NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin 3120-08, January 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $17.88 3.4 37.8 $16.61 4.0 38.1 $23.83 2.6 36.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.86 4.8 37.5 19.63 6.1 38.0 29.03 4.4 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 3.5 36.3 22.57 4.3 36.5 34.41 4.3 36.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.21 9.0 40.1 30.61 10.8 39.8 34.35 6.9 41.7 Sales............................................................. 11.39 6.4 35.5 11.39 6.4 35.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.41 2.7 38.0 13.33 3.4 39.4 13.72 2.2 33.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.41 3.1 39.3 15.35 3.3 39.4 16.48 3.6 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 4.8 39.9 18.63 5.5 40.2 16.77 6.9 38.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.77 7.8 39.8 15.78 7.8 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.39 5.6 38.7 16.40 6.6 39.0 16.31 2.3 36.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.45 2.1 38.5 12.23 2.0 38.5 16.55 6.9 39.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.80 4.0 34.7 10.48 6.8 33.9 14.67 3.1 36.5 Full time........................................................... 18.38 3.0 39.6 17.08 3.6 40.0 24.45 2.4 38.3 Part time........................................................... 10.07 15.2 21.7 9.39 16.7 22.1 13.52 14.7 19.6 Union............................................................... 19.86 3.7 38.3 14.81 4.8 39.4 25.04 .8 37.3 Nonunion............................................................ 17.15 4.4 37.5 16.96 4.5 37.8 20.16 12.2 33.7 Time................................................................ 17.90 3.3 37.6 16.54 3.9 38.0 23.83 2.6 36.3 Incentive........................................................... 17.52 11.7 39.5 17.52 11.7 39.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.31 12.2 37.6 16.04 13.5 37.6 19.02 6.2 37.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.70 3.2 37.6 14.87 3.5 37.8 25.31 7.0 35.7 500 workers or more................................................. 21.01 5.7 37.9 19.70 8.9 38.7 23.81 1.6 36.4 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, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.88 3.4 $16.61 4.0 $23.83 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 18.23 3.3 16.96 4.0 23.83 2.6 White collar........................................................ 21.86 4.8 19.63 6.1 29.03 4.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.19 3.3 21.06 4.5 29.03 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 3.5 22.57 4.3 34.41 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.90 2.2 24.11 4.0 35.50 2.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.21 9.3 31.21 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.14 5.2 24.14 5.2 – – Health related................................................ 24.11 3.0 23.26 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 .3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.56 6.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.43 .4 – – 36.43 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.11 1.9 – – 38.11 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.79 3.2 – – 35.79 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.86 5.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.29 7.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.98 .9 23.98 .9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.24 3.8 20.38 4.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.23 2.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.21 9.0 30.61 10.8 34.35 6.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.27 10.5 37.44 12.5 36.50 9.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.16 5.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.37 12.3 33.06 12.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.10 4.9 20.85 4.2 30.10 1.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 9.4 21.36 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 11.39 6.4 11.39 6.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.86 13.5 13.86 13.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.41 2.7 13.33 3.4 13.72 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.79 5.8 14.43 8.4 15.73 .6 Order clerks................................................ 13.52 7.7 13.52 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 8.8 13.77 12.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.82 4.1 11.82 4.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.47 9.0 12.47 9.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 10.73 5.1 10.73 5.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.94 5.5 – – 9.94 5.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.85 8.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.41 3.1 $15.35 3.3 $16.48 3.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 4.8 18.63 5.5 16.77 6.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.20 7.8 20.20 7.8 – – Machinists.................................................. 19.93 5.4 19.93 5.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.77 7.8 15.78 7.8 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.42 1.8 14.42 1.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 16.99 3.6 16.99 3.6 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.74 2.5 9.74 2.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.34 12.9 13.34 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.23 1.6 13.23 1.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.39 5.6 16.40 6.6 16.31 2.3 Truck drivers............................................... 17.53 8.0 17.72 8.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.00 15.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.39 1.8 14.39 1.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 2.1 12.23 2.0 16.55 6.9 Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 12.8 11.76 12.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.50 5.2 9.50 5.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.06 9.1 12.06 9.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.88 4.6 14.88 4.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.42 .7 12.42 .7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.66 5.0 12.61 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.80 4.0 10.48 6.8 14.67 3.1 Protective service............................................ 19.29 2.6 – – 19.60 2.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.48 2.5 – – 23.48 2.5 Food service.................................................. 9.27 6.6 8.92 8.2 11.40 4.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 11.42 32.8 – – 11.40 4.3 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.33 7.3 – – 10.44 3.8 Health service................................................ 11.03 2.3 10.35 2.2 12.70 1.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.00 2.5 10.13 3.2 12.70 1.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.20 7.6 11.95 12.4 12.73 4.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.42 4.3 10.16 4.7 12.43 4.1 Personal service.............................................. 11.46 24.4 11.69 25.5 – – 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.38 3.0 $17.08 3.6 $24.45 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.60 3.2 17.28 3.9 24.45 2.4 White collar........................................................ 22.52 4.0 20.19 5.0 29.95 4.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.44 3.3 21.12 4.4 29.95 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 3.7 22.70 5.0 34.78 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 2.3 24.22 4.4 35.95 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.21 9.3 31.21 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.14 5.2 24.14 5.2 – – Health related................................................ 24.45 3.6 23.39 2.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.81 6.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.05 .8 – – 37.05 .8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.11 1.9 – – 38.11 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.24 2.1 – – 36.24 2.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.86 5.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.29 7.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.53 4.8 20.71 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.20 9.0 30.60 10.8 34.35 6.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.27 10.5 37.43 12.5 36.50 9.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.11 5.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.37 12.3 33.06 12.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.10 4.9 20.85 4.2 30.10 1.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 9.4 21.36 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.08 7.6 13.08 7.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.01 15.1 14.01 15.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.57 2.7 13.38 3.4 14.51 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 14.91 5.9 14.57 8.5 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.52 7.7 13.52 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 8.8 13.77 12.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.82 4.1 11.82 4.