NC BL 08/00/2002 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3115-04, May 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................. $16.43 3.8 37.7 $14.76 4.9 37.4 $19.48 5.3 38.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.26 4.3 37.8 17.81 5.9 36.7 22.95 5.6 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 4.5 37.0 24.76 9.7 34.5 24.65 4.5 38.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.59 9.5 40.7 24.62 7.0 40.6 34.01 13.2 40.8 Sales............................................................. 14.53 19.3 36.1 14.53 19.3 36.1 € € € Administrative support............................................ 11.77 3.5 38.2 11.67 4.4 37.8 11.97 5.6 39.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.93 4.7 38.5 14.17 5.0 38.7 11.57 5.5 36.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 5.9 40.7 16.72 6.6 40.9 13.50 2.8 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.60 7.0 40.1 14.60 7.0 40.1 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.30 8.6 39.8 12.63 9.3 42.8 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.98 16.5 33.9 11.22 17.4 33.4 8.52 3.3 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.40 6.5 36.2 7.74 9.8 35.6 11.42 4.8 36.9 Full time........................................................... 17.06 4.0 40.3 15.36 5.1 40.7 19.92 5.5 39.7 Part time........................................................... 9.35 6.6 21.6 9.69 7.4 22.1 7.46 3.2 19.3 Union............................................................... 21.65 10.8 39.0 21.65 10.8 39.0 € € € Nonunion............................................................ 16.28 3.9 37.6 14.43 5.0 37.3 19.48 5.3 38.3 Time................................................................ 16.20 4.0 37.2 14.25 5.0 36.6 19.48 5.3 38.3 Incentive........................................................... 20.91 6.4 49.3 20.91 6.4 49.3 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.59 5.8 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.61 10.6 36.5 12.66 10.7 36.4 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.30 6.9 37.9 14.42 7.8 37.8 13.45 6.6 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 19.59 4.9 38.1 18.13 8.6 38.0 20.34 5.8 38.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $16.43 3.8 $14.76 4.9 $19.48 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 16.52 3.9 14.77 4.9 19.48 5.3 White collar........................................................ 20.26 4.3 17.81 5.9 22.95 5.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.79 4.5 18.45 6.4 22.95 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 4.5 24.76 9.7 24.65 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.39 4.6 28.60 11.9 26.85 3.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.34 13.3 30.22 20.6 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.62 4.2 22.35 2.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.81 6.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.87 2.2 - - 27.03 2.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.54 3.8 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 14.54 3.8 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.61 12.2 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.40 6.4 17.20 7.5 13.27 10.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.25 8.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.78 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.59 9.5 24.62 7.0 34.01 13.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.47 10.0 27.51 7.9 39.16 12.6 Management related............................................ 18.87 7.5 20.50 8.7 16.19 3.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.50 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.53 19.3 14.53 19.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.49 2.4 6.49 2.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 3.5 11.67 4.4 11.97 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 11.72 5.4 11.75 11.5 11.71 5.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.04 15.3 12.34 16.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.62 6.0 10.62 6.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.14 3.2 11.06 5.5 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.92 11.5 € € 15.74 15.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.93 4.7 14.17 5.0 11.57 5.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 5.9 16.72 6.6 13.50 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.75 5.6 16.43 9.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.60 7.0 14.60 7.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $14.74 12.8 $14.74 12.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.30 8.6 12.63 9.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.55 9.1 13.60 9.2 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.98 16.5 11.22 17.4 $8.52 3.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.66 4.3 7.66 4.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.76 4.7 8.84 5.0 € € Service............................................................. 9.40 6.5 7.74 9.8 11.42 4.8 Protective service............................................ 13.16 4.4 - - 13.13 4.4 Firefighting................................................ 9.38 5.5 € € 9.38 5.5 Food service.................................................. 7.52 11.9 7.56 13.1 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.06 19.6 5.06 19.6 € € Other food service........................................... 8.50 12.7 8.70 14.5 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.14 10.0 7.14 10.0 € € Health service................................................ 9.54 3.2 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $7.89 6.6 $7.26 7.0 $8.72 11.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.67 2.9 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.50 10.9 - - 8.43 9.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $17.06 4.0 $15.36 5.1 $19.92 5.5 All excluding sales............................................... 17.06 4.0 15.26 5.2 19.92 5.5 White collar........................................................ 20.79 4.4 18.52 6.1 23.00 5.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.08 4.5 18.79 6.8 23.00 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.85 4.7 25.25 10.8 24.65 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.72 4.7 30.06 13.3 26.85 3.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.71 15.1 33.70 25.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 4.9 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.03 2.1 € € 27.03 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...................................................... 18.61 12.2 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.38 6.5 17.22 7.7 13.27 10.5 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.78 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.86 9.5 24.53 7.2 34.63 13.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.03 10.0 27.44 8.2 40.14 12.5 Management related............................................ 18.87 7.5 20.50 8.7 16.19 3.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.50 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. 16.89 18.0 16.89 18.