NC BL 09/00/2002 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, Bulletin 3115-15, January 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.98 2.1 36.7 $18.99 2.7 36.9 $23.87 2.4 35.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.18 2.1 36.8 22.31 2.7 37.4 25.75 2.9 35.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.14 2.2 36.7 26.42 3.2 37.1 28.42 2.5 36.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 3.7 39.7 31.04 3.9 39.7 33.19 10.0 39.7 Sales............................................................. 15.49 6.0 34.3 15.46 6.0 34.3 - - - Administrative support............................................ 15.43 2.6 36.5 15.75 3.1 38.3 14.20 2.1 31.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.40 3.2 37.9 18.30 3.5 38.1 19.39 3.2 36.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.93 3.3 39.9 22.97 3.5 39.8 22.44 4.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.32 4.7 39.4 17.32 4.7 39.4 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.85 4.0 36.5 16.34 4.9 37.4 18.74 4.3 33.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.63 4.0 34.0 12.30 4.3 33.8 15.81 3.3 36.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.34 4.2 34.6 10.20 3.3 33.9 19.82 4.6 37.4 Full time........................................................... 20.63 2.2 39.8 19.61 2.8 39.8 24.79 2.6 39.7 Part time........................................................... 14.21 5.2 21.6 13.02 7.3 21.8 17.61 5.4 21.2 Union............................................................... 20.85 2.7 36.3 20.04 4.1 37.0 22.24 1.9 35.3 Nonunion............................................................ 19.30 3.1 36.9 18.43 3.3 36.9 30.08 6.2 37.1 Time................................................................ 19.96 2.2 36.6 18.93 2.8 36.8 23.87 2.4 35.7 Incentive........................................................... 20.68 9.4 39.3 20.68 9.4 39.3 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.17 5.0 37.7 17.15 5.1 37.7 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.02 4.2 35.8 16.76 4.5 35.9 21.77 5.1 34.7 500 workers or more................................................. 22.88 2.7 36.9 22.17 4.0 37.6 24.10 2.6 35.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.98 2.1 $18.99 2.7 $23.87 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 20.29 2.2 19.30 2.8 23.87 2.4 White collar........................................................ 23.18 2.1 22.31 2.7 25.75 2.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.21 2.1 23.59 2.7 25.75 2.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.14 2.2 26.42 3.2 28.42 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.82 2.6 28.10 4.0 29.87 2.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.79 3.4 29.85 3.7 29.32 6.5 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.62 3.4 29.65 3.7 29.32 6.5 Natural scientists............................................ 31.77 9.8 37.59 6.6 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 37.61 6.8 37.61 6.8 € € Health related................................................ 25.94 5.4 25.70 7.3 26.54 5.6 Registered nurses........................................... 27.46 3.1 27.65 4.0 26.92 2.5 Pharmacists................................................. 37.96 4.4 35.93 2.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.67 8.6 31.83 24.9 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.46 4.3 15.65 16.1 31.19 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.31 2.4 23.19 9.9 31.49 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.27 2.4 24.62 9.3 31.57 2.5 Teachers, special education................................. 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.98 3.2 € € € € Substitute teachers......................................... 14.60 4.4 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.25 14.4 - - 28.35 7.9 Psychologists............................................... 21.64 19.4 € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.56 10.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 17.41 10.6 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.99 8.1 43.29 11.6 35.52 9.0 Lawyers..................................................... 40.43 8.3 43.29 11.6 32.55 5.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.91 9.5 27.56 9.5 - - Editors and reporters....................................... 20.73 10.9 22.24 14.3 € € Technical....................................................... 21.50 2.7 22.05 3.0 19.61 4.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.75 7.5 18.03 9.6 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.02 3.2 18.04 4.3 17.98 1.7 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.99 3.1 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.38 9.6 24.38 9.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.18 4.7 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.52 5.6 23.08 6.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 3.7 31.04 3.9 33.19 10.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.41 4.5 35.92 4.7 38.18 12.3 Financial managers.......................................... 28.62 9.6 28.62 9.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 66.53 19.3 66.53 19.3 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.77 9.9 19.51 14.3 37.58 10.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... $28.51 17.4 $28.51 17.4 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.98 4.7 38.89 4.9 € € Management related............................................ 25.03 3.9 24.79 4.6 $26.05 6.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.81 4.3 21.17 6.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.84 11.7 27.17 15.0 € € Sales............................................................. 15.49 6.0 15.46 6.0 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 11.4 23.66 11.8 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 30.63 31.4 30.63 31.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.78 5.6 25.78 5.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.36 6.7 10.36 6.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 12.95 5.6 12.95 5.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.43 2.6 15.75 3.1 14.20 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 16.46 4.8 17.37 5.6 14.20 2.8 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 14.27 4.7 14.27 4.7 € € Receptionists............................................... 11.22 4.5 11.15 4.7 € € Order clerks................................................ 16.25 7.5 16.25 7.5 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.03 6.8 € € 11.70 7.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.51 3.1 14.51 3.1 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 4.5 14.23 5.0 15.52 6.2 Billing clerks.............................................. 16.86 8.2 16.16 11.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.01 18.1 18.01 18.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 20.54 5.6 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 14.60 3.2 14.79 3.9 14.29 5.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 14.61 12.5 14.61 12.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.73 2.1 € € 11.73 2.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.25 12.2 18.52 14.4 14.13 3.3 Blue collar......................................................... 18.40 3.2 18.30 3.5 19.39 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.93 3.3 22.97 3.5 22.44 4.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.37 3.4 24.37 3.4 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.69 5.8 21.69 5.9 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 22.43 2.6 22.52 2.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.82 10.7 19.82 10.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.71 11.5 20.22 14.8 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.13 5.4 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 25.43 16.2 25.43 16.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 22.94 8.8 22.94 8.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.32 4.7 17.32 4.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.91 8.1 12.91 8.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.59 3.2 16.59 3.2 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.83 14.7 18.83 14.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ $16.85 4.0 $16.34 4.9 $18.74 4.3 Truck drivers............................................... 16.61 3.6 16.54 3.6 € € Bus drivers................................................. 16.85 6.1 € € 17.61 5.3 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 12.52 17.2 12.52 17.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.06 12.1 18.06 12.1 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 19.94 14.7 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.63 4.0 12.30 4.3 15.81 3.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.16 7.6 € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 16.89 2.5 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.97 19.4 10.97 19.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.72 8.8 9.72 8.8 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.40 6.5 14.40 6.5 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.28 10.8 10.28 10.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.47 7.3 11.50 7.4 € € Service............................................................. 12.34 4.2 10.20 3.3 19.82 4.6 Protective service............................................ 17.05 15.2 9.48 16.4 23.95 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.45 2.1 € € 33.45 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 24.91 5.4 € € 25.86 5.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.02 6.4 € € 24.02 6.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.31 4.3 € € 18.31 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.78 8.0 8.59 7.0 € € Food service.................................................. 9.83 3.8 9.72 4.2 11.46 5.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.79 4.9 7.79 4.9 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.50 4.0 7.50 4.0 € € Other food service........................................... 10.82 4.0 10.75 4.4 11.46 5.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 € € Cooks....................................................... 11.87 4.6 11.66 4.9 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.81 9.1 9.69 9.7 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.20 4.4 9.22 4.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.23 3.5 8.79 2.7 € € Health service................................................ 11.37 4.3 10.93 4.9 13.81 3.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.09 9.6 11.95 12.4 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.22 4.3 10.73 4.6 14.20 3.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.71 3.2 10.12 2.9 13.76 1.5 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.28 5.4 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.32 3.5 9.27 3.7 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 3.9 9.85 3.4 13.77 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 11.90 7.4 11.80 7.9 - - Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.24 1.6 8.24 1.6 € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 13.11 9.3 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.47 5.8 13.47 5.8 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.63 2.2 $19.61 2.8 $24.79 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.86 2.3 19.83 2.9 24.79 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.74 2.2 22.74 2.7 26.91 3.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.57 2.2 23.71 2.9 26.92 3.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 2.4 26.47 3.5 28.51 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.84 2.9 28.10 4.4 29.91 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.79 3.4 29.85 3.7 29.32 6.5 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.62 3.4 29.65 3.7 29.32 6.5 Natural scientists............................................ 31.77 9.8 37.59 6.6 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 37.61 6.8 37.61 6.8 € € Health related................................................ 25.30 7.1 24.71 10.1 26.47 6.7 Registered nurses........................................... 26.82 4.4 26.81 6.0 26.85 3.6 Pharmacists................................................. 38.33 4.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.00 10.5 32.01 26.4 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.59 4.5 14.47 14.2 31.32 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.4 23.19 9.9 31.47 2.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.35 2.5 24.02 9.7 31.69 2.6 Teachers, special education................................. 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 29.28 2.7 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 20.91 13.0 - - 28.35 7.9 Psychologists............................................... 19.65 17.3 € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.18 11.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 17.00 11.7 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.99 8.1 43.29 11.6 35.52 9.0 Lawyers..................................................... 40.43 8.3 43.29 11.6 32.55 5.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.96 9.5 27.62 9.5 - - Editors and reporters....................................... 20.73 10.9 22.24 14.3 € € Technical....................................................... 21.81 2.8 22.37 3.1 19.82 4.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.60 8.2 17.33 9.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.92 1.5 17.77 2.0 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.90 8.8 24.90 8.8 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.18 4.7 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.52 5.6 23.08 6.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.49 3.7 31.07 3.9 33.09 10.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.41 4.6 35.97 4.7 38.05 12.4 Financial managers.......................................... 28.80 9.9 28.80 9.9 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 66.53 19.3 66.53 19.3 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.77 9.9 19.51 14.3 37.58 10.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.51 17.4 28.51 17.4 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.98 4.7 38.89 4.9 € € Management related............................................ $25.05 3.9 $24.80 4.6 $26.05 6.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.81 4.3 21.17 6.3 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.07 12.0 27.43 15.4 € € Sales............................................................. 16.94 6.0 16.92 6.0 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 11.4 23.66 11.8 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 30.63 31.4 30.63 31.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.78 5.6 25.78 5.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.85 6.7 10.85 6.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 14.20 4.6 14.20 4.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.81 2.8 15.90 3.2 15.31 2.4 Secretaries................................................. 16.75 5.1 17.31 5.8 14.66 2.7 Receptionists............................................... 11.74 4.4 11.67 4.6 € € Order clerks................................................ 16.25 7.5 16.25 7.5 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.55 3.2 14.51 3.1 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 4.5 14.23 5.0 15.52 6.2 Billing clerks.............................................. 17.20 8.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.01 18.1 18.01 18.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 15.00 3.2 14.78 4.1 15.45 5.5 Data entry keyers........................................... 14.88 13.0 14.88 13.0 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.56 12.6 18.84 14.8 14.34 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 18.96 3.3 18.87 3.6 19.93 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.16 3.1 23.23 3.3 22.44 4.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.37 3.4 24.37 3.4 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.69 5.8 21.69 5.9 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 22.43 2.6 22.52 2.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.82 10.7 19.82 10.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.71 11.5 20.22 14.8 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.13 5.4 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 25.43 16.2 25.43 16.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 22.94 8.8 22.94 8.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.42 4.7 17.42 4.7 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.91 8.1 12.91 8.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.59 3.2 16.59 3.2 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.83 14.7 18.83 14.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 4.2 16.91 4.9 19.59 5.6 Truck drivers............................................... 16.63 3.6 16.56 3.7 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.17 12.2 18.17 12.2 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 19.94 14.7 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.47 4.7 13.13 5.2 16.17 2.