NC BL 03/00/2003 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3115-43, July 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.58 2.7 35.2 $17.20 3.9 35.0 $22.88 2.5 35.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.16 4.2 35.1 19.14 6.2 35.2 26.17 3.5 35.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.47 4.1 34.0 25.70 7.4 34.2 32.82 4.5 33.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.57 7.0 39.1 29.38 8.9 40.2 26.44 8.3 36.7 Sales............................................................. 13.57 11.1 33.5 13.57 11.5 33.4 - - - Administrative support............................................ 13.13 4.3 35.5 12.23 4.0 35.4 15.86 5.6 36.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.70 3.3 38.3 17.95 3.7 38.3 15.97 2.2 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.03 4.7 39.9 22.78 4.8 39.8 17.34 3.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.61 4.1 39.8 16.59 4.1 39.8 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.29 7.0 36.2 15.23 10.3 35.8 15.44 2.1 37.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.57 6.5 33.8 12.23 8.4 33.0 14.06 8.5 37.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.17 3.6 30.4 8.74 2.8 28.0 19.10 2.4 36.7 Full time........................................................... 19.76 3.1 39.2 18.47 4.5 39.6 23.38 2.6 38.0 Part time........................................................... 10.45 6.0 20.7 10.04 6.8 21.0 14.07 9.2 18.0 Union............................................................... 20.87 3.3 35.9 18.71 6.0 35.4 23.21 2.6 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 16.63 5.2 34.6 16.51 5.4 34.8 19.51 8.6 30.9 Time................................................................ 18.60 2.7 35.1 17.18 4.0 34.9 22.88 2.5 35.8 Incentive........................................................... 17.98 6.2 38.2 17.98 6.2 38.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.02 3.3 40.2 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.48 8.7 34.8 15.48 8.7 34.7 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.21 9.5 35.0 16.85 11.0 35.1 20.03 4.1 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 21.09 3.8 35.5 19.20 6.0 35.0 23.37 2.9 36.0 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, 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $18.58 2.7 $17.20 3.9 $22.88 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.84 2.5 17.45 3.7 22.93 2.5 White collar........................................................ 21.16 4.2 19.14 6.2 26.17 3.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.95 4.0 19.96 6.1 26.30 3.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.47 4.1 25.70 7.4 32.82 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.13 3.2 28.75 6.2 34.22 3.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.14 4.9 34.64 4.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.02 9.0 22.98 12.7 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.32 9.8 21.67 14.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.19 3.7 25.32 4.0 27.80 8.0 Registered nurses........................................... 22.81 1.9 23.31 2.3 21.53 3.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.73 11.5 46.90 14.0 53.51 15.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 11.1 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.40 6.7 - - 35.95 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.47 15.7 € € 38.95 10.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.75 1.7 € € 35.75 1.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.79 10.6 - - 22.64 10.2 Social workers.............................................. 19.73 11.8 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.45 10.9 24.15 13.1 - - Technical....................................................... 16.66 6.7 16.31 7.9 18.22 11.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.65 6.1 13.27 7.5 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.54 4.1 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.57 7.0 29.38 8.9 26.44 8.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.01 7.9 36.21 9.6 30.86 13.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.82 8.1 € € 37.00 8.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.20 10.3 31.79 11.4 € € Management related............................................ 20.63 8.3 19.50 12.4 22.83 2.7 Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.38 8.2 21.33 8.8 € € Sales............................................................. 13.57 11.1 13.57 11.5 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 22.5 15.07 22.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.82 14.7 8.00 13.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.13 4.3 12.23 4.0 15.86 5.6 Secretaries................................................. 15.55 2.2 14.29 1.3 17.07 3.2 Typists..................................................... 13.63 2.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.54 4.0 12.88 5.3 14.74 2.1 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.73 12.9 9.73 12.9 € € General office clerks....................................... $12.26 3.3 $11.96 5.0 $12.70 3.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.49 1.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.60 10.6 11.67 11.3 € € Blue collar......................................................... 17.70 3.3 17.95 3.7 15.97 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.03 4.7 22.78 4.8 17.34 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 13.3 20.06 13.3 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.42 4.0 19.78 4.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 27.27 6.2 27.27 6.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.61 4.1 16.59 4.1 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.34 7.0 13.34 7.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.71 2.5 11.71 2.