NC BL 12/00/2002 Table: Iowa City, IA, Bulletin 3115-34, August 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, Iowa City, IA, August 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................................................................. $17.96 5.9 36.9 $13.87 3.6 34.6 $21.09 8.7 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.69 8.4 38.0 15.05 5.9 36.4 23.42 10.7 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 9.6 38.3 19.31 6.3 36.5 24.60 12.1 38.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 29.6 39.6 19.86 9.6 40.9 37.14 33.5 39.1 Sales............................................................. 10.23 8.2 35.8 10.23 8.2 35.8 € € € Administrative support............................................ 14.65 4.9 37.7 11.00 2.8 35.7 16.31 4.6 38.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.45 3.3 38.6 14.96 3.9 38.8 17.66 5.2 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 3.7 40.2 17.85 5.2 40.4 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.51 2.3 39.2 13.51 2.3 39.2 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.21 6.0 37.6 - - - 18.39 11.8 34.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.68 3.4 34.5 10.68 3.4 34.5 € € € Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.56 8.0 32.5 8.38 8.5 25.4 14.92 8.6 38.6 Full time........................................................... 18.65 6.2 40.0 14.72 3.6 39.8 21.35 9.0 40.2 Part time........................................................... 10.77 11.6 20.2 8.79 10.0 19.4 15.52 17.9 22.1 Union............................................................... 16.58 3.0 38.5 15.39 4.3 38.9 17.96 4.5 38.2 Nonunion............................................................ 18.27 7.1 36.5 13.43 4.6 33.6 21.64 9.9 38.9 Time................................................................ 17.99 6.0 36.8 13.77 3.8 34.4 21.09 8.7 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 16.28 2.5 41.7 16.28 2.5 41.7 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.83 4.2 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.45 6.4 31.2 11.39 6.6 31.2 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.77 4.4 36.1 14.73 6.0 36.8 19.85 4.8 33.5 500 workers or more................................................. 20.01 7.5 38.8 16.09 5.4 37.9 21.17 9.1 39.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.96 5.9 $13.87 3.6 $21.09 8.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.29 6.0 14.25 3.6 21.09 8.7 White collar........................................................ 20.69 8.4 15.05 5.9 23.42 10.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.46 8.5 16.34 5.5 23.42 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 9.6 19.31 6.3 24.60 12.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.37 10.4 21.56 6.8 26.14 12.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € € - - Natural scientists............................................ - - € € - - Health related................................................ 22.01 2.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.58 2.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.03 2.9 - - 22.38 2.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.58 3.6 € € 21.06 3.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.31 8.3 16.88 9.2 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 29.6 19.86 9.6 37.14 33.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.87 30.5 20.50 11.1 38.21 34.3 Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.23 8.2 10.23 8.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 4.0 9.13 4.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.65 4.9 11.00 2.8 16.31 4.6 Secretaries................................................. 16.56 6.5 € € 17.26 6.4 General office clerks....................................... 14.20 4.7 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.45 3.3 14.96 3.9 17.66 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 3.7 17.85 5.2 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.51 2.3 13.51 2.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.60 2.3 14.60 2.3 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.21 6.0 - - 18.39 11.8 Bus drivers................................................. 15.46 7.3 € € 15.46 7.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 3.4 10.68 3.4 € € Service............................................................. $12.56 8.0 $8.38 8.5 $14.92 8.6 Protective service............................................ 18.68 9.0 € € 18.68 9.0 Food service.................................................. 7.74 8.2 7.29 8.7 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... - - - - € € Other food service........................................... 8.41 7.2 7.97 6.6 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 14.28 13.7 11.11 24.1 14.87 15.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.16 6.3 € € 12.40 6.7 Personal service.............................................. 8.62 6.4 8.62 6.4 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.65 6.2 $14.72 3.6 $21.35 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 18.96 6.3 15.13 3.4 21.35 9.0 White collar........................................................ 21.08 8.8 15.53 6.5 23.51 11.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.76 8.9 16.75 5.6 23.51 11.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.49 10.1 19.73 6.2 24.67 12.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.42 10.8 21.42 7.2 26.22 12.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € € - - Natural scientists............................................ - - € € - - Health related................................................ 21.79 2.6 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.79 3.0 - - 22.16 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.05 3.2 € € 21.65 3.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.47 9.0 17.52 9.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 29.6 19.86 9.6 37.15 33.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.88 30.6 20.50 11.1 38.22 34.3 Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.75 8.6 10.75 8.