NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Indianapolis, IN, Bulletin 3125-15, January 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.10 2.7 36.2 $18.71 2.5 36.1 $21.19 7.5 36.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.17 4.0 36.5 21.71 3.6 36.6 24.18 11.4 35.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.41 6.2 36.6 26.52 6.1 37.2 29.94 12.1 35.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.84 6.4 40.3 30.13 6.8 40.5 28.02 16.7 38.7 Sales............................................................. 16.19 16.0 30.5 16.17 16.1 30.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.55 2.9 37.3 13.88 3.3 37.6 12.10 5.3 36.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.30 3.0 37.6 17.41 3.1 37.6 15.21 2.4 37.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.17 4.5 40.2 21.52 4.6 40.2 15.72 4.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.63 2.3 39.4 16.62 2.3 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.44 3.6 35.1 15.51 4.0 35.2 14.89 6.0 34.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.58 5.5 33.1 12.51 5.7 33.0 14.18 6.9 36.3 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.35 4.0 32.3 9.27 3.3 30.3 16.18 8.8 38.0 Full time........................................................... 20.06 2.8 39.6 19.77 2.7 40.1 21.55 8.5 37.7 Part time........................................................... 10.10 5.9 20.0 9.85 6.2 19.9 13.38 15.2 21.3 Union............................................................... 22.19 8.5 37.8 21.19 3.6 38.2 24.39 21.3 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 18.21 3.0 35.8 18.16 3.2 35.7 18.62 10.1 36.1 Time................................................................ 18.97 2.5 36.3 18.54 2.0 36.3 21.19 7.5 36.5 Incentive........................................................... 21.95 14.9 34.0 21.95 14.9 34.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.62 1.1 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.76 6.9 35.6 16.76 6.9 35.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.51 5.6 35.8 17.14 5.7 35.9 22.21 17.2 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 21.12 2.3 36.7 21.17 2.5 36.7 20.98 5.6 36.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.10 2.7 $18.71 2.5 $21.19 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.30 2.4 18.93 2.0 21.19 7.5 White collar........................................................ 22.17 4.0 21.71 3.6 24.18 11.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 3.6 22.71 3.1 24.18 11.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.41 6.2 26.52 6.1 29.94 12.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.30 5.9 29.62 6.8 31.78 9.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.74 3.4 33.13 3.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.72 13.6 30.72 13.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.40 3.0 35.40 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.05 5.0 26.12 5.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.15 5.4 26.15 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.81 2.7 26.32 2.5 22.30 6.5 Registered nurses........................................... 24.96 3.3 25.47 3.2 21.79 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.19 3.6 26.82 6.5 37.23 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.13 5.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.05 2.1 16.36 3.0 – – Social workers.............................................. 16.05 2.1 16.36 3.0 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.91 37.9 18.91 37.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.03 5.6 19.51 6.3 15.36 7.9 Radiological technicians.................................... 26.19 6.7 24.02 10.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.91 2.2 18.19 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.06 6.6 14.12 6.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 7.6 23.76 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.86 17.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.84 6.4 30.13 6.8 28.02 16.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.42 8.7 33.86 10.0 31.47 13.0 Financial managers.......................................... 31.64 18.4 31.64 18.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.46 16.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.89 15.8 30.57 17.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.35 8.3 34.70 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.87 4.5 25.57 3.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.45 6.0 26.04 7.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.64 5.3 26.64 5.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.55 6.9 29.55 6.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.49 11.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 6.4 22.92 6.4 – – Sales............................................................. $16.19 16.0 $16.17 16.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.17 18.3 16.17 18.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 66.85 27.5 – – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.95 27.3 12.95 27.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.22 1.6 8.22 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.55 2.9 13.88 3.3 $12.10 5.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.50 4.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.10 4.8 15.70 4.9 13.59 6.0 Receptionists............................................... 11.81 5.0 11.81 5.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.32 10.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.87 9.2 12.83 10.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.30 3.1 13.28 3.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 17.66 13.9 17.66 13.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.30 16.9 14.25 17.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.15 2.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.04 7.6 12.86 9.3 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.25 1.0 10.25 1.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.49 1.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.69 8.8 14.82 9.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 3.0 17.41 3.1 15.21 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.17 4.5 21.52 4.6 15.72 4.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.59 10.1 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.46 3.9 27.46 3.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.21 6.9 24.41 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 27.30 6.1 27.30 6.1 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.12 .1 29.12 .1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.63 2.3 16.62 2.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 16.82 26.0 16.82 26.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23.47 1.3 23.47 1.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.52 8.6 17.52 8.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.01 2.6 16.01 2.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.35 6.8 16.35 6.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.81 15.6 15.81 15.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.44 3.6 15.51 4.0 14.89 6.0 Truck drivers............................................... 15.69 7.1 15.92 8.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 5.8 15.52 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.58 5.5 12.51 5.7 14.18 6.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.28 8.3 12.17 8.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.03 6.6 15.03 6.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. $10.55 6.8 $10.55 6.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.83 7.7 10.43 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.35 4.0 9.27 3.3 $16.18 8.8 Protective service............................................ 17.52 7.6 – – 19.02 2.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.75 3.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.07 4.2 7.85 5.1 9.53 4.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.90 24.7 3.90 24.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.95 31.5 2.95 31.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.68 17.0 9.71 20.7 9.53 4.6 Cooks....................................................... 9.90 4.4 9.84 4.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.96 6.6 7.60 6.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.33 8.1 10.24 8.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.00 12.5 10.96 13.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.56 5.1 9.45 5.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.32 4.7 9.28 5.0 12.10 1.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.76 6.2 9.99 6.2 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.79 7.0 9.79 7.0 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.88 2.6 8.88 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 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.06 2.8 $19.77 2.7 $21.55 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.06 2.5 19.75 2.1 21.54 8.5 White collar........................................................ 23.32 4.0 22.99 3.5 24.68 12.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.64 3.7 23.35 2.7 24.68 12.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.14 6.2 27.29 5.8 30.49 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.27 5.9 30.72 6.5 32.45 10.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.74 3.4 33.13 3.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.72 13.6 30.72 13.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.40 3.0 35.40 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.05 5.0 26.12 5.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.15 5.4 26.15 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.82 3.1 26.46 2.9 21.25 5.1 Registered nurses........................................... 25.05 3.9 25.66 3.9 21.38 5.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.23 4.5 26.82 6.5 38.44 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.13 5.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.00 2.6 16.25 4.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 16.00 2.6 16.25 4.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.10 12.1 28.10 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... 19.24 5.1 19.75 5.7 15.37 8.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.95 2.2 18.23 2.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.04 6.8 14.12 7.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 7.6 23.76 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.86 17.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.87 6.5 30.17 6.9 28.02 16.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.42 8.7 33.86 10.0 31.47 13.0 Financial managers.......................................... 31.64 18.4 31.64 18.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.46 16.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.89 15.8 30.57 17.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.35 8.3 34.70 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.72 4.5 25.44 3.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.45 6.0 26.04 7.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.64 5.3 26.64 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.49 11.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 6.4 22.92 6.4 – – Sales............................................................. 20.13 20.2 20.11 20.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.17 18.3 16.17 18.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... $9.02 1.0 $9.02 1.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.88 2.8 14.27 3.1 $12.22 5.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.50 4.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.10 4.8 15.70 4.9 13.59 6.0 Receptionists............................................... 12.28 5.2 12.28 5.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.10 10.7 13.08 11.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.30 3.1 13.29 3.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 19.69 13.6 19.69 13.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.88 18.3 16.93 19.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.42 8.1 13.55 9.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.71 8.9 14.83 9.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.88 2.9 18.00 3.0 15.39 2.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 4.4 21.65 4.6 15.72 4.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.59 10.1 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.46 3.9 27.46 3.