NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Bulletin 3125-09, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................. $21.56 2.4 35.5 $20.79 3.1 35.3 $25.01 2.2 36.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 26.09 2.5 36.0 25.44 3.2 36.2 29.03 2.2 35.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.69 2.5 35.8 30.29 3.3 35.9 35.81 3.1 35.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.72 6.1 39.4 35.26 6.7 39.8 30.79 7.0 36.7 Sales............................................................. 17.05 7.0 32.5 17.10 7.0 32.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.60 1.9 35.8 15.64 2.3 36.3 15.40 1.0 33.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.77 2.6 38.0 17.66 2.9 37.9 18.80 1.5 38.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.3 39.7 22.09 3.8 39.7 20.74 1.1 39.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.72 5.9 39.5 15.71 5.9 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 5.3 37.1 16.80 6.1 37.2 17.71 3.6 36.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 14.28 5.7 35.4 13.86 6.6 34.8 17.01 4.1 39.2 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.98 2.8 31.9 10.56 3.0 30.3 19.82 3.6 37.3 Full time........................................................... 22.59 2.4 38.9 21.88 3.1 39.3 25.59 2.8 37.4 Part time........................................................... 12.20 3.2 19.7 12.19 3.4 19.7 12.29 8.7 20.5 Union............................................................... 21.72 2.0 36.3 18.97 3.0 35.9 25.11 2.2 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 21.48 3.3 35.1 21.30 3.5 35.1 24.59 4.4 33.9 Time................................................................ 21.53 2.3 35.3 20.72 3.0 35.1 25.01 2.2 36.1 Incentive........................................................... 22.17 10.1 39.2 22.17 10.1 39.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.57 5.9 35.0 18.51 6.2 35.0 20.39 5.5 35.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.20 4.0 34.5 18.57 4.7 34.6 26.09 4.4 34.1 500 workers or more................................................. 24.41 2.7 36.4 24.18 3.7 36.3 24.94 2.7 36.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $21.56 2.4 $20.79 3.1 $25.01 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.88 2.4 21.12 3.2 25.06 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.09 2.5 25.44 3.2 29.03 2.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.30 2.3 26.83 3.0 29.15 2.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.69 2.5 30.29 3.3 35.81 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.13 3.1 31.58 4.3 36.80 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.16 2.4 39.22 2.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.26 2.0 38.26 2.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.58 4.0 33.58 4.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.50 8.4 40.50 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.57 5.4 34.57 5.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.81 6.0 33.81 6.0 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 39.39 21.3 39.39 21.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.67 12.0 36.07 13.0 – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 38.77 16.7 38.77 16.7 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 36.69 10.5 36.83 12.5 – – Health related................................................ 32.57 4.9 32.33 5.0 36.03 16.9 Physicians.................................................. 50.78 15.1 52.57 14.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.39 2.2 29.00 1.5 34.58 14.4 Pharmacists................................................. 34.30 4.8 34.30 4.8 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 25.20 3.7 25.20 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.50 7.5 45.37 11.7 45.70 6.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.54 5.8 – – 45.70 4.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.68 6.2 – – 39.67 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.75 10.9 – – 39.75 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 42.21 4.9 – – 42.41 5.2 Teachers, special education................................. 35.64 5.8 – – 36.90 5.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.31 13.2 18.59 23.8 40.25 6.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.93 28.4 – – 40.13 25.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.33 14.5 – – – – Psychologists............................................... 29.49 18.5 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.70 4.3 17.15 4.2 22.89 4.9 Social workers.............................................. 19.51 6.2 16.90 4.0 23.33 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ 46.00 26.8 51.60 30.5 – – Lawyers..................................................... 46.00 26.8 51.60 30.5 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.28 6.2 22.14 7.1 – – Technical....................................................... 25.74 4.9 26.24 5.3 19.73 4.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.57 2.6 16.57 2.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 30.40 .6 30.40 .6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.91 2.1 21.03 2.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.79 5.3 17.91 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 6.8 23.76 6.8 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. $23.32 8.8 $24.06 10.9 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 19.94 9.7 19.94 9.7 – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.97 11.1 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.44 14.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.72 6.1 35.26 6.7 $30.79 7.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.63 6.7 42.76 7.4 34.41 6.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.13 6.7 – – 30.13 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 45.98 10.9 46.07 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.29 11.3 47.52 11.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.06 12.0 27.94 27.4 38.90 11.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.16 8.2 36.46 9.4 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.96 12.3 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.40 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.74 11.7 44.74 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 26.38 6.2 26.53 6.9 25.03 3.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.36 7.3 30.13 7.5 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.74 3.2 31.74 3.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.33 13.3 34.80 15.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.29 12.5 23.67 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.44 13.5 25.44 13.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.50 18.6 21.68 20.2 – – Sales............................................................. 17.05 7.0 17.10 7.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.12 3.5 23.12 3.5 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 21.82 1.3 21.82 1.3 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.56 .0 8.56 .0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.32 17.6 15.32 17.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.57 3.0 10.47 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.60 1.9 15.64 2.3 15.40 1.0 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.30 11.1 24.30 11.1 – – Computer operators.......................................... 16.15 2.9 16.26 3.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.94 3.6 17.70 3.7 18.71 8.9 Typists..................................................... 16.65 12.1 – – 14.43 1.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.84 6.6 10.84 6.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.08 9.6 12.06 10.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 20.79 8.2 20.79 8.2 – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.03 11.0 – – 14.17 11.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.47 7.9 15.71 9.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.54 4.0 14.42 4.2 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.45 14.6 14.42 17.9 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.85 4.2 11.47 3.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 5.8 14.37 5.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.79 6.9 13.85 7.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 15.67 3.5 15.67 3.5 – – General office clerks....................................... $14.64 5.1 $13.89 7.4 $16.13 6.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.98 8.7 13.98 8.7 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.37 15.2 17.37 15.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.00 6.8 – – 12.00 7.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.47 6.8 13.67 8.4 15.85 6.4 Blue collar......................................................... 17.77 2.6 17.66 2.9 18.80 1.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.3 22.09 3.8 20.74 1.1 Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.39 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.68 5.8 21.68 5.8 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.53 11.8 21.53 11.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.96 3.6 18.91 4.6 – – Electricians................................................ 20.93 6.1 21.18 7.2 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 28.54 10.2 30.27 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.99 10.5 24.99 10.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.07 3.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.63 22.4 13.63 22.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.72 5.9 15.71 5.9 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.20 6.3 9.20 6.3 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.01 13.9 20.01 13.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.47 5.2 16.47 5.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.95 2.4 18.95 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 5.3 16.80 6.1 17.71 3.6 Truck drivers............................................... 17.42 4.4 17.64 4.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. – – – – 18.00 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.28 5.7 13.86 6.6 17.01 4.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.19 11.0 11.87 10.7 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.41 9.6 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 19.10 10.8 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.07 16.3 11.07 16.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.00 6.4 16.00 6.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.68 8.8 10.68 8.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.39 12.1 12.85 16.7 – – Service............................................................. 12.98 2.8 10.56 3.0 19.82 3.6 Protective service............................................ 19.49 6.7 10.84 5.6 23.81 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 30.70 3.3 – – 30.70 3.3 Supervisors, guards......................................... 26.76 8.3 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.66 2.5 – – 24.99 2.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.99 5.4 – – 18.99 5.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... $11.14 4.4 $10.69 2.5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.00 3.2 8.68 2.7 $12.28 3.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.66 9.3 6.66 9.3 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.69 22.5 6.69 22.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.68 14.6 5.68 14.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.26 9.9 8.26 9.9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.27 1.4 9.95 1.4 12.28 3.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.85 8.0 16.87 8.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.64 3.8 11.38 3.7 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.98 2.5 8.74 3.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.22 7.0 10.74 8.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.76 3.3 8.20 1.9 12.04 6.0 Health service................................................ 11.66 5.3 10.87 3.5 15.90 7.6 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.08 8.3 11.31 4.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.49 5.1 10.65 2.3 15.65 8.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.76 4.3 10.90 4.6 14.36 2.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.30 2.7 10.30 2.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.83 5.7 10.56 5.0 14.35 2.1 Personal service.............................................. 13.38 5.1 13.39 5.4 13.23 9.2 Supervisors, personal service............................... 19.36 7.3 19.36 7.3 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.13 6.2 8.13 6.2 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 11.92 12.6 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.12 6.1 9.87 6.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $22.59 2.4 $21.88 3.1 $25.59 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 22.80 2.5 22.07 3.2 25.65 2.7 White collar........................................................ 26.97 2.4 26.31 3.1 29.82 2.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.83 2.3 27.27 3.0 29.96 2.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.97 2.6 30.49 3.4 36.16 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.43 3.2 31.82 4.5 37.05 2.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.16 2.4 39.22 2.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.26 2.0 38.26 2.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.58 4.0 33.58 4.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.50 8.4 40.50 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.91 5.3 34.91 5.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.19 5.9 34.19 5.9 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 39.39 21.3 39.39 21.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.67 12.0 36.07 13.0 – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 38.77 16.7 38.77 16.7 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 36.69 10.5 36.83 12.5 – – Health related................................................ 32.95 5.6 32.68 5.8 36.15 16.9 Physicians.................................................. 50.78 15.1 52.57 14.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.27 2.7 28.76 1.8 34.73 14.3 Pharmacists................................................. 33.61 5.0 33.61 5.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.20 9.1 46.38 14.6 45.93 6.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 41.49 8.7 – – 45.97 4.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.08 5.9 21.78 4.3 39.94 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.74 11.0 – – 39.80 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 42.31 5.1 – – 42.47 5.3 Teachers, special education................................. 35.64 5.8 – – 36.90 5.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.52 13.1 – – 40.29 6.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.13 28.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.33 14.6 – – – – Psychologists............................................... 29.48 18.7 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.73 4.3 17.05 3.7 22.89 4.9 Social workers.............................................. 19.53 6.2 16.88 3.6 23.33 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ 47.24 25.8 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 47.24 25.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.24 6.4 22.14 7.1 – – Technical....................................................... 25.99 5.1 26.42 5.5 20.50 5.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.30 3.2 16.30 3.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 31.00 .0 31.00 .0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.95 2.3 21.03 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 5.7 17.81 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 6.8 23.76 6.8 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.32 8.8 24.06 10.9 – – Chemical technicians........................................ $19.94 9.7 $19.94 9.7 – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.97 11.1 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.48 11.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 6.1 35.37 6.7 $31.07 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.77 6.7 42.83 7.4 34.92 6.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.13 6.7 – – 30.13 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 45.98 10.9 46.07 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.29 11.3 47.52 11.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.06 12.0 27.94 27.4 38.90 11.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 37.20 7.6 37.63 8.7 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.96 12.3 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.40 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.74 11.7 44.74 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 26.25 5.6 26.40 6.3 25.03 3.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 6.7 29.40 7.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.74 3.2 31.74 3.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.33 13.3 34.80 15.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.29 12.5 23.67 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.44 13.5 25.44 13.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.44 18.9 21.62 20.5 – – Sales............................................................. 19.37 7.2 19.47 7.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.13 3.5 23.13 3.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.49 29.9 19.49 29.9 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 21.82 1.3 21.82 1.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 19.25 14.4 19.25 14.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.81 4.0 11.72 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.99 2.0 16.00 2.5 15.98 1.4 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.30 11.1 24.30 11.1 – – Computer operators.......................................... 16.26 3.1 16.26 3.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.94 3.8 17.68 3.9 18.75 8.9 Typists..................................................... 16.65 12.1 – – 14.43 1.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.84 6.6 10.84 6.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.22 11.2 12.20 11.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 21.15 8.0 21.15 8.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.49 6.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.47 7.9 15.71 9.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.54 4.0 14.42 4.2 – – Telephone operators......................................... 16.49 13.8 – – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 12.16 6.7 11.52 6.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 5.8 14.37 5.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.97 6.4 14.04 6.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 15.75 4.2 15.75 4.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.35 5.5 14.83 8.4 16.15 6.5 Statistical clerks.......................................... $17.37 15.2 $17.37 15.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.87 4.4 – – $12.89 4.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.21 6.9 14.63 10.7 15.87 6.3 Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 2.7 18.15 3.0 19.02 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.90 3.3 22.07 3.8 20.75 1.1 Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.39 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.68 5.8 21.68 5.8 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.67 11.2 20.67 11.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.96 3.6 18.91 4.6 – – Electricians................................................ 20.93 6.1 21.18 7.2 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 28.54 10.2 30.27 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.99 10.5 24.99 10.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.07 3.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.63 22.4 13.63 22.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.76 5.7 15.76 5.7 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.17 6.5 9.17 6.