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.47 9.0 12.47 9.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 10.73 5.1 10.73 5.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 3.3 15.46 3.4 16.58 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 4.8 18.63 5.5 16.77 6.9 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.20 7.8 20.20 7.8 – – Machinists.................................................. $19.93 5.4 $19.93 5.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.80 7.8 15.81 7.8 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.42 1.8 14.42 1.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 16.99 3.6 16.99 3.6 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.74 2.5 9.74 2.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.34 12.9 13.34 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.30 1.6 13.30 1.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.67 6.3 16.68 7.1 $16.57 2.7 Truck drivers............................................... 17.53 8.0 17.72 8.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.39 1.8 14.39 1.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.58 2.3 12.37 2.2 16.55 6.9 Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 12.8 11.76 12.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.66 6.2 9.66 6.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.06 9.1 12.06 9.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.88 4.6 14.88 4.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.40 1.0 12.40 1.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.03 4.0 12.99 4.2 – – Service............................................................. 12.81 5.6 11.60 9.6 14.96 2.8 Protective service............................................ 19.60 2.5 – – 19.74 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.48 2.5 – – 23.48 2.5 Food service.................................................. 11.57 24.9 11.46 30.4 – – Other food service........................................... 12.40 31.7 12.47 40.9 – – Health service................................................ 11.27 1.6 10.54 .7 12.70 1.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.29 1.4 10.31 2.5 12.70 1.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.23 7.6 11.95 12.4 12.83 5.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.46 4.6 10.16 4.7 12.53 4.5 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.07 15.2 $9.39 16.7 $13.52 14.7 All excluding sales............................................... 11.04 14.1 10.36 16.9 13.52 14.7 White collar........................................................ 12.79 17.6 12.24 21.3 14.84 18.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.68 10.2 19.49 12.8 14.84 18.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.89 7.9 21.13 9.3 24.64 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.63 4.3 23.27 1.9 24.64 13.2 Health related................................................ 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.64 13.2 – – 24.64 13.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.94 1.2 6.94 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.53 5.1 – – 9.27 5.3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.16 10.7 7.96 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.51 20.4 6.30 23.1 8.54 5.0 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.52 30.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.09 9.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.08 9.4 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $729 3.0 39.6 $682 3.6 40.0 $936 2.9 38.3 All excluding sales............................................... 738 3.1 39.7 691 3.8 40.0 936 2.9 38.3 White collar........................................................ 887 4.0 39.4 806 4.9 39.9 1,132 5.3 37.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 923 3.4 39.4 844 4.4 40.0 1,132 5.3 37.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,074 3.5 38.9 906 4.9 39.9 1,305 4.4 37.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,175 2.2 38.6 966 4.3 39.9 1,350 2.6 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,248 9.3 40.0 1,248 9.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 965 5.2 40.0 965 5.2 40.0 – – – Health related................................................ 974 3.6 39.8 935 2.7 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,807 6.4 37.8 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,384 1.0 37.3 – – – 1,384 1.0 37.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,427 1.9 37.4 – – – 1,427 1.9 37.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,351 2.2 37.3 – – – 1,351 2.2 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 628 5.6 39.6 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 645 7.5 39.6 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 815 4.7 39.7 828 5.4 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,256 9.1 40.3 1,224 10.8 40.0 1,433 6.4 41.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,514 10.4 40.6 1,497 12.5 40.0 1,602 4.9 43.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,687 5.7 39.1 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,344 12.6 40.3 1,323 12.6 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 878 4.6 39.7 834 4.2 40.0 1,144 1.3 38.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 851 9.4 39.9 854 9.4 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 516 10.0 39.5 516 10.0 39.5 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 545 12.6 38.9 545 12.6 38.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 533 2.8 39.3 535 3.3 40.0 527 2.9 36.3 Secretaries................................................. 583 5.8 39.1 580 8.3 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 541 7.7 40.0 541 7.7 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 548 8.7 38.8 551 12.1 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 473 4.1 40.0 473 4.1 40.0 – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 499 9.0 40.0 499 9.0 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 429 5.1 40.0 429 5.1 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $620 3.2 40.0 $619 3.4 40.0 $646 4.9 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 733 4.9 39.9 749 5.5 40.2 644 9.3 38.4 Supervisors, production..................................... 831 4.0 41.1 831 4.0 41.1 – – – Machinists.................................................. 797 5.4 40.0 797 5.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 632 7.8 40.0 632 7.8 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 577 1.8 40.0 577 1.8 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 679 3.6 40.0 679 3.6 40.0 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 390 2.5 40.0 390 2.5 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 534 12.9 40.0 534 12.9 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 532 1.6 40.0 532 1.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 666 6.3 39.9 667 7.1 40.0 653 1.8 39.4 Truck drivers............................................... 701 8.0 40.0 709 8.1 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 576 1.8 40.0 576 1.8 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 503 2.3 40.0 495 2.2 40.0 655 7.8 39.6 Production helpers.......................................... 470 12.8 40.0 470 12.8 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 385 6.1 39.9 385 6.1 39.9 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 482 9.1 40.0 482 9.1 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 595 4.6 40.0 595 4.6 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 496 1.0 40.0 496 1.0 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 521 4.0 40.0 520 4.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 507 6.0 39.6 463 10.2 39.9 585 2.6 39.1 Protective service............................................ 778 2.9 39.7 – – – 783 2.9 39.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 953 2.2 40.6 – – – 953 2.2 40.6 Food service.................................................. 464 26.9 40.1 467 33.3 40.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 497 34.5 40.1 513 45.1 41.1 – – – Health service................................................ 439 2.4 38.9 410 1.1 38.9 494 1.1 38.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 438 2.2 38.8 399 1.4 38.7 494 1.1 38.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 486 7.8 39.7 478 12.4 40.0 503 5.7 39.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 453 4.7 39.5 406 4.7 40.0 491 5.3 39.1 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $36,985 3.0 2,012 $35,474 3.6 2,077 $42,948 2.9 1,757 All excluding sales............................................... 37,401 3.1 2,011 35,923 3.8 2,078 42,948 2.9 1,757 White collar........................................................ 43,855 4.0 1,947 41,862 4.9 2,073 48,848 5.3 1,631 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,405 3.4 1,937 43,848 4.4 2,076 48,848 5.3 1,631 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,475 3.5 1,792 47,011 4.9 2,071 52,082 4.4 1,497 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,817 2.2 1,703 49,996 4.3 2,064 52,975 2.6 1,474 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 64,917 9.3 2,080 64,917 9.