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... $13.16 7.6 € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 16.89 2.5 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.97 19.4 $10.97 19.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.19 10.5 12.19 10.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.05 6.7 16.05 6.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.44 12.5 10.44 12.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.60 7.7 11.60 7.7 € € Service............................................................. 12.93 4.9 10.49 4.0 $20.50 4.6 Protective service............................................ 17.52 16.3 9.57 18.0 24.62 4.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.45 2.1 € € 33.45 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 24.91 5.4 € € 25.86 5.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.42 3.6 € € 25.42 3.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.31 4.3 € € 18.31 4.3 Food service.................................................. 10.78 3.7 10.66 4.1 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8.27 7.0 8.27 7.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.67 6.9 7.67 6.9 € € Other food service........................................... 11.72 3.8 11.64 4.3 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 € € Cooks....................................................... 12.07 4.3 11.85 4.7 € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.84 10.3 9.84 10.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 5.2 9.88 5.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.44 4.4 8.87 3.4 € € Health service................................................ 11.21 4.6 10.68 5.1 13.79 3.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.42 11.0 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.97 4.1 10.35 4.1 14.20 3.5 Cleaning and building service................................. $10.72 3.4 $10.13 3.1 $13.81 1.6 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.28 5.4 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.00 4.0 9.00 4.0 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.58 4.0 9.87 3.6 13.76 1.5 Personal service.............................................. 13.13 8.4 13.07 8.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.21 5.2 $13.02 7.3 $17.61 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.92 5.2 13.83 7.6 17.61 5.4 White collar........................................................ 18.01 6.1 17.54 9.1 18.80 6.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.46 4.9 21.89 6.3 18.80 6.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.47 3.7 25.89 4.9 27.55 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.67 3.6 28.15 4.4 29.55 7.0 Health related................................................ 27.62 4.6 27.79 5.4 26.86 1.2 Registered nurses........................................... 28.47 4.1 28.81 4.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.42 6.6 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.74 6.2 - - 27.85 7.7 Substitute teachers......................................... 14.18 7.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 18.40 5.2 18.57 7.1 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.20 7.8 18.48 9.7 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 8.36 3.8 8.36 3.8 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.56 7.5 7.56 7.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.98 6.8 8.98 6.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 4.1 13.53 8.3 12.23 3.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.89 10.9 18.09 21.2 13.44 3.6 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.35 6.1 15.35 6.1 € € Library clerks.............................................. 10.31 10.0 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.53 11.4 € € 10.95 9.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.63 2.4 € € 11.63 2.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.09 6.8 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 10.64 4.2 9.75 4.1 15.44 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.04 7.3 11.08 9.6 16.02 2.7 Bus drivers................................................. 14.93 5.5 € € 16.02 2.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $8.84 4.2 $8.86 4.2 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.74 6.3 11.74 6.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.24 3.9 8.88 3.8 $12.11 5.7 Protective service............................................ 10.76 11.4 - - - - Food service.................................................. 8.31 3.6 8.22 3.8 9.62 6.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.30 3.9 7.30 3.9 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.34 4.8 7.34 4.8 € € Other food service........................................... 9.03 3.9 8.96 4.3 9.62 6.9 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.95 5.3 8.97 5.7 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 4.2 8.59 4.5 € € Health service................................................ 12.35 9.3 12.27 9.8 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.86 10.5 12.86 10.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. $10.44 7.9 $10.01 8.3 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.96 13.2 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.73 5.9 8.53 5.8 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $821 2.2 39.8 $780 2.8 39.8 $984 2.6 39.7 All excluding sales............................................... 830 2.3 39.8 789 2.9 39.8 984 2.6 39.7 White collar........................................................ 943 2.2 39.7 905 2.8 39.8 1,061 3.1 39.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 976 2.2 39.7 944 2.9 39.8 1,061 3.1 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,077 2.4 39.6 1,053 3.5 39.8 1,118 2.6 39.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,138 2.8 39.5 1,116 4.4 39.7 1,169 2.6 39.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,189 3.4 39.9 1,191 3.7 39.9 1,168 6.6 39.8 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,182 3.4 39.9 1,184 3.7 39.9 1,168 6.6 39.8 Natural scientists............................................ 1,271 9.8 40.0 1,503 6.6 40.0 - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 1,504 6.8 40.0 1,504 6.8 40.0 € € € Health related................................................ 1,008 7.1 39.8 985 10.1 39.9 1,054 6.7 39.8 Registered nurses........................................... 1,068 4.5 39.8 1,070 6.1 39.9 1,063 3.4 39.6 Pharmacists................................................. 1,512 4.9 39.4 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,592 10.4 39.8 1,237 22.4 38.6 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,136 4.2 38.4 573 13.6 39.6 1,198 1.6 38.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,196 2.0 38.2 893 9.3 38.5 1,203 2.0 38.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,199 2.8 38.2 930 9.5 38.7 1,211 2.9 38.2 Teachers, special education................................. 1,182 3.1 37.3 € € € 1,182 3.1 37.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,173 2.6 40.1 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 811 13.7 38.8 - - - 1,113 7.0 39.2 Psychologists............................................... 752 17.7 38.3 € € € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 687 11.5 40.0 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 680 11.6 40.0 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 1,548 8.9 37.8 1,608 12.4 37.2 1,396 9.3 39.3 Lawyers..................................................... 1,523 9.0 37.7 1,608 12.4 37.2 1,276 5.6 39.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,077 9.7 39.9 1,105 9.7 40.0 - - - Editors and reporters....................................... 793 9.9 38.3 834 13.4 37.5 € € € Technical....................................................... 870 2.8 39.9 891 3.0 39.9 793 4.9 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 784 8.2 40.0 693 9.9 40.0 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 717 1.5 40.0 711 2.0 40.0 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 996 8.8 40.0 996 8.8 40.0 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 807 4.7 40.0 € € € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 941 5.6 40.0 923 6.3 40.0 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,260 3.7 40.0 1,245 3.9 40.1 1,321 10.1 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,459 4.6 40.1 1,442 4.8 40.1 1,522 12.4 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,146 9.9 39.8 1,146 9.9 39.8 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $2,790 23.2 41.9 $2,790 23.2 41.9 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,390 9.9 40.0 775 14.3 39.7 $1,503 10.0 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,140 17.4 40.0 1,140 17.4 40.0 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,567 4.7 40.2 1,563 4.8 40.2 € € € Management related............................................ 1,001 3.9 40.0 992 4.6 40.0 1,038 6.7 39.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 872 4.3 40.0 847 6.3 40.0 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,123 12.0 40.0 1,097 15.4 40.0 € € € Sales............................................................. 671 6.2 39.6 670 6.2 39.6 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 975 11.3 41.3 978 11.7 41.3 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,225 31.4 40.0 1,225 31.4 40.0 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 1,091 5.0 42.3 1,091 5.0 42.3 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 420 6.9 38.8 420 6.9 38.8 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 545 4.0 38.4 545 4.0 38.4 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 628 2.8 39.7 632 3.2 39.7 609 2.4 39.8 Secretaries................................................. 663 5.1 39.6 684 5.8 39.5 583 2.9 39.7 Receptionists............................................... 465 4.1 39.6 462 4.3 39.6 € € € Order clerks................................................ 650 7.5 40.0 650 7.5 40.0 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 577 3.6 39.6 573 3.7 39.5 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 571 4.2 39.7 565 4.7 39.7 614 5.7 39.6 Billing clerks.............................................. 688 8.6 40.0 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 720 18.1 40.0 720 18.1 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 597 3.3 39.8 587 4.2 39.7 617 5.4 39.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 571 12.7 38.4 571 12.7 38.4 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 701 12.7 39.9 751 14.9 39.9 574 3.2 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 757 3.3 39.9 754 3.5 39.9 796 3.5 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 926 3.2 40.0 929 3.4 40.0 898 4.6 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,034 5.3 42.4 1,034 5.3 42.4 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 868 5.8 40.0 868 5.9 40.0 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 897 2.6 40.0 901 2.9 40.0 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 793 10.7 40.0 793 10.7 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 789 11.5 40.0 809 14.8 40.0 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 685 5.4 40.0 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 1,017 16.2 40.0 1,017 16.2 40.0 € € € Machinists.................................................. 917 8.8 40.0 917 8.8 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 695 4.7 39.9 695 4.7 39.9 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 516 8.1 40.0 516 8.1 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 664 3.2 40.0 664 3.2 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $753 14.7 40.0 $753 14.7 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 698 4.1 40.1 678 4.8 40.1 $781 5.6 39.8 Truck drivers............................................... 669 3.5 40.2 666 3.5 40.2 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 727 12.2 40.0 727 12.2 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 797 14.7 40.0 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 535 4.7 39.7 521 5.2 39.7 647 2.8 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 526 7.6 40.0 € € € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 667 1.8 39.5 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 439 19.4 40.0 439 19.4 40.0 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 466 11.5 38.2 466 11.5 38.2 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 636 6.8 39.6 636 6.8 39.6 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 418 12.5 40.0 418 12.5 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 463 7.7 39.9 463 7.7 39.9 € € € Service............................................................. 515 4.9 39.8 415 4.0 39.6 832 5.0 40.6 Protective service............................................ 709 16.6 40.5 382 17.9 39.9 1,009 4.6 41.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,338 2.1 40.0 € € € 1,338 2.1 40.0 Firefighting................................................ 1,099 8.0 44.1 € € € 1,185 5.0 45.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,017 3.6 40.0 € € € 1,017 3.6 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 732 4.3 40.0 € € € 732 4.3 40.0 Food service.................................................. 428 4.8 39.7 423 5.3 39.7 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 313 8.9 37.8 313 8.9 37.8 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 284 8.3 37.1 284 8.3 37.1 € € € Other food service........................................... 474 4.9 40.5 472 5.5 40.6 € € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 766 16.5 44.6 766 16.5 44.6 € € € Cooks....................................................... 478 4.6 39.6 471 5.1 39.8 € € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 393 10.3 40.0 393 10.3 40.0 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 395 5.2 40.0 395 5.2 40.0 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 370 4.9 39.2 346 4.4 39.0 € € € Health service................................................ 443 5.0 39.5 421 5.6 39.4 552 3.5 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 497 11.0 40.0 € € € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 432 4.6 39.4 407 4.6 39.3 568 3.5 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. $427 3.4 39.9 $404 3.1 39.8 $553 1.6 40.0 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 571 5.4 40.0 € € € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 350 4.2 38.9 350 4.2 38.9 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 423 4.0 39.9 394 3.6 39.9 551 1.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 500 6.4 38.1 497 6.8 38.0 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,774 2.2 2,025 $40,516 2.8 2,066 $46,431 2.6 1,873 All excluding sales............................................... 42,206 2.3 2,023 40,974 2.9 2,067 46,431 2.6 1,873 White collar........................................................ 47,287 2.2 1,992 46,917 2.8 2,063 48,305 3.1 1,795 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,736 2.2 1,984 48,918 2.9 2,063 48,307 3.1 1,795 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,915 2.4 1,907 54,306 3.5 2,051 48,468 2.6 1,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 53,712 2.8 1,863 57,406 4.4 2,043 49,392 2.6 1,652 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,828 3.4 2,075 61,957 3.7 2,076 60,713 6.6 2,071 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 61,466 3.4 2,075 61,556 3.7 2,076 60,713 6.6 2,071 Natural scientists............................................ 66,073 9.8 2,080 78,179 6.6 2,080 - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 78,225 6.8 2,080 78,225 6.8 2,080 € € € Health related................................................ 51,875 7.1 2,051 51,216 10.1 2,073 53,151 6.7 2,008 Registered nurses........................................... 54,464 4.5 2,030 55,633 6.1 2,075 51,756 3.4 1,927 Pharmacists................................................. 78,600 4.9 2,051 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 65,617 10.4 1,640 51,595 22.4 1,612 - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 42,357 4.2 1,431 27,224 13.6 1,882 43,635 1.6 1,393 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43,644 2.0 1,395 34,130 9.3 1,472 43,850 2.0 1,393 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,751 2.8 1,395 35,810 9.5 1,491 44,088 2.9 1,391 Teachers, special education................................. 43,222 3.1 1,364 € € € 43,222 3.1 1,364 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 42,778 2.6 1,461 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 39,579 13.7 1,893 - - - 50,121 7.0 1,768 Psychologists............................................... 35,809 17.7 1,822 € € € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,702 11.5 2,078 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 35,334 11.6 2,078 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 80,489 8.9 1,964 83,638 12.4 1,932 72,601 9.3 2,044 Lawyers..................................................... 79,210 9.0 1,959 83,638 12.4 1,932 66,333 5.6 2,038 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 53,388 9.7 1,980 54,495 9.7 1,973 - - - Editors and reporters....................................... 37,305 9.9 1,800 37,601 13.4 1,691 € € € Technical....................................................... 