NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, Bulletin 3120-13, 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................. $14.22 2.8 38.0 $13.78 3.0 38.0 $16.32 5.8 38.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.51 6.1 37.1 19.46 7.3 37.2 19.58 11.9 37.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.70 6.2 35.9 22.89 8.0 35.8 20.96 8.2 36.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 7.1 42.3 32.62 8.0 42.8 34.29 16.1 40.9 Sales............................................................. 17.03 29.3 31.0 17.03 29.3 31.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.49 5.2 39.4 11.92 3.9 39.7 – – – Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.71 2.1 39.3 12.83 1.9 39.3 – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 4.0 40.0 17.50 4.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.87 .6 39.3 11.87 .6 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.17 10.1 40.8 15.56 6.9 41.1 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.84 4.0 38.0 9.97 4.0 37.8 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.02 11.2 33.3 8.36 7.2 29.8 14.29 13.2 38.9 Full time........................................................... 14.48 2.9 39.7 14.06 3.0 39.8 16.45 6.3 39.4 Part time........................................................... 8.75 6.8 20.1 8.34 6.7 20.4 – – – Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.18 2.8 38.1 13.72 3.0 38.1 16.32 5.8 38.1 Time................................................................ 13.69 3.7 37.7 13.04 4.1 37.6 16.32 5.8 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 18.03 7.9 40.6 18.03 7.9 40.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.59 3.3 39.7 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.23 5.7 34.4 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.67 8.9 35.5 11.67 8.9 35.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.61 2.7 39.5 14.70 2.9 39.4 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 15.80 3.4 37.6 14.15 2.0 37.8 17.23 4.1 37.4 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $14.22 2.8 $13.78 3.0 $16.32 5.8 All excluding sales............................................... 14.13 3.4 13.65 3.8 16.32 5.8 White collar........................................................ 19.51 6.1 19.46 7.3 19.58 11.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.87 8.3 20.07 11.4 19.58 11.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.70 6.2 22.89 8.0 20.96 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.68 9.1 25.92 8.8 21.23 10.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.10 14.2 23.07 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.61 4.7 23.44 5.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.91 5.6 17.50 8.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.66 13.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 7.1 32.62 8.0 34.29 16.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.44 7.0 31.93 7.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.73 5.8 31.99 5.9 – – Management related............................................ 35.93 19.3 35.82 22.8 – – Sales............................................................. 17.03 29.3 17.03 29.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.49 5.2 11.92 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 11.83 5.8 11.83 5.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.59 8.3 11.35 10.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.76 2.8 10.76 2.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.44 6.1 12.44 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.71 2.1 12.83 1.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 4.0 17.50 4.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.69 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.09 4.5 12.09 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.22 4.3 20.22 4.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 16.16 2.3 16.16 2.3 – – Upholsterers................................................ 20.00 1.6 20.00 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.87 .6 11.87 .6 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators $10.03 4.6 $10.03 4.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.62 10.0 13.62 10.0 – – Sawing machine operators.................................... 12.71 1.2 12.71 1.2 – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 11.54 7.6 11.54 7.6 – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 11.38 8.2 11.38 8.2 – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.86 14.2 11.86 14.2 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 12.43 2.6 12.43 2.6 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.38 3.7 10.38 3.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.40 10.6 13.40 10.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 11.08 5.2 11.08 5.2 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 12.67 1.2 12.67 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.55 2.1 12.55 2.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.70 3.7 10.70 3.7 – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 13.69 8.7 13.69 8.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 12.28 13.1 12.28 13.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.79 1.0 10.79 1.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.17 10.1 15.56 6.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.00 12.7 17.29 5.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.02 7.0 11.02 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 4.0 9.97 4.0 – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.30 2.7 9.30 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.94 8.8 8.94 8.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.07 1.5 10.07 1.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.10 4.4 10.10 4.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.40 4.1 9.40 4.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.23 7.4 9.51 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.02 11.2 8.36 7.2 $14.29 13.2 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.59 10.4 7.10 12.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 4.4 8.28 5.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.06 5.1 8.73 5.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.12 1.9 9.81 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.10 2.0 9.81 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.69 30.4 10.45 17.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.18 10.4 9.24 11.6 – – 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 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $14.48 2.9 $14.06 3.0 $16.45 6.3 All excluding sales............................................... 14.31 3.5 13.83 3.8 16.45 6.3 White collar........................................................ 20.17 6.3 20.51 7.0 19.64 11.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 8.4 20.16 11.8 19.64 11.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.98 6.2 23.53 8.4 21.09 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.83 9.0 26.25 10.2 21.39 10.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.12 16.4 22.87 6.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.46 5.3 23.33 6.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.63 4.6 18.56 6.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 7.1 32.62 8.0 34.29 16.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.44 7.0 31.93 7.2 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.73 5.8 31.99 5.9 – – Management related............................................ 35.93 19.3 35.82 22.8 – – Sales............................................................. 22.63 29.5 22.63 29.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.49 5.2 11.92 3.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 11.83 5.8 11.83 5.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.59 8.3 11.35 10.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.76 2.8 10.76 2.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.44 6.1 12.44 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.80 2.1 12.93 1.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 4.0 17.50 4.1 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.69 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.09 4.5 12.09 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.22 4.3 20.22 4.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 16.16 2.3 16.16 2.3 – – Upholsterers................................................ 20.00 1.6 20.00 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.88 .5 11.88 .5 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 10.03 4.6 10.03 4.6 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.62 10.0 13.62 10.0 – – Sawing machine operators.................................... $12.71 1.2 $12.71 1.2 – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 11.54 7.6 11.54 7.6 – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 11.38 8.2 11.38 8.2 – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.86 14.2 11.86 14.2 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 12.43 2.6 12.43 2.6 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.38 3.7 10.38 3.