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 50,203 5.2 2,080 50,203 5.2 2,080 – – – Health related................................................ 50,659 3.6 2,072 48,641 2.7 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 70,923 6.4 1,483 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,058 1.0 1,405 – – – 52,058 1.0 1,405 Elementary school teachers.................................. 53,458 1.9 1,403 – – – 53,458 1.9 1,403 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,398 2.2 1,391 – – – 50,398 2.2 1,391 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,680 5.6 2,061 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 33,545 7.5 2,059 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 42,365 4.7 2,063 43,081 5.4 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,324 9.1 2,094 63,633 10.8 2,080 74,504 6.4 2,169 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,732 10.4 2,113 77,833 12.5 2,079 83,282 4.9 2,282 Administrators, education and related fields................ 87,727 5.7 2,035 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 69,895 12.6 2,094 68,772 12.6 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 45,653 4.6 2,065 43,369 4.2 2,080 59,493 1.3 1,977 Accountants and auditors.................................... 44,258 9.4 2,077 44,429 9.4 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 26,853 10.0 2,053 26,853 10.0 2,053 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 28,318 12.6 2,021 28,318 12.6 2,021 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,366 2.8 2,016 27,799 3.3 2,078 25,588 2.9 1,764 Secretaries................................................. 30,297 5.8 2,032 30,177 8.3 2,071 – – – Order clerks................................................ 28,128 7.7 2,080 28,128 7.7 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,476 8.7 2,017 28,650 12.1 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 24,593 4.1 2,080 24,593 4.1 2,080 – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 25,930 9.0 2,080 25,930 9.0 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 22,321 5.1 2,080 22,321 5.1 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $32,249 3.2 2,078 $32,171 3.4 2,081 $33,614 4.9 2,028 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,118 4.9 2,076 38,940 5.5 2,090 33,483 9.3 1,996 Supervisors, production..................................... 43,215 4.0 2,140 43,215 4.0 2,140 – – – Machinists.................................................. 41,456 5.4 2,080 41,456 5.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,862 7.8 2,080 32,879 7.8 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 29,996 1.8 2,080 29,996 1.8 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 35,334 3.6 2,080 35,334 3.6 2,080 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 20,265 2.5 2,080 20,265 2.5 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,756 12.9 2,080 27,756 12.9 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 27,668 1.6 2,080 27,668 1.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,612 6.3 2,076 34,697 7.1 2,080 33,950 1.8 2,049 Truck drivers............................................... 36,468 8.0 2,080 36,866 8.1 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,938 1.8 2,080 29,938 1.8 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,148 2.3 2,078 25,714 2.2 2,079 34,051 7.8 2,057 Production helpers.......................................... 24,462 12.8 2,080 24,462 12.8 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,040 6.1 2,075 20,040 6.1 2,075 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 25,085 9.1 2,080 25,085 9.1 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,949 4.6 2,080 30,949 4.6 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 25,798 1.0 2,080 25,798 1.0 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,103 4.0 2,080 27,019 4.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 26,207 6.0 2,046 24,053 10.2 2,073 29,927 2.6 2,000 Protective service............................................ 40,469 2.9 2,064 – – – 40,740 2.9 2,064 Police and detectives, public service....................... 49,550 2.2 2,110 – – – 49,550 2.2 2,110 Food service.................................................. 23,653 26.9 2,044 24,277 33.3 2,119 – – – Other food service........................................... 25,161 34.5 2,030 26,675 45.1 2,139 – – – Health service................................................ 22,743 2.4 2,018 21,329 1.1 2,023 25,506 1.1 2,008 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,697 2.2 2,010 20,738 1.4 2,011 25,506 1.1 2,008 Cleaning and building service................................. 25,268 7.8 2,067 24,854 12.4 2,080 26,151 5.7 2,038 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,551 4.7 2,055 21,131 4.7 2,080 25,511 5.3 2,035 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.88 3.4 $16.61 4.0 $23.83 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 18.23 3.3 16.96 4.0 23.83 2.6 White collar........................................................ 21.86 4.8 19.63 6.1 29.03 4.4 2....................................................... 9.81 5.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.79 6.7 10.76 7.1 11.30 9.6 4....................................................... 13.54 3.1 13.50 3.6 13.81 3.0 5....................................................... 15.45 3.8 15.13 5.2 16.14 4.6 6....................................................... 18.38 4.3 18.32 5.3 18.69 4.6 7....................................................... 25.64 5.2 18.81 3.5 35.89 2.3 8....................................................... 28.17 2.5 24.67 1.8 36.55 2.3 9....................................................... 29.18 3.3 25.20 4.0 33.92 2.2 11........................................................ 37.37 6.9 36.85 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.78 11.8 – – – – 13........................................................ 55.95 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.85 3.2 19.85 3.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.19 3.3 21.06 4.5 29.03 4.4 2....................................................... 9.81 5.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.20 6.1 12.29 6.5 11.30 9.6 4....................................................... 13.95 2.8 13.98 3.4 13.81 3.0 5....................................................... 15.60 4.4 15.26 6.5 16.14 4.6 6....................................................... 18.38 4.3 18.32 5.3 18.69 4.6 7....................................................... 25.64 5.2 18.81 3.5 35.89 2.3 8....................................................... 28.41 2.6 24.71 2.0 36.55 2.3 9....................................................... 29.18 3.3 25.20 4.0 33.92 2.2 11........................................................ 37.37 6.9 36.85 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.78 11.8 – – – – 13........................................................ 55.95 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.69 2.6 19.69 2.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 3.5 22.57 4.3 34.41 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.90 2.2 24.11 4.0 35.50 2.6 6....................................................... 17.16 12.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.76 4.8 19.06 8.0 36.54 1.9 8....................................................... 30.30 2.1 24.38 1.7 36.76 2.2 9....................................................... 31.91 4.0 – – 35.10 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.87 7.7 26.87 7.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.21 9.3 31.21 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.14 5.2 24.14 5.2 – – Health related................................................ 24.11 3.0 23.26 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.26 1.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 .3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.56 6.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.43 .4 – – 36.43 .4 7....................................................... 37.57 1.0 – – 37.57 1.0 8....................................................... 37.64 1.5 – – 37.64 1.5 9....................................................... $35.10 1.1 – – $35.10 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.11 1.9 – – 38.11 1.9 8....................................................... 38.90 2.4 – – 38.90 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.79 3.2 – – 35.79 3.2 8....................................................... 37.77 3.6 – – 37.77 3.6 9....................................................... 34.47 .2 – – 34.47 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.86 5.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.29 7.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.98 .9 $23.98 0.9 – – Technical....................................................... 20.24 3.8 20.38 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.58 3.8 17.58 3.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.23 2.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.21 9.0 30.61 10.8 34.35 6.9 7....................................................... 18.96 6.