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.92 5.9 14.47 5.9 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.65 19.3 16.65 19.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.02 8.6 17.02 8.6 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.04 12.2 14.04 12.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.29 7.0 15.23 10.3 15.44 2.1 Truck drivers............................................... 16.06 6.5 16.87 7.9 € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.03 7.3 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.26 8.3 17.26 8.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.98 7.4 15.42 11.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.57 6.5 12.23 8.4 14.06 8.5 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.36 9.8 15.36 9.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.27 19.3 € € € € Service............................................................. 12.17 3.6 8.74 2.8 19.10 2.4 Protective service............................................ 22.50 2.9 - - 22.63 2.9 Food service.................................................. 7.65 7.3 7.60 7.5 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.16 29.6 6.16 29.6 € € Other food service........................................... 8.22 4.4 8.16 4.5 - - Cooks....................................................... 9.39 6.3 9.39 6.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.12 6.8 6.93 5.7 € € Health service................................................ 10.23 3.2 9.30 2.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.14 3.3 9.20 2.5 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 5.2 9.34 6.9 12.76 3.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.26 5.0 10.06 6.5 12.79 3.4 Personal service.............................................. 11.53 8.6 9.13 18.1 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $19.76 3.1 $18.47 4.5 $23.38 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.95 3.1 18.64 4.5 23.44 2.5 White collar........................................................ 22.16 5.1 20.16 7.8 26.70 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.74 5.1 20.73 8.1 26.83 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 4.3 26.16 7.8 33.58 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.93 3.3 29.49 6.4 34.87 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.14 4.9 34.64 4.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.02 9.0 22.98 12.7 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.32 9.8 21.67 14.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.58 5.0 27.16 6.4 28.04 8.4 Registered nurses........................................... 22.86 3.0 23.76 3.2 21.56 3.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - 47.36 14.8 54.56 14.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.18 7.1 - - 37.14 2.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.47 15.7 € € 38.95 10.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.75 1.7 € € 35.75 1.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.81 11.2 - - 22.64 10.2 Social workers.............................................. 19.75 12.5 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.60 11.1 24.15 13.1 - - Technical....................................................... 16.83 7.3 16.44 8.6 18.66 13.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.58 6.6 13.16 8.2 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.86 7.3 29.63 9.3 26.77 8.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.18 7.9 36.21 9.6 31.38 14.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.34 7.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.20 10.3 31.79 11.4 € € Management related............................................ 20.87 8.7 19.71 13.1 23.12 2.4 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.42 9.2 22.46 11.0 € € Sales............................................................. 15.41 10.1 15.49 10.6 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 22.5 15.07 22.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 4.3 12.56 4.3 15.97 5.8 Secretaries................................................. 15.57 2.3 14.29 1.2 17.07 3.2 Typists..................................................... 13.61 2.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.54 4.0 12.88 5.3 14.74 2.1 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.77 21.9 17.45 26.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.59 3.7 12.07 5.3 13.50 1.2 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.66 1.8 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.30 10.9 11.39 12.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... $18.27 3.2 $18.58 3.6 $16.21 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.04 4.7 22.79 4.8 17.34 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 13.3 20.06 13.3 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.42 4.0 19.78 4.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 27.27 6.2 27.27 6.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.87 4.3 16.85 4.3 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.43 6.9 13.43 6.9 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.71 2.5 11.71 2.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.92 5.9 14.47 5.9 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.65 19.3 16.65 19.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.92 8.6 17.92 8.6 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.04 12.2 14.04 12.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.06 5.9 16.29 8.5 15.58 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.95 6.4 16.77 8.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.44 8.3 17.44 8.3 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.98 7.4 15.42 11.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.79 4.1 13.51 4.6 14.81 9.6 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.38 9.9 16.38 9.9 € € Service............................................................. 