Highlights of San Antonio National Compensation Survey November 2008

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                                      HIGHLIGHTS OF SAN ANTONIO, TX
                               NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY NOVEMBER 2008


     Workers in the San Antonio metropolitan area earned an average of $17.05 per hour in November 2008, 
according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of 
Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that wage data were 
reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $30.54 for 
education, training, and library operations and $30.03 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.  
Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $14.66.  The NCS 
data available for the San Antonio area include earnings for 20 major occupational groups with additional 
detail for selected occupations within those groups.  (See table 1.)  
       
     Elementary school teachers, except special education, part of the education, training, and library 
occupational group, earned $34.07 per hour.  Within the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational 
group, registered nurses averaged $28.17 per hour and licensed practical and vocational nurses, $19.39.  
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants, an occupation within the office and administrative support 
group, registered an average hourly rate of $17.37, and general office clerks earned $12.58 per hour.  (See 
table 1.)
       
     Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area.  Full-
time workers averaged $17.82 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $10.11.  Union workers earned 
$17.22 and non-union workers, $17.04.  Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $14.77 per hour, 
those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $17.29, and those in establishments with 500 or more 
employees earned $20.59.  

     The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making 
decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations.  Individuals may use such 
data to help choose potential careers.  NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for 
occupations determined by a point factor leveling process.  The four occupational leveling factors are:  
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment.  Details on the NCS are available 
at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/.  

     The NCS data reported here covered 265 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and 
State and local governments.  Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the 
Federal Government were excluded from the survey.  This sample of establishments represented 794,800 workers in 
the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which is comprised of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, 
Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson Counties in Texas.  



Survey Availability

     Complete survey results are contained in the San Antonio, TX National Compensation Survey November 2008 
which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.  

     For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other 
Bureau data, contact the Southwest Information Office by calling (972) 850-4800 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 
and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.  




	Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), San Antonio, TX, November 2008
	
		
			Occupation(3)
			Total
			Full-time workers
			Part-time workers
		
		
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
			Mean
			Relative
error(4)
(percent)
		
	
	
		
			All workers
			$17.05
			4.1
			$17.82
			4.3
			$10.11
			5.8
		
		
			Management occupations
			40.88
			5.4
			40.88
			5.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Financial managers
			45.18
			12.1
			45.18
			12.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Business and financial operations occupations
			28.36
			5.1
			28.36
			5.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
			25.44
			22.1
			25.44
			22.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Accountants and auditors
			26.32
			13.4
			26.32
			13.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Computer and mathematical science occupations
			32.08
			10.1
			32.08
			10.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Architecture and engineering occupations
			19.34
			2.2
			19.38
			2.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Life, physical, and social science occupations
			26.56
			13.5
			26.56
			13.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Community and social services occupations
			21.02
			13.4
			21.01
			13.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Social workers
			18.34
			8.1
			18.34
			8.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Education, training, and library occupations
			30.54
			4.5
			31.02
			4.6
			19.45
			24.6
		
		
			Postsecondary teachers
			47.91
			9.9
			50.57
			14.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers
			53.73
			15.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
			33.90
			0.1
			33.91
			0.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Elementary and middle school teachers
			33.93
			0.5
			33.93
			0.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Elementary school teachers, except special education
			34.07
			0.8
			34.07
			0.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Secondary school teachers
			34.25
			0.5
			34.25
			0.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
			34.25
			0.5
			34.25
			0.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Other teachers and instructors
			25.53
			28.1
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Teacher assistants
			12.12
			3.2
			12.17
			3.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
			21.58
			10.5
			22.67
			7.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
			30.03
			9.7
			31.64
			10.1
			21.73
			20.5
		
		
			Registered nurses
			28.17
			2.7
			27.90
			2.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
			19.39
			0.9
			19.51
			0.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Healthcare support occupations
			11.24
			2.8
			12.01
			2.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
			9.71
			8.7
			10.70
			8.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
			10.00
			11.2
			11.08
			7.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations
			12.10
			4.1
			12.70
			1.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Protective service occupations
			16.02
			11.7
			16.13
			11.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Food preparation and serving related occupations
			6.93
			5.6
			7.10
			4.7
			6.23
			11.7
		
		
			Cooks
			9.92
			6.5
			9.91
			5.8
			-
			-
		
		
			Cooks, institution and cafeteria
			11.19
			1.3
			11.19
			1.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Cooks, restaurant
			9.60
			4.3
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Food service, tipped
			4.24
			11.6
			4.49
			9.1
			2.31
			4.3
		