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.40 10.6 13.40 10.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 11.08 5.2 11.08 5.2 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 12.67 1.2 12.67 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.62 2.2 12.62 2.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.70 3.7 10.70 3.7 – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 13.69 8.7 13.69 8.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 12.28 13.1 12.28 13.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.79 1.0 10.79 1.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.17 10.1 15.57 6.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.00 12.7 17.29 5.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.96 7.7 10.96 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.01 3.8 10.18 3.7 – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.30 2.7 9.30 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.79 8.6 9.79 8.6 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.07 1.5 10.07 1.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.28 3.9 10.28 3.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.40 4.1 9.40 4.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.23 7.4 9.51 8.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.65 12.8 8.70 9.3 $14.69 15.7 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.75 14.5 7.31 15.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.9 9.17 4.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.80 4.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.07 1.7 9.66 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.05 1.7 9.66 3.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 17.42 29.5 11.75 19.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.20 7.2 10.48 7.5 – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $8.75 6.8 $8.34 6.7 – – All excluding sales............................................... 9.31 7.0 8.83 7.1 – – White collar........................................................ 10.56 12.3 9.66 11.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.31 19.2 17.33 19.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.31 19.2 17.33 19.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 20.15 18.8 22.75 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.01 8.8 24.34 1.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.73 2.5 24.16 2.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.09 6.5 7.09 6.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.98 10.8 7.98 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.99 11.8 7.99 11.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.79 5.1 6.79 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 7.37 4.6 7.09 4.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $575 2.7 39.7 $559 3.0 39.8 $648 5.5 39.4 All excluding sales............................................... 567 3.4 39.7 549 3.9 39.7 648 5.5 39.4 White collar........................................................ 805 7.4 39.9 835 7.8 40.7 760 13.1 38.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 792 9.5 39.7 817 12.8 40.5 760 13.1 38.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 858 7.4 39.0 944 8.9 40.1 810 8.7 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 886 10.3 38.8 1,056 10.8 40.2 818 11.3 38.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,019 16.4 39.0 904 5.9 39.5 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 873 5.6 38.8 922 6.2 39.5 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 744 4.7 40.0 741 6.6 39.9 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,397 6.9 42.3 1,396 7.6 42.8 1,404 17.1 40.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,386 6.8 42.7 1,388 6.8 43.5 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,364 5.0 43.0 1,381 5.0 43.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,454 19.0 40.5 1,425 22.9 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 943 33.2 41.7 943 33.2 41.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 453 6.2 39.4 473 4.8 39.7 – – – Order clerks................................................ 473 5.8 40.0 473 5.8 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 464 8.3 40.0 454 10.1 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 404 3.9 37.6 404 3.9 37.6 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 498 6.1 40.0 498 6.1 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 492 3.1 39.9 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 509 2.0 39.8 514 1.8 39.8 – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 687 4.0 40.0 701 4.1 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 588 2.9 40.0 588 2.9 40.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 484 4.5 40.0 484 4.5 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 809 4.3 40.0 809 4.3 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 651 2.2 40.3 651 2.2 40.3 – – – Upholsterers................................................ 800 1.6 40.0 800 1.6 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $469 0.5 39.4 $469 0.5 39.4 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 401 4.6 40.0 401 4.6 40.0 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 539 10.7 39.6 539 10.7 39.6 – – – Sawing machine operators.................................... 507 1.3 39.9 507 1.3 39.9 – – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 459 8.0 39.8 459 8.0 39.8 – – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 455 8.2 40.0 455 8.2 40.0 – – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 475 14.2 40.0 475 14.2 40.0 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 497 2.6 40.0 497 2.6 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 415 3.7 40.0 415 3.7 40.0 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 512 8.3 38.2 512 8.3 38.2 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 440 5.5 39.7 440 5.5 39.7 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 507 1.2 40.0 507 1.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 475 2.9 37.7 475 2.9 37.7 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 424 4.3 39.7 424 4.3 39.7 – – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 548 8.7 40.0 548 8.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 490 13.2 39.9 490 13.2 39.9 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 426 .6 39.5 426 .6 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 580 9.6 40.9 642 5.0 41.2 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 621 12.9 41.4 726 4.0 42.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 398 8.5 36.3 398 8.5 36.3 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 400 4.1 40.0 407 4.0 40.0 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 372 2.7 40.0 372 2.7 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 391 8.6 40.0 391 8.6 40.0 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 402 1.5 40.0 402 1.5 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 414 4.1 40.3 414 4.1 40.3 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 364 3.4 38.7 364 3.4 38.7 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 369 7.4 40.0 380 8.8 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 451 14.6 38.7 324 14.1 37.2 $595 15.6 40.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 275 22.9 35.4 254 24.9 34.8 – – – Other food service........................................... 349 6.6 36.7 330 7.2 35.9 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 351 9.0 35.8 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 397 2.1 39.4 373 3.9 38.6 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 396 2.1 39.4 373 3.9 38.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $697 29.5 40.0 $470 19.4 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 408 7.2 40.0 419 7.5 40.0 – – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $29,627 2.7 2,046 $29,045 3.0 2,066 $32,172 5.5 1,956 All excluding sales............................................... 29,231 3.4 2,043 28,542 3.9 2,064 32,172 5.5 1,956 White collar........................................................ 40,328 7.4 1,999 43,238 7.8 2,108 36,276 13.1 1,848 White collar excluding sales.................................... 39,568 9.5 1,985 42,309 12.8 2,099 36,276 13.1 1,848 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 41,773 7.4 1,900 48,345 8.9 2,054 38,418 8.7 1,822 Professional specialty.......................................... 42,469 10.3 1,860 53,618 10.8 2,042 38,356 11.3 1,793 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 52,976 16.4 2,028 47,021 5.9 2,056 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 45,375 5.6 2,020 47,920 6.2 2,054 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 38,700 4.7 2,078 38,543 6.6 2,076 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 72,666 6.9 2,202 72,567 7.6 2,224 72,986 17.1 2,129 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 72,069 6.8 2,221 72,201 6.8 2,261 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 70,912 5.0 2,235 71,810 5.0 2,244 – – – Management related............................................ 