NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, Bulletin 3125-06, December 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................. $19.68 4.1 35.3 $17.76 4.6 35.3 $27.52 4.5 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 24.59 4.5 34.9 22.08 5.5 35.0 32.42 3.3 34.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 3.8 35.3 28.05 5.1 35.7 37.94 3.3 34.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.74 7.4 38.1 33.64 10.0 38.9 37.06 9.8 36.4 Sales............................................................. 12.67 13.6 29.5 12.67 13.6 29.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.93 3.8 35.5 14.23 3.5 36.1 17.49 3.7 33.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.36 4.2 37.9 15.21 4.5 37.7 17.37 5.0 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.35 8.0 39.8 19.43 9.0 39.7 18.83 3.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.62 4.4 39.9 12.60 4.4 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.64 6.6 34.4 16.70 6.7 34.5 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.66 8.3 30.3 13.22 11.1 28.3 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.64 3.5 32.9 10.42 5.3 31.9 18.93 4.7 36.3 Full time........................................................... 20.73 4.1 38.8 18.74 4.6 39.5 27.91 4.6 36.3 Part time........................................................... 11.74 6.6 21.1 11.75 6.9 21.2 11.58 8.1 18.3 Union............................................................... 21.62 5.5 34.8 17.16 7.4 33.6 25.99 5.5 36.0 Nonunion............................................................ 18.77 5.1 35.6 17.91 5.4 35.7 34.47 6.3 33.3 Time................................................................ 19.81 4.0 35.3 17.89 4.6 35.2 27.52 4.5 35.5 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.11 6.3 33.4 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.75 9.7 34.4 14.35 10.4 34.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.25 7.7 35.3 16.62 8.2 35.4 23.64 11.3 34.1 500 workers or more................................................. 25.07 4.9 35.8 22.37 6.9 35.7 29.11 5.6 35.8 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $19.68 4.1 $17.76 4.6 $27.52 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.18 4.2 18.23 4.9 27.52 4.5 White collar........................................................ 24.59 4.5 22.08 5.5 32.42 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.35 4.2 24.00 5.5 32.42 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 3.8 28.05 5.1 37.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.84 4.2 29.80 6.6 37.97 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.98 6.9 33.98 6.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.35 4.2 33.35 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.78 7.2 28.67 7.9 30.13 1.2 Registered nurses........................................... 26.71 3.4 26.31 3.6 30.45 .3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.75 3.4 57.10 7.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.39 2.5 – – 38.65 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.94 1.7 – – 36.94 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.42 3.4 – – 38.01 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.70 10.2 16.38 4.6 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.69 10.4 16.31 4.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.70 6.6 22.70 6.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.13 25.5 21.13 25.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.40 1.0 22.40 1.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.74 7.4 33.64 10.0 37.06 9.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.01 10.2 36.25 13.7 41.36 12.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.62 8.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.71 6.8 36.35 9.5 – – Management related............................................ 26.32 10.6 27.76 13.2 – – Sales............................................................. 12.67 13.6 12.67 13.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 1.3 8.33 1.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 3.8 14.23 3.5 17.49 3.7 Secretaries................................................. 15.58 6.0 15.24 4.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.63 4.5 12.60 5.1 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.89 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.50 4.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.58 9.5 14.36 10.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 7.4 – – 14.03 8.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.43 13.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.36 4.2 $15.21 4.5 $17.37 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.35 8.0 19.43 9.0 18.83 3.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.30 7.6 16.30 7.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.45 12.4 21.45 12.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.99 3.7 10.99 3.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.62 4.4 12.60 4.4 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.69 2.8 12.69 2.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 9.74 7.6 9.74 7.6 – – Production testers.......................................... 18.84 23.1 18.84 23.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.64 6.6 16.70 6.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.66 3.6 18.66 3.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 6.0 16.70 6.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.66 8.3 13.22 11.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.70 17.4 11.70 17.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.91 9.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.64 3.5 10.42 5.3 18.93 4.7 Protective service............................................ 17.70 14.1 – – 21.43 3.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.29 .6 – – 21.29 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.56 8.4 8.06 9.2 13.57 6.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.41 3.7 9.95 4.2 13.57 6.4 Cooks....................................................... 13.53 4.6 13.60 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.58 8.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.05 7.6 11.95 8.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.91 10.6 11.75 11.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.32 4.1 10.22 4.4 15.50 2.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.21 4.5 10.21 4.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.25 6.9 10.23 7.5 15.50 2.5 Personal service.............................................. 12.51 10.3 11.72 13.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $20.73 4.1 $18.74 4.6 $27.91 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.05 4.2 19.01 4.8 27.91 4.6 White collar........................................................ 25.75 4.7 23.18 6.0 32.73 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.91 4.4 24.46 6.1 32.73 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.49 4.1 28.24 5.6 37.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.33 4.7 30.18 7.6 37.97 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.86 7.3 33.86 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.18 4.7 33.18 4.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.29 8.9 29.20 9.9 30.13 1.2 Registered nurses........................................... 26.50 3.6 25.88 3.7 30.45 .3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.75 3.4 57.10 7.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.41 2.5 – – 38.65 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.94 1.7 – – 36.94 1.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.42 3.4 – – 38.01 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.48 10.4 15.96 4.6 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.46 10.6 15.87 4.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.70 7.2 22.70 7.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.42 1.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.99 7.4 33.99 10.0 37.06 9.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.01 10.2 36.25 13.7 41.36 12.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.62 8.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.71 6.8 36.35 9.5 – – Management related............................................ 26.83 10.4 28.55 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 14.84 15.9 14.84 15.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.26 4.0 14.52 3.8 17.82 3.8 Secretaries................................................. 15.94 6.3 15.63 4.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.67 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.50 4.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.61 9.6 14.39 10.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 7.4 – – 14.03 8.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.01 14.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.75 4.3 15.62 4.6 17.37 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $19.38 8.0 $19.47 9.1 $18.83 3.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.30 7.6 16.30 7.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.45 12.4 21.45 12.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.99 3.7 10.99 3.