45,239 2.8 2,074 46,361 3.0 2,072 41,234 4.9 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,761 8.2 2,080 36,056 9.9 2,080 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 37,281 1.5 2,080 36,970 2.0 2,080 € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 51,876 8.8 2,083 51,876 8.8 2,083 € € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 41,983 4.7 2,080 € € € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 48,906 5.6 2,080 48,001 6.3 2,080 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,368 3.7 2,076 64,720 3.9 2,083 67,817 10.1 2,050 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 75,609 4.6 2,077 74,989 4.8 2,085 77,845 12.4 2,046 Financial managers.......................................... 59,569 9.9 2,068 59,569 9.9 2,068 € € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $145,058 23.2 2,180 $145,058 23.2 2,180 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 68,542 9.9 1,971 40,305 14.3 2,066 $73,456 10.0 1,955 Managers, medicine and health............................... 59,302 17.4 2,080 59,302 17.4 2,080 € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,459 4.7 2,090 81,277 4.8 2,090 € € € Management related............................................ 51,970 3.9 2,075 51,584 4.6 2,080 53,523 6.7 2,055 Accountants and auditors.................................... 45,365 4.3 2,080 44,020 6.3 2,080 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 58,385 12.0 2,080 57,047 15.4 2,080 € € € Sales............................................................. 34,909 6.2 2,061 34,863 6.2 2,061 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 50,700 11.3 2,147 50,838 11.7 2,149 € € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 63,719 31.4 2,080 63,719 31.4 2,080 € € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 56,720 5.0 2,200 56,720 5.0 2,200 € € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 21,864 6.9 2,015 21,864 6.9 2,015 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 28,355 4.0 1,997 28,355 4.0 1,997 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,543 2.8 2,059 32,854 3.2 2,067 30,856 2.4 2,016 Secretaries................................................. 34,056 5.1 2,033 35,582 5.8 2,055 28,624 2.9 1,952 Receptionists............................................... 24,184 4.1 2,061 24,043 4.3 2,060 € € € Order clerks................................................ 33,802 7.5 2,080 33,802 7.5 2,080 € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,981 3.6 2,060 29,814 3.7 2,055 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,578 4.2 2,058 29,380 4.7 2,065 31,099 5.7 2,004 Billing clerks.............................................. 35,784 8.6 2,080 € € € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 37,488 18.1 2,082 37,488 18.1 2,082 € € € General office clerks....................................... 31,045 3.3 2,069 30,542 4.2 2,067 32,072 5.4 2,075 Data entry keyers........................................... 29,711 12.7 1,996 29,711 12.7 1,996 € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 36,153 12.7 2,059 39,051 14.9 2,072 29,057 3.2 2,026 Blue collar......................................................... 39,300 3.3 2,073 39,186 3.5 2,076 40,559 3.5 2,035 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 48,101 3.2 2,077 48,343 3.4 2,081 45,443 4.6 2,025 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 53,743 5.3 2,205 53,743 5.3 2,205 € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 45,115 5.8 2,080 45,111 5.9 2,080 € € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 46,651 2.6 2,080 46,831 2.9 2,080 € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,261 10.7 2,082 41,261 10.7 2,082 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 39,038 11.5 1,980 42,090 14.8 2,082 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 35,641 5.4 2,080 € € € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 52,903 16.2 2,080 52,903 16.2 2,080 € € € Machinists.................................................. 47,761 8.8 2,082 47,761 8.8 2,082 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 36,204 4.7 2,079 36,204 4.7 2,079 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,851 8.1 2,080 26,851 8.1 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 34,508 3.2 2,080 34,508 3.2 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $39,212 14.7 2,083 $39,212 14.7 2,083 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 36,204 4.1 2,080 35,279 4.8 2,087 $40,169 5.6 2,050 Truck drivers............................................... 34,762 3.5 2,090 34,616 3.5 2,091 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 37,795 12.2 2,080 37,795 12.2 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 41,470 14.7 2,080 € € € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,551 4.7 2,046 26,903 5.2 2,048 32,719 2.8 2,023 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 26,450 7.6 2,010 € € € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 31,320 1.8 1,854 € € € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 22,821 19.4 2,080 22,821 19.4 2,080 € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,224 11.5 1,987 24,224 11.5 1,987 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 33,084 6.8 2,061 33,084 6.8 2,061 € € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 21,719 12.5 2,080 21,719 12.5 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,058 7.7 2,075 24,058 7.7 2,075 € € € Service............................................................. 26,676 4.9 2,062 21,589 4.0 2,057 42,619 5.0 2,078 Protective service............................................ 36,752 16.6 2,097 19,863 17.9 2,075 52,129 4.6 2,117 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 69,575 2.1 2,080 € € € 69,575 2.1 2,080 Firefighting................................................ 57,220 8.0 2,297 € € € 61,608 5.0 2,383 Police and detectives, public service....................... 52,876 3.6 2,080 € € € 52,876 3.6 2,080 Correctional institution officers........................... 38,089 4.3 2,080 € € € 38,089 4.3 2,080 Food service.................................................. 22,195 4.8 2,059 22,006 5.3 2,064 - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 16,250 8.9 1,965 16,250 8.9 1,965 € € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 14,785 8.3 1,929 14,785 8.3 1,929 € € € Other food service........................................... 24,556 4.9 2,096 24,521 5.5 2,107 € € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 39,813 16.5 2,320 39,813 16.5 2,320 € € € Cooks....................................................... 24,584 4.6 2,038 24,516 5.1 2,069 € € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 20,371 10.3 2,071 20,371 10.3 2,071 € € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 20,556 5.2 2,080 20,556 5.2 2,080 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 19,246 4.9 2,039 18,007 4.4 2,030 € € € Health service................................................ 23,031 5.0 2,054 21,874 5.6 2,049 28,680 3.5 2,080 Health aides, except nursing................................ 25,831 11.0 2,080 € € € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,480 4.6 2,049 21,144 4.6 2,043 29,533 3.5 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. $22,137 3.4 2,065 $20,985 3.1 2,072 $28,024 1.6 2,029 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 29,711 5.4 2,080 € € € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 18,214 4.2 2,023 18,214 4.2 2,023 € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,868 4.0 2,067 20,496 3.6 2,076 27,901 1.5 2,027 Personal service.............................................. 25,632 6.4 1,952 25,714 6.8 1,967 - - - 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.98 2.1 $18.99 2.7 $23.87 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 20.29 2.2 19.30 2.8 23.87 2.4 White collar........................................................ 23.18 2.1 22.31 2.7 25.75 2.9 1....................................................... 8.28 4.7 8.28 4.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.95 12.3 11.31 14.7 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 11.89 3.1 11.62 3.7 13.14 3.6 4....................................................... 15.08 2.4 15.18 2.7 14.38 3.0 5....................................................... 15.80 3.5 15.83 4.7 15.70 3.2 6....................................................... 18.02 6.4 18.01 7.0 18.07 3.5 7....................................................... 20.92 2.6 21.25 2.9 19.68 3.5 8....................................................... 23.09 3.8 23.09 4.4 23.10 4.3 9....................................................... 27.71 2.0 27.45 3.4 27.95 2.2 10........................................................ 29.47 3.6 29.80 4.3 28.89 6.1 11........................................................ 33.23 3.2 33.49 3.8 32.75 6.0 12........................................................ 40.11 3.1 40.09 3.5 40.24 5.4 13........................................................ 45.47 4.0 € € € € 14........................................................ 54.61 7.5 68.42 11.8 47.08 7.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.84 5.1 23.89 5.1 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.21 2.1 23.59 2.7 25.75 2.9 1....................................................... 9.45 4.2 9.61 4.6 € € 2....................................................... 11.41 12.9 11.96 15.5 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 12.65 2.7 12.50 3.4 13.14 3.6 4....................................................... 15.15 2.7 15.31 3.1 14.38 3.0 5....................................................... 15.58 4.0 15.58 5.6 15.60 3.1 6....................................................... 17.51 7.1 17.44 8.0 18.07 3.5 7....................................................... 20.86 2.7 21.21 3.1 19.68 3.5 8....................................................... 23.04 3.9 23.03 4.5 23.10 4.3 9....................................................... 27.36 1.8 26.68 3.1 27.95 2.2 10........................................................ 29.66 3.7 30.14 4.6 28.89 6.1 11........................................................ 33.23 3.2 33.49 3.8 32.75 6.0 12........................................................ 40.11 3.1 40.09 3.5 40.24 5.4 13........................................................ 45.47 4.0 € € € € 14........................................................ 54.61 7.5 68.42 11.8 47.08 7.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.78 3.9 24.83 3.9 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.14 2.2 26.42 3.2 28.42 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.82 2.6 28.10 4.0 29.87 2.5 5....................................................... 15.53 9.3 14.71 8.9 € € 6....................................................... 16.61 16.3 16.66 16.8 € € 7....................................................... 21.00 4.1 21.21 4.3 € € 8....................................................... 23.00 7.4 22.95 8.5 23.32 1.3 9....................................................... 28.06 2.0 27.43 3.5 28.51 2.4 10........................................................ 29.13 4.8 29.85 6.5 28.37 6.4 11........................................................ 32.31 4.0 33.80 3.7 30.64 6.6 12........................................................ 39.60 2.4 € € € € 13........................................................ $51.17 6.2 $51.15 6.5 € € 14........................................................ 49.03 6.3 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.74 3.9 30.74 3.9 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - 11........................................................ 32.40 2.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c. 11........................................................ 30.81 1.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.79 3.4 29.85 3.7 $29.32 6.5 8....................................................... 25.53 6.6 € € € € 9....................................................... 28.59 2.2 29.20 2.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.62 3.4 29.65 3.7 29.32 6.5 8....................................................... 25.53 6.6 € € € € 9....................................................... 28.59 2.2 29.20 2.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.77 9.8 37.59 6.6 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 37.61 6.8 37.61 6.8 € € Health related................................................ 25.94 5.4 25.70 7.3 26.54 5.6 7....................................................... 22.35 4.0 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.92 12.9 21.72 13.9 € € 9....................................................... 27.01 4.8 27.86 6.6 25.33 3.2 Registered nurses........................................... 27.46 3.1 27.65 4.0 26.92 2.5 8....................................................... 25.89 3.6 26.16 4.1 € € 9....................................................... 28.38 3.6 29.08 4.4 26.78 2.4 Pharmacists................................................. 37.96 4.4 35.93 2.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.67 8.6 31.83 24.9 - - 11........................................................ 32.26 26.1 32.26 26.1 € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.46 4.3 15.65 16.1 31.19 1.7 6....................................................... 15.06 2.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.66 14.2 22.66 14.2 € € 9....................................................... 31.24 1.7 27.02 7.3 31.31 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.31 2.4 23.19 9.9 31.49 2.4 9....................................................... 31.51 2.4 € € 31.49 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.27 2.4 24.62 9.3 31.57 2.5 9....................................................... 31.55 2.4 € € 31.57 2.5 Teachers, special education................................. 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 9....................................................... 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.98 3.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 29.64 2.0 € € € € Substitute teachers......................................... 14.60 4.4 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.25 14.4 - - 28.35 7.9 Psychologists............................................... 21.64 19.4 € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.56 10.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 17.41 10.6 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.99 8.1 43.29 11.6 35.52 9.0 Lawyers..................................................... 40.43 8.3 43.29 11.6 32.55 5.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $26.91 9.5 $27.56 9.5 - - 9....................................................... 24.62 3.7 23.89 3.6 € € Editors and reporters....................................... 20.73 10.9 22.24 14.3 € € Technical....................................................... 21.50 2.7 22.05 3.0 $19.61 4.3 4....................................................... 15.17 5.1 15.34 6.0 € € 5....................................................... 17.87 4.2 18.34 5.1 16.82 2.2 6....................................................... 19.61 7.2 20.26 11.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.10 4.0 21.07 4.1 18.97 3.5 8....................................................... 23.82 4.1 23.72 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.44 3.2 27.56 2.3 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.75 7.5 18.03 9.6 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.02 3.2 18.04 4.3 17.98 1.7 5....................................................... 17.16 2.1 17.11 2.6 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.99 3.1 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.38 9.6 24.38 9.6 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.18 4.7 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.52 5.6 23.08 6.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 3.7 31.04 3.9 33.19 10.0 6....................................................... 16.45 11.0 16.45 11.0 € € 7....................................................... 21.30 3.6 20.76 4.5 23.22 3.9 8....................................................... 21.54 3.0 21.87 3.4 € € 9....................................................... 24.11 3.0 23.72 4.1 24.74 3.6 10........................................................ 33.07 7.3 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.91 4.9 33.00 5.6 37.08 5.6 12........................................................ 40.81 6.3 39.88 7.1 48.04 7.5 14........................................................ 64.31 15.1 78.11 11.3 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.41 4.5 35.92 4.7 38.18 12.3 8....................................................... 22.58 5.1 23.55 4.4 € € 9....................................................... 24.99 4.3 24.05 6.5 € € 11........................................................ 37.77 4.7 37.62 6.0 38.09 7.2 12........................................................ 42.79 4.6 41.99 5.3 48.04 7.5 14........................................................ 64.31 15.1 78.11 11.3 € € Financial managers.......................................... 28.62 9.6 28.62 9.6 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 66.53 19.3 66.53 19.3 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.77 9.9 19.51 14.3 37.58 10.0 11........................................................ 