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.68 6.1 23.73 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.65 6.3 24.41 6.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.32 7.9 36.71 9.8 – – 12........................................................ 40.16 16.3 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.27 10.5 37.44 12.5 36.50 9.3 9....................................................... 24.53 8.0 24.12 8.5 – – 11........................................................ 37.98 9.4 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.16 16.3 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.16 5.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.37 12.3 33.06 12.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.10 4.9 20.85 4.2 30.10 1.4 9....................................................... 28.02 5.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 9.4 21.36 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 11.39 6.4 11.39 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.75 3.3 7.75 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.76 5.3 14.76 5.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.86 13.5 13.86 13.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.41 2.7 13.33 3.4 13.72 2.2 2....................................................... 9.78 6.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.18 6.4 12.27 6.8 11.30 9.6 4....................................................... 13.74 4.0 13.85 4.6 13.21 2.1 5....................................................... 14.60 5.1 13.59 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 5.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.32 2.9 18.32 2.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.79 5.8 14.43 8.4 15.73 .6 4....................................................... 13.09 3.0 12.99 3.5 – – 5....................................................... $15.51 4.8 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 13.52 7.7 $13.52 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 8.8 13.77 12.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.63 10.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.82 4.1 11.82 4.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.47 9.0 12.47 9.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 10.73 5.1 10.73 5.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.94 5.5 – – $9.94 5.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.85 8.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.41 3.1 15.35 3.3 16.48 3.6 1....................................................... 9.64 2.6 9.64 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 4.0 9.94 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.27 2.5 13.24 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.00 4.9 15.04 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.03 1.8 17.06 1.9 16.70 3.1 6....................................................... 18.32 6.2 18.32 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.42 3.9 19.38 4.4 19.68 7.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.07 5.4 14.07 5.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 4.8 18.63 5.5 16.77 6.9 5....................................................... 15.09 7.2 14.87 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.28 6.4 18.28 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.26 5.0 19.31 5.8 18.93 1.2 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.20 7.8 20.20 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.51 2.5 19.51 2.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 19.93 5.4 19.93 5.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.77 7.8 15.78 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.17 2.5 10.17 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.77 1.3 12.77 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.08 2.3 14.08 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.17 1.7 17.21 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.32 4.7 19.32 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.42 1.8 14.42 1.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 16.99 3.6 16.99 3.6 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.74 2.5 9.74 2.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.34 12.9 13.34 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.23 1.6 13.23 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.44 .9 13.44 .9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.39 5.6 16.40 6.6 16.31 2.3 3....................................................... 13.57 2.8 13.01 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.90 11.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.80 5.6 17.81 6.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... $17.53 8.0 $17.72 8.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.00 15.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.39 1.8 14.39 1.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.45 2.1 12.23 2.0 $16.55 6.9 1....................................................... 9.74 2.8 9.74 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.72 7.0 10.47 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.56 3.8 13.58 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.49 3.8 14.55 4.1 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 12.8 11.76 12.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.50 5.2 9.50 5.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.06 9.1 12.06 9.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.88 4.6 14.88 4.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.42 .7 12.42 .7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.66 5.0 12.61 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.65 3.1 9.65 3.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.80 4.0 10.48 6.8 14.67 3.1 1....................................................... 9.49 5.9 9.07 7.5 10.34 3.7 2....................................................... 9.44 8.2 – – 11.67 1.5 3....................................................... 10.95 5.1 9.69 3.9 13.78 2.7 4....................................................... 7.41 32.5 6.76 33.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.26 1.9 – – 21.78 2.8 Protective service............................................ 19.29 2.6 – – 19.60 2.4 7....................................................... 21.78 2.8 – – 21.78 2.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.48 2.5 – – 23.48 2.5 Food service.................................................. 9.27 6.6 8.92 8.2 11.40 4.3 1....................................................... 8.96 2.7 – – – – Other food service........................................... 11.42 32.8 – – 11.40 4.3 1....................................................... 8.96 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.33 7.3 – – 10.44 3.8 1....................................................... 8.96 2.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.03 2.3 10.35 2.2 12.70 1.2 3....................................................... 11.20 5.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.00 2.5 10.13 3.2 12.70 1.2 3....................................................... 11.20 5.4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.20 7.6 11.95 12.4 12.73 4.4 1....................................................... 10.24 4.9 9.81 7.1 10.83 5.0 3....................................................... 12.42 7.3 – – 13.75 1.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.42 4.3 10.16 4.7 12.43 4.1 1....................................................... 10.43 5.0 10.11 8.0 10.83 5.0 3....................................................... 12.24 8.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $11.46 24.4 $11.69 25.5 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.38 3.0 $17.08 3.6 $24.45 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.60 3.2 17.28 3.9 24.45 2.4 White collar........................................................ 22.52 4.0 20.19 5.0 29.95 4.9 3....................................................... 11.36 6.2 11.33 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.71 2.8 13.69 3.2 13.85 3.2 5....................................................... 15.56 3.9 15.25 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.52 4.4 18.43 5.4 19.02 5.7 7....................................................... 25.65 5.2 18.81 3.5 35.98 2.2 8....................................................... 28.54 2.5 24.92 1.9 36.44 2.2 9....................................................... 29.14 3.3 25.13 4.3 33.92 2.2 11........................................................ 37.37 6.9 36.85 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.78 11.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.44 3.3 21.12 4.4 29.95 4.9 3....................................................... 12.28 6.3 12.29 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.96 2.8 13.98 3.4 13.85 3.2 5....................................................... 15.71 4.4 15.38 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.52 4.4 18.43 5.4 19.02 5.7 7....................................................... 25.65 5.2 18.81 3.5 35.98 2.2 8....................................................... 