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.01 13.9 20.01 13.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.47 5.2 16.47 5.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.95 2.4 18.95 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 5.0 17.52 5.7 18.45 6.6 Truck drivers............................................... 17.42 4.4 17.64 4.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.03 5.6 14.67 6.6 17.01 4.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.22 11.3 – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.41 9.6 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 19.10 10.8 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.21 18.6 12.20 18.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17.11 6.0 17.11 6.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.23 9.5 11.23 9.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.51 9.3 14.08 14.2 – – Service............................................................. 14.05 3.3 11.28 3.7 20.22 4.1 Protective service............................................ 20.10 7.9 10.98 7.3 23.97 5.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 30.70 3.3 – – 30.70 3.3 Supervisors, guards......................................... 26.76 8.3 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.66 2.5 – – 24.99 2.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.99 5.4 – – 18.99 5.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.47 5.6 10.89 3.5 – – Food service.................................................. 9.89 4.9 9.56 4.6 12.62 4.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.88 15.7 6.88 15.7 – – Bartenders.................................................. $6.80 32.4 $6.80 32.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.19 22.7 5.19 22.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.20 7.9 9.20 7.9 – – Other food service........................................... 11.26 2.2 11.01 2.3 $12.62 4.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.29 10.1 17.32 10.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.96 3.5 11.67 3.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 12.32 14.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.55 5.1 9.02 4.0 12.15 4.7 Health service................................................ 11.79 6.3 10.88 4.4 16.06 7.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.39 11.0 11.44 6.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.58 6.2 10.61 3.1 15.76 8.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.30 3.5 11.42 4.9 14.52 2.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.31 2.8 10.31 2.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.57 3.3 11.27 2.8 14.52 2.6 Personal service.............................................. 14.66 5.5 14.71 5.8 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 19.36 7.3 19.36 7.3 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.57 6.8 8.57 6.8 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.25 7.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $12.20 3.2 $12.19 3.4 $12.29 8.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.83 3.4 12.88 3.7 12.29 8.7 White collar........................................................ 15.63 4.2 15.94 4.5 13.18 10.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.05 4.6 20.22 4.6 13.18 10.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.66 4.4 27.41 4.2 20.22 18.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.90 4.6 28.42 4.3 22.89 25.0 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.48 2.1 30.51 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.89 4.2 29.92 4.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.88 38.7 – – 21.46 45.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.13 5.0 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.41 7.1 21.94 .8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.74 5.1 21.08 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.46 4.1 8.46 4.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.71 3.4 8.71 3.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.47 3.0 8.47 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.00 3.6 12.29 2.9 11.02 11.7 Secretaries................................................. 17.83 12.5 18.01 13.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.75 8.6 10.70 8.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.49 10.8 – – 10.50 11.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.77 5.3 11.79 5.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.87 10.1 11.85 10.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.72 12.6 9.72 12.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.69 20.4 9.69 20.4 – – Service............................................................. $8.43 1.5 $8.33 1.6 $10.20 6.0 Protective service............................................ 9.93 3.4 10.11 2.9 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.13 3.2 10.13 3.2 – – Food service.................................................. 7.37 2.5 7.16 2.5 11.02 .5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.35 6.0 6.35 6.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.23 8.1 6.23 8.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.52 27.3 6.52 27.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.11 1.4 7.81 1.1 11.02 .5 Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.46 9.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.40 1.7 6.92 1.9 – – Health service................................................ 10.92 3.4 10.85 3.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.87 3.6 10.87 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.93 5.2 10.85 5.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.89 8.9 $8.84 9.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.76 9.5 8.70 10.1 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.25 2.1 8.31 1.9 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.87 8.0 5.87 8.0 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.53 4.4 8.53 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 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $879 2.5 38.9 $859 3.2 39.3 $958 3.0 37.4 All excluding sales............................................... 886 2.6 38.8 866 3.3 39.2 960 3.0 37.4 White collar........................................................ 1,043 2.4 38.7 1,033 3.0 39.3 1,083 2.5 36.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,073 2.3 38.5 1,069 2.9 39.2 1,087 2.6 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,217 2.5 38.1 1,183 3.3 38.8 1,305 2.9 36.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,272 3.1 38.1 1,242 4.5 39.0 1,334 2.3 36.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,515 2.6 39.7 1,569 2.3 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,530 2.0 40.0 1,530 2.0 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,343 4.0 40.0 1,343 4.0 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,620 8.4 40.0 1,620 8.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,372 5.2 39.3 1,372 5.2 39.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,342 5.8 39.3 1,342 5.8 39.3 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,576 21.3 40.0 1,576 21.3 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,359 11.8 38.1 1,384 12.7 38.4 – – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 1,551 16.7 40.0 1,551 16.7 40.0 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 1,345 10.5 36.7 1,362 12.4 37.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,276 5.0 38.7 1,268 5.3 38.8 1,365 12.3 37.8 Physicians.................................................. 1,948 13.5 38.4 1,976 13.7 37.6 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,133 2.7 38.7 1,121 2.4 39.0 1,248 13.0 35.9 Pharmacists................................................. 1,293 6.0 38.5 1,293 6.0 38.5 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,659 8.4 35.9 1,708 13.1 36.8 1,590 8.6 34.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,538 8.4 37.1 – – – 1,692 5.2 36.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,309 4.7 36.3 848 4.8 38.9 1,422 1.6 35.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,274 8.7 36.7 – – – 1,418 .4 35.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,531 3.3 36.2 – – – 1,543 3.5 36.3 Teachers, special education................................. 1,245 5.3 34.9 – – – 1,286 5.2 34.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,326 12.1 35.3 – – – 1,416 6.3 35.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,190 26.3 38.2 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,127 14.0 38.4 – – – – – – Psychologists............................................... 1,104 17.1 37.4 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 763 3.8 38.7 675 3.9 39.6 862 4.2 37.7 Social workers.............................................. 752 5.7 38.5 669 3.8 39.6 863 6.5 37.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,778 23.5 37.6 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 1,778 23.5 37.6 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 871 7.1 39.1 870 7.8 39.3 – – – Technical....................................................... 991 5.0 38.1 1,007 5.4 38.1 776 5.6 37.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 630 3.3 38.6 630 3.3 38.6 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 1,228 2.0 39.6 1,228 2.0 39.6 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... $806 2.8 38.5 $808 3.0 38.4 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 692 6.3 38.8 692 6.3 38.8 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 946 6.8 39.8 946 6.8 39.8 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 917 9.4 39.3 962 10.9 40.0 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 764 13.1 38.3 764 13.1 38.3 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,099 11.3 39.3 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 753 12.4 38.7 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,383 5.7 39.7 1,415 6.2 40.0 $1,170 6.0 37.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,660 6.8 39.7 1,716 7.6 40.1 1,317 6.2 37.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,106 7.5 36.7 – – – 1,106 7.5 36.7 Financial managers.......................................... 1,895 15.4 41.2 1,902 16.2 41.3 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,883 11.4 39.8 1,892 11.6 39.8 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,375 10.6 38.1 1,090 21.0 39.0 1,471 10.9 37.8 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,463 6.8 39.3 1,478 7.7 39.3 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 1,147 12.2 39.6 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 990 10.2 37.5 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,788 11.4 40.0 1,788 11.4 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 1,041 4.4 39.6 1,053 4.8 39.9 941 2.3 37.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,115 7.0 38.9 1,151 7.2 39.1 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,242 5.2 39.1 1,242 5.2 39.1 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,390 11.9 40.5 1,440 13.7 41.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 989 10.7 40.7 975 11.6 41.2 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 890 16.5 35.0 890 16.5 35.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 901 13.3 42.0 912 14.3 42.2 – – – Sales............................................................. 770 7.0 39.7 774 7.0 39.8 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 979 3.1 42.3 979 3.1 42.3 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 768 29.7 39.4 768 29.7 39.4 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 951 5.3 43.6 951 5.3 43.6 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 745 15.2 38.7 745 15.2 38.7 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 463 3.7 39.2 460 3.9 39.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 615 2.0 38.5 625 2.5 39.1 576 1.3 36.1 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 1,025 10.9 42.2 1,025 10.9 42.2 – – – Computer operators.......................................... 651 3.1 40.0 651 3.1 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 681 3.7 37.9 680 4.1 38.5 682 8.0 36.4 Typists..................................................... 615 11.6 36.9 – – – 530 2.0 36.7 Hotel clerks................................................ 430 7.4 39.7 430 7.4 39.7 – – – Receptionists............................................... 483 11.4 39.5 485 11.9 39.7 – – – Order clerks................................................ 819 6.1 38.7 819 6.1 38.7 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 552 5.5 35.6 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $607 6.9 39.3 $620 8.6 39.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 560 3.9 38.5 558 4.2 38.7 – – – Telephone operators......................................... 629 12.6 38.1 – – – – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 461 9.0 37.9 433 8.8 37.6 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 575 5.8 40.0 575 5.8 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 557 6.5 39.9 562 6.6 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 624 4.8 39.6 624 4.8 39.6 – – – General office clerks....................................... 580 5.2 37.8 582 8.4 39.3 $577 4.5 35.7 Statistical clerks.......................................... 672 16.5 38.7 672 16.5 38.7 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 451 4.3 35.0 – – – 453 4.7 35.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 560 5.8 36.8 565 11.1 38.6 554 5.0 34.9 Blue collar......................................................... 731 3.1 40.1 728 3.4 40.1 752 2.3 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 875 3.3 40.0 883 3.8 40.0 823 1.0 39.7 Automobile mechanics........................................ 817 5.9 40.1 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 867 5.8 40.0 867 5.8 40.0 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 827 11.2 40.0 827 11.2 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 756 3.7 39.9 756 4.6 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 837 6.1 40.0 847 7.2 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 1,142 10.2 40.0 1,211 8.1 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,000 10.5 40.0 1,000 10.5 40.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 803 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 545 22.4 40.0 545 22.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 624 6.6 39.6 624 6.6 39.6 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 345 .9 37.6 345 .9 37.6 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 800 13.9 40.0 800 13.9 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 659 5.2 40.0 659 5.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 758 2.4 40.0 758 2.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 727 4.9 41.2 727 5.5 41.5 730 6.8 39.6 Truck drivers............................................... 705 4.3 40.5 716 4.1 40.6 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 597 5.7 39.7 584 6.8 39.8 667 4.6 39.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 523 10.7 39.6 – – – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 786 9.2 40.5 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 764 10.8 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 484 18.3 39.6 483 18.5 39.6 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 685 6.0 40.0 685 6.0 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. $438 11.7 39.0 $438 11.7 39.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 620 9.3 40.0 563 14.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 538 3.8 38.2 429 4.3 38.0 $785 5.5 38.8 Protective service............................................ 784 8.2 39.0 430 5.1 39.2 933 7.8 38.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,228 3.3 40.0 – – – 1,228 3.3 40.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 1,038 10.2 38.8 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 996 2.7 40.4 – – – 1,009 2.7 40.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 760 5.4 40.0 – – – 760 5.4 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 447 5.8 39.0 424 4.2 38.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 372 5.7 37.6 361 5.7 37.7 462 9.0 36.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 255 21.0 37.0 255 21.0 37.0 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 242 37.6 35.6 242 37.6 35.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 186 28.4 35.8 186 28.4 35.8 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 362 8.8 39.4 362 8.8 39.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 427 2.4 37.9 420 2.5 38.2 462 9.0 36.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 687 10.5 39.7 688 10.8 39.7 – – – Cooks....................................................... 458 3.6 38.3 446 4.0 38.2 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 493 14.6 40.0 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 352 4.0 36.9 335 3.1 37.2 432 5.0 35.6 Health service................................................ 452 7.5 38.3 416 6.1 38.2 624 6.6 38.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 488 9.4 39.4 458 6.7 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 441 7.4 38.1 401 4.7 37.8 619 7.6 39.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 489 3.5 39.8 453 4.9 39.7 580 2.5 39.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 407 2.1 39.4 407 2.1 39.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 501 3.3 39.9 449 2.7 39.8 580 2.5 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 521 4.0 35.5 522 4.2 35.5 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 774 7.3 40.0 774 7.3 40.0 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 343 6.8 40.0 343 6.8 40.0 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 450 7.9 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $44,446 2.5 1,967 $44,327 3.2 2,026 $44,878 3.0 1,754 All excluding sales............................................... 44,717 2.6 1,961 44,646 3.3 2,023 44,959 3.0 1,753 White collar........................................................ 52,051 2.4 1,930 53,160 3.0 2,020 48,232 2.5 1,617 White collar excluding sales.................................... 53,318 2.3 1,916 54,935 2.9 2,015 48,385 2.6 1,615 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 58,253 2.5 1,822 60,052 3.3 1,970 54,392 2.9 1,504 Professional specialty.......................................... 59,737 3.1 1,787 62,543 4.5 1,966 54,994 2.3 1,484 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 78,794 2.6 2,065 81,585 2.3 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 79,572 2.0 2,080 79,572 2.0 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 69,841 4.0 2,080 69,841 4.0 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 84,239 8.4 2,080 84,239 8.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 71,337 5.2 2,043 71,337 5.2 2,043 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 69,797 5.8 2,041 69,797 5.8 2,041 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 81,940 21.3 2,080 81,940 21.3 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 70,669 11.8 1,981 71,951 12.7 1,995 – – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 80,651 16.7 2,080 80,651 16.7 2,080 – – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 69,949 10.5 1,907 70,811 12.4 1,923 – – – Health related................................................ 65,241 5.0 1,980 65,934 5.3 2,018 58,648 12.3 1,622 Physicians.................................................. 101,301 13.5 1,995 102,765 13.7 1,955 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 57,731 2.7 1,973 58,302 2.4 2,027 53,103 13.0 1,529 Pharmacists................................................. 67,250 6.0 2,001 67,250 6.0 2,001 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 66,001 8.4 1,429 70,217 13.1 1,514 60,497 8.6 1,317 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 64,358 8.4 1,551 – – – 65,086 5.2 1,416 Teachers, except college and university....................... 51,449 4.7 1,426 34,153 4.8 1,568 55,599 1.6 1,392 Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,430 8.7 1,423 – – – 55,620 .4 1,398 Secondary school teachers................................... 58,197 3.3 1,375 – – – 58,675 3.5 1,381 Teachers, special education................................. 