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.92 4.8 11.42 2.2 16.36 4.7 Secretaries................................................. 16.64 6.4 € € 17.37 6.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.72 3.1 15.23 3.7 17.91 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 3.7 17.85 5.2 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.64 2.1 13.64 2.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.60 2.3 14.60 2.3 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.86 5.7 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.02 4.3 11.02 4.3 € € Service............................................................. 13.83 8.0 9.56 9.8 15.36 9.1 Protective service............................................ 18.68 9.0 € € 18.68 9.0 Food service.................................................. 9.12 5.4 - - - - Other food service........................................... 9.12 5.4 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $14.47 13.8 - - $14.87 15.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 6.4 € € 12.40 6.7 Personal service.............................................. 8.57 6.7 $8.57 6.7 € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.77 11.6 $8.79 10.0 $15.52 17.9 All excluding sales............................................... 11.03 12.0 8.95 10.8 15.52 17.9 White collar........................................................ 14.70 14.7 11.54 15.4 20.61 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.26 13.7 13.07 16.6 20.61 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.41 13.8 - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.38 4.1 7.38 4.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.32 16.7 8.04 2.5 - - Blue collar......................................................... 9.44 8.1 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - € € Service............................................................. 7.73 8.9 6.78 8.6 - - Food service.................................................. 6.99 11.8 6.29 11.3 - - Other food service........................................... 7.89 9.1 € € € € Health service................................................ - - € € - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 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................................................................... $747 6.2 40.0 $586 3.7 39.8 $858 9.0 40.2 All excluding sales............................................... 760 6.3 40.1 603 3.5 39.9 858 9.0 40.2 White collar........................................................ 842 8.8 39.9 619 6.5 39.9 940 11.0 40.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 870 8.9 40.0 670 5.8 40.0 940 11.0 40.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 942 10.1 40.1 798 6.4 40.5 987 12.5 40.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,020 10.8 40.1 874 7.4 40.8 1,049 12.6 40.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - € € € - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - € € € - - - Health related................................................ 872 2.6 40.0 - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 872 3.0 40.0 - - - 886 3.1 40.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 842 3.2 40.0 € € € 866 3.1 40.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 619 9.0 40.0 701 9.1 40.0 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,302 29.5 40.1 813 9.4 40.9 1,477 33.6 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,349 30.6 39.8 820 11.1 40.0 1,519 34.4 39.8 Management related............................................ - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 423 7.4 39.4 423 7.4 39.4 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 592 4.9 39.7 446 2.0 39.0 654 4.7 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 662 6.6 39.8 € € € 695 6.4 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 630 3.2 40.1 611 3.8 40.1 717 5.6 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 710 4.1 40.2 721 5.6 40.4 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 546 2.1 40.0 546 2.1 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 584 2.3 40.0 584 2.3 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 811 5.1 40.8 - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 429 6.1 38.9 429 6.1 38.9 € € € Service............................................................. $558 8.3 40.3 $368 10.4 38.5 $630 9.2 41.0 Protective service............................................ 823 3.4 44.1 € € € 823 3.4 44.1 Food service.................................................. 339 7.3 37.2 - - - - - - Other food service........................................... 339 7.3 37.2 € € € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 579 13.8 40.0 - - - 595 15.0 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 493 6.4 40.0 € € € 496 6.7 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 330 6.6 38.5 330 6.6 38.5 € € € 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, Iowa City, IA, August 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................................................................... $37,857 6.2 2,030 $30,424 3.7 2,067 $42,807 9.0 2,005 All excluding sales............................................... 38,477 6.3 2,029 31,297 3.5 2,069 42,807 9.0 2,005 White collar........................................................ 42,032 8.8 1,994 32,119 6.5 2,068 46,162 11.0 1,964 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,323 8.9 1,991 34,740 5.8 2,073 46,162 11.0 1,964 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,585 10.1 1,940 41,272 6.4 2,092 46,810 12.5 1,897 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,571 10.8 1,911 45,012 7.4 2,102 49,210 12.6 1,877 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - - - € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - € € € - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - € € € - - - Health related................................................ 