NC BL 09/00/2002 Table: Austin-San Marcos, TX, Bulletin 3115-09, April 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................. $18.11 3.2 37.0 $17.78 4.3 36.5 $18.87 3.8 38.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.21 3.5 37.8 22.10 4.8 37.2 19.64 4.5 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 4.3 38.5 28.09 5.2 38.5 23.64 5.7 38.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 6.6 40.1 27.38 8.4 40.1 22.85 9.5 40.0 Sales............................................................. 17.71 11.5 33.7 17.85 11.7 33.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 13.25 3.1 38.0 13.73 3.6 37.9 12.65 5.3 38.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.42 3.6 37.8 12.12 3.9 37.8 14.62 4.5 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.22 4.3 39.4 13.79 5.2 39.2 15.92 3.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.59 4.7 40.0 11.56 4.8 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.84 13.4 37.3 10.66 15.7 37.5 11.94 3.4 35.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.60 10.0 33.0 10.68 10.4 33.3 - - - Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.81 7.0 32.3 8.42 4.7 31.1 16.62 9.0 35.4 Full time........................................................... 19.01 3.2 40.2 18.98 4.3 40.3 19.06 3.9 40.1 Part time........................................................... 10.50 9.9 22.0 9.95 11.2 22.5 14.46 15.4 18.6 Union............................................................... 16.17 18.3 36.8 16.17 18.3 36.8 € € € Nonunion............................................................ 18.13 3.2 37.0 17.80 4.4 36.5 18.87 3.8 38.3 Time................................................................ 17.74 3.2 36.7 17.22 4.5 36.1 18.87 3.8 38.3 Incentive........................................................... 25.64 10.1 42.8 25.64 10.1 42.8 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.33 6.7 40.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.10 10.7 33.5 15.12 10.8 33.5 12.62 7.0 40.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.52 5.6 36.5 14.37 5.9 36.5 18.95 5.4 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 21.49 3.7 38.5 25.01 6.0 38.8 18.89 4.0 38.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $18.11 3.2 $17.78 4.3 $18.87 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.16 3.3 17.77 4.6 18.93 3.8 White collar........................................................ 21.21 3.5 22.10 4.8 19.64 4.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.88 3.4 23.48 4.7 19.72 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 4.3 28.09 5.2 23.64 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 4.8 31.46 5.6 24.01 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.97 7.3 38.15 7.3 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.38 10.1 39.69 10.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.09 7.9 41.09 7.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.39 12.7 34.89 7.3 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.30 13.6 36.82 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.08 3.3 25.34 3.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.72 2.1 23.85 2.0 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.59 7.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.29 4.6 - - 25.72 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 .8 € € 25.45 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.58 1.9 € € 26.58 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.63 13.2 - - 13.73 14.8 Social workers.............................................. 13.63 13.2 € € 13.73 14.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.27 15.7 27.28 16.2 - - Technical....................................................... 19.28 4.5 19.61 4.6 15.28 4.6 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.23 7.0 20.49 7.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 6.6 27.38 8.4 22.85 9.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.99 9.6 29.51 11.0 28.35 16.7 Financial managers.......................................... 29.76 14.8 € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.97 21.6 € € 45.46 15.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.19 13.3 27.19 13.3 € € Management related............................................ 20.57 3.6 23.68 6.1 18.99 3.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.65 6.2 € € € € Sales............................................................. 17.71 11.5 17.85 11.7 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 28.95 18.9 28.95 18.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.71 5.5 9.48 6.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.25 3.1 13.73 3.6 12.65 5.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 5.2 14.84 6.9 14.24 6.4 Receptionists............................................... 12.07 5.0 12.20 5.2 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.30 8.5 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $12.19 4.8 $12.22 5.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.45 4.9 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.80 21.8 14.80 21.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.69 5.5 11.99 9.1 $10.40 6.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.25 1.9 € € 11.25 1.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.73 7.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.42 3.6 12.12 3.9 14.62 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.22 4.3 13.79 5.2 15.92 3.5 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.82 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.15 5.4 10.15 5.4 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.59 4.7 11.56 4.8 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.58 5.0 13.58 5.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.84 13.4 10.66 15.7 11.94 3.4 Truck drivers............................................... 10.83 22.1 10.83 22.1 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.16 2.8 € € 12.16 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.60 10.0 10.68 10.4 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.31 6.6 8.31 6.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.40 4.4 10.40 4.4 € € Service............................................................. 10.81 7.0 8.42 4.7 16.62 9.0 Protective service............................................ 18.34 12.1 - - 21.32 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.14 6.0 € € 25.14 6.0 Food service.................................................. 7.68 9.0 7.18 9.1 10.39 8.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.49 13.2 5.49 13.2 € € Other food service........................................... 8.66 8.5 8.16 9.6 10.39 8.5 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.45 8.9 € € € € Health service................................................ 11.68 5.4 10.37 4.8 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.33 5.2 10.42 4.8 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.44 4.8 8.24 5.9 9.33 4.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.39 5.2 8.16 6.4 9.33 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 7.75 10.7 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $19.01 3.2 $18.98 4.3 $19.06 3.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.91 3.3 18.78 4.6 19.13 3.9 White collar........................................................ 21.78 3.5 23.12 4.8 19.62 4.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 3.5 23.89 4.8 19.71 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 4.4 28.71 5.2 23.54 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.53 4.9 32.12 5.4 23.92 6.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.97 7.3 38.15 7.3 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.38 10.1 39.69 10.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.09 7.9 41.09 7.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.39 12.7 34.89 7.3 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.30 13.6 36.82 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 24.49 3.1 24.89 3.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.68 2.7 23.84 2.6 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.59 7.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.94 2.6 - - 25.80 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 .8 € € 25.45 .8 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.58 1.9 € € 26.58 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 13.5 - - 13.72 15.3 Social workers.............................................. 13.61 13.5 € € 13.72 15.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.27 15.7 27.28 16.2 - - Technical....................................................... 19.30 4.9 19.68 5.1 15.28 4.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.62 3.2 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.23 7.0 20.49 7.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 6.6 27.38 8.4 22.85 9.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.99 9.6 29.51 11.0 28.35 16.7 Financial managers.......................................... 29.76 14.8 € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.97 21.6 € € 45.46 15.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.19 13.3 27.19 13.3 € € Management related............................................ 20.57 3.6 23.68 6.1 18.99 3.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.65 6.2 € € € € Sales............................................................. 20.01 12.3 20.28 12.6 - - Cashiers.................................................... 10.78 3.6 10.60 4.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 3.3 13.96 3.9 12.70 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 5.2 14.84 6.9 14.24 6.4 Receptionists............................................... 