NC BL 08/00/2000 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin 3100-68, October 1999 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................. $15.99 2.5 37.3 $14.91 2.9 37.6 $21.93 4.1 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.11 3.5 37.2 18.07 4.5 37.7 27.04 4.4 35.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.23 2.9 35.9 20.51 3.4 35.9 32.75 3.5 35.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.08 5.5 40.4 28.63 6.5 40.5 31.31 8.1 40.1 Sales............................................................. 11.68 14.1 35.4 11.70 14.2 35.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.58 2.9 37.3 12.61 3.4 38.4 12.42 4.0 33.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.87 2.7 38.7 13.84 2.8 38.7 14.43 5.0 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.76 3.5 39.9 18.01 3.7 40.0 15.04 8.0 38.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.03 4.4 39.6 14.03 4.4 39.6 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.29 4.7 35.7 13.13 5.3 35.7 14.90 3.8 35.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.43 4.0 37.7 10.25 4.2 37.6 13.35 11.2 39.3 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.33 5.6 33.7 9.21 7.6 33.5 13.16 4.4 34.4 Full time........................................................... 16.51 2.5 39.7 15.36 2.9 40.0 22.73 4.2 38.1 Part time........................................................... 10.05 8.6 21.9 9.80 9.5 22.5 11.61 17.7 18.9 Union............................................................... 17.54 3.3 38.6 14.56 3.3 39.4 22.98 4.3 37.3 Nonunion............................................................ 15.24 3.5 36.6 15.02 3.7 37.0 18.82 10.6 31.2 Time................................................................ 16.05 2.5 37.2 14.91 3.0 37.5 21.93 4.1 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 14.80 9.4 39.1 14.80 9.4 39.1 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.11 3.0 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.57 8.7 37.7 16.51 9.2 37.7 17.60 5.4 36.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.01 3.4 36.8 13.14 3.6 37.0 25.40 5.3 34.4 500 workers or more................................................. 18.45 3.5 37.8 17.24 4.3 38.7 21.16 5.6 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $15.99 2.5 $14.91 2.9 $21.93 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.20 2.5 15.09 2.9 21.97 4.1 White collar........................................................ 20.11 3.5 18.07 4.5 27.04 4.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.15 3.3 19.11 4.3 27.12 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.23 2.9 20.51 3.4 32.75 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.51 3.2 22.08 4.1 33.68 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.29 5.0 28.29 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.98 7.0 23.98 7.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 22.76 7.9 22.76 7.9 € € Health related................................................ 19.96 3.3 19.34 2.5 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.50 1.3 19.33 1.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.39 4.8 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.32 1.5 - - 35.47 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.37 2.2 € € 36.79 2.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.09 2.1 € € 35.09 2.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.34 5.2 17.29 5.7 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.96 5.9 13.80 1.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.08 5.5 28.63 6.5 31.31 8.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.12 7.2 31.81 8.7 33.47 9.2 Financial managers.......................................... 32.44 14.9 32.44 14.9 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.78 5.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.94 8.6 33.35 9.3 € € Management related............................................ 23.64 5.4 23.38 6.1 25.44 9.2 Sales............................................................. 11.68 14.1 11.70 14.2 - - Sales workers, apparel...................................... 6.70 1.3 6.70 1.3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.40 12.5 9.40 12.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.58 2.9 12.61 3.4 12.42 4.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.14 3.6 14.21 4.6 13.94 2.1 Receptionists............................................... 10.03 3.3 10.03 3.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.78 3.9 12.78 3.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.03 5.5 11.77 6.5 13.11 5.1 General office clerks....................................... 13.90 4.4 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.04 7.4 € € 9.04 7.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.44 8.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.87 2.7 13.84 2.8 14.43 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $17.76 3.5 $18.01 3.7 $15.04 8.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.73 5.8 14.73 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 19.62 4.8 19.62 4.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 4.4 14.03 4.4 - - Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.25 12.7 15.25 12.7 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.82 13.1 12.82 13.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.09 6.9 15.09 6.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.18 5.6 10.18 5.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.29 4.7 13.13 5.3 14.90 3.8 Truck drivers............................................... 13.77 7.6 13.74 7.9 € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.90 6.1 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.30 7.2 11.30 7.2 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.43 4.0 10.25 4.2 13.35 11.2 Production helpers.......................................... 11.52 7.6 11.34 7.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.69 5.1 8.69 5.1 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.93 9.4 9.93 9.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.94 6.1 10.92 6.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 5.9 10.54 6.1 € € Service............................................................. 10.33 5.6 9.21 7.6 13.16 4.4 Protective service............................................ 17.93 3.9 - - 18.11 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.55 3.8 € € 21.55 3.8 Food service.................................................. 6.67 5.5 6.11 4.3 10.48 4.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 11.2 5.04 11.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.92 17.9 4.92 17.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.58 7.4 6.85 3.7 10.48 4.9 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.04 4.8 € € 9.42 9.6 Health service................................................ 9.98 2.6 9.33 3.4 11.33 4.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.99 2.7 9.05 2.7 11.45 4.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.13 6.2 12.37 7.8 11.43 4.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.76 7.4 12.03 10.4 11.22 4.4 Personal service.............................................. 7.05 9.6 7.06 9.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $16.51 2.5 $15.36 2.9 $22.73 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 16.63 2.5 15.45 2.9 22.73 4.2 White collar........................................................ 20.78 3.4 18.59 4.4 27.98 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.49 3.4 19.26 4.5 27.98 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.70 3.2 20.52 3.7 33.07 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.91 3.5 21.82 4.6 34.06 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.29 5.0 28.29 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.98 7.0 23.98 7.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 22.76 7.9 22.76 7.9 € € Health related................................................ 20.03 3.9 19.27 3.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.58 1.6 19.35 1.5 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.54 4.7 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.83 1.3 - - 35.99 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.37 2.2 € € 36.79 2.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.48 1.9 € € 35.48 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.89 5.3 17.90 5.9 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.07 5.5 28.62 6.5 31.31 8.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.12 7.3 31.80 8.7 33.47 9.2 Financial managers.......................................... 32.44 14.9 32.44 14.9 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.94 8.6 33.35 9.3 € € Management related............................................ 23.64 5.4 23.38 6.1 25.44 9.2 Sales............................................................. 13.43 13.1 13.43 13.1 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.25 13.7 10.25 13.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.84 2.9 12.79 3.4 13.11 3.6 Secretaries................................................. 14.15 3.6 14.21 4.6 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.78 3.9 12.78 3.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.03 5.5 11.77 6.5 13.11 5.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.04 11.9 € € 11.04 11.9 Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 2.7 14.02 2.8 14.94 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.76 3.5 18.01 3.7 15.04 8.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.73 5.8 14.73 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 19.62 4.8 19.62 4.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 4.4 14.10 4.4 - - Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ $15.25 12.7 $15.25 12.7 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.82 13.1 12.82 13.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.09 6.9 15.09 6.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.20 5.7 10.20 5.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 5.2 13.47 5.8 $15.48 3.7 Truck drivers............................................... 13.86 7.5 13.83 7.8 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.30 7.2 11.30 7.2 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 4.1 10.46 4.3 14.53 8.0 Production helpers.......................................... 11.52 7.6 11.34 7.