45,135 2.6 2,071 - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - € € € - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 32,867 3.0 1,508 - - - 33,454 3.1 1,510 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31,624 3.2 1,502 € € € 32,577 3.1 1,505 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 32,097 9.0 2,075 36,445 9.1 2,080 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 67,241 29.5 2,071 42,280 9.4 2,129 76,148 33.6 2,050 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 69,643 30.6 2,056 42,636 11.1 2,080 78,269 34.4 2,048 Management related............................................ - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 22,014 7.4 2,047 22,014 7.4 2,047 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,705 4.9 2,058 23,185 2.0 2,030 33,856 4.7 2,070 Secretaries................................................. 34,303 6.6 2,061 € € € 36,002 6.4 2,073 Blue collar......................................................... 32,772 3.2 2,085 31,782 3.8 2,086 37,259 5.6 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,903 4.1 2,093 37,495 5.6 2,100 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,376 2.1 2,080 28,376 2.1 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,360 2.3 2,080 30,360 2.3 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 42,164 5.1 2,124 - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,304 6.1 2,023 22,304 6.1 2,023 € € € Service............................................................. $28,916 8.3 2,090 $19,053 10.4 1,994 $32,675 9.2 2,127 Protective service............................................ 42,811 3.4 2,292 € € € 42,811 3.4 2,292 Food service.................................................. 17,261 7.3 1,893 - - - - - - Other food service........................................... 17,261 7.3 1,893 € € € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 30,095 13.8 2,080 - - - 30,932 15.0 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,652 6.4 2,080 € € € 25,791 6.7 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 16,907 6.6 1,973 16,907 6.6 1,973 € € € 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.96 5.9 $13.87 3.6 $21.09 8.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.29 6.0 14.25 3.6 21.09 8.7 White collar........................................................ 20.69 8.4 15.05 5.9 23.42 10.7 2....................................................... 8.78 5.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.46 5.9 10.27 6.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.19 5.2 11.41 5.5 € € 5....................................................... 15.30 3.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.84 3.1 15.55 2.4 20.71 2.4 8....................................................... 20.63 3.0 20.13 9.1 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 24.50 7.6 23.83 5.9 24.90 11.5 12........................................................ 22.98 13.5 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.46 8.5 16.34 5.5 23.42 10.7 2....................................................... 8.78 5.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.07 2.9 10.89 3.2 € € 4....................................................... 12.65 5.0 12.06 6.3 € € 5....................................................... 15.31 3.7 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.84 3.1 15.55 2.4 20.71 2.4 8....................................................... 20.68 3.2 20.23 10.9 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 24.50 7.6 23.83 5.9 24.90 11.5 12........................................................ 22.98 13.5 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 9.6 19.31 6.3 24.60 12.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.37 10.4 21.56 6.8 26.14 12.1 7....................................................... 21.12 2.9 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.21 3.0 € € 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 26.10 6.1 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € € - - Natural scientists............................................ - - € € - - Health related................................................ 22.01 2.5 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.58 2.1 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.03 2.9 - - 22.38 2.9 8....................................................... 21.06 4.0 € € 21.61 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.58 3.6 € € 21.06 3.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.31 8.3 16.88 9.2 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 29.6 19.86 9.6 37.14 33.5 9....................................................... 21.68 8.8 € € 21.30 8.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.87 30.5 20.50 11.1 38.21 34.3 9....................................................... $21.76 9.6 € € € € Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.23 8.2 $10.23 8.2 € € 4....................................................... 9.74 3.5 9.74 3.5 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.13 4.0 9.13 4.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.65 4.9 11.00 2.8 $16.31 4.6 2....................................................... 8.78 5.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.08 2.9 10.91 3.2 € € 4....................................................... 12.48 6.7 11.38 4.2 € € Secretaries................................................. 16.56 6.5 € € 17.26 6.4 General office clerks....................................... 14.20 4.7 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.45 3.3 14.96 3.9 17.66 5.2 1....................................................... 8.68 2.0 8.68 2.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.00 4.8 14.47 5.9 15.85 5.7 6....................................................... 18.94 5.1 18.94 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 17.15 2.4 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 3.7 17.85 5.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.10 2.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.51 2.3 13.51 2.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.60 2.3 14.60 2.3 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.21 6.0 - - 18.39 11.8 5....................................................... 