12.08 5.1 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.22 4.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $12.19 4.8 $12.22 5.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.45 4.9 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 10.70 6.0 12.25 10.3 $10.38 6.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.25 1.9 € € 11.25 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 12.95 3.3 12.67 3.6 15.04 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.65 3.9 14.30 4.8 15.92 3.5 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.82 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.77 4.2 10.77 4.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.59 4.7 11.56 4.8 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.58 5.0 13.58 5.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 12.8 12.05 14.9 11.66 3.5 Truck drivers............................................... 13.37 17.6 13.37 17.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.29 10.7 11.32 10.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.30 8.1 9.30 8.1 € € Service............................................................. 12.15 8.0 9.21 3.1 17.67 9.2 Protective service............................................ 19.00 13.0 - - 22.42 7.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.16 6.1 € € 25.16 6.1 Food service.................................................. 8.36 6.9 8.16 6.7 - - Other food service........................................... 9.49 4.0 9.34 3.4 € € Health service................................................ 12.00 6.3 10.53 5.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.63 6.1 10.61 5.3 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.99 3.4 8.87 4.3 9.38 4.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.98 3.9 8.84 5.1 9.38 4.7 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 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $10.50 9.9 $9.95 11.2 $14.46 15.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.88 11.8 10.23 14.1 14.46 15.4 White collar........................................................ 13.86 11.2 13.12 12.6 20.27 20.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.05 11.9 17.51 14.3 20.27 20.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.00 10.7 20.99 13.1 26.49 12.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.43 14.7 22.28 20.2 26.49 12.5 Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 9.10 6.2 9.10 6.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.76 2.0 8.76 2.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.38 7.8 8.38 7.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.71 5.2 10.75 6.2 - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.84 8.0 7.52 8.4 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.08 5.2 7.91 5.9 - - Service............................................................. 7.48 8.0 6.89 8.3 10.71 7.4 Protective service............................................ 12.56 21.9 - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.73 16.8 - - - - Other food service........................................... 7.52 17.0 € € € € 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $765 3.2 40.2 $765 4.4 40.3 $765 3.9 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 760 3.3 40.2 756 4.6 40.3 768 3.9 40.1 White collar........................................................ 875 3.6 40.2 933 5.0 40.3 783 4.5 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 886 3.5 40.2 964 4.8 40.3 787 4.5 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,082 4.4 40.4 1,168 5.3 40.7 939 5.9 39.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,153 5.0 40.4 1,314 5.4 40.9 953 6.1 39.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,619 6.7 42.6 1,628 6.7 42.7 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,698 9.2 43.1 1,715 9.2 43.2 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,643 7.9 40.0 1,643 7.9 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,216 12.7 40.0 1,396 7.3 40.0 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,252 13.6 40.0 1,473 6.9 40.0 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 955 3.7 39.0 969 3.8 38.9 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 916 2.8 38.7 921 2.9 38.6 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,184 7.9 40.0 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 991 2.5 39.7 - - - 1,025 1.2 39.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,009 .9 39.7 € € € 1,010 .9 39.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,057 1.8 39.8 € € € 1,057 1.8 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 544 13.5 40.0 - - - 549 15.3 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 544 13.5 40.0 € € € 549 15.3 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,123 15.4 41.2 1,126 16.0 41.3 - - - Technical....................................................... 774 4.9 40.1 789 5.1 40.1 621 5.0 40.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 625 3.2 40.0 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 812 7.1 40.1 822 7.2 40.1 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 997 6.6 40.1 1,098 8.4 40.1 914 9.5 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,164 9.6 40.1 1,186 11.0 40.2 1,136 16.7 40.1 Financial managers.......................................... 1,190 14.8 40.0 € € € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,485 21.6 40.2 € € € 1,828 15.8 40.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,100 13.2 40.5 1,100 13.2 40.5 € € € Management related............................................ 823 3.6 40.0 947 6.1 40.0 760 3.1 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 826 6.2 40.0 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 807 13.2 40.3 818 13.5 40.4 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 402 4.8 37.3 388 5.4 36.6 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $534 3.3 39.9 $557 3.9 39.9 $507 5.4 39.9 Secretaries................................................. 586 5.2 40.0 594 6.9 40.0 570 6.4 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 483 5.1 40.0 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 566 4.9 39.8 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 488 4.8 40.0 489 5.0 40.0 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 538 4.9 40.0 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 428 6.0 40.0 490 10.3 40.0 415 6.8 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 439 2.9 39.1 € € € 439 2.9 39.1 Blue collar......................................................... 523 3.3 40.4 512 3.6 40.4 599 3.8 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 597 4.2 40.8 586 5.3 41.0 637 3.5 40.0 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 713 8.4 40.0 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 431 4.2 40.0 431 4.2 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 464 4.7 40.0 462 4.8 40.0 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 543 5.1 40.0 543 5.1 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 483 12.9 40.2 488 15.1 40.5 453 5.1 38.8 Truck drivers............................................... 535 17.6 40.0 535 17.6 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 452 11.0 40.1 454 11.2 40.1 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 354 10.4 38.0 354 10.4 38.0 € € € Service............................................................. 490 8.7 40.3 363 2.7 39.4 746 10.6 42.2 Protective service............................................ 819 15.0 43.1 - - - 996 8.4 44.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,008 6.0 40.1 € € € 1,008 6.0 40.1 Food service.................................................. 323 6.1 38.7 316 5.8 38.7 - - - Other food service........................................... 362 3.8 38.1 356 3.0 38.1 € € € Health service................................................ 471 5.9 39.2 411 3.6 39.0 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 455 5.4 39.1 414 3.7 39.0 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 358 3.5 39.9 354 4.3 39.9 374 4.8 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 358 3.9 39.9 352 5.1 39.9 374 4.8 39.9 Personal service.............................................. - - - € € € - - - 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $38,347 3.2 2,017 $39,747 4.4 2,094 $35,737 3.9 1,875 All excluding sales............................................... 37,982 3.3 2,009 39,307 4.6 2,093 35,827 3.9 1,873 White collar........................................................ 43,353 3.6 1,990 48,472 5.0 2,096 36,089 4.5 1,839 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,559 3.5 1,974 50,077 4.8 2,096 36,201 4.5 1,837 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,660 4.4 1,928 60,631 5.3 2,112 39,587 5.9 1,681 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,061 5.0 1,895 68,173 5.4 2,122 39,850 6.1 1,666 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 84,181 6.7 2,217 84,658 6.7 2,219 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 88,303 9.2 2,242 89,156 9.2 2,246 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 85,457 7.9 2,080 85,457 7.9 2,080 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 63,217 12.7 2,080 72,572 7.3 2,080 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,105 13.6 2,080 76,595 6.9 2,080 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 49,660 3.7 2,027 50,380 3.8 2,024 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 47,649 2.8 2,012 47,909 2.9 2,010 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 48,312 7.9 1,633 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 37,817 2.5 1,516 - - - 38,415 1.2 1,489 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37,743 .9 1,484 € € € 37,785 .9 1,485 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,608 1.8 1,490 € € € 39,608 1.8 1,490 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,010 13.5 2,058 - - - 28,200 15.3 2,056 Social workers.............................................. 