		
			Waiters and waitresses
			2.97
			25.4
			3.13
			26.9
			2.21
			2.4
		
		
			Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
			8.22
			5.7
			8.22
			5.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Fast food and counter workers
			8.70
			5.8
			9.84
			3.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
			8.88
			7.0
			10.38
			1.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
			9.26
			4.8
			9.38
			5.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Building cleaning workers
			9.48
			3.6
			9.69
			3.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
			10.23
			3.4
			10.42
			3.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Maids and housekeeping cleaners
			8.39
			3.7
			8.60
			3.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Personal care and service occupations
			8.88
			10.5
			9.21
			16.6
			7.83
			8.4
		
		
			Sales and related occupations
			12.44
			6.3
			13.52
			6.3
			8.57
			4.6
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers
			16.11
			13.3
			16.11
			13.3
			-
			-
		
		
			First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
			15.75
			15.0
			15.75
			15.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Retail sales workers
			10.08
			8.4
			10.99
			9.5
			8.57
			4.6
		
		
			Cashiers, all workers
			8.92
			3.7
			9.20
			5.3
			8.57
			0.7
		
		
			Cashiers
			8.92
			3.7
			9.20
			5.3
			8.57
			0.7
		
		
			Retail salespersons
			10.84
			10.7
			11.93
			12
			8.35
			6.7
		
		
			Office and administrative support occupations
			14.66
			3.9
			14.88
			4.3
			10.52
			5.6
		
		
			Financial clerks
			15.69
			7.2
			15.83
			7.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Bill and account collectors
			18.17
			12.5
			18.17
			12.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
			16.31
			11.0
			16.31
			11.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Tellers
			12.63
			0.0
			12.84
			0.0
			-
			-
		
		
			Customer service representatives
			17.79
			14.4
			18.02
			14.5
			-
			-
		
		
			Receptionists and information clerks
			12.12
			9.6
			12.12
			9.6
			-
			-
		
		
			Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
			12.28
			11.1
			12.57
			9.9
			-
			-
		
		
			Secretaries and administrative assistants
			14.62
			5.5
			14.90
			5.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
			17.37
			7.2
			17.37
			7.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
			15.36
			9.2
			16.13
			8.7
			-
			-
		
		
			Office clerks, general
			12.58
			3.1
			12.59
			3.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Construction and extraction occupations
			16.62
			26.2
			16.62
			26.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
			15.48
			7.2
			15.51
			7.3
			-
			-
		
		
			Production occupations
			12.49
			6.1
			12.49
			6.1
			-
			-
		
		
			Transportation and material moving occupations
			12.64
			5.9
			13.07
			6.5
			11.07
			14.2
		
		
			Bus drivers
			17.20
			10.1
			17.32
			10.4
			-
			-
		
		
			Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
			11.82
			11.6
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Industrial truck and tractor operators
			11.60
			8.7
			11.60
			8.2
			-
			-
		
		
			Laborers and material movers, hand
			9.29
			8.2
			9.71
			10.4
			8.07
			2.8
		
		
			Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
			9.08
			12.2
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
		
			Packers and packagers, hand
			9.81
			16.7
			-
			-
			-
			-
		
	

		
			Footnotes

				(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. For more information see full publication.

				(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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
  				(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 full publication.