75,625 19.0 2,105 74,117 22.9 2,069 – – – Sales............................................................. 49,044 33.2 2,167 49,044 33.2 2,167 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,857 6.2 1,988 24,600 4.8 2,064 – – – Order clerks................................................ 24,610 5.8 2,080 24,610 5.8 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,111 8.3 2,080 23,608 10.1 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 21,028 3.9 1,955 21,028 3.9 1,955 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,872 6.1 2,080 25,872 6.1 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,573 3.1 2,075 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 26,471 2.0 2,068 26,733 1.8 2,067 – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 35,687 4.0 2,081 36,426 4.1 2,081 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 30,479 2.9 2,074 30,479 2.9 2,074 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 25,156 4.5 2,080 25,156 4.5 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,059 4.3 2,080 42,059 4.3 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 33,838 2.2 2,094 33,838 2.2 2,094 – – – Upholsterers................................................ 41,595 1.6 2,080 41,595 1.6 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $24,357 0.5 2,050 $24,357 0.5 2,050 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 20,866 4.6 2,080 20,866 4.6 2,080 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 28,048 10.7 2,059 28,048 10.7 2,059 – – – Sawing machine operators.................................... 26,380 1.3 2,076 26,380 1.3 2,076 – – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 23,889 8.0 2,070 23,889 8.0 2,070 – – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 23,663 8.2 2,080 23,663 8.2 2,080 – – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 24,675 14.2 2,080 24,675 14.2 2,080 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 25,852 2.6 2,080 25,852 2.6 2,080 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 21,494 3.7 2,070 21,494 3.7 2,070 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 26,540 8.3 1,980 26,540 8.3 1,980 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 22,905 5.5 2,067 22,905 5.5 2,067 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 26,343 1.2 2,080 26,343 1.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,707 2.9 1,958 24,707 2.9 1,958 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 22,054 4.3 2,062 22,054 4.3 2,062 – – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 28,473 8.7 2,080 28,473 8.7 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 25,484 13.2 2,074 25,484 13.2 2,074 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 22,171 .6 2,054 22,171 .6 2,054 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,123 9.6 2,125 33,317 5.0 2,140 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 32,229 12.9 2,148 37,680 4.0 2,179 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20,701 8.5 1,889 20,701 8.5 1,889 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,820 4.1 2,079 21,164 4.0 2,079 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 19,341 2.7 2,080 19,341 2.7 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,358 8.6 2,080 20,358 8.6 2,080 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 20,922 1.5 2,079 20,922 1.5 2,079 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21,551 4.1 2,097 21,551 4.1 2,097 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 18,927 3.4 2,013 18,927 3.4 2,013 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,202 7.4 2,080 19,772 8.8 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,458 14.6 2,014 16,828 14.1 1,934 $30,914 15.6 2,104 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 14,274 22.9 1,841 13,233 24.9 1,810 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,150 6.6 1,911 17,141 7.2 1,868 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,241 9.0 1,862 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 20,637 2.1 2,050 19,400 3.9 2,007 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,593 2.1 2,048 19,400 3.9 2,007 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $36,230 29.5 2,080 $24,441 19.4 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,214 7.2 2,080 21,807 7.5 2,080 – – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $14.22 2.8 $13.78 3.0 $16.32 5.8 All excluding sales............................................... 14.13 3.4 13.65 3.8 16.32 5.8 White collar........................................................ 19.51 6.1 19.46 7.3 19.58 11.9 2....................................................... 9.38 6.4 10.46 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 7.6 10.85 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.47 2.5 12.49 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.62 9.8 17.02 12.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.35 2.4 17.96 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.69 2.2 21.50 5.3 19.44 1.8 8....................................................... 24.35 9.9 26.76 14.1 – – 9....................................................... 32.30 14.1 32.56 14.6 – – 10........................................................ 26.97 15.4 29.75 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.55 6.1 42.57 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.87 34.3 34.87 34.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.87 8.3 20.07 11.4 19.58 11.9 2....................................................... 9.53 8.0 11.05 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 2.7 10.48 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 2.6 12.23 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.19 5.6 14.76 5.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.35 2.4 17.96 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.69 2.2 21.50 5.3 19.44 1.8 8....................................................... 24.47 10.4 27.28 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 27.49 5.2 27.52 5.5 – – 10........................................................ 26.97 15.4 29.75 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.55 6.1 42.57 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.87 34.3 34.87 34.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.70 6.2 22.89 8.0 20.96 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.68 9.1 25.92 8.8 21.23 10.9 6....................................................... 21.18 1.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.52 1.9 – – 19.41 1.9 8....................................................... 21.92 3.4 22.19 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.25 14.9 28.25 14.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.10 14.2 23.07 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 21.18 1.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.86 6.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.61 4.7 23.44 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.75 .6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $17.91 5.6 $17.50 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.72 2.1 15.72 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 22.79 4.0 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 13.66 13.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 7.1 32.62 8.0 $34.29 16.1 8....................................................... 33.59 23.5 33.59 23.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.91 4.6 26.92 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 41.89 7.6 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.44 7.0 31.93 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.33 3.6 26.27 4.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.73 5.8 31.99 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.97 5.7 – – – – Management related............................................ 35.93 19.3 35.82 22.8 – – Sales............................................................. 17.03 29.3 17.03 29.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.49 5.2 11.92 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.51 8.2 11.12 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 2.6 10.38 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.34 2.8 12.39 3.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.88 3.1 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 11.83 5.8 11.83 5.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.59 8.3 11.35 10.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.76 2.8 10.76 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.71 1.9 10.71 1.