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.01 3.7 12.03 4.8 11.97 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 11.72 5.4 11.75 11.5 11.71 5.3 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.96 17.0 13.49 19.3 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.76 6.4 10.76 6.4 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.15 3.2 11.07 5.5 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.92 11.5 € € 15.74 15.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 4.7 14.78 5.0 11.88 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 5.9 16.72 6.6 13.50 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.75 5.6 16.43 9.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.68 7.1 14.68 7.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.15 13.5 15.15 13.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.54 9.1 12.63 9.9 - - Truck drivers............................................... $13.65 9.5 $13.71 9.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.36 17.8 12.87 18.8 $8.52 3.3 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.49 8.8 8.49 8.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.61 5.5 9.95 5.8 € € Service............................................................. 9.80 7.2 7.95 11.0 12.00 4.7 Protective service............................................ 13.13 4.4 € € 13.13 4.4 Firefighting................................................ 9.38 5.5 € € 9.38 5.5 Food service.................................................. 7.83 14.3 7.84 14.4 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.31 21.3 5.31 21.3 € € Other food service........................................... 9.02 16.2 9.05 16.5 € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $8.13 7.0 $7.55 7.3 $8.72 11.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.71 3.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.79 15.7 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $9.35 6.6 $9.69 7.4 $7.46 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.72 7.2 10.20 8.1 7.46 3.2 White collar........................................................ 12.47 9.2 12.54 9.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.02 9.9 15.23 10.2 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.29 4.4 21.29 4.4 € € Professional specialty.......................................... 21.68 4.4 21.68 4.4 € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.84 6.1 6.84 6.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.27 3.6 6.27 3.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.27 3.1 8.27 3.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.59 6.7 7.52 7.5 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.84 1.9 6.84 1.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.46 3.9 6.46 3.9 € € Service............................................................. 6.66 5.2 6.43 8.3 6.99 2.6 Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.14 7.1 - - - - Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. 6.96 5.5 - - 6.89 7.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $688 4.1 40.3 $625 5.5 40.7 $791 5.5 39.7 All excluding sales............................................... 685 4.1 40.2 617 5.3 40.4 791 5.5 39.7 White collar........................................................ 831 4.4 40.0 757 6.4 40.9 899 5.8 39.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 835 4.6 39.6 756 6.9 40.2 899 5.8 39.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 973 4.6 39.1 1,021 10.7 40.4 950 4.3 38.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,078 4.7 38.9 1,215 13.2 40.4 1,030 3.7 38.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 1,183 15.1 39.8 1,348 25.3 40.0 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 955 4.9 40.0 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,008 1.8 37.3 € € € 1,008 1.8 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 731 11.2 39.3 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 616 6.7 40.0 697 8.2 40.5 525 10.3 39.5 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 431 10.6 40.0 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,242 10.1 41.6 1,010 8.5 41.2 1,453 13.5 42.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,483 10.1 42.3 1,152 9.7 42.0 1,709 12.2 42.6 Management related............................................ 756 7.5 40.1 822 8.7 40.1 648 3.7 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 820 9.5 40.0 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 763 21.6 45.2 763 21.6 45.2 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 474 3.6 39.5 479 4.7 39.8 466 5.7 39.0 Secretaries................................................. 449 5.3 38.3 469 11.5 39.9 437 4.6 37.4 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 519 17.0 40.0 540 19.3 40.0 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 426 6.0 39.6 426 6.0 39.6 € € € General office clerks....................................... 446 3.2 40.0 442 5.5 40.0 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 631 12.0 39.6 € € € 622 15.9 39.5 Blue collar......................................................... 592 5.0 40.8 605 5.3 40.9 470 5.0 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 663 6.8 40.7 684 7.5 40.9 534 2.7 39.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 590 5.6 40.0 657 9.6 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $590 7.5 40.2 $590 7.5 40.2 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 606 13.5 40.0 606 13.5 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 558 15.2 44.5 574 16.7 45.4 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 625 19.1 45.8 630 19.4 45.9 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 488 17.0 39.5 508 17.9 39.5 $341 3.3 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 338 8.8 39.8 338 8.8 39.8 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 385 5.5 40.0 398 5.8 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 399 7.6 40.7 314 11.1 39.6 506 4.9 42.1 Protective service............................................ 570 3.6 43.4 € € € 570 3.6 43.4 Firefighting................................................ 497 5.5 53.0 € € € 497 5.5 53.0 Food service.................................................. 311 14.3 39.8 312 14.4 39.8 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 210 20.9 39.5 210 20.9 39.5 € € € Other food service........................................... 360 16.2 39.9 361 16.4 39.9 € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 314 7.8 38.6 287 11.2 38.0 341 11.0 39.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 305 2.4 39.6 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. 304 14.4 39.0 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $34,302 4.1 2,011 $32,458 5.5 2,113 $37,036 5.5 1,859 All excluding sales............................................... 34,127 4.1 2,000 32,055 5.3 2,100 37,036 5.5 1,859 White collar........................................................ 40,056 4.4 1,927 39,230 6.4 2,118 40,727 5.8 1,771 White collar excluding sales.................................... 