14.04 5.1 9.62 5.1 19.62 2.1 Protective service............................................ 22.99 2.0 - - 22.95 2.0 Food service.................................................. 9.22 3.3 9.17 3.6 - - Other food service........................................... 8.76 2.2 8.69 2.3 € € Health service................................................ 11.10 5.9 9.65 5.0 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.06 6.2 9.48 5.1 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.04 7.2 9.68 9.0 13.18 6.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.77 6.1 10.56 7.5 13.18 6.4 Personal service.............................................. 12.80 5.4 9.91 18.8 - - 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 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $10.45 6.0 $10.04 6.8 $14.07 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.69 6.1 10.25 6.9 14.07 9.2 White collar........................................................ 13.03 10.8 12.59 11.9 16.06 10.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.38 13.1 14.05 15.3 16.06 10.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.28 6.3 21.30 6.1 16.92 10.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.50 4.5 22.59 2.4 17.48 14.3 Health related................................................ 22.56 2.7 22.64 2.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.71 2.2 22.80 2.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 14.65 2.6 14.36 1.4 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.33 9.3 8.33 9.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.92 17.5 7.92 17.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.92 10.2 10.55 8.8 14.10 24.5 General office clerks....................................... 9.24 11.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.14 20.1 12.14 20.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 9.72 11.8 9.32 13.5 12.53 .7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.38 14.6 10.68 19.1 - - Bus drivers................................................. 11.21 7.6 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.17 9.9 8.24 11.2 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.94 17.9 10.94 17.9 € € Service............................................................. 7.72 2.9 7.50 3.2 10.81 9.2 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.79 8.9 5.79 8.9 € € Other food service........................................... 7.09 5.9 7.09 5.9 € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. $7.75 10.1 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 8.02 12.6 $7.74 12.8 - - 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $774 3.2 39.2 $732 4.6 39.6 $888 2.8 38.0 All excluding sales............................................... 780 3.2 39.1 737 4.6 39.5 890 2.8 38.0 White collar........................................................ 861 5.1 38.9 800 7.9 39.7 990 4.2 37.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 880 5.1 38.7 820 8.2 39.5 994 4.1 37.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,106 4.6 38.0 1,023 8.2 39.1 1,221 4.9 36.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,208 3.8 37.8 1,158 6.8 39.3 1,264 4.1 36.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,374 4.4 40.3 1,395 3.4 40.3 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 963 7.9 40.1 933 11.6 40.6 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 935 8.8 40.1 882 13.8 40.7 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 1,040 5.0 37.7 1,030 6.8 37.9 1,050 8.0 37.4 Registered nurses........................................... 867 3.0 37.9 897 2.8 37.7 823 4.7 38.2 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - 1,779 12.1 37.6 1,977 16.2 36.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,189 5.8 35.8 - - - 1,302 1.6 35.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,193 13.9 35.6 € € € 1,394 3.2 35.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,292 1.4 36.2 € € € 1,292 1.4 36.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 740 11.6 37.3 - - - 858 9.0 37.9 Social workers.............................................. 742 12.6 37.6 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,004 11.6 39.2 943 13.7 39.0 - - - Technical....................................................... 647 7.7 38.5 635 9.1 38.6 706 14.4 37.8 Licensed practical nurses................................... 516 8.3 38.0 493 9.5 37.5 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,169 8.8 40.5 1,216 11.3 41.0 1,047 9.5 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,446 11.7 41.1 1,516 14.5 41.9 1,208 17.0 38.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,360 7.7 39.6 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,288 10.3 40.0 1,272 11.4 40.0 € € € Management related............................................ 830 8.6 39.8 785 13.0 39.8 916 1.5 39.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 880 8.0 39.2 888 10.5 39.5 € € € Sales............................................................. 631 11.3 40.9 634 11.9 41.0 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 603 22.5 40.0 603 22.5 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 524 3.9 38.9 495 4.1 39.4 597 5.7 37.4 Secretaries................................................. 579 2.3 37.2 531 1.7 37.1 638 2.5 37.3 Typists..................................................... 504 5.5 37.0 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 515 4.2 38.0 489 5.5 37.9 562 3.5 38.1 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $655 21.9 39.1 $698 26.8 40.0 € € € General office clerks....................................... 491 3.3 39.0 475 4.8 39.4 $517 2.4 38.3 Data entry keyers........................................... 507 1.8 40.0 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 452 10.9 40.0 455 12.1 40.0 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 732 3.3 40.0 744 3.6 40.0 649 2.