14.87 7.8 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 15.46 7.3 € € 15.46 7.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 3.4 10.68 3.4 € € Service............................................................. 12.56 8.0 8.38 8.5 14.92 8.6 1....................................................... 6.30 14.4 6.30 14.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.18 3.6 8.61 7.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.28 7.3 8.26 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 12.28 6.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.31 11.2 € € 19.09 10.4 Protective service............................................ 18.68 9.0 € € 18.68 9.0 Food service.................................................. 7.74 8.2 7.29 8.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.10 6.3 7.81 5.5 € € Other food service........................................... 8.41 7.2 7.97 6.6 € € 3....................................................... 8.43 6.2 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 14.28 13.7 11.11 24.1 14.87 15.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.16 6.3 € € 12.40 6.7 Personal service.............................................. $8.62 6.4 $8.62 6.4 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.65 6.2 $14.72 3.6 $21.35 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 18.96 6.3 15.13 3.4 21.35 9.0 White collar........................................................ 21.08 8.8 15.53 6.5 23.51 11.0 3....................................................... 11.15 2.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.34 5.1 11.65 5.4 € € 5....................................................... 15.55 3.3 13.43 4.5 € € 7....................................................... 19.64 3.3 15.55 2.4 20.56 2.5 8....................................................... 20.69 3.2 20.25 11.3 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 24.50 7.8 23.79 6.4 24.90 11.5 12........................................................ 22.41 13.3 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.76 8.9 16.75 5.6 23.51 11.0 3....................................................... 11.15 2.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.80 4.8 12.34 5.6 € € 5....................................................... 15.56 3.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.64 3.3 15.55 2.4 20.56 2.5 8....................................................... 20.76 3.4 € € 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 24.50 7.8 23.79 6.4 24.90 11.5 12........................................................ 22.41 13.3 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.49 10.1 19.73 6.2 24.67 12.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.42 10.8 21.42 7.2 26.22 12.6 7....................................................... 20.82 3.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.21 3.0 € € 20.85 1.9 9....................................................... 26.18 6.3 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - - - - € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € € - - Natural scientists............................................ - - € € - - Health related................................................ 21.79 2.6 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - € € - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.79 3.0 - - 22.16 3.1 8....................................................... 21.06 4.0 € € 21.61 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 21.05 3.2 € € 21.65 3.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 15.47 9.0 17.52 9.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 29.6 19.86 9.6 37.15 33.5 9....................................................... 21.68 8.8 € € 21.30 8.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.88 30.6 20.50 11.1 38.22 34.3 9....................................................... 21.76 9.6 € € € € Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. $10.75 8.6 $10.75 8.6 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.92 4.8 11.42 2.2 $16.36 4.7 3....................................................... 11.15 2.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.70 6.0 11.65 3.0 € € Secretaries................................................. 16.64 6.4 € € 17.37 6.4 Blue collar......................................................... 15.72 3.1 15.23 3.7 17.91 5.6 5....................................................... 15.17 4.9 14.47 5.9 € € 6....................................................... 18.94 5.1 18.94 5.1 € € 7....................................................... 17.15 2.4 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 3.7 17.85 5.2 - - 7....................................................... 17.10 2.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.64 2.1 13.64 2.1 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.60 2.3 14.60 2.3 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.86 5.7 - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.02 4.3 11.02 4.3 € € Service............................................................. 13.83 8.0 9.56 9.8 15.36 9.1 2....................................................... 10.28 4.2 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.29 4.9 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.28 6.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.55 10.8 € € 19.09 10.4 Protective service............................................ 18.68 9.0 € € 18.68 9.0 Food service.................................................. 9.12 5.4 - - - - Other food service........................................... 9.12 5.4 € € € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 14.47 13.8 - - 14.87 15.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.33 6.4 € € 12.40 6.7 Personal service.............................................. 8.57 6.7 8.57 6.7 € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.77 11.6 $8.79 10.0 $15.52 17.9 All excluding sales............................................... 