49,726 5.3 1,395 – – – 51,469 5.2 1,395 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 52,190 12.1 1,391 – – – 53,974 6.3 1,340 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 55,238 26.3 1,774 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 54,486 14.0 1,858 – – – – – – Psychologists............................................... 52,391 17.1 1,777 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39,683 3.8 2,011 35,092 3.9 2,058 44,842 4.2 1,959 Social workers.............................................. 39,099 5.7 2,002 34,790 3.8 2,061 44,859 6.5 1,923 Lawyers and judges............................................ 92,453 23.5 1,957 – – – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 92,453 23.5 1,957 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 45,062 7.1 2,026 45,016 7.8 2,033 – – – Technical....................................................... 51,509 5.0 1,982 52,380 5.4 1,983 40,355 5.6 1,969 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 32,747 3.3 2,009 32,747 3.3 2,009 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 63,857 2.0 2,060 63,857 2.0 2,060 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... $41,914 2.8 2,001 $42,032 3.0 1,999 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 35,963 6.3 2,020 35,963 6.3 2,020 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 49,203 6.8 2,071 49,203 6.8 2,071 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 47,660 9.4 2,044 50,035 10.9 2,080 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 39,734 13.1 1,993 39,734 13.1 1,993 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 57,136 11.3 2,043 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 39,141 12.4 2,010 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 71,701 5.7 2,058 73,470 6.2 2,077 $59,804 6.0 1,925 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 85,819 6.8 2,054 89,053 7.6 2,079 66,583 6.2 1,907 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 57,512 7.5 1,909 – – – 57,512 7.5 1,909 Financial managers.......................................... 98,542 15.4 2,143 98,891 16.2 2,147 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 97,910 11.4 2,070 98,370 11.6 2,070 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 69,901 10.6 1,938 52,119 21.0 1,866 76,444 10.9 1,965 Managers, medicine and health............................... 76,078 6.8 2,045 76,839 7.7 2,042 – – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 55,429 12.2 1,914 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 51,465 10.2 1,950 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 92,980 11.4 2,078 92,980 11.4 2,078 – – – Management related............................................ 54,114 4.4 2,061 54,768 4.8 2,075 48,908 2.3 1,954 Accountants and auditors.................................... 57,995 7.0 2,022 59,836 7.2 2,035 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 64,589 5.2 2,035 64,589 5.2 2,035 – – – Management analysts......................................... 72,294 11.9 2,106 74,868 13.7 2,151 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 51,421 10.7 2,117 50,690 11.6 2,142 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 46,280 16.5 1,819 46,280 16.5 1,819 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 46,858 13.3 2,185 47,446 14.3 2,195 – – – Sales............................................................. 39,915 7.0 2,061 40,147 7.0 2,062 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 50,900 3.1 2,201 50,900 3.1 2,201 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 39,923 29.7 2,048 39,923 29.7 2,048 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 49,441 5.3 2,266 49,441 5.3 2,266 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 38,719 15.2 2,011 38,719 15.2 2,011 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 24,052 3.7 2,037 23,935 3.9 2,042 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 31,541 2.0 1,972 32,474 2.5 2,030 28,081 1.3 1,757 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 53,304 10.9 2,194 53,304 10.9 2,194 – – – Computer operators.......................................... 33,831 3.1 2,080 33,831 3.1 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 34,978 3.7 1,949 35,377 4.1 2,001 33,871 8.0 1,807 Typists..................................................... 31,978 11.6 1,921 – – – 27,554 2.0 1,910 Hotel clerks................................................ 22,377 7.4 2,065 22,377 7.4 2,065 – – – Receptionists............................................... 25,121 11.4 2,055 25,201 11.9 2,066 – – – Order clerks................................................ 42,572 6.1 2,013 42,572 6.1 2,013 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 28,705 5.5 1,853 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $31,572 6.9 2,042 $32,254 8.6 2,053 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,111 3.9 2,002 29,029 4.2 2,013 – – – Telephone operators......................................... 32,703 12.6 1,983 – – – – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 23,969 9.0 1,971 22,501 8.8 1,953 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 29,892 5.8 2,080 29,892 5.8 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 28,959 6.5 2,074 29,206 6.6 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 32,437 4.8 2,059 32,437 4.8 2,059 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,750 5.2 1,938 30,283 8.4 2,042 $29,029 4.5 1,797 Statistical clerks.......................................... 34,931 16.5 2,011 34,931 16.5 2,011 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 17,674 4.3 1,374 – – – 17,767 4.7 1,378 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,096 5.8 1,913 29,379 11.1 2,008 28,803 5.0 1,815 Blue collar......................................................... 37,741 3.1 2,069 37,618 3.4 2,073 38,741 2.3 2,037 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,479 3.3 2,077 45,876 3.8 2,079 42,802 1.0 2,063 Automobile mechanics........................................ 42,495 5.9 2,084 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 45,098 5.8 2,080 45,098 5.8 2,080 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 43,000 11.2 2,080 43,000 11.2 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 39,338 3.7 2,075 39,336 4.6 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 43,526 6.1 2,080 44,058 7.2 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 59,368 10.2 2,080 62,961 8.1 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 51,892 10.5 2,077 51,892 10.5 2,077 – – – Machinists.................................................. 41,743 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 28,350 22.4 2,080 28,350 22.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,392 6.6 2,055 32,379 6.6 2,055 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 17,941 .9 1,956 17,941 .9 1,956 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 41,620 13.9 2,080 41,620 13.9 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 34,250 5.2 2,080 34,250 5.2 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 38,993 2.4 2,058 38,993 2.4 2,058 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 37,584 4.9 2,129 37,735 5.5 2,153 36,703 6.8 1,989 Truck drivers............................................... 36,539 4.3 2,098 37,227 4.1 2,110 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,335 5.7 2,018 29,547 6.8 2,014 34,689 4.6 2,039 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 20,969 10.7 1,586 – – – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 40,857 9.2 2,105 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 38,799 10.8 2,031 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,128 18.3 2,059 25,139 18.5 2,060 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 35,597 6.0 2,080 35,597 6.0 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. $22,778 11.7 2,028 $22,778 11.7 2,028 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 32,259 9.3 2,080 29,293 14.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 27,656 3.8 1,968 22,268 4.3 1,973 $39,555 5.5 1,956 Protective service............................................ 40,348 8.2 2,007 22,379 5.1 2,038 47,801 7.8 1,994 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 63,859 3.3 2,080 – – – 63,859 3.3 2,080 Supervisors, guards......................................... 53,990 10.2 2,018 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 51,771 2.7 2,099 – – – 52,484 2.7 2,100 Correctional institution officers........................... 39,500 5.4 2,080 – – – 39,500 5.4 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 23,259 5.8 2,028 22,046 4.2 2,025 – – – Food service.................................................. 18,948 5.7 1,916 18,707 5.7 1,957 20,610 9.0 1,633 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,148 21.0 1,911 13,148 21.0 1,911 – – – Bartenders.................................................. 12,580 37.6 1,851 12,580 37.6 1,851 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 9,626 28.4 1,854 9,626 28.4 1,854 – – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 18,590 8.8 2,020 18,590 8.8 2,020 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,606 2.4 1,918 21,832 2.5 1,983 20,610 9.0 1,633 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 35,720 10.5 2,066 35,765 10.8 2,065 – – – Cooks....................................................... 23,756 3.6 1,986 23,091 4.0 1,979 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 25,623 14.6 2,080 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,613 4.0 1,844 17,438 3.1 1,934 18,276 5.0 1,505 Health service................................................ 23,373 7.5 1,983 21,612 6.1 1,987 31,567 6.6 1,965 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,468 9.4 1,974 23,792 6.7 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,945 7.4 1,981 20,875 4.7 1,967 32,179 7.6 2,042 Cleaning and building service................................. 25,235 3.5 2,051 23,561 4.9 2,064 29,331 2.5 2,019 Maids and housemen.......................................... 21,138 2.1 2,050 21,138 2.1 2,050 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,768 3.3 2,050 23,342 2.7 2,072 29,321 2.5 2,019 Personal service.............................................. 26,935 4.0 1,837 27,099 4.2 1,843 – – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 40,262 7.3 2,080 40,262 7.3 2,080 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 17,828 6.8 2,080 17,828 6.8 2,080 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 23,405 7.9 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $21.56 2.4 $20.79 3.1 $25.01 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.88 2.4 21.12 3.2 25.06 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.09 2.5 25.44 3.2 29.03 2.2 1....................................................... 10.52 9.9 9.70 10.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.77 4.6 10.65 4.7 11.68 18.1 3....................................................... 12.07 2.9 11.70 3.7 13.72 .9 4....................................................... 14.78 2.3 14.44 2.4 16.45 4.9 5....................................................... 18.23 2.8 18.38 3.0 16.94 4.5 6....................................................... 19.56 2.3 19.52 2.6 20.06 4.4 7....................................................... 21.91 2.2 22.15 2.7 20.90 1.4 8....................................................... 27.66 3.1 25.51 3.3 33.87 4.8 9....................................................... 32.35 2.4 29.03 1.9 38.70 .8 10........................................................ 33.30 4.2 30.57 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.47 3.8 44.51 4.6 39.20 5.8 12........................................................ 50.33 4.7 51.07 5.1 44.11 5.3 13........................................................ 67.77 9.5 67.77 9.5 – – 14........................................................ 69.03 7.3 68.76 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.35 8.6 31.59 8.7 26.12 15.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.30 2.3 26.83 3.0 29.15 2.2 1....................................................... 12.46 9.5 12.02 14.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.37 5.7 11.30 5.8 11.68 18.1 3....................................................... 12.91 3.2 12.60 4.4 13.80 .7 4....................................................... 15.35 2.8 15.06 3.2 16.45 4.9 5....................................................... 17.31 3.0 17.37 3.3 16.94 4.5 6....................................................... 19.22 2.2 19.12 2.4 20.06 4.4 7....................................................... 21.87 2.3 22.13 3.0 20.90 1.4 8....................................................... 27.69 3.1 25.48 3.4 33.87 4.8 9....................................................... 32.53 2.5 29.05 2.1 38.70 .8 10........................................................ 32.70 6.0 29.41 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.24 3.8 44.26 4.6 39.20 5.8 12........................................................ 50.33 4.7 51.07 5.1 44.11 5.3 13........................................................ 67.77 9.5 67.77 9.5 – – 14........................................................ 69.03 7.3 68.76 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.24 8.5 31.48 8.7 26.12 15.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.69 2.5 30.29 3.3 35.81 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.13 3.1 31.58 4.3 36.80 2.1 5....................................................... 14.60 6.3 14.63 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.43 7.5 17.93 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.14 4.1 24.09 5.4 20.75 2.3 8....................................................... 28.63 4.8 24.83 4.7 35.27 6.1 9....................................................... 33.38 2.6 28.79 2.4 39.54 .5 10........................................................ 34.89 3.2 30.00 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.86 4.2 38.00 4.8 43.58 8.0 12........................................................ 46.38 7.9 46.27 9.1 47.00 11.2 13........................................................ $64.85 14.6 $64.85 14.6 – – 14........................................................ 64.02 6.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.32 8.4 32.86 8.8 $26.37 11.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.16 2.4 39.22 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.30 3.4 29.62 1.3 – – 11........................................................ 42.53 6.0 43.05 5.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.26 2.0 38.26 2.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.58 4.0 33.58 4.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.50 8.4 40.50 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.57 5.4 34.57 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.58 6.8 32.58 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.53 3.1 35.53 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.90 9.0 36.90 9.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.81 6.0 33.81 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.49 7.3 33.49 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.43 4.0 35.43 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.72 12.1 33.72 12.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 39.39 21.3 39.39 21.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.67 12.0 36.07 13.0 – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 38.77 16.7 38.77 16.7 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 36.69 10.5 36.83 12.5 – – Health related................................................ 32.57 4.9 32.33 5.0 36.03 16.9 7....................................................... 25.76 6.0 25.72 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 29.11 1.8 28.88 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.74 4.3 28.70 2.2 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 .3 35.00 .3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.16 23.3 31.02 26.6 – – Physicians.................................................. 50.78 15.1 52.57 14.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.39 2.2 29.00 1.5 34.58 14.4 7....................................................... 26.92 2.8 26.94 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 29.36 1.9 29.12 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.25 3.5 28.61 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.29 2.4 28.29 2.4 – – Pharmacists................................................. 34.30 4.8 34.30 4.8 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 25.20 3.7 25.20 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.50 7.5 45.37 11.7 45.70 6.4 11........................................................ 47.66 8.2 – – 45.17 9.6 12........................................................ 50.30 3.5 – – 54.98 8.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.54 5.8 – – 45.70 4.7 11........................................................ 42.87 7.3 – – 42.87 7.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.68 6.2 – – 39.67 1.7 6....................................................... 38.61 7.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.54 19.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.33 11.5 – – 37.89 10.3 9....................................................... 39.99 2.7 – – 40.68 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.75 10.9 – – 39.75 .8 8....................................................... $29.63 16.1 – – $37.20 3.2 9....................................................... 39.81 4.6 – – 41.18 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 42.21 4.9 – – 42.41 5.2 9....................................................... 43.49 2.4 – – 43.49 2.4 Teachers, special education................................. 35.64 5.8 – – 36.90 5.7 9....................................................... 35.73 5.3 – – 35.73 5.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.31 13.2 $18.59 23.8 40.25 6.7 8....................................................... 32.43 2.3 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 30.93 28.4 – – 40.13 25.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.33 14.5 – – – – Psychologists............................................... 29.49 18.5 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.70 4.3 17.15 4.2 22.89 4.9 7....................................................... 20.75 2.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.33 8.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.51 6.2 16.90 4.0 23.33 6.2 7....................................................... 20.10 8.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.81 9.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 46.00 26.8 51.60 30.5 – – Lawyers..................................................... 46.00 26.8 51.60 30.5 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.28 6.2 22.14 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.17 4.9 19.95 5.0 – – Technical....................................................... 25.74 4.9 26.24 5.3 19.73 4.4 4....................................................... 15.74 4.2 15.71 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.66 9.4 19.91 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.09 2.3 20.21 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.30 6.8 21.41 7.9 – – 8....................................................... 27.06 9.2 27.17 9.2 – – 9....................................................... 31.22 5.7 31.34 6.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.57 2.6 16.57 2.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 30.40 .6 30.40 .6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.91 2.1 21.03 2.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.76 4.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.34 2.4 20.34 2.4 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.79 5.3 17.91 5.4 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 6.8 23.76 6.8 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.32 8.8 24.06 10.9 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 19.94 9.7 19.94 9.7 – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.97 11.1 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 17.44 14.