41.10 4.5 € € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.51 17.4 28.51 17.4 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.98 4.7 38.89 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 26.21 6.9 25.34 6.8 € € 11........................................................ 38.13 6.7 38.38 7.0 € € 12........................................................ 43.46 6.8 42.59 7.1 € € Management related............................................ 25.03 3.9 24.79 4.6 26.05 6.7 6....................................................... 17.62 13.2 17.62 13.2 € € 7....................................................... 21.44 4.0 20.80 5.1 23.22 3.9 9....................................................... $23.44 3.7 $23.51 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 30.81 5.5 30.07 5.9 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.81 4.3 21.17 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.18 7.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.28 4.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 27.84 11.7 27.17 15.0 € € Sales............................................................. 15.49 6.0 15.46 6.0 - - 1....................................................... 8.07 5.4 8.07 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 9.54 5.4 9.54 5.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.89 5.6 14.89 5.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.82 7.3 16.69 7.5 € € 6....................................................... 20.49 8.8 20.49 8.8 € € 9....................................................... 48.32 24.5 48.32 24.5 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 11.4 23.66 11.8 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 30.63 31.4 30.63 31.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.78 5.6 25.78 5.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.36 6.7 10.36 6.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.21 3.2 9.21 3.2 € € 4....................................................... 9.26 4.9 9.26 4.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 12.95 5.6 12.95 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 9.52 12.9 9.52 12.9 € € 4....................................................... 14.96 3.6 14.96 3.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.43 2.6 15.75 3.1 $14.20 2.1 1....................................................... 9.45 4.2 9.61 4.6 € € 2....................................................... 11.41 12.9 11.96 15.5 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 12.70 2.7 12.56 3.4 13.14 3.6 4....................................................... 15.30 2.7 15.50 3.1 14.38 3.1 5....................................................... 14.90 2.5 14.95 3.6 14.84 3.0 6....................................................... 17.89 5.1 17.91 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 21.03 7.5 21.65 8.6 18.05 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 16.46 4.8 17.37 5.6 14.20 2.8 3....................................................... 11.80 5.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.70 3.1 13.58 4.9 13.89 2.2 5....................................................... 14.86 3.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.44 7.6 21.62 7.9 € € Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 14.27 4.7 14.27 4.7 € € Receptionists............................................... 11.22 4.5 11.15 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.77 2.7 11.77 2.7 € € Order clerks................................................ 16.25 7.5 16.25 7.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.32 7.4 14.32 7.4 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.03 6.8 € € 11.70 7.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.51 3.1 14.51 3.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.63 6.9 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 4.5 14.23 5.0 15.52 6.2 3....................................................... $11.31 8.4 $11.31 8.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.70 3.6 14.86 4.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.91 6.3 € € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 16.86 8.2 16.16 11.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.01 18.1 18.01 18.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 20.54 5.6 € € € € 4....................................................... 18.51 16.2 18.97 16.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 14.60 3.2 14.79 3.9 $14.29 5.4 3....................................................... 14.19 8.0 15.21 13.8 € € 4....................................................... 15.74 3.0 15.42 3.5 17.32 4.1 5....................................................... 13.84 4.3 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 14.61 12.5 14.61 12.5 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 11.73 2.1 € € 11.73 2.1 3....................................................... 11.89 2.3 € € 11.89 2.3 4....................................................... 11.70 3.9 € € 11.70 3.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.25 12.2 18.52 14.4 14.13 3.3 4....................................................... 19.22 17.4 21.14 17.3 € € Blue collar......................................................... 18.40 3.2 18.30 3.5 19.39 3.2 1....................................................... 10.24 7.3 10.24 7.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.72 6.6 10.69 6.7 € € 3....................................................... 14.88 4.1 14.72 4.8 15.80 3.2 4....................................................... 17.62 4.1 17.73 4.3 16.27 4.7 5....................................................... 16.58 4.1 16.14 4.6 19.03 3.5 6....................................................... 21.36 5.6 21.39 6.5 21.19 2.5 7....................................................... 24.71 3.4 24.82 3.6 23.58 5.2 9....................................................... 26.64 6.2 26.65 6.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.93 3.3 22.97 3.5 22.44 4.6 4....................................................... 15.93 5.5 15.94 5.7 € € 5....................................................... 16.18 11.7 15.85 13.4 € € 6....................................................... 22.27 7.3 22.42 8.0 21.05 2.5 7....................................................... 24.91 3.9 24.98 4.2 24.25 5.4 9....................................................... 26.71 6.5 26.71 6.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.37 3.4 24.37 3.4 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.69 5.8 21.69 5.9 € € 7....................................................... 21.92 5.3 21.93 5.5 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 22.43 2.6 22.52 2.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.82 10.7 19.82 10.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.71 11.5 20.22 14.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.50 3.1 € € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.13 5.4 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 25.43 16.2 25.43 16.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 22.94 8.8 22.94 8.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.32 4.7 17.32 4.7 € € 1....................................................... $12.52 10.2 $12.52 10.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.80 11.6 10.80 11.6 € € 3....................................................... 13.43 6.2 13.43 6.2 € € 4....................................................... 19.91 4.6 19.91 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.61 6.5 14.61 6.5 € € 6....................................................... 17.00 3.4 17.00 3.4 € € 7....................................................... 24.57 6.1 24.57 6.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.91 8.1 12.91 8.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.59 3.2 16.59 3.2 € € Assemblers 2....................................................... 10.01 1.0 10.01 1.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.97 9.1 15.97 9.1 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.83 14.7 18.83 14.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.85 4.0 16.34 4.9 $18.74 4.3 2....................................................... 10.16 6.8 10.16 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 14.86 7.4 14.84 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 15.05 5.7 14.74 6.8 16.00 9.0 5....................................................... 17.90 5.7 17.48 7.0 19.11 4.2 6....................................................... 21.97 3.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.60 8.5 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 16.61 3.6 16.54 3.6 € € 4....................................................... 15.63 10.3 15.10 10.4 € € Bus drivers................................................. 16.85 6.1 € € 17.61 5.3 5....................................................... 18.73 4.6 € € 18.73 4.6 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 12.52 17.2 12.52 17.2 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.06 12.1 18.06 12.1 € € 5....................................................... 20.78 20.8 20.78 20.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 19.94 14.7 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.63 4.0 12.30 4.3 15.81 3.3 1....................................................... 8.74 3.9 8.74 3.9 € € 2....................................................... 10.89 9.9 10.82 10.2 € € 3....................................................... 15.33 8.2 15.27 10.4 15.53 4.2 4....................................................... 15.16 4.9 14.76 5.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.23 7.6 € € € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.16 7.6 € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 16.89 2.5 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.97 19.4 10.97 19.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.72 8.8 9.72 8.8 € € 1....................................................... 7.14 1.4 7.14 1.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.73 18.5 10.73 18.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.40 6.5 14.40 6.5 € € 3....................................................... 14.64 10.0 14.64 10.0 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.28 10.8 10.28 10.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.47 7.3 11.50 7.4 € € 2....................................................... $10.27 12.0 $10.27 12.0 € € Service............................................................. 12.34 4.2 10.20 3.3 $19.82 4.6 1....................................................... 9.06 3.5 8.77 3.1 13.55 3.5 2....................................................... 9.37 3.2 9.15 3.4 12.43 3.6 3....................................................... 10.39 3.7 9.91 3.7 12.84 2.5 4....................................................... 11.19 12.9 10.90 13.6 13.73 6.0 5....................................................... 14.88 6.2 13.52 10.4 16.54 4.6 6....................................................... 21.85 10.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.33 4.2 € € 25.09 3.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.94 11.8 16.94 11.8 € € Protective service............................................ 17.05 15.2 9.48 16.4 23.95 4.5 5....................................................... 16.22 6.7 € € 16.93 6.3 7....................................................... 25.38 3.4 € € 25.38 3.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.45 2.1 € € 33.45 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 24.91 5.4 € € 25.86 5.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 24.02 6.4 € € 24.02 6.4 7....................................................... 25.23 4.6 € € 25.23 4.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.31 4.3 € € 18.31 4.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.78 8.0 8.59 7.0 € € Food service.................................................. 9.83 3.8 9.72 4.2 11.46 5.0 1....................................................... 7.84 2.1 7.83 2.1 € € 2....................................................... 8.61 3.9 8.36 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.61 4.1 8.41 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 11.75 6.9 11.73 7.2 € € 5....................................................... 15.59 14.9 15.64 16.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.79 4.9 7.79 4.9 € € 2....................................................... 6.72 2.5 6.72 2.5 € € 3....................................................... 7.07 1.3 7.07 1.3 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.50 4.0 7.50 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 6.71 2.7 6.71 2.7 € € 3....................................................... 6.99 1.2 6.99 1.2 € € Other food service........................................... 10.82 4.0 10.75 4.4 11.46 5.0 1....................................................... 7.89 1.9 7.88 1.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.31 4.6 9.06 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.13 2.9 10.00 2.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.66 3.9 12.70 4.2 € € 5....................................................... 17.68 12.2 € € € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 € € Cooks....................................................... 11.87 4.6 11.66 4.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.47 4.0 € € € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.81 9.1 9.69 9.7 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.20 4.4 9.22 4.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.98 4.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.91 4.0 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.23 3.5 8.79 2.7 € € 1....................................................... $8.00 2.4 $8.00 2.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.60 4.9 € € € € Health service................................................ 11.37 4.3 10.93 4.9 $13.81 3.4 2....................................................... 10.14 5.6 9.80 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.63 4.9 10.61 5.0 € € 4....................................................... 13.70 4.3 13.91 5.3 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.09 9.6 11.95 12.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.01 4.3 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.22 4.3 10.73 4.6 14.20 3.5 2....................................................... 10.14 5.7 9.80 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.70 5.3 10.68 5.4 € € 4....................................................... 13.43 7.2 13.33 9.4 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.71 3.2 10.12 2.9 13.76 1.5 1....................................................... 9.59 4.8 9.22 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 10.20 3.9 9.98 4.0 € € 3....................................................... 12.21 4.8 11.39 6.6 13.49 .9 4....................................................... 12.85 2.2 12.71 2.7 € € Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.28 5.4 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.32 3.5 9.27 3.7 € € 1....................................................... 8.64 5.2 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.56 3.9 9.85 3.4 13.77 1.5 1....................................................... 9.69 5.3 9.30 4.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.29 4.2 10.06 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.15 5.3 10.88 6.6 13.49 .9 Personal service.............................................. 11.90 7.4 11.80 7.9 - - 2....................................................... 7.14 6.4 7.14 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.66 12.3 11.66 13.6 € € 4....................................................... 19.10 19.1 20.69 19.3 € € 5....................................................... 11.63 7.0 11.63 7.0 € € Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.24 1.6 8.24 1.6 € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 13.11 9.3 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 13.47 5.8 13.47 5.8 € € 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.63 2.2 $19.61 2.8 $24.79 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.86 2.3 19.83 2.9 24.79 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.74 2.2 22.74 2.7 26.91 3.2 2....................................................... 12.57 17.4 12.57 17.4 € € 3....................................................... 12.14 3.9 11.95 4.1 14.50 6.8 4....................................................... 15.28 2.6 15.30 2.8 15.13 3.3 5....................................................... 15.84 3.8 15.86 4.9 15.79 3.5 6....................................................... 17.57 7.2 17.54 7.5 € € 7....................................................... 21.04 2.6 21.40 2.9 19.70 3.6 8....................................................... 22.86 4.1 22.81 4.8 23.10 4.3 9....................................................... 27.67 2.2 27.19 3.7 28.07 2.3 10........................................................ 