11.03 12.0 8.95 10.8 15.52 17.9 White collar........................................................ 14.70 14.7 11.54 15.4 20.61 10.2 3....................................................... 7.91 8.6 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.26 13.7 13.07 16.6 20.61 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.41 13.8 - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.38 4.1 7.38 4.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.32 16.7 8.04 2.5 - - Blue collar......................................................... 9.44 8.1 - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... - - - - € € Service............................................................. 7.73 8.9 6.78 8.6 - - 3....................................................... 7.71 7.4 7.71 7.5 € € Food service.................................................. 6.99 11.8 6.29 11.3 - - Other food service........................................... 7.89 9.1 € € € € Health service................................................ - - € € - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 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....................................................... $18.65 $10.77 $16.58 $18.27 $17.99 $16.28 All excluding sales............................................. 18.96 11.03 16.58 18.70 18.33 16.21 White collar........................................................ 21.08 14.70 18.45 20.85 20.72 17.12 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.76 16.26 18.45 21.70 21.49 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.49 19.41 20.34 23.52 23.24 € Professional specialty.......................................... 25.42 - 23.79 25.46 25.37 € Technical....................................................... 15.47 - - 15.02 15.31 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.47 - € 32.47 33.33 - Sales............................................................. 10.75 7.38 € 10.23 9.79 16.72 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.92 10.32 14.47 14.67 14.65 € Blue collar......................................................... 15.72 9.44 15.76 15.11 15.42 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.63 € - 17.28 17.75 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.64 - - 14.80 13.51 € Transportation and material moving................................ 19.86 - 20.72 14.40 19.81 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.02 - - 10.44 10.46 - Service............................................................. 13.83 7.73 16.88 11.57 12.56 € 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....................................................... 6.2 11.6 3.0 7.1 6.0 2.5 All excluding sales............................................. 6.3 12.0 3.0 7.2 6.1 3.7 White collar........................................................ 8.8 14.7 3.8 8.9 8.4 5.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 8.9 13.7 3.8 9.1 8.6 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 10.1 13.8 4.0 10.3 9.6 € Professional specialty.......................................... 10.8 - 2.5 11.0 10.4 € Technical....................................................... 9.0 - - 10.1 8.3 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.6 - € 29.6 30.1 - Sales............................................................. 8.6 4.1 € 8.2 8.4 12.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.8 16.7 5.4 5.3 4.9 € Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 8.1 4.4 5.2 3.5 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 € - 4.8 4.0 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.1 - - 6.4 2.3 € Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 - 5.8 8.9 6.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 - - 3.9 3.6 - Service............................................................. 8.0 8.9 7.9 10.2 8.0 € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 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....................................................... $13.87 $15.83 € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 14.25 15.81 € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 15.05 19.49 € € - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.34 19.50 € € - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.31 19.71 € € - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 21.56 - € € - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.88 - € € - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 19.86 - € € - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.23 - € € - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.00 - € € - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.96 14.94 € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 19.84 € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.51 13.66 € € - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - € € - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 - € € - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.38 - € € - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 4.2 € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 4.2 € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.9 9.6 € € - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 9.8 € € - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.3 10.3 € € - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 - € € - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 9.2 - € € - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.6 - € € - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.2 - € € - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.8 - € € - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 4.3 € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 2.7 € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 2.1 € € - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - € € - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.4 - € € - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.5 - € € - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Iowa City, IA, August 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....................................................... $13.87 $11.39 $15.57 $14.73 $16.09 All excluding sales............................................. 