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 881 4.7 39.9 910 4.9 39.9 694 3.3 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 802 13.3 40.0 802 13.3 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 732 3.9 39.8 783 4.0 39.6 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 1,091 6.2 40.0 1,091 6.2 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 674 4.1 40.0 673 4.1 40.0 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 537 6.9 40.0 537 6.9 40.0 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 469 2.5 40.0 469 2.5 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 597 5.9 40.0 579 5.9 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 666 19.3 40.0 666 19.3 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 717 8.6 40.0 717 8.6 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 561 12.2 40.0 561 12.2 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 652 7.9 40.6 665 11.4 40.8 623 1.9 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 673 10.1 42.2 739 12.4 44.1 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 698 8.3 40.0 698 8.3 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 625 9.4 39.1 595 13.6 38.6 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 547 4.4 39.7 535 5.2 39.6 593 9.6 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 655 9.9 40.0 655 9.9 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 537 6.0 38.2 361 6.1 37.6 767 3.2 39.1 Protective service............................................ 950 2.9 41.3 - - - 949 2.9 41.3 Food service.................................................. 342 4.9 37.0 342 5.0 37.3 - - - Other food service........................................... 322 3.9 36.8 322 4.1 37.0 € € € Health service................................................ 421 7.0 38.0 361 6.2 37.4 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 420 7.4 38.0 355 6.3 37.4 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 421 7.6 38.2 369 9.8 38.1 504 7.4 38.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 450 6.4 38.3 404 7.8 38.3 504 7.4 38.3 Personal service.............................................. 445 7.3 34.8 373 20.1 37.7 - - - 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $39,248 3.2 1,986 $37,791 4.6 2,046 $42,896 2.8 1,835 All excluding sales............................................... 39,521 3.2 1,981 38,072 4.6 2,043 42,978 2.8 1,834 White collar........................................................ 42,970 5.1 1,939 41,201 7.9 2,044 46,370 4.2 1,737 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,785 5.1 1,925 42,203 8.2 2,036 46,528 4.1 1,734 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,524 4.6 1,802 51,969 8.2 1,986 53,181 4.9 1,584 Professional specialty.......................................... 56,281 3.8 1,763 58,365 6.8 1,979 54,309 4.1 1,558 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 71,468 4.4 2,094 72,544 3.4 2,094 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 50,062 7.9 2,085 48,532 11.6 2,112 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 48,616 8.8 2,085 45,888 13.8 2,118 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 52,614 5.0 1,908 53,575 6.8 1,972 51,597 8.0 1,840 Registered nurses........................................... 44,738 3.0 1,957 46,623 2.8 1,962 42,028 4.7 1,949 Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - 67,339 12.1 1,422 68,977 16.2 1,264 Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,400 5.8 1,519 - - - 53,057 1.6 1,429 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,514 13.9 1,449 € € € 55,924 3.2 1,436 Secondary school teachers................................... 52,552 1.4 1,470 € € € 52,552 1.4 1,470 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 38,469 11.6 1,942 - - - 44,613 9.0 1,971 Social workers.............................................. 38,595 12.6 1,955 € € € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 52,205 11.6 2,039 49,017 13.7 2,029 - - - Technical....................................................... 33,653 7.7 2,000 32,995 9.1 2,007 36,715 14.4 1,968 Licensed practical nurses................................... 26,839 8.3 1,976 25,658 9.5 1,950 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 60,765 8.8 2,106 63,214 11.3 2,133 54,457 9.5 2,034 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 75,174 11.7 2,137 78,836 14.5 2,177 62,811 17.0 2,001 Administrators, education and related fields................ 70,724 7.7 2,059 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 66,974 10.3 2,080 66,124 11.4 2,080 € € € Management related............................................ 43,154 8.6 2,067 40,818 13.0 2,071 47,642 1.5 2,061 Management related, n.e.c................................... 45,743 8.0 2,040 46,181 10.5 2,056 € € € Sales............................................................. 32,495 11.3 2,109 32,681 11.9 2,110 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31,337 22.5 2,080 31,337 22.5 2,080 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,119 3.9 2,011 25,693 4.1 2,046 30,714 5.7 1,923 Secretaries................................................. 30,129 2.3 1,935 27,588 1.7 1,930 33,153 2.5 1,942 Typists..................................................... 26,188 5.5 1,924 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,769 4.2 1,977 25,417 5.5 1,973 29,243 3.5 1,984 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $34,051 21.9 2,031 $36,299 26.8 2,080 € € € General office clerks....................................... 25,531 3.3 2,027 24,724 4.8 2,048 $26,897 2.4 1,993 Data entry keyers........................................... 