29.15 3.6 29.80 4.3 27.95 6.1 11........................................................ 33.16 3.3 33.46 3.8 32.56 6.3 12........................................................ 40.05 3.1 40.01 3.5 40.24 5.4 14........................................................ 56.30 7.9 68.42 11.8 48.43 8.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.05 4.9 24.06 4.9 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.57 2.2 23.71 2.9 26.92 3.2 2....................................................... 12.57 17.4 12.57 17.4 € € 3....................................................... 12.78 3.2 12.60 3.5 14.50 6.8 4....................................................... 15.32 2.9 15.35 3.3 15.13 3.3 5....................................................... 15.60 4.2 15.56 5.9 15.68 3.5 6....................................................... 16.85 8.1 16.77 8.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.99 2.7 21.37 3.1 19.70 3.6 8....................................................... 22.81 4.2 22.74 5.0 23.10 4.3 9....................................................... 27.27 2.0 26.28 3.5 28.07 2.3 10........................................................ 29.31 3.8 30.14 4.6 27.95 6.1 11........................................................ 33.16 3.3 33.46 3.8 32.56 6.3 12........................................................ 40.05 3.1 40.01 3.5 40.24 5.4 14........................................................ 56.30 7.9 68.42 11.8 48.43 8.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.90 3.9 24.92 3.9 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 2.4 26.47 3.5 28.51 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.84 2.9 28.10 4.4 29.91 2.7 5....................................................... 15.65 10.3 14.76 9.9 € € 6....................................................... 16.42 18.0 16.42 18.0 € € 7....................................................... 21.20 4.1 21.46 4.4 € € 8....................................................... 22.39 8.8 22.21 10.5 23.32 1.3 9....................................................... 28.03 2.2 26.97 3.9 28.71 2.6 10........................................................ 28.64 4.9 29.85 6.5 27.29 6.3 11........................................................ 32.03 4.0 33.61 3.4 30.18 6.7 12........................................................ 39.48 2.3 € € € € 13........................................................ 50.07 6.2 49.97 6.5 € € 14........................................................ 50.79 6.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.78 3.9 30.78 3.9 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - 11........................................................ $32.40 2.9 € € € € Engineers, n.e.c. 11........................................................ 30.81 1.5 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.79 3.4 $29.85 3.7 $29.32 6.5 8....................................................... 25.53 6.6 € € € € 9....................................................... 28.59 2.2 29.20 2.0 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.62 3.4 29.65 3.7 29.32 6.5 8....................................................... 25.53 6.6 € € € € 9....................................................... 28.59 2.2 29.20 2.0 € € Natural scientists............................................ 31.77 9.8 37.59 6.6 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 37.61 6.8 37.61 6.8 € € Health related................................................ 25.30 7.1 24.71 10.1 26.47 6.7 8....................................................... 19.87 17.0 € € € € 9....................................................... 26.20 6.3 26.98 9.3 24.88 3.8 Registered nurses........................................... 26.82 4.4 26.81 6.0 26.85 3.6 8....................................................... 24.99 5.3 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.77 5.2 28.34 6.8 26.63 3.8 Pharmacists................................................. 38.33 4.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.00 10.5 32.01 26.4 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.59 4.5 14.47 14.2 31.32 1.8 9....................................................... 31.27 1.7 € € 31.32 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.4 23.19 9.9 31.47 2.5 9....................................................... 31.49 2.5 € € 31.47 2.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.35 2.5 24.02 9.7 31.69 2.6 9....................................................... 31.65 2.5 € € 31.69 2.6 Teachers, special education................................. 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 9....................................................... 31.69 3.0 € € 31.69 3.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 29.28 2.7 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 20.91 13.0 - - 28.35 7.9 Psychologists............................................... 19.65 17.3 € € € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.18 11.5 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 17.00 11.7 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ 40.99 8.1 43.29 11.6 35.52 9.0 Lawyers..................................................... 40.43 8.3 43.29 11.6 32.55 5.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.96 9.5 27.62 9.5 - - 9....................................................... 24.62 3.7 23.89 3.6 € € Editors and reporters....................................... 20.73 10.9 22.24 14.3 € € Technical....................................................... 21.81 2.8 22.37 3.1 19.82 4.8 5....................................................... 18.16 4.5 18.77 5.5 € € 7....................................................... 20.25 4.3 21.41 3.9 € € 8....................................................... 23.82 4.1 23.72 4.6 € € 9....................................................... 26.68 3.4 28.00 2.4 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.60 8.2 17.33 9.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.92 1.5 17.77 2.0 € € 5....................................................... $17.67 1.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.90 8.8 $24.90 8.8 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 20.18 4.7 € € € € Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.52 5.6 23.08 6.3 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.49 3.7 31.07 3.9 $33.09 10.1 6....................................................... 16.45 11.0 16.45 11.0 € € 7....................................................... 21.35 3.6 20.82 4.5 23.22 3.9 8....................................................... 21.52 3.1 21.85 3.5 € € 9....................................................... 24.11 3.0 23.72 4.1 24.74 3.6 10........................................................ 33.07 7.3 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.97 5.0 33.07 5.7 37.08 5.6 12........................................................ 40.81 6.3 39.88 7.1 48.04 7.5 14........................................................ 64.31 15.1 78.11 11.3 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.41 4.6 35.97 4.7 38.05 12.4 8....................................................... 22.59 5.4 23.61 4.7 € € 9....................................................... 24.99 4.3 24.05 6.5 € € 11........................................................ 37.77 4.7 37.62 6.0 38.09 7.2 12........................................................ 42.79 4.6 41.99 5.3 48.04 7.5 14........................................................ 64.31 15.1 78.11 11.3 € € Financial managers.......................................... 28.80 9.9 28.80 9.9 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 66.53 19.3 66.53 19.3 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.77 9.9 19.51 14.3 37.58 10.0 11........................................................ 41.10 4.5 € € € € Managers, medicine and health............................... 28.51 17.4 28.51 17.4 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.98 4.7 38.89 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 26.21 6.9 25.34 6.8 € € 11........................................................ 38.13 6.7 38.38 7.0 € € 12........................................................ 43.46 6.8 42.59 7.1 € € Management related............................................ 25.05 3.9 24.80 4.6 26.05 6.7 6....................................................... 17.62 13.2 17.62 13.2 € € 7....................................................... 21.50 4.1 20.88 5.2 23.22 3.9 9....................................................... 23.44 3.7 23.51 5.2 € € 11........................................................ 30.88 5.6 30.14 6.0 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.81 4.3 21.17 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 20.18 7.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 24.28 4.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.07 12.0 27.43 15.4 € € Sales............................................................. 16.94 6.0 16.92 6.0 - - 3....................................................... 9.87 6.0 9.87 6.0 € € 4....................................................... 15.18 5.4 15.18 5.4 € € 5....................................................... 16.98 7.3 16.85 7.5 € € 6....................................................... 20.49 8.8 20.49 8.8 € € 9....................................................... 48.32 24.5 48.32 24.5 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 11.4 23.66 11.8 € € Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. $30.63 31.4 $30.63 31.4 € € Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 25.78 5.6 25.78 5.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.85 6.7 10.85 6.7 € € 3....................................................... 9.28 2.9 9.28 2.9 € € Cashiers.................................................... 14.20 4.6 14.20 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 14.96 3.6 14.96 3.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.81 2.8 15.90 3.2 $15.31 2.4 2....................................................... 12.57 17.4 12.57 17.4 € € 3....................................................... 12.85 3.2 12.67 3.5 14.50 6.8 4....................................................... 15.48 2.9 15.53 3.3 15.17 3.4 5....................................................... 14.90 2.6 14.94 3.6 14.83 3.3 6....................................................... 17.28 4.5 17.23 4.8 € € 7....................................................... 21.07 7.6 21.65 8.6 18.08 5.8 Secretaries................................................. 16.75 5.1 17.31 5.8 14.66 2.7 4....................................................... 13.82 3.5 13.70 5.3 14.04 2.6 5....................................................... 14.83 3.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.44 7.6 21.62 7.9 € € Receptionists............................................... 11.74 4.4 11.67 4.6 € € Order clerks................................................ 16.25 7.5 16.25 7.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.32 7.4 14.32 7.4 € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.55 3.2 14.51 3.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.73 7.2 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 4.5 14.23 5.0 15.52 6.2 3....................................................... 11.31 8.4 11.31 8.4 € € 4....................................................... 14.70 3.6 14.86 4.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.91 6.3 € € € € Billing clerks.............................................. 17.20 8.6 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.01 18.1 18.01 18.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks 4....................................................... 18.97 16.3 18.97 16.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 15.00 3.2 14.78 4.1 15.45 5.5 3....................................................... 15.48 10.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 15.70 3.1 15.32 3.7 17.32 4.1 5....................................................... 13.64 4.3 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 14.88 13.0 14.88 13.0 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.56 12.6 18.84 14.8 14.34 3.2 4....................................................... 19.22 17.4 21.14 17.3 € € Blue collar......................................................... 18.96 3.3 18.87 3.6 19.93 3.5 1....................................................... 11.49 8.6 11.49 8.6 € € 2....................................................... 10.99 7.3 10.96 7.5 € € 3....................................................... 15.29 4.4 15.11 5.1 16.44 2.9 4....................................................... 17.81 4.1 17.92 4.3 16.45 5.2 5....................................................... 16.78 4.2 16.36 4.7 19.62 4.0 6....................................................... 21.36 5.6 21.39 6.5 21.19 2.5 7....................................................... $24.71 3.4 $24.82 3.6 $23.58 5.2 9....................................................... 26.64 6.2 26.65 6.4 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.16 3.1 23.23 3.3 22.44 4.6 4....................................................... 15.93 5.5 15.94 5.7 € € 5....................................................... 17.75 8.6 17.61 10.3 € € 6....................................................... 22.27 7.3 22.42 8.0 21.05 2.5 7....................................................... 24.91 3.9 24.98 4.2 24.25 5.4 9....................................................... 26.71 6.5 26.71 6.5 € € Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.37 3.4 24.37 3.4 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 21.69 5.8 21.69 5.9 € € 7....................................................... 21.92 5.3 21.93 5.5 € € Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 22.43 2.6 22.52 2.9 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.82 10.7 19.82 10.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.71 11.5 20.22 14.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.50 3.1 € € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.13 5.4 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 25.43 16.2 25.43 16.2 € € Machinists.................................................. 22.94 8.8 22.94 8.8 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.42 4.7 17.42 4.7 € € 1....................................................... 12.52 10.2 12.52 10.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.80 11.6 10.80 11.6 € € 3....................................................... 14.11 7.1 14.11 7.1 € € 4....................................................... 19.91 4.6 19.91 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.61 6.5 14.61 6.5 € € 6....................................................... 17.00 3.4 17.00 3.4 € € 7....................................................... 24.57 6.1 24.57 6.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.91 8.1 12.91 8.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.59 3.2 16.59 3.2 € € Assemblers 2....................................................... 10.01 1.0 10.01 1.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.97 9.1 15.97 9.1 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 18.83 14.7 18.83 14.7 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 4.2 16.91 4.9 19.59 5.6 2....................................................... 11.04 6.9 11.04 6.9 € € 3....................................................... 15.07 9.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 15.73 6.7 15.48 8.2 € € 5....................................................... 18.01 6.2 17.52 7.1 € € 6....................................................... 21.97 3.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 22.60 8.5 € € € € Truck drivers............................................... 16.63 3.6 16.56 3.7 € € 4....................................................... 15.72 10.9 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.17 12.2 18.17 12.2 € € 5....................................................... 21.14 21.1 21.14 21.1 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... $19.94 14.7 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.47 4.7 $13.13 5.2 $16.17 2.8 1....................................................... 9.82 6.3 9.82 6.3 € € 2....................................................... 11.17 11.7 11.10 12.2 € € 3....................................................... 15.74 8.7 15.67 11.2 15.97 2.6 4....................................................... 15.16 4.9 14.76 5.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.23 7.6 € € € € Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.16 7.6 € € € € Construction laborers....................................... 16.89 2.5 € € € € Production helpers.......................................... 10.97 19.4 10.97 19.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.19 10.5 12.19 10.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.05 6.7 16.05 6.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.44 12.5 10.44 12.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.60 7.7 11.60 7.7 € € Service............................................................. 12.93 4.9 10.49 4.0 20.50 4.6 1....................................................... 