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.21 6.9 24.41 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 27.30 6.1 27.30 6.1 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.12 .1 29.12 .1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.79 2.1 16.78 2.1 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 16.82 26.0 16.82 26.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23.47 1.3 23.47 1.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.52 8.6 17.52 8.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.01 2.6 16.01 2.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.28 5.0 17.28 5.0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.81 15.6 15.81 15.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.82 3.3 15.90 3.6 15.09 6.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.87 7.6 15.92 8.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 5.8 15.52 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.70 6.5 13.65 6.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.65 12.2 13.59 13.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.35 7.8 11.35 7.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.59 7.1 11.07 7.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.11 4.7 9.81 3.7 16.31 8.6 Protective service............................................ 17.54 7.7 – – 19.05 2.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.75 3.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.92 4.3 8.74 6.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.66 19.2 3.66 19.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.81 15.0 11.16 18.7 – – Cooks....................................................... $10.49 3.8 $10.68 1.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.53 5.5 8.06 4.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.47 8.0 10.42 8.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.32 11.7 11.29 12.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.49 5.7 9.49 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 4.9 9.34 5.3 $12.10 1.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.76 6.2 10.00 6.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.41 4.3 9.41 4.3 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.10 5.9 $9.85 6.2 $13.38 15.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.57 6.3 10.29 6.6 13.38 15.2 White collar........................................................ 11.42 9.2 11.15 10.0 14.08 20.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.66 14.1 13.58 16.7 14.08 20.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.80 23.9 15.41 28.9 17.48 27.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 16.10 29.2 15.68 36.9 17.63 29.3 Health related................................................ 25.72 2.7 25.43 3.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.37 2.0 24.30 2.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.55 9.5 8.55 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 1.3 7.55 1.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.14 5.1 10.04 5.6 10.66 8.9 Receptionists............................................... 9.62 3.7 9.62 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.64 6.8 9.47 6.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.21 10.7 10.47 15.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.19 5.0 9.19 5.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.28 .6 7.28 .6 – – Service............................................................. 7.51 4.0 7.40 4.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.31 7.1 6.31 7.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.32 28.5 4.32 28.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.19 9.2 7.22 9.7 – – Health service................................................ 9.16 9.2 8.53 7.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.12 7.7 9.06 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.24 16.3 10.24 16.3 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 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................................................................... $795 2.5 39.6 $792 2.9 40.1 $813 5.1 37.7 All excluding sales............................................... 794 2.0 39.6 790 2.2 40.0 812 5.1 37.7 White collar........................................................ 920 3.4 39.4 921 3.7 40.1 915 8.9 37.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 929 2.7 39.3 934 2.7 40.0 914 8.9 37.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,091 4.8 38.8 1,086 5.9 39.8 1,102 8.8 36.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,199 4.7 38.3 1,219 6.6 39.7 1,161 6.3 35.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,310 3.4 40.0 1,326 3.8 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,229 13.6 40.0 1,229 13.6 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,416 3.0 40.0 1,416 3.0 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,039 4.9 39.9 1,042 5.0 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,044 5.2 39.9 1,044 5.2 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,008 2.9 39.1 1,032 2.6 39.0 837 4.7 39.4 Registered nurses........................................... 973 3.5 38.8 995 3.4 38.8 841 5.0 39.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,269 1.7 34.1 1,025 5.8 38.2 1,294 .7 33.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,311 3.5 34.4 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 637 2.5 39.8 642 4.7 39.5 – – – Social workers.............................................. 637 2.5 39.8 642 4.7 39.5 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,113 13.1 39.6 1,113 13.1 39.6 – – – Technical....................................................... 770 5.2 40.0 793 5.7 40.1 599 7.1 39.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 707 2.2 39.4 722 1.6 39.6 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 570 8.0 40.6 573 8.2 40.6 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 950 7.6 40.0 950 7.6 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 954 17.9 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,209 6.3 40.5 1,230 6.4 40.8 1,084 15.5 38.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,370 7.7 41.0 1,401 8.6 41.4 1,238 12.5 39.3 Financial managers.......................................... 1,428 13.1 45.1 1,428 13.1 45.1 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,241 15.5 39.5 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,236 15.8 40.0 1,223 17.0 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,454 8.3 40.0 1,388 9.3 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 982 4.7 39.7 1,018 4.0 40.0 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 969 8.1 38.1 1,041 7.4 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,063 5.5 39.9 1,063 5.5 39.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 740 11.6 40.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $917 6.4 40.0 $917 6.4 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 818 22.8 40.7 818 22.9 40.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 644 18.5 39.8 644 18.5 39.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 349 .8 38.6 349 .8 38.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 547 2.9 39.4 567 3.1 39.7 $467 5.8 38.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 580 4.3 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 600 4.8 39.7 623 5.1 39.7 542 5.8 39.9 Receptionists............................................... 489 5.1 39.8 489 5.1 39.8 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 519 11.2 39.6 518 12.4 39.6 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 534 3.3 40.1 535 3.4 40.3 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 788 13.6 40.0 788 13.6 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 675 18.3 40.0 677 19.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 494 8.1 39.8 537 9.5 39.6 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 565 10.0 38.4 574 10.7 38.7 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 718 3.0 40.1 723 3.1 40.2 607 2.7 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 863 4.5 40.5 878 4.6 40.6 629 4.4 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,023 10.1 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 1,099 3.9 40.0 1,099 3.9 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 968 6.9 40.0 976 7.7 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,092 6.1 40.0 1,092 6.1 40.0 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,165 .1 40.0 1,165 .1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 671 2.1 39.9 670 2.1 39.9 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 673 26.0 40.0 673 26.0 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 939 1.3 40.0 939 1.3 40.0 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 699 8.6 39.9 699 8.6 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 640 2.6 40.0 640 2.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 691 5.0 40.0 691 5.0 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 632 15.6 40.0 632 15.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 631 3.9 39.9 637 4.4 40.1 579 9.1 38.4 Truck drivers............................................... 659 10.4 41.5 662 11.2 41.6 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 601 5.9 38.5 598 5.9 38.5 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 546 6.5 39.9 544 6.8 39.9 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 540 12.0 39.6 537 12.8 39.6 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 687 11.7 40.0 687 11.7 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 454 7.8 40.0 454 7.8 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $463 7.1 39.9 $442 6.9 39.9 – – – Service............................................................. 475 5.3 39.2 388 3.5 39.5 $632 12.8 38.7 Protective service............................................ 716 8.6 40.8 – – – 782 4.4 41.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,030 3.9 40.0 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 333 6.9 37.3 346 5.9 39.6 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 142 19.6 38.7 142 19.6 38.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 399 18.4 36.9 448 19.6 40.1 – – – Cooks....................................................... 390 6.2 37.1 409 3.1 38.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 302 4.8 35.4 323 4.0 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 409 7.5 39.1 408 7.7 39.1 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 444 12.4 39.3 444 13.3 39.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 369 3.5 38.9 369 3.5 38.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 414 4.8 39.8 371 5.2 39.8 484 1.2 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 428 6.2 39.8 397 6.0 39.7 – – – Personal service.............................................. 369 2.8 39.2 369 2.8 39.2 – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $40,265 2.5 2,007 $41,021 2.9 2,075 $37,091 5.1 1,721 All excluding sales............................................... 40,154 2.0 2,002 40,930 2.2 2,073 37,075 5.1 1,721 White collar........................................................ 45,844 3.4 1,966 47,563 3.7 2,069 40,296 8.9 1,633 White collar excluding sales.................................... 46,149 2.7 1,952 48,189 2.7 2,064 40,279 8.9 1,632 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,547 4.8 1,867 55,803 5.9 2,045 45,931 8.8 1,506 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,361 4.7 1,802 62,238 6.6 2,026 47,306 6.3 1,458 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,120 3.4 2,081 68,929 3.8 2,081 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 63,922 13.6 2,081 63,922 13.6 2,081 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 73,652 3.0 2,081 73,652 3.0 2,081 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 54,053 4.9 2,075 54,208 5.0 2,075 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 54,263 5.2 2,075 54,263 5.2 2,075 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 51,562 2.9 1,997 53,671 2.6 2,028 38,139 4.7 1,795 Registered nurses........................................... 49,575 3.5 1,979 51,733 3.4 2,016 38,070 5.0 1,781 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 47,044 1.7 1,264 38,626 5.8 1,440 47,890 .7 1,246 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,462 3.5 1,271 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,128 2.5 2,070 33,366 4.7 2,054 – – – Social workers.............................................. 33,128 2.5 2,070 33,366 4.7 2,054 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 57,856 13.1 2,059 57,856 13.1 2,059 – – – Technical....................................................... 