26,342 1.8 2,080 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 22,903 10.9 2,027 23,012 12.1 2,021 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 38,019 3.3 2,081 38,656 3.6 2,081 33,725 2.2 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,753 4.7 2,076 47,297 4.9 2,075 36,077 3.3 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,718 13.3 2,080 41,718 13.3 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,083 3.9 2,067 40,694 4.0 2,057 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 56,730 6.2 2,080 56,730 6.2 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 35,027 4.1 2,077 34,985 4.1 2,077 - - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 27,942 6.9 2,080 27,942 6.9 2,080 € € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 24,362 2.5 2,080 24,362 2.5 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,043 5.9 2,080 30,103 5.9 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 34,639 19.3 2,080 34,639 19.3 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 37,282 8.6 2,080 37,282 8.6 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,197 12.2 2,080 29,197 12.2 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 33,854 7.9 2,108 34,563 11.4 2,121 32,403 1.9 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 34,994 10.1 2,194 38,433 12.4 2,292 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 36,279 8.3 2,080 36,279 8.3 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 32,524 9.4 2,036 30,960 13.6 2,008 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,469 4.4 2,065 27,841 5.2 2,061 30,810 9.6 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 34,069 9.9 2,080 34,069 9.9 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 27,293 6.0 1,944 18,535 6.1 1,927 38,569 3.2 1,966 Protective service............................................ 49,391 2.9 2,149 - - - 49,323 2.9 2,149 Food service.................................................. 16,941 4.9 1,837 17,035 5.0 1,858 - - - Other food service........................................... 15,891 3.9 1,815 15,956 4.1 1,837 € € € Health service................................................ 21,913 7.0 1,973 18,770 6.2 1,944 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,848 7.4 1,975 18,438 6.3 1,944 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 21,912 7.6 1,985 19,196 9.8 1,982 26,215 7.4 1,990 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,419 6.4 1,990 21,016 7.8 1,990 26,215 7.4 1,990 Personal service.............................................. 20,876 7.3 1,631 19,416 20.1 1,960 - - - 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $18.58 2.7 $17.20 3.9 $22.88 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.84 2.5 17.45 3.7 22.93 2.5 White collar........................................................ 21.16 4.2 19.14 6.2 26.17 3.5 1....................................................... 9.30 8.3 8.60 8.1 11.93 18.4 2....................................................... 9.63 6.0 8.92 6.0 € € 3....................................................... 11.83 8.5 11.33 9.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.34 2.5 12.77 2.9 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 14.67 2.1 14.38 2.8 15.15 2.1 6....................................................... 16.43 5.5 15.08 7.7 17.52 5.5 7....................................................... 19.89 5.2 19.20 5.5 22.34 9.7 8....................................................... 29.73 3.6 23.06 2.9 38.64 3.0 9....................................................... 25.86 5.0 24.59 7.4 26.82 6.6 10........................................................ 31.73 3.7 32.00 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 34.36 2.8 34.42 3.3 34.18 5.4 12........................................................ 38.74 4.7 38.21 5.4 39.54 9.2 13........................................................ 54.63 6.5 50.63 6.9 € € 14........................................................ 58.29 14.0 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.18 16.3 14.11 16.9 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.95 4.0 19.96 6.1 26.30 3.4 1....................................................... € € € € 11.93 18.4 2....................................................... 9.68 6.3 8.95 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 12.08 9.4 11.54 10.8 € € 4....................................................... 13.76 2.6 13.19 3.4 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 14.89 1.6 14.59 1.9 15.34 2.0 6....................................................... 16.83 5.3 15.74 8.4 17.52 5.5 7....................................................... 19.35 5.7 18.31 5.1 22.34 9.7 8....................................................... 29.76 3.6 23.09 3.0 38.64 3.0 9....................................................... 25.86 5.0 24.59 7.4 26.82 6.6 10........................................................ 31.61 3.9 31.85 3.8 € € 11........................................................ 34.40 2.7 34.48 3.3 34.18 5.4 12........................................................ 38.74 4.7 38.21 5.4 39.54 9.2 13........................................................ 54.63 6.5 50.63 6.9 € € 14........................................................ 58.29 14.0 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.98 19.8 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.47 4.1 25.70 7.4 32.82 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.13 3.2 28.75 6.2 34.22 3.5 7....................................................... 20.29 5.0 20.30 5.6 € € 8....................................................... 32.31 3.5 23.50 2.4 39.98 2.9 9....................................................... 25.78 6.4 24.21 10.6 26.62 7.9 10........................................................ 30.96 5.4 30.91 6.2 € € 11........................................................ 34.31 2.9 34.07 3.7 34.80 4.5 12........................................................ 39.65 5.4 38.14 5.6 € € 13........................................................ 52.98 6.5 47.34 4.5 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.26 9.2 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $34.14 4.9 $34.64 4.0 - - 9....................................................... 