9.38 4.4 9.07 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.48 3.5 9.24 3.8 12.84 3.2 3....................................................... 10.97 4.4 10.40 4.9 13.21 1.1 4....................................................... 11.14 13.8 10.83 14.6 13.71 6.3 5....................................................... 15.45 6.1 14.02 10.8 17.25 2.2 6....................................................... 21.85 10.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 24.33 4.2 € € 25.09 3.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.94 11.8 16.94 11.8 € € Protective service............................................ 17.52 16.3 9.57 18.0 24.62 4.1 5....................................................... 17.06 5.2 € € 18.16 4.0 7....................................................... 25.38 3.4 € € 25.38 3.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 33.45 2.1 € € 33.45 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 24.91 5.4 € € 25.86 5.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 25.42 3.6 € € 25.42 3.6 7....................................................... 25.23 4.6 € € 25.23 4.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.31 4.3 € € 18.31 4.3 Food service.................................................. 10.78 3.7 10.66 4.1 - - 1....................................................... 8.15 3.8 8.15 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.51 4.7 8.31 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.84 6.0 8.41 5.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.46 3.4 12.48 3.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.28 14.9 € € € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8.27 7.0 8.27 7.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.67 6.9 7.67 6.9 € € Other food service........................................... 11.72 3.8 11.64 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.09 5.3 8.87 4.5 € € 3....................................................... 10.57 4.5 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.66 3.9 12.70 4.2 € € Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 17.16 11.7 17.16 11.7 € € Cooks....................................................... $12.07 4.3 $11.85 4.7 € € 4....................................................... 12.47 4.0 € € € € Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.84 10.3 9.84 10.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.88 5.2 9.88 5.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.44 4.4 8.87 3.4 € € Health service................................................ 11.21 4.6 10.68 5.1 $13.79 3.5 2....................................................... 10.07 5.6 9.71 5.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.69 5.4 10.66 5.5 € € 4....................................................... 13.35 4.3 13.50 5.7 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.42 11.0 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.99 4.5 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.97 4.1 10.35 4.1 14.20 3.5 2....................................................... 10.08 5.7 9.71 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.69 5.4 10.66 5.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.72 3.4 10.13 3.1 13.81 1.6 1....................................................... 9.61 5.1 9.26 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.17 4.0 9.95 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 12.31 5.1 11.49 7.5 13.47 .8 4....................................................... 12.86 2.3 € € € € Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.28 5.4 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.00 4.0 9.00 4.0 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.58 4.0 9.87 3.6 13.76 1.5 1....................................................... 9.72 5.7 9.34 4.8 € € 2....................................................... 10.26 4.2 10.02 4.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.12 5.4 10.88 6.6 13.47 .8 Personal service.............................................. $13.13 8.4 $13.07 8.9 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.21 5.2 $13.02 7.3 $17.61 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.92 5.2 13.83 7.6 17.61 5.4 White collar........................................................ 18.01 6.1 17.54 9.1 18.80 6.2 1....................................................... 7.83 3.6 7.81 3.7 € € 2....................................................... 8.82 4.8 8.20 6.3 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 11.17 4.3 10.11 6.1 12.49 3.8 4....................................................... 13.04 5.7 13.30 9.4 12.68 3.2 5....................................................... 15.09 3.0 15.26 4.4 14.83 3.7 6....................................................... 20.83 5.5 22.88 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 17.51 6.9 17.39 7.8 € € 8....................................................... 25.52 4.7 25.52 4.7 € € 9....................................................... 28.10 4.7 29.16 5.3 26.57 5.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.46 15.4 15.90 17.0 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.46 4.9 21.89 6.3 18.80 6.2 2....................................................... 9.27 3.3 8.76 6.2 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 12.22 3.3 11.71 5.7 12.49 3.8 4....................................................... 13.72 4.6 14.77 6.5 12.68 3.2 5....................................................... 15.41 2.7 15.85 3.6 14.83 3.7 6....................................................... 20.83 5.5 22.88 4.9 € € 7....................................................... 17.51 6.9 17.39 7.8 € € 8....................................................... 25.52 4.7 25.52 4.7 € € 9....................................................... 28.10 4.7 29.16 5.3 26.57 5.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.89 14.5 18.94 16.0 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.47 3.7 25.89 4.9 27.55 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.67 3.6 28.15 4.4 29.55 7.0 6....................................................... 18.28 8.3 19.43 7.4 € € 7....................................................... 17.88 11.7 17.88 11.7 € € 8....................................................... 25.66 4.9 25.66 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.27 4.8 29.52 5.2 26.57 5.7 Health related................................................ 27.62 4.6 27.79 5.4 26.86 1.2 8....................................................... 25.66 4.9 25.66 4.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.92 4.5 29.63 5.2 26.86 1.2 Registered nurses........................................... 28.47 4.1 28.81 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 26.64 3.7 26.64 3.7 € € 9....................................................... 29.25 4.6 30.05 5.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.42 6.6 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.74 6.2 - - 27.85 7.7 9....................................................... 30.56 2.4 28.20 6.7 31.03 2.6 Substitute teachers......................................... 14.18 7.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - € € - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - € € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... $18.40 5.2 $18.57 7.1 - - 5....................................................... 16.00 3.1 16.26 3.3 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.20 7.8 18.48 9.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.84 3.6 16.14 3.9 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Management related............................................ - - - - € € Sales............................................................. 8.36 3.8 8.36 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 8.91 8.7 8.91 8.7 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.56 7.5 7.56 7.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.98 6.8 8.98 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.52 12.9 9.52 12.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.74 4.1 13.53 8.3 $12.23 3.3 2....................................................... 9.27 3.3 8.76 6.2 9.54 3.5 3....................................................... 12.22 3.3 11.71 5.7 12.49 3.8 4....................................................... 13.63 5.2 14.88 8.0 12.68 3.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.89 10.9 18.09 21.2 13.44 3.6 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 15.35 6.1 15.35 6.1 € € Library clerks.............................................. 10.31 10.0 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.53 11.4 € € 10.95 9.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.63 2.4 € € 11.63 2.4 3....................................................... 11.75 2.7 € € 11.75 2.7 4....................................................... 11.70 3.9 € € 11.70 3.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.09 6.8 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 10.64 4.2 9.75 4.1 15.44 4.2 1....................................................... 7.84 4.3 7.84 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.18 4.2 9.18 4.2 € € 3....................................................... 12.31 5.3 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.84 12.4 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.04 7.3 11.08 9.6 16.02 2.7 5....................................................... 16.59 2.5 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 14.93 5.5 € € 16.02 2.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.84 4.2 8.86 4.2 - - 1....................................................... 7.84 4.3 7.84 4.3 € € 2....................................................... 9.63 6.3 9.63 6.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.10 8.5 12.62 8.5 € € Stock handlers and baggers 1....................................................... $7.11 1.3 $7.11 1.3 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.74 6.3 11.74 6.3 € € Service............................................................. 9.24 3.9 8.88 3.8 $12.11 5.7 1....................................................... 7.91 2.5 7.70 2.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.79 4.6 8.64 4.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.00 4.1 8.88 4.3 10.48 9.8 4....................................................... 11.70 18.9 11.58 19.9 € € 5....................................................... 12.19 8.3 10.88 10.3 € € Protective service............................................ 10.76 11.4 - - - - Food service.................................................. 8.31 3.6 8.22 3.8 9.62 6.9 1....................................................... 7.66 2.3 7.63 2.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.88 7.5 8.50 8.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.44 6.0 8.41 6.3 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.30 3.9 7.30 3.9 € € 3....................................................... 6.99 1.0 6.99 1.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.34 4.8 7.34 4.8 € € Other food service........................................... 9.03 3.9 8.96 4.3 9.62 6.9 2....................................................... 10.00 3.8 9.79 4.9 € € 3....................................................... 9.80 3.9 9.94 3.8 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.95 5.3 8.97 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.10 3.6 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 4.2 8.59 4.5 € € 1....................................................... 7.78 2.7 7.78 2.7 € € Health service................................................ 12.35 9.3 12.27 9.8 - - 3....................................................... 10.39 8.0 10.39 8.0 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.86 10.5 12.86 10.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.44 7.9 10.01 8.3 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.96 13.2 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $8.73 5.9 $8.53 5.8 - - 3....................................................... 9.08 6.1 8.43 1.5 € € 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.63 $14.21 $20.85 $19.30 $19.96 $20.68 All excluding sales............................................. 20.86 14.92 21.21 19.56 20.30 19.86 White collar........................................................ 23.74 18.01 22.79 23.43 23.22 21.80 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.57 20.46 23.77 24.49 24.21 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.22 26.47 27.77 26.53 27.14 € Professional specialty.......................................... 28.84 28.67 29.78 27.92 28.82 € Technical....................................................... 21.81 18.40 21.52 21.48 21.50 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.49 - 23.31 32.00 31.47 - Sales............................................................. 16.94 8.36 14.11 16.18 13.90 21.51 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.81 12.74 16.51 14.61 15.38 - Blue collar......................................................... 18.96 10.64 20.73 15.71 18.34 19.88 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.16 - 24.51 20.82 22.84 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.42 - - 13.80 17.27 - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 13.04 18.63 13.81 16.85 16.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.47 8.84 13.58 11.78 12.45 16.25 Service............................................................. 12.93 9.24 15.72 9.70 12.32 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.2 5.2 2.7 3.1 2.2 9.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.3 5.2 2.6 3.2 2.2 11.7 White collar........................................................ 2.2 6.1 2.6 2.9 2.1 11.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.2 4.9 2.4 3.0 2.1 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.4 3.7 2.5 3.6 2.2 € Professional specialty.......................................... 2.9 3.6 2.2 4.5 2.6 € Technical....................................................... 2.8 5.2 3.7 4.0 2.7 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.7 - 5.4 3.7 3.7 - Sales............................................................. 6.0 3.8 5.7 8.1 5.0 13.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.8 4.1 3.9 2.7 2.7 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.3 14.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 - 3.7 4.4 3.4 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.7 - - 5.1 4.6 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 7.3 5.5 6.5 4.0 18.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.7 4.2 5.7 4.8 4.1 8.9 Service............................................................. 4.9 3.9 6.1 3.5 4.2 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.99 - - - $23.08 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.30 - - - 22.96 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 22.31 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.59 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.42 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.10 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 22.05 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.04 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 15.46 - - - 31.00 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.75 - - - 18.11 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 18.30 - - - 19.04 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.97 - - - 23.61 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.32 - - - 17.54 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.34 - - - 15.76 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.30 - - - 11.97 - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.20 - - - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.7 - - - 3.4 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 - - - 3.4 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 2.7 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 3.0 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.9 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.0 - - - 22.3 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 - - - 5.4 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 - - - 4.0 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 - - - 3.5 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.7 - - - 4.6 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.9 - - - 8.1 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 - - - 8.0 - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.3 - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.99 $17.15 $19.45 $16.76 $22.17 All excluding sales............................................. 19.30 17.28 19.79 16.96 22.37 White collar........................................................ 22.31 20.79 22.61 19.64 24.87 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.59 22.67 23.73 21.08 25.32 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.42 22.49 27.00 24.47 28.46 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.10 21.80 28.98 25.90 30.87 Technical....................................................... 22.05 23.98 21.72 20.06 22.