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.44 6.1 12.44 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.71 2.1 12.83 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.96 2.2 9.04 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.07 1.3 10.09 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.28 3.7 12.28 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 1.5 14.76 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.28 4.2 16.38 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.90 5.1 17.08 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.57 4.5 19.57 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 4.0 17.50 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 3.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.23 2.2 14.54 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.54 6.1 17.88 6.2 – – 6....................................................... $17.69 6.5 $18.07 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.41 4.6 19.41 4.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.69 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.09 4.5 12.09 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.22 4.3 20.22 4.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 16.16 2.3 16.16 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.09 .5 14.09 .5 – – 7....................................................... 19.02 1.7 19.02 1.7 – – Upholsterers................................................ 20.00 1.6 20.00 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 18.23 6.3 18.23 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 21.06 1.8 21.06 1.8 – – 6....................................................... 20.27 9.2 20.27 9.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.87 .6 11.87 .6 – – 1....................................................... 9.43 2.4 9.43 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.02 1.9 10.02 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.85 .8 11.85 .8 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 1.5 14.59 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.07 2.3 14.07 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 13.89 4.0 13.89 4.0 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 10.03 4.6 10.03 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.81 7.8 8.81 7.8 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.62 10.0 13.62 10.0 – – Sawing machine operators.................................... 12.71 1.2 12.71 1.2 – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 11.54 7.6 11.54 7.6 – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 11.38 8.2 11.38 8.2 – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.86 14.2 11.86 14.2 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 12.43 2.6 12.43 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.18 6.7 13.18 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 9.9 15.68 9.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.38 3.7 10.38 3.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.40 10.6 13.40 10.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 11.08 5.2 11.08 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 2.0 10.06 2.0 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 12.67 1.2 12.67 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.55 2.1 12.55 2.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.77 7.6 9.77 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.30 6.9 10.30 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.70 1.5 11.70 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.95 4.3 14.95 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.23 4.7 14.23 4.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.70 3.7 10.70 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.28 .5 9.28 .5 – – 2....................................................... 10.62 2.7 10.62 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.84 2.0 11.84 2.0 – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 13.69 8.7 13.69 8.7 – – 4....................................................... $15.59 0.0 $15.59 0.0 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 12.28 13.1 12.28 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.77 .4 9.77 .4 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 1.5 10.43 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.00 8.1 16.00 8.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.79 1.0 10.79 1.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.83 4.4 9.83 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 2.5 11.15 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.17 10.1 15.56 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.26 4.0 11.31 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.71 22.4 15.71 22.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.47 5.6 16.47 5.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.00 12.7 17.29 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.56 3.5 17.56 3.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.02 7.0 11.02 7.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 4.0 9.97 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.77 2.8 8.86 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.10 3.8 10.10 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.65 2.2 11.65 2.2 – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.30 2.7 9.30 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.94 8.8 8.94 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.18 8.9 7.18 8.9 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.07 1.5 10.07 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 .9 10.50 .9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.10 4.4 10.10 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.68 5.0 9.68 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.52 8.1 10.52 8.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.40 4.1 9.40 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.62 4.3 8.62 4.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.23 7.4 9.51 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.39 6.0 8.45 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.72 4.0 11.72 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 11.02 11.2 8.36 7.2 $14.29 13.2 1....................................................... 7.56 4.2 7.51 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.69 12.1 7.52 15.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 8.2 9.03 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.08 4.9 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.59 10.4 7.10 12.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.47 6.3 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 4.4 8.28 5.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.06 5.1 8.73 5.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.12 1.9 9.81 4.1 – – 2....................................................... $9.61 3.6 $9.61 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.10 2.0 9.81 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.61 3.6 9.61 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 15.69 30.4 10.45 17.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.18 10.4 9.24 11.6 – – 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 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $14.48 2.9 $14.06 3.0 $16.45 6.3 All excluding sales............................................... 14.31 3.5 13.83 3.8 16.45 6.3 White collar........................................................ 20.17 6.3 20.51 7.0 19.64 11.5 2....................................................... 9.53 8.0 11.05 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.04 7.3 11.04 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.47 2.5 12.49 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.00 9.4 17.03 12.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 2.7 17.68 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.69 2.2 21.50 5.3 19.44 1.8 8....................................................... 24.13 10.2 26.78 14.6 – – 9....................................................... 32.48 14.4 32.75 14.9 – – 10........................................................ 26.97 15.4 29.75 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.55 6.1 42.57 6.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 8.4 20.16 11.8 19.64 11.5 2....................................................... 9.53 8.0 11.05 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 2.7 10.48 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 2.6 12.23 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.60 5.0 14.72 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 2.7 17.68 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.69 2.2 21.50 5.3 19.44 1.8 8....................................................... 24.24 10.8 27.32 15.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.55 5.4 27.59 5.7 – – 10........................................................ 26.97 15.4 29.75 16.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.11 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.55 6.1 42.57 6.