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.92 5.4 8.92 5.4 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.93 9.4 9.93 9.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.65 4.9 11.63 5.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.77 6.0 10.72 6.1 € € Service............................................................. 11.21 5.2 10.07 7.7 13.57 4.4 Protective service............................................ 18.22 4.0 € € 18.22 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.55 3.8 € € 21.55 3.8 Food service.................................................. 7.45 7.1 6.71 5.2 11.14 2.8 Other food service........................................... 7.91 7.6 7.07 3.8 11.14 2.8 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.51 5.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.28 2.9 9.54 3.9 11.45 4.6 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.37 3.0 € € 11.45 4.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.26 6.2 12.45 7.9 11.69 4.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.86 7.4 12.04 10.4 11.48 4.2 Personal service.............................................. 7.61 9.4 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $10.05 8.6 $9.80 9.5 $11.61 17.7 All excluding sales............................................... 10.63 9.2 10.43 10.3 11.71 18.2 White collar........................................................ 13.07 13.5 12.90 15.6 13.87 23.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.20 11.5 16.85 12.8 14.21 24.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.02 11.4 20.43 12.6 24.52 24.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.78 11.6 23.60 13.0 24.52 24.5 Health related................................................ 19.63 2.2 19.63 2.2 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.28 2.0 19.28 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.10 25.4 € € 25.10 25.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 6.72 9.1 6.64 9.2 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.90 2.9 9.17 3.3 8.50 4.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 7.90 4.0 € € 7.90 4.0 Blue collar......................................................... 9.03 8.1 8.99 8.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.23 6.2 - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 11.34 7.0 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - - - Service............................................................. 6.66 7.0 6.49 7.7 8.03 6.4 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.44 10.8 5.26 11.8 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.81 14.5 4.81 14.5 € € Other food service........................................... 6.47 5.6 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.35 5.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.92 3.0 8.82 3.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.82 3.2 8.82 3.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.25 5.9 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 6.20 9.9 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $655 2.5 39.7 $614 2.9 40.0 $866 4.3 38.1 All excluding sales............................................... 660 2.5 39.7 618 2.9 40.0 866 4.3 38.1 White collar........................................................ 820 3.4 39.5 745 4.4 40.1 1,052 4.5 37.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 848 3.4 39.5 773 4.5 40.1 1,052 4.5 37.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 999 3.0 38.9 820 3.7 40.0 1,237 3.5 37.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,080 3.3 38.7 874 4.6 40.0 1,275 3.1 37.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,132 5.0 40.0 1,132 5.0 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 959 7.0 40.0 959 7.0 40.0 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 910 7.9 40.0 910 7.9 40.0 € € € Health related................................................ 799 3.9 39.9 771 3.0 40.0 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 781 1.7 39.9 774 1.5 40.0 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,580 4.2 38.0 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,331 1.5 37.1 - - - 1,337 1.5 37.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,355 2.4 37.3 € € € 1,372 2.2 37.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,306 2.3 36.8 € € € 1,306 2.3 36.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 708 5.4 39.6 714 5.9 39.9 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,177 5.4 40.5 1,161 6.2 40.6 1,256 9.6 40.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,314 6.8 40.9 1,301 8.0 40.9 1,370 10.7 40.9 Financial managers.......................................... 1,298 14.9 40.0 1,298 14.9 40.0 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,324 8.8 40.2 1,331 9.3 39.9 € € € Management related............................................ 939 5.4 39.7 934 6.1 40.0 968 10.1 38.0 Sales............................................................. 529 14.1 39.4 529 14.1 39.4 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 398 14.3 38.8 398 14.3 38.8 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 506 2.9 39.4 511 3.4 40.0 480 3.6 36.6 Secretaries................................................. 557 3.8 39.4 568 4.6 39.9 € € € Order clerks................................................ 511 3.9 40.0 511 3.9 40.0 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 472 5.2 39.3 471 6.5 40.0 479 4.3 36.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 346 17.5 31.3 € € € 346 17.5 31.3 Blue collar......................................................... 561 2.7 39.9 561 2.8 40.0 581 5.5 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 708 3.6 39.9 721 3.7 40.0 577 10.4 38.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $582 5.8 39.5 $582 5.8 39.5 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 791 4.3 40.3 791 4.3 40.3 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 564 4.4 40.0 564 4.4 40.0 - - - Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 610 12.7 40.0 610 12.7 40.0 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 513 13.1 40.0 513 13.1 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 603 6.9 40.0 603 6.9 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 408 5.7 40.0 408 5.7 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 545 5.2 39.9 539 5.8 40.0 $603 2.9 39.0 Truck drivers............................................... 555 7.5 40.0 553 7.8 40.0 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 452 7.2 40.0 452 7.2 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 427 4.1 40.0 418 4.3 40.0 575 8.6 39.6 Production helpers.......................................... 461 7.6 40.0 454 7.9 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 357 5.4 40.0 357 5.4 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 397 9.4 40.0 397 9.4 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 466 4.9 40.0 465 5.0 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 431 6.0 40.0 429 6.1 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 443 5.2 39.5 400 7.7 39.8 529 4.8 39.0 Protective service............................................ 721 5.4 39.6 € € € 721 5.4 39.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 873 4.1 40.5 € € € 873 4.1 40.5 Food service.................................................. 294 6.6 39.4 268 5.2 40.0 411 4.7 36.9 Other food service........................................... 311 6.8 39.3 282 3.8 39.9 411 4.7 36.9 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 292 5.0 38.9 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 401 3.5 39.0 372 5.1 39.1 445 5.5 38.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 404 3.5 38.9 € € € 445 5.5 38.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 487 6.4 39.7 497 8.0 39.9 457 4.8 39.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 470 7.6 39.6 480 10.5 39.9 448 4.9 39.0 Personal service.............................................. 305 9.4 40.1 - - - - - - 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $33,327 2.5 2,018 $31,925 2.9 2,078 $39,714 4.3 1,747 All excluding sales............................................... 33,545 2.5 2,017 32,128 2.9 2,079 39,714 4.3 1,747 White collar........................................................ 40,549 3.4 1,952 38,655 4.4 2,079 45,425 4.5 1,624 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,743 3.4 1,942 40,124 4.5 2,083 45,425 4.5 1,624 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,717 3.0 1,779 42,357 3.7 2,064 49,159 3.5 1,487 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,812 3.3 1,713 44,933 4.6 2,059 49,883 3.1 1,464 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 58,839 5.0 2,080 58,839 5.0 2,080 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 49,885 7.0 2,080 49,885 7.0 2,080 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 47,338 7.9 2,080 47,338 7.9 2,080 € € € Health related................................................ 41,545 3.9 2,074 40,083 3.0 2,080 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 40,633 1.7 2,076 40,251 1.5 2,080 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 60,270 4.2 1,451 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 49,926 1.5 1,394 - - - 50,153 1.5 1,394 Elementary school teachers.................................. 50,481 2.4 1,388 € € € 51,078 2.2 1,388 Secondary school teachers................................... 48,676 2.3 1,372 € € € 48,676 2.3 1,372 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 36,811 5.4 2,058 37,140 5.9 2,075 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 61,203 5.4 2,105 60,368 6.2 2,109 65,310 9.6 2,086 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,354 6.8 2,128 67,675 8.0 2,128 71,231 10.7 2,128 Financial managers.......................................... 67,474 14.9 2,080 67,474 14.9 2,080 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 68,863 8.8 2,090 69,231 9.3 2,076 € € € Management related............................................ 48,817 5.4 2,065 48,588 6.1 2,078 50,336 10.1 1,979 Sales............................................................. 27,533 14.1 2,051 27,533 14.1 2,051 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20,699 14.3 2,019 20,699 14.3 2,019 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,003 2.9 2,025 26,591 3.4 2,080 23,324 3.6 1,779 Secretaries................................................. 28,989 3.8 2,049 29,513 4.6 2,077 € € € Order clerks................................................ 