40,079 4.6 1,901 39,165 6.9 2,084 40,727 5.8 1,771 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,265 4.6 1,782 52,500 10.7 2,079 40,987 4.3 1,663 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,470 4.7 1,713 62,069 13.2 2,065 43,240 3.7 1,611 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 60,689 15.1 2,043 70,099 25.3 2,080 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 49,684 4.9 2,080 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,169 1.8 1,449 € € € 39,169 1.8 1,449 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 38,036 11.2 2,044 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 31,598 6.7 2,054 36,227 8.2 2,104 26,539 10.3 2,000 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 22,420 10.6 2,080 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 63,260 10.1 2,119 52,514 8.5 2,141 72,681 13.5 2,099 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 74,805 10.1 2,136 59,914 9.7 2,183 84,474 12.2 2,105 Management related............................................ 39,303 7.5 2,083 42,755 8.7 2,086 33,684 3.7 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,648 9.5 2,080 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 39,678 21.6 2,349 39,678 21.6 2,349 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,091 3.6 2,006 24,911 4.7 2,070 22,842 5.7 1,909 Secretaries................................................. 20,434 5.3 1,743 24,408 11.5 2,077 18,635 4.6 1,592 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 26,963 17.0 2,080 28,058 19.3 2,080 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,133 6.0 2,058 22,133 6.0 2,058 € € € General office clerks....................................... 23,178 3.2 2,079 23,005 5.5 2,078 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,794 12.0 2,060 € € € 32,343 15.9 2,055 Blue collar......................................................... 30,764 5.0 2,121 31,437 5.3 2,128 24,451 5.0 2,058 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 34,457 6.8 2,117 35,543 7.5 2,126 27,769 2.7 2,057 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 30,674 5.6 2,080 34,180 9.6 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $30,668 7.5 2,089 $30,668 7.5 2,089 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,517 13.5 2,080 31,517 13.5 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 29,027 15.2 2,315 29,822 16.7 2,360 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 32,479 19.1 2,380 32,739 19.4 2,388 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,400 17.0 2,056 26,417 17.9 2,052 $17,712 3.3 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 17,568 8.8 2,069 17,568 8.8 2,069 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,995 5.5 2,080 20,690 5.8 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 20,621 7.6 2,105 16,347 11.1 2,057 25,970 4.9 2,164 Protective service............................................ 29,633 3.6 2,256 € € € 29,633 3.6 2,256 Firefighting................................................ 25,863 5.5 2,756 € € € 25,863 5.5 2,756 Food service.................................................. 16,196 14.3 2,068 16,208 14.4 2,068 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,903 20.9 2,051 10,903 20.9 2,051 € € € Other food service........................................... 18,728 16.2 2,076 18,784 16.4 2,075 € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 16,304 7.8 2,006 14,926 11.2 1,977 17,757 11.0 2,036 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,872 2.4 2,060 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. 14,369 14.4 1,844 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $16.43 3.8 $14.76 4.9 $19.48 5.3 All excluding sales............................................... 16.52 3.9 14.77 4.9 19.48 5.3 White collar........................................................ 20.26 4.3 17.81 5.9 22.95 5.6 1....................................................... 7.10 4.5 7.10 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 8.20 4.3 7.48 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.68 3.2 9.41 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 11.44 3.3 11.56 5.5 11.33 3.7 5....................................................... 16.11 11.0 16.84 12.7 13.33 1.6 6....................................................... 17.52 5.8 18.55 7.0 € € 7....................................................... 23.01 5.4 15.94 4.9 24.19 4.9 8....................................................... 23.32 4.4 17.85 6.9 26.44 3.5 9....................................................... 24.06 3.6 23.26 2.9 25.58 7.9 11........................................................ 32.23 4.5 € € 32.99 6.5 12........................................................ 35.70 6.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.21 21.5 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.79 4.5 18.45 6.4 22.95 5.6 2....................................................... 8.95 2.7 8.40 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.85 3.7 9.57 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.42 3.3 11.53 5.6 11.33 3.7 5....................................................... 13.37 2.5 13.38 3.6 13.33 1.6 6....................................................... 17.61 5.9 18.75 7.2 € € 7....................................................... 23.00 5.4 15.80 4.9 24.19 4.9 8....................................................... 23.72 4.4 18.36 7.2 26.44 3.5 9....................................................... 24.06 3.6 23.26 2.9 25.58 7.9 11........................................................ 32.23 4.5 € € 32.99 6.5 12........................................................ 35.70 6.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.21 21.5 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.69 4.5 24.76 9.7 24.65 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.39 4.6 28.60 11.9 26.85 3.8 7....................................................... 25.77 4.4 € € € € 8....................................................... 25.86 5.3 € € 27.37 2.9 9....................................................... 24.12 4.3 22.90 2.8 € € 11........................................................ 32.86 6.3 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 28.34 13.3 30.22 20.6 - - 9....................................................... 22.98 1.7 22.30 2.4 € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.62 4.2 22.35 2.2 € € 9....................................................... 22.98 1.7 22.30 2.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.81 6.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.87 2.2 - - 27.03 2.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $14.54 3.8 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 14.54 3.8 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.61 12.2 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.40 6.4 $17.20 7.5 $13.27 10.5 4....................................................... 11.11 8.9 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.25 8.2 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 10.78 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.59 9.5 24.62 7.0 34.01 13.2 7....................................................... 16.22 3.5 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.77 6.7 24.04 6.6 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.47 10.0 27.51 7.9 39.16 12.6 Management related............................................ 18.87 7.5 20.50 8.7 16.19 3.7 9....................................................... 