40,021 5.2 2,080 41,233 5.7 2,087 31,163 7.1 2,027 Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,789 2.2 2,050 37,520 1.6 2,058 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,646 8.0 2,111 29,818 8.2 2,112 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 49,424 7.6 2,080 49,424 7.6 2,080 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 49,632 17.9 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,463 6.3 2,091 63,668 6.4 2,110 55,562 15.5 1,983 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 70,968 7.7 2,123 72,840 8.6 2,151 63,193 12.5 2,008 Financial managers.......................................... 74,266 13.1 2,347 74,266 13.1 2,347 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 62,798 15.5 1,996 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 64,247 15.8 2,080 63,588 17.0 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 75,603 8.3 2,080 72,170 9.3 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 50,581 4.7 2,046 52,379 4.0 2,059 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 46,904 8.1 1,843 49,587 7.4 1,905 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 55,256 5.5 2,074 55,256 5.5 2,074 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 38,454 11.6 2,080 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $47,673 6.4 2,080 $47,673 6.4 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 42,557 22.8 2,114 42,519 22.9 2,114 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 33,492 18.5 2,071 33,492 18.5 2,071 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,124 .8 2,008 18,124 .8 2,008 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,742 2.9 1,999 29,386 3.1 2,059 $21,714 5.8 1,777 Supervisors, general office................................. 30,150 4.3 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 30,472 4.8 2,018 32,385 5.1 2,063 25,971 5.8 1,911 Receptionists............................................... 24,446 5.1 1,991 24,446 5.1 1,991 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,988 11.2 2,060 26,927 12.4 2,058 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,754 3.3 2,087 27,813 3.4 2,093 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 40,960 13.6 2,080 40,960 13.6 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 35,118 18.3 2,080 35,205 19.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,242 8.1 2,033 27,926 9.5 2,061 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,381 10.0 1,998 29,865 10.7 2,014 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 37,234 3.0 2,083 37,591 3.1 2,088 30,343 2.7 1,971 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,826 4.5 2,106 45,621 4.6 2,108 32,704 4.4 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 53,222 10.1 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 57,124 3.9 2,080 57,124 3.9 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 50,356 6.9 2,080 50,770 7.7 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 56,788 6.1 2,080 56,788 6.1 2,080 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 60,572 .1 2,080 60,572 .1 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 34,866 2.1 2,077 34,856 2.1 2,077 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 34,996 26.0 2,080 34,996 26.0 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 48,809 1.3 2,080 48,809 1.3 2,080 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 36,347 8.6 2,075 36,347 8.6 2,075 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 33,292 2.6 2,080 33,292 2.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 35,940 5.0 2,080 35,940 5.0 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 32,883 15.6 2,080 32,883 15.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,416 3.9 2,049 33,135 4.4 2,083 26,935 9.1 1,785 Truck drivers............................................... 34,245 10.4 2,158 34,442 11.2 2,164 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 31,256 5.9 2,003 31,074 5.9 2,002 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,386 6.5 2,072 28,279 6.8 2,072 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 28,096 12.0 2,058 27,947 12.8 2,057 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 35,703 11.7 2,080 35,703 11.7 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 23,615 7.8 2,080 23,615 7.8 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $24,041 7.1 2,075 $22,986 6.9 2,076 – – – Service............................................................. 24,075 5.3 1,988 20,152 3.5 2,054 $30,648 12.8 1,879 Protective service............................................ 37,208 8.6 2,122 – – – 40,673 4.4 2,136 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 53,554 3.9 2,080 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 15,852 6.9 1,778 18,012 5.9 2,061 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7,362 19.6 2,010 7,362 19.6 2,010 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,445 18.4 1,707 23,287 19.6 2,087 – – – Cooks....................................................... 19,075 6.2 1,818 21,273 3.1 1,993 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,306 4.8 1,560 16,771 4.0 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 21,288 7.5 2,033 21,206 7.7 2,034 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 23,109 12.4 2,042 23,097 13.3 2,045 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,184 3.5 2,022 19,184 3.5 2,022 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 21,505 4.8 2,072 19,306 5.2 2,067 25,162 1.2 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,279 6.2 2,070 20,629 6.0 2,064 – – – Personal service.............................................. 19,204 2.8 2,040 19,204 2.8 2,040 – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.10 2.7 $18.71 2.5 $21.19 7.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.30 2.4 18.93 2.0 21.19 7.5 White collar........................................................ 22.17 4.0 21.71 3.6 24.18 11.4 1....................................................... 10.58 11.0 9.54 15.1 11.88 4.7 2....................................................... 9.65 5.2 9.80 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 4.0 11.12 4.7 11.05 3.9 4....................................................... 13.44 3.4 13.62 4.3 12.83 2.7 5....................................................... 15.07 4.3 15.43 4.5 13.57 8.6 6....................................................... 17.68 2.4 18.10 2.6 14.65 1.8 7....................................................... 21.45 3.6 22.05 3.6 18.10 6.1 8....................................................... 25.43 11.3 23.40 3.1 29.58 24.2 9....................................................... 29.17 6.5 26.43 2.7 34.00 8.0 10........................................................ 47.89 26.1 49.00 26.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.05 4.3 36.42 5.1 – – 12........................................................ 47.00 7.3 47.02 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 49.84 3.1 51.47 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.78 5.7 21.78 5.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 3.6 22.71 3.1 24.18 11.4 1....................................................... 12.11 7.1 – – 11.88 4.7 2....................................................... 10.86 5.6 11.67 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 4.5 12.12 5.3 11.05 3.9 4....................................................... 13.37 3.1 13.56 4.1 12.83 2.7 5....................................................... 15.27 4.2 15.73 4.4 13.57 8.6 6....................................................... 17.61 1.9 18.20 2.2 14.65 1.8 7....................................................... 21.37 3.8 22.00 3.8 18.10 6.1 8....................................................... 25.35 12.4 23.00 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.15 6.6 26.36 2.6 34.00 8.0 10........................................................ 31.32 4.2 31.56 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 35.85 4.6 36.20 5.4 – – 12........................................................ 47.00 7.3 47.02 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 49.84 3.1 51.47 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.93 6.3 22.93 6.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.41 6.2 26.52 6.1 29.94 12.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.30 5.9 29.62 6.8 31.78 9.9 5....................................................... 12.90 9.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.39 4.4 19.78 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.10 4.9 22.92 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.52 19.4 24.90 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.70 7.0 26.75 1.6 34.97 5.5 10........................................................ 32.11 5.8 32.11 5.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.61 4.2 36.06 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 47.73 11.3 47.73 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.09 16.0 27.09 16.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.74 3.4 33.13 3.8 – – 7....................................................... $23.43 8.8 $23.43 8.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.06 1.6 29.21 .8 – – 11........................................................ 37.93 4.0 38.32 4.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.72 13.6 30.72 13.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.40 3.0 35.40 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.05 5.0 26.12 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 10.7 24.29 10.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.15 5.4 26.15 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 10.7 24.29 10.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.81 2.7 26.32 2.5 $22.30 6.5 9....................................................... 24.47 3.4 25.01 3.1 21.79 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.96 3.3 25.47 3.2 21.79 5.4 9....................................................... 23.37 1.7 23.81 .8 21.79 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.19 3.6 26.82 6.5 37.23 1.0 9....................................................... 38.01 2.4 – – 38.40 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.13 5.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 40.07 4.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.05 2.1 16.36 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.58 6.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 16.05 2.1 16.36 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.58 6.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.91 37.9 18.91 37.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.03 5.6 19.51 6.3 15.36 7.9 4....................................................... 13.54 6.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.78 5.4 15.85 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.56 4.7 18.19 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.20 5.7 22.23 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.32 6.2 22.37 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.88 7.3 27.88 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.26 23.7 20.26 23.7 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 26.19 6.7 24.02 10.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.91 2.2 18.19 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.06 4.9 18.20 4.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.06 6.6 14.12 6.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 7.6 23.76 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.86 17.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.84 6.4 30.13 6.8 28.02 16.7 7....................................................... 21.63 8.1 22.96 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.15 3.6 21.25 3.7 – – 9....................................................... $25.74 5.7 $25.66 6.5 $26.25 14.2 11........................................................ 37.10 8.4 36.32 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.13 2.9 46.13 3.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.42 8.7 33.86 10.0 31.47 13.0 8....................................................... 20.89 6.7 20.89 6.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.23 9.6 24.75 11.7 27.11 17.1 11........................................................ 38.48 14.2 37.49 16.9 – – 12........................................................ 46.13 2.9 46.13 3.0 – – Financial managers.......................................... 31.64 18.4 31.64 18.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.68 23.8 37.68 23.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.46 16.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.89 15.8 30.57 17.