28.83 2.6 24.99 2.2 36.44 2.2 9....................................................... 29.14 3.3 25.13 4.3 33.92 2.2 11........................................................ 37.37 6.9 36.85 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.78 11.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 3.7 22.70 5.0 34.78 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 2.3 24.22 4.4 35.95 2.7 7....................................................... 29.79 4.8 19.06 8.0 36.64 1.9 8....................................................... 31.34 1.8 24.93 1.1 36.66 2.2 9....................................................... 31.91 4.0 – – 35.10 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.96 8.0 26.96 8.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.21 9.3 31.21 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.14 5.2 24.14 5.2 – – Health related................................................ 24.45 3.6 23.39 2.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.81 6.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.05 .8 – – 37.05 .8 7....................................................... 37.70 .9 – – 37.70 .9 8....................................................... 37.57 1.4 – – 37.57 1.4 9....................................................... 35.10 1.1 – – 35.10 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.11 1.9 – – 38.11 1.9 8....................................................... 38.90 2.4 – – 38.90 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.24 2.1 – – 36.24 2.1 8....................................................... 37.77 3.6 – – 37.77 3.6 9....................................................... 34.47 .2 – – 34.47 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.86 5.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. $16.29 7.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.53 4.8 $20.71 5.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.20 9.0 30.60 10.8 $34.35 6.9 7....................................................... 18.96 6.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.68 6.1 23.73 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.57 6.5 24.29 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.32 7.9 36.71 9.8 – – 12........................................................ 40.16 16.3 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.27 10.5 37.43 12.5 36.50 9.3 9....................................................... 24.39 8.4 23.96 9.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.98 9.4 – – – – 12........................................................ 40.16 16.3 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.11 5.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.37 12.3 33.06 12.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.10 4.9 20.85 4.2 30.10 1.4 9....................................................... 28.02 5.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.31 9.4 21.36 9.4 – – Sales............................................................. 13.08 7.6 13.08 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.34 1.8 8.34 1.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.87 5.4 14.87 5.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.01 15.1 14.01 15.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.57 2.7 13.38 3.4 14.51 2.5 3....................................................... 12.26 6.5 12.27 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.75 4.0 13.85 4.6 13.26 1.8 5....................................................... 14.71 5.3 13.72 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 5.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.32 2.9 18.32 2.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.91 5.9 14.57 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.09 3.0 12.99 3.5 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.52 7.7 13.52 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.12 8.8 13.77 12.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.63 10.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.82 4.1 11.82 4.1 – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.47 9.0 12.47 9.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 10.73 5.1 10.73 5.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 3.3 15.46 3.4 16.58 3.8 1....................................................... 9.78 1.8 9.78 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.29 3.9 10.16 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.26 2.6 13.25 2.6 – – 4....................................................... $15.00 4.9 $15.04 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.03 1.8 17.06 1.9 $16.70 3.1 6....................................................... 18.32 6.2 18.32 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.42 3.9 19.38 4.4 19.68 7.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.06 5.6 14.06 5.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 4.8 18.63 5.5 16.77 6.9 5....................................................... 15.09 7.2 14.87 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.28 6.4 18.28 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.26 5.0 19.31 5.8 18.93 1.2 Supervisors, production..................................... 20.20 7.8 20.20 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.51 2.5 19.51 2.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 19.93 5.4 19.93 5.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.80 7.8 15.81 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.21 2.7 10.21 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.77 1.3 12.77 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.08 2.3 14.08 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.17 1.7 17.21 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.32 4.7 19.32 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 14.42 1.8 14.42 1.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 16.99 3.6 16.99 3.6 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.74 2.5 9.74 2.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.34 12.9 13.34 12.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.30 1.6 13.30 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.44 .9 13.44 .9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.67 6.3 16.68 7.1 16.57 2.7 3....................................................... 13.31 2.6 13.01 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.90 11.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.80 5.6 17.81 6.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.53 8.0 17.72 8.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.39 1.8 14.39 1.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.58 2.3 12.37 2.2 16.55 6.9 1....................................................... 9.90 1.8 9.90 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.90 7.0 10.65 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.59 4.0 13.61 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.49 3.8 14.55 4.1 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 12.8 11.76 12.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.66 6.2 9.66 6.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.06 9.1 12.06 9.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.88 4.6 14.88 4.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 12.40 1.0 12.40 1.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.03 4.0 12.99 4.2 – – Service............................................................. $12.81 5.6 $11.60 9.6 $14.96 2.8 1....................................................... 10.09 3.3 9.69 3.9 10.93 3.8 2....................................................... 9.83 6.1 – – 11.75 2.1 3....................................................... 11.42 4.7 10.02 3.0 13.79 2.8 4....................................................... 11.35 9.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.26 1.9 – – 21.78 2.8 Protective service............................................ 19.60 2.5 – – 19.74 2.3 7....................................................... 21.78 2.8 – – 21.78 2.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.48 2.5 – – 23.48 2.5 Food service.................................................. 11.57 24.9 11.46 30.4 – – Other food service........................................... 12.40 31.7 12.47 40.9 – – Health service................................................ 11.27 1.6 10.54 .7 12.70 1.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.29 1.4 10.31 2.5 12.70 1.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.23 7.6 11.95 12.4 12.83 5.0 1....................................................... 10.27 4.9 9.81 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.43 7.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.46 4.6 10.16 4.7 12.53 4.5 1....................................................... 10.47 5.0 10.11 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.25 8.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.07 15.2 $9.39 16.7 $13.52 14.7 All excluding sales............................................... 11.04 14.1 10.36 16.9 13.52 14.7 White collar........................................................ 12.79 17.6 12.24 21.3 14.84 18.0 3....................................................... 