NC BL 08/00/2002 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3115-05, January 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................. $18.96 3.2 37.8 $18.67 3.9 37.6 $20.19 3.1 38.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.91 3.7 38.4 22.91 4.6 38.2 22.94 3.7 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.85 6.4 37.8 32.04 9.2 37.1 26.14 3.4 38.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 4.6 41.9 30.34 4.9 42.5 28.88 12.3 40.0 Sales............................................................. 17.61 13.1 36.0 17.62 13.1 36.0 - - - Administrative support............................................ 14.66 2.3 38.3 14.95 2.6 38.3 13.47 3.1 38.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.91 3.1 39.0 14.92 3.3 39.4 14.68 3.9 34.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 4.1 39.9 18.88 4.3 39.9 17.28 6.1 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.09 5.5 40.0 14.10 5.5 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.02 3.6 39.6 15.23 4.1 42.2 13.94 3.2 30.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.92 3.7 37.0 10.91 3.9 37.0 11.06 7.2 35.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.88 5.9 34.1 10.90 8.2 32.3 14.35 3.7 39.9 Full time........................................................... 19.45 3.2 39.6 19.20 3.9 39.6 20.46 3.2 39.7 Part time........................................................... 10.52 7.1 21.0 10.21 8.0 21.0 12.79 7.6 21.5 Union............................................................... 23.29 17.3 37.3 24.22 18.6 37.0 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 18.58 2.9 37.9 18.13 3.6 37.7 20.42 3.2 38.5 Time................................................................ 18.77 3.1 37.7 18.41 3.9 37.5 20.19 3.1 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 23.35 18.3 40.2 23.35 18.3 40.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.96 7.6 36.9 15.97 7.7 36.9 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.83 5.3 38.4 16.90 5.4 38.4 14.03 1.6 40.3 500 workers or more................................................. 21.22 4.6 37.7 21.61 6.7 37.2 20.53 3.3 38.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $18.96 3.2 $18.67 3.9 $20.19 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 19.09 3.2 18.79 4.0 20.20 3.1 White collar........................................................ 22.91 3.7 22.91 4.6 22.94 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.84 3.7 24.17 4.8 22.96 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.85 6.4 32.04 9.2 26.14 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.96 3.9 31.95 5.9 27.42 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.87 6.5 31.03 7.4 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.09 12.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.50 6.7 35.50 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.62 4.6 31.69 3.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.83 4.6 32.01 2.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.28 12.2 28.27 14.5 22.82 4.6 Registered nurses........................................... 22.02 1.5 21.92 1.4 22.46 5.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.95 19.6 35.00 12.2 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.94 2.3 25.25 6.6 29.15 2.3 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 28.51 7.6 € € 28.76 7.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.06 3.0 25.84 7.8 29.21 3.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.69 2.9 29.96 8.5 28.61 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 30.89 3.6 € € 30.57 3.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.76 2.9 19.74 4.2 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.35 4.1 € € 36.46 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.34 9.5 - - 18.57 9.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.72 9.6 € € 18.72 9.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.69 2.4 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 59.69 2.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.32 10.2 29.53 10.3 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 35.66 8.6 35.66 8.6 € € Technical....................................................... 29.54 21.9 32.20 24.3 17.57 9.1 Radiological technicians.................................... 20.30 4.2 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.87 1.9 14.73 2.2 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.09 5.9 15.96 8.2 14.14 8.0 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.75 10.9 24.70 9.4 € € Computer programmers........................................ 24.67 6.0 25.97 7.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.16 9.4 18.16 9.4 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 4.6 30.34 4.9 28.88 12.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.36 5.3 35.70 5.4 38.69 13.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.61 7.0 € € 19.61 7.0 Financial managers.......................................... 33.66 7.4 31.48 5.7 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.51 12.1 42.51 12.1 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ $46.16 13.8 € € $50.32 15.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.95 6.4 $38.27 6.2 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.74 10.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.43 6.8 38.63 6.8 € € Management related............................................ 22.97 4.4 24.42 4.8 17.79 9.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.50 10.3 20.48 9.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 € € Management analysts......................................... 27.93 11.1 27.93 11.1 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.61 13.5 27.23 8.6 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 17.45 2.9 € € 17.45 2.9 Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 11.1 28.87 13.5 22.56 15.0 Sales............................................................. 17.61 13.1 17.62 13.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.67 16.0 26.67 16.0 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 11.2 33.00 11.2 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 4.6 8.34 4.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.66 2.3 14.95 2.6 13.47 3.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 21.38 4.6 21.48 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 17.53 7.6 18.42 9.0 15.39 9.1 Interviewers................................................ 12.57 10.2 12.73 10.7 € € Receptionists............................................... 11.06 5.4 10.97 5.6 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.36 6.7 14.69 8.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 13.98 3.2 13.98 3.2 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.55 5.0 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.50 6.4 14.28 8.5 12.10 6.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.08 4.3 13.32 7.4 12.84 3.8 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.72 8.3 12.72 8.3 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.63 8.1 11.63 8.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 16.61 9.3 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.19 16.5 14.57 17.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.64 9.8 15.94 11.0 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.90 8.0 17.73 11.3 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.93 7.1 13.93 7.1 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.96 4.4 13.96 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 13.29 3.3 13.37 3.8 12.91 6.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.61 12.9 12.77 14.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.11 8.8 € € 11.77 7.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.48 7.2 15.69 7.4 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.91 3.1 14.92 3.3 14.68 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 4.1 18.88 4.3 17.28 6.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.96 6.5 21.58 6.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.20 5.3 18.55 2.3 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.03 4.3 16.96 4.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $16.56 6.8 $16.68 7.1 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.40 10.4 20.79 11.2 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.10 6.9 17.51 7.5 € € Electricians................................................ 18.10 6.4 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.70 16.8 16.70 16.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 23.65 9.7 23.65 9.7 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.37 10.2 9.37 10.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.88 15.6 18.98 17.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.09 5.5 14.10 5.5 - - Printing press operators.................................... 19.22 8.4 19.77 8.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 16.21 10.7 16.21 10.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.08 8.0 13.08 8.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.26 11.3 16.26 11.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.98 6.1 10.98 6.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.02 3.6 15.23 4.1 $13.94 3.2 Truck drivers............................................... 16.18 3.5 16.34 3.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.22 3.7 € € 14.22 3.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.53 6.4 14.53 6.4 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.19 10.0 15.19 10.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.92 3.7 10.91 3.9 11.06 7.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.33 6.6 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.96 3.8 10.96 3.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 8.2 9.97 8.2 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 11.97 15.0 11.97 15.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.06 9.9 13.06 9.9 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.76 7.8 9.76 7.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.44 5.9 9.34 6.4 € € Service............................................................. 11.88 5.9 10.90 8.2 14.35 3.7 Protective service............................................ 12.72 7.9 9.35 5.3 16.35 4.4 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 25.04 9.3 € € 25.04 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.10 14.4 € € 24.10 14.4 Firefighting................................................ 14.28 6.7 € € 13.60 4.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.47 6.1 € € 16.47 6.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.57 5.5 € € 16.57 5.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.71 4.4 € € 13.71 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.04 4.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.51 6.2 7.02 6.4 11.20 12.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.85 12.0 4.85 12.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.80 17.6 3.80 17.6 € € Other food service........................................... 9.47 5.6 9.02 6.1 11.20 12.5 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.66 10.7 12.60 12.1 € € Cooks....................................................... $9.97 7.7 $9.97 7.7 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.21 3.1 8.80 4.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.67 12.5 7.30 5.7 $12.21 21.5 Health service................................................ 9.79 3.2 9.61 3.6 11.02 3.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 4.5 11.82 7.2 11.51 3.6 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.21 3.0 9.19 3.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 4.2 10.19 4.9 11.08 8.6 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.69 13.1 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.93 2.6 7.93 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.45 5.6 10.53 7.7 10.25 5.0 Personal service.............................................. 18.72 17.4 21.03 20.0 11.19 8.0 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.09 8.1 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.70 19.0 9.72 19.1 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.45 3.2 $19.20 3.9 $20.46 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.45 3.2 19.18 4.0 20.46 3.2 White collar........................................................ 23.51 3.7 23.62 4.6 23.14 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.13 3.8 24.50 4.9 23.14 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.17 6.5 32.47 9.5 26.34 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.25 4.0 32.40 6.1 27.60 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.87 6.5 31.03 7.4 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.09 12.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.50 6.7 35.50 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.62 4.6 31.69 3.0 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.83 4.6 32.01 2.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.89 13.9 29.05 16.3 22.66 5.5 Registered nurses........................................... 21.83 1.9 21.65 1.7 22.67 6.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.38 19.4 36.00 10.7 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.17 2.1 25.46 6.8 29.38 2.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 28.51 7.6 € € 28.76 7.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.21 2.9 26.18 8.3 29.36 3.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.69 2.9 29.96 8.5 28.61 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 30.89 3.6 € € 30.57 3.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.30 2.3 19.94 4.3 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.35 4.1 € € 36.46 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.34 9.5 - - 18.57 9.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.72 9.6 € € 18.72 9.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.69 2.4 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 59.69 2.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.55 10.8 29.78 10.9 - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 35.66 8.6 35.66 8.6 € € Technical....................................................... 29.94 22.1 32.61 24.5 17.73 9.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.98 1.9 14.84 2.1 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.42 6.1 16.42 8.4 14.39 7.9 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.75 10.9 24.70 9.4 € € Computer programmers........................................ 24.67 6.0 25.97 7.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.16 9.4 18.16 9.4 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 4.6 30.34 4.9 28.88 12.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.36 5.3 35.70 5.4 38.69 13.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.61 7.0 € € 19.61 7.0 Financial managers.......................................... 33.66 7.4 31.48 5.7 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.51 12.1 42.51 12.1 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.16 13.8 € € 50.32 15.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... $36.95 6.4 $38.27 6.2 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.74 10.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.43 6.8 38.63 6.8 € € Management related............................................ 22.97 4.4 24.42 4.8 $17.79 9.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.50 10.3 20.48 9.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 € € Management analysts......................................... 27.93 11.1 27.93 11.1 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.61 13.5 27.23 8.6 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 17.45 2.9 € € 17.45 2.9 Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 11.1 28.87 13.5 22.56 15.0 Sales............................................................. 19.40 13.3 19.40 13.4 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.67 16.0 26.67 16.0 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 11.2 33.00 11.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.10 2.0 10.10 2.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.71 6.8 8.71 6.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.86 2.2 15.17 2.6 13.61 3.2 Supervisors, general office................................. 21.38 4.6 21.48 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 17.68 7.6 18.48 9.0 15.72 9.2 Receptionists............................................... 11.06 5.4 10.97 5.6 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.36 6.7 14.69 8.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.44 3.1 14.44 3.1 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.55 5.0 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.54 6.3 14.37 8.3 12.10 6.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 4.1 13.87 6.8 13.07 3.6 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.72 8.3 12.72 8.3 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.63 8.1 11.63 8.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 16.61 9.3 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.19 16.5 14.57 17.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.64 9.8 15.94 11.0 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.90 8.0 17.73 11.3 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.85 7.5 13.85 7.5 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.96 4.4 13.96 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 13.36 3.4 13.46 4.0 12.91 6.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.71 14.8 12.91 17.0 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.85 7.8 € € 11.83 7.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.51 7.2 15.72 7.4 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 3.1 15.23 3.3 14.92 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 4.1 18.94 4.3 17.28 6.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.96 6.5 21.58 6.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.20 5.3 18.55 2.3 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.03 4.3 16.96 4.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.56 6.8 16.68 7.1 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ $20.40 10.4 $20.79 11.2 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.10 6.9 17.51 7.5 € € Electricians................................................ 18.10 6.4 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.70 16.8 16.70 16.