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.72 6.1 35.26 6.7 30.79 7.0 5....................................................... 17.08 8.5 17.00 8.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 6.0 19.69 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.18 4.7 20.71 5.7 – – 8....................................................... $25.92 3.3 $26.48 3.6 $21.73 2.7 9....................................................... 29.30 4.5 29.14 4.9 30.19 10.8 10........................................................ 28.81 13.7 28.81 13.7 – – 11........................................................ 38.94 3.1 39.55 3.7 37.19 7.1 12........................................................ 53.13 6.6 54.26 6.7 – – 13........................................................ 71.84 8.8 71.84 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.47 4.3 40.87 4.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.63 6.7 42.76 7.4 34.41 6.5 7....................................................... 22.72 5.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.22 11.1 27.11 12.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.81 5.8 27.94 6.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.53 14.7 28.53 14.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.41 5.0 41.56 5.9 37.86 8.9 12........................................................ 54.20 7.0 55.57 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 71.84 8.8 71.84 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.68 8.8 51.10 8.1 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.13 6.7 – – 30.13 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 45.98 10.9 46.07 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 46.33 6.1 46.33 6.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.29 11.3 47.52 11.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.06 12.0 27.94 27.4 38.90 11.7 11........................................................ 42.68 6.5 – – 42.65 6.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.16 8.2 36.46 9.4 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.96 12.3 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.40 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.74 11.7 44.74 11.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.46 9.7 39.46 9.7 – – 12........................................................ 57.42 10.7 57.42 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.44 13.3 52.44 13.3 – – Management related............................................ 26.38 6.2 26.53 6.9 25.03 3.1 5....................................................... 16.84 10.0 16.74 10.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 6.0 19.69 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.57 5.4 20.37 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.75 5.8 26.17 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.03 9.8 31.10 12.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.17 6.6 36.45 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.54 9.7 32.54 9.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 29.36 7.3 30.13 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.65 3.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.96 8.3 31.96 8.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.74 3.2 31.74 3.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.33 13.3 34.80 15.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.29 12.5 23.67 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.44 13.5 25.44 13.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.50 18.6 21.68 20.2 – – Sales............................................................. $17.05 7.0 $17.10 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.20 2.7 9.20 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 4.4 10.48 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.16 3.4 12.16 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 21.83 6.2 21.83 6.2 – – 6....................................................... 21.03 6.1 21.03 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.34 5.4 22.34 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 28.82 4.4 28.82 4.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.12 3.5 23.12 3.5 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 21.82 1.3 21.82 1.3 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.56 .0 8.56 .0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.32 17.6 15.32 17.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.65 3.7 7.65 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 15.2 15.55 15.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.57 3.0 10.47 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.64 5.1 9.64 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.21 3.0 11.06 3.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.60 1.9 15.64 2.3 $15.40 1.0 1....................................................... 12.46 9.5 12.02 14.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.44 5.7 11.39 5.8 11.68 18.1 3....................................................... 12.93 3.2 12.60 4.4 13.89 1.2 4....................................................... 15.63 2.5 15.39 2.9 16.45 5.0 5....................................................... 17.31 2.2 17.36 2.6 17.06 3.3 6....................................................... 18.48 2.1 18.71 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.17 5.1 23.36 5.7 18.70 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.87 9.3 16.87 9.3 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.30 11.1 24.30 11.1 – – Computer operators.......................................... 16.15 2.9 16.26 3.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.94 3.6 17.70 3.7 18.71 8.9 3....................................................... 15.28 7.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.02 9.3 14.04 2.5 19.86 13.8 5....................................................... 18.53 2.4 18.87 2.3 16.40 3.7 6....................................................... 19.93 7.4 19.93 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.63 7.7 21.99 11.3 – – Typists..................................................... 16.65 12.1 – – 14.43 1.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.84 6.6 10.84 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.11 3.8 10.11 3.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.08 9.6 12.06 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.90 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.17 11.3 13.19 11.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 20.79 8.2 20.79 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 19.88 11.0 19.88 11.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.03 11.0 – – 14.17 11.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.47 7.9 15.71 9.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $14.54 4.0 $14.42 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.97 5.9 11.97 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.81 3.6 14.64 3.8 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.45 14.6 14.42 17.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.90 17.8 13.90 17.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.85 4.2 11.47 3.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 5.8 14.37 5.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.79 6.9 13.85 7.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 15.67 3.5 15.67 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.56 3.3 14.56 3.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.64 5.1 13.89 7.4 $16.13 6.4 2....................................................... 11.56 6.3 10.72 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.16 9.0 10.87 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.93 7.2 16.44 10.4 15.19 7.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.98 8.7 13.98 8.7 – – Statistical clerks.......................................... 17.37 15.2 17.37 15.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.00 6.8 – – 12.00 7.1 4....................................................... 14.84 5.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.47 6.8 13.67 8.4 15.85 6.4 4....................................................... 15.13 5.5 – – 15.50 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 17.77 2.6 17.66 2.9 18.80 1.5 1....................................................... 9.92 7.4 9.72 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.76 4.8 12.72 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.02 5.2 15.02 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.28 5.6 16.16 6.5 16.92 6.2 5....................................................... 20.23 6.2 20.38 7.0 19.21 1.2 6....................................................... 19.71 4.4 19.60 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.21 1.9 23.75 2.5 20.73 1.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.50 10.1 20.50 10.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.92 3.3 22.09 3.8 20.74 1.1 4....................................................... 13.35 5.7 13.35 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 22.29 13.0 22.52 13.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.05 4.8 20.91 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.44 2.1 24.06 2.9 20.73 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.84 8.9 23.84 8.9 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.39 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.68 5.8 21.68 5.8 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.53 11.8 21.53 11.8 – – 7....................................................... 25.46 6.9 25.46 6.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.96 3.6 18.91 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 1.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.42 4.5 22.42 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 20.93 6.1 21.18 7.2 – – 7....................................................... $21.24 8.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 28.54 10.2 $30.27 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.99 10.5 24.99 10.5 – – 7....................................................... 27.05 8.6 27.05 8.6 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.07 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.07 3.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.63 22.4 13.63 22.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.72 5.9 15.71 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.03 5.5 12.03 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.84 8.6 13.84 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.57 11.2 16.57 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.29 4.3 17.29 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.62 4.2 20.62 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.32 2.4 21.34 2.5 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.20 6.3 9.20 6.3 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.01 13.9 20.01 13.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.47 5.2 16.47 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.72 3.3 15.72 3.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.95 2.4 18.95 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.92 5.3 16.80 6.1 $17.71 3.6 4....................................................... 16.51 12.4 16.29 13.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.93 8.3 19.91 11.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.02 3.9 18.02 3.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.42 4.4 17.64 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.27 5.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.63 3.8 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. – – – – 18.00 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.28 5.7 13.86 6.6 17.01 4.1 1....................................................... 10.08 8.1 9.84 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 13.97 7.8 13.79 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 15.83 7.5 15.63 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 17.29 9.0 18.07 15.0 16.56 7.1 5....................................................... 19.17 3.3 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.19 11.0 11.87 10.7 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.41 9.6 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 19.10 10.8 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.07 16.3 11.07 16.4 – – 2....................................................... 13.11 11.9 – – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.00 6.4 16.00 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 15.67 8.9 15.67 8.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.68 8.8 10.68 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 10.38 11.6 10.38 11.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $14.39 12.1 $12.85 16.7 – – Service............................................................. 12.98 2.8 10.56 3.0 $19.82 3.6 1....................................................... 8.65 4.8 8.34 3.9 12.00 7.8 2....................................................... 9.29 3.4 8.96 2.7 12.85 3.6 3....................................................... 10.52 2.3 9.79 2.4 13.52 1.5 4....................................................... 14.54 5.5 14.18 6.8 15.84 5.4 5....................................................... 15.12 3.0 13.46 3.3 17.60 4.1 6....................................................... 21.11 2.6 14.92 8.7 23.15 4.2 7....................................................... 24.41 2.2 – – 24.83 3.2 8....................................................... 24.73 3.9 24.04 6.9 24.96 4.6 9....................................................... 28.90 1.1 – – 28.90 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.09 8.4 11.09 8.4 – – Protective service............................................ 19.49 6.7 10.84 5.6 23.81 4.5 1....................................................... 10.63 14.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.58 5.8 9.56 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.28 4.0 10.28 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.67 5.7 11.30 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.45 4.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 23.03 4.1 – – 23.09 4.3 7....................................................... 25.24 3.3 – – 25.52 3.5 8....................................................... 25.08 4.7 – – 25.08 4.7 9....................................................... 29.11 1.1 – – 29.11 1.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 30.70 3.3 – – 30.70 3.3 Supervisors, guards......................................... 26.76 8.3 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.66 2.5 – – 24.99 2.6 6....................................................... 23.51 .0 – – 23.51 .0 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.99 5.4 – – 18.99 5.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.14 4.4 10.69 2.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.44 4.0 10.39 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.30 4.5 10.30 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 3.9 11.17 3.9 – – Food service.................................................. 9.00 3.2 8.68 2.7 12.28 3.1 1....................................................... 7.80 4.6 7.73 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.73 3.4 7.59 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.45 1.7 7.98 2.9 11.54 3.6 4....................................................... 11.71 8.5 11.13 12.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.83 20.5 10.83 20.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.66 9.3 6.66 9.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.45 10.3 7.45 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.37 11.7 6.37 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 5.65 16.3 5.65 16.3 – – 4....................................................... 6.22 34.6 6.22 34.6 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.69 22.5 6.69 22.5 – – 4....................................................... 6.03 35.9 6.03 35.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.68 14.6 5.68 14.6 – – 1....................................................... $6.19 5.5 $6.19 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 5.49 10.8 5.49 10.8 – – 3....................................................... 4.98 41.1 4.98 41.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.26 9.9 8.26 9.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.64 10.7 8.64 10.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.27 1.4 9.95 1.4 $12.28 3.1 1....................................................... 8.03 2.3 7.91 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 2.7 8.69 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.91 2.8 9.50 2.2 11.54 3.6 4....................................................... 13.34 6.9 13.30 10.1 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.85 8.0 16.87 8.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.64 3.8 11.38 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.61 9.2 12.33 9.8 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.98 2.5 8.74 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.48 3.9 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.22 7.0 10.74 8.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.76 3.3 8.20 1.9 12.04 6.0 1....................................................... 7.91 3.6 7.77 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.48 2.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.13 5.5 – – 12.19 9.0 Health service................................................ 11.66 5.3 10.87 3.5 15.90 7.6 2....................................................... 9.87 1.8 9.87 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.80 4.5 10.40 3.5 12.52 2.2 4....................................................... 12.03 6.7 11.74 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.91 6.5 13.23 6.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.08 8.3 11.31 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.21 5.3 11.20 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.32 5.7 13.32 5.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.49 5.1 10.65 2.3 15.65 8.5 2....................................................... 9.93 2.2 9.93 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 4.7 10.40 3.6 12.56 2.3 4....................................................... 11.94 6.5 11.49 5.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.76 4.3 10.90 4.6 14.36 2.1 1....................................................... 9.52 7.4 9.10 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.66 7.2 10.67 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.38 2.2 12.34 3.9 14.74 2.4 5....................................................... 13.89 9.2 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.30 2.7 10.30 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.76 4.3 9.76 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.26 3.4 10.26 3.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.83 5.7 10.56 5.0 14.35 2.1 1....................................................... 9.42 10.2 8.81 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.37 7.8 11.02 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.87 2.0 12.98 3.6 14.74 2.4 Personal service.............................................. 13.38 5.1 13.39 5.4 13.23 9.2 1....................................................... 7.96 4.2 7.96 4.2 – – 2....................................................... $7.96 6.7 $7.61 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.70 8.0 8.70 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 20.61 8.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.02 6.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 13.55 7.2 13.55 7.2 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 19.36 7.3 19.36 7.3 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.13 6.2 8.13 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.18 8.1 7.18 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.83 1.1 7.83 1.1 – – 4....................................................... 7.89 7.3 7.89 7.3 – – Welfare service aides....................................... 