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.35 8.3 34.70 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.64 2.0 46.68 2.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.87 4.5 25.57 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.20 4.1 20.20 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.31 4.0 21.48 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.39 3.1 26.63 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 2.7 34.58 2.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.45 6.0 26.04 7.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.64 5.3 26.64 5.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 29.55 6.9 29.55 6.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.49 11.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 6.4 22.92 6.4 – – Sales............................................................. 16.19 16.0 16.17 16.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.98 8.7 7.98 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.18 2.8 8.18 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.24 1.8 8.24 1.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.89 6.9 17.89 6.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.17 18.3 16.17 18.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 66.85 27.5 – – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.95 27.3 12.95 27.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.22 1.6 8.22 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.83 3.3 7.83 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.08 .4 8.08 .4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.55 2.9 13.88 3.3 12.10 5.3 1....................................................... 12.11 7.1 – – 11.88 4.7 2....................................................... 10.86 5.6 11.67 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.22 4.8 12.50 5.6 11.07 4.0 4....................................................... 13.47 3.4 13.73 4.5 12.71 3.0 5....................................................... 15.65 6.0 15.65 6.9 15.65 1.7 6....................................................... 17.29 4.7 17.41 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.76 6.3 18.95 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.38 6.0 13.38 6.0 – – Supervisors, general office................................. $14.50 4.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.10 4.8 $15.70 4.9 $13.59 6.0 4....................................................... 13.21 3.0 13.43 4.3 13.04 3.9 5....................................................... 17.06 10.2 17.11 10.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.81 5.0 11.81 5.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.32 10.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.87 9.2 12.83 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.50 8.0 12.63 8.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.30 3.1 13.28 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.41 3.3 12.41 3.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 17.66 13.9 17.66 13.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.30 16.9 14.25 17.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.15 2.4 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.04 7.6 12.86 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.36 5.7 12.38 6.4 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.25 1.0 10.25 1.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.49 1.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.69 8.8 14.82 9.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.30 3.0 17.41 3.1 15.21 2.4 1....................................................... 9.10 5.1 9.10 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.35 5.9 11.35 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 16.54 1.7 16.76 1.8 13.48 4.7 4....................................................... 17.14 1.6 17.43 1.4 14.52 8.2 5....................................................... 16.07 3.4 16.03 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.60 8.0 19.14 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.04 4.7 25.41 5.0 18.57 2.7 8....................................................... 27.97 3.6 27.97 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.75 2.3 31.15 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.90 23.8 15.90 23.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.17 4.5 21.52 4.6 15.72 4.4 3....................................................... 13.87 8.7 13.84 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.74 10.5 14.23 11.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.35 2.9 15.33 2.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.62 8.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.96 4.9 25.35 5.2 18.57 2.7 8....................................................... 27.97 3.6 27.97 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.6 30.90 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.10 7.0 24.10 7.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.59 10.1 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.46 3.9 27.46 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 27.72 3.7 27.72 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.21 6.9 24.41 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 27.30 6.1 27.30 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.69 6.2 26.69 6.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... $29.12 0.1 $29.12 0.1 – – 7....................................................... 29.03 .5 29.03 .5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.63 2.3 16.62 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.45 6.1 11.45 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.62 7.0 18.62 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.80 2.4 18.80 2.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.70 3.2 15.66 3.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 16.82 26.0 16.82 26.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23.47 1.3 23.47 1.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.52 8.6 17.52 8.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.01 2.6 16.01 2.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.35 6.8 16.35 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 19.70 8.3 19.70 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 20.96 .8 20.96 .8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.81 15.6 15.81 15.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.44 3.6 15.51 4.0 $14.89 6.0 2....................................................... 12.31 7.4 12.31 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 15.44 4.5 15.97 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.13 6.6 16.28 9.1 15.67 1.1 5....................................................... 17.87 5.7 17.79 5.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.69 7.1 15.92 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.10 4.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 5.8 15.52 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.04 5.5 16.04 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.58 5.5 12.51 5.7 14.18 6.9 1....................................................... 9.08 3.8 9.08 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.59 7.8 10.59 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.56 1.5 15.75 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.01 5.6 18.15 6.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.28 8.3 12.17 8.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.63 1.1 7.63 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.04 2.6 10.04 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 16.05 13.5 16.27 16.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.03 6.6 15.03 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 19.08 4.7 19.08 4.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.55 6.8 10.55 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.29 3.4 9.29 3.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.83 7.7 10.43 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.24 10.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.34 22.7 11.34 22.7 – – Service............................................................. 11.35 4.0 9.27 3.3 16.18 8.8 1....................................................... 8.01 10.8 7.10 5.9 – – 2....................................................... $7.48 15.5 $6.89 17.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.72 7.7 9.46 9.1 $11.17 9.4 4....................................................... 10.77 4.2 10.43 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 12.61 2.7 11.58 .5 – – 6....................................................... 19.99 5.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.17 7.5 – – 19.15 8.5 8....................................................... 23.55 6.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ 17.52 7.6 – – 19.02 2.7 7....................................................... 19.15 8.5 – – 19.15 8.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.75 3.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.07 4.2 7.85 5.1 9.53 4.6 1....................................................... 7.50 8.5 7.12 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.96 24.0 5.54 28.5 – – 3....................................................... 6.48 26.5 6.11 31.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.74 3.3 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.90 24.7 3.90 24.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.95 31.5 2.95 31.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.68 17.0 9.71 20.7 9.53 4.6 1....................................................... 7.74 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.06 2.4 7.85 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.18 3.4 9.51 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.74 3.3 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.90 4.4 9.84 4.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.96 6.6 7.60 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.83 10.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.00 2.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.33 8.1 10.24 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.66 4.9 9.47 5.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.00 12.5 10.96 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.89 8.3 10.17 5.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.56 5.1 9.45 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.55 5.2 9.44 5.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.32 4.7 9.28 5.0 12.10 1.2 1....................................................... 10.63 14.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.61 13.5 9.61 13.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.76 6.2 9.99 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.60 12.5 10.60 12.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.79 7.0 9.79 7.0 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.88 2.6 8.88 2.6 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.06 2.8 $19.77 2.7 $21.55 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 20.06 2.5 19.75 2.1 21.54 8.5 White collar........................................................ 23.32 4.0 22.99 3.5 24.68 12.7 1....................................................... 12.76 5.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.43 5.6 11.04 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.80 4.4 11.95 4.9 10.89 4.1 4....................................................... 13.43 3.4 13.61 4.3 12.84 2.8 5....................................................... 15.29 4.0 15.43 4.5 14.59 6.3 6....................................................... 17.72 2.5 18.17 2.7 14.65 1.8 7....................................................... 21.43 3.7 22.04 3.7 18.10 6.1 8....................................................... 25.29 11.8 23.09 3.5 29.58 24.2 9....................................................... 29.32 6.8 26.39 2.9 34.18 8.0 10........................................................ 48.32 26.1 49.48 26.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.07 4.4 36.42 5.1 – – 12........................................................ 47.00 7.3 47.02 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 49.84 3.1 51.47 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.45 3.4 23.45 3.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.64 3.7 23.35 2.7 24.68 12.7 2....................................................... 10.81 6.6 11.90 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.11 4.9 12.34 5.5 10.89 4.1 4....................................................... 13.37 3.1 13.55 4.1 12.84 2.8 5....................................................... 