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 23.65 9.7 23.65 9.7 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.37 10.2 9.37 10.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.88 15.6 18.98 17.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.09 5.5 14.09 5.5 - - Printing press operators.................................... 19.22 8.4 19.77 8.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 16.21 10.7 16.21 10.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.08 8.0 13.08 8.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.26 11.3 16.26 11.3 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.98 6.1 10.98 6.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.15 3.5 15.32 3.9 $13.95 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 16.25 3.5 16.42 3.5 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.39 5.7 € € 14.39 5.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.53 6.4 14.53 6.4 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.19 10.0 15.19 10.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.42 3.5 11.43 3.7 11.30 7.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.36 7.0 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.96 3.8 10.96 3.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.76 6.1 11.76 6.1 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 11.97 15.0 11.97 15.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.26 11.7 13.26 11.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.81 8.1 9.81 8.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.51 6.1 9.40 6.6 € € Service............................................................. 12.08 6.2 11.04 8.8 14.47 3.8 Protective service............................................ 12.73 8.0 - - 16.41 4.4 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 25.04 9.3 € € 25.04 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.10 14.4 € € 24.10 14.4 Firefighting................................................ 14.28 6.7 € € 13.60 4.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.47 6.1 € € 16.47 6.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.71 4.4 € € 13.71 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.04 4.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.98 7.1 7.49 7.2 11.31 15.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.95 11.1 4.95 11.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.99 17.1 3.99 17.1 € € Other food service........................................... 9.88 6.3 9.50 6.8 11.31 15.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.66 10.7 12.60 12.1 € € Cooks....................................................... 10.50 6.9 10.50 6.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.19 3.1 8.95 4.1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $8.93 13.9 $7.55 5.5 $12.58 25.9 Health service................................................ 9.74 3.1 9.54 3.5 11.02 3.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.58 4.9 € € 11.51 3.6 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.21 3.1 9.20 3.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.60 4.1 10.44 4.6 11.14 8.8 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.69 13.1 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.93 2.6 7.93 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.80 5.4 11.06 7.5 10.29 5.1 Personal service.............................................. 18.29 19.0 20.72 22.1 11.27 8.2 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 12.36 4.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.68 19.4 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $10.52 7.1 $10.21 8.0 $12.79 7.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.27 8.2 10.97 9.7 12.90 7.7 White collar........................................................ 11.62 6.5 11.41 6.9 13.47 15.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.75 7.3 14.96 8.2 13.78 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.62 5.4 21.67 5.4 17.36 14.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.27 4.5 23.47 3.3 18.42 16.0 Health related................................................ 23.48 3.6 23.40 3.6 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.90 1.8 23.21 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.70 4.3 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 13.91 8.1 - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.25 4.4 8.24 4.5 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.79 4.9 7.76 5.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.41 5.3 10.64 5.9 8.83 8.0 Blue collar......................................................... 8.96 8.9 7.87 8.2 13.36 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 5.3 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.43 8.2 7.38 8.3 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.20 3.6 6.20 3.6 € € Service............................................................. 9.77 22.1 9.77 24.3 9.79 5.6 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.06 10.8 5.58 11.5 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.63 25.1 4.63 25.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.36 21.6 3.36 21.6 € € Other food service........................................... 7.76 7.5 7.01 4.8 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $771 3.2 39.6 $761 3.9 39.6 $813 3.2 39.7 All excluding sales............................................... 770 3.2 39.6 758 4.0 39.5 813 3.2 39.7 White collar........................................................ 943 3.5 40.1 950 4.4 40.2 920 3.7 39.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 966 3.5 40.0 983 4.5 40.1 920 3.7 39.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,185 5.5 39.3 1,267 7.8 39.0 1,048 3.3 39.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,213 4.1 40.1 1,314 6.3 40.5 1,092 3.3 39.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,276 5.8 41.3 1,291 6.5 41.6 - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 1,226 11.8 40.8 € € € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,420 6.7 40.0 1,420 6.7 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,246 4.6 40.7 1,291 2.9 40.8 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,256 4.7 40.8 1,307 2.6 40.8 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 1,113 14.5 39.9 1,159 17.1 39.9 906 5.5 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 861 2.1 39.4 851 2.2 39.3 907 6.6 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,686 19.9 38.9 1,320 9.7 36.7 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,148 2.0 39.3 971 6.5 38.1 1,158 2.1 39.4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,139 7.6 40.0 € € € 1,150 7.8 40.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,158 2.8 39.6 986 8.8 37.7 1,167 2.9 39.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,139 2.8 39.7 1,105 8.0 36.9 1,142 2.9 39.9 Teachers, special education................................. 1,218 3.6 39.4 € € € 1,208 3.7 39.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,073 2.0 37.9 777 3.6 39.0 € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,392 4.2 39.4 € € € 1,433 3.4 39.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 733 9.5 40.0 - - - 743 9.5 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 749 9.6 40.0 € € € 749 9.6 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,474 10.2 41.5 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 2,474 10.2 41.5 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,192 12.2 40.3 1,201 12.4 40.3 - - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,426 8.6 40.0 1,426 8.6 40.0 € € € Technical....................................................... 1,114 17.8 37.2 1,188 19.4 36.4 731 8.6 41.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 584 2.2 39.0 574 2.3 38.7 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 644 5.2 41.8 657 8.4 40.0 629 4.9 43.7 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 910 10.9 40.0 988 9.4 40.0 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 987 6.0 40.0 1,039 7.4 40.0 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 727 9.4 40.0 727 9.4 40.0 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,259 4.7 41.9 1,290 5.0 42.5 1,154 12.3 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,547 5.1 42.6 1,548 5.1 43.4 1,545 13.6 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $785 7.0 40.0 € € € $785 7.0 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,530 10.3 45.5 $1,469 12.7 46.7 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,908 7.4 44.9 1,908 7.4 44.9 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,854 13.8 40.2 € € € 2,013 15.1 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,531 7.7 41.4 1,593 7.1 41.6 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,230 10.6 40.0 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,624 6.3 42.3 1,635 6.4 42.3 € € € Management related............................................ 948 5.0 41.3 1,017 5.3 41.6 712 9.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 740 10.2 40.0 819 9.1 40.0 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 968 10.4 44.6 968 10.4 44.6 € € € Management analysts......................................... 1,117 11.1 40.0 1,117 11.1 40.0 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 913 13.5 40.4 1,105 7.9 40.6 € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 698 2.9 40.0 € € € 698 2.9 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,060 11.3 40.0 1,153 14.1 39.9 902 15.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 789 13.4 40.7 789 13.5 40.7 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,100 16.3 41.2 1,100 16.3 41.2 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,328 10.9 40.3 1,328 10.9 40.3 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 388 2.5 38.4 388 2.5 38.4 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 345 7.0 39.6 345 7.0 39.6 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 590 2.2 39.7 602 2.5 39.7 539 3.2 39.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 852 4.4 39.9 856 4.5 39.9 € € € Secretaries................................................. 693 6.9 39.2 720 8.2 39.0 625 9.2 39.8 Receptionists............................................... 442 5.4 40.0 439 5.6 40.0 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 568 7.1 39.5 579 8.9 39.4 € € € Order clerks................................................ 573 2.8 39.7 573 2.8 39.7 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 632 5.4 40.6 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 534 6.8 39.4 562 9.3 39.1 484 6.7 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 536 3.8 39.8 550 6.3 39.7 521 3.7 39.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 509 8.3 40.0 509 8.3 40.0 € € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 464 8.1 39.9 464 8.1 39.9 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 664 9.3 40.0 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 576 18.1 40.6 592 19.0 40.7 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 625 9.8 40.0 638 11.0 40.0 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 673 7.7 39.8 704 10.8 39.7 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 549 6.8 39.6 549 6.8 39.6 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 558 4.4 40.0 558 4.6 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 530 3.6 39.7 535 4.1 39.7 511 6.2 39.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 508 14.8 40.0 516 17.0 40.0 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 453 8.5 38.2 € € € 452 8.6 38.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 615 7.5 39.6 623 7.7 39.6 € € € Blue collar......................................................... $613 3.2 40.3 $617 3.4 40.5 $550 5.2 36.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 753 4.0 40.0 758 4.3 40.1 685 6.1 39.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 940 4.7 41.0 901 3.1 41.7 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 688 5.3 40.0 742 2.3 40.0 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 675 4.2 39.7 678 4.9 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 662 6.8 40.0 667 7.1 40.0 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 816 10.4 40.0 832 11.2 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 684 6.9 40.0 700 7.5 40.0 € € € Electricians................................................ 724 6.4 40.0 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 668 16.8 40.0 668 16.8 40.0 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 955 9.7 40.4 955 9.7 40.4 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 375 10.2 40.0 375 10.2 40.0 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 755 15.6 40.0 759 17.2 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 563 5.5 40.0 564 5.5 40.0 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 763 8.1 39.7 784 8.3 39.6 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 648 10.7 40.0 648 10.7 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 523 8.0 40.0 523 8.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 651 11.3 40.0 651 11.3 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 439 6.1 40.0 439 6.1 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 630 5.5 41.6 662 5.8 43.2 460 5.7 33.0 Truck drivers............................................... 746 7.2 45.9 758 7.3 46.2 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 445 7.4 30.9 € € € 445 7.4 30.9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 581 6.4 40.0 581 6.4 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 607 10.0 40.0 607 10.0 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 457 3.5 40.0 457 3.6 40.0 452 7.7 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 409 6.8 39.5 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 438 3.8 40.0 438 3.8 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 470 6.1 40.0 470 6.1 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 479 15.0 40.0 479 15.0 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 531 11.7 40.0 531 11.7 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 393 8.1 40.0 393 8.1 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 383 6.2 40.3 379 6.6 40.3 € € € Service............................................................. 446 5.5 36.9 392 7.0 35.5 589 4.2 40.7 Protective service............................................ 488 11.6 38.3 - - - 698 5.0 42.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,183 12.2 47.2 € € € 1,183 12.2 47.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... $964 14.4 40.0 € € € $964 14.4 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 720 4.9 50.4 € € € 704 5.3 51.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 664 6.2 40.3 € € € 664 6.2 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 550 4.5 40.1 € € € 550 4.5 40.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 318 8.9 35.2 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 298 8.6 37.3 $284 9.5 37.9 380 14.9 33.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 181 14.5 36.6 181 14.5 36.6 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 141 21.2 35.5 141 21.2 35.5 € € € Other food service........................................... 373 7.5 37.8 371 8.7 39.0 380 14.9 33.6 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 561 16.6 44.3 566 18.4 44.9 € € € Cooks....................................................... 395 11.3 37.7 395 11.3 37.7 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 349 5.2 38.0 336 8.2 37.5 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 321 12.5 35.9 293 6.2 38.8 378 27.6 30.0 Health service................................................ 384 3.2 39.5 376 3.7 39.4 441 3.8 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 463 4.9 40.0 € € € 461 3.6 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 362 3.4 39.3 362 3.5 39.3 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 420 4.2 39.7 414 4.9 39.7 442 8.7 39.7 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 604 15.0 41.1 € € € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 314 2.7 39.5 314 2.7 39.5 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 426 5.5 39.4 435 7.7 39.3 408 4.8 39.7 Personal service.............................................. 554 9.6 30.3 584 10.5 28.2 433 8.5 38.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 484 4.8 39.2 € € € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 387 19.4 40.0 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $38,588 3.2 1,984 $38,902 3.9 2,026 $37,418 3.2 1,829 All excluding sales............................................... 38,403 3.2 1,974 38,695 4.0 2,017 37,413 3.2 1,829 White collar........................................................ 47,042 3.5 2,001 49,001 4.4 2,075 41,554 3.7 1,796 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,898 3.5 1,985 50,621 4.5 2,066 41,551 3.7 1,795 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,489 5.5 1,872 65,352 7.8 2,012 44,209 3.3 1,678 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,991 4.1 1,851 67,475 6.3 2,083 44,898 3.3 1,627 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 66,367 5.8 2,150 67,141 6.5 2,164 - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 63,767 11.8 2,119 € € € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 73,832 6.7 2,080 73,832 6.7 2,080 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 64,798 4.6 2,116 67,149 2.9 2,119 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,336 4.7 2,119 67,949 2.6 2,123 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 57,513 14.5 2,062 60,233 17.1 2,073 45,627 5.5 2,013 Registered nurses........................................... 44,568 2.1 2,041 44,277 2.2 2,045 45,901 6.6 2,024 Teachers, college and university.............................. 65,749 19.9 1,516 55,256 9.7 1,535 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,865 2.0 1,504 39,760 6.5 1,562 44,091 2.1 1,501 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 43,405 7.6 1,522 € € € 43,817 7.8 1,524 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,017 2.8 1,507 37,083 8.8 1,417 44,359 2.9 1,511 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,308 2.8 1,510 42,089 8.0 1,405 43,383 2.9 1,516 Teachers, special education................................. 46,282 3.6 1,498 € € € 45,907 3.7 1,502 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 41,890 2.0 1,480 38,097 3.6 1,911 € € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 54,211 4.2 1,533 € € € 55,034 3.4 1,509 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 37,252 9.5 2,032 - - - 37,697 9.5 2,030 Social workers.............................................. 