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.04 32.03 30.80 28.39 31.82 Sales............................................................. 15.46 16.26 15.11 15.27 14.39 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.75 14.53 15.92 14.75 16.79 Blue collar......................................................... 18.30 16.74 18.88 16.48 22.38 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.97 21.39 23.68 22.72 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.32 14.72 18.22 14.00 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.34 13.86 17.16 15.99 22.44 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.30 10.16 12.88 12.30 14.18 Service............................................................. 10.20 9.29 10.43 10.34 10.55 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.7 5.1 3.1 4.5 4.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 5.6 3.1 4.8 3.9 White collar........................................................ 2.7 6.0 3.0 5.2 3.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 6.3 2.9 5.8 3.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 10.5 3.4 8.2 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 15.0 3.9 9.9 2.8 Technical....................................................... 3.0 4.0 3.2 6.6 3.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.9 10.5 4.2 6.7 5.1 Sales............................................................. 6.0 9.5 7.6 8.4 15.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 5.2 3.4 3.5 4.9 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 5.6 4.3 7.8 3.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 5.7 4.0 9.9 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.7 4.2 5.2 6.1 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.9 8.3 5.9 5.4 11.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 6.8 5.1 5.7 12.3 Service............................................................. 3.3 3.0 4.1 2.8 8.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.02 $12.36 $17.68 $26.11 $32.15 All excluding sales........................... 9.13 12.62 18.37 26.36 32.57 White collar.................................... 11.50 15.05 21.22 29.18 36.67 White collar excluding sales................ 12.46 15.94 22.56 30.15 37.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.44 20.82 26.98 31.36 37.06 Professional specialty...................... 16.45 22.59 28.85 33.50 37.83 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.89 39.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.58 39.20 Natural scientists........................ 16.20 25.28 25.28 41.27 46.73 Medical scientists...................... 16.20 28.48 41.27 46.73 48.48 Health related............................ 16.45 21.59 25.82 29.20 36.16 Registered nurses....................... 21.47 24.63 27.04 29.20 35.77 Pharmacists............................. 33.75 36.25 36.50 38.50 44.07 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.91 31.65 36.78 52.54 59.04 Teachers, except college and university... 17.80 28.55 30.71 32.65 34.56 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.55 29.13 30.79 32.88 34.67 Secondary school teachers............... 28.42 29.50 31.13 31.13 34.56 Teachers, special education............. 26.89 30.88 31.35 33.88 35.72 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 21.25 29.50 30.15 30.15 31.52 Substitute teachers..................... 13.13 15.37 15.37 15.44 15.44 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.91 15.79 19.64 27.33 34.39 Psychologists........................... 11.91 11.91 15.94 23.05 37.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.78 12.78 20.82 20.82 20.99 Social workers.......................... 12.78 12.78 20.60 20.82 20.99 Lawyers and judges........................ 31.88 33.50 33.50 53.60 65.30 Lawyers................................. 31.88 33.50 33.50 46.16 65.30 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.57 19.85 26.50 36.63 36.63 Editors and reporters................... 16.77 17.21 17.57 24.39 31.97 Technical................................... 16.25 18.13 21.07 23.88 27.35 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.78 17.90 20.59 23.22 24.41 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.98 17.20 17.91 18.67 19.55 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 16.25 16.25 16.25 16.91 18.37 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.71 19.89 23.42 29.35 29.35 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.40 18.40 20.05 21.07 21.43 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 17.46 21.74 23.86 27.10 27.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.75 22.72 28.12 38.50 45.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 25.54 37.39 43.77 52.35 Financial managers...................... 19.66 22.56 27.95 32.07 41.54 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 42.31 42.99 50.48 81.68 112.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 17.51 18.01 41.26 43.18 44.43 Managers, medicine and health........... 15.00 17.87 28.82 39.02 39.02 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... $25.54 $31.82 $39.41 $45.19 $47.33 Management related........................ 18.71 20.39 23.54 27.63 32.81 Accountants and auditors................ 17.69 20.00 22.76 24.03 27.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.60 18.71 22.12 33.13 33.13 Sales......................................... 7.99 9.85 14.21 16.61 24.17 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.78 17.67 22.86 26.44 30.73 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.41 15.41 19.82 24.82 105.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 18.03 23.18 23.68 31.30 33.39 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.83 9.07 9.85 10.60 14.21 Cashiers................................ 7.99 9.55 13.78 15.95 16.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.58 12.36 14.62 17.56 22.82 Secretaries............................. 11.02 13.59 15.59 18.89 23.67 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.08 12.79 12.93 13.89 18.80 Receptionists........................... 7.70 10.00 11.36 12.95 13.85 Order clerks............................ 11.60 12.60 17.61 20.99 20.99 Library clerks.......................... 8.34 9.47 13.14 13.59 14.56 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.05 13.43 15.11 15.11 16.67 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 12.82 13.82 16.34 17.89 Billing clerks.......................... 13.37 14.44 15.59 18.85 23.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.12 13.47 15.44 27.61 27.61 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 12.33 16.07 23.47 23.86 25.34 General office clerks................... 9.85 11.68 14.69 17.44 17.87 Data entry keyers....................... 9.56 11.96 13.25 14.01 26.67 Teachers' aides......................... 10.10 11.06 11.83 12.67 12.74 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.30 13.70 14.42 22.39 27.24 Blue collar..................................... 9.63 12.88 17.15 23.46 28.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.49 18.57 23.09 27.98 30.30 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.51 23.65 24.52 24.52 25.62 Automobile mechanics.................... 16.86 18.58 20.58 26.11 26.82 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 21.00 21.39 22.50 22.52 23.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.49 15.49 17.24 27.09 28.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.55 17.15 18.56 20.68 30.30 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 13.16 15.25 18.20 18.57 20.80 Supervisors, production................. 16.96 16.96 25.44 37.45 37.45 Machinists.............................. 19.62 19.62 20.70 29.45 29.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.07 11.44 15.84 23.46 26.12 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.63 11.44 11.44 14.11 17.50 Welders and cutters..................... 15.08 15.84 15.84 18.20 18.47 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 12.55 16.23 18.76 26.12 26.12 Transportation and material moving............ 10.25 13.79 16.12 19.24 22.86 Truck drivers........................... $12.68 $16.12 $16.12 $18.20 $20.78 Bus drivers............................. 12.99 13.79 16.33 20.89 20.89 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 9.08 9.08 10.25 11.56 21.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 12.75 16.07 18.68 29.81 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.65 15.44 16.10 22.50 32.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.51 8.51 11.83 15.58 18.41 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 9.25 10.24 12.50 16.19 17.19 Construction laborers................... 16.43 16.51 16.51 17.12 17.67 Production helpers...................... 8.51 8.51 8.51 9.48 22.65 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.82 7.04 7.78 12.87 15.56 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.87 12.35 13.28 16.02 19.62 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.73 7.73 8.61 10.75 15.94 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.93 9.63 11.12 13.39 15.58 Service......................................... 7.57 8.55 10.29 13.81 22.24 Protective service........................ 7.75 7.75 17.07 24.62 29.28 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.67 31.66 33.45 34.21 36.67 Firefighting............................ 22.24 22.27 24.62 29.28 29.28 Police and detectives, public service... 12.34 22.35 24.88 26.36 31.10 Correctional institution officers....... 17.07 17.07 17.07 19.85 20.53 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 7.75 7.75 8.75 12.50 Food service.............................. 6.90 7.33 8.89 11.68 13.73 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.72 6.75 6.90 7.50 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.72 6.75 6.90 7.33 8.97 Other food service....................... 7.57 8.00 9.85 12.36 14.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 13.14 13.85 15.38 21.71 21.71 Cooks................................... 9.45 9.85 12.36 13.03 13.73 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.82 7.87 7.87 11.87 15.95 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.57 7.57 9.27 10.69 10.72 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 7.88 8.89 10.53 11.82 Health service............................ 9.03 9.20 11.01 13.00 15.20 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.97 9.66 12.49 15.20 15.20 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.03 9.19 11.01 12.68 14.27 Cleaning and building service............. 8.34 8.71 10.14 12.69 14.19 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 12.21 13.18 14.80 14.80 17.25 Maids and housemen...................... 7.42 8.55 9.40 10.18 11.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.34 8.71 10.14 12.45 13.81 Personal service.......................... 6.90 8.02 12.35 13.82 16.56 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.14 6.24 6.24 8.77 18.52 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 9.06 11.14 11.14 15.97 15.97 Service, n.e.c.......................... 12.35 12.35 13.78 14.39 16.56 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.71 $11.44 $16.34 $24.70 $30.93 All excluding sales........................... 8.71 11.60 17.03 25.27 31.26 White collar.................................... 10.58 14.25 19.95 27.61 36.67 White collar excluding sales................ 11.96 15.38 21.53 28.85 37.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.45 19.66 26.13 30.93 37.70 Professional specialty...................... 13.97 21.40 27.71 34.58 38.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.58 39.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.12 40.52 Natural scientists........................ 16.20 28.48 41.27 46.73 48.48 Medical scientists...................... 16.20 28.48 41.27 46.73 48.48 Health related............................ 13.97 20.46 26.96 30.60 36.25 Registered nurses....................... 21.17 24.10 27.67 30.60 35.77 Pharmacists............................. 33.75 36.25 36.26 36.50 38.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.49 21.81 21.81 37.00 55.23 Teachers, except college and university... 10.47 10.47 10.47 17.80 29.30 Elementary school teachers.............. 16.74 17.80 18.18 26.76 36.82 Secondary school teachers............... 17.29 17.80 25.25 33.55 34.80 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ 31.88 33.50 33.50 59.97 65.30 Lawyers................................. 31.88 33.50 33.50 59.97 65.30 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.21 20.49 26.78 36.63 36.63 Editors and reporters................... 14.51 16.77 23.60 24.39 31.97 Technical................................... 16.83 18.53 21.74 24.68 27.77 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.78 14.45 19.34 21.46 25.69 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.98 17.05 17.76 18.26 23.85 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.71 19.89 23.42 29.35 29.35 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 17.46 21.74 23.86 26.95 27.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.60 21.22 27.97 37.90 45.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.87 25.72 37.39 43.40 47.33 Financial managers...................... 19.66 22.56 27.95 32.07 41.54 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 42.31 42.99 50.48 81.68 112.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 11.67 11.67 17.51 18.31 31.73 Managers, medicine and health........... 15.00 17.87 28.82 39.02 39.02 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.36 31.82 39.41 45.19 47.33 Management related........................ 18.60 20.28 24.03 27.63 32.36 Accountants and auditors................ 12.97 18.46 20.29 24.03 27.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.96 18.60 19.00 32.36 62.09 Sales......................................... 7.99 9.85 14.21 16.61 24.17 Supervisors, sales...................... $11.78 $17.67 $22.86 $26.44 $30.73 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.41 15.41 19.82 24.82 105.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 18.03 23.18 23.68 31.30 33.39 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.83 9.07 9.85 10.60 14.21 Cashiers................................ 7.99 9.55 13.78 15.95 16.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.58 12.26 15.01 17.76 23.47 Secretaries............................. 11.00 13.85 17.69 19.39 23.67 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.08 12.79 12.93 13.89 18.80 Receptionists........................... 7.70 10.00 11.36 12.95 13.85 Order clerks............................ 11.60 12.60 17.61 20.99 20.99 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.26 13.43 15.11 15.11 15.53 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 12.07 13.50 16.34 17.50 Billing clerks.......................... 13.30 14.44 14.44 15.59 23.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.12 13.47 15.44 27.61 27.61 General office clerks................... 10.72 11.68 15.51 17.44 17.91 Data entry keyers....................... 9.56 11.96 13.25 14.01 26.67 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.30 13.93 15.66 27.24 27.24 Blue collar..................................... 9.63 12.51 16.96 23.91 28.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.40 18.58 23.10 28.47 30.86 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.51 23.65 24.52 24.52 25.62 Automobile mechanics.................... 16.86 18.58 20.58 26.11 26.82 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 21.00 21.00 22.50 22.52 23.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.49 15.49 17.24 27.09 28.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.50 14.40 19.78 24.26 30.30 Supervisors, production................. 16.96 16.96 25.44 37.45 37.45 Machinists.............................. 19.62 19.62 20.70 29.45 29.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.07 11.44 15.84 23.46 26.12 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.63 11.44 11.44 14.11 17.50 Welders and cutters..................... 15.08 15.84 15.84 18.20 18.47 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 12.55 16.23 18.76 26.12 26.12 Transportation and material moving............ 9.08 12.75 16.12 17.81 22.86 Truck drivers........................... 12.68 16.12 16.12 17.05 19.61 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 9.08 9.08 10.25 11.56 21.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 12.75 16.07 18.68 29.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.24 8.51 10.97 14.98 18.41 Production helpers...................... $8.51 $8.51 $8.51 $9.48 $22.65 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.82 7.04 7.78 12.87 15.56 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.87 12.35 13.28 16.02 19.62 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.73 7.73 8.61 10.75 15.94 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.93 9.63 11.60 13.39 15.58 Service......................................... 7.33 8.00 9.16 11.57 13.85 Protective service........................ 7.75 7.75 7.75 8.76 13.95 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 7.75 7.75 8.69 10.37 Food service.............................. 6.90 7.17 8.70 11.57 13.73 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.72 6.75 6.90 7.50 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.72 6.75 6.90 7.33 8.97 Other food service....................... 7.57 7.88 9.77 12.36 14.