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 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2), San Antonio, TX, November 2008
Occupation(3)	Total	Full-time workers	Part-time workers
All workers	$17.05	4.1	$17.82	4.3	$10.11	5.8
Management occupations	40.88	5.4	40.88	5.4	-	-
Financial managers	45.18	12.1	45.18	12.1	-	-
Business and financial operations occupations	28.36	5.1	28.36	5.1	-	-
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	25.44	22.1	25.44	22.1	-	-
Accountants and auditors	26.32	13.4	26.32	13.4	-	-
Computer and mathematical science occupations	32.08	10.1	32.08	10.1	-	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	19.34	2.2	19.38	2.4	-	-
Life, physical, and social science occupations	26.56	13.5	26.56	13.5	-	-
Community and social services occupations	21.02	13.4	21.01	13.8	-	-
Social workers	18.34	8.1	18.34	8.1	-	-
Education, training, and library occupations	30.54	4.5	31.02	4.6	19.45	24.6
Postsecondary teachers	47.91	9.9	50.57	14.7	-	-
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers	53.73	15.6	-	-	-	-
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	33.90	0.1	33.91	0.2	-	-
Elementary and middle school teachers	33.93	0.5	33.93	0.5	-	-
Elementary school teachers, except special education	34.07	0.8	34.07	0.8	-	-
Secondary school teachers	34.25	0.5	34.25	0.5	-	-
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	34.25	0.5	34.25	0.5	-	-
Other teachers and instructors	25.53	28.1	-	-	-	-
Teacher assistants	12.12	3.2	12.17	3.2	-	-
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	21.58	10.5	22.67	7.4	-	-
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	30.03	9.7	31.64	10.1	21.73	20.5
Registered nurses	28.17	2.7	27.90	2.2	-	-
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	19.39	0.9	19.51	0.7	-	-
Healthcare support occupations	11.24	2.8	12.01	2.2	-	-
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	9.71	8.7	10.70	8.3	-	-
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	10.00	11.2	11.08	7.6	-	-
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations	12.10	4.1	12.70	1.9	-	-
Protective service occupations	16.02	11.7	16.13	11.7	-	-
Food preparation and serving related occupations	6.93	5.6	7.10	4.7	6.23	11.7
Cooks	9.92	6.5	9.91	5.8	-	-
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	11.19	1.3	11.19	1.3	-	-
Cooks, restaurant	9.60	4.3	-	-	-	-
Food service, tipped	4.24	11.6	4.49	9.1	2.31	4.3
Waiters and waitresses	2.97	25.4	3.13	26.9	2.21	2.4
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	8.22	5.7	8.22	5.7	-	-
Fast food and counter workers	8.70	5.8	9.84	3.1	-	-
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	8.88	7.0	10.38	1.1	-	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	9.26	4.8	9.38	5.2	-	-
Building cleaning workers	9.48	3.6	9.69	3.3	-	-
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	10.23	3.4	10.42	3.1	-	-
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	8.39	3.7	8.60	3.5	-	-
Personal care and service occupations	8.88	10.5	9.21	16.6	7.83	8.4
Sales and related occupations	12.44	6.3	13.52	6.3	8.57	4.6
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers	16.11	13.3	16.11	13.3	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	15.75	15.0	15.75	15.0	-	-
Retail sales workers	10.08	8.4	10.99	9.5	8.57	4.6
Cashiers, all workers	8.92	3.7	9.20	5.3	8.57	0.7
Cashiers	8.92	3.7	9.20	5.3	8.57	0.7
Retail salespersons	10.84	10.7	11.93	12	8.35	6.7
Office and administrative support occupations	14.66	3.9	14.88	4.3	10.52	5.6
Financial clerks	15.69	7.2	15.83	7.0	-	-
Bill and account collectors	18.17	12.5	18.17	12.5	-	-
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	16.31	11.0	16.31	11.0	-	-
Tellers	12.63	0.0	12.84	0.0	-	-
Customer service representatives	17.79	14.4	18.02	14.5	-	-
Receptionists and information clerks	12.12	9.6	12.12	9.6	-	-
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	12.28	11.1	12.57	9.9	-	-
Secretaries and administrative assistants	14.62	5.5	14.90	5.7	-	-
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	17.37	7.2	17.37	7.2	-	-
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	15.36	9.2	16.13	8.7	-	-
Office clerks, general	12.58	3.1	12.59	3.2	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	16.62	26.2	16.62	26.2	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	15.48	7.2	15.51	7.3	-	-
Production occupations	12.49	6.1	12.49	6.1	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	12.64	5.9	13.07	6.5	11.07	14.2
Bus drivers	17.20	10.1	17.32	10.4	-	-
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	11.82	11.6	-	-	-	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	11.60	8.7	11.60	8.2	-	-
Laborers and material movers, hand	9.29	8.2	9.71	10.4	8.07	2.8
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	9.08	12.2	-	-	-	-
Packers and packagers, hand	9.81	16.7	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (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. For more information see full publication. (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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (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 full publication. 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.