37,974 9.6 2,029 € € € 37,974 9.6 2,029 Lawyers and judges............................................ 128,673 10.2 2,156 - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 128,673 10.2 2,156 € € € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 61,981 12.2 2,097 62,475 12.4 2,098 - - - Professional, n.e.c......................................... 74,176 8.6 2,080 74,176 8.6 2,080 € € € Technical....................................................... 57,919 17.8 1,934 61,772 19.4 1,894 37,993 8.6 2,143 Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,370 2.2 2,027 29,855 2.3 2,011 € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 33,484 5.2 2,172 34,154 8.4 2,080 32,732 4.9 2,275 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 47,302 10.9 2,079 51,362 9.4 2,079 € € € Computer programmers........................................ 51,316 6.0 2,080 54,025 7.4 2,080 € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 37,781 9.4 2,080 37,781 9.4 2,080 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,075 4.7 2,168 67,026 5.0 2,209 58,722 12.3 2,034 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 80,089 5.1 2,202 80,413 5.1 2,253 79,058 13.6 2,043 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $40,799 7.0 2,080 € € € $40,799 7.0 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 79,569 10.3 2,364 $76,369 12.7 2,426 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 99,218 7.4 2,334 99,218 7.4 2,334 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 93,655 13.8 2,029 € € € 101,262 15.1 2,012 Managers, medicine and health............................... 79,607 7.7 2,155 82,850 7.1 2,165 € € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 63,944 10.6 2,080 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 84,468 6.3 2,198 85,042 6.4 2,202 € € € Management related............................................ 48,959 5.0 2,131 52,835 5.3 2,164 35,982 9.5 2,023 Accountants and auditors.................................... 38,481 10.2 2,080 42,600 9.1 2,080 € € € Other financial officers.................................... 50,321 10.4 2,317 50,321 10.4 2,317 € € € Management analysts......................................... 58,092 11.1 2,080 58,092 11.1 2,080 € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 47,459 13.5 2,099 57,448 7.9 2,110 € € € Construction inspectors..................................... 36,292 2.9 2,080 € € € 36,292 2.9 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 53,556 11.3 2,018 59,778 14.1 2,070 43,658 15.0 1,936 Sales............................................................. 41,035 13.4 2,115 41,027 13.5 2,115 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 57,206 16.3 2,145 57,206 16.3 2,145 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 69,074 10.9 2,093 69,074 10.9 2,093 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20,170 2.5 1,996 20,170 2.5 1,996 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 17,922 7.0 2,057 17,922 7.0 2,057 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,798 2.2 2,006 30,854 2.5 2,035 25,834 3.2 1,898 Supervisors, general office................................. 44,314 4.4 2,073 44,515 4.5 2,072 € € € Secretaries................................................. 34,281 6.9 1,939 36,004 8.2 1,949 30,097 9.2 1,914 Receptionists............................................... 22,997 5.4 2,080 22,819 5.6 2,080 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 29,511 7.1 2,055 30,089 8.9 2,048 € € € Order clerks................................................ 29,789 2.8 2,063 29,789 2.8 2,063 € € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 32,859 5.4 2,113 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,688 6.8 2,044 29,098 9.3 2,025 25,171 6.7 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,866 3.8 2,068 28,603 6.3 2,062 27,111 3.7 2,074 Billing clerks.............................................. 26,457 8.3 2,080 26,457 8.3 2,080 € € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 24,134 8.1 2,075 24,134 8.1 2,075 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 33,824 9.3 2,036 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 29,956 18.1 2,111 30,794 19.0 2,114 € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 32,524 9.8 2,080 33,152 11.0 2,080 € € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 34,974 7.7 2,069 36,603 10.8 2,064 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 28,543 6.8 2,061 28,543 6.8 2,061 € € € Bill and account collectors................................. 29,032 4.4 2,080 29,033 4.6 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 25,293 3.6 1,894 25,592 4.1 1,902 23,998 6.2 1,859 Data entry keyers........................................... 26,426 14.8 2,080 26,850 17.0 2,080 € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 17,007 8.5 1,435 € € € 16,979 8.6 1,435 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,956 7.5 2,060 32,386 7.7 2,060 € € € Blue collar......................................................... $30,509 3.2 2,006 $30,836 3.4 2,025 $25,831 5.2 1,732 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,820 4.0 2,063 39,148 4.3 2,067 34,727 6.1 2,010 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 47,871 4.7 2,085 46,860 3.1 2,171 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 35,773 5.3 2,080 38,591 2.3 2,080 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 34,241 4.2 2,011 35,277 4.9 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 34,442 6.8 2,080 34,702 7.1 2,080 € € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 42,431 10.4 2,080 43,245 11.2 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,565 6.9 2,080 36,412 7.5 2,080 € € € Electricians................................................ 37,650 6.4 2,080 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 34,739 16.8 2,080 34,739 16.8 2,080 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 49,665 9.7 2,100 49,665 9.7 2,100 € € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 19,488 10.2 2,080 19,488 10.2 2,080 € € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 39,260 15.6 2,080 39,486 17.2 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,942 5.5 2,054 28,951 5.5 2,054 - - - Printing press operators.................................... 39,661 8.1 2,063 40,746 8.3 2,061 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 33,707 10.7 2,080 33,707 10.7 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,167 8.0 1,848 24,167 8.0 1,848 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 33,830 11.3 2,080 33,830 11.3 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 22,831 6.1 2,080 22,831 6.1 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 31,267 5.5 2,064 33,853 5.8 2,210 19,518 5.7 1,399 Truck drivers............................................... 37,611 7.2 2,314 38,157 7.3 2,324 € € € Bus drivers................................................. 17,906 7.4 1,244 € € € 17,906 7.4 1,244 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,216 6.4 2,080 30,216 6.4 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 31,589 10.0 2,080 31,589 10.0 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,208 3.5 1,857 21,126 3.6 1,849 23,511 7.7 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,267 6.8 2,052 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 22,792 3.8 2,080 22,792 3.8 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,461 6.1 2,080 24,461 6.1 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 24,893 15.0 2,080 24,893 15.0 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,590 11.7 2,080 27,590 11.7 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,415 8.1 2,080 20,415 8.1 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11,470 6.2 1,206 10,877 6.6 1,157 € € € Service............................................................. 22,751 5.5 1,884 20,367 7.0 1,846 28,626 4.2 1,978 Protective service............................................ 25,379 11.6 1,993 - - - 36,279 5.0 2,211 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 61,522 12.2 2,457 € € € 61,522 12.2 2,457 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... $50,123 14.4 2,080 € € € $50,123 14.4 2,080 Firefighting................................................ 37,456 4.9 2,623 € € € 36,610 5.3 2,692 Police and detectives, public service....................... 34,525 6.2 2,097 € € € 34,525 6.2 2,097 Correctional institution officers........................... 28,609 4.5 2,086 € € € 28,609 4.5 2,086 Guards and police, except public service.................... 16,536 8.9 1,830 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 14,763 8.6 1,850 $14,758 9.5 1,969 14,786 14.9 1,307 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,408 14.5 1,902 9,408 14.5 1,902 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7,354 21.2 1,844 7,354 21.2 1,844 € € € Other food service........................................... 17,968 7.5 1,819 19,249 8.7 2,025 14,786 14.9 1,307 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 29,185 16.6 2,306 29,432 18.4 2,335 € € € Cooks....................................................... 20,552 11.3 1,958 20,552 11.3 1,958 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 15,784 5.2 1,717 17,336 8.2 1,937 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,067 12.5 1,688 15,193 6.2 2,013 14,871 27.6 1,182 Health service................................................ 19,986 3.2 2,052 19,543 3.7 2,048 22,920 3.8 2,080 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,087 4.9 2,080 € € € 23,950 3.6 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,841 3.4 2,045 18,800 3.5 2,043 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 21,473 4.2 2,026 21,529 4.9 2,063 21,299 8.7 1,912 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 31,141 15.0 2,119 € € € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 16,308 2.7 2,056 16,308 2.7 2,056 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,561 5.5 1,996 22,627 7.7 2,045 19,641 4.8 1,908 Personal service.............................................. 27,506 9.6 1,504 30,296 10.5 1,463 18,450 8.5 1,637 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 18,447 4.8 1,493 € € € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 20,144 19.4 2,080 € € € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $18.96 3.2 $18.67 3.9 $20.19 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 19.09 3.2 18.79 4.0 20.20 3.1 White collar........................................................ 22.91 3.7 22.91 4.6 22.94 3.7 1....................................................... 8.33 4.7 8.36 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 10.00 5.1 9.97 5.4 10.29 5.3 3....................................................... 11.24 3.0 11.05 3.5 12.22 4.6 4....................................................... 13.74 3.0 14.18 3.5 12.01 3.5 5....................................................... 15.16 2.5 15.15 2.9 15.20 4.6 6....................................................... 17.29 2.7 18.21 2.4 14.43 3.7 7....................................................... 20.31 2.8 21.22 3.3 18.39 4.0 8....................................................... 22.46 3.5 21.90 4.0 24.08 6.5 9....................................................... 28.77 1.6 28.80 2.2 28.73 2.2 10........................................................ 34.97 3.8 35.03 4.2 34.57 7.8 11........................................................ 46.36 18.0 48.44 20.6 35.91 7.9 12........................................................ 45.54 6.5 44.49 7.4 € € 13........................................................ 64.32 18.1 63.64 27.3 € € 14........................................................ 58.27 6.7 58.27 6.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.66 11.9 25.66 11.9 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.84 3.7 24.17 4.8 22.96 3.7 1....................................................... 10.05 3.4 10.36 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 10.85 3.5 10.91 3.8 10.29 5.3 3....................................................... 11.94 3.1 11.86 3.8 12.22 4.6 4....................................................... 13.61 2.3 14.22 2.5 12.01 3.5 5....................................................... 15.37 2.2 15.42 2.5 15.20 4.6 6....................................................... 17.27 2.8 18.23 2.4 14.43 3.7 7....................................................... 20.05 2.8 20.88 3.2 18.36 4.0 8....................................................... 22.39 3.5 21.71 3.8 24.08 6.5 9....................................................... 28.73 1.6 28.72 2.2 28.73 2.2 10........................................................ 34.19 3.3 34.12 3.7 34.57 7.8 11........................................................ 50.62 21.9 54.92 25.7 35.91 7.9 12........................................................ 45.33 6.9 44.16 7.9 € € 13........................................................ 64.32 18.1 63.64 27.3 € € 14........................................................ 58.27 6.7 58.27 6.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.65 11.9 25.65 11.9 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.85 6.4 32.04 9.2 26.14 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.96 3.9 31.95 5.9 27.42 3.4 5....................................................... 16.90 4.8 € € € € 6....................................................... 18.37 7.6 21.05 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.23 2.9 21.20 2.9 19.22 5.3 8....................................................... 23.71 3.9 22.66 3.4 25.29 7.5 9....................................................... 29.38 1.5 28.42 3.4 29.90 1.5 10........................................................ 33.66 4.9 33.58 5.8 € € 11........................................................ 33.95 6.6 34.63 9.5 32.66 7.5 12........................................................ 45.12 10.4 43.38 11.5 € € 13........................................................ $69.72 28.6 $69.72 28.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.13 10.6 30.13 10.6 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.87 6.5 31.03 7.4 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.09 12.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.50 6.7 35.50 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.62 4.6 31.69 3.0 - - 8....................................................... 24.89 5.1 24.89 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 31.21 2.3 31.17 2.4 € € 10........................................................ 34.24 9.5 34.24 9.5 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.83 4.6 32.01 2.8 € € 9....................................................... 31.21 2.3 31.17 2.4 € € 10........................................................ 33.42 10.6 33.42 10.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.28 12.2 28.27 14.5 $22.82 4.6 8....................................................... 21.38 3.0 21.30 3.9 € € 9....................................................... 22.95 3.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 31.49 6.7 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.02 1.5 21.92 1.4 22.46 5.3 8....................................................... 21.80 1.9 21.88 2.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.95 19.6 35.00 12.2 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.94 2.3 25.25 6.6 29.15 2.3 6....................................................... 17.17 9.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.42 2.8 28.70 13.0 € € 8....................................................... 27.15 7.6 25.78 8.5 27.33 8.4 9....................................................... 30.34 1.5 29.36 12.5 30.36 1.6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 28.51 7.6 € € 28.76 7.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.06 3.0 25.84 7.8 29.21 3.1 8....................................................... 27.70 6.7 € € 28.10 7.0 9....................................................... 30.47 3.4 € € 30.56 3.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.69 2.9 29.96 8.5 28.61 3.0 8....................................................... 25.00 10.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 29.92 1.5 € € 29.93 1.5 Teachers, special education................................. 30.89 3.6 € € 30.57 3.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.76 2.9 19.74 4.2 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.35 4.1 € € 36.46 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.34 9.5 - - 18.57 9.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.72 9.6 € € 18.72 9.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.69 2.4 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 59.69 2.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.32 10.2 29.53 10.3 - - 9....................................................... 29.97 7.2 29.97 7.2 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 35.66 8.6 35.66 8.6 € € 9....................................................... 29.19 3.5 29.19 3.5 € € Technical....................................................... $29.54 21.9 $32.20 24.3 $17.57 9.1 4....................................................... 14.56 6.1 14.78 5.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.52 3.7 15.94 3.4 € € 6....................................................... 16.56 3.4 17.45 4.5 15.50 4.3 7....................................................... 19.50 7.1 20.30 6.4 € € 8....................................................... 20.31 9.7 20.46 10.1 € € 9....................................................... 30.42 5.3 32.80 3.7 € € Radiological technicians.................................... 20.30 4.2 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.87 1.9 14.73 2.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.88 2.8 14.58 3.6 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.09 5.9 15.96 8.2 14.14 8.0 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.75 10.9 24.70 9.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.25 7.0 20.25 7.0 € € Computer programmers........................................ 24.67 6.0 25.97 7.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.16 9.4 18.16 9.4 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 4.6 30.34 4.9 28.88 12.3 5....................................................... 