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.74 4.1 12.72 4.2 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.69 2.8 12.69 2.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.14 7.7 10.14 7.7 – – Production testers.......................................... 18.84 23.1 18.84 23.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.77 3.3 17.88 3.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.75 3.4 18.75 3.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.86 5.8 16.86 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.77 8.6 15.99 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.87 3.9 11.29 4.3 19.41 4.7 Protective service............................................ 17.86 14.8 – – 21.81 3.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.29 .6 – – 21.29 .6 Food service.................................................. 11.79 8.1 11.27 8.9 – – Other food service........................................... 12.50 6.0 12.05 6.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.53 4.6 13.60 5.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.88 8.9 11.73 9.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.67 12.4 11.45 13.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.02 5.1 10.80 3.1 15.76 2.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.38 5.1 11.26 4.9 15.76 2.4 Personal service.............................................. 12.86 10.4 11.78 13.8 – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $11.74 6.6 $11.75 6.9 $11.58 8.1 All excluding sales............................................... 12.56 7.8 12.61 8.3 11.58 8.1 White collar........................................................ 14.91 7.7 15.01 8.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.28 8.5 19.71 8.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.54 3.6 26.54 3.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.19 2.9 27.19 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.03 3.0 27.03 3.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.27 3.9 27.27 3.9 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.72 4.9 22.72 4.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.19 2.2 8.19 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.12 2.2 8.12 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.05 3.5 12.03 3.8 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.09 9.9 13.09 9.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.90 11.6 9.90 11.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.04 4.7 8.04 4.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.55 .5 7.55 .5 – – Service............................................................. 8.42 12.2 8.23 13.5 11.16 7.0 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.68 7.9 5.63 7.9 – – Other food service........................................... 7.67 3.5 7.65 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.67 1.3 12.67 1.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.17 4.8 – – – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $804 3.8 38.8 $741 4.5 39.5 $1,014 3.5 36.3 All excluding sales............................................... 815 3.8 38.7 751 4.7 39.5 1,014 3.5 36.3 White collar........................................................ 979 4.3 38.0 911 5.9 39.3 1,141 3.0 34.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,018 4.1 37.8 960 6.0 39.2 1,141 3.0 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,177 3.7 37.4 1,105 5.7 39.1 1,303 3.4 34.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,234 4.4 37.0 1,180 7.8 39.1 1,303 3.4 34.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,286 4.2 38.0 1,286 4.2 38.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,264 2.6 38.1 1,264 2.6 38.1 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,156 9.9 39.5 1,155 11.0 39.6 1,161 2.1 38.5 Registered nurses........................................... 1,021 3.4 38.5 996 3.4 38.5 1,175 1.4 38.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,071 4.6 35.9 2,134 9.7 37.4 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,266 1.9 33.8 – – – 1,291 2.4 33.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,225 2.7 33.1 – – – 1,225 2.7 33.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,252 3.9 33.5 – – – 1,258 4.4 33.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 689 8.3 37.3 610 2.6 38.2 – – – Social workers.............................................. 687 8.5 37.2 606 2.5 38.2 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 890 7.2 39.2 890 7.2 39.2 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 866 4.1 38.6 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,346 7.2 38.5 1,345 9.9 39.6 1,349 9.5 36.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,470 9.7 38.7 1,441 13.5 39.7 1,522 12.5 36.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,742 4.2 37.4 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,372 7.1 38.4 1,445 9.3 39.7 – – – Management related............................................ 1,018 10.9 38.0 1,118 12.8 39.1 – – – Sales............................................................. 589 16.0 39.7 589 16.0 39.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 581 3.4 38.1 569 3.6 39.2 618 5.2 34.7 Secretaries................................................. 608 5.5 38.2 614 4.1 39.3 – – – Receptionists............................................... 490 5.0 38.7 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 588 3.1 37.9 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 561 8.7 38.4 561 9.8 39.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 457 11.5 32.4 – – – 451 12.6 32.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $671 10.4 37.3 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 629 4.3 39.9 $624 4.6 39.9 $689 6.1 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 775 8.0 40.0 778 9.1 40.0 753 3.4 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 649 7.9 39.8 649 7.9 39.8 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 858 12.4 40.0 858 12.4 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 439 3.7 40.0 439 3.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 509 4.1 39.9 508 4.1 39.9 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 553 1.7 39.8 553 1.7 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 502 4.0 39.5 502 4.0 39.5 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 406 7.7 40.0 406 7.7 40.0 – – – Production testers.......................................... 754 23.1 40.0 754 23.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 706 3.6 39.7 715 3.2 40.0 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 750 3.4 40.0 750 3.4 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 674 5.8 40.0 674 5.8 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 629 8.6 39.9 637 12.1 39.8 – – – Service............................................................. 545 3.6 39.3 443 5.1 39.2 763 4.0 39.3 Protective service............................................ 708 14.3 39.6 – – – 864 2.5 39.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 846 1.0 39.8 – – – 846 1.0 39.8 Food service.................................................. 443 9.5 37.6 426 10.9 37.8 – – – Other food service........................................... 483 6.1 38.6 472 7.3 39.2 – – – Cooks....................................................... 508 4.8 37.5 526 6.6 38.7 – – – Health service................................................ 466 11.0 39.2 459 12.2 39.2 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 454 15.1 38.9 444 16.8 38.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 480 5.0 39.9 431 3.1 39.9 630 2.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 533 5.1 39.8 447 4.9 39.7 630 2.4 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 508 10.3 39.5 471 13.8 40.0 – – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $40,448 3.8 1,951 $38,319 4.5 2,045 $46,735 3.5 1,674 All excluding sales............................................... 40,946 3.8 1,945 38,850 4.7 2,043 46,735 3.5 1,674 White collar........................................................ 48,047 4.3 1,866 47,013 5.9 2,028 50,179 3.0 1,533 White collar excluding sales.................................... 49,714 4.1 1,847 49,454 6.0 2,022 50,179 3.0 1,533 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,129 3.7 1,751 56,403 5.7 1,998 53,349 3.4 1,406 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,678 4.4 1,701 59,863 7.8 1,984 53,357 3.4 1,405 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,856 4.2 1,974 66,856 4.2 1,974 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,737 2.6 1,981 65,737 2.6 1,981 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 59,452 9.9 2,030 60,077 11.0 2,058 54,313 2.1 1,803 Registered nurses........................................... 52,248 3.4 1,972 51,818 3.4 2,002 54,722 1.4 1,797 Teachers, college and university.............................. 69,710 4.6 1,207 78,963 9.7 1,383 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 49,703 1.9 1,328 – – – 50,209 2.4 1,299 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,004 2.7 1,299 – – – 48,004 2.7 1,299 Secondary school teachers................................... 49,672 3.9 1,327 – – – 50,449 4.4 1,327 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,820 8.3 1,939 31,708 2.6 1,987 – – – Social workers.............................................. 