21.84 6.7 21.94 6.9 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.50 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.53 19.3 14.53 19.3 € € 2....................................................... 6.44 2.9 6.44 2.9 € € 3....................................................... 8.97 2.6 8.97 2.6 € € 5....................................................... 21.87 18.5 21.87 18.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.49 2.4 6.49 2.4 € € 2....................................................... 6.44 2.9 6.44 2.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 3.5 11.67 4.4 11.97 5.6 2....................................................... 8.96 3.7 8.08 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.85 3.7 9.57 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.49 3.6 11.51 5.8 11.46 3.4 5....................................................... 12.85 4.2 12.83 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 18.34 12.0 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 11.72 5.4 11.75 11.5 11.71 5.3 4....................................................... 12.63 9.2 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.04 15.3 12.34 16.9 € € 4....................................................... 13.31 17.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.62 6.0 10.62 6.0 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.14 3.2 11.06 5.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.52 2.8 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.92 11.5 € € 15.74 15.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.93 4.7 14.17 5.0 11.57 5.5 1....................................................... 7.92 2.4 7.89 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.67 2.7 8.67 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.43 5.2 11.67 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.53 9.7 12.56 9.8 € € 5....................................................... 14.39 7.5 14.47 8.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.36 12.5 19.99 12.9 € € 7....................................................... $19.03 4.4 $19.22 4.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 5.9 16.72 6.6 $13.50 2.8 5....................................................... 12.87 7.8 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.08 2.3 14.31 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 18.49 3.9 18.70 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.75 5.6 16.43 9.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.60 7.0 14.60 7.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.10 4.4 16.10 4.4 € € 7....................................................... 21.07 5.9 21.07 5.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.74 12.8 14.74 12.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.30 8.6 12.63 9.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.55 9.1 13.60 9.2 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.98 16.5 11.22 17.4 8.52 3.3 1....................................................... 7.60 2.1 7.53 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.64 3.5 8.53 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.50 3.5 10.73 2.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.66 4.3 7.66 4.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.97 4.6 6.97 4.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.76 4.7 8.84 5.0 € € 1....................................................... 7.89 3.8 € € € € Service............................................................. 9.40 6.5 7.74 9.8 11.42 4.8 1....................................................... 6.68 3.2 6.38 3.2 7.44 4.4 2....................................................... 5.03 27.9 4.46 30.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.30 4.7 8.32 6.0 € € 5....................................................... 9.14 7.1 € € 9.54 8.6 6....................................................... 13.11 4.4 € € 13.15 5.0 Protective service............................................ 13.16 4.4 - - 13.13 4.4 5....................................................... 9.54 8.6 € € 9.54 8.6 6....................................................... 13.10 5.0 € € 13.08 5.0 Firefighting................................................ 9.38 5.5 € € 9.38 5.5 Food service.................................................. 7.52 11.9 7.56 13.1 - - 1....................................................... 6.23 1.8 6.21 2.0 € € 3....................................................... 7.98 5.3 8.30 5.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.06 19.6 5.06 19.6 € € Other food service........................................... 8.50 12.7 8.70 14.5 € € 3....................................................... 8.09 5.1 8.51 4.7 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.14 10.0 7.14 10.0 € € Health service................................................ 9.54 3.2 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.89 6.6 7.26 7.0 8.72 11.9 1....................................................... 7.10 5.2 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.67 2.9 € € € € 1....................................................... $7.70 4.4 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 7.50 10.9 - - $8.43 9.7 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $17.06 4.0 $15.36 5.1 $19.92 5.5 All excluding sales............................................... 17.06 4.0 15.26 5.2 19.92 5.5 White collar........................................................ 20.79 4.4 18.52 6.1 23.00 5.6 2....................................................... 8.73 3.5 8.00 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.87 3.3 9.63 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.58 3.3 11.88 5.5 11.33 3.7 5....................................................... 16.13 11.0 16.87 12.7 13.33 1.6 6....................................................... 17.49 6.4 18.69 8.1 € € 7....................................................... 23.01 5.4 15.94 4.9 24.19 4.9 8....................................................... 23.33 4.6 17.48 7.1 26.44 3.5 9....................................................... 24.36 4.0 23.56 3.3 25.58 7.9 11........................................................ 32.23 4.5 € € 32.99 6.5 12........................................................ 35.70 6.7 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.08 4.5 18.79 6.8 23.00 5.6 2....................................................... 8.94 2.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.03 3.8 9.78 5.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.57 3.3 11.85 5.6 11.33 3.7 5....................................................... 13.37 2.5 13.38 3.6 13.33 1.6 6....................................................... 17.59 6.5 18.94 8.2 € € 7....................................................... 23.00 5.4 15.80 4.9 24.19 4.9 8....................................................... 23.74 4.5 17.99 7.5 26.44 3.5 9....................................................... 24.36 4.0 23.56 3.3 25.58 7.9 11........................................................ 32.23 4.5 € € 32.99 6.5 12........................................................ 35.70 6.7 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.85 4.7 25.25 10.8 24.65 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.72 4.7 30.06 13.3 26.85 3.8 7....................................................... 