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 13.14 13.85 15.38 21.71 21.71 Cooks................................... 9.45 9.85 12.36 13.03 13.73 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.82 7.87 7.87 12.13 15.95 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.57 7.57 9.27 10.69 10.72 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 7.88 8.70 9.48 10.53 Health service............................ 8.13 9.14 10.66 11.88 14.33 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.97 9.20 13.85 15.20 15.20 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.03 9.14 10.56 11.82 13.33 Cleaning and building service............. 8.34 8.71 10.00 10.29 13.04 Maids and housemen...................... 7.42 8.55 9.40 10.18 11.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.34 8.71 9.90 10.29 12.18 Personal service.......................... 6.24 8.02 12.35 13.82 16.56 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.14 6.24 6.24 8.77 18.52 Service, n.e.c.......................... 12.35 12.35 13.78 14.39 16.56 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.32 $16.34 $22.59 $29.50 $34.56 All excluding sales........................... 13.32 16.34 22.59 29.50 34.56 White collar.................................... 13.36 17.91 25.10 31.25 36.53 White collar excluding sales................ 13.36 17.91 25.10 31.25 36.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.67 22.59 28.55 32.48 36.08 Professional specialty...................... 20.82 25.10 29.44 33.06 36.53 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.26 25.49 30.01 34.54 34.54 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.26 25.49 30.01 34.54 34.54 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.25 22.59 25.10 27.53 32.26 Registered nurses....................... 24.20 25.10 26.98 27.65 32.26 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 28.42 29.35 31.05 32.88 34.67 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.55 29.18 30.79 32.88 34.67 Secondary school teachers............... 28.63 29.50 31.13 31.13 34.56 Teachers, special education............. 26.89 30.88 31.35 33.88 35.72 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.43 23.05 27.33 31.74 37.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ 24.20 25.37 34.08 40.18 53.60 Lawyers................................. 24.20 25.37 33.69 37.64 40.18 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.25 16.44 18.40 20.59 27.10 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.91 17.91 18.02 18.67 19.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 22.76 23.54 29.91 41.26 52.35 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.57 24.57 39.85 52.35 52.35 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.01 35.91 41.30 44.43 44.43 Management related........................ 22.38 22.76 22.88 31.87 33.13 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.95 12.60 13.82 15.71 17.87 Secretaries............................. 12.39 13.34 14.20 15.60 15.71 Library clerks.......................... 8.19 9.47 12.05 13.55 14.56 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.89 13.82 14.30 18.80 18.80 General office clerks................... 9.24 12.83 13.36 16.86 17.87 Teachers' aides......................... 10.10 11.06 11.83 12.67 12.74 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.59 13.24 14.33 15.20 15.20 Blue collar..................................... $14.61 $16.50 $18.73 $21.47 $24.44 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 18.43 18.57 22.28 24.44 29.45 Transportation and material moving............ 14.38 16.33 19.14 20.89 22.31 Bus drivers............................. 13.79 15.49 16.50 20.89 20.89 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.00 15.12 16.51 17.12 18.05 Service......................................... 12.34 13.60 18.84 24.88 29.28 Protective service........................ 17.07 19.39 24.20 26.47 31.10 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.67 31.66 33.45 34.21 36.67 Firefighting............................ 21.77 24.20 24.62 29.28 29.28 Police and detectives, public service... 12.34 22.35 24.88 26.36 31.10 Correctional institution officers....... 17.07 17.07 17.07 19.85 20.53 Food service.............................. 8.99 10.65 11.65 12.11 14.96 Other food service....................... 8.99 10.65 11.65 12.11 14.96 Health service............................ 11.48 12.82 13.81 15.03 16.34 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 12.82 13.00 13.81 16.34 16.34 Cleaning and building service............. $13.32 $13.32 $13.60 $14.19 $14.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 13.32 13.32 13.60 14.19 14.55 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.78 $13.16 $18.55 $26.44 $32.58 All excluding sales........................... 9.85 13.31 19.00 26.69 32.92 White collar.................................... 12.08 15.62 21.77 29.44 37.39 White collar excluding sales................ 12.78 16.25 22.76 30.51 37.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.45 20.82 26.96 31.48 37.70 Professional specialty...................... 16.45 22.59 28.96 33.69 37.89 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.89 39.20 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.92 24.70 29.30 32.58 39.20 Natural scientists........................ 16.20 25.28 25.28 41.27 46.73 Medical scientists...................... 16.20 28.48 41.27 46.73 48.48 Health related............................ 16.45 20.25 24.89 29.10 35.77 Registered nurses....................... 21.17 22.32 26.96 29.10 35.77 Pharmacists............................. 33.75 36.25 36.50 44.07 44.07 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.91 34.15 37.13 52.54 64.38 Teachers, except college and university... 21.25 28.55 30.71 32.65 34.67 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.55 28.55 30.71 32.88 34.67 Secondary school teachers............... 28.42 29.50 31.13 31.14 34.56 Teachers, special education............. 26.89 30.88 31.35 33.88 35.72 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 29.45 30.15 30.15 30.15 30.15 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.91 15.79 19.64 23.05 33.76 Psychologists........................... 11.91 11.91 15.94 23.05 33.76 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.78 12.78 17.95 20.82 20.82 Social workers.......................... 12.78 12.78 17.95 20.82 20.82 Lawyers and judges........................ 31.88 33.50 33.50 53.60 65.30 Lawyers................................. 31.88 33.50 33.50 46.16 65.30 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.57 19.85 26.50 36.63 36.63 Editors and reporters................... 16.77 17.21 17.57 24.39 31.97 Technical................................... 16.25 18.40 21.46 24.68 27.41 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.78 17.90 20.59 23.22 23.22 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.05 17.76 17.91 18.05 19.31 Electrical and electronic technicians... 18.71 22.31 23.42 29.35 29.35 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.40 18.40 20.05 21.07 21.43 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 17.46 21.74 23.86 27.10 27.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.75 22.72 28.12 38.50 45.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 25.72 37.39 43.77 52.35 Financial managers...................... 19.66 22.56 27.95 32.07 41.54 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 42.31 42.99 50.48 81.68 112.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 17.51 18.01 41.26 43.18 44.43 Managers, medicine and health........... 15.00 17.87 28.82 39.02 39.02 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.54 31.82 39.41 45.19 47.33 Management related........................ 18.71 20.39 23.38 27.63 32.81 Accountants and auditors................ 17.69 20.00 22.76 24.03 27.63 Management related, n.e.c............... $18.60 $18.71 $22.12 $33.13 $62.09 Sales......................................... 9.55 11.45 15.90 18.50 25.14 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.78 17.67 22.86 26.44 30.73 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.41 15.41 19.82 24.82 105.18 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 18.03 23.18 23.68 31.30 33.39 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.22 9.07 10.09 12.53 14.21 Cashiers................................ 9.55 13.51 15.90 16.06 16.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.89 12.79 15.01 17.68 23.00 Secretaries............................. 11.02 13.92 15.62 18.89 23.67 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.70 11.54 13.15 13.85 Order clerks............................ 11.60 12.60 17.61 20.99 20.99 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 12.05 13.43 15.11 15.11 16.67 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.04 12.82 13.82 16.34 17.89 Billing clerks.......................... 14.44 14.44 15.59 18.85 23.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.12 13.47 15.44 27.61 27.61 General office clerks................... 11.32 12.00 15.05 17.44 17.87 Data entry keyers....................... 9.56 11.96 13.25 14.01 26.67 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.32 13.93 14.42 22.39 27.24 Blue collar..................................... 10.29 13.69 18.20 23.91 28.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.70 18.58 23.10 28.47 30.30 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 22.51 23.65 24.52 24.52 25.62 Automobile mechanics.................... 16.86 18.58 20.58 26.11 26.82 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 21.00 21.39 22.50 22.52 23.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.49 15.49 17.24 27.09 28.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.55 17.15 18.56 20.68 30.30 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 13.16 15.25 18.20 18.57 20.80 Supervisors, production................. 16.96 16.96 25.44 37.45 37.45 Machinists.............................. 19.62 19.62 20.70 29.45 29.45 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.16 11.52 15.84 23.61 26.12 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.63 11.44 11.44 14.11 17.50 Welders and cutters..................... 15.08 15.84 15.84 18.20 18.47 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 12.55 16.23 18.76 26.12 26.12 Transportation and material moving............ 11.51 15.76 16.12 20.42 22.86 Truck drivers........................... 12.68 16.12 16.12 18.20 20.78 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 12.75 16.07 18.68 29.81 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.65 15.44 16.10 22.50 32.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.40 9.63 12.88 16.19 19.61 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. $9.25 $10.24 $12.50 $16.19 $17.19 Construction laborers................... 16.43 16.51 16.51 17.12 17.67 Production helpers...................... 8.51 8.51 8.51 9.48 22.65 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.82 8.40 12.87 15.19 17.44 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 12.88 12.88 14.98 17.78 20.45 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.73 7.73 8.61 11.95 15.94 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.93 9.63 11.60 13.39 15.58 Service......................................... 7.75 8.71 10.54 14.19 23.88 Protective service........................ 7.75 7.75 18.47 24.62 29.28 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 30.67 31.66 33.45 34.21 36.67 Firefighting............................ 22.24 22.27 24.62 29.28 29.28 Police and detectives, public service... 19.39 23.88 26.36 26.42 31.10 Correctional institution officers....... 17.07 17.07 17.07 19.85 20.53 Food service.............................. 6.92 7.88 9.85 12.36 14.96 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.72 6.72 7.33 8.77 11.69 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.72 6.72 7.17 7.33 11.50 Other food service....................... 7.87 8.89 11.65 13.14 15.38 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 13.14 13.85 15.38 21.71 21.71 Cooks................................... 9.70 9.85 12.36 13.03 13.73 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.82 7.87 7.87 12.13 15.95 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.50 8.97 9.38 11.57 11.68 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 8.00 8.89 10.53 12.11 Health service............................ 8.13 9.14 11.01 12.82 15.03 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.97 11.48 13.85 15.20 15.20 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.03 9.14 10.94 11.88 13.81 Cleaning and building service............. 8.34 8.71 10.14 12.75 14.19 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 12.21 13.18 14.80 14.80 17.25 Maids and housemen...................... 7.42 8.55 8.96 9.40 11.13 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.34 8.71 10.14 12.45 13.81 Personal service.......................... 6.24 10.11 13.78 14.11 16.56 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.08 $8.02 $10.95 $16.83 $27.04 All excluding sales........................... 7.16 8.61 11.78 17.91 27.75 White collar.................................... 7.86 9.90 14.56 24.63 31.65 White collar excluding sales................ 10.21 12.39 17.91 26.98 32.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.90 20.99 26.98 30.81 36.82 Professional specialty...................... 20.80 23.58 27.51 31.69 36.82 Health related............................ 21.51 24.63 27.04 30.81 36.82 Registered nurses....................... 23.58 25.80 27.51 30.81 36.82 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.49 31.65 35.36 45.23 56.30 Teachers, except college and university... 14.29 19.10 30.42 32.61 34.02 Substitute teachers..................... 9.52 14.29 15.37 15.37 15.37 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.43 14.98 18.37 18.89 23.85 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.43 14.98 17.46 18.67 23.85 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.86 7.50 7.86 9.02 9.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.72 6.72 6.72 7.83 8.83 Cashiers................................ 7.75 7.99 7.99 9.02 10.43 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.24 10.60 12.27 13.59 17.57 Secretaries............................. 12.39 12.39 13.34 15.00 24.53 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 13.22 13.22 13.55 16.63 20.50 Library clerks.......................... 8.19 8.34 9.47 13.55 13.55 General office clerks................... 9.07 9.24 11.62 16.43 17.91 Teachers' aides......................... 10.10 10.95 11.83 12.60 12.67 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.75 9.50 11.30 17.57 17.57 Blue collar..................................... 7.04 7.78 10.55 12.99 16.30 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.26 8.47 12.99 16.38 17.62 Bus drivers............................. 12.99 12.99 14.42 16.50 17.62 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.95 7.10 7.76 10.84 13.04 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.58 10.87 11.83 13.04 13.28 Service......................................... $6.90 $7.38 $8.61 $10.67 $12.34 Protective service........................ 8.61 8.61 8.80 12.34 12.34 Food service.............................. 6.90 6.90 7.57 9.77 10.72 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.72 6.90 6.90 6.92 8.97 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.72 6.75 6.90 6.90 8.97 Other food service....................... 7.50 7.57 8.70 10.59 10.72 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.57 7.57 8.50 10.69 10.72 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 7.52 8.18 9.82 10.59 Health service............................ 9.19 9.66 11.81 14.26 16.66 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.19 11.64 11.84 16.66 16.66 Cleaning and building service............. $8.11 $8.11 $10.67 $11.30 $12.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.11 8.11 8.11 12.55 13.88 Personal service.......................... 7.09 7.38 8.02 9.67 9.83 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA, January 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 771,600 596,300 175,300 All excluding sales............................................. 718,900 543,700 175,100 White collar........................................................ 433,800 307,500 126,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 381,100 254,900 126,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 200,700 119,000 81,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 159,500 87,100 72,300 Technical....................................................... 41,200 31,800 9,400 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 60,700 48,000 12,700 Sales............................................................. 52,700 52,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 119,600 87,900 31,700 Blue collar......................................................... 196,200 177,200 19,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 66,200 60,800 5,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 50,200 50,200 € Transportation and material moving................................ 40,500 30,400 10,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 39,200 35,700 3,500 Service............................................................. 141,600 111,700 30,000 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.