26,577 3.9 2,080 26,577 3.9 2,080 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,568 5.2 2,042 24,472 6.5 2,080 24,921 4.3 1,900 Teachers' aides............................................. 12,635 17.5 1,145 € € € 12,635 17.5 1,145 Blue collar......................................................... 29,197 2.7 2,077 29,155 2.8 2,080 30,195 5.5 2,022 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,811 3.6 2,073 37,467 3.7 2,080 30,001 10.4 1,995 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $30,271 5.8 2,056 $30,271 5.8 2,056 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 41,140 4.3 2,097 41,140 4.3 2,097 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,302 4.4 2,079 29,308 4.4 2,079 - - - Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 31,714 12.7 2,080 31,714 12.7 2,080 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 26,673 13.1 2,080 26,673 13.1 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,377 6.9 2,080 31,377 6.9 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 21,213 5.7 2,080 21,213 5.7 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 28,314 5.2 2,075 28,020 5.8 2,080 $31,367 2.9 2,027 Truck drivers............................................... 28,835 7.5 2,080 28,765 7.8 2,080 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,504 7.2 2,080 23,504 7.2 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,204 4.1 2,079 21,760 4.3 2,080 29,924 8.6 2,060 Production helpers.......................................... 23,960 7.6 2,080 23,593 7.9 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,562 5.4 2,080 18,562 5.4 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 20,656 9.4 2,080 20,656 9.4 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 24,240 4.9 2,080 24,194 5.0 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,394 6.0 2,080 22,290 6.1 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 22,876 5.2 2,041 20,806 7.7 2,066 27,036 4.8 1,992 Protective service............................................ 37,511 5.4 2,059 € € € 37,511 5.4 2,059 Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,372 4.1 2,105 € € € 45,372 4.1 2,105 Food service.................................................. 14,927 6.6 2,003 13,908 5.2 2,071 19,160 4.7 1,720 Other food service........................................... 15,703 6.8 1,986 14,624 3.8 2,069 19,160 4.7 1,720 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,186 5.0 1,888 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 20,769 3.5 2,021 19,364 5.1 2,031 22,960 5.5 2,006 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,892 3.5 2,015 € € € 22,960 5.5 2,006 Cleaning and building service................................. 25,311 6.4 2,065 25,837 8.0 2,076 23,769 4.8 2,033 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,427 7.6 2,059 24,965 10.5 2,074 23,303 4.9 2,029 Personal service.............................................. 15,578 9.4 2,047 - - - - - - 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $15.99 2.5 $14.91 2.9 $21.93 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.20 2.5 15.09 2.9 21.97 4.1 White collar........................................................ 20.11 3.5 18.07 4.5 27.04 4.4 2....................................................... 8.72 7.7 8.75 8.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.98 4.4 8.83 4.5 10.19 9.5 4....................................................... 12.45 7.9 12.43 9.3 12.60 6.0 5....................................................... 13.77 3.8 13.47 4.6 14.57 6.2 6....................................................... 15.17 3.3 14.67 3.9 16.98 5.6 7....................................................... 21.39 6.5 16.57 2.8 33.50 3.6 8....................................................... 24.78 4.4 20.17 2.5 35.17 3.2 9....................................................... 24.77 3.3 22.18 2.7 32.72 3.4 11........................................................ 31.92 5.6 30.60 4.6 € € 12........................................................ 33.39 3.8 32.47 4.3 35.92 8.0 13........................................................ 43.01 7.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.41 10.7 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.15 3.3 19.11 4.3 27.12 4.4 2....................................................... 9.58 4.8 9.68 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.72 2.9 9.62 2.6 10.32 10.1 4....................................................... 12.07 2.8 11.94 3.2 12.60 6.0 5....................................................... 13.98 4.0 13.73 5.0 14.57 6.2 6....................................................... 15.15 3.9 14.50 4.9 16.98 5.6 7....................................................... 21.52 6.8 16.40 2.9 33.50 3.6 8....................................................... 24.89 4.5 20.12 2.5 35.17 3.2 9....................................................... 24.71 3.3 22.05 2.6 32.72 3.4 11........................................................ 31.92 5.6 30.60 4.6 € € 12........................................................ 33.39 3.8 32.47 4.3 35.92 8.0 13........................................................ 43.01 7.7 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.23 2.9 20.51 3.4 32.75 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.51 3.2 22.08 4.1 33.68 3.2 5....................................................... 11.97 5.2 € € € € 6....................................................... 15.01 12.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 30.29 7.0 17.94 11.0 34.51 3.0 8....................................................... 25.96 5.2 19.98 2.3 35.17 3.2 9....................................................... 29.95 5.4 21.89 3.3 35.23 1.1 11........................................................ 33.49 11.5 33.49 11.5 € € 12........................................................ 34.64 6.5 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.29 5.0 28.29 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.98 7.0 23.98 7.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 22.76 7.9 22.76 7.9 € € Health related................................................ 19.96 3.3 19.34 2.5 - - 8....................................................... 19.79 2.2 19.65 2.1 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.50 1.3 19.33 1.2 € € 8....................................................... 19.57 1.4 19.40 1.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.39 4.8 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... $35.32 1.5 - - $35.47 1.5 7....................................................... 36.20 .7 € € 36.20 .7 8....................................................... 35.81 2.7 € € 36.15 2.6 9....................................................... 35.23 1.1 € € 35.23 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.37 2.2 € € 36.79 2.1 8....................................................... 36.97 2.8 € € 37.60 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.09 2.1 € € 35.09 2.1 8....................................................... 34.92 3.2 € € 34.92 3.2 9....................................................... 36.11 1.9 € € 36.11 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.34 5.2 $17.29 5.7 - - 6....................................................... 14.75 3.7 14.75 3.7 € € 8....................................................... 21.19 6.0 21.19 6.0 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.96 5.9 13.80 1.6 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.08 5.5 28.63 6.5 31.31 8.1 7....................................................... 17.61 8.0 16.93 8.5 € € 9....................................................... 22.27 3.1 22.09 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 31.54 6.4 29.61 3.8 € € 12........................................................ 32.66 4.6 32.89 5.8 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.12 7.2 31.81 8.7 33.47 9.2 9....................................................... 22.06 4.7 21.99 4.8 € € 11........................................................ 31.85 8.3 29.65 5.4 € € 12........................................................ 34.59 5.6 36.28 6.2 € € Financial managers.......................................... 32.44 14.9 32.44 14.9 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.78 5.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.94 8.6 33.35 9.3 € € 9....................................................... 24.00 7.2 24.00 7.2 € € Management related............................................ 23.64 5.4 23.38 6.1 25.44 9.2 9....................................................... 22.47 4.0 22.18 4.7 € € Sales............................................................. 11.68 14.1 11.70 14.2 - - 3....................................................... 7.43 5.1 7.37 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 14.03 35.9 14.03 35.9 € € 5....................................................... 11.68 5.1 11.68 5.1 € € Sales workers, apparel...................................... 6.70 1.3 6.70 1.3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.40 12.5 9.40 12.5 € € Cashiers 3....................................................... 6.85 2.7 € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.58 2.9 12.61 3.4 12.42 4.0 2....................................................... 9.58 4.8 9.68 4.8 € € 3....................................................... $9.72 2.9 $9.62 2.6 $10.32 10.1 4....................................................... 11.94 2.9 11.89 3.3 12.16 6.3 5....................................................... 13.03 3.7 12.60 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.66 4.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.06 3.2 16.06 3.2 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.14 3.6 14.21 4.6 13.94 2.1 4....................................................... 12.72 4.4 12.45 5.5 € € Receptionists............................................... 10.03 3.3 10.03 3.3 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.78 3.9 12.78 3.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.03 5.5 11.77 6.5 13.11 5.1 4....................................................... 10.98 4.4 10.62 3.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 13.90 4.4 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 9.04 7.4 € € 9.04 7.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.44 8.