11.92 12.6 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.12 6.1 9.87 6.6 – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $22.59 2.4 $21.88 3.1 $25.59 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 22.80 2.5 22.07 3.2 25.65 2.7 White collar........................................................ 26.97 2.4 26.31 3.1 29.82 2.8 1....................................................... 12.50 9.6 11.88 13.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.75 5.9 11.58 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.76 3.4 12.41 4.4 13.94 2.1 4....................................................... 14.87 2.3 14.50 2.5 16.59 4.8 5....................................................... 18.51 2.9 18.60 3.1 17.54 3.6 6....................................................... 19.54 2.3 19.44 2.6 20.62 2.1 7....................................................... 21.89 2.4 22.14 3.0 20.88 1.4 8....................................................... 27.53 3.1 25.25 3.3 33.86 4.9 9....................................................... 32.45 2.5 28.92 2.0 38.70 .8 10........................................................ 33.25 4.2 30.50 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.62 3.8 44.70 4.7 39.20 5.8 12........................................................ 50.38 4.7 51.13 5.1 44.11 5.3 13........................................................ 67.77 9.5 67.77 9.5 – – 14........................................................ 69.03 7.3 68.76 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.86 7.8 32.01 8.0 28.14 13.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.83 2.3 27.27 3.0 29.96 2.8 1....................................................... 12.72 10.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.75 6.6 11.55 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.36 3.8 13.06 5.4 14.06 2.3 4....................................................... 15.41 2.9 15.10 3.3 16.59 4.8 5....................................................... 17.56 3.3 17.56 3.7 17.54 3.6 6....................................................... 19.17 2.1 19.00 2.4 20.62 2.1 7....................................................... 21.85 2.5 22.12 3.3 20.88 1.4 8....................................................... 27.56 3.2 25.21 3.4 33.86 4.9 9....................................................... 32.65 2.6 28.93 2.2 38.70 .8 10........................................................ 32.65 6.0 29.32 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 43.39 3.8 44.46 4.7 39.20 5.8 12........................................................ 50.38 4.7 51.13 5.1 44.11 5.3 13........................................................ 67.77 9.5 67.77 9.5 – – 14........................................................ 69.03 7.3 68.76 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.75 7.8 31.90 7.9 28.14 13.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.97 2.6 30.49 3.4 36.16 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.43 3.2 31.82 4.5 37.05 2.6 5....................................................... 15.27 8.4 15.21 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.20 8.2 17.34 13.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.15 4.3 24.20 5.7 20.71 2.3 8....................................................... 28.44 5.0 24.19 4.4 35.28 6.2 9....................................................... 33.59 2.7 28.57 2.7 39.54 .5 10........................................................ 34.83 3.2 29.83 3.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.97 4.2 38.12 4.8 43.58 8.0 12........................................................ 46.47 7.9 46.38 9.2 47.00 11.2 13........................................................ $64.85 14.6 $64.85 14.6 – – 14........................................................ 64.02 6.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.58 8.7 33.03 9.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 38.16 2.4 39.22 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.30 3.4 29.62 1.3 – – 11........................................................ 42.53 6.0 43.05 5.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.26 2.0 38.26 2.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.58 4.0 33.58 4.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 40.50 8.4 40.50 8.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.91 5.3 34.91 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.58 6.8 32.58 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.53 3.1 35.53 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.90 9.0 36.90 9.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.19 5.9 34.19 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 33.49 7.3 33.49 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.43 4.0 35.43 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.72 12.1 33.72 12.1 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 39.39 21.3 39.39 21.3 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.67 12.0 36.07 13.0 – – Chemists, except biochemists................................ 38.77 16.7 38.77 16.7 – – Biological and life scientists.............................. 36.69 10.5 36.83 12.5 – – Health related................................................ 32.95 5.6 32.68 5.8 $36.15 16.9 7....................................................... 25.72 6.3 25.65 6.6 – – 8....................................................... 28.62 2.0 28.29 .7 – – 9....................................................... 29.56 5.4 28.20 2.2 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 .3 35.00 .3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.50 26.3 31.63 29.9 – – Physicians.................................................. 50.78 15.1 52.57 14.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.27 2.7 28.76 1.8 34.73 14.3 7....................................................... 26.95 3.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.92 2.5 28.56 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.15 3.9 28.30 2.0 – – Pharmacists................................................. 33.61 5.0 33.61 5.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.20 9.1 46.38 14.6 45.93 6.4 11........................................................ 47.66 8.2 – – 45.17 9.6 12........................................................ 51.15 5.4 – – 54.98 8.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 41.49 8.7 – – 45.97 4.8 11........................................................ 42.87 7.3 – – 42.87 7.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.08 5.9 21.78 4.3 39.94 2.2 6....................................................... 39.38 8.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.43 19.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.31 11.6 – – 37.94 10.4 9....................................................... 39.99 2.7 – – 40.68 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.74 11.0 – – 39.80 .7 8....................................................... 29.54 16.2 – – 37.26 3.2 9....................................................... 39.81 4.6 – – 41.18 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... $42.31 5.1 – – $42.47 5.3 9....................................................... 43.49 2.4 – – 43.49 2.4 Teachers, special education................................. 35.64 5.8 – – 36.90 5.7 9....................................................... 35.73 5.3 – – 35.73 5.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.52 13.1 – – 40.29 6.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.13 28.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.33 14.6 – – – – Psychologists............................................... 29.48 18.7 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.73 4.3 $17.05 3.7 22.89 4.9 7....................................................... 21.11 2.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.33 8.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.53 6.2 16.88 3.6 23.33 6.2 9....................................................... 23.81 9.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 47.24 25.8 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 47.24 25.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.24 6.4 22.14 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.95 5.0 19.95 5.0 – – Technical....................................................... 25.99 5.1 26.42 5.5 20.50 5.6 4....................................................... 15.87 4.1 15.71 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.70 9.5 19.91 10.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.92 2.2 20.04 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.27 7.2 21.38 8.3 – – 8....................................................... 27.21 9.4 27.33 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.22 5.7 31.34 6.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.30 3.2 16.30 3.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 31.00 .0 31.00 .0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.95 2.3 21.03 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 20.96 4.2 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 5.7 17.81 5.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 6.8 23.76 6.8 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.32 8.8 24.06 10.9 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 19.94 9.7 19.94 9.7 – – Computer programmers........................................ 27.97 11.1 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.48 11.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 6.1 35.37 6.7 31.07 6.4 5....................................................... 17.59 7.5 17.51 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 6.0 19.69 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.18 4.7 20.71 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.99 3.4 26.56 3.6 21.73 2.7 9....................................................... 29.30 4.5 29.14 4.9 30.19 10.8 10........................................................ 28.81 13.7 28.81 13.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.07 3.3 39.73 4.1 37.19 7.1 12........................................................ 53.13 6.6 54.26 6.7 – – 13........................................................ $71.84 8.8 $71.84 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.96 4.6 41.06 4.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.77 6.7 42.83 7.4 $34.92 6.6 7....................................................... 22.72 5.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.43 11.4 27.40 13.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.81 5.8 27.94 6.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.53 14.7 28.53 14.7 – – 11........................................................ 40.41 5.0 41.56 5.9 37.86 8.9 12........................................................ 54.20 7.0 55.57 7.1 – – 13........................................................ 71.84 8.8 71.84 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.51 8.3 51.10 8.1 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.13 6.7 – – 30.13 6.7 Financial managers.......................................... 45.98 10.9 46.07 11.4 – – 11........................................................ 46.33 6.1 46.33 6.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.29 11.3 47.52 11.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.06 12.0 27.94 27.4 38.90 11.7 11........................................................ 42.68 6.5 – – 42.65 6.7 Managers, medicine and health............................... 37.20 7.6 37.63 8.7 – – Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 28.96 12.3 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 26.40 6.8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 44.74 11.7 44.74 11.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.46 9.7 39.46 9.7 – – 12........................................................ 57.42 10.7 57.42 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.44 13.3 52.44 13.3 – – Management related............................................ 26.25 5.6 26.40 6.3 25.03 3.1 5....................................................... 17.37 8.8 17.28 9.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 6.0 19.69 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.57 5.4 20.37 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.75 5.8 26.17 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.03 9.8 31.10 12.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.47 6.9 36.82 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.79 11.8 31.79 11.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 6.7 29.40 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.65 3.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.51 7.7 30.51 7.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.74 3.2 31.74 3.2 – – Management analysts......................................... 34.33 13.3 34.80 15.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.29 12.5 23.67 13.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.44 13.5 25.44 13.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.44 18.9 21.62 20.5 – – Sales............................................................. 19.37 7.2 19.47 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.50 6.3 11.37 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 4.0 12.25 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 22.13 6.5 22.13 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 21.03 6.1 21.03 6.1 – – 7....................................................... $22.34 5.4 $22.34 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 28.82 4.4 28.82 4.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.13 3.5 23.13 3.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 19.49 29.9 19.49 29.9 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 21.82 1.3 21.82 1.3 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 19.25 14.4 19.25 14.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.81 4.0 11.72 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 5.7 11.77 6.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.99 2.0 16.00 2.5 $15.98 1.4 1....................................................... 12.72 10.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.87 6.6 11.66 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.36 3.8 13.06 5.4 14.06 2.3 4....................................................... 15.72 2.7 15.46 3.1 16.56 4.8 5....................................................... 17.41 2.3 17.39 2.7 17.46 3.7 6....................................................... 18.64 2.1 18.76 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.17 5.1 23.36 5.7 18.70 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.15 10.1 17.15 10.1 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 24.30 11.1 24.30 11.1 – – Computer operators.......................................... 16.26 3.1 16.26 3.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.94 3.8 17.68 3.9 18.75 8.9 3....................................................... 15.28 7.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.12 9.7 14.06 2.7 19.95 13.8 5....................................................... 18.60 2.6 18.96 2.4 16.40 3.7 6....................................................... 20.07 7.5 20.07 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.63 7.7 21.99 11.3 – – Typists..................................................... 16.65 12.1 – – 14.43 1.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 10.84 6.6 10.84 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.11 3.8 10.11 3.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.22 11.2 12.20 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.53 12.8 13.55 12.9 – – Order clerks................................................ 21.15 8.0 21.15 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 19.88 11.0 19.88 11.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.49 6.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.47 7.9 15.71 9.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.54 4.0 14.42 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.97 5.9 11.97 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.81 3.6 14.64 3.8 – – Telephone operators......................................... 16.49 13.8 – – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 12.16 6.7 11.52 6.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.37 5.8 14.37 5.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.97 6.4 14.04 6.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 15.75 4.2 15.75 4.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.35 5.5 14.83 8.4 16.15 6.5 2....................................................... 12.21 7.9 11.28 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.24 7.7 17.07 11.5 15.22 7.8 Statistical clerks.......................................... $17.37 15.2 $17.37 15.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.87 4.4 – – $12.89 4.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.21 6.9 14.63 10.7 15.87 6.3 4....................................................... 15.28 5.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 2.7 18.15 3.0 19.02 2.2 1....................................................... 10.56 7.9 10.31 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.97 5.9 12.94 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 15.44 6.4 15.35 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.29 5.6 16.18 6.5 16.92 6.2 5....................................................... 20.24 6.2 20.38 7.0 19.23 1.1 6....................................................... 19.67 4.4 19.56 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.18 1.9 23.72 2.5 20.73 1.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.04 10.3 21.04 10.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.90 3.3 22.07 3.8 20.75 1.1 4....................................................... 13.35 5.7 13.35 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 22.30 13.0 22.52 13.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.05 4.8 20.91 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.41 2.1 24.03 2.9 20.73 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.84 8.9 23.84 8.9 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 20.39 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.68 5.8 21.68 5.8 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.67 11.2 20.67 11.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.96 3.6 18.91 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.39 1.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.42 4.5 22.42 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 20.93 6.1 21.18 7.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.24 8.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 28.54 10.2 30.27 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.99 10.5 24.99 10.5 – – 7....................................................... 27.05 8.6 27.05 8.6 – – Machinists.................................................. 20.07 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.07 3.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.63 22.4 13.63 22.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.76 5.7 15.76 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.03 5.5 12.03 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.01 9.3 14.01 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.57 11.2 16.57 11.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.29 4.3 17.29 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.62 4.2 20.62 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.32 2.4 21.34 2.5 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 9.17 6.5 9.17 6.5 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 20.01 13.9 20.01 13.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $16.47 5.2 $16.47 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.72 3.3 15.72 3.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.95 2.4 18.95 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 5.0 17.52 5.7 $18.45 6.6 3....................................................... 16.50 20.2 16.67 21.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.51 12.4 16.29 13.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.93 8.3 19.91 11.