    Construction equipment operators..................................     9.75      13.00      14.56      15.00      16.00  
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..     9.75      13.00      14.56      15.00      16.00  
    Helpers, construction trades......................................     7.00       9.25      10.00      11.00      11.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................     9.68      11.50      16.50      19.23      26.90  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    12.72      15.50      20.00      26.90      28.38  
    Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......     8.60       9.68      12.88      17.73      18.75  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     8.14      10.55      15.97      20.25      33.67  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     7.63       7.63       7.63       8.51      10.93  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     6.91       8.58      10.20      13.85      20.72  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    10.00      10.20      12.00      14.97      22.15  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    10.20      10.60      13.25      22.15      22.15  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     6.25       7.50       8.91      11.12      14.46  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     6.00       8.00       9.00      10.50      14.46  

  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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July
2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................   $11.54     $14.17     $19.89     $28.56     $37.27  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    23.24      29.31      37.34      57.71     110.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    15.08      21.64      23.17      26.12      30.77  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    17.37      19.38      22.09      27.45      32.40  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    12.34      24.38      30.75      36.33      42.73  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    26.70      28.70      31.96      36.91      42.04  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    26.60      28.70      31.96      35.97      40.74  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    26.29      28.00      31.85      34.81      39.13  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    28.57      31.45      32.72      38.27      42.89  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    26.60      28.70      31.17      37.13      42.73  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    26.38      28.43      30.75      36.10      41.53  
    Teacher assistants................................................    10.99      12.02      12.71      13.98      15.19  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    11.64      16.31      19.16      29.65      72.10  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................    12.69      16.91      19.63      23.64      27.08  
    Police officers...................................................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.53       9.13       9.49      12.60      14.25  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     8.92      10.23      10.42      10.95      12.68  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     8.61       9.71      10.42      10.77      12.47  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     8.61       9.71      10.42      10.77      12.47  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     7.23       7.66      10.00      13.06      14.33  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    11.54      13.50      15.52      18.49      20.42  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    11.54      11.94      16.40      19.02      19.29  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    13.31      13.86      16.99      20.92      21.97  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    11.05      12.10      13.94      16.41      17.89  
    Bus drivers.......................................................    11.05      11.88      14.16      16.76      18.27  
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    11.05      11.88      14.16      16.76      18.27  

  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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                          Full-time workers                  
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                    
                                                                           10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $9.00     $11.28     $16.00     $22.60     $31.96  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    24.53      29.01      35.55      50.21      57.71  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    17.94      21.64      25.00      30.77      38.63  
    Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........    21.89      21.89      23.17      29.08      30.77  
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    20.19      20.19      22.17      23.72      27.51  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    18.26      18.26      22.37      28.22      36.13  
                                                                                                                             