35,742 8.5 1,936 31,487 2.5 1,984 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 46,274 7.2 2,039 46,270 7.2 2,039 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 45,040 4.1 2,008 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,107 7.2 1,975 69,943 9.9 2,058 67,563 9.5 1,823 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 75,094 9.7 1,976 74,918 13.5 2,067 75,389 12.5 1,823 Administrators, education and related fields................ 77,347 4.2 1,659 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 71,346 7.1 1,998 75,140 9.3 2,067 – – – Management related............................................ 52,954 10.9 1,974 58,111 12.8 2,036 – – – Sales............................................................. 30,649 16.0 2,065 30,649 16.0 2,065 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,256 3.4 1,917 29,517 3.6 2,033 28,552 5.2 1,603 Secretaries................................................. 31,349 5.5 1,967 31,934 4.1 2,043 – – – Receptionists............................................... 23,800 5.0 1,878 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 30,570 3.1 1,973 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,157 8.7 1,995 29,198 9.8 2,029 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 16,769 11.5 1,189 – – – 16,591 12.6 1,183 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $34,893 10.4 1,938 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,558 4.3 2,067 $32,333 4.6 2,070 $35,304 6.1 2,032 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,301 8.0 2,079 40,472 9.1 2,079 39,158 3.4 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 33,768 7.9 2,071 33,768 7.9 2,071 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,617 12.4 2,080 44,617 12.4 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 22,853 3.7 2,080 22,853 3.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,454 4.1 2,076 26,410 4.1 2,076 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 28,737 1.7 2,071 28,737 1.7 2,071 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,091 4.0 2,056 26,091 4.0 2,056 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,088 7.7 2,080 21,088 7.7 2,080 – – – Production testers.......................................... 39,192 23.1 2,080 39,192 23.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,094 3.6 1,974 35,913 3.2 2,009 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 36,789 3.4 1,962 36,789 3.4 1,962 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 35,059 5.8 2,080 35,059 5.8 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 32,699 8.6 2,074 33,124 12.1 2,071 – – – Service............................................................. 28,239 3.6 2,036 23,050 5.1 2,041 39,330 4.0 2,027 Protective service............................................ 36,822 14.3 2,061 – – – 44,943 2.5 2,061 Police and detectives, public service....................... 44,012 1.0 2,067 – – – 44,012 1.0 2,067 Food service.................................................. 22,538 9.5 1,912 22,160 10.9 1,966 – – – Other food service........................................... 24,450 6.1 1,957 24,553 7.3 2,037 – – – Cooks....................................................... 25,229 4.8 1,865 27,348 6.6 2,011 – – – Health service................................................ 24,209 11.0 2,038 23,880 12.2 2,036 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,620 15.1 2,023 23,108 16.8 2,018 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 24,953 5.0 2,076 22,408 3.1 2,074 32,786 2.4 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 27,726 5.1 2,072 23,241 4.9 2,065 32,786 2.4 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 26,403 10.3 2,053 24,496 13.8 2,080 – – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $19.68 4.1 $17.76 4.6 $27.52 4.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.18 4.2 18.23 4.9 27.52 4.5 White collar........................................................ 24.59 4.5 22.08 5.5 32.42 3.3 2....................................................... 9.52 6.1 9.41 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.22 2.8 12.01 3.3 13.94 8.2 4....................................................... 14.95 3.2 14.74 3.7 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 17.09 5.6 16.30 5.8 20.03 3.1 6....................................................... 21.64 4.2 20.89 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.81 11.5 21.86 5.0 30.68 15.2 8....................................................... 25.01 4.0 24.90 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.76 4.0 27.81 5.6 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.22 6.8 36.32 5.6 36.00 18.5 11........................................................ 40.30 4.5 35.83 8.1 44.42 6.5 12........................................................ 48.89 3.7 51.39 6.7 46.94 5.5 13........................................................ 69.43 4.4 – – 68.44 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.34 15.4 29.36 15.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.35 4.2 24.00 5.5 32.42 3.3 2....................................................... 11.26 3.7 11.44 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.92 2.6 12.76 2.9 13.94 8.2 4....................................................... 14.59 2.8 14.24 3.0 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 16.99 5.7 16.16 5.8 20.03 3.1 6....................................................... 22.63 1.8 21.99 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.86 12.1 21.53 5.1 30.68 15.2 8....................................................... 25.68 3.6 25.69 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.76 4.0 27.81 5.6 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.22 6.8 36.32 5.6 36.00 18.5 11........................................................ 40.30 4.5 35.83 8.1 44.42 6.5 12........................................................ 48.89 3.7 51.39 6.7 46.94 5.5 13........................................................ 69.43 4.4 – – 68.44 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.34 15.4 29.36 15.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.10 3.8 28.05 5.1 37.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.84 4.2 29.80 6.6 37.97 3.3 5....................................................... 15.20 13.3 15.20 13.3 – – 6....................................................... 27.66 8.8 24.37 .4 – – 7....................................................... 29.08 12.4 23.32 3.4 34.30 11.8 8....................................................... 26.05 5.1 26.18 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.23 5.8 26.06 9.5 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.31 5.0 34.98 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.51 7.4 34.92 7.9 – – 12........................................................ 50.82 8.5 – – – – 13........................................................ 71.06 6.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.65 19.2 36.78 19.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.98 6.9 33.98 6.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... $33.35 4.2 $33.35 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.78 7.2 28.67 7.9 $30.13 1.2 6....................................................... 24.37 .4 24.37 .4 – – 7....................................................... 25.98 3.0 25.04 2.7 – – 8....................................................... 26.64 5.3 26.22 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.14 .2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.71 3.4 26.31 3.6 30.45 .3 7....................................................... 25.87 3.0 24.82 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.63 4.2 24.98 3.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.14 .2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.75 3.4 57.10 7.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.39 2.5 – – 38.65 2.3 7....................................................... 37.03 9.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.59 8.0 – – 36.95 8.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.94 1.7 – – 36.94 1.7 9....................................................... 36.20 3.9 – – 36.20 3.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.42 3.4 – – 38.01 4.4 9....................................................... 35.33 8.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.70 10.2 16.38 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.33 7.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.69 10.4 16.31 4.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.70 6.6 22.70 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 20.25 .6 20.18 .5 – – 6....................................................... 21.98 2.0 21.98 2.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.13 25.5 21.13 25.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.40 1.0 22.40 1.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.74 7.4 33.64 10.0 37.06 9.8 7....................................................... 21.50 8.