28,010 13.5 2,058 € € € 28,200 15.3 2,056 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 58,135 15.4 2,132 58,563 16.0 2,147 - - - Technical....................................................... 40,272 4.9 2,087 41,014 5.1 2,084 32,282 5.0 2,113 Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,483 3.2 2,080 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 42,198 7.1 2,086 42,753 7.2 2,086 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 49,197 6.6 1,977 57,083 8.4 2,085 43,351 9.5 1,897 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 54,751 9.6 1,888 61,616 11.0 2,088 47,800 16.7 1,686 Financial managers.......................................... 61,892 14.8 2,080 € € € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 70,940 21.6 1,919 € € € 84,922 15.8 1,868 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 57,214 13.2 2,104 57,214 13.2 2,104 € € € Management related............................................ 42,783 3.6 2,080 49,255 6.1 2,080 39,503 3.1 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,959 6.2 2,080 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 41,974 13.2 2,098 42,554 13.5 2,099 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 20,893 4.8 1,938 20,193 5.4 1,905 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $27,322 3.3 2,042 $28,961 3.9 2,075 $25,437 5.4 2,003 Secretaries................................................. 30,279 5.2 2,067 30,868 6.9 2,080 29,067 6.4 2,041 Receptionists............................................... 25,136 5.1 2,080 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 28,254 4.9 1,987 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,358 4.8 2,080 25,423 5.0 2,080 € € € Dispatchers................................................. 27,664 4.9 2,057 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 22,252 6.0 2,080 25,490 10.3 2,080 21,600 6.8 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 17,373 2.9 1,544 € € € 17,373 2.9 1,544 Blue collar......................................................... 27,087 3.3 2,091 26,645 3.6 2,103 30,156 3.8 2,005 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,039 4.2 2,119 30,456 5.3 2,130 33,123 3.5 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 37,074 8.4 2,080 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 22,400 4.2 2,080 22,400 4.2 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 24,104 4.7 2,080 24,043 4.8 2,080 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,240 5.1 2,080 28,240 5.1 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 24,319 12.9 2,027 25,359 15.1 2,104 19,373 5.1 1,661 Truck drivers............................................... 27,800 17.6 2,080 27,800 17.6 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,515 11.0 2,083 23,592 11.2 2,083 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,401 10.4 1,978 18,401 10.4 1,978 € € € Service............................................................. 25,054 8.7 2,063 18,885 2.7 2,050 36,897 10.6 2,089 Protective service............................................ 42,609 15.0 2,243 - - - 51,815 8.4 2,311 Police and detectives, public service....................... 52,397 6.0 2,083 € € € 52,397 6.0 2,083 Food service.................................................. 16,275 6.1 1,948 16,417 5.8 2,013 - - - Other food service........................................... 17,973 3.8 1,893 18,488 3.0 1,979 € € € Health service................................................ 24,494 5.9 2,040 21,377 3.6 2,030 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,683 5.4 2,036 21,509 3.7 2,028 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 18,461 3.5 2,053 18,397 4.3 2,074 18,665 4.8 1,990 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,419 3.9 2,050 18,329 5.1 2,073 18,665 4.8 1,990 Personal service.............................................. - - - € € € - - - 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $18.11 3.2 $17.78 4.3 $18.87 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.16 3.3 17.77 4.6 18.93 3.8 White collar........................................................ 21.21 3.5 22.10 4.8 19.64 4.5 1....................................................... 8.56 3.9 8.56 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 11.17 4.0 11.36 4.7 10.39 5.3 3....................................................... 12.09 9.1 12.93 10.4 9.58 3.7 4....................................................... 13.05 3.2 13.46 4.2 11.87 2.9 5....................................................... 14.09 5.5 16.69 6.4 12.30 2.6 6....................................................... 16.34 3.6 15.71 3.7 17.35 7.2 7....................................................... 22.51 5.6 23.92 6.9 20.50 6.7 8....................................................... 22.76 3.3 23.06 3.1 22.50 5.4 9....................................................... 26.60 5.4 28.81 8.4 24.19 4.1 10........................................................ 30.34 5.8 31.70 5.9 26.21 8.5 11........................................................ 37.10 8.7 40.31 10.0 29.41 10.1 12........................................................ 38.94 2.7 39.86 3.4 36.59 4.1 13........................................................ 51.92 4.9 52.50 4.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.40 23.0 25.19 19.0 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.88 3.4 23.48 4.7 19.72 4.5 2....................................................... 11.20 4.2 11.40 4.9 10.39 5.3 3....................................................... 11.04 5.0 11.80 4.2 9.57 3.7 4....................................................... 13.04 2.6 13.59 3.3 11.91 3.4 5....................................................... 14.16 5.8 17.17 6.7 12.30 2.6 6....................................................... 16.37 5.0 15.01 7.3 17.35 7.2 7....................................................... 22.07 5.5 23.23 7.0 20.50 6.7 8....................................................... 22.66 3.5 22.86 3.6 22.50 5.4 9....................................................... 25.72 5.0 27.27 8.1 24.16 4.1 10........................................................ 30.34 5.8 31.70 5.9 26.21 8.5 11........................................................ 31.04 3.7 31.99 1.7 29.41 10.1 12........................................................ 38.76 2.7 39.63 3.4 36.59 4.1 13........................................................ 51.92 4.9 52.50 4.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.22 22.1 26.21 16.2 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 4.3 28.09 5.2 23.64 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.26 4.8 31.46 5.6 24.01 6.0 6....................................................... 17.09 9.2 12.98 12.1 19.50 10.6 7....................................................... 25.87 9.2 26.54 16.0 25.06 3.9 8....................................................... 24.60 1.7 23.25 2.7 25.65 1.9 9....................................................... 26.35 2.1 26.48 3.1 26.19 2.9 10........................................................ 31.77 6.7 34.26 5.1 25.85 9.2 11........................................................ 31.10 4.3 32.61 1.6 27.73 14.9 12........................................................ 39.04 2.9 39.63 3.2 € € 13........................................................ 52.23 5.4 52.23 5.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.55 16.4 32.55 16.4 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.97 7.3 38.15 7.3 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.38 10.1 39.69 10.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $41.09 7.9 $41.09 7.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.39 12.7 34.89 7.3 - - 9....................................................... 27.31 4.5 € € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.30 13.6 36.82 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.08 3.3 25.34 3.2 - - 8....................................................... 24.01 2.7 24.00 2.7 € € 9....................................................... 25.90 4.0 25.72 3.9 € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.72 2.1 23.85 2.0 € € 8....................................................... 23.68 3.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.59 7.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.29 4.6 - - $25.72 1.2 6....................................................... 18.55 22.4 € € 25.07 2.7 7....................................................... 25.03 4.1 € € 25.98 2.8 8....................................................... 25.89 1.2 € € 25.89 1.2 9....................................................... 26.16 3.2 € € 26.16 3.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 .8 € € 25.45 .8 7....................................................... 26.04 2.3 € € 26.15 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.58 1.9 € € 26.58 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.63 13.2 - - 13.73 14.8 Social workers.............................................. 13.63 13.2 € € 13.73 14.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.27 15.7 27.28 16.2 - - Technical....................................................... 19.28 4.5 19.61 4.6 15.28 4.6 4....................................................... 13.78 3.9 € € € € 5....................................................... 17.09 3.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.38 3.4 22.47 3.4 € € 8....................................................... 24.50 9.0 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.23 7.0 20.49 7.