16.25 4.3 16.04 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 14.95 8.1 € € € € 7....................................................... 20.63 5.6 22.59 7.1 17.81 4.4 8....................................................... 20.61 6.4 20.63 7.7 20.54 6.8 9....................................................... 26.66 4.0 27.79 3.5 18.72 5.6 10........................................................ 34.94 5.0 34.93 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 35.45 6.6 34.61 7.5 38.56 10.8 12........................................................ 46.06 4.2 46.27 4.8 € € 13........................................................ 58.64 14.9 € € € € 14........................................................ 58.45 10.6 58.45 10.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.13 12.4 40.13 12.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.36 5.3 35.70 5.4 38.69 13.6 8....................................................... 19.49 10.5 18.31 14.4 € € 9....................................................... 27.14 8.3 30.37 6.0 € € 10........................................................ 35.58 5.8 35.58 6.1 € € 11........................................................ 36.06 7.4 35.42 8.2 38.69 13.4 12........................................................ 47.09 4.0 47.77 4.4 € € 13........................................................ 58.64 14.9 € € € € 14........................................................ 52.17 5.7 52.17 5.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.26 13.3 47.26 13.3 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.61 7.0 € € 19.61 7.0 Financial managers.......................................... 33.66 7.4 31.48 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 44.19 9.7 € € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.51 12.1 42.51 12.1 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.16 13.8 € € 50.32 15.1 11........................................................ 36.83 3.0 € € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.95 6.4 38.27 6.2 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.74 10.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.43 6.8 38.63 6.8 € € 9....................................................... $29.54 7.0 $30.03 7.1 € € 10........................................................ 36.88 6.0 36.88 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 33.24 12.4 33.24 12.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.75 16.1 51.75 16.1 € € Management related............................................ 22.97 4.4 24.42 4.8 $17.79 9.5 5....................................................... 16.44 4.2 16.23 4.9 € € 6....................................................... 14.84 8.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.39 4.8 21.18 8.1 17.81 4.4 8....................................................... 21.36 8.2 21.83 9.3 € € 9....................................................... 26.32 2.9 26.45 2.9 € € 11........................................................ 31.47 12.1 28.15 14.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.80 1.3 27.80 1.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.50 10.3 20.48 9.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 € € Management analysts......................................... 27.93 11.1 27.93 11.1 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.61 13.5 27.23 8.6 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 17.45 2.9 € € 17.45 2.9 7....................................................... 17.15 3.7 € € 17.15 3.7 Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 11.1 28.87 13.5 22.56 15.0 Sales............................................................. 17.61 13.1 17.62 13.1 - - 1....................................................... 7.61 3.3 7.57 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.35 7.0 8.35 7.0 € € 3....................................................... 9.45 4.2 9.45 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 14.11 9.6 14.11 9.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.09 12.1 14.09 12.1 € € 7....................................................... 27.81 17.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.16 15.4 23.16 15.4 € € 11........................................................ 34.59 12.4 34.59 12.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.67 16.0 26.67 16.0 € € 8....................................................... 27.07 12.4 27.07 12.4 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 11.2 33.00 11.2 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 4.6 8.34 4.6 € € 1....................................................... 7.43 3.9 7.38 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 7.66 5.3 7.66 5.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.40 5.2 9.40 5.2 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.66 2.3 14.95 2.6 13.47 3.1 1....................................................... 10.05 3.4 10.36 2.6 € € 2....................................................... 10.84 3.6 10.90 3.9 10.29 5.3 3....................................................... 11.96 3.2 11.87 3.9 12.29 4.6 4....................................................... 13.62 2.3 14.17 2.6 12.23 3.3 5....................................................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 3.2 15.02 5.7 6....................................................... 17.95 3.2 18.10 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.82 6.2 20.26 6.9 18.35 10.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.97 7.1 15.97 7.1 € € Supervisors, general office................................. $21.38 4.6 $21.48 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 17.53 7.6 18.42 9.0 $15.39 9.1 3....................................................... 11.21 10.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 14.16 5.2 15.38 8.6 € € 5....................................................... 15.35 3.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.09 9.2 € € € € Interviewers................................................ 12.57 10.2 12.73 10.7 € € Receptionists............................................... 11.06 5.4 10.97 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.05 6.4 11.05 6.4 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.36 6.7 14.69 8.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 13.98 3.2 13.98 3.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.23 3.5 12.23 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 15.78 3.3 15.78 3.3 € € 5....................................................... 13.93 5.0 13.93 5.0 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.55 5.0 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.50 6.4 14.28 8.5 12.10 6.7 4....................................................... 13.93 6.9 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.08 4.3 13.32 7.4 12.84 3.8 4....................................................... 12.58 6.2 12.35 10.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.33 4.0 € € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.72 8.3 12.72 8.3 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.63 8.1 11.63 8.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 16.61 9.3 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.19 16.5 14.57 17.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.64 9.8 15.94 11.0 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.90 8.0 17.73 11.3 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.93 7.1 13.93 7.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.72 4.7 13.72 4.7 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.96 4.4 13.96 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 13.29 3.3 13.37 3.8 12.91 6.4 3....................................................... 11.26 5.1 11.67 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 13.96 3.5 14.31 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 13.28 5.2 11.94 4.0 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 12.61 12.9 12.77 14.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.11 8.8 € € 11.77 7.8 3....................................................... 11.93 12.8 € € 13.51 8.3 4....................................................... 9.48 11.3 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.48 7.2 15.69 7.4 € € 5....................................................... 14.26 3.3 14.26 3.3 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.91 3.1 14.92 3.3 14.68 3.9 1....................................................... 8.29 3.4 8.29 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 11.61 4.9 11.36 6.2 12.44 5.3 3....................................................... 13.93 5.6 13.94 5.7 € € 4....................................................... 14.62 3.3 14.68 3.4 12.95 8.1 5....................................................... 15.75 4.6 15.98 5.0 13.88 5.0 6....................................................... $16.52 5.2 $16.54 5.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.68 4.9 21.07 5.2 $17.92 6.6 9....................................................... 27.66 9.6 27.73 10.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.31 8.1 19.31 8.1 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.77 4.1 18.88 4.3 17.28 6.1 1....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.72 4.1 € € 4....................................................... 12.81 7.6 12.81 7.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.02 8.2 16.29 8.6 € € 6....................................................... 17.37 3.6 17.46 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.97 5.3 21.41 5.7 17.99 7.2 9....................................................... 27.90 10.3 28.01 11.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.96 6.5 21.58 6.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.20 5.3 18.55 2.3 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.03 4.3 16.96 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 17.90 3.2 18.00 4.0 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.56 6.8 16.68 7.1 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.40 10.4 20.79 11.2 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.10 6.9 17.51 7.5 € € Electricians................................................ 18.10 6.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.26 5.3 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.70 16.8 16.70 16.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 23.65 9.7 23.65 9.7 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.37 10.2 9.37 10.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.88 15.6 18.98 17.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.09 5.5 14.10 5.5 - - 1....................................................... 7.45 8.1 7.45 8.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.80 5.2 9.80 5.2 € € 3....................................................... 14.72 10.2 14.72 10.2 € € 4....................................................... 15.04 7.3 15.06 7.4 € € 5....................................................... 16.63 4.8 16.63 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 13.38 4.6 13.38 4.6 € € 7....................................................... 19.28 8.9 19.28 8.9 € € Printing press operators.................................... 19.22 8.4 19.77 8.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 16.21 10.7 16.21 10.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.08 8.0 13.08 8.0 € € 4....................................................... 13.84 2.8 13.84 2.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.26 11.3 16.26 11.3 € € 3....................................................... 17.90 12.7 17.90 12.7 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.98 6.1 10.98 6.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.05 8.7 11.05 8.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.02 3.6 15.23 4.1 13.94 3.2 2....................................................... 11.93 5.7 9.91 6.0 € € 3....................................................... $13.66 9.7 $13.67 10.5 € € 4....................................................... 15.89 3.2 16.11 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.15 3.6 17.34 2.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 16.18 3.5 16.34 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 15.05 5.7 15.05 5.7 € € 4....................................................... 16.07 3.6 16.13 3.6 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.22 3.7 € € $14.22 3.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.53 6.4 14.53 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 13.66 10.8 13.66 10.8 € € 4....................................................... 16.45 5.3 16.45 5.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.19 10.0 15.19 10.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.92 3.7 10.91 3.9 11.06 7.2 1....................................................... 8.53 3.8 8.54 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 12.42 8.7 13.10 10.0 9.82 3.1 3....................................................... 12.58 5.6 12.58 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 12.95 4.0 12.94 4.1 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.33 6.6 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.96 3.8 10.96 3.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 8.2 9.97 8.2 € € 1....................................................... 7.70 7.4 7.70 7.4 € € 3....................................................... 13.28 7.7 13.28 7.7 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 11.97 15.0 11.97 15.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.06 9.9 13.06 9.9 € € 1....................................................... 10.20 6.6 10.20 6.6 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.76 7.8 9.76 7.8 € € 1....................................................... 8.39 5.2 8.39 5.2 € € 2....................................................... 12.00 11.6 12.00 11.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.44 5.9 9.34 6.4 € € 1....................................................... 8.16 2.3 8.17 2.3 € € Service............................................................. 11.88 5.9 10.90 8.2 14.35 3.7 1....................................................... 7.40 6.3 6.94 6.8 10.27 5.1 2....................................................... 9.23 3.3 8.95 3.3 10.25 7.5 3....................................................... 8.78 4.3 8.23 4.2 11.57 6.3 4....................................................... 11.83 4.1 11.02 5.7 13.44 5.3 5....................................................... 12.27 5.9 11.10 9.2 13.80 3.9 6....................................................... 15.01 4.5 € € 14.72 2.6 7....................................................... € € € € 17.20 5.6 8....................................................... 21.48 7.7 € € 21.56 9.5 Protective service............................................ 12.72 7.9 9.35 5.3 16.35 4.4 4....................................................... 13.98 6.2 € € 14.09 7.7 5....................................................... 13.11 4.3 € € 13.56 4.1 6....................................................... 14.79 2.7 € € 14.72 2.6 7....................................................... 16.88 5.4 € € 16.88 5.4 8....................................................... 21.56 9.5 € € 21.56 9.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... $25.04 9.3 € € $25.04 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.10 14.4 € € 24.10 14.4 Firefighting................................................ 14.28 6.7 € € 13.60 4.8 7....................................................... 14.27 9.4 € € 14.27 9.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.47 6.1 € € 16.47 6.1 7....................................................... 17.93 6.0 € € 17.93 6.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.57 5.5 € € 16.57 5.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.71 4.4 € € 13.71 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.04 4.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.51 6.2 $7.02 6.4 11.20 12.5 1....................................................... 5.91 7.8 5.64 7.4 € € 2....................................................... 8.79 9.9 8.60 12.0 € € 3....................................................... 7.09 14.2 5.80 10.6 12.34 20.1 4....................................................... 8.50 9.9 8.50 9.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.85 12.0 4.85 12.0 € € 1....................................................... 3.80 19.8 3.80 19.8 € € 3....................................................... 4.04 17.4 4.04 17.4 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.80 17.6 3.80 17.6 € € 1....................................................... 3.05 21.9 3.05 21.9 € € 3....................................................... 3.63 17.7 3.63 17.7 € € Other food service........................................... 9.47 5.6 9.02 6.1 11.20 12.5 1....................................................... 7.41 5.2 7.14 4.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.85 8.7 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.17 11.0 8.75 3.2 12.34 20.1 4....................................................... 9.52 6.9 9.52 6.9 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.66 10.7 12.60 12.1 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.97 7.7 9.97 7.7 € € 3....................................................... 8.98 4.9 8.98 4.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.21 3.1 8.80 4.3 € € 1....................................................... 8.75 4.1 8.44 7.4 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.67 12.5 7.30 5.7 12.21 21.5 1....................................................... 6.97 5.9 6.97 5.9 € € 3....................................................... 12.58 27.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.79 3.2 9.61 3.6 11.02 3.8 2....................................................... 9.26 5.7 9.26 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.28 3.9 9.11 4.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.00 4.3 10.69 5.6 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 4.5 11.82 7.2 11.51 3.6 4....................................................... 11.67 4.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.21 3.0 9.19 3.