7.31 5.9 6.75 3.3 10.01 7.5 6....................................................... 16.30 13.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.77 7.7 22.88 .4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.68 10.2 19.49 12.8 14.84 18.0 3....................................................... 10.01 7.5 – – 10.01 7.5 6....................................................... 16.30 13.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.77 7.7 22.88 .4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.89 7.9 21.13 9.3 24.64 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.63 4.3 23.27 1.9 24.64 13.2 8....................................................... 24.77 7.7 22.88 .4 – – Health related................................................ 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – 8....................................................... 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – 8....................................................... 22.88 .4 22.88 .4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.64 13.2 – – 24.64 13.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.94 1.2 6.94 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.75 3.3 6.75 3.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.53 5.1 – – 9.27 5.3 3....................................................... 10.01 7.5 – – 10.01 7.5 Blue collar......................................................... 9.16 10.7 7.96 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 6.51 20.4 6.30 23.1 8.54 5.0 1....................................................... 7.43 6.8 – – 8.47 6.1 3....................................................... 8.68 10.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. $4.52 30.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.09 9.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.08 9.4 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.38 $10.07 $19.86 $17.15 $17.90 $17.52 All excluding sales............................................. 18.60 11.04 19.86 17.59 18.22 18.48 White collar........................................................ 22.52 12.79 29.65 19.97 21.89 21.14 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.44 17.68 29.65 21.37 23.00 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 21.89 33.72 22.85 27.22 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.43 23.63 35.84 24.23 29.90 – Technical....................................................... 20.53 – – 20.61 20.24 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.20 – – 31.32 30.82 – Sales............................................................. 13.08 6.94 – 11.39 10.54 14.01 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.57 9.53 14.70 13.23 13.42 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.52 9.16 14.99 15.64 15.45 14.73 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.36 – 18.77 18.25 18.47 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.80 – 13.62 16.54 16.04 11.55 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.67 – 16.63 16.00 16.23 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.58 – 13.80 11.53 12.41 – Service............................................................. 12.81 6.51 14.59 10.72 11.02 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 15.2 3.7 4.4 3.3 11.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 14.1 3.7 4.3 3.0 15.3 White collar........................................................ 4.0 17.6 3.0 6.0 4.6 24.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 10.2 3.0 4.5 3.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 7.9 5.3 4.2 3.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.3 4.3 2.7 3.8 2.2 – Technical....................................................... 4.8 – – 4.2 3.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.0 – – 9.4 9.7 – Sales............................................................. 7.6 1.2 – 6.4 8.5 9.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 5.1 4.9 3.2 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 10.7 4.4 3.5 3.4 6.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 – 10.5 3.3 5.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.8 – 4.6 9.2 8.0 3.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 – 5.7 11.3 6.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.3 – 4.2 4.6 2.2 – Service............................................................. 5.6 20.4 2.9 6.4 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.61 - - – - - - - - $16.53 All excluding sales............................................. 16.96 - - – - - - - - 16.53 White collar........................................................ 19.63 - - – - - - - - 22.01 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.06 - - – - - - - - 22.01 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.57 - - – - - - - - 20.43 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.11 - - – - - - - - 22.05 Technical....................................................... 20.38 - - – - - - - - 17.27 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.61 - - – - - - - - 40.48 Sales............................................................. 11.39 - - – - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.33 - - – - - - - - 12.40 Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 - - – - - - - - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.63 - - – - - - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.78 - - – - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.40 - - – - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 - - – - - - - - 9.21 Service............................................................. 10.48 - - – - - - - - 10.70 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 - - – - - - - - 11.8 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 - - – - - - - - 11.8 White collar........................................................ 6.1 - - – - - - - - 9.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 - - – - - - - - 9.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 - - – - - - - - 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 - - – - - - - - 3.1 Technical....................................................... 4.2 - - – - - - - - 3.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.8 - - – - - - - - 30.8 Sales............................................................. 6.4 - - – - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 - - – - - - - - 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 - - – - - - - - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 - - – - - - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.8 - - – - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.6 - - – - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.0 - - – - - - - - 6.1 Service............................................................. 6.8 - - – - - - - - 8.6 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.61 $16.04 $16.70 $14.87 $19.70 All excluding sales............................................. 16.96 16.19 17.08 15.34 19.68 White collar........................................................ 19.63 20.27 19.52 17.29 23.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.06 21.68 20.97 19.23 23.28 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.57 – 22.57 22.01 23.11 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.11 – 24.11 23.78 24.58 Technical....................................................... 20.38 – 20.38 18.02 21.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.61 31.33 30.38 25.24 37.54 Sales............................................................. 11.39 – 10.73 10.30 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.33 12.46 13.51 13.68 13.21 Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 13.56 15.63 13.86 18.00 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.63 17.77 19.05 18.06 20.10 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.78 12.38 16.39 13.77 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.40 – 16.69 15.94 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 9.10 12.45 11.32 14.18 Service............................................................. 10.48 – 10.60 10.85 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 13.5 3.8 3.5 8.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 14.2 4.0 3.4 9.0 White collar........................................................ 6.1 19.2 5.7 6.9 8.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 20.3 4.6 4.0 8.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 – 4.3 8.4 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 – 4.0 7.7 1.6 Technical....................................................... 4.2 – 4.2 2.9 5.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.8 16.7 16.3 12.4 21.9 Sales............................................................. 6.4 – 9.0 9.8 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 5.7 3.3 2.7 7.0 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 7.3 3.7 4.0 6.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 16.2 2.5 1.9 7.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.8 12.1 8.1 3.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.6 – 7.0 10.