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    22.19      23.50      26.44      32.23      37.22  
    Engineers.........................................................    25.00      26.03      31.25      37.22      37.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    12.41      15.27      16.14      20.49      28.96  
    Social workers....................................................    18.04      19.38      22.74      28.96      28.96  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    12.17      17.29      30.31      35.60      42.62  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    27.71      30.58      34.63      39.52      49.64  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    19.53      27.45      31.45      36.10      41.58  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    26.25      28.43      31.96      35.78      40.52  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    26.21      27.93      31.82      34.81      39.13  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    26.80      30.55      32.72      37.13      42.29  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    26.33      28.52      30.95      37.13      42.89  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    26.32      28.08      30.75      36.10      42.04  
    Teacher assistants................................................    10.23      11.01      11.75      13.65      14.46  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    11.94      15.08      19.09      26.70      33.65  
    Registered nurses.................................................    17.60      20.25      24.56      27.69      30.80  
    Therapists........................................................    18.02      24.88      26.70      30.20      33.65  
    Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...     9.25       9.25      11.50      15.21      21.18  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................     9.56      10.56      12.00      12.15      24.69  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................     9.36      10.14      11.32      12.15      12.15  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................     9.36      10.14      11.32      12.15      12.15  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................     8.50       9.27      13.43      19.87      25.04  
    Police officers...................................................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    17.02      17.67      19.70      21.66      25.04  
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     7.45       8.65       9.50      11.54      12.69  
      Security guards.................................................     7.45       8.65       9.50      11.54      12.69  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.13       7.84      10.51      14.35      15.46  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.93       8.92      10.42      11.37      12.79  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     7.93       8.69      10.42      11.37      12.20  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     8.35       9.06      10.40      10.77      12.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     7.66       9.83      12.88      20.00      30.23  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................     9.00      13.52      17.11      17.69      20.00  
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........     9.00      13.52      17.11      17.69      20.00  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     7.56       9.00      10.30      13.00      21.00  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     9.43      10.00      10.90      16.80      23.20  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    10.10      11.48      13.17      16.00      18.44  
    Financial clerks..................................................    10.00      11.25      14.22      16.00      17.79  
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    11.25      11.25      15.32      16.00      16.00  
    Customer service representatives..................................    10.20      11.58      12.30      13.94      17.50  
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................     7.14       7.14       9.50      11.73      17.42  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    11.28      11.49      12.00      15.39      19.04  
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    11.80      13.70      16.44      19.04      21.52  
    Office clerks, general............................................    11.00      11.56      13.13      15.00      16.66  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................     9.75      11.50      15.00      20.00      23.00  
    Construction laborers.............................................     9.00      10.33      11.25      13.00      16.00  
    Construction equipment operators..................................     9.75      14.07      14.56      15.48      19.59  
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..     9.75      14.07      14.56      15.48      19.59  
    Helpers, construction trades......................................     7.00       9.25      10.00      11.00      11.50  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    10.00      12.88      16.50      19.53      26.90  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    12.38      13.01      18.06      26.90      28.38  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     8.13      10.50      16.42      20.55      33.67  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     7.63       7.63       7.63       8.51      10.93  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     7.50       9.75      11.20      16.49      22.15  
    Bus drivers.......................................................    11.05      11.88      14.16      16.76      18.27  
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    11.05      11.88      14.16      16.76      18.27  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    10.00      10.27      12.00      15.30      22.15  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    10.20      11.50      13.25      22.15      22.15  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     7.50       8.58       9.67      12.50      14.46  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     8.58       8.58       9.67      14.46      14.76  

  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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                          Part-time workers                  
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                    
                                                                           10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $6.05      $7.00      $9.00     $10.72     $16.08  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................     8.13      10.25      14.43      18.27      25.00  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................     7.00       8.00      12.00      23.00      31.69  
    Other teachers and instructors....................................     8.13       8.13      12.60      17.00      25.36  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    16.00      21.00      27.04      29.99      35.00  
    Registered nurses.................................................    21.90      24.28      28.40      29.68      32.26  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................     8.25       9.01       9.70      11.34      14.40  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................     8.25       9.01       9.46      10.25      11.94  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................     8.63       9.15       9.66      10.50      11.94  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................     6.97       7.50       8.75       9.58      10.11  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     5.85       6.55       8.00      10.71      10.72  
    Cooks.............................................................     6.55       7.00       7.00       8.50       9.40  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.13       8.00      10.71      10.72      10.72  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     5.85       6.55       6.75       8.00       9.00  
      Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast                                                          
       food...........................................................     5.85       6.55       6.75       8.00       9.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     8.76       9.00       9.00      10.29      28.00  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     8.76       9.00       9.00      10.29      28.00  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     8.76       9.00       9.00      10.29      28.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     6.00       6.40       7.50       9.50      17.00  
    Child care workers................................................     6.18       6.50       7.00       7.50       8.03  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     7.56       7.68       9.08      10.25      12.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     6.00       6.55       7.00       9.50      10.93  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     6.00       6.50       7.00       9.15      10.85  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     6.00       6.50       6.75       7.23       9.25  
        Cashiers......................................................     6.00       6.50       6.75       7.23       9.25  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     6.21       6.55       8.80      10.35      12.40  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................     8.55       9.91      15.25      16.40      18.10  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     6.00       6.50       8.69       9.50       9.84  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     6.00       6.50       8.69       9.50      10.00  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     6.00       6.50       8.69       9.50      10.00  

  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.