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 6.6 27.38 8.4 22.85 9.5 7....................................................... 19.71 3.8 19.91 7.3 19.58 3.7 8....................................................... 19.05 4.6 20.99 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.34 9.8 29.28 21.7 23.00 4.5 10........................................................ 26.72 6.5 26.41 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 30.89 7.1 30.01 4.5 € € 12........................................................ 38.18 3.8 39.65 5.0 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.99 9.6 29.51 11.0 28.35 16.7 7....................................................... 20.43 10.3 20.06 11.1 € € 9....................................................... 28.65 16.1 39.82 27.7 24.36 3.5 10........................................................ 26.72 6.5 26.41 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 30.98 8.3 € € € € 12........................................................ 38.78 4.9 € € € € Financial managers.......................................... $29.76 14.8 € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.97 21.6 € € $45.46 15.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.19 13.3 $27.19 13.3 € € Management related............................................ 20.57 3.6 23.68 6.1 18.99 3.1 7....................................................... 19.43 2.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 18.27 2.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 21.94 3.1 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.65 6.2 € € € € Sales............................................................. 17.71 11.5 17.85 11.7 - - 1....................................................... 8.61 4.3 8.61 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 14.90 25.4 14.96 25.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.07 8.0 13.25 9.1 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 28.95 18.9 28.95 18.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 9.71 5.5 9.48 6.0 € € 1....................................................... 8.63 6.0 8.63 6.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.25 3.1 13.73 3.6 12.65 5.3 2....................................................... 10.93 4.8 11.08 5.8 10.46 5.5 3....................................................... 10.95 5.4 11.67 4.8 9.62 3.8 4....................................................... 12.80 2.9 13.50 3.5 11.66 3.3 5....................................................... 13.94 6.2 16.37 11.2 12.72 2.4 6....................................................... 15.38 4.7 15.94 5.7 15.00 5.4 7....................................................... 17.38 6.1 20.28 4.5 15.83 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 5.2 14.84 6.9 14.24 6.4 4....................................................... 12.59 6.4 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.41 3.3 € € € € Receptionists............................................... 12.07 5.0 12.20 5.2 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.30 8.5 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.19 4.8 12.22 5.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.45 4.9 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.80 21.8 14.80 21.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.69 5.5 11.99 9.1 10.40 6.4 3....................................................... 9.67 4.6 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.25 1.9 € € 11.25 1.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.73 7.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 12.42 3.6 12.12 3.9 14.62 4.5 1....................................................... 8.42 6.3 8.40 6.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.92 3.5 9.87 3.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.21 4.1 11.01 4.5 12.72 4.9 4....................................................... 14.86 6.6 15.00 6.9 12.61 6.5 5....................................................... 15.54 4.7 14.63 3.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.44 2.0 15.30 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.62 9.4 20.62 9.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $14.22 4.3 $13.79 5.2 $15.92 3.5 2....................................................... 8.94 3.7 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.96 5.1 9.56 3.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.56 9.3 14.65 9.8 € € 5....................................................... 15.86 5.6 14.76 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.44 2.0 15.26 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 18.76 5.1 18.76 5.1 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.82 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.15 5.4 10.15 5.4 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.59 4.7 11.56 4.8 - - 2....................................................... 10.13 4.1 10.02 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.83 6.1 11.83 6.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.18 5.5 14.18 5.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.58 5.0 13.58 5.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.84 13.4 10.66 15.7 11.94 3.4 3....................................................... 12.04 1.9 11.97 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 17.90 15.1 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 10.83 22.1 10.83 22.1 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.16 2.8 € € 12.16 2.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.60 10.0 10.68 10.4 - - 1....................................................... 9.18 6.1 9.19 6.5 € € 2....................................................... 10.58 3.2 10.65 3.2 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.31 6.6 8.31 6.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.40 4.4 10.40 4.4 € € Service............................................................. 10.81 7.0 8.42 4.7 16.62 9.0 1....................................................... 7.89 5.0 7.68 5.8 9.27 7.4 2....................................................... 10.10 4.5 9.07 5.8 12.14 7.3 3....................................................... 8.76 12.8 8.71 13.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.01 9.8 11.00 14.7 € € Protective service............................................ 18.34 12.1 - - 21.32 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.14 6.0 € € 25.14 6.0 Food service.................................................. 7.68 9.0 7.18 9.1 10.39 8.5 1....................................................... 7.27 8.8 7.05 9.7 8.85 9.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.49 13.2 5.49 13.2 € € Other food service........................................... 8.66 8.5 8.16 9.6 10.39 8.5 1....................................................... 7.90 8.0 7.66 9.4 8.85 9.4 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.45 8.9 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.45 8.9 € € € € Health service................................................ 11.68 5.4 10.37 4.8 - - 2....................................................... 11.20 7.8 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.33 5.2 10.42 4.8 € € 2....................................................... $11.36 8.7 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.44 4.8 $8.24 5.9 $9.33 4.6 1....................................................... 8.14 6.4 8.07 7.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.23 4.4 € € 10.23 7.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.39 5.2 8.16 6.4 9.33 4.6 1....................................................... 8.11 6.6 8.04 7.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.25 5.8 € € 10.23 7.0 Personal service.............................................. 7.75 10.7 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $19.01 3.2 $18.98 4.3 $19.06 3.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.91 3.3 18.78 4.6 19.13 3.9 White collar........................................................ 21.78 3.5 23.12 4.8 19.62 4.5 1....................................................... 9.45 4.9 9.45 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 11.44 4.3 11.55 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 12.13 9.9 13.11 11.4 9.58 3.7 4....................................................... 13.25 3.2 13.74 4.2 11.94 2.9 5....................................................... 14.02 5.6 16.64 6.7 12.28 2.7 6....................................................... 16.55 3.4 15.98 2.8 17.40 7.2 7....................................................... 22.60 5.8 24.18 7.3 20.50 6.7 8....................................................... 22.56 3.4 22.96 3.4 22.26 5.2 9....................................................... 26.65 5.6 28.83 8.4 24.14 4.2 10........................................................ 30.34 5.8 31.70 5.9 26.21 8.5 11........................................................ 37.10 8.7 40.31 10.0 29.41 10.1 12........................................................ 38.94 2.7 39.86 3.4 36.59 4.1 13........................................................ 51.92 4.9 52.50 4.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.51 23.2 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 3.5 23.89 4.8 19.71 4.5 2....................................................... 11.42 4.4 11.53 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 10.92 5.0 11.67 4.3 9.57 3.8 4....................................................... 13.04 2.8 13.55 3.5 11.99 3.4 5....................................................... 14.07 5.8 17.04 6.9 12.28 2.7 6....................................................... 16.69 4.5 15.57 5.1 17.40 7.2 7....................................................... 