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.85 3.7 17.85 3.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.42 4.4 17.64 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.27 5.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.63 3.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.03 5.6 14.67 6.6 17.01 4.1 1....................................................... 10.81 8.2 10.54 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 14.55 8.8 14.37 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 16.35 8.6 16.13 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 17.35 9.0 18.21 15.0 16.56 7.1 5....................................................... 19.17 3.3 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.22 11.3 – – – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.41 9.6 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 19.10 10.8 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.21 18.6 12.20 18.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17.11 6.0 17.11 6.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.23 9.5 11.23 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.77 12.0 10.77 12.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.51 9.3 14.08 14.2 – – Service............................................................. 14.05 3.3 11.28 3.7 20.22 4.1 1....................................................... 9.30 6.7 8.88 6.2 12.38 2.9 2....................................................... 9.54 3.9 9.11 2.4 13.65 6.7 3....................................................... 10.92 2.7 10.13 2.7 13.88 1.9 4....................................................... 15.22 5.2 15.02 6.6 15.84 5.4 5....................................................... 15.40 2.7 13.79 2.9 17.60 4.1 6....................................................... 22.30 4.9 17.98 14.5 23.15 4.2 7....................................................... 24.41 2.2 – – 24.83 3.2 8....................................................... 24.73 3.9 24.04 6.9 24.96 4.6 9....................................................... 28.90 1.1 – – 28.90 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.55 12.5 11.55 12.5 – – Protective service............................................ 20.10 7.9 10.98 7.3 23.97 5.2 3....................................................... 10.44 4.0 10.44 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.67 5.7 11.30 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.45 4.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 23.06 4.2 – – 23.09 4.3 7....................................................... 25.24 3.3 – – 25.52 3.5 8....................................................... $25.08 4.7 – – $25.08 4.7 9....................................................... 29.11 1.1 – – 29.11 1.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 30.70 3.3 – – 30.70 3.3 Supervisors, guards......................................... 26.76 8.3 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.66 2.5 – – 24.99 2.6 6....................................................... 23.51 .0 – – 23.51 .0 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.99 5.4 – – 18.99 5.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.47 5.6 $10.89 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.44 4.0 10.44 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 3.9 11.17 3.9 – – Food service.................................................. 9.89 4.9 9.56 4.6 12.62 4.0 1....................................................... 8.17 10.1 8.05 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 5.0 7.90 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.25 3.6 8.88 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.46 6.1 12.07 9.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.88 15.7 6.88 15.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.91 17.7 6.91 17.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 10.2 7.26 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 5.53 38.6 5.53 38.6 – – Bartenders.................................................. 6.80 32.4 6.80 32.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.19 22.7 5.19 22.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.35 13.3 6.35 13.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.20 7.9 9.20 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.46 8.8 8.46 8.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.26 2.2 11.01 2.3 12.62 4.0 1....................................................... 8.86 7.6 8.73 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 2.6 8.62 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 2.3 10.39 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.52 6.1 13.58 9.2 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.29 10.1 17.32 10.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.96 3.5 11.67 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.84 8.7 12.55 9.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 12.32 14.6 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.55 5.1 9.02 4.0 12.15 4.7 1....................................................... 8.81 9.0 8.66 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.13 5.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.79 6.3 10.88 4.4 16.06 7.7 2....................................................... 9.68 1.9 9.68 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.74 4.5 10.32 3.3 12.54 2.5 4....................................................... 12.30 7.1 11.97 7.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.35 4.7 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.39 11.0 11.44 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.16 5.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.58 6.2 10.61 3.1 15.76 8.6 3....................................................... 10.73 4.6 10.30 3.3 12.54 2.5 4....................................................... 12.29 6.6 11.73 5.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $12.30 3.5 $11.42 4.9 $14.52 2.6 1....................................................... 10.23 5.1 9.78 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.75 8.3 10.59 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.33 2.6 12.10 4.9 14.82 2.3 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.31 2.8 10.31 2.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.76 4.3 9.76 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.57 3.3 11.27 2.8 14.52 2.6 1....................................................... 10.51 8.0 9.80 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.49 9.4 10.84 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.86 1.7 12.75 3.7 14.82 2.3 Personal service.............................................. 14.66 5.5 14.71 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.57 8.5 7.99 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.48 8.9 8.48 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 13.27 6.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.10 20.0 17.10 20.0 – – Supervisors, personal service............................... 19.36 7.3 19.36 7.3 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.57 6.8 8.57 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.71 9.2 7.71 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.82 .3 7.82 .3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.25 7.9 – – – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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................................................................... $12.20 3.2 $12.19 3.4 $12.29 8.7 All excluding sales............................................... 12.83 3.4 12.88 3.7 12.29 8.7 White collar........................................................ 15.63 4.2 15.94 4.5 13.18 10.1 1....................................................... 7.61 8.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.05 3.0 8.77 2.3 10.22 16.0 3....................................................... 9.81 4.4 9.80 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.56 4.2 13.59 4.8 13.28 7.6 5....................................................... 12.76 8.4 12.18 12.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.10 8.5 21.28 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.44 7.2 22.41 7.5 – – 8....................................................... 30.14 6.9 29.71 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.0 30.42 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.06 19.5 26.02 21.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.05 4.6 20.22 4.6 13.18 10.1 1....................................................... 10.90 4.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.03 7.1 9.88 4.7 10.22 16.0 3....................................................... 10.91 5.6 11.00 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.34 3.2 14.52 3.6 13.28 7.6 5....................................................... 12.91 8.9 12.29 13.9 – – 6....................................................... 20.10 8.5 21.28 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.44 7.2 22.41 7.5 – – 8....................................................... 30.14 6.9 29.71 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.0 30.42 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.06 19.5 26.02 21.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.66 4.4 27.41 4.2 20.22 18.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.90 4.6 28.42 4.3 22.89 25.0 7....................................................... 22.95 12.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.30 4.8 30.93 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.0 30.42 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.03 5.8 29.54 3.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.48 2.1 30.51 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 31.09 5.5 31.09 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.1 30.42 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.89 4.2 29.92 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 30.98 6.2 30.98 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.65 3.6 29.65 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.88 38.7 – – 21.46 45.3 8....................................................... 32.65 7.5 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 25.13 5.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.96 5.3 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $20.41 7.1 $21.94 0.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.74 5.1 21.08 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.46 4.1 8.46 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.28 1.6 8.28 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.73 3.1 8.73 3.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.71 3.4 8.71 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.65 3.7 7.65 3.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.47 3.0 8.47 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.55 2.2 8.55 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.68 2.9 8.68 2.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.00 3.6 12.29 2.9 $11.02 11.7 1....................................................... 10.90 4.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.03 7.1 9.88 4.7 10.22 16.0 3....................................................... 10.94 5.7 11.00 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.42 3.2 14.52 3.6 13.73 7.0 Secretaries................................................. 17.83 12.5 18.01 13.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.75 8.6 10.70 8.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.49 10.8 – – 10.50 11.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.77 5.3 11.79 5.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.87 10.1 11.85 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.71 2.4 7.71 2.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.72 12.6 9.72 12.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.58 1.3 7.58 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.30 10.3 10.30 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.59 8.5 13.59 8.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.69 20.4 9.69 20.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.43 1.5 8.33 1.6 10.20 6.0 1....................................................... 7.45 3.0 7.43 3.1 – – 2....................................................... $8.54 5.8 $8.54 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.90 3.0 8.55 3.8 $11.20 2.4 4....................................................... 9.16 10.6 9.16 10.6 – – Protective service............................................ 9.93 3.4 10.11 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.51 2.6 10.51 2.6 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.13 3.2 10.13 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.51 2.6 10.51 2.6 – – Food service.................................................. 7.37 2.5 7.16 2.5 11.02 .5 1....................................................... 7.31 5.7 7.31 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.94 7.5 6.93 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.68 3.9 7.08 5.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.35 6.0 6.35 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.05 8.2 8.05 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 3.58 24.3 3.58 24.3 – – 3....................................................... 5.74 7.3 5.74 7.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.23 8.1 6.23 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 3.58 24.3 3.58 24.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.52 27.3 6.52 27.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.11 1.4 7.81 1.1 11.02 .5 1....................................................... 6.75 5.1 6.75 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.01 8.5 8.32 10.2 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.46 9.2 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.40 1.7 6.92 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.67 4.3 6.67 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.92 3.4 10.85 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.60 6.3 11.38 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.90 8.9 10.90 8.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.87 3.6 10.87 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.93 5.2 10.85 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.64 3.7 12.60 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.89 8.9 8.84 9.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.76 9.5 8.70 10.1 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.25 2.1 8.31 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.06 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.22 5.9 10.22 5.9 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 5.87 8.0 5.87 8.0 – – 2....................................................... 5.43 8.6 5.43 8.6 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.53 4.4 8.53 4.4 – – 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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....................................................... $22.59 $12.20 $21.72 $21.48 $21.53 $22.17 All excluding sales............................................. 22.80 12.83 21.96 21.84 21.92 20.16 White collar........................................................ 26.97 15.63 28.41 25.53 26.10 25.92 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.83 19.05 29.66 26.70 27.25 33.06 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.97 26.66 36.95 29.74 31.66 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.43 27.90 35.75 32.02 33.08 – Technical....................................................... 25.99 20.41 46.26 21.87 25.77 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.85 – 27.53 35.09 34.67 36.71 Sales............................................................. 19.37 8.46 12.15 17.71 14.00 24.15 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.99 12.00 16.44 15.36 15.61 – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 11.87 19.31 15.84 17.85 16.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.90 – 22.72 20.74 22.05 17.88 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.76 – 16.70 14.52 15.99 12.31 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 – 19.40 14.50 16.65 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.03 9.72 16.20 11.75 14.28 – Service............................................................. 14.05 8.43 16.70 10.12 13.01 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.4 3.2 2.0 3.3 2.3 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 2.5 3.4 2.0 3.3 2.3 19.9 White collar........................................................ 2.4 4.2 2.5 3.3 2.5 10.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.3 4.6 2.5 3.1 2.3 21.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.6 4.4 3.1 3.4 2.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 4.6 2.3 4.3 3.1 – Technical....................................................... 5.1 7.1 19.0 4.0 4.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.1 – 8.7 6.3 6.2 22.8 Sales............................................................. 7.2 4.1 7.7 8.0 6.6 10.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.0 3.6 5.2 2.3 1.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.7 10.1 3.0 3.6 2.1 20.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 – 3.4 5.5 3.3 11.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.7 – 10.5 2.3 4.7 16.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 – 4.7 3.1 4.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.6 12.6 5.3 5.6 5.8 – Service............................................................. 3.3 1.5 3.3 2.6 2.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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....................................................... $20.79 - $14.85 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 21.12 - 14.85 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 25.44 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.83 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.29 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.58 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 26.24 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.26 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.10 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.64 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.66 - 15.23 - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.09 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.71 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.80 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.86 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.56 - – - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 - 2.0 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 - 2.0 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.2 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.0 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.3 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.0 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 - .6 - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.8 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.1 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.0 - – - - - - - - - 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 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....................................................... $20.79 $18.51 $21.30 $18.57 $24.18 All excluding sales............................................. 21.12 18.20 21.78 18.96 24.49 White collar........................................................ 25.44 24.11 25.65 22.20 28.66 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.83 24.34 27.23 24.12 29.44 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.29 26.17 30.83 26.86 32.60 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.58 26.00 32.37 28.64 33.94 Technical....................................................... 26.24 26.92 26.17 22.20 28.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.26 33.56 35.65 34.36 36.69 Sales............................................................. 