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, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $18.69    $16.00      $741      $618    39.6    $36,760   $31,200  1,967 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    40.69     35.55     1,664     1,447    40.9     86,107    73,944  2,116 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    26.68     25.00     1,115     1,000    41.8     58,006    51,994  2,174 
    Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........    25.30     23.17     1,006       927    39.8     52,301    48,192  2,067 
    Accountants and auditors..........................................    23.07     22.17       923       887    40.0     47,992    46,107  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    24.13     22.37       874       809    36.2     45,458    42,062  1,884 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.24     26.44     1,130     1,058    40.0     58,739    54,995  2,080 
    Engineers.........................................................    31.38     31.25     1,255     1,250    40.0     65,278    65,000  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Community and social services occupations...........................    18.66     16.14       678       565    36.3     34,786    29,369  1,864 
    Social workers....................................................    23.21     22.74       886       853    38.2     46,058    44,351  1,985 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    28.57     30.31     1,052     1,108    36.8     43,000    44,207  1,505 
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    36.54     34.63     1,462     1,385    40.0     65,871    60,991  1,803 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    31.41     31.45     1,148     1,145    36.6     45,990    44,720  1,464 
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    32.42     31.96     1,175     1,159    36.2     47,158    44,720  1,454 
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    31.83     31.82     1,162     1,159    36.5     46,209    44,720  1,452 
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                     
         education....................................................    33.68     32.72     1,202     1,175    35.7     49,182    46,679  1,460 
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    33.18     30.95     1,201     1,121    36.2     47,181    44,479  1,422 
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                  
         education....................................................    32.56     30.75     1,183     1,115    36.3     46,641    43,877  1,432 
    Teacher assistants................................................    12.14     11.75       434       424    35.8     17,174    17,298  1,415 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    22.98     19.09       905       780    39.4     46,437    38,917  2,021 
    Registered nurses.................................................    24.18     24.56       938       931    38.8     46,859    44,699  1,938 
    Therapists........................................................    26.45     26.70     1,042     1,068    39.4     53,340    54,634  2,016 
    Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...    13.28     11.50       529       460    39.9     27,519    23,920  2,072 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    12.71     12.00       496       456    39.0     25,779    23,696  2,028 
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.07     11.32       424       434    38.3     22,063    22,562  1,992 
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    11.07     11.32       424       434    38.3     22,063    22,562  1,992 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Protective service occupations......................................    15.33     13.43       625       508    40.8     25,412    20,800  1,658 
    Police officers...................................................    20.42     19.70       823       788    40.3     42,774    40,970  2,095 
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    20.42     19.70       823       788    40.3     42,774    40,970  2,095 
    Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..................     9.91      9.50       388       380    39.1     19,792    19,293  1,997 
      Security guards.................................................     9.91      9.50       388       380    39.1     19,792    19,293  1,997 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    10.38     10.51       401       360    38.7     20,138    17,347  1,940 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.43     10.42       410       416    39.3     20,834    21,278  1,997 
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.10     10.42       396       408    39.2     20,016    21,008  1,983 
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    10.15     10.40       402       416    39.7     20,004    20,315  1,972 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    16.48     12.88       673       482    40.9     33,002    24,960  2,003 
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    15.50     17.11       664       684    42.8     34,527    35,591  2,228 
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    15.47     17.11       663       684    42.9     34,491    35,591  2,230 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.39     10.30       502       406    40.5     23,558    20,663  1,901 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    14.43     10.90       590       420    40.9     25,997    21,424  1,801 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.80     13.17       548       517    39.7     27,691    26,705  2,007 
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.27     14.22       571       569    40.0     29,054    28,160  2,036 
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    14.16     15.32       567       613    40.0     28,364    28,160  2,003 
    Customer service representatives..................................    13.00     12.30       519       492    39.9     24,095    25,501  1,854 
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    10.44      9.50       418       380    40.0     21,711    19,760  2,080 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    13.87     12.00       545       480    39.3     28,280    24,960  2,038 
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    16.42     16.44       636       629    38.7     32,900    32,594  2,004 
    Office clerks, general............................................    13.70     13.13       542       520    39.6     28,204    27,045  2,059 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    16.05     15.00       642       600    40.0     33,364    31,200  2,079 
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99     11.25       480       450    40.0     24,946    23,394  2,080 
    Construction equipment operators..................................    15.02     14.56       601       582    40.0     31,243    30,283  2,080 
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    15.02     14.56       601       582    40.0     31,243    30,283  2,080 
    Helpers, construction trades......................................    10.02     10.00       387       400    38.6     20,102    20,800  2,007 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    16.93     16.50       677       660    40.0     35,221    34,320  2,080 
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    19.26     18.06       770       722    40.0     40,053    37,565  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    17.24     16.42       696       639    40.4     36,173    33,218  2,099 
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.18      7.63       367       305    40.0     19,085    15,879  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    13.04     11.20       516       447    39.6     26,122    22,880  2,003 
    Bus drivers.......................................................    14.42     14.16       401       340    27.8     15,196    12,420  1,054 
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    14.42     14.16       401       340    27.8     15,196    12,420  1,054 
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.57     12.00       557       510    41.0     28,955    26,520  2,134 
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.48     13.25       619       530    40.0     32,195    27,560  2,080 
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    10.72      9.67       426       362    39.7     21,954    18,847  2,047 
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    11.42      9.67       452       362    39.5     23,138    18,847  2,026 