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.81 5.4 28.81 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.15 5.4 – – 43.78 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.01 10.2 36.25 13.7 41.36 12.9 9....................................................... 29.83 4.7 29.83 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 43.15 5.4 – – 43.78 5.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.62 8.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.71 6.8 36.35 9.5 – – Management related............................................ 26.32 10.6 27.76 13.2 – – Sales............................................................. 12.67 13.6 12.67 13.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.53 2.1 8.53 2.1 – – 3....................................................... $9.02 7.1 $9.02 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.08 11.0 17.08 11.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 1.3 8.33 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.38 4.1 8.38 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.36 6.3 8.36 6.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 3.8 14.23 3.5 $17.49 3.7 2....................................................... 11.26 3.7 11.44 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.91 2.8 12.74 3.2 13.94 8.2 4....................................................... 14.38 2.6 13.95 2.3 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 16.44 10.2 14.95 10.0 19.78 4.6 6....................................................... 21.22 3.0 20.94 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.53 10.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.31 13.8 13.31 13.8 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.58 6.0 15.24 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 6.2 14.63 6.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.63 4.5 12.60 5.1 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.89 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.50 4.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.00 7.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.58 9.5 14.36 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.48 2.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 7.4 – – 14.03 8.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.43 13.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.36 4.2 15.21 4.5 17.37 5.0 1....................................................... 9.08 2.8 9.08 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.92 7.1 11.92 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.90 8.1 12.90 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.42 7.0 15.58 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.48 4.1 15.21 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.32 4.0 18.30 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 23.22 7.7 23.62 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.12 14.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.45 13.0 24.62 13.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.35 8.0 19.43 9.0 18.83 3.4 5....................................................... 15.85 3.1 15.44 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.87 8.3 24.17 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 22.73 9.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.30 7.6 16.30 7.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.45 12.4 21.45 12.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.99 3.7 10.99 3.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.62 4.4 12.60 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.99 .7 8.99 .7 – – 3....................................................... $12.26 9.4 $12.26 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.71 2.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.88 5.2 14.88 5.2 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.69 2.8 12.69 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.33 6.9 13.33 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 9.74 7.6 9.74 7.6 – – Production testers.......................................... 18.84 23.1 18.84 23.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.64 6.6 16.70 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 18.88 3.5 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.66 3.6 18.66 3.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 6.0 16.70 6.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.66 8.3 13.22 11.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.08 7.1 9.08 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.17 8.6 12.17 8.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.70 17.4 11.70 17.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 1.5 7.39 1.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.91 9.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.64 3.5 10.42 5.3 $18.93 4.7 1....................................................... 8.05 14.8 7.98 15.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.62 6.9 8.97 7.1 13.46 5.8 3....................................................... 12.09 5.1 11.45 5.6 14.81 2.2 4....................................................... 12.76 3.9 12.89 3.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.22 6.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.68 11.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ 17.70 14.1 – – 21.43 3.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.29 .6 – – 21.29 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.56 8.4 8.06 9.2 13.57 6.4 1....................................................... 5.78 17.4 5.75 17.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 19.5 7.43 23.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.01 12.0 11.01 12.0 – – Other food service........................................... 10.41 3.7 9.95 4.2 13.57 6.4 1....................................................... 7.39 1.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.97 10.0 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 13.53 4.6 13.60 5.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.58 8.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.05 7.6 11.95 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.62 1.8 12.43 .5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.91 10.6 11.75 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.01 1.5 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.32 4.1 10.22 4.4 15.50 2.5 1....................................................... 9.94 7.0 9.94 7.0 – – 2....................................................... $11.02 7.1 $10.48 5.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.21 4.5 10.21 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.14 5.1 10.14 5.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.25 6.9 10.23 7.5 $15.50 2.5 2....................................................... 11.02 7.1 10.48 5.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 12.51 10.3 11.72 13.1 – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $20.73 4.1 $18.74 4.6 $27.91 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.05 4.2 19.01 4.8 27.91 4.6 White collar........................................................ 25.75 4.7 23.18 6.0 32.73 3.1 2....................................................... 9.55 6.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.73 2.8 12.47 3.2 15.13 6.3 4....................................................... 15.02 3.3 14.82 3.9 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 16.81 5.8 15.90 5.8 20.03 3.1 6....................................................... 21.60 4.2 20.82 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.08 11.9 21.59 5.7 31.00 14.0 8....................................................... 24.81 3.9 24.66 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.98 4.3 27.91 6.1 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.48 7.1 36.71 5.9 36.00 18.5 11........................................................ 40.30 4.5 35.83 8.1 44.42 6.5 12........................................................ 49.17 3.7 – – 46.94 5.5 13........................................................ 69.43 4.4 – – 68.44 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 17.0 29.63 17.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.91 4.4 24.46 6.1 32.73 3.1 2....................................................... 11.26 5.8 11.84 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.13 3.1 12.88 3.4 15.13 6.3 4....................................................... 14.62 3.0 14.27 3.2 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 16.71 5.9 15.74 5.7 20.03 3.1 6....................................................... 22.60 1.8 21.94 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 26.14 12.5 21.16 5.9 31.00 14.0 8....................................................... 25.50 3.5 25.47 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.98 4.3 27.91 6.1 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.48 7.1 36.71 5.9 36.00 18.5 11........................................................ 40.30 4.5 35.83 8.1 44.42 6.5 12........................................................ 49.17 3.7 – – 46.94 5.5 13........................................................ 69.43 4.4 – – 68.44 5.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 17.0 29.63 17.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.49 4.1 28.24 5.6 37.