17.10 22.83 16.13 15.85 17.00 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.64 12.48 16.13 15.99 16.31 Blue collar......................................................... 17.66 17.19 17.83 16.54 20.78 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.09 20.42 22.73 21.71 23.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.71 15.83 15.69 13.86 18.57 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.80 16.45 16.99 17.15 15.14 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.86 14.13 13.76 13.42 15.63 Service............................................................. 10.56 8.39 11.08 9.99 11.99 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 6.2 3.5 4.7 3.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 5.2 3.5 4.9 3.8 White collar........................................................ 3.2 7.7 3.6 5.2 3.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.0 6.6 3.2 4.9 3.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 9.3 3.6 7.6 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 12.1 4.7 10.8 3.6 Technical....................................................... 5.3 22.7 5.2 4.5 7.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 9.5 6.9 12.7 3.9 Sales............................................................. 7.0 22.3 6.0 7.7 5.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 2.6 2.6 5.0 2.5 Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 6.9 3.9 6.1 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.8 7.0 5.0 9.1 4.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 15.1 5.0 7.8 3.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.1 6.2 9.1 10.0 14.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 13.5 6.3 8.3 9.9 Service............................................................. 3.0 8.9 2.6 3.8 2.5 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $12.24 $18.16 $26.32 $37.86 All excluding sales........................... 9.31 12.52 18.51 26.59 38.46 White collar.................................... 10.94 15.00 22.30 32.22 46.01 White collar excluding sales................ 12.39 16.11 23.30 33.47 47.73 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.19 21.53 28.03 37.82 49.56 Professional specialty...................... 18.81 23.64 29.83 40.03 51.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.29 28.09 38.08 45.80 54.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.87 38.15 44.26 49.80 Mechanical engineers.................... 19.81 27.16 33.56 41.25 43.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.60 31.18 39.13 53.43 55.85 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.69 27.09 33.89 40.77 46.15 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.45 27.09 33.36 40.77 44.47 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.97 21.11 47.37 53.64 53.64 Natural scientists........................ 19.71 23.94 33.52 42.83 58.24 Chemists, except biochemists............ 20.19 25.00 38.03 49.10 60.06 Biological and life scientists.......... 22.12 25.72 33.52 38.46 58.24 Health related............................ 21.43 24.53 28.75 33.34 40.03 Physicians.............................. 18.35 19.81 23.25 56.83 127.36 Registered nurses....................... 23.66 25.96 28.75 31.69 34.76 Pharmacists............................. 8.00 35.00 37.86 40.00 42.54 Respiratory therapists.................. 22.92 23.70 25.25 26.44 28.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.01 33.47 43.46 54.43 71.36 Other post-secondary teachers........... 20.60 29.62 38.71 49.31 59.86 Teachers, except college and university... 19.47 25.33 33.57 46.55 54.00 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.75 25.33 31.64 45.94 52.60 Secondary school teachers............... 28.06 31.73 42.61 52.60 57.21 Teachers, special education............. 25.12 26.12 34.83 44.45 49.69 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.43 28.43 38.39 47.33 54.23 Vocational and educational counselors... 20.61 20.61 20.61 41.29 61.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.75 21.89 25.88 33.65 46.22 Psychologists........................... 19.23 21.89 25.21 34.27 46.34 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.37 14.49 19.79 23.40 26.60 Social workers.......................... 12.37 14.39 18.80 24.32 26.60 Lawyers and judges........................ 25.05 31.20 34.36 64.56 82.42 Lawyers................................. 25.05 31.20 34.36 64.56 82.42 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.38 17.31 19.66 24.59 31.42 Technical................................... 13.73 17.50 21.07 26.00 32.72 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.72 13.37 15.39 19.81 22.39 Radiological technicians................ 26.00 26.68 32.24 34.65 34.65 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.00 19.00 20.50 22.71 24.64 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.55 15.92 18.35 20.43 22.63 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.61 20.42 22.74 25.80 32.72 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.89 20.06 21.68 28.97 31.73 Chemical technicians.................... $13.93 $15.22 $20.66 $23.61 $25.23 Computer programmers.................... 20.77 23.36 27.24 29.88 42.21 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.00 13.99 17.06 19.70 30.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.79 22.50 30.77 42.80 57.75 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.08 26.56 36.68 53.37 68.34 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 24.14 27.18 35.39 45.58 Financial managers...................... 31.65 34.62 40.08 54.95 69.23 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.42 38.46 48.08 54.52 64.10 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.50 24.89 34.07 45.36 52.16 Managers, medicine and health........... 22.56 28.75 33.81 39.53 43.98 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 17.31 19.95 24.76 41.03 41.03 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.68 20.24 28.38 31.25 31.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.79 25.48 36.90 62.76 79.33 Management related........................ 14.28 17.80 24.54 32.39 39.57 Accountants and auditors................ 20.00 23.28 25.88 32.39 39.11 Other financial officers................ 21.64 23.94 30.77 36.78 44.75 Management analysts..................... 17.31 26.43 32.69 37.36 53.13 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.60 15.60 17.49 32.28 38.79 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 19.44 21.64 22.77 26.92 44.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 10.52 10.52 19.71 26.09 36.90 Sales......................................... 7.00 9.20 13.46 22.58 32.26 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.99 19.10 22.80 29.63 30.77 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 8.71 14.27 21.19 27.42 37.51 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.69 7.00 8.18 9.80 11.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 9.00 12.76 23.80 26.43 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.75 9.77 12.70 16.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.25 14.80 17.84 22.49 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 17.70 21.24 23.77 23.77 31.97 Computer operators...................... 14.23 14.90 15.57 17.75 18.44 Secretaries............................. 12.62 14.50 16.94 20.35 24.56 Typists................................. 12.59 13.30 14.01 17.14 20.24 Hotel clerks............................ 9.00 9.06 10.20 12.00 14.04 Receptionists........................... 9.46 9.50 11.11 13.35 17.35 Order clerks............................ 13.62 15.23 22.49 26.77 27.86 Library clerks.......................... 9.81 10.32 13.70 16.65 17.64 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.65 13.65 13.79 17.69 21.76 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 13.40 14.80 15.62 17.84 Telephone operators..................... 8.45 10.00 12.66 19.23 20.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.27 10.50 12.00 12.03 13.83 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.27 14.00 14.00 16.83 16.84 Stock and inventory clerks.............. $10.46 $11.90 $12.84 $15.79 $18.66 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.75 13.39 16.05 17.08 18.99 General office clerks................... 9.91 11.64 13.74 16.02 23.10 Data entry keyers....................... 9.62 10.50 15.67 16.40 18.05 Statistical clerks...................... 12.67 13.33 15.44 16.81 31.82 Teachers' aides......................... 7.87 9.94 11.50 14.45 15.79 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 12.00 13.74 16.79 20.34 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 13.05 17.67 20.82 26.03 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.10 17.86 20.97 26.00 30.34 Automobile mechanics.................... 11.45 15.36 20.06 24.33 26.63 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.97 16.45 22.07 25.23 26.38 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 14.51 17.34 18.78 27.12 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.52 16.49 19.17 20.82 23.17 Electricians............................ 17.59 18.76 19.65 22.54 25.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 20.07 23.73 29.82 33.29 34.12 Supervisors, production................. 10.30 21.96 26.01 30.79 33.98 Machinists.............................. 17.77 18.63 19.86 21.12 23.47 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 10.02 10.02 10.02 18.18 19.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.67 11.26 14.91 19.65 22.95 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.75 7.96 8.93 10.18 10.77 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.66 16.00 19.74 25.23 25.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.32 14.00 15.63 19.00 19.65 Assemblers.............................. 9.75 11.00 18.52 26.03 26.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.80 13.00 16.75 20.25 21.55 Truck drivers........................... 12.26 16.00 17.85 19.93 20.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 10.00 14.51 17.77 19.95 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.90 14.50 15.59 17.49 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 12.60 17.47 17.77 19.47 25.67 Construction laborers................... 12.00 16.11 20.15 23.55 23.55 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.50 9.50 13.75 17.40 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 13.03 19.64 19.79 20.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 9.00 10.32 13.05 14.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.91 16.68 18.35 18.72 Service......................................... 6.83 8.50 10.84 15.27 23.96 Protective service........................ 8.92 11.69 19.43 25.81 29.39 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.59 26.88 30.47 32.34 36.51 Supervisors, guards..................... 15.35 15.35 27.13 33.87 39.13 Police and detectives, public service... $21.42 $23.43 $24.28 $26.22 $28.59 Correctional institution officers....... 13.75 15.49 17.46 22.99 27.26 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.48 15.22 Food service.............................. 2.84 6.50 8.50 11.00 14.92 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.33 2.83 6.50 8.76 12.31 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 15.79 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.33 2.83 4.50 7.89 9.90 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 5.39 8.76 10.00 13.36 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.50 9.73 11.70 15.76 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.56 14.62 16.12 21.64 21.64 Cooks................................... 8.00 9.00 11.14 13.60 17.01 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.55 7.25 9.59 10.37 11.10 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.50 9.75 10.15 12.51 18.51 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.60 7.00 8.22 10.34 13.03 Health service............................ 9.09 9.75 10.72 12.39 15.25 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.22 9.75 11.18 12.99 14.90 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.05 9.71 10.59 12.25 14.76 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.74 11.39 13.42 16.38 Maids and housemen...................... 7.98 8.69 9.51 11.61 13.32 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.78 12.00 13.62 16.38 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.81 9.70 15.40 32.88 Supervisors, personal service........... 13.13 14.50 18.92 23.43 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.75 6.17 8.00 8.50 10.00 Welfare service aides................... 9.23 9.73 10.12 13.99 17.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.75 8.14 9.80 11.56 13.01 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.70 $11.37 $17.31 $25.51 $36.06 All excluding sales........................... 8.94 11.76 17.66 25.59 36.50 White collar.................................... 10.52 14.51 21.44 31.18 43.46 White collar excluding sales................ 12.22 15.75 22.58 32.19 45.56 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.20 20.49 26.48 34.29 44.88 Professional specialty...................... 17.52 22.45 28.50 37.00 47.37 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.85 29.74 38.98 47.05 55.00 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.87 38.15 44.26 49.80 Mechanical engineers.................... 19.81 27.16 33.56 41.25 43.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.60 31.18 39.13 53.43 55.85 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.69 27.09 33.89 40.77 46.15 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.45 27.09 33.36 40.77 44.47 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.97 21.11 47.37 53.64 53.64 Natural scientists........................ 19.71 23.94 32.19 46.58 58.86 Chemists, except biochemists............ 20.19 25.00 38.03 49.10 60.06 Biological and life scientists.......... 21.92 25.34 31.46 54.52 59.07 Health related............................ 21.57 24.70 28.75 33.00 38.78 Physicians.............................. 19.32 20.14 24.00 56.83 169.78 Registered nurses....................... 23.79 26.00 28.75 31.41 33.90 Pharmacists............................. 8.00 35.00 37.86 40.00 42.54 Respiratory therapists.................. 22.92 23.70 25.25 26.44 28.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.50 26.44 43.79 57.25 75.07 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Teachers, n.e.c......................... 13.33 13.39 15.09 23.82 30.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.02 12.76 16.35 20.19 24.84 Social workers.......................... 12.02 12.76 15.39 20.19 24.32 Lawyers and judges........................ 31.20 31.20 37.40 71.43 85.17 Lawyers................................. 31.20 31.20 37.40 71.43 85.17 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.22 17.31 19.46 25.90 34.65 Technical................................... 13.65 17.52 21.16 26.17 34.34 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.72 13.37 15.39 19.81 22.39 Radiological technicians................ 26.00 26.68 32.24 34.65 34.65 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.20 19.00 20.85 22.81 26.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.55 16.02 18.35 20.43 22.63 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.61 20.42 22.74 25.80 32.72 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.89 19.97 24.76 28.97 32.08 Chemical technicians.................... 13.93 15.22 20.66 23.61 25.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.42 22.18 31.25 43.99 59.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. $19.49 $26.49 $37.23 $54.52 $69.23 Financial managers...................... 28.85 34.62 39.69 54.95 69.33 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.60 38.46 48.08 54.52 64.10 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.36 22.50 22.50 24.01 44.23 Managers, medicine and health........... 22.56 28.75 33.81 39.53 42.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.79 25.48 36.90 62.76 79.33 Management related........................ 13.74 17.48 24.79 33.61 39.90 Accountants and auditors................ 19.50 24.04 26.41 38.14 41.88 Other financial officers................ 21.64 23.94 30.77 36.78 44.75 Management analysts..................... 17.31 26.43 35.26 46.25 53.51 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.60 15.60 17.48 31.97 39.57 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 19.44 21.64 22.77 26.92 44.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 10.52 10.52 21.15 26.15 39.90 Sales......................................... 7.00 9.14 13.46 22.80 32.51 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.99 19.10 22.80 29.63 30.77 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 8.71 14.27 21.19 27.42 37.51 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.69 7.00 8.18 9.80 11.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 9.00 12.76 23.80 26.43 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.50 9.45 12.50 16.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.05 14.73 17.96 22.49 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 17.70 21.24 23.77 23.77 31.97 Computer operators...................... 14.23 14.90 15.57 17.75 18.44 Secretaries............................. 12.62 14.28 16.93 20.35 23.56 Hotel clerks............................ 9.00 9.06 10.20 12.00 14.04 Receptionists........................... 9.46 9.50 10.50 13.42 17.35 Order clerks............................ 13.62 15.23 22.49 26.77 27.86 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.98 13.65 13.79 17.69 21.76 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 13.40 14.80 15.10 17.84 Telephone operators..................... 8.24 10.00 12.42 20.63 20.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.02 10.50 12.00 12.00 13.77 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.27 14.00 14.00 16.83 16.84 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.46 12.07 12.84 15.91 18.67 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.75 13.39 16.05 17.08 18.99 General office clerks................... 9.04 10.63 13.30 14.73 22.49 Data entry keyers....................... 9.62 10.50 15.67 16.40 18.05 Statistical clerks...................... 12.67 13.33 15.44 16.81 31.82 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.40 11.95 12.55 14.89 21.93 Blue collar..................................... 9.77 12.65 17.00 20.80 26.49 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $13.76 $17.75 $21.15 $27.12 $31.40 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.97 16.45 22.07 25.23 26.38 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 14.51 17.34 18.78 27.12 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.32 16.31 19.60 21.55 23.17 Electricians............................ 17.50 18.31 19.51 22.95 30.10 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 23.73 23.73 31.40 34.12 34.12 Supervisors, production................. 10.30 21.96 26.01 30.79 33.98 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 10.02 10.02 10.02 18.18 19.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.67 11.25 14.91 19.65 22.95 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.75 7.96 8.93 10.18 10.77 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.66 16.00 19.74 25.23 25.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.32 14.00 15.63 19.00 19.65 Assemblers.............................. 9.75 11.00 18.52 26.03 26.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.62 13.00 16.75 19.93 22.96 Truck drivers........................... 13.52 16.00 17.85 19.93 20.57 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.80 9.55 13.35 17.45 19.95 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.00 11.50 14.50 15.59 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.50 9.50 13.75 17.40 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 13.03 19.64 19.79 20.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 9.00 10.32 13.05 14.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.60 10.75 17.72 18.35 Service......................................... 6.09 8.00 9.75 12.00 15.10 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.60 10.00 12.25 15.35 Guards and police, except public service 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.93 Food service.............................. 