25.77 4.4 € € € € 8....................................................... 25.96 5.5 € € 27.37 2.9 9....................................................... 24.67 4.8 23.48 3.4 € € 11........................................................ 32.86 6.3 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 29.71 15.1 33.70 25.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.89 4.9 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.03 2.1 € € 27.03 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...................................................... 18.61 12.2 - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.38 6.5 17.22 7.7 13.27 10.5 4....................................................... 11.11 8.9 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $10.78 10.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.86 9.5 $24.53 7.2 $34.63 13.0 7....................................................... 16.22 3.5 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.57 6.9 23.74 6.8 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.03 10.0 27.44 8.2 40.14 12.5 Management related............................................ 18.87 7.5 20.50 8.7 16.19 3.7 9....................................................... 21.84 6.7 21.94 6.9 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.50 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. 16.89 18.0 16.89 18.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.01 3.7 12.03 4.8 11.97 5.6 2....................................................... 8.96 4.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.03 3.8 9.78 5.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.66 3.5 11.83 5.8 11.46 3.4 5....................................................... 12.85 4.2 12.83 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 18.34 12.0 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 11.72 5.4 11.75 11.5 11.71 5.3 4....................................................... 12.63 9.2 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.96 17.0 13.49 19.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.31 17.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.76 6.4 10.76 6.4 € € General office clerks....................................... 11.15 3.2 11.07 5.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.52 2.8 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.92 11.5 € € 15.74 15.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 4.7 14.78 5.0 11.88 5.2 1....................................................... 8.76 2.7 8.81 3.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.71 2.9 8.67 3.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.45 5.3 11.72 5.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.53 9.7 12.56 9.8 € € 5....................................................... 14.39 7.5 14.47 8.8 € € 6....................................................... 18.36 12.5 19.99 12.9 € € 7....................................................... 19.03 4.4 19.22 4.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 5.9 16.72 6.6 13.50 2.8 5....................................................... 12.87 7.8 € € € € 6....................................................... 14.08 2.3 14.31 3.5 € € 7....................................................... 18.49 3.9 18.70 3.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 14.75 5.6 16.43 9.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.68 7.1 14.68 7.1 € € 6....................................................... 16.10 4.4 16.10 4.4 € € 7....................................................... 21.07 5.9 21.07 5.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.15 13.5 15.15 13.5 € € Transportation and material moving................................ $12.54 9.1 $12.63 9.9 - - 3....................................................... 11.39 9.2 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.65 9.5 13.71 9.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.36 17.8 12.87 18.8 $8.52 3.3 1....................................................... 8.46 2.8 8.48 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 8.63 3.5 8.51 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.70 2.9 10.97 1.2 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.49 8.8 8.49 8.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.61 5.5 9.95 5.8 € € Service............................................................. 9.80 7.2 7.95 11.0 12.00 4.7 1....................................................... 6.81 4.2 6.41 4.1 € € 2....................................................... 4.98 32.7 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.57 5.2 8.34 6.3 € € 5....................................................... 9.14 7.1 € € 9.54 8.6 6....................................................... 13.09 4.5 € € 13.15 5.0 Protective service............................................ 13.13 4.4 € € 13.13 4.4 5....................................................... 9.54 8.6 € € 9.54 8.6 6....................................................... 13.08 5.0 € € 13.08 5.0 Firefighting................................................ 9.38 5.5 € € 9.38 5.5 Food service.................................................. 7.83 14.3 7.84 14.4 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.31 21.3 5.31 21.3 € € Other food service........................................... 9.02 16.2 9.05 16.5 € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 8.13 7.0 7.55 7.3 8.72 11.9 1....................................................... 7.32 5.8 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.71 3.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $7.79 15.7 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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................................................................... $9.35 6.6 $9.69 7.4 $7.46 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 9.72 7.2 10.20 8.1 7.46 3.2 White collar........................................................ 12.47 9.2 12.54 9.3 - - 2....................................................... 6.76 7.4 6.76 7.4 € € 9....................................................... 22.04 4.7 22.04 4.7 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.02 9.9 15.23 10.2 - - 9....................................................... 22.04 4.7 22.04 4.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.29 4.4 21.29 4.4 € € Professional specialty.......................................... 21.68 4.4 21.68 4.4 € € Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.84 6.1 6.84 6.1 € € 2....................................................... 6.23 4.5 6.23 4.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.27 3.6 6.27 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 6.23 4.5 6.23 4.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.27 3.1 8.27 3.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.59 6.7 7.52 7.5 - - 1....................................................... 6.76 1.9 6.76 1.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.84 1.9 6.84 1.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.76 1.9 6.76 1.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.46 3.9 6.46 3.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.45 4.0 6.45 4.0 € € Service............................................................. 