14.25 11.68 15.64 14.91 16.09 White collar........................................................ 15.05 11.81 17.40 14.65 18.29 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 16.34 13.09 17.62 15.33 18.29 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.31 - 20.13 - 20.31 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.56 - 23.46 - - Technical....................................................... 16.88 - 17.10 € 17.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 19.86 17.57 - - € Sales............................................................. 10.23 10.35 - - € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.00 10.07 11.56 10.97 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.96 15.10 14.90 16.29 13.87 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 - 19.32 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.51 - 13.57 15.23 - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 9.67 - - € Service............................................................. 8.38 7.36 10.44 10.58 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 6.6 4.0 6.0 5.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 7.7 4.0 6.0 5.4 White collar........................................................ 5.9 6.8 6.4 9.0 7.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 6.7 6.5 8.8 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.3 - 6.6 - 7.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.8 - 5.3 - - Technical....................................................... 9.2 - 9.5 € 9.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.6 10.1 - - € Sales............................................................. 8.2 9.0 - - € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.8 3.2 2.9 5.0 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 9.1 4.1 6.0 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 - 3.1 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 - 2.3 6.8 - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.4 2.9 - - € Service............................................................. 8.5 6.7 13.2 16.6 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.29 $12.02 $16.34 $21.14 $25.33 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 12.07 16.61 21.15 25.33 White collar.................................... 10.58 14.35 18.82 21.70 31.09 White collar excluding sales................ 12.02 14.70 19.21 22.07 31.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.31 16.68 21.15 25.23 31.50 Professional specialty...................... 16.68 20.03 21.34 27.35 31.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.85 21.15 21.34 22.07 25.33 Registered nurses....................... 21.34 21.34 22.07 23.89 25.33 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.12 20.74 20.96 23.46 28.98 Elementary school teachers.............. 17.34 20.74 20.96 21.31 25.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.02 12.02 15.10 16.61 19.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.34 19.21 20.55 62.09 62.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.97 19.21 23.40 62.09 62.09 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.38 8.36 9.09 10.00 18.82 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.70 7.70 9.66 9.66 9.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.17 11.77 14.67 17.66 17.85 Secretaries............................. 12.93 14.67 17.78 17.85 20.50 General office clerks................... 10.58 14.70 15.18 15.18 15.18 Blue collar..................................... 10.60 12.29 15.13 17.53 23.05 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.64 16.59 16.76 18.39 21.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 12.07 12.07 13.10 14.59 16.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.70 13.70 13.70 15.56 16.47 Transportation and material moving............ 12.30 15.44 23.05 23.05 23.91 Bus drivers............................. 12.30 13.88 17.30 17.30 17.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.30 9.23 10.35 12.95 14.05 Service......................................... 7.00 8.75 11.02 15.57 22.04 Protective service........................ 14.77 14.77 17.62 21.14 23.31 Food service.............................. 3.29 6.94 7.40 9.25 10.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... $6.94 $6.94 $7.47 $9.97 $10.59 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.38 10.94 12.58 20.38 22.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.94 10.94 11.02 12.58 15.57 Personal service.......................... 7.08 7.33 8.74 9.56 11.13 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.47 $9.66 $12.95 $16.61 $23.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.47 10.11 13.10 17.24 23.05 White collar.................................... 9.01 10.11 13.29 19.28 25.23 White collar excluding sales................ 10.11 11.28 14.45 19.83 25.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.65 15.00 17.58 25.23 25.33 Professional specialty...................... 14.31 17.58 19.83 25.33 27.35 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.11 14.35 16.61 17.40 25.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.83 15.97 16.87 23.40 25.16 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 10.58 15.97 16.34 25.16 31.09 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.38 8.36 9.09 10.00 18.82 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.70 7.70 9.66 9.66 9.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.42 10.10 11.18 11.77 12.93 Blue collar..................................... 10.22 12.07 13.70 17.53 23.05 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.98 15.13 18.05 20.81 23.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 12.07 12.07 13.10 14.59 16.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.70 13.70 13.70 15.56 16.47 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.30 9.23 10.35 12.95 14.05 Service......................................... 