2.83 6.18 8.19 10.50 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.33 2.83 6.50 8.76 12.31 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 15.79 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.33 2.83 4.50 7.89 9.90 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.83 5.39 8.76 10.00 13.36 Other food service....................... 6.09 7.50 9.00 11.10 15.76 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.56 14.62 16.12 21.64 21.64 Cooks................................... 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.50 17.01 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.50 7.25 8.15 10.37 11.10 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 9.10 10.00 10.75 18.51 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.75 8.00 9.00 11.10 Health service............................ 9.05 9.53 10.35 11.72 13.51 Health aides, except nursing............ $9.18 $9.66 $10.88 $12.57 $14.77 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.05 9.47 10.20 11.50 12.72 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.25 10.28 12.97 15.10 Maids and housemen...................... 7.98 8.69 9.51 11.61 13.32 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 10.56 13.01 15.00 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.74 9.25 15.00 32.88 Supervisors, personal service........... 13.13 14.50 18.92 23.43 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.75 6.17 8.00 8.50 10.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.14 8.67 11.25 12.99 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.28 $16.02 $22.17 $30.05 $45.36 All excluding sales........................... 12.30 16.06 22.20 30.06 45.36 White collar.................................... 13.30 17.12 25.87 39.00 49.88 White collar excluding sales................ 13.30 17.17 25.97 39.16 50.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.96 25.50 33.18 46.34 54.57 Professional specialty...................... 22.17 26.28 34.45 46.67 54.98 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.60 23.71 29.02 56.36 58.67 Registered nurses....................... 22.42 24.47 29.02 44.46 57.21 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.77 34.97 43.20 52.52 64.43 Other post-secondary teachers........... 31.01 35.52 43.20 52.52 61.89 Teachers, except college and university... 25.70 29.83 39.16 48.61 55.37 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.16 29.84 39.35 47.85 54.59 Secondary school teachers............... 28.06 32.10 42.61 52.98 57.21 Teachers, special education............. 25.24 27.07 35.40 45.98 49.69 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 25.76 31.81 41.80 49.54 54.57 Vocational and educational counselors... 19.47 21.28 37.27 57.32 62.68 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.54 19.79 22.36 25.87 29.11 Social workers.......................... 17.20 19.55 23.46 25.97 29.11 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.31 16.92 20.96 21.68 22.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.71 22.97 28.43 39.35 45.36 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.26 26.56 32.07 43.97 47.40 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 24.14 27.18 35.39 45.58 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.61 27.60 39.70 46.55 52.45 Management related........................ 17.10 21.20 23.17 28.43 36.02 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 12.84 14.91 17.14 21.25 Secretaries............................. 13.85 15.21 17.10 22.74 25.71 Typists................................. 12.38 13.30 13.64 15.10 17.99 Library clerks.......................... 9.81 10.32 13.70 17.23 17.64 General office clerks................... 12.24 13.86 15.11 17.51 23.10 Teachers' aides......................... 7.87 9.94 11.46 14.45 15.79 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.69 13.74 16.68 17.12 19.49 Blue collar..................................... $13.16 $16.58 $19.30 $21.49 $23.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.00 19.17 20.07 23.47 24.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.26 13.38 20.52 21.49 21.49 Bus drivers............................. 11.68 13.47 20.57 21.49 21.49 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 13.33 16.01 17.48 18.57 19.36 Service......................................... 11.18 13.66 18.84 25.52 29.32 Protective service........................ 16.37 19.28 23.60 27.09 31.17 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.59 26.88 30.47 32.34 36.51 Police and detectives, public service... 22.39 23.43 24.37 26.59 29.39 Correctional institution officers....... 13.75 15.49 17.46 22.99 27.26 Food service.............................. 9.59 10.34 11.44 14.92 15.50 Other food service....................... 9.59 10.34 11.44 14.92 15.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 9.80 10.34 10.88 14.96 14.96 Health service............................ 11.07 11.53 13.92 18.22 28.37 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.07 11.69 13.94 17.14 28.37 Cleaning and building service............. 10.91 12.04 13.59 16.38 17.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.91 12.04 13.59 16.38 17.98 Personal service.......................... 7.75 11.17 13.38 17.00 17.00 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.86 $13.37 $19.25 $27.24 $39.13 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 13.59 19.38 27.39 39.43 White collar.................................... 12.20 15.77 22.94 33.00 47.37 White collar excluding sales................ 12.90 16.52 23.68 34.07 48.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.17 21.45 28.06 38.53 50.20 Professional specialty...................... 18.75 23.64 30.00 40.77 52.32 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.29 28.09 38.08 45.80 54.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.87 38.15 44.26 49.80 Mechanical engineers.................... 19.81 27.16 33.56 41.25 43.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.60 31.18 39.13 53.43 55.85 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.93 27.75 34.44 40.77 46.41 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.64 27.09 33.65 40.77 44.57 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 19.97 21.11 47.37 53.64 53.64 Natural scientists........................ 19.71 23.94 33.52 42.83 58.24 Chemists, except biochemists............ 20.19 25.00 38.03 49.10 60.06 Biological and life scientists.......... 22.12 25.72 33.52 38.46 58.24 Health related............................ 20.67 24.03 28.58 33.20 43.00 Physicians.............................. 18.35 19.81 23.25 56.83 127.36 Registered nurses....................... 23.73 25.64 28.75 31.41 33.90 Pharmacists............................. 8.00 35.00 37.83 40.00 42.54 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.61 33.47 44.18 55.83 73.68 Other post-secondary teachers........... 20.45 30.80 40.57 49.79 61.16 Teachers, except college and university... 20.20 25.55 34.09 46.60 54.23 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.75 25.33 31.64 45.94 52.60 Secondary school teachers............... 28.06 31.92 42.61 52.60 57.21 Teachers, special education............. 25.12 26.12 34.83 44.45 49.69 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.43 28.58 38.46 47.54 54.37 Vocational and educational counselors... 20.61 20.61 20.61 41.29 61.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.75 21.89 25.56 33.65 46.34 Psychologists........................... 19.23 21.89 25.21 34.27 46.34 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.37 14.42 20.00 23.79 26.65 Social workers.......................... 12.37 14.39 18.77 24.32 26.60 Lawyers and judges........................ 25.05 31.20 35.25 67.31 83.79 Lawyers................................. 25.05 31.20 35.25 67.31 83.79 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.38 17.31 19.49 24.59 31.73 Technical................................... 13.74 17.46 21.01 26.15 33.10 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.51 13.31 15.27 19.34 21.58 Radiological technicians................ 26.20 28.00 32.24 34.65 34.65 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.20 19.00 20.50 22.61 26.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.55 15.92 18.35 20.43 22.71 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.61 20.42 22.74 25.80 32.72 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.89 20.06 21.68 28.97 31.73 Chemical technicians.................... 13.93 15.22 20.66 23.61 25.23 Computer programmers.................... $20.77 $23.36 $27.24 $29.88 $42.21 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 14.60 16.13 17.14 19.79 30.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.97 22.51 30.77 43.28 58.65 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.95 26.56 36.90 53.37 68.34 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 22.40 24.14 27.18 35.39 45.58 Financial managers...................... 31.65 34.62 40.08 54.95 69.23 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.42 38.46 48.08 54.52 64.10 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.50 24.89 34.07 45.36 52.16 Managers, medicine and health........... 27.75 28.75 34.66 39.53 46.10 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments....................... 17.31 19.95 24.76 41.03 41.03 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.68 20.24 28.38 31.25 31.32 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.79 25.48 36.90 62.76 79.33 Management related........................ 14.62 17.80 24.28 32.14 39.57 Accountants and auditors................ 19.52 23.07 25.64 30.78 39.11 Other financial officers................ 21.64 23.94 30.77 36.78 44.75 Management analysts..................... 17.31 26.43 32.69 37.36 53.13 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.60 15.60 17.49 32.28 38.79 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 19.44 21.64 22.77 26.92 44.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 10.52 10.52 19.42 26.09 37.37 Sales......................................... 9.00 10.79 16.12 24.81 34.03 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.77 19.10 22.80 29.63 30.77 Sales, other business services.......... 9.10 9.50 13.54 18.16 48.08 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 8.71 14.27 21.19 27.42 37.51 Sales workers, other commodities........ 9.90 12.91 19.70 25.34 26.92 Cashiers................................ 8.55 9.25 10.90 13.50 16.85 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.35 12.66 15.09 18.35 22.89 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 17.70 21.24 23.77 23.77 31.97 Computer operators...................... 14.23 14.90 15.57 17.75 18.44 Secretaries............................. 12.62 14.52 16.93 20.35 24.14 Typists................................. 12.59 13.30 14.01 17.14 20.24 Hotel clerks............................ 9.00 9.06 10.20 12.00 14.04 Receptionists........................... 9.46 9.50 11.36 13.81 17.35 Order clerks............................ 13.62 15.75 22.49 26.77 27.86 Library clerks.......................... 11.33 13.70 15.30 16.65 20.24 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.65 13.65 13.79 17.69 21.76 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 13.40 14.80 15.62 17.84 Telephone operators..................... 10.60 12.24 17.29 20.63 20.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 8.53 10.50 11.78 13.68 14.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.27 14.00 14.00 16.83 16.84 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.45 12.25 13.37 15.91 18.67 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ $12.75 $13.00 $16.20 $17.49 $18.99 General office clerks................... 10.63 12.26 14.01 17.14 23.10 Statistical clerks...................... 12.67 13.33 15.44 16.81 31.82 Teachers' aides......................... 9.94 10.13 11.96 15.36 16.41 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.75 12.55 14.96 17.12 21.09 Blue collar..................................... 10.25 13.99 18.16 21.25 26.30 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.10 17.86 20.96 26.00 30.34 Automobile mechanics.................... 11.45 15.36 20.06 24.33 26.63 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.97 16.45 22.07 25.23 26.38 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 14.47 16.98 18.47 27.12 28.53 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.52 16.49 19.17 20.82 23.17 Electricians............................ 17.59 18.76 19.65 22.54 25.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 20.07 23.73 29.82 33.29 34.12 Supervisors, production................. 10.30 21.96 26.01 30.79 33.98 Machinists.............................. 17.77 18.63 19.86 21.12 23.47 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 10.02 10.02 10.02 18.18 19.44 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.75 11.35 15.00 19.65 22.95 Textile sewing machine operators........ 7.75 7.96 8.85 10.25 10.77 Mixing and blending machine operators... 14.66 16.00 19.74 25.23 25.23 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 12.32 14.00 15.63 19.00 19.65 Assemblers.............................. 9.75 11.00 18.52 26.03 26.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.57 14.99 18.16 20.60 23.00 Truck drivers........................... 12.26 16.00 17.85 19.93 20.80 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.02 11.25 15.25 18.44 20.15 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.90 14.50 15.59 17.49 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 12.60 17.47 17.77 19.47 25.67 Construction laborers................... 12.00 16.11 20.15 23.55 23.55 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 9.00 11.00 15.80 19.70 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 14.71 19.64 19.79 20.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.78 9.55 10.75 13.05 14.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.91 11.00 17.72 18.35 19.30 Service......................................... 7.86 9.16 11.61 17.00 25.81 Protective service........................ 9.00 13.00 20.18 25.98 29.69 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 26.59 26.88 30.47 32.34 36.51 Supervisors, guards..................... 15.35 15.35 27.13 33.87 39.13 Police and detectives, public service... 21.42 23.43 24.28 26.22 28.59 Correctional institution officers....... 13.75 15.49 17.46 22.99 27.26 Guards and police, except public service $8.50 $9.00 $10.27 $12.70 $16.91 Food service.............................. 4.50 7.63 9.51 12.31 15.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.33 3.78 7.50 8.76 12.31 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.50 7.50 15.49 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.33 2.60 4.50 7.89 8.19 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 4.75 6.88 8.76 12.31 13.62 Other food service....................... 7.50 8.50 10.34 13.62 16.49 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.40 14.62 16.12 21.64 21.64 Cooks................................... 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.26 17.02 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 9.75 10.00 10.50 14.92 18.51 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.90 8.00 8.75 11.10 13.62 Health service............................ 9.16 9.75 10.71 12.45 15.96 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.51 9.66 11.18 14.24 15.25 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.16 9.73 10.45 12.21 15.96 Cleaning and building service............. 8.10 9.40 12.00 13.62 16.51 Maids and housemen...................... 7.98 8.65 9.40 11.65 13.62 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.25 10.69 12.57 14.55 16.48 Personal service.......................... 6.18 8.19 10.38 17.00 32.88 Supervisors, personal service........... 13.13 14.50 18.92 23.43 26.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.95 6.80 8.29 8.50 10.17 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.75 9.25 11.25 12.99 15.69 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.50 $10.00 $13.40 $23.48 All excluding sales........................... 6.30 7.89 10.50 14.16 25.31 White collar.................................... 6.75 8.13 12.00 22.44 31.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.85 11.00 15.83 27.06 34.36 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.45 22.50 27.45 31.68 37.00 Professional specialty...................... 19.37 23.47 28.67 32.66 37.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 23.72 27.67 29.87 33.74 37.00 Registered nurses....................... 23.47 27.36 29.18 32.21 37.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 8.13 8.13 11.54 25.00 33.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 16.16 22.25 24.50 29.00 31.94 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.00 19.00 21.55 23.30 26.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 19.00 21.45 23.30 23.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.15 6.50 7.50 9.08 12.17 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.50 6.75 8.68 10.00 11.90 Cashiers................................ 6.25 6.50 7.25 8.75 14.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.85 11.58 13.50 16.21 Secretaries............................. 11.30 13.72 17.03 24.85 25.18 General office clerks................... 8.00 8.00 10.27 12.28 14.79 Teachers' aides......................... 7.37 7.87 9.90 13.88 14.45 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 13.50 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 8.50 11.75 13.90 15.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.40 8.00 10.95 16.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.00 7.75 11.81 16.85 Service......................................... 4.20 6.67 8.50 10.15 12.15 Protective service........................ 7.30 8.60 10.00 10.99 12.48 Guards and police, except public service $8.50 $8.60 $10.00 $11.00 $12.93 Food service.............................. 2.83 5.25 7.05 9.65 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.60 2.83 5.45 9.90 12.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.60 2.83 5.41 9.90 15.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.83 7.65 10.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.55 6.50 7.50 9.50 11.00 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.50 7.00 7.50 10.25 11.44 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 6.00 7.05 8.25 10.50 Health service............................ 9.05 9.58 10.73 11.78 13.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.58 9.76 11.24 11.50 11.78 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.05 9.44 10.72 12.39 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.00 $8.00 $9.96 $13.01 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.00 7.50 9.35 13.01 Personal service.......................... 4.50 6.83 8.25 9.75 10.53 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.00 4.25 5.00 6.25 9.75 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.00 8.25 8.25 10.53 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, Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, December 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,387,400 1,119,900 267,500 All excluding sales............................................. 1,287,500 1,021,100 266,500 White collar........................................................ 789,200 622,300 166,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 689,400 523,500 165,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 340,000 239,300 100,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 279,700 184,100 95,600 Technical....................................................... 60,300 55,200 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 133,900 116,400 17,500 Sales............................................................. 99,900 98,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 215,500 167,800 47,700 Blue collar......................................................... 286,700 257,500 29,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 91,500 79,800 11,800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 54,900 54,900 - Transportation and material moving................................ 69,300 60,300 9,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 70,900 62,600 8,300 Service............................................................. 311,500 240,100 71,400 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.