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.03 5.5 9.03 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.19 4.3 9.22 4.6 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 4.2 10.19 4.9 11.08 8.6 1....................................................... 9.21 5.6 8.74 6.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.25 4.6 9.03 4.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.89 10.0 9.93 12.5 € € Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... $14.69 13.1 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.93 2.6 $7.93 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.45 5.6 10.53 7.7 $10.25 5.0 1....................................................... 9.68 6.1 9.20 7.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.59 5.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.63 8.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 18.72 17.4 21.03 20.0 11.19 8.0 2....................................................... 10.56 11.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.02 5.8 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 11.09 8.1 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.70 19.0 9.72 19.1 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.45 3.2 $19.20 3.9 $20.46 3.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.45 3.2 19.18 4.0 20.46 3.2 White collar........................................................ 23.51 3.7 23.62 4.6 23.14 3.7 1....................................................... 9.39 6.2 9.47 6.5 € € 2....................................................... 10.21 6.0 10.17 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 11.62 3.1 11.46 3.7 12.32 4.5 4....................................................... 13.89 3.0 14.34 3.5 12.13 3.5 5....................................................... 15.19 2.5 15.16 2.9 15.30 4.7 6....................................................... 17.31 2.7 18.22 2.4 14.47 3.8 7....................................................... 20.29 2.9 21.23 3.5 18.38 4.0 8....................................................... 22.49 3.6 21.91 4.0 24.23 6.8 9....................................................... 28.82 1.6 28.90 2.2 28.73 2.2 10........................................................ 34.97 3.8 35.03 4.2 34.57 7.8 11........................................................ 46.79 18.2 48.93 20.8 35.98 8.1 12........................................................ 45.54 6.5 44.49 7.4 € € 13........................................................ 64.32 18.1 63.64 27.3 € € 14........................................................ 58.27 6.7 58.27 6.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.11 12.2 26.11 12.2 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.13 3.8 24.50 4.9 23.14 3.7 1....................................................... 10.44 4.3 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.95 3.7 10.97 4.0 € € 3....................................................... 12.17 3.1 12.12 3.8 12.32 4.5 4....................................................... 13.74 2.2 14.35 2.4 12.13 3.5 5....................................................... 15.41 2.2 15.44 2.5 15.30 4.7 6....................................................... 17.29 2.8 18.23 2.4 14.47 3.8 7....................................................... 20.02 2.9 20.87 3.4 18.35 4.0 8....................................................... 22.42 3.6 21.72 3.8 24.23 6.8 9....................................................... 28.78 1.6 28.82 2.3 28.73 2.2 10........................................................ 34.19 3.3 34.12 3.7 34.57 7.8 11........................................................ 51.35 22.2 55.87 26.0 35.98 8.1 12........................................................ 45.33 6.9 44.16 7.9 € € 13........................................................ 64.32 18.1 63.64 27.3 € € 14........................................................ 58.27 6.7 58.27 6.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.10 12.2 26.10 12.2 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.17 6.5 32.47 9.5 26.34 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.25 4.0 32.40 6.1 27.60 3.4 5....................................................... 17.46 3.9 € € € € 6....................................................... 18.52 7.7 21.09 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.11 3.3 21.13 4.2 19.22 5.3 8....................................................... 23.82 4.0 22.71 3.4 25.58 7.8 9....................................................... 29.48 1.5 28.65 3.5 29.90 1.5 10........................................................ 33.66 4.9 33.58 5.8 € € 11........................................................ 34.70 7.0 35.87 10.4 32.63 7.9 12........................................................ 45.12 10.4 43.38 11.5 € € 13........................................................ $69.72 28.6 $69.72 28.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.72 11.7 30.72 11.7 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.87 6.5 31.03 7.4 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.09 12.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.50 6.7 35.50 6.7 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.62 4.6 31.69 3.0 - - 8....................................................... 24.89 5.1 24.89 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 31.21 2.3 31.17 2.4 € € 10........................................................ 34.24 9.5 34.24 9.5 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.83 4.6 32.01 2.8 € € 9....................................................... 31.21 2.3 31.17 2.4 € € 10........................................................ 33.42 10.6 33.42 10.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.89 13.9 29.05 16.3 $22.66 5.5 8....................................................... 21.44 3.4 21.36 4.1 € € 9....................................................... 22.66 3.9 22.24 4.1 € € Registered nurses........................................... 21.83 1.9 21.65 1.7 22.67 6.6 8....................................................... 21.97 2.0 22.02 2.1 € € 9....................................................... 22.22 3.3 22.22 3.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.38 19.4 36.00 10.7 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.17 2.1 25.46 6.8 29.38 2.2 7....................................................... 24.42 2.8 28.70 13.0 € € 8....................................................... 27.15 7.6 25.78 8.5 27.33 8.4 9....................................................... 30.34 1.5 29.36 12.5 30.36 1.6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 28.51 7.6 € € 28.76 7.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.21 2.9 26.18 8.3 29.36 3.0 8....................................................... 27.70 6.7 € € 28.10 7.0 9....................................................... 30.47 3.4 € € 30.56 3.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.69 2.9 29.96 8.5 28.61 3.0 8....................................................... 25.00 10.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 29.92 1.5 € € 29.93 1.5 Teachers, special education................................. 30.89 3.6 € € 30.57 3.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.30 2.3 19.94 4.3 € € Vocational and educational counselors....................... 35.35 4.1 € € 36.46 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.34 9.5 - - 18.57 9.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.72 9.6 € € 18.72 9.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.69 2.4 - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 59.69 2.4 € € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.55 10.8 29.78 10.9 - - 9....................................................... 29.97 7.2 29.97 7.2 € € Professional, n.e.c......................................... 35.66 8.6 35.66 8.6 € € 9....................................................... 29.19 3.5 29.19 3.5 € € Technical....................................................... 29.94 22.1 32.61 24.5 17.73 9.3 4....................................................... $15.06 5.5 $15.06 5.5 € € 5....................................................... 15.64 3.7 16.10 3.5 € € 6....................................................... 16.56 3.4 17.45 4.5 $15.50 4.3 7....................................................... 19.53 7.2 20.37 6.4 € € 8....................................................... 20.31 9.7 20.46 10.1 € € 9....................................................... 30.42 5.3 32.80 3.7 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.98 1.9 14.84 2.1 € € 5....................................................... 15.10 3.0 € € € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.42 6.1 16.42 8.4 14.39 7.9 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.75 10.9 24.70 9.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.25 7.0 20.25 7.0 € € Computer programmers........................................ 24.67 6.0 25.97 7.4 € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.16 9.4 18.16 9.4 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 4.6 30.34 4.9 28.88 12.3 5....................................................... 16.25 4.3 16.04 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 14.95 8.1 € € € € 7....................................................... 20.63 5.6 22.59 7.1 17.81 4.4 8....................................................... 20.61 6.4 20.63 7.7 20.54 6.8 9....................................................... 26.66 4.0 27.79 3.5 18.72 5.6 10........................................................ 34.94 5.0 34.93 5.3 € € 11........................................................ 35.45 6.6 34.61 7.5 38.56 10.8 12........................................................ 46.06 4.2 46.27 4.8 € € 13........................................................ 58.64 14.9 € € € € 14........................................................ 58.45 10.6 58.45 10.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.13 12.4 40.13 12.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.36 5.3 35.70 5.4 38.69 13.6 8....................................................... 19.49 10.5 18.31 14.4 € € 9....................................................... 27.14 8.3 30.37 6.0 € € 10........................................................ 35.58 5.8 35.58 6.1 € € 11........................................................ 36.06 7.4 35.42 8.2 38.69 13.4 12........................................................ 47.09 4.0 47.77 4.4 € € 13........................................................ 58.64 14.9 € € € € 14........................................................ 52.17 5.7 52.17 5.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.26 13.3 47.26 13.3 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 19.61 7.0 € € 19.61 7.0 Financial managers.......................................... 33.66 7.4 31.48 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 44.19 9.7 € € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.51 12.1 42.51 12.1 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 46.16 13.8 € € 50.32 15.1 11........................................................ 36.83 3.0 € € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 36.95 6.4 38.27 6.2 € € Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 30.74 10.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.43 6.8 38.63 6.8 € € 9....................................................... 29.54 7.0 30.03 7.1 € € 10........................................................ 36.88 6.0 36.88 6.0 € € 11........................................................ $33.24 12.4 $33.24 12.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.75 16.1 51.75 16.1 € € Management related............................................ 22.97 4.4 24.42 4.8 $17.79 9.5 5....................................................... 16.44 4.2 16.23 4.9 € € 6....................................................... 14.84 8.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.39 4.8 21.18 8.1 17.81 4.4 8....................................................... 21.36 8.2 21.83 9.3 € € 9....................................................... 26.32 2.9 26.45 2.9 € € 11........................................................ 31.47 12.1 28.15 14.7 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.80 1.3 27.80 1.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 18.50 10.3 20.48 9.1 € € Other financial officers.................................... 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 € € Management analysts......................................... 27.93 11.1 27.93 11.1 € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.61 13.5 27.23 8.6 € € Construction inspectors..................................... 17.45 2.9 € € 17.45 2.9 7....................................................... 17.15 3.7 € € 17.15 3.7 Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.54 11.1 28.87 13.5 22.56 15.0 Sales............................................................. 19.40 13.3 19.40 13.4 - - 2....................................................... 8.49 9.7 8.49 9.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.77 4.9 9.77 4.9 € € 4....................................................... 14.33 9.9 14.33 9.9 € € 5....................................................... 14.09 12.1 14.09 12.1 € € 7....................................................... 27.81 17.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 23.16 15.4 23.16 15.4 € € 11........................................................ 34.59 12.4 34.59 12.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.67 16.0 26.67 16.0 € € 8....................................................... 27.07 12.4 27.07 12.4 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 33.00 11.2 33.00 11.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.10 2.0 10.10 2.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.71 6.8 8.71 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.56 6.7 9.56 6.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.86 2.2 15.17 2.6 13.61 3.2 1....................................................... 10.44 4.3 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.94 3.8 10.96 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.19 3.1 12.12 3.9 12.39 4.6 4....................................................... 13.72 2.3 14.28 2.6 12.30 3.4 5....................................................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 3.2 15.02 5.7 6....................................................... 17.95 3.2 18.10 3.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.82 6.2 20.26 6.9 18.35 10.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.18 7.8 16.18 7.8 € € Supervisors, general office................................. 21.38 4.6 21.48 4.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 17.68 7.6 18.48 9.0 15.72 9.2 4....................................................... 14.16 5.2 15.38 8.6 € € 5....................................................... 15.35 3.3 € € € € 7....................................................... $22.09 9.2 € € € € Receptionists............................................... 11.06 5.4 $10.97 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 11.05 6.4 11.05 6.4 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.36 6.7 14.69 8.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 14.44 3.1 14.44 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.68 3.2 12.68 3.2 € € 4....................................................... 15.78 3.3 15.78 3.3 € € 5....................................................... 13.93 5.0 13.93 5.0 € € Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 15.55 5.0 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.54 6.3 14.37 8.3 $12.10 6.7 4....................................................... 13.93 6.9 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 4.1 13.87 6.8 13.07 3.6 4....................................................... 13.22 5.5 13.12 10.0 € € 5....................................................... 14.33 4.0 € € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 12.72 8.3 12.72 8.3 € € Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.63 8.1 11.63 8.1 € € Dispatchers................................................. 16.61 9.3 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.19 16.5 14.57 17.2 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.64 9.8 15.94 11.0 € € Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.90 8.0 17.73 11.3 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.85 7.5 13.85 7.5 € € 4....................................................... 13.57 5.1 13.57 5.1 € € Bill and account collectors................................. 13.96 4.4 13.96 4.6 € € General office clerks....................................... 13.36 3.4 13.46 4.0 12.91 6.4 3....................................................... 11.26 5.1 11.67 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.07 3.6 14.46 2.7 € € 5....................................................... 13.28 5.2 11.94 4.0 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 12.71 14.8 12.91 17.0 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.85 7.8 € € 11.83 7.9 4....................................................... 9.48 11.3 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.51 7.2 15.72 7.4 € € 5....................................................... 14.26 3.3 14.26 3.3 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 3.1 15.23 3.3 14.92 4.5 1....................................................... 8.62 3.6 8.62 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 11.54 5.3 11.45 6.3 11.96 6.9 3....................................................... 14.02 5.7 14.03 5.8 € € 4....................................................... 14.62 3.4 14.68 3.4 12.95 8.1 5....................................................... 15.77 4.7 15.98 5.1 13.97 5.2 6....................................................... 16.52 5.2 16.54 5.4 € € 7....................................................... 20.68 4.9 21.07 5.2 17.92 6.6 9....................................................... 27.66 9.6 27.73 10.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.31 8.1 19.31 8.1 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 4.1 18.94 4.3 17.28 6.1 1....................................................... 7.72 4.1 7.72 4.1 € € 4....................................................... $12.81 7.6 $12.81 7.