26.94 2.3 27.88 1.4 € € 11........................................................ 35.33 2.3 35.33 2.3 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.02 9.0 22.98 12.7 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.32 9.8 21.67 14.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 26.19 3.7 25.32 4.0 $27.80 8.0 7....................................................... 20.97 3.7 20.60 4.5 € € 8....................................................... 24.37 .9 22.84 .8 € € 9....................................................... 24.53 8.8 € € 23.05 5.3 Registered nurses........................................... 22.81 1.9 23.31 2.3 21.53 3.1 7....................................................... 21.14 3.5 20.78 4.5 € € 8....................................................... 22.74 1.9 23.00 1.5 € € 9....................................................... 21.33 3.5 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.73 11.5 46.90 14.0 53.51 15.2 13........................................................ 58.08 10.3 € € € € Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.84 11.1 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.40 6.7 - - 35.95 3.1 8....................................................... 39.16 6.0 € € 41.93 .5 9....................................................... 25.87 13.0 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.47 15.7 € € 38.95 10.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.75 1.7 € € 35.75 1.7 8....................................................... 41.69 4.9 € € 41.69 4.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.79 10.6 - - 22.64 10.2 Social workers.............................................. 19.73 11.8 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.45 10.9 24.15 13.1 - - Technical....................................................... 16.66 6.7 16.31 7.9 18.22 11.6 4....................................................... 12.22 3.1 12.22 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 14.78 3.5 14.34 3.0 € € 6....................................................... 15.77 8.4 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.65 6.1 13.27 7.5 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.54 4.1 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.57 7.0 29.38 8.9 26.44 8.3 7....................................................... 18.16 6.4 17.46 10.2 € € 8....................................................... 23.21 3.6 23.11 4.1 € € 9....................................................... 26.32 4.6 25.45 5.4 € € 10........................................................ 34.39 6.9 34.39 6.9 € € 11........................................................ 35.43 4.6 35.04 4.8 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.01 7.9 36.21 9.6 30.86 13.9 9....................................................... 25.70 7.5 24.12 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 36.21 4.2 35.85 4.5 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ $33.82 8.1 € € $37.00 8.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.20 10.3 $31.79 11.4 € € Management related............................................ 20.63 8.3 19.50 12.4 22.83 2.7 7....................................................... 17.51 6.9 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.04 4.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.38 8.2 21.33 8.8 € € Sales............................................................. 13.57 11.1 13.57 11.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.98 9.5 9.98 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.14 5.2 11.14 5.2 € € 5....................................................... 13.37 10.7 13.32 14.5 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 22.5 15.07 22.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.82 14.7 8.00 13.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.13 4.3 12.23 4.0 15.86 5.6 1....................................................... € € € € 11.93 18.4 2....................................................... 9.68 6.3 8.95 6.4 € € 3....................................................... 12.08 9.4 11.54 10.8 € € 4....................................................... 14.08 2.8 13.48 4.1 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 14.85 2.5 14.62 3.2 15.22 2.9 7....................................................... 20.54 17.0 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 15.55 2.2 14.29 1.3 17.07 3.2 4....................................................... 15.27 3.0 13.39 3.3 € € Typists..................................................... 13.63 2.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.54 4.0 12.88 5.3 14.74 2.1 4....................................................... 13.12 6.2 € € € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.73 12.9 9.73 12.9 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.26 3.3 11.96 5.0 12.70 3.3 2....................................................... 11.14 5.0 10.68 2.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.03 4.3 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 12.49 1.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.60 10.6 11.67 11.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.54 3.9 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 17.70 3.3 17.95 3.7 15.97 2.2 1....................................................... 9.91 11.8 9.99 11.9 € € 2....................................................... 11.38 3.8 11.01 3.4 € € 3....................................................... 17.45 6.6 17.84 7.3 € € 4....................................................... 17.37 6.0 17.47 6.4 15.92 10.6 5....................................................... 16.42 2.4 16.69 3.0 15.79 1.0 6....................................................... 17.67 3.5 17.72 4.3 € € 7....................................................... 