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.98 6.2 23.53 8.4 21.09 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.83 9.0 26.25 10.2 21.39 10.6 6....................................................... 21.02 .3 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.52 1.9 – – 19.41 1.9 8....................................................... 21.39 2.0 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.12 16.4 22.87 6.0 – – 6....................................................... 21.02 .3 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.46 5.3 23.33 6.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.63 4.6 18.56 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.79 4.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $33.00 7.1 $32.62 8.0 $34.29 16.1 8....................................................... 33.59 23.5 33.59 23.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.91 4.6 26.92 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 41.89 7.6 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.44 7.0 31.93 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.33 3.6 26.27 4.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.73 5.8 31.99 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.97 5.7 – – – – Management related............................................ 35.93 19.3 35.82 22.8 – – Sales............................................................. 22.63 29.5 22.63 29.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.49 5.2 11.92 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.51 8.2 11.12 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.38 2.6 10.38 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.34 2.8 12.39 3.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.88 3.1 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 11.83 5.8 11.83 5.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.59 8.3 11.35 10.1 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.76 2.8 10.76 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.71 1.9 10.71 1.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.44 6.1 12.44 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 2.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.80 2.1 12.93 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.13 2.0 9.24 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.04 1.3 10.07 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.28 3.7 12.28 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 1.5 14.76 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.28 4.2 16.38 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.90 5.1 17.08 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.57 4.5 19.57 4.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 4.0 17.50 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 3.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.23 2.2 14.54 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.54 6.1 17.88 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.69 6.5 18.07 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.41 4.6 19.41 4.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.69 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.09 4.5 12.09 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.22 4.3 20.22 4.3 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 16.16 2.3 16.16 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.09 .5 14.09 .5 – – 7....................................................... 19.02 1.7 19.02 1.7 – – Upholsterers................................................ $20.00 1.6 $20.00 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 18.23 6.3 18.23 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 21.06 1.8 21.06 1.8 – – 6....................................................... 20.27 9.2 20.27 9.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.88 .5 11.88 .5 – – 1....................................................... 9.50 1.8 9.50 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.02 1.9 10.02 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.85 .8 11.85 .8 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 1.5 14.59 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.07 2.3 14.07 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 13.89 4.0 13.89 4.0 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 10.03 4.6 10.03 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.81 7.8 8.81 7.8 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 13.62 10.0 13.62 10.0 – – Sawing machine operators.................................... 12.71 1.2 12.71 1.2 – – Shaping and jointing machine operators...................... 11.54 7.6 11.54 7.6 – – Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.... 11.38 8.2 11.38 8.2 – – Textile cutting machine operators........................... 11.86 14.2 11.86 14.2 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 12.43 2.6 12.43 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.18 6.7 13.18 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.68 9.9 15.68 9.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 10.38 3.7 10.38 3.7 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 13.40 10.6 13.40 10.6 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 11.08 5.2 11.08 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 2.0 10.06 2.0 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 12.67 1.2 12.67 1.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.62 2.2 12.62 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.30 6.9 10.30 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.70 1.5 11.70 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.95 4.3 14.95 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.23 4.7 14.23 4.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.70 3.7 10.70 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.28 .5 9.28 .5 – – 2....................................................... 10.62 2.7 10.62 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.84 2.0 11.84 2.0 – – Hand cutting and trimming................................... 13.69 8.7 13.69 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.59 .0 15.59 .0 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 12.28 13.1 12.28 13.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.77 .4 9.77 .4 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 1.5 10.43 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.00 8.1 16.00 8.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.79 1.0 10.79 1.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.83 4.4 9.83 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 2.5 11.15 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $14.17 10.1 $15.57 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.24 3.8 11.27 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.71 22.4 15.71 22.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.47 5.6 16.47 5.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.00 12.7 17.29 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.56 3.5 17.56 3.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.96 7.7 10.96 7.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.01 3.8 10.18 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.97 2.7 9.10 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.01 3.6 10.01 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.65 2.2 11.65 2.2 – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.30 2.7 9.30 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.79 8.6 9.79 8.6 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 10.07 1.5 10.07 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 .9 10.50 .9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.28 3.9 10.28 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.15 5.2 10.15 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 4.1 9.94 4.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.40 4.1 9.40 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.62 4.3 8.62 4.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.23 7.4 9.51 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.39 6.0 8.45 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.72 4.0 11.72 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 11.65 12.8 8.70 9.3 $14.69 15.7 1....................................................... 8.28 2.7 8.28 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.64 14.6 7.51 16.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 8.2 9.03 9.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.75 14.5 7.31 15.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.50 3.9 9.17 4.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.80 4.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.07 1.7 9.66 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.61 3.6 9.61 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.05 1.7 9.66 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.61 3.6 9.61 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 17.42 29.5 11.75 19.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 5.6 8.36 5.