  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, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $17.56    $14.92      $701      $577    39.9    $35,290   $29,273  2,010 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    38.43     35.55     1,570     1,428    40.8     81,620    74,256  2,124 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    27.40     25.52     1,156     1,028    42.2     60,118    53,456  2,194 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    21.72     18.26       752       548    34.6     39,108    28,487  1,800 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.87     27.00     1,155     1,080    40.0     60,041    56,160  2,080 
    Engineers.........................................................    31.38     31.25     1,255     1,250    40.0     65,278    65,000  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    22.12     15.89       847       631    38.3     37,503    27,334  1,696 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    21.83     15.77       835       631    38.2     36,054    27,334  1,652 
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    30.03     30.77     1,064     1,156    35.4     48,178    47,600  1,605 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    22.30     19.40       881       784    39.5     45,793    40,768  2,053 
    Registered nurses.................................................    23.54     22.99       922       907    39.2     47,937    47,174  2,037 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    12.71     12.00       496       456    39.0     25,779    23,696  2,028 
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.07     11.32       424       434    38.3     22,063    22,562  1,992 
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    11.07     11.32       424       434    38.3     22,063    22,562  1,992 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Protective service occupations......................................     9.18      9.07       358       357    39.1     11,658     5,717  1,270 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    10.30     10.51       405       360    39.3     20,623    18,720  2,001 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.32     10.82       405       408    39.2     21,062    21,197  2,040 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    16.48     12.85       674       482    40.9     32,988    24,960  2,002 
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    15.22     17.11       655       684    43.0     34,039    35,591  2,237 
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    15.18     17.11       654       684    43.1     33,994    35,591  2,239 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.40     10.30       503       406    40.5     23,537    20,663  1,898 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    14.43     10.90       590       420    40.9     25,997    21,424  1,801 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.29     12.43       529       494    39.8     26,742    25,584  2,012 
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.24     14.22       570       569    40.0     28,973    28,160  2,034 
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    14.16     15.32       567       613    40.0     28,364    28,160  2,003 
    Customer service representatives..................................    13.00     12.30       519       492    39.9     24,095    25,501  1,854 
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    10.44      9.50       418       380    40.0     21,711    19,760  2,080 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    12.57     11.49       495       460    39.4     25,726    23,899  2,047 
    Office clerks, general............................................    13.33     12.11       527       488    39.5     27,416    25,355  2,056 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    15.84     14.68       633       582    40.0     32,928    30,283  2,078 
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99     11.25       480       450    40.0     24,946    23,394  2,080 
    Construction equipment operators..................................    14.31     14.56       572       582    40.0     29,758    30,283  2,080 
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    14.31     14.56       572       582    40.0     29,758    30,283  2,080 
    Helpers, construction trades......................................    10.02     10.00       387       400    38.6     20,102    20,800  2,007 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    17.05     16.50       682       660    40.0     35,457    34,320  2,080 
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    21.05     20.00       842       800    40.0     43,786    41,600  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    17.24     16.42       696       639    40.4     36,173    33,218  2,099 
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.18      7.63       367       305    40.0     19,085    15,879  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    12.95     11.00       523       448    40.4     27,149    23,296  2,096 
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.52     12.00       555       510    41.1     28,879    26,520  2,136 
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.52     13.25       621       530    40.0     32,272    27,560  2,080 
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    10.72      9.67       426       362    39.7     21,954    18,847  2,047 
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    11.42      9.67       452       362    39.5     23,138    18,847  2,026 