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.33 4.7 30.18 7.6 37.97 3.3 7....................................................... 29.58 13.0 22.97 4.4 34.30 11.8 8....................................................... 25.82 5.4 25.89 7.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.56 6.4 25.92 11.3 35.78 6.4 10........................................................ 36.68 5.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.51 7.4 34.92 7.9 – – 12........................................................ 51.42 9.0 – – – – 13........................................................ 71.06 6.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.30 22.8 37.46 23.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.86 7.3 33.86 7.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.18 4.7 33.18 4.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $29.29 8.9 $29.20 9.9 $30.13 1.2 7....................................................... 26.56 3.8 25.30 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 26.32 5.8 25.78 6.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.50 3.6 25.88 3.7 30.45 .3 7....................................................... 26.44 4.2 24.97 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.15 4.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 57.75 3.4 57.10 7.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.41 2.5 – – 38.65 2.3 7....................................................... 37.03 9.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.59 8.0 – – 36.95 8.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.94 1.7 – – 36.94 1.7 9....................................................... 36.20 3.9 – – 36.20 3.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.42 3.4 – – 38.01 4.4 9....................................................... 35.33 8.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.48 10.4 15.96 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.33 7.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.46 10.6 15.87 4.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.70 7.2 22.70 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.12 .8 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.98 2.0 21.98 2.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 22.42 1.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.99 7.4 33.99 10.0 37.06 9.8 7....................................................... 21.50 8.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.81 5.4 28.81 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.15 5.4 – – 43.78 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.01 10.2 36.25 13.7 41.36 12.9 9....................................................... 29.83 4.7 29.83 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 43.15 5.4 – – 43.78 5.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.62 8.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 35.71 6.8 36.35 9.5 – – Management related............................................ 26.83 10.4 28.55 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 14.84 15.9 14.84 15.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.49 9.6 17.49 9.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.26 4.0 14.52 3.8 17.82 3.8 2....................................................... 11.26 5.8 11.84 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.14 3.4 12.87 3.7 15.13 6.3 4....................................................... 14.39 2.7 13.94 2.4 15.90 2.5 5....................................................... 16.44 10.2 14.95 10.0 19.78 4.6 6....................................................... $21.22 3.0 $20.94 4.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.23 9.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.31 13.8 13.31 13.8 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.94 6.3 15.63 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.51 6.6 14.51 6.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.67 5.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.50 4.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.00 7.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.61 9.6 14.39 10.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.48 2.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 7.4 – – $14.03 8.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.01 14.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.75 4.3 15.62 4.6 17.37 5.0 1....................................................... 9.61 .6 9.61 .6 – – 2....................................................... 12.04 6.8 12.04 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.92 9.0 12.92 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.41 7.2 15.57 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.48 4.1 15.21 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.32 4.0 18.30 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 23.22 7.7 23.62 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.12 14.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.45 13.0 24.62 13.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.38 8.0 19.47 9.1 18.83 3.4 5....................................................... 15.85 3.1 15.44 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.87 8.3 24.17 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 22.73 9.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.30 7.6 16.30 7.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.45 12.4 21.45 12.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.99 3.7 10.99 3.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.74 4.1 12.72 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 9.4 12.26 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.71 2.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.88 5.2 14.88 5.2 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.88 1.4 13.88 1.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.69 2.8 12.69 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.33 6.9 13.33 6.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.14 7.7 10.14 7.7 – – Production testers.......................................... 18.84 23.1 18.84 23.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.77 3.3 17.88 3.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.75 3.4 18.75 3.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.86 5.8 16.86 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $15.77 8.6 $15.99 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.87 3.9 11.29 4.3 $19.41 4.7 1....................................................... 10.23 6.7 10.23 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.18 5.6 9.55 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.98 5.7 11.18 5.7 14.96 2.6 4....................................................... 13.15 4.0 12.97 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.22 6.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.54 8.9 – – – – Protective service............................................ 17.86 14.8 – – 21.81 3.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.29 .6 – – 21.29 .6 Food service.................................................. 11.79 8.1 11.27 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.71 10.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.01 12.0 11.01 12.0 – – Other food service........................................... 12.50 6.0 12.05 6.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.53 4.6 13.60 5.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.88 8.9 11.73 9.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.67 12.4 11.45 13.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.02 5.1 10.80 3.1 15.76 2.4 1....................................................... 10.58 4.1 10.58 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.56 8.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.38 5.1 11.26 4.9 15.76 2.4 2....................................................... 11.56 8.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 12.86 10.4 11.78 13.8 – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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................................................................... $11.74 6.6 $11.75 6.9 $11.58 8.1 All excluding sales............................................... 12.56 7.8 12.61 8.3 11.58 8.1 White collar........................................................ 14.91 7.7 15.01 8.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 8.3 9.48 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.52 4.5 10.40 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.10 6.5 13.10 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.72 7.4 23.78 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.69 2.9 27.69 2.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.28 8.5 19.71 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.26 5.1 11.26 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.95 1.5 12.15 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.72 7.4 23.78 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.69 2.9 27.69 2.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.54 3.6 26.54 3.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.19 2.9 27.19 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.61 5.9 24.61 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.69 2.9 27.69 2.