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.0 6.6 2.2 3.9 1.9 Service............................................................. 6.8 – 8.0 9.4 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.50 $15.40 $21.11 $29.66 All excluding sales........................... 9.45 12.00 15.65 21.38 29.84 White collar.................................... 9.83 13.32 18.29 26.61 38.63 White collar excluding sales................ 11.25 14.42 20.27 27.99 41.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.04 19.52 24.99 32.40 44.13 Professional specialty...................... 16.53 22.94 26.61 37.32 46.92 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.38 25.53 31.35 37.32 38.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.15 23.91 23.91 25.43 28.97 Health related............................ 17.52 21.59 24.45 25.05 28.42 Registered nurses....................... 21.11 22.41 24.45 25.00 25.25 Teachers, college and university.......... 38.37 43.64 49.31 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 24.34 28.68 35.64 44.42 49.05 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.61 29.89 37.32 46.92 50.01 Secondary school teachers............... 24.11 27.91 34.63 43.78 47.89 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.95 13.38 14.07 17.91 22.14 Social workers.......................... 13.02 14.00 14.07 19.59 22.14 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.80 21.07 24.46 25.61 32.40 Technical................................... 15.81 16.95 18.70 24.99 24.99 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.86 17.20 18.20 18.94 20.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.55 21.38 26.75 34.43 51.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.05 25.72 31.15 44.56 71.35 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.22 41.40 44.43 45.64 58.97 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 24.05 30.29 35.21 59.66 Management related........................ 16.10 18.29 21.29 23.88 30.44 Accountants and auditors................ 16.10 18.03 20.00 23.27 31.01 Sales......................................... 6.00 7.00 9.50 13.86 17.36 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.57 9.55 12.00 14.81 22.43 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.65 11.00 13.32 15.70 17.35 Secretaries............................. 11.87 12.75 13.79 16.69 19.33 Order clerks............................ 10.10 11.30 14.00 15.70 15.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.11 10.35 14.21 17.49 18.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.65 9.72 11.48 13.52 14.24 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 9.00 9.45 13.45 15.20 16.68 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 8.35 9.84 10.25 11.50 13.55 Teachers' aides......................... 7.50 8.15 9.05 10.50 15.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.00 9.12 10.53 12.47 14.06 Blue collar..................................... 9.49 12.37 14.95 18.67 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $13.63 $15.50 $17.50 $21.08 $23.96 Supervisors, production................. 14.92 16.95 18.67 22.83 25.99 Machinists.............................. 16.25 17.93 19.58 21.63 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.66 12.41 15.07 20.01 21.65 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.00 13.72 14.71 15.78 18.42 Molding and casting machine operators... 14.10 14.85 16.49 19.29 22.35 Textile sewing machine operators........ 8.36 9.25 9.81 9.81 10.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.50 8.50 14.35 15.06 18.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.30 11.65 13.06 14.00 15.40 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 13.57 16.23 20.23 23.06 Truck drivers........................... 13.20 15.23 16.23 23.06 23.06 Bus drivers............................. 6.25 6.25 12.68 17.44 17.49 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.37 12.62 14.98 15.65 15.65 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.14 9.65 13.00 14.53 15.83 Production helpers...................... 7.80 8.03 13.66 14.45 14.45 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.67 8.05 9.40 10.40 13.45 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.49 9.49 12.23 13.42 15.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 13.30 13.30 14.95 15.55 17.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 12.15 13.00 13.27 13.33 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.04 9.80 13.53 15.53 15.86 Service......................................... 7.00 8.82 10.61 13.73 18.19 Protective service........................ 15.50 17.41 18.14 22.57 24.24 Police and detectives, public service... 20.73 22.57 23.53 24.28 27.11 Food service.............................. 2.83 6.00 8.51 10.00 13.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.50 7.55 9.04 12.38 29.66 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 8.06 9.05 11.90 Health service............................ 9.24 9.53 10.34 11.92 13.70 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.13 9.57 10.35 11.61 13.67 Cleaning and building service............. 8.22 9.15 12.00 14.49 17.14 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.15 9.15 11.12 13.27 15.15 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.00 9.64 20.39 20.39 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.55 $11.10 $14.95 $20.23 $24.99 All excluding sales........................... 9.13 11.50 15.37 20.31 25.05 White collar.................................... 9.50 12.45 16.67 24.05 31.25 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 13.77 18.20 24.45 32.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.50 17.34 22.54 24.99 30.26 Professional specialty...................... 14.07 21.07 24.28 25.76 35.19 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.38 25.53 31.35 37.32 38.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.15 23.91 23.91 25.43 28.97 Health related............................ 17.37 21.07 24.45 25.05 27.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.80 21.07 24.46 25.61 32.40 Technical................................... 16.00 16.95 18.70 24.99 24.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.67 21.29 24.05 33.49 59.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.12 24.05 31.51 48.95 71.64 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 24.05 30.28 34.43 59.66 Management related........................ 15.89 17.57 21.29 22.12 25.48 Accountants and auditors................ 16.10 18.03 20.00 23.27 31.01 Sales......................................... 6.00 7.00 9.50 13.86 17.36 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.57 9.55 12.00 14.81 22.43 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.65 11.05 12.85 15.70 16.94 Secretaries............................. 11.87 12.65 12.85 15.90 19.33 Order clerks............................ 10.10 11.30 14.00 15.70 15.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.00 10.35 13.50 18.40 18.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.65 9.72 11.48 13.52 14.24 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 9.00 9.45 13.45 15.20 16.68 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 8.35 9.84 10.25 11.50 13.55 Blue collar..................................... 9.45 12.20 14.92 18.67 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.25 15.97 17.93 21.20 23.96 Supervisors, production................. 14.92 16.95 18.67 22.83 25.99 Machinists.............................. 16.25 17.93 19.58 21.63 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.66 12.41 15.07 20.01 21.65 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.00 13.72 14.71 15.78 18.42 Molding and casting machine operators... 14.10 14.85 16.49 19.29 22.35 Textile sewing machine operators........ 8.36 9.25 9.81 9.81 10.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $8.50 $8.50 $14.35 $15.06 $18.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.30 11.65 13.06 14.00 15.40 Transportation and material moving............ 9.25 13.20 16.23 20.23 23.06 Truck drivers........................... 13.20 15.50 16.23 23.06 23.06 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.37 12.62 14.98 15.65 15.65 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.04 9.65 13.00 14.45 15.73 Production helpers...................... 7.80 8.03 13.66 14.45 14.45 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.67 8.05 9.40 10.40 13.45 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.49 9.49 12.23 13.42 15.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 13.30 13.30 14.95 15.55 17.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 12.15 13.00 13.27 13.33 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.04 9.80 13.33 15.53 15.86 Service......................................... 6.00 8.25 9.68 12.00 16.31 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 5.25 8.00 9.78 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 8.82 9.50 9.91 10.75 13.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.82 9.25 9.91 10.73 11.54 Cleaning and building service............. 8.00 8.60 11.20 14.44 17.93 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.04 8.49 9.40 12.22 13.27 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.00 10.16 20.39 20.39 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.75 $13.98 $19.10 $30.44 $44.43 All excluding sales........................... 