  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,
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $23.83    $20.60      $917      $817    38.5    $42,685   $40,477  1,791 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    53.11     37.34     2,182     1,447    41.1    110,139    63,672  2,074 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    23.27     23.17       931       927    40.0     48,398    48,192  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Community and social services occupations...........................    24.05     22.09       916       867    38.1     45,737    44,799  1,902 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    30.59     31.78     1,112     1,142    36.4     44,472    44,720  1,454 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    33.16     31.96     1,203     1,159    36.3     47,564    44,786  1,434 
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    32.66     31.96     1,187     1,159    36.3     47,066    44,720  1,441 
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    31.87     31.85     1,164     1,159    36.5     46,350    44,720  1,454 
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                     
         education....................................................    34.69     32.72     1,244     1,174    35.9     48,841    46,589  1,408 
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    33.22     31.17     1,201     1,121    36.2     47,222    44,386  1,422 
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                  
         education....................................................    32.56     30.75     1,181     1,115    36.3     46,642    43,877  1,433 
    Teacher assistants................................................    12.94     12.71       451       458    34.9     17,025    17,298  1,316 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    27.22     18.34     1,055       751    38.8     50,054    37,482  1,839 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Protective service occupations......................................    19.90     19.63       839       785    42.2     42,642    40,654  2,143 
    Police officers...................................................    20.42     19.70       823       788    40.3     42,774    40,970  2,095 
      Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................    20.42     19.70       823       788    40.3     42,774    40,970  2,095 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.62     10.42       419       417    39.5     20,480    21,632  1,929 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    16.29     16.29       638       627    39.2     32,289    32,111  1,982 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    16.25     16.40       636       629    39.1     32,890    32,594  2,023 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    17.35     16.99       694       680    40.0     36,095    35,339  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    14.24     13.94       438       416    30.8     17,759    13,860  1,247 
    Bus drivers.......................................................    14.42     14.16       401       340    27.8     15,196    12,420  1,054 
      Bus drivers, school.............................................    14.42     14.16       401       340    27.8     15,196    12,420  1,054 

  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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC,
July 2008
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                            1-99      100-499      500   
            Occupational group(2)                Total     workers    workers    workers 
                                                                                 or more 
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
All workers..................................   $15.82     $14.50     $14.23     $22.63  
                                                                                         
  Management, professional, and related......    26.12      23.30      25.77      30.03  
    Management, business, and financial......    33.37      31.37      28.03      37.48  
    Professional and related.................    22.05      19.42      24.59      24.75  
  Service....................................     9.31       9.25       9.55       9.19  
  Sales and office...........................    13.74      14.43      12.79      12.19  
    Sales and related........................    14.13      15.28      11.73       9.21  
    Office and administrative support........    13.38      13.44      13.78      12.75  
  Natural resources, construction, and                                                   
   maintenance...............................    15.99      15.28      16.86        –    
    Construction and  extraction.............    15.73      15.16        –          –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair....    16.42      15.59      17.26        –    
  Production, transportation, and material                                               
   moving....................................    14.29      12.79      11.31        –    
    Production...............................    17.19      13.31      12.95        –    
    Transportation and material moving.......    11.85      12.54       9.80      13.70  
B
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                     1-99      100-499      500   
                                                                          Total     workers    workers    workers 
                                                                                                          or more 
                        Occupational group(2)                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Relative error(3)             
                                                                                        (percent)                 
                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                               Relative error(3) (percent)
                                                                      