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Occupation(3)	Total		Full-time workers		Part-time workers
Occupation(3)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)	Mean	Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers	$17.05	4.1	$17.82	4.3	$10.11	5.8
Management occupations	40.88	5.4	40.88	5.4	-	-
Financial managers	45.18	12.1	45.18	12.1	-	-
Business and financial operations occupations	28.36	5.1	28.36	5.1	-	-
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	25.44	22.1	25.44	22.1	-	-
Accountants and auditors	26.32	13.4	26.32	13.4	-	-
Computer and mathematical science occupations	32.08	10.1	32.08	10.1	-	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	19.34	2.2	19.38	2.4	-	-
Life, physical, and social science occupations	26.56	13.5	26.56	13.5	-	-
Community and social services occupations	21.02	13.4	21.01	13.8	-	-
Social workers	18.34	8.1	18.34	8.1	-	-
Education, training, and library occupations	30.54	4.5	31.02	4.6	19.45	24.6
Postsecondary teachers	47.91	9.9	50.57	14.7	-	-
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers	53.73	15.6	-	-	-	-
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	33.90	0.1	33.91	0.2	-	-
Elementary and middle school teachers	33.93	0.5	33.93	0.5	-	-
Elementary school teachers, except special education	34.07	0.8	34.07	0.8	-	-
Secondary school teachers	34.25	0.5	34.25	0.5	-	-
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	34.25	0.5	34.25	0.5	-	-
Other teachers and instructors	25.53	28.1	-	-	-	-
Teacher assistants	12.12	3.2	12.17	3.2	-	-
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	21.58	10.5	22.67	7.4	-	-
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	30.03	9.7	31.64	10.1	21.73	20.5
Registered nurses	28.17	2.7	27.90	2.2	-	-
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	19.39	0.9	19.51	0.7	-	-
Healthcare support occupations	11.24	2.8	12.01	2.2	-	-
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	9.71	8.7	10.70	8.3	-	-
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	10.00	11.2	11.08	7.6	-	-
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations	12.10	4.1	12.70	1.9	-	-
Protective service occupations	16.02	11.7	16.13	11.7	-	-
Food preparation and serving related occupations	6.93	5.6	7.10	4.7	6.23	11.7
Cooks	9.92	6.5	9.91	5.8	-	-
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	11.19	1.3	11.19	1.3	-	-
Cooks, restaurant	9.60	4.3	-	-	-	-
Food service, tipped	4.24	11.6	4.49	9.1	2.31	4.3
Waiters and waitresses	2.97	25.4	3.13	26.9	2.21	2.4
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	8.22	5.7	8.22	5.7	-	-
Fast food and counter workers	8.70	5.8	9.84	3.1	-	-
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	8.88	7.0	10.38	1.1	-	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	9.26	4.8	9.38	5.2	-	-
Building cleaning workers	9.48	3.6	9.69	3.3	-	-
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	10.23	3.4	10.42	3.1	-	-
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	8.39	3.7	8.60	3.5	-	-
Personal care and service occupations	8.88	10.5	9.21	16.6	7.83	8.4
Sales and related occupations	12.44	6.3	13.52	6.3	8.57	4.6
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers	16.11	13.3	16.11	13.3	-	-
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	15.75	15.0	15.75	15.0	-	-
Retail sales workers	10.08	8.4	10.99	9.5	8.57	4.6
Cashiers, all workers	8.92	3.7	9.20	5.3	8.57	0.7
Cashiers	8.92	3.7	9.20	5.3	8.57	0.7
Retail salespersons	10.84	10.7	11.93	12	8.35	6.7
Office and administrative support occupations	14.66	3.9	14.88	4.3	10.52	5.6
Financial clerks	15.69	7.2	15.83	7.0	-	-
Bill and account collectors	18.17	12.5	18.17	12.5	-	-
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	16.31	11.0	16.31	11.0	-	-
Tellers	12.63	0.0	12.84	0.0	-	-
Customer service representatives	17.79	14.4	18.02	14.5	-	-
Receptionists and information clerks	12.12	9.6	12.12	9.6	-	-
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	12.28	11.1	12.57	9.9	-	-
Secretaries and administrative assistants	14.62	5.5	14.90	5.7	-	-
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	17.37	7.2	17.37	7.2	-	-
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	15.36	9.2	16.13	8.7	-	-
Office clerks, general	12.58	3.1	12.59	3.2	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	16.62	26.2	16.62	26.2	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	15.48	7.2	15.51	7.3	-	-
Production occupations	12.49	6.1	12.49	6.1	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	12.64	5.9	13.07	6.5	11.07	14.2
Bus drivers	17.20	10.1	17.32	10.4	-	-
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	11.82	11.6	-	-	-	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	11.60	8.7	11.60	8.2	-	-
Laborers and material movers, hand	9.29	8.2	9.71	10.4	8.07	2.8
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	9.08	12.2	-	-	-	-
Packers and packagers, hand	9.81	16.7	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (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. For more information see full publication. (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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. (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 full publication. 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.