6.92 7.00 7.47 9.56 9.97 Food service.............................. 3.29 6.94 7.34 8.25 9.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.94 6.94 7.47 9.25 9.97 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 7.88 20.38 20.38 Personal service.......................... 7.08 7.33 8.74 9.56 11.13 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.20 $14.77 $18.85 $21.70 $30.44 All excluding sales........................... 11.20 14.77 18.85 21.70 30.44 White collar.................................... 14.63 16.68 20.50 22.07 33.12 White collar excluding sales................ 14.63 16.68 20.50 22.07 33.12 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.10 20.03 21.34 26.66 32.29 Professional specialty...................... 18.85 21.11 21.70 29.45 33.85 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.12 20.96 21.31 25.47 28.98 Elementary school teachers.............. 17.34 20.96 20.96 21.31 25.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.21 19.21 24.18 62.09 62.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.21 19.21 24.18 62.09 62.09 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 14.23 14.67 15.18 17.78 20.50 Secretaries............................. 14.67 14.67 17.78 20.50 20.50 Blue collar..................................... 14.17 16.76 16.76 17.66 23.91 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.66 13.88 17.30 23.91 23.91 Bus drivers............................. 12.30 13.88 17.30 17.30 17.30 Service......................................... 10.94 11.02 12.58 19.34 22.04 Protective service........................ 14.77 14.77 17.62 21.14 23.31 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.94 10.94 12.58 22.04 22.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.94 10.94 11.02 13.07 15.57 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.50 $12.58 $16.68 $21.15 $25.55 All excluding sales........................... 10.94 13.10 16.76 21.15 26.63 White collar.................................... 11.28 14.67 18.85 21.70 31.34 White collar excluding sales................ 12.02 15.00 19.21 22.07 31.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.35 17.24 21.15 25.33 31.50 Professional specialty...................... 16.68 20.03 21.34 28.98 32.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.85 21.15 21.34 22.07 25.33 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.34 20.74 20.96 22.20 27.01 Elementary school teachers.............. 17.58 20.74 20.96 21.31 25.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.02 12.02 15.10 16.61 17.40 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.34 19.21 20.55 62.09 62.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.97 19.21 23.40 62.09 62.09 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 8.36 9.09 9.09 10.00 18.82 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.70 12.89 14.67 17.78 20.50 Secretaries............................. 12.93 14.67 17.78 17.85 20.50 Blue collar..................................... 11.30 12.95 15.20 17.66 23.05 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.64 16.59 16.76 18.39 21.75 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 12.07 12.07 13.70 14.59 16.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.70 13.70 13.70 15.56 16.47 Transportation and material moving............ 13.88 17.30 23.05 23.05 23.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.30 9.40 11.30 12.95 14.05 Service......................................... 8.43 10.94 11.20 17.62 22.04 Protective service........................ 14.77 14.77 17.62 21.14 23.31 Food service.............................. 7.34 8.25 9.25 9.97 9.97 Other food service....................... 7.34 8.25 9.25 9.97 9.97 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.94 10.94 12.58 20.38 22.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.94 10.94 11.02 12.58 15.57 Personal service.......................... 7.08 7.08 8.74 8.74 11.13 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, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.94 $7.25 $8.65 $10.59 $23.89 All excluding sales........................... 6.92 7.27 9.23 11.30 23.89 White collar.................................... 7.38 8.05 10.11 23.89 23.89 White collar excluding sales................ 7.68 9.00 17.50 23.89 24.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.11 12.93 19.65 23.89 24.29 Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.94 6.94 6.94 7.38 8.96 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.56 7.68 8.42 11.85 17.50 Blue collar..................................... 7.25 7.29 9.23 11.30 12.30 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 3.29 6.94 7.40 10.26 10.59 Food service.............................. 3.29 6.92 6.94 7.47 10.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.94 6.94 7.27 7.47 10.59 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Iowa City, IA, August 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 28,600 12,900 15,700 All excluding sales............................................. 27,400 11,700 15,700 White collar........................................................ 16,600 5,500 11,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15,500 4,300 11,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9,100 2,300 6,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 7,200 1,200 6,000 Technical....................................................... 1,900 1,100 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,500 400 - Sales............................................................. 1,200 1,200 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4,800 1,600 3,200 Blue collar......................................................... 5,400 4,400 1,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1,600 1,000 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2,100 2,100 € Transportation and material moving................................ 1,000 - 400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 700 700 € Service............................................................. 6,500 3,000 3,500 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.