22.14 5.7 23.45 7.4 20.50 6.7 8....................................................... 22.44 3.6 22.72 4.0 22.26 5.2 9....................................................... 25.75 5.1 27.29 8.2 24.11 4.2 10........................................................ 30.34 5.8 31.70 5.9 26.21 8.5 11........................................................ 31.04 3.7 31.99 1.7 29.41 10.1 12........................................................ 38.76 2.7 39.63 3.4 36.59 4.1 13........................................................ 51.92 4.9 52.50 4.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.51 23.2 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 4.4 28.71 5.2 23.54 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.53 4.9 32.12 5.4 23.92 6.2 6....................................................... 17.90 7.6 € € 19.63 10.8 7....................................................... 25.87 9.2 26.54 16.0 25.06 3.9 8....................................................... 24.46 1.7 23.09 3.2 25.33 1.6 9....................................................... 26.46 2.2 26.50 3.1 26.40 2.8 10........................................................ 31.77 6.7 34.26 5.1 25.85 9.2 11........................................................ 31.10 4.3 32.61 1.6 27.73 14.9 12........................................................ 39.04 2.9 39.63 3.2 € € 13........................................................ 52.23 5.4 52.23 5.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.66 19.3 31.66 19.3 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.97 7.3 38.15 7.3 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.38 10.1 39.69 10.1 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $41.09 7.9 $41.09 7.9 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.39 12.7 34.89 7.3 - - 9....................................................... 27.31 4.5 € € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.30 13.6 36.82 6.9 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 24.49 3.1 24.89 3.0 - - 8....................................................... 24.08 4.0 24.08 4.0 € € 9....................................................... 25.74 3.9 25.74 3.9 € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.68 2.7 23.84 2.6 € € 8....................................................... 23.54 5.1 23.53 5.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.59 7.9 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.94 2.6 - - $25.80 1.2 6....................................................... 21.47 15.9 € € 25.59 1.0 7....................................................... 25.03 4.1 € € 25.98 2.8 8....................................................... 25.89 1.2 € € 25.89 1.2 9....................................................... 26.01 3.8 € € 26.01 3.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.43 .8 € € 25.45 .8 7....................................................... 26.04 2.3 € € 26.15 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.58 1.9 € € 26.58 1.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.61 13.5 - - 13.72 15.3 Social workers.............................................. 13.61 13.5 € € 13.72 15.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.27 15.7 27.28 16.2 - - Technical....................................................... 19.30 4.9 19.68 5.1 15.28 4.6 4....................................................... 13.78 3.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.80 3.4 22.92 3.4 € € 8....................................................... 24.50 9.0 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.62 3.2 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.23 7.0 20.49 7.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 6.6 27.38 8.4 22.85 9.5 7....................................................... 19.71 3.8 19.91 7.3 19.58 3.7 8....................................................... 19.05 4.6 20.99 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 25.34 9.8 29.28 21.7 23.00 4.5 10........................................................ 26.72 6.5 26.41 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 30.89 7.1 30.01 4.5 € € 12........................................................ 38.18 3.8 39.65 5.0 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.99 9.6 29.51 11.0 28.35 16.7 7....................................................... 20.43 10.3 20.06 11.1 € € 9....................................................... 28.65 16.1 39.82 27.7 24.36 3.5 10........................................................ 26.72 6.5 26.41 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 30.98 8.3 € € € € 12........................................................ 38.78 4.9 € € € € Financial managers.......................................... $29.76 14.8 € € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.97 21.6 € € $45.46 15.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.19 13.3 $27.19 13.3 € € Management related............................................ 20.57 3.6 23.68 6.1 18.99 3.1 7....................................................... 19.43 2.7 € € € € 8....................................................... 18.27 2.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 21.94 3.1 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.65 6.2 € € € € Sales............................................................. 20.01 12.3 20.28 12.6 - - 1....................................................... 9.49 5.5 9.49 5.5 € € 3....................................................... 16.15 27.7 16.26 28.0 € € 4....................................................... 13.76 9.0 € € € € Cashiers.................................................... 10.78 3.6 10.60 4.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 3.3 13.96 3.9 12.70 5.4 2....................................................... 11.13 5.3 11.20 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 10.89 5.2 11.61 4.7 9.62 3.8 4....................................................... 12.78 3.2 13.43 3.9 11.75 3.4 5....................................................... 13.95 6.4 16.37 11.2 12.71 2.4 6....................................................... 15.38 4.7 15.94 5.7 15.00 5.4 7....................................................... 17.38 6.1 20.28 4.5 15.83 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 5.2 14.84 6.9 14.24 6.4 4....................................................... 12.59 6.4 € € € € 5....................................................... 15.41 3.3 € € € € Receptionists............................................... 12.08 5.1 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.22 4.8 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.19 4.8 12.22 5.0 € € Dispatchers................................................. 13.45 4.9 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 10.70 6.0 12.25 10.3 10.38 6.8 3....................................................... 9.67 4.6 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.25 1.9 € € 11.25 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 12.95 3.3 12.67 3.6 15.04 3.7 1....................................................... 9.28 4.8 9.28 4.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.88 3.7 9.83 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 11.18 4.2 11.03 4.6 12.59 5.5 4....................................................... 14.88 6.6 15.00 6.9 12.70 7.0 5....................................................... 15.54 4.7 14.63 3.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.44 2.0 15.30 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.62 9.4 20.62 9.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.65 3.9 14.30 4.8 15.92 3.5 2....................................................... 8.94 3.7 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.96 5.1 9.56 3.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.56 9.3 14.65 9.8 € € 5....................................................... $15.86 5.6 $14.76 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.44 2.0 15.26 7.1 € € 7....................................................... 18.76 5.1 18.76 5.1 € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 17.82 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.77 4.2 10.77 4.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.59 4.7 11.56 4.8 - - 2....................................................... 10.13 4.1 10.02 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.83 6.1 11.83 6.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.18 5.5 14.18 5.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.58 5.0 13.58 5.0 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 12.8 12.05 14.9 $11.66 3.5 3....................................................... 11.95 1.8 11.97 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 18.11 15.0 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.37 17.6 13.37 17.6 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.29 10.7 11.32 10.9 - - 1....................................................... 9.86 7.2 9.86 7.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.53 3.6 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.30 8.1 9.30 8.1 € € Service............................................................. 12.15 8.0 9.21 3.1 17.67 9.2 1....................................................... 8.69 4.1 8.56 4.6 9.43 9.6 2....................................................... 10.58 5.1 9.49 5.0 12.54 7.9 3....................................................... 9.91 9.9 9.88 10.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.36 9.6 € € € € Protective service............................................ 19.00 13.0 - - 22.42 7.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.16 6.1 € € 25.16 6.1 Food service.................................................. 