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.02 8.2 16.29 8.6 € € 6....................................................... 17.37 3.6 17.46 3.8 € € 7....................................................... 20.97 5.3 21.41 5.7 $17.99 7.2 9....................................................... 27.90 10.3 28.01 11.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.96 6.5 21.58 6.0 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.20 5.3 18.55 2.3 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.03 4.3 16.96 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 17.90 3.2 18.00 4.0 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.56 6.8 16.68 7.1 € € Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 20.40 10.4 20.79 11.2 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.10 6.9 17.51 7.5 € € Electricians................................................ 18.10 6.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.26 5.3 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.70 16.8 16.70 16.8 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 23.65 9.7 23.65 9.7 € € Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.37 10.2 9.37 10.2 € € Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 18.88 15.6 18.98 17.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.09 5.5 14.09 5.5 - - 1....................................................... 7.45 8.1 7.45 8.1 € € 2....................................................... 9.80 5.2 9.80 5.2 € € 3....................................................... 14.72 10.2 14.72 10.2 € € 4....................................................... 15.04 7.3 15.06 7.4 € € 5....................................................... 16.63 4.8 16.63 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 13.38 4.6 13.38 4.6 € € 7....................................................... 19.28 8.9 19.28 8.9 € € Printing press operators.................................... 19.22 8.4 19.77 8.6 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 16.21 10.7 16.21 10.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.08 8.0 13.08 8.0 € € 4....................................................... 13.84 2.8 13.84 2.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 16.26 11.3 16.26 11.3 € € 3....................................................... 17.90 12.7 17.90 12.7 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.98 6.1 10.98 6.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.05 8.7 11.05 8.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.15 3.5 15.32 3.9 13.95 4.5 2....................................................... 11.36 6.4 9.91 6.0 € € 3....................................................... 13.87 9.7 13.90 9.8 € € 4....................................................... 15.92 3.2 16.14 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.27 3.5 17.34 2.2 € € Truck drivers............................................... 16.25 3.5 16.42 3.5 € € 4....................................................... 16.11 3.7 16.17 3.7 € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.39 5.7 € € 14.39 5.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.53 6.4 14.53 6.4 € € 3....................................................... $13.66 10.8 $13.66 10.8 € € 4....................................................... 16.45 5.3 16.45 5.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.19 10.0 15.19 10.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.42 3.5 11.43 3.7 $11.30 7.7 1....................................................... 9.09 3.4 9.09 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 12.54 8.9 13.17 10.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.63 5.9 12.63 5.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.95 4.0 12.94 4.1 € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.36 7.0 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.96 3.8 10.96 3.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.76 6.1 11.76 6.1 € € 1....................................................... 9.53 6.6 9.53 6.6 € € 3....................................................... 13.28 7.7 13.28 7.7 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 11.97 15.0 11.97 15.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.26 11.7 13.26 11.7 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.81 8.1 9.81 8.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.37 5.5 8.37 5.5 € € 2....................................................... 12.00 11.6 12.00 11.6 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.51 6.1 9.40 6.6 € € Service............................................................. 12.08 6.2 11.04 8.8 14.47 3.8 1....................................................... 8.02 6.5 7.51 7.3 10.39 5.0 2....................................................... 9.28 3.3 9.02 3.3 10.21 8.0 3....................................................... 8.86 4.5 8.32 4.3 11.69 6.6 4....................................................... 11.81 4.2 10.96 5.9 13.44 5.3 5....................................................... 12.96 4.1 12.01 6.6 13.95 3.8 6....................................................... 15.01 4.5 € € 14.72 2.6 7....................................................... 26.14 13.6 € € 17.20 5.6 8....................................................... 21.48 7.7 € € 21.56 9.5 Protective service............................................ 12.73 8.0 - - 16.41 4.4 4....................................................... 13.98 6.2 € € 14.09 7.7 5....................................................... 13.26 4.4 € € 13.72 3.9 6....................................................... 14.79 2.7 € € 14.72 2.6 7....................................................... 16.88 5.4 € € 16.88 5.4 8....................................................... 21.56 9.5 € € 21.56 9.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 25.04 9.3 € € 25.04 9.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 24.10 14.4 € € 24.10 14.4 Firefighting................................................ 14.28 6.7 € € 13.60 4.8 7....................................................... 14.27 9.4 € € 14.27 9.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.47 6.1 € € 16.47 6.1 7....................................................... 17.93 6.0 € € 17.93 6.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.71 4.4 € € 13.71 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.04 4.2 € € € € Food service.................................................. 7.98 7.1 7.49 7.2 11.31 15.2 1....................................................... 6.62 8.4 6.25 7.8 € € 2....................................................... $9.06 10.8 $9.11 12.1 € € 3....................................................... 7.12 14.9 5.89 10.3 $12.66 23.1 4....................................................... 8.50 9.9 8.50 9.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.95 11.1 4.95 11.1 € € 3....................................................... 4.17 16.9 4.17 16.9 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.99 17.1 3.99 17.1 € € Other food service........................................... 9.88 6.3 9.50 6.8 11.31 15.2 1....................................................... 7.70 5.5 7.35 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.28 12.4 8.83 3.3 12.66 23.1 4....................................................... 9.52 6.9 9.52 6.9 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 12.66 10.7 12.60 12.1 € € Cooks....................................................... 10.50 6.9 10.50 6.9 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.19 3.1 8.95 4.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.79 4.2 8.51 8.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.93 13.9 7.55 5.5 12.58 25.9 1....................................................... 7.16 5.6 7.16 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 12.58 27.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.74 3.1 9.54 3.5 11.02 3.8 2....................................................... 9.26 5.7 9.26 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.31 4.0 9.14 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.83 4.3 10.41 5.4 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.58 4.9 € € 11.51 3.6 4....................................................... 11.48 4.6 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.21 3.1 9.20 3.2 € € 2....................................................... 9.03 5.5 9.03 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.22 4.4 9.25 4.7 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.60 4.1 10.44 4.6 11.14 8.8 1....................................................... 9.48 5.7 9.00 6.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.22 4.9 8.95 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.95 10.3 9.93 12.5 € € Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.69 13.1 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.93 2.6 7.93 2.6 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.80 5.4 11.06 7.5 10.29 5.1 1....................................................... 10.14 5.1 9.73 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.88 9.0 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $18.29 19.0 $20.72 22.1 $11.27 8.2 3....................................................... 9.48 6.6 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 12.36 4.0 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.68 19.4 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $10.52 7.1 $10.21 8.0 $12.79 7.6 All excluding sales............................................... 11.27 8.2 10.97 9.7 12.90 7.7 White collar........................................................ 11.62 6.5 11.41 6.9 13.47 15.6 1....................................................... 7.51 3.6 7.50 3.7 € € 2....................................................... 8.70 4.3 8.76 4.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.25 4.9 9.26 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.75 5.2 10.98 6.5 € € 5....................................................... 12.70 6.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.06 7.1 21.11 7.4 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.75 7.3 14.96 8.2 13.78 15.9 2....................................................... 9.80 3.5 10.23 1.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.85 8.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.68 7.8 11.05 11.7 € € 5....................................................... 12.70 6.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.06 7.1 21.11 7.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.62 5.4 21.67 5.4 17.36 14.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.27 4.5 23.47 3.3 18.42 16.0 Health related................................................ 23.48 3.6 23.40 3.6 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.90 1.8 23.21 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.70 4.3 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 13.91 8.1 - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.25 4.4 8.24 4.5 - - 1....................................................... 7.37 3.3 7.32 3.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.93 3.9 7.93 3.9 € € 3....................................................... 8.79 5.8 8.79 5.8 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.79 4.9 7.76 5.0 € € 1....................................................... 7.13 2.6 7.05 2.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.41 5.3 10.64 5.9 8.83 8.0 2....................................................... 9.80 3.5 10.23 1.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.85 8.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.51 10.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 8.96 8.9 7.87 8.2 13.36 3.4 1....................................................... 6.85 6.1 6.84 6.1 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ $13.13 5.3 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.43 8.2 $7.38 8.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.85 6.1 6.84 6.1 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.20 3.6 6.20 3.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.16 3.5 6.16 3.5 € € Service............................................................. 9.77 22.1 9.77 24.3 $9.79 5.6 1....................................................... 5.58 13.4 5.55 13.7 € € 2....................................................... 8.50 11.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 7.23 10.3 6.50 11.2 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.06 10.8 5.58 11.5 - - 1....................................................... 4.81 16.0 4.81 16.0 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.63 25.1 4.63 25.1 € € 1....................................................... 3.44 24.5 3.44 24.5 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.36 21.6 3.36 21.6 € € Other food service........................................... 7.76 7.5 7.01 4.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.70 5.1 6.70 5.1 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $19.45 $10.52 $23.29 $18.58 $18.77 $23.35 All excluding sales............................................. 19.45 11.27 23.63 18.67 19.06 20.14 White collar........................................................ 23.51 11.62 43.98 22.25 22.59 30.05 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.13 14.75 50.15 23.04 23.67 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.17 20.62 - 27.65 29.36 - Professional specialty.......................................... 30.25 22.27 - 30.03 29.30 - Technical....................................................... 29.94 13.91 - 20.47 29.54 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.02 € € 30.02 29.94 - Sales............................................................. 19.40 8.25 - 17.72 14.80 27.33 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.86 10.41 18.48 14.46 14.64 15.85 Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 8.96 17.77 14.16 14.94 14.36 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 - 19.72 18.41 18.76 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.09 - 19.26 12.52 14.43 - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.15 13.13 16.59 14.76 14.33 17.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.42 7.43 12.45 10.64 10.95 10.26 Service............................................................. 12.08 9.77 16.51 11.72 11.87 - 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....................................................... 3.2 7.1 17.3 2.9 3.1 18.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 8.2 17.7 2.9 3.2 24.2 White collar........................................................ 3.7 6.5 39.1 2.9 3.7 18.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 7.3 40.9 2.7 3.7 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.5 5.4 - 3.5 6.3 - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 4.5 - 3.9 3.3 - Technical....................................................... 22.1 8.1 - 5.6 21.9 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 € € 4.6 4.7 - Sales............................................................. 13.3 4.4 - 13.4 9.1 19.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.2 5.3 3.3 2.4 2.3 15.7 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 8.9 6.3 3.7 3.2 15.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 - 5.4 5.4 4.1 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 - 8.7 5.2 5.3 - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.5 5.3 7.9 3.9 4.2 3.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.5 8.2 10.0 3.9 3.8 17.4 Service............................................................. 6.2 22.1 5.8 6.1 6.0 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $18.67 - $18.55 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.79 - 18.55 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 22.91 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.04 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.95 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 32.20 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.34 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.62 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.95 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.92 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.88 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.23 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.91 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.90 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 - 15.9 - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 - 15.9 - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.6 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.8 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.2 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 24.3 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.9 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.1 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.1 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.9 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.2 - € - - - - - - - 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $18.67 $15.97 $19.20 $16.90 $21.61 All excluding sales............................................. 18.79 15.97 19.32 16.62 21.82 White collar........................................................ 22.91 19.81 23.47 20.84 26.04 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 21.31 24.63 21.77 26.77 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.04 33.38 31.88 27.45 34.61 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.95 43.15 30.78 32.33 29.84 Technical....................................................... 32.20 18.80 34.04 18.04 44.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.34 27.16 30.75 27.89 32.87 Sales............................................................. 17.62 15.99 18.10 18.51 16.45 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.95 13.82 15.19 14.82 15.52 Blue collar......................................................... 14.92 14.62 14.98 13.53 16.80 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.88 18.76 18.91 16.60 21.10 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.10 12.98 14.25 13.38 15.18 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.23 15.04 15.27 14.60 16.