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................     3.8        5.7        5.7        7.1   
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................     7.9       11.3        6.8       13.1   
    Management, business, and financial...............................     9.1        8.5       15.5       17.8   
    Professional and related..........................................     7.8       14.3       10.5        5.1   
  Service.............................................................     4.7        7.0        4.6        2.6   
  Sales and office....................................................     6.4        9.7        3.5        2.3   
    Sales and related.................................................    13.4       16.4        5.8        5.0   
    Office and administrative support.................................     1.8        1.0        5.6        2.9   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     6.6        8.0        8.4         –    
    Construction and  extraction......................................     9.7       10.8         –          –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     4.2        8.0        9.9         –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    10.9        6.5        9.2         –    
    Production........................................................    21.1       10.2        7.0         –    
    Transportation and material moving................................     9.1        9.7        9.7        8.4   

  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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $16.21    $14.46      $649      $548    40.0    $32,596   $27,334  2,011 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    34.50     30.27     1,550     1,428    44.9     80,603    74,256  2,337 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    30.10     28.40     1,311     1,125    43.6     68,176    58,500  2,265 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    24.89     18.32       965       707    38.8     50,173    36,774  2,015 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    10.54     10.80       414       384    39.3     21,512    19,948  2,042 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    18.01     15.73       748       549    41.5     35,945    27,040  1,996 
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    14.88     17.11       649       684    43.7     33,770    35,591  2,270 
      First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.........    14.88     17.11       649       684    43.7     33,770    35,591  2,270 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.89     10.25       533       406    41.4     23,979    19,165  1,861 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    17.09     13.00       738       520    43.2     28,286    21,840  1,656 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.18     12.00       525       480    39.9     25,980    24,960  1,972 
    Financial clerks..................................................    13.74     12.06       549       482    40.0     28,573    25,085  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    15.27     14.56       610       582    40.0     31,740    30,283  2,078 
    Construction laborers.............................................    11.99     11.25       480       450    40.0     24,946    23,394  2,080 
    Construction equipment operators..................................    14.31     14.56       572       582    40.0     29,758    30,283  2,080 
      Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators..    14.31     14.56       572       582    40.0     29,758    30,283  2,080 
    Helpers, construction trades......................................     9.89     10.00       379       370    38.3     19,702    19,240  1,992 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    15.59     16.00       624       640    40.0     32,427    33,280  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    13.33     12.36       547       480    41.0     28,428    24,960  2,132 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    13.12     10.60       532       440    40.5     27,663    22,880  2,108 
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    13.42     11.00       552       500    41.1     28,702    26,000  2,139 
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    15.39     13.10       616       524    40.0     32,012    27,248  2,080 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for
full-time(1) private industry workers, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $19.40    $16.42      $771      $660    39.7    $38,976   $33,443  2,009 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    39.54     38.86     1,575     1,505    39.8     81,876    78,250  2,071 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    22.37     21.63       893       865    39.9     46,417    44,990  2,075 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    24.75     20.22       990       809    40.0     51,480    42,062  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Architecture and engineering occupations............................    28.54     26.44     1,142     1,058    40.0     59,364    54,995  2,080 
    Engineers.........................................................    30.92     30.75     1,237     1,230    40.0     64,320    63,960  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    32.93     30.58     1,280     1,223    38.9     55,761    49,275  1,693 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    20.80     19.50       830       798    39.9     43,176    41,496  2,076 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    10.96     11.01       422       424    38.5     21,951    22,027  2,003 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    12.02     10.50       470       418    39.1     24,246    21,736  2,018 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    11.30     10.30       437       411    38.7     22,464    21,362  1,988 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    11.38     10.30       439       406    38.5     22,812    21,112  2,004 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    13.39     12.74       533       510    39.8     27,430    26,520  2,049 
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.95     15.26       598       610    40.0     29,504    28,160  1,974 
    Customer service representatives..................................    12.99     12.29       520       492    40.0     26,806    25,561  2,063 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    13.21     13.70       508       514    38.5     26,420    26,705  2,000 
    Office clerks, general............................................    12.67     11.63       507       465    40.0     26,353    24,190  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    18.23     18.75       729       750    40.0     37,921    39,000  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    19.12     18.39       765       736    40.0     39,772    38,251  2,080 
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    21.05     20.00       842       800    40.0     43,786    41,600  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    19.46     17.87       778       715    40.0     40,477    37,170  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    12.44     11.20       498       448    40.0     25,638    23,296  2,060 
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.14      8.91       446       356    40.0     22,828    17,992  2,049 
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    11.25      8.91       450       356    40.0     22,898    17,842  2,035 