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 13.87 2.7 13.84 2.8 14.43 5.0 1....................................................... 9.10 3.4 9.09 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.05 2.2 9.00 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.96 4.8 11.96 4.9 12.33 5.2 4....................................................... 12.62 2.3 12.62 2.4 12.62 4.7 5....................................................... 15.38 2.8 15.40 3.0 15.10 3.6 6....................................................... 16.47 5.1 16.47 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 19.22 2.2 19.34 2.4 17.48 3.1 9....................................................... 24.62 6.6 24.62 6.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.76 3.5 18.01 3.7 15.04 8.0 5....................................................... 15.20 6.5 15.51 7.0 € € 6....................................................... 14.32 3.2 14.32 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.21 2.7 19.34 2.9 17.35 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.73 5.8 14.73 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 19.62 4.8 19.62 4.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.03 7.1 19.03 7.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 4.4 14.03 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 9.44 3.9 9.44 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.84 3.5 8.84 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 11.88 3.8 11.88 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.28 2.9 12.28 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.45 3.4 15.46 3.4 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.25 12.7 15.25 12.7 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.82 13.1 12.82 13.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.09 6.9 15.09 6.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.18 5.6 10.18 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 11.54 4.7 11.54 4.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.29 4.7 13.13 5.3 14.90 3.8 2....................................................... $9.26 7.2 $9.26 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.27 7.3 12.25 7.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.79 4.9 13.90 5.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.00 7.6 15.81 11.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.77 7.6 13.74 7.9 € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.90 6.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.88 4.2 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.30 7.2 11.30 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.61 10.3 10.61 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.43 4.0 10.25 4.2 $13.35 11.2 1....................................................... 8.99 4.1 8.97 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.79 9.7 11.80 9.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.96 3.8 12.81 4.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 11.52 7.6 11.34 7.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.69 5.1 8.69 5.1 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.93 9.4 9.93 9.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.94 6.1 10.92 6.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.59 5.9 10.54 6.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.81 6.2 8.81 6.2 € € Service............................................................. 10.33 5.6 9.21 7.6 13.16 4.4 1....................................................... 7.77 7.7 7.41 8.8 9.62 5.6 2....................................................... 10.48 16.6 10.50 23.3 10.45 3.4 3....................................................... 10.16 4.7 8.76 4.4 12.46 2.6 4....................................................... 8.73 14.1 8.35 15.1 € € 5....................................................... 13.42 10.7 € € € € Protective service............................................ 17.93 3.9 - - 18.11 3.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.55 3.8 € € 21.55 3.8 Food service.................................................. 6.67 5.5 6.11 4.3 10.48 4.9 1....................................................... 6.14 4.2 5.96 4.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.04 11.2 5.04 11.2 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.92 17.9 4.92 17.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.58 7.4 6.85 3.7 10.48 4.9 1....................................................... 6.86 4.1 6.51 3.5 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.04 4.8 € € 9.42 9.6 1....................................................... 7.05 4.4 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.98 2.6 9.33 3.4 11.33 4.2 3....................................................... 10.21 5.9 8.44 .8 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.99 2.7 9.05 2.7 11.45 4.6 3....................................................... 10.46 6.3 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 12.13 6.2 12.37 7.8 11.43 4.3 1....................................................... 9.74 6.8 9.60 9.5 10.09 5.6 3....................................................... 11.33 6.7 € € 12.39 2.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.76 7.4 12.03 10.4 11.22 4.4 1....................................................... 9.92 7.2 9.84 10.3 10.09 5.6 3....................................................... $11.15 7.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $7.05 9.6 $7.06 9.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.00 6.0 € € € € 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $16.51 2.5 $15.36 2.9 $22.73 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 16.63 2.5 15.45 2.9 22.73 4.2 White collar........................................................ 20.78 3.4 18.59 4.4 27.98 4.3 2....................................................... 8.79 8.2 8.80 8.4 € € 3....................................................... 9.38 3.6 9.21 3.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.79 7.9 12.81 9.4 12.71 6.2 5....................................................... 13.85 4.0 13.54 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 15.31 3.4 14.87 4.1 16.96 4.9 7....................................................... 21.45 6.6 16.60 2.9 33.66 3.6 8....................................................... 25.10 4.7 20.27 2.8 35.01 3.3 9....................................................... 24.91 3.4 22.23 2.8 32.72 3.4 11........................................................ 31.14 5.6 29.44 3.2 € € 12........................................................ 33.39 3.8 32.47 4.3 35.92 8.0 13........................................................ 43.13 7.8 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.49 3.4 19.26 4.5 27.98 4.3 2....................................................... 9.76 4.6 9.82 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.87 3.4 9.69 3.0 € € 4....................................................... 12.13 2.9 11.99 3.3 12.71 6.2 5....................................................... 14.02 4.2 13.73 5.3 € € 6....................................................... 15.32 4.0 14.75 5.2 16.96 4.9 7....................................................... 21.59 6.9 16.43 2.9 33.66 3.6 8....................................................... 25.24 4.8 20.22 2.8 35.01 3.3 9....................................................... 24.85 3.4 22.10 2.7 32.72 3.4 11........................................................ 31.14 5.6 29.44 3.2 € € 12........................................................ 33.39 3.8 32.47 4.3 35.92 8.0 13........................................................ 43.13 7.8 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.70 3.2 20.52 3.7 33.07 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.91 3.5 21.82 4.6 34.06 3.3 7....................................................... 30.38 7.0 17.94 11.0 34.70 3.0 8....................................................... 26.55 5.7 20.10 2.6 35.01 3.3 9....................................................... 31.11 5.2 € € 35.23 1.1 11........................................................ 28.73 3.2 28.73 3.2 € € 12........................................................ 34.64 6.5 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.29 5.0 28.29 5.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.98 7.0 23.98 7.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 22.76 7.9 22.76 7.9 € € Health related................................................ 20.03 3.9 19.27 3.0 - - 8....................................................... 19.86 2.5 19.69 2.4 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.58 1.6 19.35 1.5 € € 8....................................................... 19.74 1.6 19.52 1.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.54 4.7 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.83 1.3 - - 35.99 1.3 7....................................................... 36.44 .6 € € 36.44 .6 8....................................................... 35.67 2.8 € € 36.01 2.7 9....................................................... $35.23 1.1 € € $35.23 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.37 2.2 € € 36.79 2.1 8....................................................... 36.97 2.8 € € 37.60 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.48 1.9 € € 35.48 1.9 8....................................................... 34.92 3.2 € € 34.92 3.2 9....................................................... 36.11 1.9 € € 36.11 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.89 5.3 $17.90 5.9 - - 6....................................................... 15.25 3.4 15.25 3.4 € € 8....................................................... 21.19 6.0 21.19 6.0 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.07 5.5 28.62 6.5 31.31 8.1 7....................................................... 17.61 8.0 16.93 8.5 € € 9....................................................... 22.25 3.2 22.06 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 31.54 6.4 29.61 3.8 € € 12........................................................ 32.66 4.6 32.89 5.8 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.12 7.3 31.80 8.7 33.47 9.2 9....................................................... 22.02 4.7 21.95 4.9 € € 11........................................................ 31.85 8.3 29.65 5.4 € € 12........................................................ 