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.91 10.16 11.05 10.36 12.25 Service............................................................. 10.90 7.36 11.85 9.56 13.90 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 7.7 4.3 5.4 6.7 All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 8.1 4.4 5.1 6.7 White collar........................................................ 4.6 10.2 5.1 6.4 7.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.8 12.0 5.2 5.5 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.2 24.5 9.9 9.4 14.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.9 29.1 5.4 10.1 6.2 Technical....................................................... 24.3 12.8 25.9 9.0 31.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.9 11.1 5.4 6.9 6.7 Sales............................................................. 13.1 18.3 15.9 18.7 20.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 6.1 2.8 4.4 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 5.8 3.9 3.8 6.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 4.0 5.1 4.5 6.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.5 6.5 6.2 7.3 10.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.1 5.8 4.8 6.9 6.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.9 12.7 4.1 5.1 5.6 Service............................................................. 8.2 8.7 9.9 2.9 17.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.28 $11.00 $15.38 $23.12 $32.39 All excluding sales........................... 8.46 11.19 15.67 23.16 31.86 White collar.................................... 10.40 12.98 18.98 28.63 38.46 White collar excluding sales................ 11.13 14.22 19.79 28.93 38.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.38 20.17 26.65 31.67 40.05 Professional specialty...................... 18.73 22.43 28.68 32.98 40.34 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.25 25.22 29.73 39.32 42.99 Industrial engineers.................... 20.25 21.32 26.31 42.99 42.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.22 30.22 38.52 39.88 42.77 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.01 27.36 31.67 34.07 38.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.31 27.57 31.67 34.07 38.53 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.73 19.52 21.68 25.93 34.27 Registered nurses....................... 19.11 19.85 21.26 23.14 27.01 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.14 28.04 39.10 60.74 60.74 Teachers, except college and university... 22.67 26.99 29.70 30.92 34.85 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 24.75 26.02 26.67 28.70 37.55 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.67 26.92 29.26 30.88 33.75 Secondary school teachers............... 23.21 26.99 30.36 30.79 31.86 Teachers, special education............. 27.32 29.73 30.48 31.52 36.17 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 19.14 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 Vocational and educational counselors... 31.19 34.85 36.66 38.54 39.44 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.57 12.61 16.98 22.70 22.70 Social workers.......................... 12.57 13.19 16.98 22.70 22.70 Lawyers and judges........................ 53.85 55.77 62.57 62.57 66.67 Lawyers................................. 53.85 55.77 62.57 62.57 66.67 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.87 20.40 25.80 35.11 43.27 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.04 28.91 33.78 43.27 43.27 Technical................................... 13.84 15.38 18.98 24.38 37.27 Radiological technicians................ 17.69 18.00 20.36 21.92 21.92 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.39 14.43 14.82 15.73 15.81 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.06 13.84 15.38 16.06 17.18 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.90 15.90 21.96 29.17 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 17.72 20.67 24.38 31.19 32.17 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.63 14.26 17.77 20.17 23.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 19.36 26.97 37.02 47.59 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.24 25.18 33.79 45.34 51.35 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.56 17.56 17.56 20.49 25.45 Financial managers...................... 21.40 25.18 32.06 38.46 50.42 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.56 38.22 41.83 50.50 60.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.05 31.21 45.34 60.00 84.02 Managers, medicine and health........... $29.07 $32.63 $33.62 $43.19 $47.59 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 18.48 22.12 35.34 36.18 36.18 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.24 28.13 36.79 47.31 51.35 Management related........................ 13.59 17.40 20.67 26.97 33.33 Accountants and auditors................ 12.11 16.54 17.74 18.65 26.00 Other financial officers................ 14.70 17.40 17.61 26.94 26.94 Management analysts..................... 20.51 21.30 29.95 30.34 38.09 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.51 12.51 24.08 28.63 36.95 Construction inspectors................. 15.62 16.76 17.97 18.76 18.76 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.69 16.80 22.38 29.18 38.05 Sales......................................... 7.18 9.58 12.67 21.58 40.60 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.03 14.46 25.00 35.55 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 20.24 21.95 31.58 41.75 41.75 Cashiers................................ 6.96 7.18 7.68 9.82 10.33 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.18 11.29 13.75 17.16 20.46 Supervisors, general office............. 17.18 19.28 20.34 22.44 27.38 Secretaries............................. 11.29 13.06 15.72 24.42 25.35 Interviewers............................ 8.48 11.22 11.70 16.42 16.42 Receptionists........................... 8.25 9.08 10.34 12.50 13.46 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 12.06 12.62 12.98 14.22 18.08 Order clerks............................ 11.13 12.64 13.74 15.70 17.04 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 11.00 14.87 15.09 16.09 19.15 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.76 10.79 13.19 15.80 17.69 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.85 11.64 12.98 13.77 18.16 Billing clerks.......................... 10.31 10.31 13.24 15.00 15.23 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.92 10.17 10.17 14.50 14.50 Dispatchers............................. 12.24 13.10 16.23 17.31 24.37 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.54 10.20 13.08 14.03 27.73 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.12 11.12 16.50 20.54 21.29 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.60 13.85 17.28 19.41 20.95 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.65 11.01 13.34 15.79 19.70 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 14.27 14.31 14.42 15.91 General office clerks................... 10.40 10.80 13.50 15.50 16.16 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.56 11.47 12.54 22.75 Teachers' aides......................... 7.13 7.75 11.21 13.42 13.43 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 12.00 14.00 17.64 20.46 Blue collar..................................... 8.13 10.67 13.99 18.01 24.01 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.25 14.73 18.64 23.33 27.05 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 18.50 23.40 24.09 28.43 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.84 17.25 17.61 18.90 19.07 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ $12.75 $15.60 $17.46 $19.18 $19.53 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.77 14.56 15.19 18.66 19.60 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.16 16.40 18.43 24.67 24.67 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.85 12.98 18.09 20.32 22.46 Electricians............................ 11.66 14.48 19.03 20.42 20.42 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.07 11.59 14.73 20.44 25.20 Supervisors, production................. 17.92 20.68 21.11 21.37 31.97 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.30 7.47 8.09 12.48 12.48 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.19 12.39 17.92 23.33 33.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.78 10.20 13.02 16.32 24.08 Printing press operators................ 15.77 15.77 19.88 23.40 23.40 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.62 13.08 16.95 19.37 19.37 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.08 10.20 13.35 15.04 16.32 Assemblers.............................. 8.95 9.75 13.35 24.08 24.72 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.09 9.08 10.41 12.40 14.61 Transportation and material moving............ 9.24 12.75 15.83 17.32 18.55 Truck drivers........................... 11.95 13.95 17.17 17.79 18.90 Bus drivers............................. 11.83 12.09 14.22 16.20 18.27 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.24 12.26 15.22 17.08 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 11.84 13.55 13.55 15.79 22.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.28 8.39 10.67 12.53 15.42 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.76 8.76 10.68 11.64 13.18 Production helpers...................... 10.04 10.04 10.79 10.79 13.84 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.67 6.87 9.66 13.22 15.40 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.02 9.02 9.22 14.54 17.20 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.51 9.65 11.25 15.66 19.29 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.28 7.63 9.01 11.53 13.91 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.62 8.19 9.17 9.48 12.18 Service......................................... 7.00 8.28 9.36 12.81 18.38 Protective service........................ 8.28 8.28 11.22 14.93 19.02 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 15.33 21.63 23.16 30.71 30.71 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.70 19.46 19.84 33.38 33.38 Firefighting............................ 9.32 12.40 14.93 16.13 17.39 Police and detectives, public service... 11.22 14.41 16.32 18.13 20.44 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 13.76 13.76 17.71 18.38 18.38 Correctional institution officers....... 12.09 12.09 14.09 14.41 15.99 Guards and police, except public service 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.75 10.70 Food service.............................. $2.13 $5.37 $7.83 $9.03 $11.90 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.32 4.76 6.89 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.18 4.76 6.67 Other food service....................... 6.04 7.42 8.72 10.66 12.26 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.80 10.55 12.39 13.44 17.53 Cooks................................... 6.51 8.52 10.00 11.90 12.26 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.69 8.50 9.03 10.21 10.22 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.04 7.83 9.00 11.30 Health service............................ 8.04 8.40 9.27 10.86 12.37 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.25 10.25 11.96 12.40 13.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.86 8.37 8.77 10.35 11.06 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.03 9.34 11.40 13.85 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 9.34 9.55 13.85 21.15 21.15 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.20 7.68 8.58 8.59 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.51 8.42 9.52 11.40 14.15 Personal service.......................... 7.39 8.65 11.90 20.16 44.09 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.39 7.39 11.54 12.81 14.27 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.11 7.21 10.80 12.33 12.33 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.21 $10.63 $15.00 $22.43 $32.52 All excluding sales........................... 8.28 10.77 15.38 22.50 32.06 White collar.................................... 10.19 12.84 18.73 27.39 39.55 White collar excluding sales................ 11.12 14.27 19.79 28.22 39.10 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.43 19.91 25.22 33.74 43.27 Professional specialty...................... 19.11 21.95 27.69 36.68 44.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.25 22.43 30.22 39.88 42.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.22 30.22 38.52 39.88 42.77 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 24.67 27.57 32.39 34.07 38.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 25.12 28.22 32.39 34.07 39.55 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.73 19.91 21.69 25.92 36.05 Registered nurses....................... 19.11 19.91 21.26 23.14 25.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.00 25.09 32.50 46.13 52.06 Teachers, except college and university... 16.35 19.14 22.46 30.78 36.21 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.43 22.46 22.46 31.44 36.21 Secondary school teachers............... 21.76 22.77 30.29 34.84 36.00 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 16.00 19.14 19.14 19.14 23.77 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.87 21.17 25.80 38.77 43.27 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.04 28.91 33.78 43.27 43.27 Technical................................... 13.84 15.13 20.17 26.73 40.84 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.39 13.49 14.83 15.78 15.81 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.36 13.84 15.38 16.37 24.14 Electrical and electronic technicians... 16.40 21.32 22.72 29.17 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 18.78 18.98 26.70 31.19 33.78 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.63 14.26 17.77 20.17 23.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.40 20.42 28.13 36.95 47.31 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.24 27.57 33.65 43.19 51.04 Financial managers...................... 21.40 25.18 32.06 37.12 38.46 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.56 38.22 41.83 50.50 60.51 Managers, medicine and health........... 29.73 32.63 33.62 43.19 47.59 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.24 28.74 36.79 47.31 51.35 Management related........................ 16.69 17.74 24.04 27.85 34.51 Accountants and auditors................ 17.74 17.74 17.74 24.04 26.00 Other financial officers................ 14.70 17.40 17.61 26.94 26.94 Management analysts..................... 20.51 21.30 29.95 30.34 38.09 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.93 24.08 25.94 33.33 36.95 Management related, n.e.c............... $16.69 $22.38 $27.85 $29.18 $34.51 Sales......................................... 7.18 9.59 12.67 21.58 40.60 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.03 14.46 25.00 35.55 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 20.24 21.95 31.58 41.75 41.75 Cashiers................................ 6.73 7.18 7.68 9.82 10.33 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.18 11.33 14.02 17.64 20.96 Supervisors, general office............. 17.16 19.49 20.34 23.87 27.38 Secretaries............................. 11.29 12.69 18.30 24.42 25.35 Interviewers............................ 8.48 11.22 11.70 16.42 16.42 Receptionists........................... 8.25 9.08 10.34 12.50 13.46 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 12.62 12.62 12.98 18.08 21.91 Order clerks............................ 11.13 12.64 13.74 15.70 17.04 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.00 12.26 15.35 17.33 17.69 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.85 11.12 12.58 14.50 18.50 Billing clerks.......................... 10.31 10.31 13.24 15.00 15.23 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.92 10.17 10.17 14.50 14.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.54 10.65 13.08 14.03 27.73 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.12 11.12 16.50 20.54 21.29 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 13.85 14.52 17.28 19.41 25.53 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.65 11.01 13.34 15.79 19.70 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 14.27 14.31 14.42 15.91 General office clerks................... 10.53 10.80 13.50 15.63 16.16 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.56 10.56 12.54 22.75 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 12.27 14.86 17.64 20.46 Blue collar..................................... 8.09 10.41 13.95 18.33 24.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.25 14.77 18.90 23.40 27.35 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 18.50 22.32 23.40 24.09 Automobile mechanics.................... 17.25 17.61 18.90 19.07 20.86 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.75 15.14 17.50 19.18 19.81 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.77 14.56 15.19 18.66 19.60 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.16 17.74 24.67 24.67 25.28 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.85 12.85 19.52 20.32 22.46 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.07 11.59 14.73 20.44 25.20 Supervisors, production................. 17.92 20.68 21.11 21.37 31.97 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.30 7.47 8.09 12.48 12.48 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.19 12.39 18.64 27.05 33.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.78 10.20 13.02 16.32 24.08 Printing press operators................ $15.77 $15.77 $19.88 $23.40 $23.40 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.62 13.08 16.95 19.37 19.37 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.08 10.20 13.35 15.04 16.32 Assemblers.............................. 8.95 9.75 13.35 24.08 24.72 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.09 9.08 10.41 12.40 14.61 Transportation and material moving............ 9.12 13.08 16.73 17.32 18.55 Truck drivers........................... 12.66 15.16 17.17 17.79 18.90 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.24 12.26 15.22 17.08 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 11.84 13.55 13.55 15.79 22.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.18 8.19 10.67 12.53 15.42 Production helpers...................... 10.04 10.04 10.79 10.79 13.84 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.67 6.87 9.66 13.22 15.40 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.02 9.02 9.22 14.54 17.20 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.51 9.65 11.25 15.66 19.29 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.28 7.63 9.01 11.53 13.91 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.62 8.19 9.16 9.48 12.18 Service......................................... 