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.03 3.0 27.03 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 24.58 6.4 24.58 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 28.36 .9 28.36 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.27 3.9 27.27 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.58 6.4 24.58 6.4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.72 4.9 22.72 4.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.19 2.2 8.19 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.12 2.2 8.12 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.05 3.5 12.03 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.26 5.1 11.26 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 1.4 12.08 1.4 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.09 9.9 13.09 9.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.90 11.6 9.90 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.61 6.5 7.61 6.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $8.04 4.7 $8.04 4.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.02 5.8 8.02 5.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.55 .5 7.55 .5 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 1.5 7.39 1.5 – – Service............................................................. 8.42 12.2 8.23 13.5 $11.16 7.0 1....................................................... 6.38 15.8 6.20 15.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 18.9 7.23 18.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.75 2.1 12.79 2.4 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.68 7.9 5.63 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 5.63 16.2 – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.67 3.5 7.65 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – 3....................................................... 12.69 1.3 12.69 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.67 1.3 12.67 1.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.17 4.8 – – – – 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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....................................................... $20.73 $11.74 $21.62 $18.77 $19.81 – All excluding sales............................................. 21.05 12.56 22.07 19.26 20.32 – White collar........................................................ 25.75 14.91 27.78 23.54 24.60 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.91 19.28 29.61 25.22 26.35 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.49 26.54 36.87 28.14 31.10 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.33 27.19 36.94 30.02 32.84 – Technical....................................................... 22.70 22.72 – 22.70 22.70 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.99 – – 35.94 34.74 – Sales............................................................. 14.84 8.19 10.29 13.20 12.66 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.26 12.05 17.58 14.05 14.93 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.75 9.90 17.62 13.70 15.62 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.38 – 23.64 16.20 19.35 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.74 – 14.65 11.56 12.95 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.77 – 16.27 17.34 16.64 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.77 8.04 13.08 14.30 13.66 – Service............................................................. 13.87 8.42 16.92 10.31 12.64 – 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....................................................... 4.1 6.6 5.5 5.1 4.0 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 7.8 5.5 5.4 4.1 – White collar........................................................ 4.7 7.7 5.8 5.4 4.5 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 8.5 5.5 5.1 4.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 3.6 2.7 4.7 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 2.9 2.8 6.1 4.2 – Technical....................................................... 7.2 4.9 – 6.6 6.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 – – 8.0 7.4 – Sales............................................................. 15.9 2.2 20.8 14.2 13.6 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 3.5 5.5 3.2 3.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.3 11.6 7.0 3.0 4.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.0 – 8.1 6.4 8.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.1 – 2.0 7.2 4.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.3 – 9.7 4.1 6.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.6 4.7 4.9 15.4 8.3 – Service............................................................. 3.9 12.2 6.9 5.9 3.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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....................................................... $17.76 - – – - $18.11 - $14.52 - $18.57 All excluding sales............................................. 18.23 - – – - 18.89 - 16.38 - 18.62 White collar........................................................ 22.08 - – – - 21.23 - 16.09 - 23.02 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.00 - – – - 23.43 - 28.14 - 23.24 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.05 - – – - 28.17 - – - 27.75 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.80 - – – - 29.08 - – - 28.91 Technical....................................................... 22.70 - – – - 23.73 - – - 21.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.64 - – – - 33.94 - – - 28.38 Sales............................................................. 12.67 - – – - 12.67 - 11.53 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.23 - – – - 13.99 - 12.60 - 13.51 Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 - – – - 18.59 - 16.42 - 18.50 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.43 - – – - 24.05 - 20.19 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.60 - – – - – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.70 - – – - 16.80 - 18.19 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.22 - – – - 13.44 - 11.29 - – Service............................................................. 10.42 - – – - 10.43 - 5.78 - 11.41 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.6 - – – - 6.3 - 19.0 - 7.3 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 - – – - 6.7 - 25.2 - 7.4 White collar........................................................ 5.5 - – – - 6.7 - 25.6 - 7.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 - – – - 6.9 - 28.8 - 7.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 - – – - 6.0 - – - 6.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 - – – - 7.7 - – - 8.3 Technical....................................................... 6.6 - – – - 8.5 - – - 6.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.0 - – – - 13.3 - – - 17.8 Sales............................................................. 13.6 - – – - 13.6 - 15.4 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 - – – - 4.2 - 10.1 - 5.1 Blue collar......................................................... 4.5 - – – - 9.8 - 6.0 - 11.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.0 - – – - 11.0 - 6.0 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 - – – - – - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 - – – - 7.4 - 3.3 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.1 - – – - 14.1 - 10.7 - – Service............................................................. 5.3 - – – - 5.4 - 11.0 - 4.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 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....................................................... $17.76 $14.35 $18.48 $16.62 $22.37 All excluding sales............................................. 18.23 14.42 19.07 17.26 22.45 White collar........................................................ 22.08 19.24 22.48 20.11 25.50 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.00 20.22 24.56 23.33 25.71 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.05 26.14 28.26 24.40 30.50 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.80 25.50 30.33 24.08 33.80 Technical....................................................... 22.70 – 22.16 25.25 20.15 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.64 – 34.14 34.15 34.12 Sales............................................................. 12.67 – 12.63 12.18 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.23 13.52 14.38 14.01 14.76 Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 14.38 15.44 15.19 16.93 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.43 20.71 19.19 19.91 17.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.60 11.62 13.00 12.89 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.70 14.76 16.85 16.87 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.22 – 11.85 11.48 – Service............................................................. 10.42 7.16 11.46 10.84 12.82 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.6 10.4 5.4 8.2 6.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 11.2 5.7 8.8 7.0 White collar........................................................ 5.5 11.5 6.1 9.9 6.