10.75 13.98 19.10 30.44 44.43 White collar.................................... 12.69 17.00 29.03 41.36 47.63 White collar excluding sales................ 12.69 17.00 29.03 41.36 47.63 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.16 25.28 33.51 44.13 49.31 Professional specialty...................... 22.34 26.91 34.82 44.78 49.31 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.34 28.68 35.64 44.42 49.05 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.61 29.89 37.32 46.92 50.01 Secondary school teachers............... 24.11 27.91 34.63 43.78 47.89 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 25.50 30.22 30.44 42.06 44.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 30.22 30.22 30.22 44.06 44.56 Management related........................ 22.85 25.50 30.44 30.44 42.06 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.85 10.70 14.18 15.85 17.92 Secretaries............................. 13.32 14.18 15.39 17.09 18.66 Teachers' aides......................... 7.50 8.15 9.05 10.50 15.81 Blue collar..................................... 12.34 14.14 16.65 19.51 19.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.89 14.03 15.99 19.51 19.59 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.12 14.40 16.65 17.95 19.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.34 14.25 15.15 17.68 24.78 Service......................................... 10.01 11.00 13.66 17.41 20.73 Protective service........................ 15.58 17.56 18.30 22.57 24.24 Police and detectives, public service... 20.73 22.57 23.53 24.28 27.11 Food service.............................. 8.40 10.00 11.51 13.04 13.58 Other food service....................... 8.40 10.00 11.51 13.04 13.58 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.15 8.40 9.32 13.06 13.38 Health service............................ 10.34 10.61 11.87 13.67 17.14 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.34 10.61 11.87 13.67 17.14 Cleaning and building service............. 9.19 10.52 13.04 14.86 15.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.14 10.31 12.34 14.48 15.48 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.55 $12.23 $15.70 $21.38 $30.22 All excluding sales........................... 9.65 12.50 15.80 21.58 30.22 White collar.................................... 10.39 13.86 18.70 27.24 40.30 White collar excluding sales................ 11.30 14.50 20.27 28.80 41.93 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.04 19.52 24.99 33.16 44.68 Professional specialty...................... 16.53 23.72 27.50 38.54 47.43 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.38 25.53 31.35 37.32 38.54 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.15 23.91 23.91 25.43 28.97 Health related............................ 17.37 21.59 24.45 25.25 28.42 Teachers, college and university.......... 38.37 43.64 49.31 49.31 59.94 Teachers, except college and university... 25.28 29.46 35.95 44.96 49.18 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.61 29.89 37.32 46.92 50.01 Secondary school teachers............... 25.28 28.68 35.04 43.86 47.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.95 13.38 14.07 17.91 22.14 Social workers.......................... 13.02 14.00 14.07 19.59 22.14 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.04 17.20 18.94 24.99 24.99 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.55 21.38 26.75 34.43 51.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.05 25.72 31.15 44.56 71.35 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.22 41.40 44.43 45.64 58.97 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 24.05 30.29 35.21 59.66 Management related........................ 16.10 18.29 21.29 23.88 30.44 Accountants and auditors................ 16.10 18.03 20.00 23.27 31.01 Sales......................................... 6.93 8.25 12.11 14.77 20.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 9.38 9.55 12.56 14.81 22.43 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.84 11.25 13.52 15.81 17.49 Secretaries............................. 12.34 12.85 13.79 17.09 19.33 Order clerks............................ 10.10 11.30 14.00 15.70 15.70 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.11 10.35 14.21 17.49 18.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.65 9.72 11.48 13.52 14.24 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 9.00 9.45 13.45 15.20 16.68 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 8.35 9.84 10.25 11.50 13.55 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 12.55 14.98 18.95 21.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.63 15.50 17.50 21.08 23.96 Supervisors, production................. 14.92 16.95 18.67 22.83 25.99 Machinists.............................. 16.25 17.93 19.58 21.63 23.96 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.66 $12.47 $15.13 $20.08 $21.65 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.00 13.72 14.71 15.78 18.42 Molding and casting machine operators... 14.10 14.85 16.49 19.29 22.35 Textile sewing machine operators........ 8.36 9.25 9.81 9.81 10.35 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.50 8.50 14.35 15.06 18.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.43 11.80 13.06 14.00 15.60 Transportation and material moving............ 11.80 13.75 16.23 20.23 23.06 Truck drivers........................... 13.20 15.23 16.23 23.06 23.06 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.37 12.62 14.98 15.65 15.65 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.25 9.80 13.00 14.75 15.86 Production helpers...................... 7.80 8.03 13.66 14.45 14.45 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.25 9.55 10.75 13.55 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.49 9.49 12.23 13.42 15.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 13.30 13.30 14.95 15.55 17.69 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.25 12.15 13.00 13.27 13.27 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.65 9.80 14.23 15.53 15.86 Service......................................... 8.42 9.53 11.37 15.10 19.23 Protective service........................ 15.58 17.56 18.30 22.57 24.24 Police and detectives, public service... 20.73 22.57 23.53 24.28 27.11 Food service.............................. 7.55 8.51 9.78 12.00 15.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.55 7.75 10.03 13.00 29.66 Health service............................ 9.25 9.57 10.61 12.35 14.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.63 10.61 12.35 13.70 Cleaning and building service............. 8.22 9.17 12.03 14.50 17.14 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.15 9.20 11.15 13.38 15.23 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.83 $6.00 $8.15 $10.75 $21.89 All excluding sales........................... 2.83 6.25 8.82 12.03 23.00 White collar.................................... 5.60 6.53 9.10 19.93 24.45 White collar excluding sales................ 8.15 9.74 16.75 23.08 24.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.25 17.31 22.06 24.45 28.99 Professional specialty...................... 14.75 21.11 22.79 24.45 30.84 Health related............................ 20.50 21.11 23.00 24.45 24.45 Registered nurses....................... 20.50 21.11 23.00 24.45 24.45 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.07 12.14 22.70 30.93 44.00 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.15 5.77 6.50 8.21 9.58 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.44 8.15 8.92 11.39 11.99 Blue collar..................................... 6.25 6.50 8.04 10.05 14.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.83 2.83 6.50 8.82 10.14 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.00 8.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 8.25 8.80 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.00 6.50 8.25 8.80 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 75,600 60,100 15,500 All excluding sales............................................. 71,300 55,800 15,500 White collar........................................................ 36,300 25,900 10,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 32,000 21,600 10,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,400 7,800 6,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 11,000 4,800 6,300 Technical....................................................... 3,300 3,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,600 5,600 1,000 Sales............................................................. - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11,000 8,300 2,800 Blue collar......................................................... 28,000 26,300 1,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4,000 3,400 600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12,200 12,200 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4,600 3,900 700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,200 6,800 300 Service............................................................. 11,400 7,800 3,500 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. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.