  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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                     Union                          Nonunion            
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                        Occupational group(3)                                       Private   State and              Private   State and
                                                                        Civilian   industry     local    Civilian   industry     local  
                                                                         workers    workers  government   workers    workers  government
                                                                                               workers                          workers 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $17.05     $17.05        –       $16.93     $15.73     $23.07  
                                                                                                                                        
  Management, professional, and related...............................      –          –          –        27.19      26.12      29.58  
    Management, business, and financial...............................      –          –          –        34.10      33.37      37.92  
    Professional and related..........................................      –          –          –        24.28      22.05      28.05  
  Service.............................................................      –          –          –        10.55       9.16      17.00  
  Sales and office....................................................      –          –          –        13.89      13.69      15.82  
    Sales and related.................................................      –          –          –        14.16      14.13        –    
    Office and administrative support.................................      –          –          –        13.67      13.29      15.79  
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    20.29      20.29        –        15.47      15.22      16.96  
    Construction and  extraction......................................      –          –          –        15.34      14.98      17.35  
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    19.44      19.44        –        15.72      15.66        –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    18.31      18.31        –        13.60      13.58      14.24  
    Production........................................................      –          –          –        17.16      17.16        –    
    Transportation and material moving................................    19.87      19.87        –        11.08      10.89      14.24  
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                     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...........................................................     6.6        6.6         –         3.2        4.0        4.0   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management, professional, and related...............................      –          –          –         5.5        7.9        5.2   
    Management, business, and financial...............................      –          –          –         8.6        9.1       26.6   
    Professional and related..........................................      –          –          –         4.9        7.8        3.4   
  Service.............................................................      –          –          –         6.0        5.3       10.7   
  Sales and office....................................................      –          –          –         5.8        6.5        5.5   
    Sales and related.................................................      –          –          –        13.1       13.4         –    
    Office and administrative support.................................      –          –          –         1.8        1.6        5.5   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     8.1        8.1         –         6.2        7.0        6.7   
    Construction and  extraction......................................      –          –          –         8.7        9.6       10.7   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    12.1       12.1         –         5.4        6.3         –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     7.6        7.6         –        13.8       14.3        3.6   
    Production........................................................      –          –          –        28.6       28.6         –    
    Transportation and material moving................................     9.7        9.7         –         6.1        6.5        3.6   

  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, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                Time               Incentive      
                                                                                                                  
                        Occupational group(3)                                                                     
                                                                        Civilian    Private   Civilian    Private 
                                                                         workers   industry    workers   industry 
                                                                                    workers               workers 
                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $16.59     $15.34     $23.97     $23.97  
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................    26.97      25.72        –          –    
    Management, business, and financial...............................    34.33      33.51        –          –    
    Professional and related..........................................    24.28      22.05        –          –    
  Service.............................................................    10.52       9.20        –          –    
  Sales and office....................................................    12.62      12.26      25.62      25.62  
    Sales and related.................................................    10.95      10.84      28.44      28.44  
    Office and administrative support.................................    13.73      13.35        –          –    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    16.16      16.05        –          –    
    Construction and  extraction......................................      –        15.73        –          –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    16.54      16.59        –          –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    14.37      14.38        –          –    
    Production........................................................    17.19      17.19        –          –    
    Transportation and material moving................................    12.02      11.89        –          –    
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                Time               Incentive      
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Civilian    Private   Civilian    Private 
                                                                         workers   industry    workers   industry 
                                                                                    workers               workers 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Relative error(4)             
                                                                                        (percent)                 
                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                               Relative error(4) (percent)
                                                                      