6.04 7.86 8.59 10.80 13.85 Protective service........................ 8.28 8.28 8.28 9.09 10.70 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.76 7.19 8.52 11.90 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.32 4.76 6.89 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.18 4.76 6.67 Other food service....................... 6.04 7.19 8.50 10.55 12.26 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.80 10.55 12.39 17.53 17.53 Cooks................................... 6.51 8.52 10.00 11.90 12.26 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.88 8.50 8.71 9.74 9.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.04 7.36 7.83 9.00 Health service............................ 7.86 8.37 8.85 10.81 12.37 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.25 10.25 12.37 12.51 13.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.86 8.21 8.54 10.35 10.86 Cleaning and building service............. $7.20 $7.68 $8.59 $11.40 $14.15 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.20 7.68 8.58 8.59 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.25 9.09 11.40 17.00 Personal service.......................... 7.37 8.65 12.33 44.09 44.09 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.11 7.21 12.33 12.33 12.33 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.68 $12.81 $16.70 $26.99 $31.58 All excluding sales........................... 10.68 12.81 16.70 26.99 31.58 White collar.................................... 11.38 13.77 20.67 29.70 34.85 White collar excluding sales................ 11.38 13.77 20.67 29.70 34.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.82 20.51 28.04 30.28 33.75 Professional specialty...................... 16.22 22.70 28.70 30.65 34.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.33 19.52 21.33 28.13 29.80 Registered nurses....................... 18.40 19.52 20.44 24.00 28.93 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.67 27.31 29.70 30.92 34.85 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 24.75 26.02 26.67 28.70 37.55 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.67 27.31 29.26 30.88 33.75 Secondary school teachers............... 23.21 26.99 30.36 30.79 31.86 Teachers, special education............. 27.32 29.73 29.97 31.49 36.17 Vocational and educational counselors... 31.19 34.85 36.66 39.44 39.44 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.57 13.28 16.98 22.70 22.70 Social workers.......................... 12.57 13.19 16.98 22.70 22.70 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.06 15.38 15.90 24.07 24.38 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.16 15.38 15.38 15.39 16.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.51 16.80 20.67 38.05 50.42 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.56 23.05 36.17 49.70 60.10 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.56 17.56 17.56 20.49 25.45 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.05 37.38 45.93 60.10 84.02 Management related........................ 12.11 12.51 16.80 18.76 20.68 Construction inspectors................. 15.62 16.76 17.97 18.76 18.76 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.80 16.80 20.67 20.68 38.05 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.05 11.19 13.24 14.54 17.51 Secretaries............................. 10.60 13.06 13.61 15.11 26.44 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.29 9.76 12.87 14.23 14.23 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.76 11.64 13.46 13.77 13.77 General office clerks................... $9.40 $11.19 $13.82 $14.67 $16.52 Teachers' aides......................... 7.01 10.42 11.38 13.42 17.51 Blue collar..................................... 9.84 11.83 14.22 16.84 18.37 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.74 14.48 16.84 18.32 27.05 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.20 11.83 14.11 16.20 16.20 Bus drivers............................. 11.83 12.09 14.22 16.20 18.27 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.17 9.17 9.84 11.47 17.78 Service......................................... 8.87 11.09 13.33 16.38 20.43 Protective service........................ 11.22 13.33 14.93 18.08 23.16 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 15.33 21.63 23.16 30.71 30.71 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.70 19.46 19.84 33.38 33.38 Firefighting............................ 9.32 11.77 14.21 14.94 16.90 Police and detectives, public service... 11.22 14.41 16.32 18.13 20.44 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 13.76 13.76 17.71 18.38 18.38 Correctional institution officers....... 12.09 12.09 14.09 14.41 15.99 Food service.............................. 8.19 9.03 10.21 10.81 13.25 Other food service....................... 8.19 9.03 10.21 10.81 13.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.52 8.72 9.68 13.25 24.40 Health service............................ 8.87 9.87 11.15 11.96 12.40 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.87 10.32 11.96 12.40 12.40 Cleaning and building service............. 8.53 9.17 11.06 11.59 12.05 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.53 9.17 11.06 11.59 12.05 Personal service.......................... 8.46 8.46 11.54 12.81 14.27 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.71 $11.49 $15.90 $23.87 $32.89 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.62 16.05 23.57 32.06 White collar.................................... 10.81 13.52 19.53 29.11 39.29 White collar excluding sales................ 11.47 14.28 20.00 29.21 38.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.38 20.17 26.79 31.86 40.33 Professional specialty...................... 18.94 22.43 28.93 33.30 41.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.25 25.22 29.73 39.32 42.99 Industrial engineers.................... 20.25 21.32 26.31 42.99 42.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.22 30.22 38.52 39.88 42.77 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.01 27.36 31.67 34.07 38.53 Computer systems analysts and scientists 23.31 27.57 31.67 34.07 38.53 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.73 19.11 21.48 27.01 34.27 Registered nurses....................... 18.73 19.11 20.81 22.56 27.01 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.14 28.04 39.10 60.74 60.74 Teachers, except college and university... 22.67 27.31 29.70 31.19 34.85 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 24.75 26.02 26.67 28.70 37.55 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.67 27.31 29.26 30.88 33.75 Secondary school teachers............... 23.21 26.99 30.36 30.79 31.86 Teachers, special education............. 27.32 29.73 30.48 31.52 36.17 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.77 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 Vocational and educational counselors... 31.19 34.85 36.66 38.54 39.44 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.57 12.61 16.98 22.70 22.70 Social workers.......................... 12.57 13.19 16.98 22.70 22.70 Lawyers and judges........................ 53.85 55.77 62.57 62.57 66.67 Lawyers................................. 53.85 55.77 62.57 62.57 66.67 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.87 20.40 28.04 38.77 43.27 Professional, n.e.c..................... 28.04 28.91 33.78 43.27 43.27 Technical................................... 14.26 15.38 19.75 24.56 37.27 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.49 14.67 14.82 15.73 15.81 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.06 14.11 15.38 16.06 17.18 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.90 15.90 21.96 29.17 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 17.72 20.67 24.38 31.19 32.17 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.63 14.26 17.77 20.17 23.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 19.36 26.97 37.02 47.59 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.24 25.18 33.79 45.34 51.35 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.56 17.56 17.56 20.49 25.45 Financial managers...................... 21.40 25.18 32.06 38.46 50.42 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.56 38.22 41.83 50.50 60.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.05 31.21 45.34 60.00 84.02 Managers, medicine and health........... 29.07 32.63 33.62 43.19 47.59 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. $18.48 $22.12 $35.34 $36.18 $36.18 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.24 28.13 36.79 47.31 51.35 Management related........................ 13.59 17.40 20.67 26.97 33.33 Accountants and auditors................ 12.11 16.54 17.74 18.65 26.00 Other financial officers................ 14.70 17.40 17.61 26.94 26.94 Management analysts..................... 20.51 21.30 29.95 30.34 38.09 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.51 12.51 24.08 28.63 36.95 Construction inspectors................. 15.62 16.76 17.97 18.76 18.76 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.69 16.80 22.38 29.18 38.05 Sales......................................... 7.40 10.50 12.98 25.56 41.75 Supervisors, sales...................... 13.03 14.46 25.00 35.55 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 20.24 21.95 31.58 41.75 41.75 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.34 9.51 10.50 10.69 11.33 Cashiers................................ 7.18 7.18 8.28 9.82 11.27 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.31 11.64 13.88 17.28 20.54 Supervisors, general office............. 17.18 19.28 20.34 22.44 27.38 Secretaries............................. 12.27 13.06 15.72 24.42 25.35 Receptionists........................... 8.25 9.08 10.34 12.50 13.46 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 12.06 12.62 12.98 14.22 18.08 Order clerks............................ 11.73 12.97 14.02 16.60 17.04 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 11.00 14.87 15.09 16.09 19.15 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.76 12.26 13.19 15.80 17.69 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.12 11.64 13.46 13.77 18.16 Billing clerks.......................... 10.31 10.31 13.24 15.00 15.23 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 9.92 10.17 10.17 14.50 14.50 Dispatchers............................. 12.24 13.10 16.23 17.31 24.37 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.54 10.20 13.08 14.03 27.73 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.12 11.12 16.50 20.54 21.29 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.60 13.85 17.28 19.41 20.95 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.65 11.01 13.33 16.99 19.70 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 14.27 14.31 14.42 15.91 General office clerks................... 10.40 10.83 13.50 15.50 16.19 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.56 10.56 12.03 22.75 Teachers' aides......................... 7.01 10.42 11.38 13.42 17.51 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 12.00 14.00 17.64 20.46 Blue collar..................................... 8.57 10.80 14.18 18.40 24.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.25 14.77 18.66 23.33 27.05 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 18.50 23.40 24.09 28.43 Automobile mechanics.................... 10.84 17.25 17.61 18.90 19.07 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.75 15.60 17.46 19.18 19.53 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $13.77 $14.56 $15.19 $18.66 $19.60 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.16 16.40 18.43 24.67 24.67 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.85 12.98 18.09 20.32 22.46 Electricians............................ 11.66 14.48 19.03 20.42 20.42 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.07 11.59 14.73 20.44 25.20 Supervisors, production................. 17.92 20.68 21.11 21.37 31.97 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.30 7.47 8.09 12.48 12.48 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.19 12.39 17.92 23.33 33.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.78 10.20 13.02 16.32 24.08 Printing press operators................ 15.77 15.77 19.88 23.40 23.40 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.62 13.08 16.95 19.37 19.37 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.08 10.20 13.35 15.04 16.32 Assemblers.............................. 8.95 9.75 13.35 24.08 24.72 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.09 9.08 10.41 12.40 14.61 Transportation and material moving............ 9.24 12.75 16.20 17.32 18.55 Truck drivers........................... 11.95 15.16 17.17 17.79 18.90 Bus drivers............................. 11.08 11.83 16.20 16.20 18.37 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.24 12.26 15.22 17.08 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 11.84 13.55 13.55 15.79 22.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.80 8.76 10.79 12.90 15.66 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.76 8.76 10.68 11.64 13.18 Production helpers...................... 10.04 10.04 10.79 10.79 13.84 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 8.70 12.00 14.01 15.42 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.02 9.02 9.22 14.54 17.20 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.51 9.65 10.77 17.20 23.07 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.28 7.63 9.01 11.53 13.91 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.62 8.19 9.17 9.48 12.18 Service......................................... 7.52 8.28 9.91 13.23 18.38 Protective service........................ 8.28 8.28 11.22 14.93 19.02 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 15.33 21.63 23.16 30.71 30.71 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.70 19.46 19.84 33.38 33.38 Firefighting............................ 9.32 12.40 14.93 16.13 17.39 Police and detectives, public service... 11.22 14.41 16.32 18.13 20.44 Correctional institution officers....... 12.09 12.09 14.09 14.41 15.99 Guards and police, except public service 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.75 10.70 Food service.............................. 2.32 6.04 7.83 9.74 12.26 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.32 4.76 6.89 7.89 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 4.76 4.76 7.83 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.83 9.03 11.30 12.39 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. $7.80 $10.55 $12.39 $13.44 $17.53 Cooks................................... 7.97 8.69 11.90 11.90 12.26 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.50 8.50 9.03 9.85 10.21 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.04 6.50 7.83 8.72 11.30 Health service............................ 8.04 8.40 9.27 10.86 12.37 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.87 10.25 11.96 12.40 12.51 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.86 8.37 8.77 10.35 11.06 Cleaning and building service............. 7.59 8.25 9.36 11.40 14.15 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 9.34 9.55 13.85 21.15 21.15 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.20 7.68 8.58 8.59 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.25 8.53 9.91 11.40 14.15 Personal service.......................... 8.46 8.85 12.33 20.16 44.09 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 11.30 11.54 11.90 12.81 14.27 Service, n.e.c.......................... 4.11 7.21 12.33 12.33 12.33 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.68 $6.96 $8.19 $11.13 $18.34 All excluding sales........................... 5.67 6.85 8.65 12.53 22.60 White collar.................................... 6.96 7.68 10.00 11.46 22.60 White collar excluding sales................ 7.75 10.05 11.30 21.33 23.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.21 16.00 22.60 23.53 25.93 Professional specialty...................... 12.92 21.33 23.14 25.80 25.93 Health related............................ 20.39 21.33 23.14 23.53 25.93 Registered nurses....................... 20.94 21.33 23.14 23.53 25.93 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 7.50 10.39 10.39 11.00 11.00 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.92 12.21 12.69 17.24 18.00 Sales......................................... 6.17 7.34 7.97 9.79 10.23 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.73 7.50 8.19 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.75 8.48 10.44 11.13 12.54 Blue collar..................................... 5.67 5.79 7.38 11.97 14.22 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.38 13.52 14.11 14.22 14.22 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.67 5.67 6.06 8.29 11.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.67 5.67 5.79 6.62 7.00 Service......................................... 2.13 6.51 7.39 8.05 12.39 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 3.18 6.67 8.00 9.70 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.18 8.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 3.18 6.67 Other food service....................... 5.68 6.51 7.19 9.70 10.81 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 848,100 673,500 174,600 All excluding sales............................................. 776,100 601,900 174,300 White collar........................................................ 472,300 352,900 119,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 400,300 281,200 119,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 165,200 96,800 68,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 124,200 62,700 61,500 Technical....................................................... 41,000 34,200 6,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 77,300 59,100 18,200 Sales............................................................. 72,000 71,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 157,800 125,300 32,600 Blue collar......................................................... 231,400 213,000 18,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 70,200 65,000 5,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 50,300 50,100 - Transportation and material moving................................ 42,000 31,400 10,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 68,900 66,500 2,400 Service............................................................. 144,400 107,700 36,700 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.