8.36 6.9 8.16 6.7 - - 1....................................................... 7.83 5.8 7.82 6.2 € € Other food service........................................... 9.49 4.0 9.34 3.4 € € 1....................................................... 8.71 4.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 12.00 6.3 10.53 5.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.63 6.1 10.61 5.3 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.99 3.4 8.87 4.3 9.38 4.7 1....................................................... 8.84 4.5 8.88 5.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.28 5.9 € € 10.23 7.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.98 3.9 8.84 5.1 9.38 4.7 1....................................................... 8.84 4.7 8.89 5.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.34 8.8 € € 10.23 7.0 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 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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................................................................... $10.50 9.9 $9.95 11.2 $14.46 15.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.88 11.8 10.23 14.1 14.46 15.4 White collar........................................................ 13.86 11.2 13.12 12.6 20.27 20.0 1....................................................... 7.99 3.9 7.99 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.88 2.4 10.07 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 11.67 5.1 11.69 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.79 8.1 10.94 8.5 € € 8....................................................... 25.78 6.5 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.05 11.9 17.51 14.3 20.27 20.0 3....................................................... 13.49 2.9 13.57 2.9 € € 8....................................................... 25.78 6.5 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.00 10.7 20.99 13.1 26.49 12.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.43 14.7 22.28 20.2 26.49 12.5 8....................................................... 25.78 6.5 € € € € Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 9.10 6.2 9.10 6.2 € € 1....................................................... 8.05 4.4 8.05 4.4 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.76 2.0 8.76 2.0 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.38 7.8 8.38 7.8 € € 1....................................................... 7.85 5.1 7.85 5.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.71 5.2 10.75 6.2 - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.84 8.0 7.52 8.4 - - 1....................................................... 6.84 6.8 6.60 5.7 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.08 5.2 7.91 5.9 - - 1....................................................... 7.51 4.7 € € € € Service............................................................. 7.48 8.0 6.89 8.3 10.71 7.4 1....................................................... 6.59 7.2 6.31 7.7 8.87 7.5 2....................................................... 8.70 9.6 € € € € Protective service............................................ 12.56 21.9 - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.73 16.8 - - - - 1....................................................... 6.60 17.5 € € € € Other food service........................................... $7.52 17.0 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.00 13.0 € € € € 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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....................................................... $19.01 $10.50 $16.17 $18.13 $17.74 $25.64 All excluding sales............................................. 18.91 10.88 16.17 18.18 18.15 18.95 White collar........................................................ 21.78 13.86 € 21.21 20.83 28.71 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 18.05 € 21.88 21.89 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.79 22.00 € 26.49 26.55 - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.53 23.43 € 28.26 28.35 - Technical....................................................... 19.30 - € 19.28 19.28 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.88 € € 24.88 24.88 € Sales............................................................. 20.01 9.10 € 17.71 13.27 29.67 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 10.71 € 13.25 13.16 - Blue collar......................................................... 12.95 7.84 16.17 12.26 11.96 18.69 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.65 - - 14.08 13.74 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.59 € - 11.78 11.59 € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.00 - - 9.58 10.65 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.29 8.08 - 10.60 9.54 - Service............................................................. 12.15 7.48 € 10.81 10.81 € 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 9.9 18.3 3.2 3.2 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 11.8 18.3 3.3 3.3 8.8 White collar........................................................ 3.5 11.2 € 3.5 3.6 11.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 11.9 € 3.4 3.4 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 10.7 € 4.3 4.3 - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.9 14.7 € 4.8 4.8 - Technical....................................................... 4.9 - € 4.5 4.5 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.6 € € 6.7 6.7 € Sales............................................................. 12.3 6.2 € 11.5 8.4 11.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 5.2 € 3.1 3.1 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 8.0 18.3 3.5 3.7 11.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.9 - - 4.2 4.6 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.7 € - 4.6 4.7 € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.8 - - 10.3 14.0 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.7 5.2 - 10.2 4.8 - Service............................................................. 8.0 8.0 € 7.0 7.0 € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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....................................................... $17.78 $22.33 - - $22.87 - $16.25 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.77 21.88 - - 22.80 - 14.97 - - - White collar........................................................ 22.10 31.32 - - 31.89 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 31.09 - - 32.10 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.09 34.12 - - 34.12 - € - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.46 37.70 - - 37.70 - € - - - Technical....................................................... 19.61 21.52 - - 21.52 - € - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.38 30.68 - - 32.56 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.85 34.54 - - 25.97 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.73 14.71 - - 15.25 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.12 12.38 - - 11.82 - 14.59 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 13.79 13.57 - - 12.46 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.56 11.75 - - 11.75 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.66 12.19 - - 12.19 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 9.80 - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.42 - - - - - € - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.3 6.7 - - 7.0 - 15.5 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 6.9 - - 7.2 - 8.4 - - - White collar........................................................ 4.8 5.2 - - 5.3 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 5.9 - - 5.3 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 5.8 - - 5.8 - € - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 5.5 - - 5.5 - € - - - Technical....................................................... 4.6 6.9 - - 6.9 - € - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 8.2 - - 5.4 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.7 16.0 - - 25.1 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.6 5.2 - - 7.1 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 3.7 - - 3.7 - 21.0 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 5.8 - - 6.8 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 4.7 - - 4.7 - € - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.7 3.4 - - 3.4 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.4 9.5 - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.7 - - - - - € - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 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....................................................... $17.78 $15.12 $18.47 $14.37 $25.01 All excluding sales............................................. 17.77 15.39 18.41 14.21 24.23 White collar........................................................ 22.10 20.92 22.30 17.27 28.22 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 24.08 23.39 18.49 27.59 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.09 27.58 28.16 22.07 30.72 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.46 29.58 31.73 23.31 35.30 Technical....................................................... 19.61 - 19.53 19.04 19.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.38 31.70 26.50 24.82 28.86 Sales............................................................. 17.85 13.27 18.81 15.00 33.60 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.73 15.30 13.45 13.12 14.18 Blue collar......................................................... 