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.20 7.2 10.48 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 5.6 8.36 5.6 – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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................................................................... $8.75 6.8 $8.34 6.7 – – All excluding sales............................................... 9.31 7.0 8.83 7.1 – – White collar........................................................ 10.56 12.3 9.66 11.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.31 19.2 17.33 19.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.31 19.2 17.33 19.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 20.15 18.8 22.75 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.01 8.8 24.34 1.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.73 2.5 24.16 2.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.09 6.5 7.09 6.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.98 10.8 7.98 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.47 7.8 7.47 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.99 11.8 7.99 11.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.52 8.5 7.52 8.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.79 5.1 6.79 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.79 5.1 6.79 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 7.37 4.6 7.09 4.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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....................................................... $14.48 $8.75 – $14.18 $13.69 $18.03 All excluding sales............................................. 14.31 9.31 – 14.08 13.78 16.81 White collar........................................................ 20.17 10.56 – 19.51 18.71 33.93 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 17.31 – 19.87 19.54 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.98 17.31 – 21.70 21.70 – Professional specialty.......................................... 22.83 20.15 – 22.68 22.68 – Technical....................................................... 18.63 – – 17.91 17.91 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 – – 33.00 31.80 – Sales............................................................. 22.63 7.09 – 17.03 9.87 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.49 – – 11.49 11.49 – Blue collar......................................................... 12.80 7.98 – 12.61 12.01 16.12 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.15 – – 17.15 15.71 22.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.88 – – 11.85 11.44 13.68 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.17 – – 13.32 13.39 17.11 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.01 7.99 – 9.79 9.79 10.98 Service............................................................. 11.65 7.37 – 11.02 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....................................................... 2.9 6.8 – 2.8 3.7 7.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 7.0 – 3.4 3.7 7.4 White collar........................................................ 6.3 12.3 – 6.1 7.7 25.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 8.4 19.2 – 8.3 8.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 19.2 – 6.2 6.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 9.0 18.8 – 9.1 9.1 – Technical....................................................... 4.6 – – 5.6 5.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 – – 7.1 7.2 – Sales............................................................. 29.5 6.5 – 29.3 13.6 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.2 – – 5.2 5.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 10.8 – 1.9 2.2 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.0 – – 4.0 3.0 6.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... .5 – – .6 .4 1.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.1 – – 7.9 14.2 7.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.8 11.8 – 3.8 4.4 4.7 Service............................................................. 12.8 4.6 – 11.2 11.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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....................................................... $13.78 $13.59 – – $13.60 $14.23 $20.19 $12.11 - $13.26 All excluding sales............................................. 13.65 13.35 – – 13.36 14.46 20.19 12.00 - 13.26 White collar........................................................ 19.46 21.07 – – 21.07 18.06 23.96 14.76 - 19.29 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.07 19.65 – – 19.65 20.56 23.96 23.58 - 19.29 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.89 27.89 – – 27.89 21.29 – – - 21.14 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.92 30.94 – – 30.94 24.05 – – - 23.34 Technical....................................................... 17.50 – – – – 16.83 – – - 16.91 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.62 29.79 – – 29.79 39.93 – – - – Sales............................................................. 17.03 – – – – 12.37 – 12.37 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.92 11.69 – – 11.69 12.30 15.11 12.04 - 11.12 Blue collar......................................................... 12.83 12.53 – – 12.53 14.33 19.25 12.64 - 9.99 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.50 16.37 – – 16.40 23.63 – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.87 11.91 – – 11.91 10.83 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 11.96 – – 11.82 17.80 19.20 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 10.23 – – 10.23 9.57 15.30 8.53 - 8.12 Service............................................................. 8.36 12.29 – – 12.29 7.83 – 6.80 - 8.45 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....................................................... 3.0 3.3 – – 3.3 5.7 4.4 18.4 - 2.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 4.7 – – 4.7 4.9 4.4 16.4 - 2.5 White collar........................................................ 7.3 11.1 – – 11.1 9.7 5.4 31.5 - 6.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 11.4 20.6 – – 20.6 8.0 5.4 46.7 - 6.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.0 18.9 – – 18.9 6.1 – – - 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.8 21.7 – – 21.7 4.9 – – - 4.6 Technical....................................................... 8.0 – – – – 9.8 – – - 4.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 11.0 – – 11.0 12.7 – – - – Sales............................................................. 29.3 – – – – 25.3 – 25.3 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 5.5 – – 5.5 4.3 11.6 6.9 - 5.4 Blue collar......................................................... 1.9 .9 – – .9 8.2 5.0 19.7 - 8.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 2.4 – – 2.4 9.3 – – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... .6 .6 – – .6 2.3 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 5.5 – – 6.0 5.5 2.9 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 1.5 – – 1.5 10.5 20.0 9.1 - 7.3 Service............................................................. 7.2 24.4 – – 24.4 7.4 – 14.2 - 5.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, 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....................................................... $13.78 $11.67 $14.59 $14.70 $14.15 All excluding sales............................................. 13.65 11.49 14.42 14.48 14.15 White collar........................................................ 19.46 16.40 20.56 20.99 19.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.07 19.72 20.14 20.46 19.27 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.89 – 23.58 25.06 21.65 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.92 – 25.92 27.53 23.57 Technical....................................................... 17.50 – 18.58 18.83 18.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.62 39.80 31.03 31.01 – Sales............................................................. 17.03 13.42 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.92 12.00 11.90 11.91 11.85 Blue collar......................................................... 12.83 11.37 13.34 13.51 12.56 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.50 17.64 17.47 17.62 16.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.87 10.09 12.39 12.47 11.93 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 15.26 15.73 16.59 13.16 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 8.89 10.63 10.67 10.51 Service............................................................. 8.36 6.76 10.04 10.17 9.40 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....................................................... 3.0 8.9 2.6 2.9 2.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 7.4 3.9 4.5 2.0 White collar........................................................ 7.3 20.2 7.8 9.3 6.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 11.4 22.1 13.0 16.6 6.