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 12.6 5.8 8.9 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 6.5 5.6 5.6 6.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 7.0 7.3 6.7 7.0 Technical....................................................... 6.6 – 6.9 8.6 7.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.0 – 11.3 14.9 9.4 Sales............................................................. 13.6 – 16.1 17.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 9.8 3.6 5.5 6.6 Blue collar......................................................... 4.5 17.2 7.3 9.0 7.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.0 16.2 11.5 17.1 7.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 11.7 6.6 6.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.7 4.2 7.2 7.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.1 – 7.9 10.5 – Service............................................................. 5.3 9.2 4.9 7.2 3.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.93 $11.65 $15.96 $23.91 $33.78 All excluding sales........................... 9.24 12.09 16.46 24.23 34.77 White collar.................................... 10.22 13.86 21.63 30.60 43.27 White collar excluding sales................ 12.06 15.86 22.92 32.40 46.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.87 22.37 28.85 36.10 48.87 Professional specialty...................... 20.21 23.66 29.81 38.65 50.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.40 29.81 30.67 39.08 47.12 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.83 29.81 30.67 38.00 40.10 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 21.18 23.17 26.65 30.60 36.05 Registered nurses....................... 21.59 23.22 26.61 29.31 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 36.10 45.42 53.05 71.52 79.00 Teachers, except college and university... 22.54 30.80 37.30 46.49 50.06 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.27 31.18 37.40 40.32 51.98 Secondary school teachers............... 25.80 31.00 37.33 43.70 50.06 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.29 14.26 18.11 21.32 27.46 Social workers.......................... 13.29 14.00 17.31 21.32 27.46 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 15.63 19.00 22.00 26.76 29.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.35 13.83 21.84 29.25 29.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 20.00 21.20 22.70 23.50 24.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.82 22.83 32.22 42.98 54.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.82 24.59 33.46 49.08 60.89 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 34.00 34.90 50.32 53.41 58.09 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.54 32.40 33.46 33.46 42.76 Management related........................ 16.57 20.25 22.92 30.50 43.29 Sales......................................... 7.25 7.87 9.68 16.90 23.01 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.28 8.00 9.00 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.22 11.87 13.75 17.00 22.18 Secretaries............................. 10.88 12.10 15.81 18.23 22.18 Receptionists........................... 10.00 12.18 13.28 13.96 14.00 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.43 13.36 13.43 16.05 16.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.34 13.64 16.46 17.50 17.71 General office clerks................... 9.84 11.31 14.15 16.08 22.73 Teachers' aides......................... 10.04 10.85 12.92 15.44 23.64 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.02 12.56 15.43 21.57 29.99 Blue collar..................................... 8.93 11.13 13.99 18.95 21.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.60 $15.00 $18.99 $22.00 $30.09 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.33 14.00 15.51 16.22 20.63 Supervisors, production................. 14.85 15.82 18.75 28.50 30.58 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.55 9.57 10.91 12.51 13.42 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.89 9.56 12.39 13.99 16.28 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 13.82 13.85 13.85 13.99 14.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.06 11.45 13.70 13.84 15.60 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 8.00 9.67 11.37 12.51 Production testers...................... 8.50 10.00 17.00 33.10 33.10 Transportation and material moving............ 11.70 13.92 17.39 18.95 20.41 Truck drivers........................... 15.95 18.95 18.95 18.95 20.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 14.76 17.39 18.95 18.95 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.15 8.38 13.76 15.79 17.48 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.40 8.55 17.01 20.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.95 10.90 14.07 14.69 15.79 Service......................................... 7.00 9.10 11.82 15.10 20.54 Protective service........................ 9.50 11.25 19.84 21.85 24.23 Police and detectives, public service... 17.35 21.10 21.29 24.23 24.23 Food service.............................. 2.89 6.65 8.00 11.90 14.88 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.75 7.50 9.00 12.89 15.47 Cooks................................... 10.00 11.54 13.43 15.65 17.06 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 11.90 14.56 Health service............................ 8.00 10.40 12.33 13.97 15.21 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 10.16 12.00 14.00 15.29 Cleaning and building service............. 7.65 9.20 11.37 12.75 15.33 Maids and housemen...................... 7.65 8.81 10.90 11.37 11.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 9.50 11.53 14.99 15.98 Personal service.......................... 7.73 9.51 12.56 15.36 17.01 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.00 $14.25 $21.60 $30.16 All excluding sales........................... 8.93 11.37 14.55 21.68 30.87 White collar.................................... 9.62 12.90 19.66 27.96 36.10 White collar excluding sales................ 11.77 14.07 20.91 29.35 39.04 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.60 21.05 25.79 31.01 40.02 Professional specialty...................... 18.50 22.36 27.96 34.01 42.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.40 29.81 30.67 39.08 47.12 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.83 29.81 30.67 38.00 40.10 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.12 22.96 26.32 30.50 35.72 Registered nurses....................... 21.38 23.12 26.13 28.77 32.34 Teachers, college and university.......... 36.10 36.10 53.05 70.63 84.17 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.98 13.74 16.35 18.54 20.00 Social workers.......................... 12.98 13.74 16.22 18.50 20.00 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.63 19.00 22.00 26.76 29.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.35 13.83 21.84 29.25 29.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 20.00 21.20 22.70 23.50 24.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.13 19.82 29.76 37.05 49.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.82 22.70 32.40 45.86 58.44 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 29.76 32.40 33.46 33.46 45.86 Management related........................ 16.57 19.33 27.14 36.08 43.34 Sales......................................... 7.25 7.87 9.68 16.90 23.01 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.28 8.00 9.00 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.08 11.69 13.34 16.08 19.49 Secretaries............................. 11.00 12.10 15.52 17.00 20.43 Receptionists........................... 10.00 12.79 13.28 14.00 14.00 General office clerks................... 9.84 11.31 13.29 16.08 22.73 Blue collar..................................... 8.93 10.75 13.85 18.95 22.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.60 13.70 19.08 23.98 30.09 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.33 14.00 15.51 16.22 20.63 Supervisors, production................. 14.85 15.82 18.75 28.50 30.58 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.55 9.57 10.91 12.51 13.42 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.89 $9.56 $12.39 $13.99 $16.22 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 13.82 13.85 13.85 13.99 14.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.06 11.45 13.70 13.84 15.60 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 8.00 9.67 11.37 12.51 Production testers...................... 8.50 10.00 17.00 33.10 33.10 Transportation and material moving............ 11.70 14.00 17.45 18.95 20.41 Truck drivers........................... 15.95 18.95 18.95 18.95 20.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 14.76 17.39 18.95 18.95 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.75 13.02 14.69 20.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.40 8.55 17.01 20.75 Service......................................... 6.90 8.50 10.60 12.35 14.48 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.89 2.89 7.55 10.70 14.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 7.50 8.50 11.99 15.06 Cooks................................... 10.00 11.33 14.04 15.65 17.06 Health service............................ 8.00 10.40 12.25 13.66 15.19 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 10.00 11.86 13.90 15.10 Cleaning and building service............. 