12.12 12.20 12.09 11.16 14.37 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 13.79 15.85 13.13 12.58 14.19 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.56 10.51 11.79 10.82 13.64 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.66 - 12.49 10.57 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 11.98 9.12 8.96 - Service............................................................. 8.42 7.54 8.79 8.94 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.3 10.8 4.8 5.9 6.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.6 11.3 5.1 6.6 6.6 White collar........................................................ 4.8 10.9 5.4 6.7 5.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 10.5 5.1 6.4 6.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.2 14.4 5.6 7.6 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 14.0 6.0 10.7 5.6 Technical....................................................... 4.6 - 5.0 12.1 5.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 24.9 8.2 11.8 9.7 Sales............................................................. 11.7 14.2 13.9 14.4 14.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.6 13.4 3.4 3.9 6.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 8.8 4.1 4.5 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 7.6 6.2 7.6 10.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 6.6 5.7 5.1 5.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.7 - 18.4 12.7 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.4 13.3 6.4 7.3 - Service............................................................. 4.7 10.4 4.7 4.7 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.34 $10.50 $15.09 $23.07 $32.44 All excluding sales........................... 8.38 10.53 15.38 23.39 32.44 White collar.................................... 10.08 12.62 18.39 25.69 36.29 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 13.22 19.22 26.01 36.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.32 19.70 25.07 32.80 40.21 Professional specialty...................... 15.89 21.69 25.84 34.66 43.34 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.84 31.29 34.66 39.35 60.25 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.84 33.89 34.66 40.21 60.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 36.39 38.06 38.06 47.09 59.32 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.49 19.94 30.48 37.96 44.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.49 16.49 33.73 37.96 44.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 22.24 24.57 26.44 32.04 Registered nurses....................... 20.75 22.24 24.57 25.00 26.44 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.89 23.07 28.69 34.95 36.88 Teachers, except college and university... 16.19 24.85 25.39 26.50 27.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.82 24.86 25.14 25.57 26.81 Secondary school teachers............... 24.36 25.20 26.38 27.74 28.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.27 16.91 Social workers.......................... 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.27 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 16.65 21.17 43.34 43.34 Technical................................... 12.67 14.32 18.92 23.64 26.45 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.67 14.32 23.61 24.27 28.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.33 18.38 20.70 26.97 36.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.30 18.97 25.00 35.26 53.24 Financial managers...................... 18.59 18.59 31.32 35.26 35.26 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.67 17.30 35.48 63.52 63.52 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.16 18.97 22.60 32.34 43.33 Management related........................ 17.33 18.38 19.28 21.95 24.60 Accountants and auditors................ 17.33 17.33 18.38 22.24 22.40 Sales......................................... 8.16 10.44 12.62 18.81 32.36 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.38 9.43 18.81 63.95 63.95 Cashiers................................ 6.81 8.91 10.00 10.69 11.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.44 12.53 15.10 17.84 Secretaries............................. 10.34 12.50 15.23 16.76 17.27 Receptionists........................... 10.65 10.65 12.74 12.88 14.13 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.50 12.39 15.10 15.72 15.72 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.09 10.40 11.50 15.00 15.44 Dispatchers............................. 12.28 12.28 12.87 13.50 16.60 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.25 9.25 10.53 21.86 21.86 General office clerks................... $8.89 $8.89 $10.07 $12.18 $12.90 Teachers' aides......................... 10.21 10.40 11.50 11.67 12.20 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.72 9.72 9.72 10.05 15.30 Blue collar..................................... 7.63 9.17 11.63 14.94 17.98 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.83 10.30 14.01 17.50 20.41 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.00 18.61 18.61 20.77 22.85 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.57 8.57 9.41 10.64 12.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.13 9.75 11.15 13.87 15.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.15 11.91 15.09 15.09 15.09 Transportation and material moving............ 5.89 7.39 11.04 12.41 14.59 Truck drivers........................... 5.89 5.89 9.60 12.15 22.91 Bus drivers............................. 10.97 12.04 12.04 12.04 14.04 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.46 8.20 9.67 11.46 12.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.58 6.24 7.97 9.51 11.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.00 10.95 10.95 11.46 Service......................................... 6.02 7.88 9.06 11.21 18.77 Protective service........................ 8.32 10.77 17.05 27.81 27.97 Police and detectives, public service... 19.90 22.97 27.97 27.97 29.28 Food service.............................. 3.50 5.25 8.06 9.50 10.79 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 3.50 7.00 7.00 8.50 Other food service....................... 5.25 7.36 8.54 10.48 11.73 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 5.25 8.00 8.15 8.54 Health service............................ 8.41 10.00 10.26 11.67 17.69 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.41 10.00 10.26 11.67 16.29 Cleaning and building service............. 5.94 7.88 8.34 9.17 10.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.94 7.74 8.34 9.08 10.37 Personal service.......................... 6.02 6.02 7.33 7.33 11.21 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.08 $13.50 $21.95 $34.66 All excluding sales........................... 7.88 10.05 13.61 22.26 34.66 White collar.................................... 10.21 12.67 18.81 27.19 39.35 White collar excluding sales................ 10.86 14.00 20.27 29.61 39.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.32 19.94 25.00 35.71 43.34 Professional specialty...................... 16.65 22.24 31.00 38.06 45.22 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.84 31.29 34.66 39.35 60.25 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.84 33.89 34.66 40.21 60.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 36.39 38.06 38.06 47.09 59.32 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.67 27.66 35.90 37.96 44.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 27.66 31.31 37.96 37.96 44.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 22.26 24.57 26.44 33.66 Registered nurses....................... 20.75 22.24 24.57 25.00 26.44 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 16.65 21.17 43.34 43.34 Technical................................... 12.61 14.45 18.96 24.27 26.45 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.67 14.32 23.61 24.27 28.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.79 18.97 22.40 32.34 43.61 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.30 18.59 25.00 33.65 53.24 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.16 18.97 22.60 32.34 43.33 Management related........................ 19.28 19.63 22.24 22.40 36.13 Sales......................................... 8.16 10.44 12.94 18.81 38.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.38 9.43 18.81 63.95 63.95 Cashiers................................ 6.81 7.84 9.43 10.51 10.99 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.72 10.65 13.15 15.38 18.87 Secretaries............................. 10.44 12.50 15.69 17.27 20.27 Receptionists........................... 10.65 10.65 12.74 12.88 14.13 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.40 10.40 11.98 15.00 15.44 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.25 9.25 10.53 21.86 21.86 General office clerks................... 8.19 9.23 10.50 12.90 18.67 Blue collar..................................... 7.39 9.09 11.04 14.00 18.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.57 9.63 12.46 17.75 20.41 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.57 8.57 9.41 10.64 12.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.13 $9.75 $10.92 $13.87 $15.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.15 11.91 15.09 15.09 15.09 Transportation and material moving............ 5.89 7.00 9.20 12.41 17.60 Truck drivers........................... 5.89 5.89 9.60 12.15 22.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.46 8.20 10.35 11.46 12.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.58 6.24 7.97 9.51 11.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.00 10.95 10.95 11.46 Service......................................... 5.94 7.00 8.32 10.26 10.61 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.50 5.25 8.00 8.58 10.48 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 3.50 7.00 7.00 8.50 Other food service....................... 