34.59 5.6 36.28 6.2 € € Financial managers.......................................... 32.44 14.9 32.44 14.9 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.94 8.6 33.35 9.3 € € 9....................................................... 24.00 7.2 24.00 7.2 € € Management related............................................ 23.64 5.4 23.38 6.1 25.44 9.2 9....................................................... 22.47 4.0 22.18 4.7 € € Sales............................................................. 13.43 13.1 13.43 13.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.03 5.1 8.03 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 16.49 39.6 16.49 39.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.25 13.7 10.25 13.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.84 2.9 12.79 3.4 13.11 3.6 2....................................................... 9.76 4.6 9.82 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.87 3.4 9.69 3.0 € € 4....................................................... 12.00 3.0 11.94 3.4 12.28 6.5 5....................................................... 13.03 3.7 12.60 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.66 4.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.06 3.2 16.06 3.2 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.15 3.6 14.21 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 12.72 4.4 12.45 5.5 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.78 3.9 12.78 3.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.03 5.5 11.77 6.5 13.11 5.1 4....................................................... $10.98 4.4 $10.62 3.0 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.04 11.9 € € $11.04 11.9 Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 2.7 14.02 2.8 14.94 4.5 1....................................................... 9.34 3.7 9.32 3.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.15 2.3 9.09 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.01 5.2 12.01 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.62 2.3 12.62 2.4 12.62 4.7 5....................................................... 15.38 2.8 15.40 3.0 15.10 3.6 6....................................................... 16.47 5.1 16.47 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 19.22 2.2 19.34 2.4 17.48 3.1 9....................................................... 24.62 6.6 24.62 6.6 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.76 3.5 18.01 3.7 15.04 8.0 5....................................................... 15.20 6.5 15.51 7.0 € € 6....................................................... 14.32 3.2 14.32 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.21 2.7 19.34 2.9 17.35 3.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 14.73 5.8 14.73 5.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 19.62 4.8 19.62 4.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.03 7.1 19.03 7.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 4.4 14.10 4.4 - - 1....................................................... 9.47 4.2 9.47 4.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.89 3.7 8.89 3.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.88 3.8 11.88 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.28 2.9 12.28 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.45 3.4 15.46 3.4 € € Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.25 12.7 15.25 12.7 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.82 13.1 12.82 13.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.09 6.9 15.09 6.9 € € Assemblers.................................................. 10.20 5.7 10.20 5.7 € € 4....................................................... 11.54 4.7 11.54 4.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 5.2 13.47 5.8 15.48 3.7 3....................................................... 12.47 9.9 12.46 10.0 € € 4....................................................... 13.79 4.9 13.90 5.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.00 7.6 15.81 11.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.86 7.5 13.83 7.8 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.30 7.2 11.30 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.61 10.3 10.61 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 4.1 10.46 4.3 14.53 8.0 1....................................................... 9.29 4.6 9.27 4.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.87 9.8 11.88 9.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.96 3.8 12.81 4.4 € € Production helpers.......................................... 11.52 7.6 11.34 7.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $8.92 5.4 $8.92 5.4 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 9.93 9.4 9.93 9.4 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.65 4.9 11.63 5.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.77 6.0 10.72 6.1 € € Service............................................................. 11.21 5.2 10.07 7.7 $13.57 4.4 1....................................................... 8.38 8.7 7.96 10.3 10.48 5.1 2....................................................... 11.09 15.0 11.36 21.8 10.53 3.5 3....................................................... 10.67 4.7 9.08 5.7 12.47 2.6 4....................................................... 10.15 5.2 9.74 4.7 € € 5....................................................... 13.79 10.6 € € € € Protective service............................................ 18.22 4.0 € € 18.22 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.55 3.8 € € 21.55 3.8 Food service.................................................. 7.45 7.1 6.71 5.2 11.14 2.8 1....................................................... 6.15 5.8 € € € € Other food service........................................... 7.91 7.6 7.07 3.8 11.14 2.8 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.51 5.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.28 2.9 9.54 3.9 11.45 4.6 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.37 3.0 € € 11.45 4.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.26 6.2 12.45 7.9 11.69 4.1 1....................................................... 9.87 7.2 9.64 10.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.33 6.7 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.86 7.4 12.04 10.4 11.48 4.2 1....................................................... 10.03 7.3 9.84 10.3 € € 3....................................................... 11.15 7.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.61 9.4 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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................................................................... $10.05 8.6 $9.80 9.5 $11.61 17.7 All excluding sales............................................... 10.63 9.2 10.43 10.3 11.71 18.2 White collar........................................................ 13.07 13.5 12.90 15.6 13.87 23.8 2....................................................... 7.73 5.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 7.90 7.4 7.68 8.4 8.91 8.2 4....................................................... 8.51 7.1 8.51 7.5 € € 8....................................................... 21.75 10.4 19.46 2.4 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.20 11.5 16.85 12.8 14.21 24.8 2....................................................... 7.73 5.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.16 3.6 9.27 3.1 8.87 10.4 8....................................................... 21.75 10.4 19.46 2.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.02 11.4 20.43 12.6 24.52 24.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.78 11.6 23.60 13.0 24.52 24.5 8....................................................... 21.75 10.4 19.46 2.4 € € Health related................................................ 19.63 2.2 19.63 2.2 € € 8....................................................... 19.46 2.4 19.46 2.4 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.28 2.0 19.28 2.0 € € 8....................................................... 19.01 2.0 19.01 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.10 25.4 € € 25.10 25.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 6.72 9.1 6.64 9.2 - - 3....................................................... 6.55 4.2 6.31 1.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.90 2.9 9.17 3.3 8.50 4.3 2....................................................... 7.73 5.4 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.16 3.6 9.27 3.1 8.87 10.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 7.90 4.0 € € 7.90 4.0 Blue collar......................................................... 9.03 8.1 8.99 8.7 - - 2....................................................... 7.25 5.4 7.25 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.47 4.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.23 6.2 - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 11.34 7.0 € € € € 3....................................................... $11.88 4.2 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - - - Service............................................................. 6.66 7.0 $6.49 7.7 $8.03 6.4 1....................................................... 6.28 5.4 6.08 6.3 7.36 4.6 3....................................................... 8.08 2.8 8.07 2.9 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.44 10.8 5.26 11.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.12 4.2 5.90 4.4 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.81 14.5 4.81 14.5 € € Other food service........................................... 6.47 5.6 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.11 4.7 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.35 5.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.92 3.0 8.82 3.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.82 3.2 8.82 3.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.25 5.9 - - - - Personal service.............................................. $6.20 9.9 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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....................................................... $16.51 $10.05 $17.54 $15.24 $16.05 $14.80 All excluding sales............................................. 16.63 10.63 17.55 15.50 16.29 13.84 White collar........................................................ 