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8.0 – 7.7 12.0 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.8 – 8.8 13.5 7.4 Technical....................................................... 8.0 – 6.8 14.2 2.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 20.7 10.4 13.1 – Sales............................................................. 29.3 25.4 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 9.9 4.4 5.9 3.0 Blue collar......................................................... 1.9 6.7 1.0 1.1 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 15.9 3.4 3.7 4.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... .6 3.8 .5 .8 2.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 11.0 6.1 8.9 6.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 7.3 3.3 4.5 3.2 Service............................................................. 7.2 9.7 8.0 9.5 10.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $9.58 $11.85 $16.10 $23.13 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 9.67 11.87 16.10 22.74 White collar.................................... 8.68 11.10 16.23 23.27 35.10 White collar excluding sales................ 9.44 11.70 17.28 23.41 35.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.17 17.24 20.88 23.65 29.31 Professional specialty...................... 14.18 17.85 21.34 24.05 32.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.77 19.29 22.23 25.40 40.70 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 19.29 21.67 24.48 26.36 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 9.83 13.19 17.84 21.73 26.51 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.40 8.50 13.19 17.09 18.88 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.50 23.58 31.00 43.19 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.79 20.98 30.18 43.19 50.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 24.52 29.32 38.90 52.17 Management related........................ 15.37 23.58 35.10 45.84 68.27 Sales......................................... 6.15 7.12 9.38 21.17 38.01 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.72 11.19 13.11 14.83 Order clerks............................ 9.82 10.91 11.20 12.40 15.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.95 9.00 12.60 12.73 14.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.62 9.75 10.00 11.95 13.11 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.84 11.19 12.18 13.91 15.85 General office clerks................... 10.20 11.10 12.21 13.65 14.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 9.62 11.55 14.50 18.54 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.09 12.95 15.55 20.50 24.82 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.25 13.23 14.60 15.71 18.40 Machinery maintenance................... 10.08 10.08 11.60 13.63 14.95 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.10 14.41 21.84 24.50 24.50 Supervisors, production................. 12.02 13.50 15.00 18.67 21.17 Upholsterers............................ 13.31 15.84 19.01 23.91 27.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 9.79 11.38 13.24 16.18 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.00 9.25 9.95 11.55 12.25 Numerical control machine operators..... 10.36 11.13 13.40 16.10 16.10 Sawing machine operators................ $11.61 $12.30 $12.85 $13.09 $13.71 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. 8.75 8.75 12.50 13.15 14.19 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... 7.50 8.75 11.52 13.86 15.75 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.48 9.20 9.82 15.22 17.25 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.50 9.00 11.53 14.53 18.95 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.50 10.36 10.68 10.89 11.48 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.45 11.55 12.47 15.70 17.47 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 9.20 9.98 10.69 12.21 13.58 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.25 11.03 12.21 13.81 16.39 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.01 10.25 12.00 14.26 16.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.36 10.25 11.85 13.00 Hand cutting and trimming............... 9.85 10.75 12.68 16.68 19.23 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.00 9.62 10.63 13.25 18.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.12 9.25 10.90 12.24 14.05 Transportation and material moving............ 8.85 10.25 12.27 17.41 23.55 Truck drivers........................... 8.85 10.42 15.18 18.40 23.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.35 10.55 11.60 11.99 14.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.15 9.38 10.68 11.95 Production helpers...................... 8.25 8.50 8.76 10.00 11.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 7.35 8.60 10.95 11.69 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.50 9.89 10.55 11.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.75 10.00 11.00 12.52 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.50 9.01 10.75 11.98 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.98 9.15 10.10 11.70 Service......................................... 6.50 7.42 9.53 12.40 16.46 Protective service........................ – – – – – Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 8.17 9.37 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.15 11.54 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.50 8.66 10.25 11.75 Health service............................ 8.76 9.52 9.89 10.72 11.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.76 9.52 9.89 10.72 11.72 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.40 9.12 27.00 32.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.50 9.69 13.25 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.85 $9.51 $11.61 $15.40 $22.50 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 9.62 11.67 15.39 21.83 White collar.................................... 8.50 10.50 14.30 25.28 37.99 White collar excluding sales................ 9.82 11.20 15.19 25.50 37.99 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.34 17.45 21.03 26.51 34.26 Professional specialty...................... 17.45 19.23 23.59 32.46 39.49 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.69 18.94 22.24 25.28 28.60 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 19.84 22.48 25.28 28.60 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.50 12.34 16.70 22.87 26.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.75 24.52 30.18 38.90 52.17 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.75 24.52 30.18 38.90 50.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 24.52 29.32 38.90 52.17 Management related........................ 15.37 23.58 35.10 45.84 68.27 Sales......................................... 6.15 7.12 9.38 21.17 38.01 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.44 10.20 11.35 13.26 15.19 Order clerks............................ 9.82 10.91 11.20 12.40 15.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.95 9.00 12.60 12.73 14.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.62 9.75 10.00 11.95 13.11 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.84 11.19 12.18 13.91 15.85 Blue collar..................................... 8.30 9.74 11.61 14.62 18.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.60 13.22 15.85 21.25 25.38 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.25 13.23 14.60 15.71 18.40 Machinery maintenance................... 10.08 10.08 11.60 13.63 14.95 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.10 14.41 21.84 24.50 24.50 Supervisors, production................. 12.02 13.50 15.00 18.67 21.17 Upholsterers............................ 13.31 15.84 19.01 23.91 27.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 9.79 11.38 13.24 16.18 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.00 9.25 9.95 11.55 12.25 Numerical control machine operators..... 10.36 11.13 13.40 16.10 16.10 Sawing machine operators................ 11.61 12.30 12.85 13.09 13.71 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. $8.75 $8.75 $12.50 $13.15 $14.19 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... 7.50 8.75 11.52 13.86 15.75 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.48 9.20 9.82 15.22 17.25 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.50 9.00 11.53 14.53 18.95 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.50 10.36 10.68 10.89 11.48 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.45 11.55 12.47 15.70 17.47 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 9.20 9.98 10.69 12.21 13.58 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.25 11.03 12.21 13.81 16.39 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.01 10.25 12.00 14.26 16.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.36 10.25 11.85 13.00 Hand cutting and trimming............... 9.85 10.75 12.68 16.68 19.23 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.00 9.62 10.63 13.25 18.