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................     2.8        3.3        9.5        9.5   
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................     5.6        8.2         –          –    
    Management, business, and financial...............................     9.7       10.5         –          –    
    Professional and related..........................................     4.9        7.8         –          –    
  Service.............................................................     5.6        4.8         –          –    
  Sales and office....................................................     2.8        2.9       11.2       11.2   
    Sales and related.................................................     5.5        5.5       13.4       13.4   
    Office and administrative support.................................     1.9        1.8         –          –    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     5.7        6.4         –          –    
    Construction and  extraction......................................      –         9.7         –          –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     3.9        4.2         –          –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    10.9       11.3         –          –    
    Production........................................................    21.1       21.1         –          –    
    Transportation and material moving................................     9.2        9.7         –          –    

  1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are
at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
  2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
  4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used
to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
 
 
Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July
2008
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                         Goods producing                             Service providing                          
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                        Occupational group(3)                                                Trade,                       Profes-  Education  Leisure           
                                                                       Construc-  Manufac- transpor-   Infor-  Financial   sional     and       and      Other  
                                                                          tion     turing   tation,    mation  activiti-    and      health  hospital-  services
                                                                                              and                  es     business  services    ity             
                                                                                           utilities                      services                              
                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                
All workers...........................................................   $16.51    $21.74      –         –         –         –       $18.17     $9.18      –    
                                                                                                                                                                
  Management, professional, and related...............................     –        41.27      –         –         –         –        23.50      –         –    
    Management, business, and financial...............................     –         –         –         –         –         –        31.84      –         –    
    Professional and related..........................................     –        28.99      –         –         –         –        22.24      –         –    
  Service.............................................................     –         –         –         –         –         –        10.66      8.25      –    
  Sales and office....................................................    13.44     14.03      –         –         –         –        12.87     12.24      –    
    Sales and related.................................................     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Office and administrative support.................................    13.44     14.03      –         –         –         –        12.84      –         –    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    15.06     17.93      –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Construction and  extraction......................................     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     –        18.92      –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    16.73     18.11      –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Production........................................................     –        18.57      –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.73     13.95      –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
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...........................................................    13.2       2.9       –         –         –         –         6.9      11.4       –    
                                                                                                                                                                
  Management, professional, and related...............................     –         6.5       –         –         –         –         9.6       –         –    
    Management, business, and financial...............................     –         –         –         –         –         –        10.0       –         –    
    Professional and related..........................................     –         7.1       –         –         –         –        10.8       –         –    
  Service.............................................................     –         –         –         –         –         –        11.0      10.3       –    
  Sales and office....................................................     5.1      13.4       –         –         –         –         1.0      18.0       –    
    Sales and related.................................................     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Office and administrative support.................................     5.1      13.4       –         –         –         –          .9       –         –    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    10.4      10.5       –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Construction and  extraction......................................     –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     –        10.7       –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     2.9      26.9       –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Production........................................................     –        30.2       –         –         –         –         –         –         –    
    Transportation and material moving................................     2.9       9.6       –         –         –         –         –         –         –    

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
 
 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                    Private   State and
                        Occupational group(2)                           Civilian   industry     local  
                                                                         workers    workers  government
                                                                                               workers 
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                       
All workers...........................................................    699,900    590,300    109,700
                                                                                                       
  Management, professional, and related...............................    169,600    110,500     59,100
    Management, business, and financial...............................     41,900     34,800      7,100
    Professional and related..........................................    127,700     75,700     52,000
  Service.............................................................    169,800    147,500     22,300
  Sales and office....................................................    182,400    167,700     14,700
    Sales and related.................................................     81,000     80,000     –     
    Office and administrative support.................................    101,400     87,600     13,700
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     75,700     66,700      8,900
    Construction and  extraction......................................     47,200     41,200      6,000
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     28,400     25,500     –     
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    102,500     97,900      4,600
    Production........................................................     41,700     41,700      –    
    Transportation and material moving................................     60,800     56,200      4,600

  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.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2008
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                    Private   State and
                            Establishments                                Total    industry     local  
                                                                                             government
                                                                                                      
                                                                                                       
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................    33,186     32,463        723 
                                                                                                       
Total in sample.......................................................       281        254         27 
    Responding........................................................       176        149         27 
    Refused or unable to provide data.................................        72         72          0 
    Out of business or not in survey scope............................        33         33          0 

  1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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