15.53 3.9 15.73 4.4 14.59 6.3 6....................................................... 17.66 2.0 18.30 2.4 14.65 1.8 7....................................................... 21.35 3.9 21.99 3.9 18.10 6.1 8....................................................... 25.37 12.5 22.99 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.29 6.9 26.31 2.8 34.18 8.0 10........................................................ 31.49 4.3 31.74 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.88 4.6 36.20 5.4 – – 12........................................................ 47.00 7.3 47.02 7.5 – – 13........................................................ 49.84 3.1 51.47 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.95 4.1 24.95 4.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.14 6.2 27.29 5.8 30.49 13.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.27 5.9 30.72 6.5 32.45 10.9 6....................................................... 19.46 4.4 19.87 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 5.5 22.97 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 28.64 19.7 25.01 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.98 7.2 26.79 1.6 35.19 5.4 10........................................................ 32.54 6.5 32.54 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.63 4.3 36.06 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 47.73 11.3 47.73 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.14 11.8 30.14 11.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.74 3.4 33.13 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.43 8.8 23.43 8.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.06 1.6 29.21 .8 – – 11........................................................ $37.93 4.0 $38.32 4.0 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 30.72 13.6 30.72 13.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.40 3.0 35.40 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 26.05 5.0 26.12 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 10.7 24.29 10.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.15 5.4 26.15 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.29 10.7 24.29 10.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.82 3.1 26.46 2.9 $21.25 5.1 9....................................................... 24.17 3.7 24.76 3.3 21.38 5.5 Registered nurses........................................... 25.05 3.9 25.66 3.9 21.38 5.5 9....................................................... 23.08 1.9 23.58 .9 21.38 5.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.23 4.5 26.82 6.5 38.44 1.6 9....................................................... 38.11 2.5 – – 38.52 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.13 5.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 40.07 4.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.00 2.6 16.25 4.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 16.00 2.6 16.25 4.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 28.10 12.1 28.10 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... 19.24 5.1 19.75 5.7 15.37 8.1 4....................................................... 13.46 7.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.78 5.4 15.85 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.68 5.4 18.48 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.20 5.7 22.23 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.32 6.2 22.37 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.88 7.3 27.88 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.26 23.7 20.26 23.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.95 2.2 18.23 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.12 4.9 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.04 6.8 14.12 7.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.76 7.6 23.76 7.6 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.86 17.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.87 6.5 30.17 6.9 28.02 16.7 7....................................................... 21.63 8.1 22.96 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.15 3.6 21.25 3.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.60 6.0 25.49 6.8 26.25 14.2 11........................................................ 37.10 8.4 36.32 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.13 2.9 46.13 3.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.42 8.7 33.86 10.0 31.47 13.0 8....................................................... 20.89 6.7 20.89 6.7 – – 9....................................................... $25.23 9.6 $24.75 11.7 $27.11 17.1 11........................................................ 38.48 14.2 37.49 16.9 – – 12........................................................ 46.13 2.9 46.13 3.0 – – Financial managers.......................................... 31.64 18.4 31.64 18.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.68 23.8 37.68 23.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.46 16.1 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 30.89 15.8 30.57 17.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.35 8.3 34.70 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.64 2.0 46.68 2.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.72 4.5 25.44 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.20 4.1 20.20 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.31 4.0 21.48 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.14 3.4 26.40 3.3 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 2.7 34.58 2.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.45 6.0 26.04 7.4 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.64 5.3 26.64 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.49 11.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.92 6.4 22.92 6.4 – – Sales............................................................. 20.13 20.2 20.11 20.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.18 3.1 9.18 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.89 6.9 17.89 6.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.17 18.3 16.17 18.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.02 1.0 9.02 1.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.88 2.8 14.27 3.1 12.22 5.8 2....................................................... 10.81 6.6 11.90 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.40 5.2 12.70 5.8 10.91 4.4 4....................................................... 13.47 3.4 13.72 4.5 12.75 3.0 5....................................................... 15.65 6.0 15.65 6.9 15.65 1.7 6....................................................... 17.29 4.7 17.41 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.76 6.3 18.95 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.19 4.8 14.19 4.8 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 14.50 4.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.10 4.8 15.70 4.9 13.59 6.0 4....................................................... 13.21 3.0 13.43 4.3 13.04 3.9 5....................................................... 17.06 10.2 17.11 10.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.28 5.2 12.28 5.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.10 10.7 13.08 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.54 8.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.30 3.1 13.29 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.41 3.3 12.41 3.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 19.69 13.6 19.69 13.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.88 18.3 16.93 19.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.42 8.1 13.55 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.38 5.8 12.43 6.5 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $14.71 8.9 $14.83 9.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.88 2.9 18.00 3.0 $15.39 2.5 1....................................................... 9.33 4.9 9.33 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.39 6.0 11.39 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 16.68 1.6 16.87 1.8 13.37 5.8 4....................................................... 17.16 1.6 17.46 1.5 14.52 8.2 5....................................................... 16.07 3.4 16.03 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.60 8.0 19.14 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.04 4.7 25.41 5.0 18.57 2.7 8....................................................... 27.97 3.6 27.97 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.75 2.3 31.15 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.49 5.8 22.49 5.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 4.4 21.65 4.6 15.72 4.4 3....................................................... 14.19 7.8 14.17 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.74 10.5 14.23 11.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.35 2.9 15.33 2.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.62 8.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.96 4.9 25.35 5.2 18.57 2.7 8....................................................... 27.97 3.6 27.97 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.42 2.6 30.90 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.10 7.0 24.10 7.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.59 10.1 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.46 3.9 27.46 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 27.72 3.7 27.72 3.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.21 6.9 24.41 7.7 – – Electricians................................................ 27.30 6.1 27.30 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.69 6.2 26.69 6.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 29.12 .1 29.12 .1 – – 7....................................................... 29.03 .5 29.03 .5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.79 2.1 16.78 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.46 6.1 11.46 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.62 7.0 18.62 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.80 2.4 18.80 2.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.70 3.2 15.66 3.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 16.82 26.0 16.82 26.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23.47 1.3 23.47 1.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.52 8.6 17.52 8.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.01 2.6 16.01 2.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 17.28 5.0 17.28 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.70 8.3 19.70 8.3 – – 4....................................................... 20.96 .8 20.96 .8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 15.81 15.6 15.81 15.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $15.82 3.3 $15.90 3.6 $15.09 6.1 3....................................................... 15.58 4.4 15.97 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.13 6.6 16.28 9.1 15.67 1.1 5....................................................... 17.87 5.7 17.79 5.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.87 7.6 15.92 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.10 4.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.61 5.8 15.52 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.04 5.5 16.04 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.70 6.5 13.65 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.51 5.7 9.51 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.74 8.7 10.74 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.65 1.8 15.86 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 18.24 6.0 18.42 6.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.65 12.2 13.59 13.0 – – 3....................................................... 16.05 13.5 16.27 16.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 20.17 10.6 20.17 10.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.35 7.8 11.35 7.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.59 7.1 11.07 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.41 23.3 11.41 23.3 – – Service............................................................. 12.11 4.7 9.81 3.7 16.31 8.6 1....................................................... 9.03 12.4 7.45 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.93 12.5 7.30 14.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.97 7.7 9.80 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.71 4.4 10.34 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 12.67 2.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.99 5.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.15 8.5 – – 19.15 8.5 8....................................................... 23.55 6.