6.66 5.2 6.43 8.3 6.99 2.6 1....................................................... 6.21 1.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 7.54 5.1 8.24 12.5 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - € € Food service.................................................. 6.14 7.1 - - - - Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. $6.96 5.5 - - $6.89 7.0 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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....................................................... $17.06 $9.35 $21.65 $16.28 $16.20 $20.91 All excluding sales............................................. 17.06 9.72 21.65 16.36 16.41 - White collar........................................................ 20.79 12.47 20.40 20.26 20.18 22.04 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.08 15.02 20.40 20.80 20.79 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.85 21.29 - 24.71 24.69 € Professional specialty.......................................... 27.72 21.68 € 27.39 27.39 € Technical....................................................... 15.38 - - 14.99 15.40 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.86 - € 29.59 29.59 € Sales............................................................. 16.89 6.84 € 14.53 8.57 22.08 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.01 8.27 - 11.57 11.63 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.50 7.59 22.07 13.30 13.34 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.28 € - 16.00 15.69 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.68 - - 14.24 13.91 - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.54 - € 12.30 11.30 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.36 6.84 - 8.76 10.98 € Service............................................................. 9.80 6.66 € 9.40 9.40 € B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 6.6 10.8 3.9 4.0 6.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 7.2 10.8 3.9 4.0 - White collar........................................................ 4.4 9.2 17.5 4.4 4.5 16.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 9.9 17.5 4.5 4.5 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.7 4.4 - 4.6 4.5 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 4.4 € 4.6 4.6 € Technical....................................................... 6.5 - - 6.6 6.4 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.5 - € 9.5 9.5 € Sales............................................................. 18.0 6.1 € 19.3 6.9 18.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 3.1 - 3.2 3.4 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 6.7 9.3 4.5 4.8 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 € - 6.3 6.2 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.1 - - 7.4 5.7 - Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 - € 8.6 5.8 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 17.8 1.9 - 5.0 16.5 € Service............................................................. 7.2 5.2 € 6.5 6.5 € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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....................................................... $14.76 $17.59 € - $18.42 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 14.77 17.59 € - 18.42 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 17.81 26.25 € - 26.25 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.45 26.25 € - 26.25 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.76 29.44 € - 29.44 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.60 31.43 € - 31.43 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.20 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.62 28.83 € - 28.83 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.53 € € - € - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.67 12.89 € - 12.89 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.17 14.89 € - 15.39 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.72 16.84 € - 19.08 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.60 14.19 € - 14.18 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.63 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.22 10.57 € - 10.93 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.74 € € - € - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.9 5.8 € - 5.7 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 5.8 € - 5.7 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.9 6.0 € - 6.0 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 6.0 € - 6.0 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.7 5.1 € - 5.1 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 11.9 5.1 € - 5.1 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 7.5 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 8.2 € - 8.2 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 19.3 € € - € - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.4 10.8 € - 10.8 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.0 5.7 € - 5.5 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.6 8.5 € - 4.1 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.0 5.8 € - 5.8 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 9.3 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 17.4 6.7 € - 9.3 - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.8 € € - € - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 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....................................................... $14.76 $12.66 $15.83 $14.42 $18.13 All excluding sales............................................. 14.77 12.02 16.04 14.69 18.13 White collar........................................................ 17.81 14.78 18.94 17.39 20.22 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.45 13.43 19.67 18.87 20.22 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.76 19.57 25.60 25.97 25.54 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.60 18.75 30.49 30.30 30.52 Technical....................................................... 17.20 - 16.65 20.89 15.67 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.62 - 24.53 25.54 20.55 Sales............................................................. 14.53 16.85 10.10 10.10 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.67 10.95 11.97 12.52 11.41 Blue collar......................................................... 14.17 13.40 14.57 14.56 14.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.72 15.56 17.70 17.38 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.60 17.80 14.11 14.64 13.71 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.63 - 13.34 13.34 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.22 9.28 12.37 12.32 - Service............................................................. 7.74 8.16 7.28 7.16 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.9 10.7 5.7 7.8 8.6 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 9.7 5.8 8.0 8.6 White collar........................................................ 5.9 11.8 7.3 9.1 10.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.4 12.8 7.4 9.1 10.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.7 12.7 10.5 12.6 12.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 11.9 14.2 12.2 14.0 13.8 Technical....................................................... 