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.12 9.25 10.90 12.24 14.05 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.25 15.40 18.40 23.55 Truck drivers........................... 11.25 14.70 16.60 19.99 23.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.35 10.55 11.60 11.99 14.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.10 8.32 9.50 10.85 12.12 Production helpers...................... 8.25 8.50 8.76 10.00 11.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 7.35 8.60 10.95 11.69 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.50 9.89 10.55 11.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.75 10.00 11.00 12.52 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.50 9.01 10.75 11.98 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 8.00 9.50 10.62 13.36 Service......................................... 5.85 7.00 7.96 9.65 12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 7.42 8.78 10.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 8.17 9.50 10.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 8.15 10.25 12.35 Health service............................ 8.00 8.94 9.73 10.43 11.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.94 9.73 10.43 11.72 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.00 8.28 12.47 20.28 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.23 9.69 13.25 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 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.30 $9.88 $13.42 $20.26 $25.20 All excluding sales........................... 8.30 9.88 13.42 20.26 25.20 White collar.................................... 8.87 13.17 18.84 21.96 26.83 White collar excluding sales................ 8.87 13.17 18.84 21.96 26.83 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.39 17.09 20.60 22.18 25.20 Professional specialty...................... 13.39 17.03 20.73 22.74 26.01 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.18 20.98 36.56 43.19 49.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 8.80 9.89 12.06 15.00 32.83 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.30 $9.83 $12.06 $16.25 $23.43 All excluding sales........................... 8.30 9.83 12.00 16.18 22.85 White collar.................................... 9.38 11.66 17.13 23.92 36.92 White collar excluding sales................ 9.62 11.75 17.28 23.39 35.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.52 17.45 20.88 23.65 29.14 Professional specialty...................... 14.89 17.85 21.31 24.05 32.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.69 18.81 21.54 25.28 45.97 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 18.88 21.28 24.31 26.01 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.34 14.48 18.16 21.88 26.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.50 23.58 31.00 43.19 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.79 20.98 30.18 43.19 50.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.50 24.52 29.32 38.90 52.17 Management related........................ 15.37 23.58 35.10 45.84 68.27 Sales......................................... 9.00 9.38 15.37 26.68 58.59 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.72 11.19 13.11 14.83 Order clerks............................ 9.82 10.91 11.20 12.40 15.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.95 9.00 12.60 12.73 14.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.62 9.75 10.00 11.95 13.11 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.84 11.19 12.18 13.91 15.85 General office clerks................... 10.20 11.10 12.21 13.65 14.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.38 9.71 11.60 14.60 18.66 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.09 12.95 15.55 20.50 24.82 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.25 13.23 14.60 15.71 18.40 Machinery maintenance................... 10.08 10.08 11.60 13.63 14.95 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.10 14.41 21.84 24.50 24.50 Supervisors, production................. 12.02 13.50 15.00 18.67 21.17 Upholsterers............................ 13.31 15.84 19.01 23.91 27.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.50 9.83 11.40 13.25 16.18 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 7.00 9.25 9.95 11.55 12.25 Numerical control machine operators..... 10.36 11.13 13.40 16.10 16.10 Sawing machine operators................ 11.61 12.30 12.85 13.09 13.71 Shaping and jointing machine operators.. 8.75 8.75 12.50 13.15 14.19 Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators.................... $7.50 $8.75 $11.52 $13.86 $15.75 Textile cutting machine operators....... 8.48 9.20 9.82 15.22 17.25 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.50 9.00 11.53 14.53 18.95 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.50 10.36 10.68 10.89 11.48 Mixing and blending machine operators... 9.45 11.55 12.47 15.70 17.47 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 9.20 9.98 10.69 12.21 13.58 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.25 11.03 12.21 13.81 16.39 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.14 10.46 12.01 14.26 16.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.36 10.25 11.85 13.00 Hand cutting and trimming............... 9.85 10.75 12.68 16.68 19.23 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.00 9.62 10.63 13.25 18.31 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.12 9.25 10.90 12.24 14.05 Transportation and material moving............ 8.85 10.25 12.27 17.42 23.55 Truck drivers........................... 8.85 10.42 15.18 18.40 23.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.00 10.55 11.43 11.77 14.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.61 8.25 9.50 10.77 12.00 Production helpers...................... 8.25 8.50 8.76 10.00 11.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.85 8.00 9.10 11.43 11.87 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.24 9.50 9.89 10.55 11.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.75 10.36 11.04 12.52 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.50 9.01 10.75 11.98 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.98 9.15 10.10 11.70 Service......................................... 7.00 8.21 10.07 12.77 17.15 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.50 8.50 10.00 11.54 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.50 8.21 9.00 10.25 12.21 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.42 8.15 10.25 11.09 12.35 Health service............................ 8.76 9.36 9.89 10.59 11.59 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.76 9.36 9.88 10.44 11.59 Cleaning and building service............. 7.40 8.33 9.69 32.83 32.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.40 8.33 8.80 13.25 13.25 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.50 $7.18 $9.00 $11.50 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 9.00 14.37 White collar.................................... 5.65 6.75 7.54 9.27 23.00 White collar excluding sales................ 7.60 8.50 14.37 23.69 33.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 7.60 8.50 14.37 23.69 33.75 Professional specialty...................... 7.60 10.00 21.83 25.56 33.76 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.60 22.48 24.09 28.60 35.32 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 22.48 23.00 25.56 28.60 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.65 6.25 6.95 7.61 9.27 Blue collar..................................... 5.50 6.50 7.25 9.00 10.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.50 7.25 9.00 9.55 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.45 5.85 6.70 7.25 8.25 Service......................................... 6.00 6.25 7.00 8.28 9.98 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - 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, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 90,500 74,000 16,500 All excluding sales............................................. 87,000 70,500 16,500 White collar........................................................ 23,700 14,500 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20,200 11,000 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9,700 3,600 - Professional specialty.......................................... 7,900 2,300 - Technical....................................................... 1,800 1,300 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,100 2,400 700 Sales............................................................. 3,500 3,500 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7,300 5,100 - Blue collar......................................................... 55,800 52,700 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10,900 9,900 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,400 28,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4,700 3,600 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11,800 10,900 - Service............................................................. 11,000 6,700 4,300 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.