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ 17.54 7.7 – – 19.05 2.8 7....................................................... 19.15 8.5 – – 19.15 8.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.75 3.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.92 4.3 8.74 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.29 8.8 7.51 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.33 23.1 5.85 29.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.90 24.5 6.54 30.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.74 3.3 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.66 19.2 3.66 19.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.81 15.0 11.16 18.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.20 6.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.21 3.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.21 3.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.74 3.3 – – – – Cooks....................................................... $10.49 3.8 $10.68 1.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.53 5.5 8.06 4.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.47 8.0 10.42 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.57 5.5 9.49 5.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.32 11.7 11.29 12.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.49 5.7 9.49 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.47 5.7 9.47 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 4.9 9.34 5.3 $12.10 1.2 2....................................................... 9.61 13.5 9.61 13.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.76 6.2 10.00 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.60 12.5 10.60 12.5 – – Personal service.............................................. $9.41 4.3 $9.41 4.3 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.10 5.9 $9.85 6.2 $13.38 15.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.57 6.3 10.29 6.6 13.38 15.2 White collar........................................................ 11.42 9.2 11.15 10.0 14.08 20.5 1....................................................... 7.88 7.3 7.93 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.72 5.3 8.72 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.67 6.0 8.19 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.72 8.9 14.15 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.77 3.0 26.96 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 6.45 35.2 6.45 35.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.66 14.1 13.58 16.7 14.08 20.5 1....................................................... 7.91 2.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.04 5.3 11.11 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.37 5.7 9.60 .7 – – 4....................................................... 13.72 8.9 14.15 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.77 3.0 26.96 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 6.45 35.2 6.45 35.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.80 23.9 15.41 28.9 17.48 27.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 16.10 29.2 15.68 36.9 17.63 29.3 9....................................................... 26.23 3.7 26.39 4.3 – – Health related................................................ 25.72 2.7 25.43 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.23 4.1 26.45 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.37 2.0 24.30 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.99 4.1 25.02 4.9 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.55 9.5 8.55 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 2.2 7.88 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 1.3 7.55 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.47 2.5 7.47 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.14 5.1 10.04 5.6 10.66 8.9 1....................................................... 7.91 2.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.04 5.3 11.11 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.53 6.3 9.61 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.50 12.7 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.62 3.7 9.62 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... $9.64 6.8 $9.47 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.81 7.9 8.81 8.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.82 11.2 10.82 11.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.21 10.7 10.47 15.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.19 5.0 9.19 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.52 6.0 8.51 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 2.8 8.58 2.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.28 .6 7.28 .6 – – 1....................................................... 6.80 1.0 6.80 1.0 – – Service............................................................. 7.51 4.0 7.40 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.86 6.7 6.86 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 4.67 17.5 4.54 18.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.46 10.1 7.88 9.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.31 7.1 6.31 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 4.67 17.5 4.54 18.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.32 28.5 4.32 28.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.19 9.2 7.22 9.7 – – Health service................................................ 9.16 9.2 8.53 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.24 6.8 9.35 3.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.12 7.7 9.06 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.24 16.3 10.24 16.3 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.06 $10.10 $22.19 $18.21 $18.97 $21.95 All excluding sales............................................. 20.06 10.57 22.39 18.36 19.41 16.29 White collar........................................................ 23.32 11.42 25.61 21.70 21.92 29.30 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.64 13.66 26.54 22.50 23.13 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.14 15.80 32.99 26.18 27.41 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.27 16.10 35.33 28.95 30.30 – Technical....................................................... 19.24 – 18.11 19.13 19.03 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.87 – – 30.52 30.36 – Sales............................................................. 20.13 8.55 9.15 16.57 11.74 37.37 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.88 10.14 14.55 13.43 13.52 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.88 9.64 21.19 14.28 17.36 16.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.29 – 25.74 17.18 21.48 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.79 – 20.07 13.32 16.46 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.82 11.21 18.16 14.08 15.12 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.70 9.19 15.18 10.95 12.72 – Service............................................................. 12.11 7.51 17.03 10.70 11.35 – 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....................................................... 2.8 5.9 8.5 3.0 2.5 14.9 All excluding sales............................................. 2.5 6.3 8.4 2.5 2.6 4.9 White collar........................................................ 4.0 9.2 21.2 3.5 3.7 30.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 14.1 20.3 3.0 3.7 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 23.9 14.1 5.6 6.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 29.2 11.2 6.1 5.9 – Technical....................................................... 5.1 – 6.5 6.1 5.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.5 – – 6.0 6.2 – Sales............................................................. 20.2 9.5 5.5 16.2 9.5 28.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.8 5.1 15.4 2.2 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 6.8 3.6 2.3 3.2 7.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 – 3.0 3.5 4.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.1 – 3.5 1.9 2.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.3 10.7 5.3 3.8 2.9 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.5 5.0 6.0 5.8 5.8 – Service............................................................. 4.7 4.0 3.6 5.0 4.0 – 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 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 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....................................................... $18.71 $22.62 – - $22.44 - - - - $17.23 All excluding sales............................................. 18.93 22.64 – - 22.45 - - - - 17.37 White collar........................................................ 21.71 28.70 – - 29.00 - - - - 22.48 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.71 28.92 – - 29.23 - - - - 22.92 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.52 31.77 – - 31.79 - - - - 27.01 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.62 33.63 – - 33.67 - - - - 30.36 Technical....................................................... 19.51 23.00 – - 23.00 - - - - 19.16 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.13 38.86 – - 38.86 - - - - 28.31 Sales............................................................. 16.17 – – - – - - - - 10.25 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.88 17.69 – - 17.85 - - - - 12.69 Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 19.93 – - 19.12 - - - - 11.27 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.52 24.65 – - 23.92 - - - - 17.74 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.62 17.52 – - 17.52 - - - - 10.09 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.51 18.08 – - 17.95 - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 16.95 – - 17.05 - - - - 9.14 Service............................................................. 9.27 – – - – - - - - 9.45 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 1.1 – - 0.6 - - - - 3.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 1.4 – - 1.0 - - - - 3.4 White collar........................................................ 3.6 .9 – - .9 - - - - 4.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 .5 – - .4 - - - - 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 5.9 – - 5.9 - - - - 9.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 9.2 – - 9.2 - - - - 10.2 Technical....................................................... 6.3 3.9 – - 3.9 - - - - 8.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.8 12.2 – - 12.2 - - - - 5.3 Sales............................................................. 16.1 – – - – - - - - 4.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 10.5 – - 11.2 - - - - 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 3.6 – - 2.4 - - - - 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 3.9 – - 3.3 - - - - 4.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 2.8 – - 2.8 - - - - 14.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 6.7 – - 8.3 - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.7 10.4 – - 11.1 - - - - 2.7 Service............................................................. 3.3 – – - – - - - - 4.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 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....................................................... $18.71 $16.76 $19.17 $17.14 $21.17 All excluding sales............................................. 18.93 15.33 19.69 17.77 21.50 White collar........................................................ 21.71 22.44 21.60 20.43 22.62 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.71 20.59 22.90 22.37 23.31 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.52 25.93 26.54 25.59 27.25 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.62 27.54 29.70 29.84 29.61 Technical....................................................... 19.51 – 19.42 18.44 20.48 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.13 28.73 30.32 28.71 32.00 Sales............................................................. 16.17 24.71 11.16 9.98 13.44 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.88 13.95 13.88 13.38 14.22 Blue collar......................................................... 17.41 15.06 18.34 15.91 20.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.52 17.79 23.86 20.74 27.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.62 12.48 17.69 14.28 19.74 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.51 15.36 15.54 14.73 17.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.51 11.29 13.03 10.43 14.99 Service............................................................. 9.27 7.17 9.71 9.10 11.20 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....................................................... 