7.5 - 7.8 16.6 8.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 - 7.1 7.0 16.3 Sales............................................................. 19.3 22.9 6.0 6.0 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.4 8.4 5.5 9.7 4.7 Blue collar......................................................... 5.0 9.7 6.0 7.6 7.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.6 13.0 5.8 6.8 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.0 20.6 6.2 9.1 8.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.3 - 12.1 12.1 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 17.4 9.4 23.7 25.4 - Service............................................................. 9.8 13.8 12.5 14.2 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.46 $13.41 $21.41 $28.35 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.53 13.41 21.49 28.35 White collar.................................... 8.97 11.14 17.94 27.88 33.25 White collar excluding sales................ 9.61 11.42 18.20 27.88 33.54 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.98 18.20 23.96 28.35 33.54 Professional specialty...................... 15.35 22.33 27.88 28.67 34.71 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.38 20.05 23.96 23.98 33.54 Registered nurses....................... 20.05 20.99 23.96 23.98 31.67 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.44 28.00 37.02 41.75 46.97 Teachers, except college and university... 22.33 27.79 28.27 28.35 28.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.82 13.79 13.79 15.35 15.35 Social workers.......................... 12.82 13.79 13.79 15.35 15.35 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.98 12.98 18.20 22.68 26.20 Technical................................... 8.89 11.42 13.74 19.39 22.78 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.17 13.17 13.74 16.04 22.78 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.21 8.21 9.73 13.95 13.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.04 17.94 28.20 36.89 37.19 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.94 28.20 33.25 37.19 37.19 Management related........................ 14.66 14.98 17.37 21.78 24.03 Accountants and auditors................ 14.73 17.37 20.10 24.03 24.03 Sales......................................... 6.38 7.19 10.81 18.59 32.76 Cashiers................................ 5.58 6.05 6.52 6.83 7.12 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.65 9.70 11.00 12.50 16.57 Secretaries............................. 9.70 10.50 10.78 12.97 16.57 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.72 7.72 10.62 11.41 21.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 8.63 11.00 11.37 14.23 General office clerks................... 9.71 9.86 12.02 12.18 12.65 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.24 11.71 17.58 20.12 20.51 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.50 13.13 17.17 21.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.53 12.90 16.45 20.53 21.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.88 12.90 13.54 15.00 21.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.81 10.73 14.21 17.17 21.86 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.82 9.82 17.17 17.17 21.86 Transportation and material moving............ 8.23 9.50 12.81 13.88 17.02 Truck drivers........................... $10.38 $12.81 $12.81 $17.02 $17.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.97 7.10 8.65 11.07 26.17 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.80 6.03 7.08 8.90 10.65 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.08 7.08 8.63 11.07 11.07 Service......................................... 5.89 6.88 8.51 11.13 15.63 Protective service........................ 9.37 11.13 12.36 15.70 17.53 Firefighting............................ 7.54 8.13 9.37 10.83 10.83 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.15 7.05 8.51 9.44 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.69 7.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.15 6.50 7.05 8.77 9.56 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.15 6.29 9.44 9.44 Health service............................ 8.94 8.94 9.32 10.46 10.46 Cleaning and building service............. $6.07 $7.04 $7.60 $8.51 $9.56 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.04 7.24 7.60 7.65 8.78 Personal service.......................... 2.13 6.33 6.75 9.65 10.49 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $8.94 $12.50 $18.59 $24.04 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 8.97 12.50 18.84 24.03 White collar.................................... 8.60 10.62 14.25 22.73 32.76 White collar excluding sales................ 8.97 11.00 15.00 22.89 31.31 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.17 16.04 21.30 25.11 33.16 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 20.05 23.44 31.31 34.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.00 20.05 22.89 23.98 91.35 Registered nurses....................... 20.05 20.99 22.89 23.98 23.98 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.89 13.17 16.40 21.30 23.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.38 17.94 24.03 33.25 33.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.38 17.94 28.20 33.25 34.59 Management related........................ 14.73 17.34 21.78 24.03 24.03 Sales......................................... 6.38 7.19 10.81 18.59 32.76 Cashiers................................ 5.58 6.05 6.52 6.83 7.12 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.72 9.16 11.00 12.50 16.57 Secretaries............................. 8.00 9.70 9.70 16.57 16.57 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.72 7.72 11.25 16.31 21.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 8.63 11.00 11.37 14.23 General office clerks................... 7.25 10.92 12.02 12.26 12.65 Blue collar..................................... 7.90 9.50 13.34 17.50 21.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.10 14.44 17.25 20.71 21.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.88 11.88 15.00 21.41 21.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.81 10.73 14.21 17.17 21.86 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.82 9.82 17.17 17.17 21.86 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 9.50 12.81 13.88 17.02 Truck drivers........................... 10.38 12.81 12.81 17.02 17.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.97 7.08 8.90 11.07 26.17 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.80 6.03 7.08 8.90 10.65 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... $7.08 $7.08 $8.63 $11.07 $11.18 Service......................................... 4.75 6.17 7.50 9.32 10.46 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 6.15 6.50 8.51 9.56 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.69 7.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.15 6.38 7.88 9.44 12.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.15 6.29 9.44 9.44 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.35 6.07 7.60 7.65 9.56 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. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.78 $10.83 $15.33 $27.88 $34.23 All excluding sales........................... 