5.25 6.72 8.15 10.23 10.61 Health service............................ 8.27 10.00 10.26 11.67 11.67 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.27 10.00 10.26 11.67 11.67 Cleaning and building service............. $5.94 $7.72 $8.34 $9.17 $10.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.94 7.72 8.04 9.08 10.37 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.07 $12.18 $17.05 $24.85 $27.97 All excluding sales........................... 10.07 12.28 17.33 24.85 27.97 White collar.................................... 10.07 12.53 18.38 25.14 28.69 White collar excluding sales................ 10.07 12.53 18.38 25.14 28.69 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.51 16.91 25.14 26.81 32.81 Professional specialty...................... 12.50 20.88 25.14 26.85 33.63 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 24.49 24.91 25.46 26.71 27.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.85 24.86 25.14 25.57 26.81 Secondary school teachers............... 24.36 25.20 26.38 27.74 28.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.66 16.91 Social workers.......................... 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.66 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.51 13.87 15.48 16.42 18.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.33 18.38 20.70 23.39 35.26 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 3.46 23.39 23.80 35.26 44.04 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.27 35.48 36.45 63.52 63.52 Management related........................ 17.33 17.33 18.83 20.70 20.70 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.89 10.07 12.28 13.99 16.16 Secretaries............................. 10.34 13.17 15.23 16.16 16.76 General office clerks................... 8.89 8.89 10.07 12.18 12.18 Teachers' aides......................... 10.21 10.40 11.50 11.67 12.20 Blue collar..................................... 10.76 12.04 15.43 15.43 16.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.82 14.94 15.43 16.29 21.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.76 11.14 12.04 12.04 14.04 Bus drivers............................. 10.97 12.04 12.04 12.04 14.04 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... $8.78 $9.93 $16.87 $22.97 $27.97 Protective service........................ 11.55 17.05 22.50 27.81 27.97 Police and detectives, public service... 19.90 22.97 27.97 27.97 29.28 Food service.............................. 7.36 8.54 11.73 11.73 13.18 Other food service....................... 7.36 8.54 11.73 11.73 13.18 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.38 8.78 8.80 9.81 10.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.38 8.78 8.80 9.81 10.48 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.13 $11.46 $15.72 $23.87 $33.73 All excluding sales........................... 9.12 11.34 15.92 24.19 33.69 White collar.................................... 10.58 13.15 18.83 25.95 36.75 White collar excluding sales................ 10.86 13.50 19.22 26.38 36.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.32 19.70 25.14 33.69 40.28 Professional specialty...................... 16.31 21.69 25.85 34.66 43.34 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.84 31.29 34.66 39.35 60.25 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.84 33.89 34.66 40.21 60.25 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 36.39 38.06 38.06 47.09 59.32 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.49 19.94 30.48 37.96 44.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.49 16.49 33.73 37.96 44.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 22.24 24.57 26.44 31.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.75 22.24 24.57 24.57 26.63 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.89 23.07 28.69 34.95 36.88 Teachers, except college and university... 23.78 24.85 25.39 26.38 27.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.82 24.86 25.14 25.57 26.81 Secondary school teachers............... 24.36 25.20 26.38 27.74 28.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.01 16.91 Social workers.......................... 11.34 11.34 11.34 14.01 16.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.87 16.65 21.17 43.34 43.34 Technical................................... 12.61 14.32 18.91 24.27 26.45 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.51 14.50 15.95 17.15 17.15 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.67 14.32 23.61 24.27 28.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.33 18.38 20.70 26.97 36.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.30 18.97 25.00 35.26 53.24 Financial managers...................... 18.59 18.59 31.32 35.26 35.26 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.67 17.30 35.48 63.52 63.52 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.16 18.97 22.60 32.34 43.33 Management related........................ 17.33 18.38 19.28 21.95 24.60 Accountants and auditors................ 17.33 17.33 18.38 22.24 22.40 Sales......................................... 10.00 11.61 15.38 20.38 41.23 Cashiers................................ 9.43 9.44 10.51 11.61 12.11 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.60 10.50 12.55 15.25 18.27 Secretaries............................. 10.34 12.50 15.23 16.76 17.27 Receptionists........................... 10.65 10.65 12.74 12.88 14.13 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.39 12.50 15.10 15.72 15.72 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.09 10.40 11.50 15.00 15.44 Dispatchers............................. 12.28 12.28 12.87 13.50 16.60 General office clerks................... 8.89 8.89 10.07 12.18 12.18 Teachers' aides......................... $10.21 $10.40 $11.50 $11.67 $12.20 Blue collar..................................... 8.20 9.75 12.04 15.09 18.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.12 11.62 14.94 17.54 20.41 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.00 18.61 18.61 20.77 22.85 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.12 9.12 10.30 12.25 12.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.13 9.75 11.15 13.87 15.09 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.15 11.91 15.09 15.09 15.09 Transportation and material moving............ 7.39 8.83 12.04 12.83 22.91 Truck drivers........................... 7.00 9.60 12.15 12.83 22.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.88 9.00 10.95 11.50 12.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.24 7.97 9.47 10.76 11.50 Service......................................... 7.88 8.34 10.26 12.21 22.97 Protective service........................ 8.32 12.21 17.07 27.81 27.97 Police and detectives, public service... 19.90 22.97 27.97 27.97 29.28 Food service.............................. 5.15 7.00 8.06 10.23 10.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.00 8.06 9.50 10.48 10.79 Health service............................ 9.06 10.26 10.41 13.00 17.69 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.41 10.26 10.26 11.67 17.69 Cleaning and building service............. 7.88 8.01 8.78 9.93 10.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.88 8.01 8.57 10.37 10.37 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. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.89 $6.46 $8.60 $10.50 $20.50 All excluding sales........................... 5.89 6.02 8.57 11.73 21.95 White collar.................................... 7.65 8.93 10.44 20.00 25.00 White collar excluding sales................ 9.65 10.50 15.30 23.22 26.92 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.50 14.45 20.50 25.00 35.43 Professional specialty...................... 10.50 14.27 25.00 26.92 35.43 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.81 7.72 8.93 10.35 11.45 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.32 8.38 8.58 9.43 9.53 Cashiers................................ 6.81 6.81 7.84 9.07 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 9.65 9.72 13.11 13.45 Blue collar..................................... 5.89 5.89 7.69 8.94 10.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.58 6.07 7.93 9.17 10.79 Service......................................... 5.25 5.94 6.72 8.58 10.00 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.50 8.94 16.87 25.07 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 6.72 8.54 11.73 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.25 6.72 8.58 11.73 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, Austin-San Marcos, TX, April 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 263,800 180,900 82,900 All excluding sales............................................. 233,600 151,400 82,200 White collar........................................................ 175,500 109,300 66,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 145,300 79,800 65,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 71,400 42,700 28,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 57,200 29,500 27,800 Technical....................................................... 14,200 13,300 900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28,200 12,000 16,200 Sales............................................................. 30,200 29,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 45,700 25,000 20,600 Blue collar......................................................... 51,800 45,300 6,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21,300 17,100 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11,300 11,200 - Transportation and material moving................................ 7,900 6,500 1,400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11,300 10,600 - Service............................................................. 36,500 26,300 10,200 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.