2.5 6.9 2.4 5.7 2.5 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 3.6 2.6 5.8 2.8 White collar........................................................ 3.6 18.1 3.2 7.2 2.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 9.3 3.4 7.3 3.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 4.1 6.3 12.8 4.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 4.8 7.0 15.6 4.9 Technical....................................................... 6.3 – 6.5 9.2 9.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.8 11.8 7.8 7.0 12.5 Sales............................................................. 16.1 30.1 10.3 12.1 16.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 6.4 3.8 4.1 5.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 4.5 3.3 8.0 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 6.1 4.9 12.8 1.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 4.5 2.4 3.5 3.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 9.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.7 5.7 7.2 7.0 12.4 Service............................................................. 3.3 4.2 3.8 5.2 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 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.49 $11.01 $15.88 $25.43 $31.34 All excluding sales........................... 8.88 11.52 16.10 25.64 31.36 White collar.................................... 9.30 12.42 18.63 28.08 38.93 White collar excluding sales................ 10.24 13.42 20.19 28.87 40.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.29 18.93 25.88 31.79 44.54 Professional specialty...................... 16.75 22.66 28.20 35.37 47.35 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.27 27.29 31.48 37.82 45.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.74 23.75 27.35 33.65 48.28 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.13 28.19 35.67 43.46 45.31 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.35 21.39 26.44 30.37 33.38 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.25 20.67 26.97 30.61 33.47 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.65 21.72 24.73 28.68 34.01 Registered nurses....................... 18.54 20.98 24.20 27.05 33.52 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 23.58 28.29 36.45 45.76 48.88 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.66 30.90 38.40 44.97 49.34 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 15.40 15.43 17.37 18.72 Social workers.......................... 12.50 15.40 15.43 17.37 18.72 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 27.87 30.77 31.24 Technical................................... 10.30 14.65 18.47 23.75 27.91 Radiological technicians................ 19.45 24.56 26.31 30.46 30.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.41 16.46 18.00 19.09 21.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.62 9.77 14.19 17.34 20.81 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.33 18.93 24.08 27.91 34.64 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 13.29 15.51 27.20 30.32 32.28 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.44 21.50 26.96 35.48 48.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.60 24.04 29.43 47.22 50.25 Financial managers...................... 14.62 19.23 27.46 41.02 55.01 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.92 24.04 24.04 40.87 46.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.45 27.36 29.43 35.38 47.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.40 27.45 34.47 47.22 47.37 Management related........................ 16.35 18.98 24.52 29.03 33.28 Accountants and auditors................ 18.08 19.74 24.30 32.40 33.18 Other financial officers................ 17.79 22.96 26.02 30.44 36.38 Management analysts..................... 19.75 28.08 31.87 31.87 36.02 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.53 15.91 17.95 18.44 26.91 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.66 20.00 24.15 24.52 28.93 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 17.39 25.48 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 11.25 13.26 20.23 24.88 Sales, other business services.......... $15.00 $33.18 $89.25 $89.25 $89.25 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.83 7.80 10.32 11.65 29.09 Cashiers................................ 6.45 7.05 8.05 9.25 9.84 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.51 12.60 15.33 18.99 Supervisors, general office............. 12.60 12.64 14.07 15.38 17.52 Secretaries............................. 10.82 12.31 15.22 17.23 19.84 Receptionists........................... 9.88 11.11 11.67 12.07 15.30 Library clerks.......................... 6.28 8.40 11.62 16.91 18.95 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.62 10.51 11.37 14.63 16.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.34 12.73 14.83 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.54 12.61 17.19 24.49 24.89 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.30 8.50 13.40 18.43 23.92 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 14.90 16.35 17.31 18.33 19.04 General office clerks................... 8.76 9.75 10.82 13.24 16.65 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.39 10.00 11.00 11.81 Teachers' aides......................... 9.02 9.61 11.25 12.73 13.83 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 11.38 14.28 15.92 21.23 Blue collar..................................... 9.30 12.00 15.61 23.78 28.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.26 15.00 20.28 28.10 30.11 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.31 17.60 25.29 32.25 34.01 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 25.00 25.00 29.62 30.11 30.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 19.98 20.28 24.19 29.65 29.65 Electricians............................ 20.00 28.10 28.10 29.65 31.34 Tool and die makers..................... 28.00 28.00 29.75 30.06 30.17 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.20 12.20 15.35 22.61 26.12 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.36 12.00 15.24 18.52 25.77 Molding and casting machine operators... 15.25 25.73 25.73 26.58 26.58 Printing press operators................ 13.13 14.00 15.00 19.85 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.95 12.55 15.85 17.85 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.00 10.59 13.41 25.69 26.17 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 12.20 13.45 23.83 25.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.40 13.30 15.25 17.01 20.86 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 15.00 15.68 19.65 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.90 13.10 15.76 16.58 20.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.36 8.82 11.00 14.60 20.46 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.70 9.00 11.02 13.33 23.89 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.14 10.87 12.00 19.64 26.15 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 8.22 9.10 12.86 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... $7.00 $7.50 $9.00 $12.50 $17.38 Service......................................... 6.00 7.85 9.75 13.86 21.41 Protective service........................ 11.00 12.00 17.18 22.11 25.75 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 20.53 22.66 25.75 28.71 30.05 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 7.50 9.51 11.42 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.47 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.68 10.41 12.97 Cooks................................... 6.60 8.31 10.72 11.13 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.95 7.50 9.09 10.00 Health service............................ 7.50 8.00 9.70 12.21 14.30 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.47 8.00 11.00 14.30 14.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.92 8.75 9.27 10.10 11.58 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 8.06 9.67 11.75 13.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 8.30 10.13 11.32 14.27 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.17 9.08 9.55 19.35 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.90 8.17 8.76 9.08 9.08 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.14 $10.87 $15.76 $25.00 $30.53 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.25 16.00 25.47 30.75 White collar.................................... 9.06 12.25 18.50 27.30 36.02 White collar excluding sales................ 10.30 13.63 20.19 27.91 36.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.86 19.04 24.97 30.77 39.02 Professional specialty...................... 17.28 22.34 27.29 32.95 44.24 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.18 26.93 31.59 38.77 45.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.74 23.75 27.35 33.65 48.28 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.13 28.19 35.67 43.46 45.31 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.35 20.67 26.51 30.46 33.38 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.25 20.67 26.97 30.61 33.47 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.36 22.25 25.12 29.14 34.44 Registered nurses....................... 19.07 21.63 24.50 27.87 33.83 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.51 22.36 24.60 31.05 39.16 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.07 13.42 15.40 18.00 22.36 Social workers.......................... 12.07 13.42 15.40 18.00 22.36 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 27.87 30.77 31.24 Technical................................... 10.30 15.28 19.14 24.08 27.91 Radiological technicians................ 19.11 20.30 24.56 25.54 30.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.69 17.00 18.00 19.26 21.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.62 9.77 14.39 17.40 20.81 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.33 18.93 24.08 27.91 34.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.69 21.96 27.46 34.47 50.16 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.31 24.04 29.49 48.09 52.64 Financial managers...................... 14.62 19.23 27.46 41.02 55.01 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.45 23.17 27.47 31.95 47.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.19 26.25 34.47 42.47 50.74 Management related........................ 17.72 19.93 25.62 31.44 33.50 Accountants and auditors................ 17.82 19.74 25.13 32.40 33.18 Other financial officers................ 17.79 22.96 26.02 30.44 36.38 Management analysts..................... 19.75 28.08 31.87 31.87 36.02 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.66 20.00 24.15 24.52 28.93 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 17.33 25.48 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 11.25 13.26 20.23 24.88 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.83 7.80 10.32 11.65 29.09 Cashiers................................ 6.45 7.05 8.05 9.25 9.84 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.49 $10.64 $12.79 $15.75 $19.84 Secretaries............................. 11.25 13.18 15.76 17.84 20.19 Receptionists........................... 9.88 11.11 11.67 12.07 15.30 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.62 10.50 11.13 15.20 17.44 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.34 12.72 15.00 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.54 12.61 17.19 24.49 24.89 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.30 8.50 13.00 18.43 23.92 General office clerks................... 8.54 10.00 11.23 15.50 18.00 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.39 10.00 11.00 11.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.29 11.33 14.49 15.92 21.23 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 12.00 15.61 23.93 28.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.50 15.00 21.59 28.10 30.17 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 25.00 25.00 29.62 30.11 30.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 19.98 20.26 24.19 29.65 29.65 Electricians............................ 20.00 28.10 28.10 29.65 31.34 Tool and die makers..................... 28.00 28.00 29.75 30.06 30.17 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.20 12.20 15.35 22.61 26.12 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.36 12.00 15.24 18.52 25.77 Molding and casting machine operators... 15.25 25.73 25.73 26.58 26.58 Printing press operators................ 13.13 14.00 15.00 19.85 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.95 12.55 15.85 17.85 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.00 10.59 13.41 25.69 26.17 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 12.20 13.45 23.83 25.