8.78 10.83 15.33 27.88 34.23 White collar.................................... 9.87 12.82 23.96 28.35 36.89 White collar excluding sales................ 9.87 12.82 23.96 28.35 36.89 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.82 18.20 27.79 28.35 34.71 Professional specialty...................... 15.35 23.96 27.88 28.67 34.71 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 27.17 27.79 28.27 28.35 28.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.21 9.73 12.34 13.95 19.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.98 18.98 36.89 37.19 52.32 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.80 31.76 36.89 37.19 83.64 Management related........................ 14.66 14.66 17.29 17.37 17.37 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.46 9.86 10.78 12.51 17.58 Secretaries............................. 10.50 10.78 10.78 12.41 15.47 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.24 12.51 17.58 20.12 20.12 Blue collar..................................... 8.23 8.97 11.88 13.54 15.28 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.88 12.90 13.54 14.49 15.33 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.10 8.37 8.65 9.14 9.14 Service......................................... 7.05 8.23 11.13 14.15 17.06 Protective service........................ 9.37 11.13 12.36 15.63 17.53 Firefighting............................ 7.54 8.13 9.37 10.83 10.83 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.04 7.24 7.24 8.78 14.94 Personal service.......................... 5.89 6.33 8.22 10.49 10.49 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. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.14 $9.86 $13.88 $21.73 $28.50 All excluding sales........................... 8.14 9.89 13.88 21.77 28.35 White collar.................................... 9.70 11.58 18.51 28.00 33.25 White collar excluding sales................ 9.71 11.71 18.51 28.20 34.23 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.98 17.38 23.98 28.35 34.23 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 22.69 27.88 29.06 34.71 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.38 20.05 23.96 23.98 33.54 Registered nurses....................... 20.05 22.89 23.96 23.98 31.67 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 27.17 27.79 28.27 28.35 28.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.98 12.98 18.20 22.68 26.20 Technical................................... 8.89 11.42 13.74 19.39 22.78 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.21 8.21 9.73 13.95 13.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.38 17.94 28.20 36.89 37.19 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.94 28.20 33.65 37.19 37.19 Management related........................ 14.66 14.98 17.37 21.78 24.03 Accountants and auditors................ 14.73 17.37 20.10 24.03 24.03 Sales......................................... 7.40 8.95 15.11 18.59 32.76 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.97 9.86 11.03 12.51 16.57 Secretaries............................. 9.70 10.50 10.78 12.97 16.57 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.93 10.32 11.25 16.31 21.73 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.50 8.63 11.00 11.38 14.23 General office clerks................... 9.71 9.86 12.02 12.18 12.65 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.24 11.71 17.58 20.12 20.51 Blue collar..................................... 8.63 9.82 13.88 17.31 21.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.53 12.90 16.45 20.53 21.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.88 12.90 13.54 15.00 21.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.81 10.73 14.21 17.17 21.86 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.82 9.82 17.17 17.17 21.86 Transportation and material moving............ 9.30 9.50 12.81 15.28 17.02 Truck drivers........................... 10.38 12.81 13.40 17.02 17.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $7.50 $8.50 $9.18 $11.18 $26.17 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.97 6.97 8.00 8.93 12.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.19 8.63 8.65 11.07 11.18 Service......................................... 6.00 7.24 8.94 11.24 15.70 Protective service........................ 9.37 11.13 12.36 15.63 17.53 Firefighting............................ 7.54 8.13 9.37 10.83 10.83 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.15 7.50 8.51 9.56 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.69 7.50 7.50 Other food service....................... 6.15 6.50 8.14 9.44 12.50 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $7.04 $7.24 $7.60 $8.51 $9.56 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.04 7.24 7.60 8.43 8.78 Personal service.......................... 2.13 6.75 8.22 10.49 10.49 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. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.94 $6.38 $7.08 $8.93 $19.13 All excluding sales........................... 6.03 6.63 7.08 9.16 20.99 White collar.................................... 6.29 7.12 8.93 19.13 22.99 White collar excluding sales................ 7.72 8.65 10.00 20.99 25.11 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.48 19.13 20.99 22.99 25.11 Professional specialty...................... 18.48 19.13 20.99 22.99 25.11 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.58 6.05 6.41 7.12 8.93 Cashiers................................ 5.58 5.58 6.38 6.52 7.12 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.72 8.65 9.00 9.16 Blue collar..................................... 5.94 6.63 7.08 8.23 11.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.80 6.26 7.08 7.08 7.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.68 5.80 6.26 7.08 7.16 Service......................................... 5.89 6.07 6.38 7.05 8.22 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.97 6.29 6.38 7.05 7.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.89 5.89 6.54 8.16 8.91 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. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, May 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 84,800 53,200 31,500 All excluding sales............................................. 81,000 49,500 31,500 White collar........................................................ 45,100 22,900 22,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 41,300 19,100 22,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22,300 7,900 14,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 18,200 5,700 12,500 Technical....................................................... 4,200 2,200 1,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,200 2,400 2,800 Sales............................................................. 3,800 3,800 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13,800 8,800 5,000 Blue collar......................................................... 24,400 21,900 2,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,000 6,900 1,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,800 5,800 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3,500 2,600 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,100 6,600 500 Service............................................................. 15,300 8,500 6,800 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.