20.78 13.07 27.35 18.43 20.14 18.88 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.49 16.20 27.44 19.47 21.15 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.70 21.02 31.48 20.99 25.23 € Professional specialty.......................................... 27.91 23.78 33.49 22.42 27.51 € Technical....................................................... 17.89 - - 17.60 17.34 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.07 - - 29.32 29.08 € Sales............................................................. 13.43 6.72 - 11.70 10.14 19.12 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.84 8.90 13.36 12.48 12.58 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 9.03 14.56 13.26 13.88 13.57 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.76 € 19.12 16.79 17.79 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 - 14.72 13.47 14.24 10.88 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.64 11.23 14.14 12.53 13.12 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 - 11.42 9.23 10.37 - Service............................................................. 11.21 6.66 13.57 8.93 10.01 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 8.6 3.3 3.5 2.5 9.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.5 9.2 3.3 3.6 2.6 6.0 White collar........................................................ 3.4 13.5 4.6 4.3 3.6 27.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 11.5 4.6 4.2 3.3 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 11.4 4.4 3.4 2.9 € Professional specialty.......................................... 3.5 11.6 3.5 4.0 3.2 € Technical....................................................... 5.3 - - 6.2 5.2 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.5 - - 5.8 5.5 € Sales............................................................. 13.1 9.1 - 14.2 11.2 27.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 2.9 4.6 3.2 2.9 - Blue collar......................................................... 2.7 8.1 3.3 4.1 2.8 8.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 € 3.3 4.5 3.8 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 - 5.0 6.8 4.5 4.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.2 6.2 3.5 8.5 5.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.1 - 4.9 4.3 4.1 - Service............................................................. 5.2 7.0 5.5 6.8 5.5 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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....................................................... $14.91 $16.11 - $18.52 - - - - - $15.64 All excluding sales............................................. 15.09 16.08 - 18.52 - - - - - 15.61 White collar........................................................ 18.07 20.84 - - - - - - - 19.74 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.11 20.86 - - - - - - - 19.86 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.51 24.33 € € - - - - - 18.57 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.08 28.17 € € - - - - - 19.89 Technical....................................................... 17.29 20.12 € € - - - - - 14.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.63 29.14 € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.70 - € € - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.61 13.14 - - - - - - - 11.30 Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 14.66 - 17.58 - - - - - 9.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.01 18.40 - 17.58 - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 14.21 € € - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 13.37 - € - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.25 11.17 € € - - - - - 8.14 Service............................................................. 9.21 14.55 € € - - - - - 9.54 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....................................................... 2.9 3.0 - 23.8 - - - - - 7.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 3.0 - 23.8 - - - - - 8.0 White collar........................................................ 4.5 5.0 - - - - - - - 8.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 5.2 - - - - - - - 8.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 4.7 € € - - - - - 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 4.3 € € - - - - - 4.3 Technical....................................................... 5.7 6.1 € € - - - - - 3.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.5 7.4 € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.2 - € € - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 4.1 - - - - - - - 4.9 Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 3.0 - 21.2 - - - - - 7.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 3.9 - 21.2 - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 4.4 € € - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 6.7 - € - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 5.7 € € - - - - - 2.7 Service............................................................. 7.6 8.5 € € - - - - - 7.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 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....................................................... $14.91 $16.51 $14.59 $13.14 $17.24 All excluding sales............................................. 15.09 16.24 14.86 13.43 17.27 White collar........................................................ 18.07 22.81 17.16 15.90 19.43 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.11 22.87 18.36 17.55 19.55 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.51 19.27 20.57 19.29 21.58 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.08 - 22.01 20.75 23.09 Technical....................................................... 17.29 - 17.40 15.57 18.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.63 - 26.80 24.75 31.94 Sales............................................................. 11.70 - 10.07 9.82 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.61 12.68 12.60 12.97 11.87 Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 14.36 13.74 12.12 16.34 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.01 16.69 18.71 16.17 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 14.29 13.99 11.28 18.30 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 10.72 13.75 13.71 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.25 9.20 10.32 11.13 - Service............................................................. 9.21 - 9.87 9.08 12.53 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....................................................... 2.9 9.2 2.9 3.6 4.3 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 9.6 2.9 3.6 4.3 White collar........................................................ 4.5 10.5 4.4 5.0 7.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.3 11.8 4.0 3.9 7.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 10.0 3.5 5.2 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 - 4.2 6.1 5.3 Technical....................................................... 5.7 - 6.2 4.9 8.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.5 - 8.3 6.2 19.6 Sales............................................................. 14.2 - 10.8 11.2 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 6.4 3.9 5.0 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 4.0 3.2 3.3 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 7.6 3.2 5.2 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 3.9 5.5 4.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 7.9 4.4 5.9 - Service............................................................. 7.6 - 8.0 8.7 11.6 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORD- INGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.07 $9.93 $13.63 $19.36 $27.24 All excluding sales........................... 8.31 10.04 13.99 19.55 27.29 White collar.................................... 9.34 12.06 16.75 25.78 36.73 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 12.94 17.85 27.73 37.62 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.02 17.85 22.24 34.64 39.15 Professional specialty...................... 16.97 19.36 26.88 35.89 39.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.24 24.11 26.88 32.14 32.14 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 11.85 23.30 25.44 27.07 29.18 Computer systems analysts and scientists 11.85 23.30 23.37 25.44 29.18 Health related............................ 16.82 18.56 19.36 19.95 21.50 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 18.94 19.66 19.87 20.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 35.34 39.97 41.40 42.49 51.57 Teachers, except college and university... 31.68 34.19 35.89 38.50 39.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 30.96 34.64 37.77 39.15 39.25 Secondary school teachers............... 31.81 32.54 34.19 38.50 40.35 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.94 14.10 16.54 19.71 23.67 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 13.63 14.10 15.46 19.71 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.70 20.58 25.78 32.21 45.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.50 22.49 30.63 37.69 48.22 Financial managers...................... 16.08 24.05 34.13 37.69 48.22 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 35.12 41.00 45.15 45.15 45.15 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.58 23.08 30.85 33.70 55.29 Management related........................ 17.42 20.22 24.18 28.46 29.83 Sales......................................... 5.76 6.75 8.82 14.13 18.75 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.35 6.43 6.88 6.88 7.10 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.75 6.75 8.01 13.42 13.42 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.08 10.00 12.13 14.95 16.75 Secretaries............................. 11.97 13.25 13.44 15.92 17.34 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.30 10.95 10.95 Order clerks............................ 10.19 11.88 12.67 13.51 14.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.88 10.00 11.16 13.53 16.90 General office clerks................... 12.90 12.90 14.78 14.78 14.78 Teachers' aides......................... 6.25 8.35 8.35 8.82 14.62 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.07 10.28 10.28 13.50 13.50 Blue collar..................................... 8.31 9.93 13.16 17.36 20.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.12 14.34 18.08 20.90 22.66 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.12 13.12 14.70 15.38 18.07 Supervisors, production................. $14.94 $17.63 $19.95 $22.66 $23.