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.40 13.28 15.25 17.09 20.86 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 15.25 15.78 19.65 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.90 12.65 15.76 16.58 20.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.50 10.88 14.45 23.30 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.65 9.00 10.74 11.96 23.89 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.14 10.87 12.00 19.64 26.15 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 8.22 9.10 12.86 15.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.50 8.81 11.40 16.86 Service......................................... 5.24 7.25 8.76 10.65 14.30 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 7.21 9.36 11.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.50 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. $2.13 $2.13 $2.13 $2.47 $6.50 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.00 10.10 22.22 Cooks................................... 6.23 8.24 10.82 11.00 12.97 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.75 7.25 8.66 9.50 Health service............................ 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.98 14.30 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.47 8.00 10.61 14.30 14.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.90 8.50 9.27 10.00 11.25 Cleaning and building service............. 6.70 7.57 8.24 9.65 11.60 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 8.12 8.86 10.17 13.74 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.17 9.08 9.55 19.35 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.90 8.17 8.76 9.08 9.08 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $12.41 $17.19 $27.60 $43.27 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 12.41 17.18 27.78 43.62 White collar.................................... 10.07 12.88 19.84 32.76 46.39 White collar excluding sales................ 10.04 12.88 19.70 32.76 46.39 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.02 18.54 29.58 41.07 48.17 Professional specialty...................... 16.14 23.70 29.83 43.73 48.17 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.54 18.54 21.72 25.09 28.15 Registered nurses....................... 18.54 18.54 21.72 24.35 26.40 Teachers, except college and university... 25.05 29.11 38.40 47.16 49.34 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 10.18 12.53 14.65 16.25 22.52 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.75 16.14 22.21 40.87 47.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.61 20.67 28.44 46.39 47.37 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.65 9.81 11.62 13.83 15.53 Secretaries............................. 9.93 11.80 13.15 14.57 17.36 Blue collar..................................... 9.69 13.14 15.45 17.61 18.67 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.92 12.53 16.64 18.10 19.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.66 13.34 15.45 16.36 18.32 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.45 10.54 14.65 17.27 17.96 Service......................................... 9.81 11.68 14.74 20.61 24.21 Protective service........................ 11.83 14.94 18.68 22.66 25.75 Food service.............................. 8.31 8.68 9.36 10.72 11.42 Other food service....................... 8.31 8.68 9.36 10.72 11.42 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.13 10.48 12.05 13.51 14.27 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.43 $12.10 $16.64 $25.75 $31.95 All excluding sales........................... 9.53 12.34 16.80 25.86 31.95 White collar.................................... 10.24 13.58 19.93 28.94 41.02 White collar excluding sales................ 10.80 14.18 20.81 29.56 41.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.22 19.60 26.31 32.56 44.71 Professional specialty...................... 18.10 23.40 28.85 36.41 47.80 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.27 27.29 31.48 37.82 45.05 Mechanical engineers.................... 20.74 23.75 27.35 33.65 48.28 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.13 28.19 35.67 43.46 45.31 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.35 21.39 26.44 30.37 33.38 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.25 20.67 26.97 30.61 33.47 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.54 21.50 24.50 28.94 34.44 Registered nurses....................... 18.54 20.70 24.20 27.58 33.74 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.52 29.00 37.94 46.28 49.20 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.66 30.90 38.40 44.97 49.34 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 15.40 15.43 17.37 18.71 Social workers.......................... 12.50 15.40 15.43 17.37 18.71 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.50 28.85 30.77 30.77 38.46 Technical................................... 10.30 14.85 18.67 24.04 27.91 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.41 16.46 18.00 19.25 21.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.67 9.77 14.23 17.40 20.81 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.33 18.93 24.08 27.91 34.64 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 13.29 15.51 27.20 30.32 32.28 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.35 21.22 26.91 36.02 49.54 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.60 24.04 29.43 47.22 50.25 Financial managers...................... 14.62 19.23 27.46 41.02 55.01 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.92 24.04 24.04 40.87 46.39 Managers, medicine and health........... 20.45 27.36 29.43 35.38 47.42 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.40 27.45 34.47 47.22 47.37 Management related........................ 16.35 18.44 24.52 30.44 33.50 Accountants and auditors................ 18.08 19.74 24.30 32.40 33.18 Other financial officers................ 17.79 22.96 26.02 30.44 36.38 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.53 15.91 17.95 18.44 26.91 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.66 20.00 24.15 24.52 28.93 Sales......................................... 8.08 9.45 13.78 20.19 30.94 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 11.25 13.26 20.23 24.88 Cashiers................................ 7.28 8.00 8.95 9.50 10.62 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.61 $10.82 $12.88 $15.61 $19.23 Supervisors, general office............. 12.60 12.64 14.07 15.38 17.52 Secretaries............................. 10.82 12.31 15.22 17.23 19.84 Receptionists........................... 11.11 11.67 11.67 12.07 15.30 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.97 10.60 11.79 15.00 17.44 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.34 12.73 14.83 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 15.62 16.88 18.05 24.69 25.01 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 12.76 13.00 14.00 18.43 23.92 General office clerks................... 9.02 10.00 10.84 13.75 18.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 11.38 14.28 15.92 21.23 Blue collar..................................... 10.05 13.00 16.00 24.20 28.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.50 15.00 20.81 28.10 30.11 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.31 17.60 25.29 32.25 34.01 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 25.00 25.00 29.62 30.11 30.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 19.98 20.28 24.19 29.65 29.65 Electricians............................ 20.00 28.10 28.10 29.65 31.34 Tool and die makers..................... 28.00 28.00 29.75 30.06 30.17 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.59 12.45 15.50 22.95 26.12 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.36 12.00 15.24 18.52 25.77 Molding and casting machine operators... 15.25 25.73 25.73 26.58 26.58 Printing press operators................ 13.13 14.00 15.00 19.85 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.95 12.55 15.85 17.85 22.95 Assemblers.............................. 10.59 10.59 15.07 25.80 26.17 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 12.20 13.45 23.83 25.69 Transportation and material moving............ 10.81 13.50 15.25 17.44 20.86 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 15.00 15.68 19.65 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.90 13.10 15.76 16.58 20.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.51 9.45 11.96 15.77 25.30 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.30 10.25 11.96 14.25 25.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.50 10.14 15.32 25.30 26.59 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.90 8.88 11.81 13.38 15.45 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.44 9.65 14.17 18.21 Service......................................... 7.00 8.31 10.54 14.30 22.11 Protective service........................ 11.00 12.00 17.22 22.11 25.75 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 20.53 22.66 25.75 28.71 30.05 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.95 8.31 10.42 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.50 8.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 9.36 11.00 22.22 Cooks................................... $8.31 $9.27 $11.00 $11.13 $12.38 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.25 8.62 9.61 10.42 Health service............................ 7.75 8.25 9.76 12.56 14.30 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.50 8.00 11.73 14.30 14.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.75 8.50 9.27 10.05 11.34 Cleaning and building service............. 6.95 8.12 9.80 11.90 13.92 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 8.30 10.13 11.32 14.27 Personal service.......................... 7.96 8.89 9.08 9.62 11.50 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.45 $10.87 $18.21 All excluding sales........................... 5.40 7.00 8.83 11.91 19.91 White collar.................................... 6.45 7.28 8.57 11.85 25.26 White collar excluding sales................ 2.13 8.50 10.83 19.52 28.08 Professional specialty and technical.......... 2.13 2.13 16.62 25.00 28.86 Professional specialty...................... 2.13 2.13 20.26 25.64 29.10 Health related............................ 20.25 23.03 25.26 28.60 32.45 Registered nurses....................... 19.93 22.36 24.45 26.14 28.23 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.45 6.76 7.54 8.55 10.00 Cashiers................................ 6.35 6.55 7.45 8.25 9.30 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.30 8.50 9.50 11.55 12.73 Receptionists........................... 7.75 9.00 9.88 10.50 10.50 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.42 13.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.05 8.83 11.64 12.87 17.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 7.25 9.00 10.87 12.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.20 7.00 8.30 8.88 Service......................................... 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.25 10.73 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.00 6.25 7.25 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.00 6.50 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.00 6.68 8.00 9.00 Health service............................ 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.00 12.94 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.25 9.00 9.50 10.73 13.80 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.15 8.00 8.17 9.47 19.35 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 376,200 311,100 65,100 All excluding sales............................................. 347,300 282,200 65,100 White collar........................................................ 202,000 158,300 43,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 173,000 129,400 43,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 83,900 57,300 - Professional specialty.......................................... 64,700 40,300 - Technical....................................................... 19,200 17,000 2,200 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29,300 25,100 4,300 Sales............................................................. 29,000 28,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 59,800 47,000 12,800 Blue collar......................................................... 117,400 111,500 6,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,900 36,600 2,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,900 33,800 - Transportation and material moving................................ 19,800 17,200 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,900 23,900 1,000 Service............................................................. 56,800 41,300 15,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.