7.30 9.00 10.26 11.37 12.09 Maids and housemen...................... 7.65 8.81 10.90 11.37 11.50 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 9.01 10.12 11.37 13.01 Personal service.......................... 8.00 9.25 11.31 13.55 17.20 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $14.00 $17.48 $23.06 $34.25 $49.64 All excluding sales........................... 14.00 17.48 23.06 34.25 49.64 White collar.................................... 15.13 21.57 29.99 41.18 51.98 White collar excluding sales................ 15.13 21.57 29.99 41.18 51.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 22.61 28.87 35.37 47.50 51.98 Professional specialty...................... 22.61 28.87 35.44 47.59 51.98 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 24.57 27.71 29.99 31.42 40.13 Registered nurses....................... 25.27 27.79 29.99 31.42 40.13 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 26.24 32.69 37.88 47.73 50.06 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.27 31.18 37.40 40.32 51.98 Secondary school teachers............... 25.61 32.35 37.70 45.57 50.06 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.09 23.75 33.00 49.23 58.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.59 26.69 40.90 50.32 66.80 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.85 12.95 16.86 21.68 24.65 Teachers' aides......................... 10.04 10.85 12.53 15.09 23.64 Blue collar..................................... 14.07 15.29 17.49 18.99 20.86 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.29 17.88 18.99 20.39 21.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 13.41 15.14 19.35 21.85 24.23 Protective service........................ 16.72 19.84 21.29 24.23 25.26 Police and detectives, public service... 17.35 21.10 21.29 24.23 24.23 Food service.............................. 9.40 12.75 13.93 14.88 16.73 Other food service....................... 9.40 12.75 13.93 14.88 16.73 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 12.88 14.55 15.32 16.07 19.17 Janitors and cleaners................... $12.88 $14.55 $15.32 $16.07 $19.17 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.75 $12.39 $17.24 $24.55 $35.44 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 12.55 17.45 25.22 36.10 White collar.................................... 11.44 15.23 22.66 32.22 45.86 White collar excluding sales................ 12.23 16.28 23.18 33.41 47.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.80 22.23 28.85 37.27 49.04 Professional specialty...................... 20.18 23.50 30.14 39.43 50.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 25.40 29.81 30.26 39.38 47.69 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.39 29.81 30.26 38.46 40.93 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.41 22.83 25.93 30.66 38.65 Registered nurses....................... 21.63 23.17 25.58 29.14 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 36.10 45.42 53.05 71.52 79.00 Teachers, except college and university... 22.54 30.99 37.30 46.49 50.06 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.27 31.18 37.40 40.32 51.98 Secondary school teachers............... 25.80 31.00 37.33 43.70 50.06 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.29 14.00 16.83 20.76 27.13 Social workers.......................... 13.29 14.00 16.83 20.76 27.44 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.63 19.00 21.85 26.76 29.25 Licensed practical nurses............... 19.99 21.20 22.70 23.90 25.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.82 22.92 32.40 43.29 54.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.82 24.59 33.46 49.08 60.89 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 34.00 34.90 50.32 53.41 58.09 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.54 32.40 33.46 33.46 42.76 Management related........................ 19.25 20.25 23.08 32.22 43.29 Sales......................................... 7.65 8.90 13.66 21.13 23.62 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.30 12.02 13.94 17.45 22.32 Secretaries............................. 10.99 12.66 15.88 18.69 22.34 Receptionists........................... 10.00 12.75 13.28 13.96 14.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.34 13.64 16.46 17.50 17.71 General office clerks................... 9.84 11.31 14.40 16.08 22.73 Teachers' aides......................... 10.04 10.85 12.92 15.44 23.64 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.36 12.92 15.98 22.74 29.99 Blue collar..................................... 9.14 11.53 14.31 18.95 22.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.60 15.00 18.99 22.00 30.09 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.33 14.00 15.51 16.22 20.63 Supervisors, production................. $14.85 $15.82 $18.75 $28.50 $30.58 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.55 9.57 10.91 12.51 13.42 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.93 9.67 12.45 13.99 16.53 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 13.82 13.85 13.85 13.99 14.89 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.06 11.45 13.70 13.84 15.60 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 8.00 9.80 11.52 12.57 Production testers...................... 8.50 10.00 17.00 33.10 33.10 Transportation and material moving............ 13.76 16.42 18.95 18.95 20.41 Truck drivers........................... 16.95 18.95 18.95 18.95 20.42 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.76 14.76 17.39 18.95 19.10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.90 13.67 14.36 17.00 20.75 Service......................................... 8.60 10.12 12.35 16.33 21.29 Protective service........................ 9.50 11.00 19.84 21.89 24.23 Police and detectives, public service... 17.35 21.10 21.29 24.23 24.23 Food service.............................. 7.50 9.00 11.99 14.56 15.80 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.50 10.70 12.50 14.88 16.73 Cooks................................... 10.00 11.54 13.43 15.65 17.06 Health service............................ 8.00 10.00 12.33 14.00 15.38 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 9.75 11.68 14.00 15.50 Cleaning and building service............. 9.03 10.12 11.37 13.53 15.92 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.94 11.37 13.36 15.32 17.27 Personal service.......................... 8.75 9.90 13.05 15.48 17.03 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.40 $9.50 $13.66 $23.91 All excluding sales........................... 6.15 7.50 11.20 14.27 26.07 White collar.................................... 7.25 8.25 11.77 22.15 28.00 White collar excluding sales................ 10.53 11.90 16.63 26.62 31.01 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.84 23.71 26.83 29.80 32.36 Professional specialty...................... 20.84 24.34 27.96 30.72 32.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.73 24.14 27.96 30.58 32.34 Registered nurses....................... 20.84 24.86 27.96 30.02 32.36 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 21.45 22.26 23.35 23.91 24.94 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 7.20 7.80 8.65 9.88 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.20 7.75 8.57 9.80 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.10 10.75 11.90 13.07 14.58 Secretaries............................. 9.50 12.10 12.10 16.38 16.38 Blue collar..................................... 6.15 7.05 8.55 12.10 15.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.00 7.45 8.05 9.65 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.00 7.45 7.85 8.55 Service......................................... 2.89 6.75 8.00 11.64 13.88 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.89 2.89 6.75 7.55 8.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 6.80 7.50 8.00 8.75 Health service............................ 10.44 11.64 12.47 13.90 14.48 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.56 11.36 12.47 14.00 14.48 Cleaning and building service............. 6.90 7.15 8.50 8.81 9.50 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 220,100 172,800 47,300 All excluding sales............................................. 203,100 155,800 47,300 White collar........................................................ 117,800 85,300 32,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 100,800 68,200 32,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,500 31,300 18,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 42,100 23,900 18,100 Technical....................................................... 7,400 7,400 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 17,800 11,700 6,100 Sales............................................................. 17,000 17,000 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,500 25,200 8,300 Blue collar......................................................... 58,700 54,900 3,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17,500 15,300 2,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,100 25,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 8,300 8,100 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,800 6,500 - Service............................................................. 43,500 32,700 10,800 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.