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.31 10.54 13.00 17.89 20.90 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 7.86 12.16 14.60 20.01 20.01 Extruding and forming machine operators. 9.33 9.33 14.28 15.01 15.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.13 12.55 17.13 17.89 17.89 Assemblers.............................. 8.31 8.31 10.17 11.45 12.92 Transportation and material moving............ 8.27 10.75 13.01 15.22 17.36 Truck drivers........................... 9.43 10.75 15.18 16.48 16.48 Bus drivers............................. 10.19 10.75 12.34 12.34 16.09 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.13 10.29 11.52 13.01 14.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 8.44 9.17 12.15 15.68 Production helpers...................... 7.75 7.88 11.98 13.35 15.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.52 7.76 7.78 9.79 9.93 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 8.76 8.76 8.76 10.07 14.27 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.73 7.73 11.05 12.15 14.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.94 9.17 9.17 12.50 15.68 Service......................................... 5.97 7.21 9.38 13.17 17.20 Protective service........................ 15.44 16.42 17.20 19.36 22.50 Police and detectives, public service... 19.36 19.36 21.85 22.50 24.09 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.75 6.03 7.21 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 5.15 5.15 6.03 6.38 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 5.15 6.03 6.03 Other food service....................... 5.95 6.00 7.16 8.44 10.80 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.95 5.95 7.16 7.21 7.86 Health service............................ 8.42 8.69 9.82 11.15 13.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.42 8.95 9.82 10.00 13.17 Cleaning and building service............. 7.70 8.82 12.24 13.57 18.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.18 8.76 11.71 13.32 18.13 Personal service.......................... 6.25 6.25 6.59 7.86 8.71 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STAN- DARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.86 $9.56 $13.32 $18.72 $22.66 All excluding sales........................... 8.18 9.79 13.52 18.84 22.66 White collar.................................... 9.08 10.98 16.24 21.74 30.42 White collar excluding sales................ 9.88 12.13 16.75 23.30 30.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.24 16.54 19.36 23.67 27.89 Professional specialty...................... 15.10 18.56 19.87 26.88 32.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.24 24.11 26.88 32.14 32.14 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 11.85 23.30 25.44 27.07 29.18 Computer systems analysts and scientists 11.85 23.30 23.37 25.44 29.18 Health related............................ 16.82 18.56 19.36 19.94 21.27 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 18.84 19.36 19.87 20.37 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.94 14.10 16.54 20.00 23.95 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 13.63 14.02 14.10 15.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.03 20.22 24.81 31.73 48.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.03 20.58 30.63 37.69 48.95 Financial managers...................... 16.08 24.05 34.13 37.69 48.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.58 26.13 30.85 31.76 55.29 Management related........................ 16.35 20.00 24.18 28.46 29.83 Sales......................................... 5.76 6.75 8.82 14.13 18.75 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.35 6.43 6.88 6.88 7.10 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.75 6.75 8.01 13.42 13.42 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.21 10.00 12.06 14.99 16.75 Secretaries............................. 11.38 13.19 14.10 15.92 17.34 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.50 10.30 10.95 10.95 Order clerks............................ 10.19 11.88 12.67 13.51 14.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.88 10.00 10.84 11.50 16.90 Blue collar..................................... 8.31 9.79 13.12 17.41 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.12 14.70 18.78 21.06 22.66 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.12 13.12 14.70 15.38 18.07 Supervisors, production................. 14.94 17.63 19.95 22.66 23.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.31 10.54 13.00 17.89 20.90 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 7.86 12.16 14.60 20.01 20.01 Extruding and forming machine operators. $9.33 $9.33 $14.28 $15.01 $15.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.13 12.55 17.13 17.89 17.89 Assemblers.............................. 8.31 8.31 10.17 11.45 12.92 Transportation and material moving............ 8.27 10.75 12.34 15.18 16.48 Truck drivers........................... 9.43 10.75 15.18 16.48 16.48 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.13 10.29 11.52 13.01 14.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.75 8.44 9.17 12.01 15.61 Production helpers...................... 7.75 7.88 11.98 13.35 15.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.52 7.76 7.78 9.79 9.93 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 8.76 8.76 8.76 10.07 14.27 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.73 7.73 11.05 12.15 14.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.94 9.17 9.17 11.34 15.68 Service......................................... 5.91 6.50 8.32 11.15 13.57 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 6.00 7.00 7.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 5.15 5.15 6.03 6.38 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 5.15 6.03 6.03 Other food service....................... 5.95 5.97 6.50 7.21 8.56 Health service............................ 8.04 8.51 9.02 9.87 11.15 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.04 8.51 8.95 9.82 9.87 Cleaning and building service............. 7.59 8.32 13.32 14.59 18.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.59 8.32 11.30 18.13 18.13 Personal service.......................... 6.25 6.25 6.59 7.86 8.71 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.93 $12.90 $17.20 $34.37 $39.15 All excluding sales........................... 9.99 12.90 17.20 34.37 39.15 White collar.................................... 12.44 14.45 30.21 36.94 39.47 White collar excluding sales................ 12.44 14.45 30.21 36.94 39.47 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.92 30.18 35.89 38.50 39.90 Professional specialty...................... 19.81 31.81 35.89 39.15 39.90 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 31.81 34.19 35.89 38.50 39.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 32.37 34.64 38.12 39.15 39.25 Secondary school teachers............... 31.81 32.54 34.19 38.50 40.35 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 22.34 25.07 30.21 36.60 45.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.34 25.78 30.21 41.00 45.15 Management related........................ 17.42 22.61 23.59 25.07 36.60 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.35 9.63 13.24 14.12 15.93 Secretaries............................. 13.40 13.44 13.44 14.12 14.23 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.50 13.24 13.53 13.53 15.96 Teachers' aides......................... 6.25 8.35 8.35 8.82 14.62 Blue collar..................................... 10.46 11.97 14.33 17.35 18.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.79 13.16 14.26 18.27 18.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.19 14.05 16.09 16.13 17.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.43 10.46 13.18 16.17 19.31 Service......................................... 9.47 10.00 12.57 15.44 17.20 Protective service........................ 15.44 16.83 17.20 19.36 22.50 Police and detectives, public service... 19.36 19.36 21.85 22.50 24.09 Food service.............................. 7.86 10.35 10.80 10.90 12.48 Other food service....................... $7.86 $10.35 $10.80 $10.90 $12.48 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.86 7.86 8.29 11.78 11.78 Health service............................ 9.47 10.00 10.00 13.17 13.22 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.47 10.00 10.00 13.17 13.22 Cleaning and building service............. 8.71 9.61 11.78 12.57 13.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.71 9.61 11.71 12.57 13.05 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.31 $10.41 $14.27 $19.78 $28.46 All excluding sales........................... 8.44 10.62 14.34 19.95 28.46 White collar.................................... 9.68 12.79 17.31 27.07 37.41 White collar excluding sales................ 10.28 13.24 18.10 28.46 37.62 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.10 17.92 23.67 35.37 39.15 Professional specialty...................... 17.10 19.73 27.73 35.89 39.15 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.24 24.11 26.88 32.14 32.14 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 11.85 23.30 25.44 27.07 29.18 Computer systems analysts and scientists 11.85 23.30 23.37 25.44 29.18 Health related............................ 16.50 18.56 19.66 19.94 22.37 Registered nurses....................... 17.85 19.36 19.73 19.87 19.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 35.56 39.97 41.40 42.49 51.57 Teachers, except college and university... 31.81 34.19 35.89 38.50 39.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 30.96 34.64 37.77 39.15 39.25 Secondary school teachers............... 31.81 33.02 34.19 38.50 40.35 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.02 15.46 16.74 20.00 23.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.70 20.58 25.78 32.21 45.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.50 22.49 30.63 37.69 48.22 Financial managers...................... 16.08 24.05 34.13 37.69 48.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.58 23.08 30.85 33.70 55.29 Management related........................ 17.42 20.22 24.18 28.46 29.83 Sales......................................... 6.48 7.10 11.41 16.24 18.83 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.75 6.75 9.29 13.42 16.14 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.50 10.19 12.67 15.01 16.75 Secretaries............................. 11.97 13.25 13.44 15.92 17.34 Order clerks............................ 10.19 11.88 12.67 13.51 14.58 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.88 10.00 11.16 13.53 16.90 Teachers' aides......................... 8.45 8.45 8.82 14.62 15.39 Blue collar..................................... 8.31 10.13 13.35 17.59 20.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.12 14.34 18.08 20.90 22.66 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.12 13.12 14.70 15.38 18.07 Supervisors, production................. 14.94 17.63 19.95 22.66 23.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.31 10.62 13.06 17.89 20.90 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 7.86 12.16 14.60 20.01 20.01 Extruding and forming machine operators. 9.33 9.33 14.28 15.01 15.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.13 12.55 17.13 17.89 17.89 Assemblers.............................. 8.31 8.31 10.17 11.45 12.92 Transportation and material moving............ $8.27 $10.75 $14.37 $16.13 $17.48 Truck drivers........................... 9.43 10.75 15.18 16.48 16.48 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.13 10.29 11.52 13.01 14.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.78 8.76 9.17 12.64 15.68 Production helpers...................... 7.75 7.88 11.98 13.35 15.61 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.76 7.76 8.25 9.79 9.93 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 8.76 8.76 8.76 10.07 14.27 Hand packers and packagers.............. 9.13 11.05 12.15 12.19 14.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.76 9.17 9.17 13.03 15.68 Service......................................... 6.42 8.23 10.00 13.57 18.13 Protective service........................ 15.44 16.83 17.20 19.36 22.50 Police and detectives, public service... 19.36 19.36 21.85 22.50 24.09 Food service.............................. 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.56 10.80 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.21 10.00 10.80 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.16 7.21 7.21 10.35 Health service............................ 8.42 8.95 9.87 11.42 13.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.42 9.38 9.87 11.06 13.17 Cleaning and building service............. 7.70 8.82 12.57 13.57 18.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.18 8.82 11.71 13.32 18.13 Personal service.......................... 6.25 6.25 7.86 8.18 10.65 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.43 $6.25 $8.16 $10.75 $18.63 All excluding sales........................... 5.91 6.56 8.35 11.93 19.36 White collar.................................... 5.76 7.02 9.67 18.00 21.50 White collar excluding sales................ 8.24 9.21 13.63 19.36 25.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.93 13.65 19.22 21.50 39.47 Professional specialty...................... 16.82 18.63 20.37 25.01 44.50 Health related............................ 18.00 18.63 19.36 20.37 21.50 Registered nurses....................... 16.82 18.63 19.36 20.37 20.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.67 11.42 25.01 39.47 39.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.20 5.69 6.25 7.84 8.82 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.84 8.24 9.12 9.67 10.27 Teachers' aides......................... 6.25 6.95 8.35 8.35 8.35 Blue collar..................................... 6.25 7.32 7.73 10.75 12.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.24 10.75 11.84 12.34 12.34 Bus drivers............................. 8.24 10.75 12.34 12.34 12.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.83 5.95 6.56 8.04 9.02 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 5.15 5.95 6.03 7.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 5.15 6.03 6.03 Other food service....................... 5.95 5.95 5.95 7.59 7.86 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.95 5.95 5.95 5.97 7.86 Health service............................ 8.04 8.51 8.69 9.82 9.82 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.90 8.51 8.69 9.82 9.82 Cleaning and building service............. 7.10 7.30 9.02 9.02 9.02 Personal service.......................... 3.13 6.56 6.56 6.59 7.95 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 85,300 69,700 15,600 All excluding sales............................................. 81,000 65,600 15,500 White collar........................................................ 37,100 26,900 10,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 32,900 22,700 10,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,100 7,700 6,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 11,400 5,300 6,100 Technical....................................................... 2,700 2,500 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,400 5,300 1,100 Sales............................................................. 4,300 4,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12,400 9,700 2,700 Blue collar......................................................... 35,000 33,500 1,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,800 6,200 600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15,400 15,300 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4,600 4,200 400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,300 7,800 500 Service............................................................. 13,100 9,400 3,800 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Reading, PA, October 1999 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 500 130 38 92 72 20 Private industry.................................................... 400 99 29 70 60 10 Goods-producing industries........................................ 200 51 16 35 30 5 Mining.......................................................... (2) 1 1 - - - Construction.................................................... (2) 3 3 - - - Manufacturing................................................... 100 47 12 35 30 5 Service-producing industries...................................... 300 48 13 35 30 5 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 4 2 2 2 - Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 100 19 6 13 11 2 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. (2) 5 2 3 3 - Services........................................................ 100 20 3 17 14 3 State and local government.......................................... (2) 31 9 22 12 10 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Reading, PA, October 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 5 5 3 All excluding sales............................................... 5 5 3 White collar........................................................ 7 7 4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 7 7 6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8 8 8 Professional specialty.......................................... 8 8 8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 10 10 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 9 9 € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 9 9 € Health related................................................ 8 8 8 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 12 12 - Teachers, except college and university....................... 8 8 7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 8 8 € Secondary school teachers................................... 8 8 € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - Technical....................................................... 6 6 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 - Financial managers.......................................... 12 12 € Administrators, education and related fields................ 11 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 11 11 € Management related............................................ 9 9 € Sales............................................................. 3 4 3 Sales workers, apparel...................................... 3 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 4 4 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4 4 3 Secretaries................................................. 5 5 € Receptionists............................................... 2 € € Order clerks................................................ 4 4 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € General office clerks....................................... 4 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 2 3 1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 4 € € Blue collar......................................................... 4 4 2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7 7 € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6 6 € Supervisors, production..................................... 7 7 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5 5 - Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 6 6 € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 3 3 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 5 5 € Assemblers.................................................. 2 2 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3 4 3 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 € Bus drivers................................................. 3 € 3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 2 - Production helpers.......................................... 2 2 € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 3 3 € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 1 1 € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 1 3 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 2 2 € Service............................................................. 2 3 2 Protective service............................................ 6 6 - Police and detectives, public service....................... 8 8 € Food service.................................................. 2 2 1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 1 - 1 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 1 € € Other food service........................................... 2 2 1 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 2 2 2 Health service................................................ 3 3 3 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 3 3 3 Cleaning and building service................................. 2 2 1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 2 € Personal service.............................................. 1 3 1 1 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. 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.