22.16 3.3 22.74 3.7 18.72 4.4 8....................................................... 24.69 7.9 24.69 7.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.47 5.3 28.47 5.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.03 4.7 22.78 4.8 17.34 3.3 4....................................................... $15.39 19.0 $15.39 19.0 € € 5....................................................... 16.75 5.3 16.85 6.6 € € 6....................................................... 18.59 4.4 19.16 6.2 € € 7....................................................... 22.60 3.2 23.37 3.7 $18.72 4.4 8....................................................... 24.75 8.2 24.75 8.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.47 5.3 28.47 5.3 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 13.3 20.06 13.3 € € 7....................................................... 22.87 15.7 22.87 15.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.42 4.0 19.78 4.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 27.27 6.2 27.27 6.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.61 4.1 16.59 4.1 - - 1....................................................... 8.52 7.6 8.52 7.6 € € 2....................................................... 11.40 4.4 11.40 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 18.31 10.3 18.31 10.3 € € 4....................................................... 20.63 6.6 20.66 6.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.45 5.4 16.45 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 15.64 5.9 15.64 5.9 € € Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.34 7.0 13.34 7.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.71 2.5 11.71 2.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.92 5.9 14.47 5.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.07 8.6 16.07 8.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.65 19.3 16.65 19.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.02 8.6 17.02 8.6 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.04 12.2 14.04 12.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 15.29 7.0 15.23 10.3 15.44 2.1 3....................................................... 16.61 8.7 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.73 14.4 13.62 15.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.29 2.1 16.97 4.5 15.74 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 16.06 6.5 16.87 7.9 € € 5....................................................... 15.46 2.8 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.03 7.3 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.82 7.5 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.26 8.3 17.26 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 16.48 4.7 16.48 4.7 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.98 7.4 15.42 11.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.57 6.5 12.23 8.4 14.06 8.5 1....................................................... 10.79 13.7 10.94 13.7 € € 2....................................................... 12.40 8.1 10.79 6.8 € € 3....................................................... 15.32 12.5 15.94 15.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.94 6.5 € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.36 9.8 15.36 9.8 € € 3....................................................... 17.96 14.3 17.96 14.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.27 19.3 € € € € Service............................................................. $12.17 3.6 $8.74 2.8 $19.10 2.4 1....................................................... 7.62 9.5 6.78 2.9 12.36 5.1 2....................................................... 9.92 6.2 8.23 7.8 16.30 3.7 3....................................................... 9.45 5.3 9.13 6.1 € € 4....................................................... 11.72 4.1 11.00 3.7 14.14 6.9 5....................................................... 14.75 11.6 € € 16.42 10.2 6....................................................... 17.88 14.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 23.55 3.9 € € 23.55 3.9 Protective service............................................ 22.50 2.9 - - 22.63 2.9 7....................................................... 23.55 3.9 € € 23.55 3.9 Food service.................................................. 7.65 7.3 7.60 7.5 - - 1....................................................... 6.58 5.0 6.42 5.2 € € 3....................................................... 8.60 16.5 8.60 16.5 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.16 29.6 6.16 29.6 € € Other food service........................................... 8.22 4.4 8.16 4.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.86 4.3 6.68 2.4 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.39 6.3 9.39 6.3 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.12 6.8 6.93 5.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.84 5.6 6.60 2.9 € € Health service................................................ 10.23 3.2 9.30 2.6 - - 4....................................................... 11.37 7.7 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.14 3.3 9.20 2.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.27 9.4 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 5.2 9.34 6.9 12.76 3.3 1....................................................... 9.53 15.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.17 9.8 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.24 8.0 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.26 5.0 10.06 6.5 12.79 3.4 1....................................................... 10.93 15.1 € € € € 2....................................................... 11.07 5.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 11.53 8.6 9.13 18.1 - - 4....................................................... 11.78 4.5 € € € € 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 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $19.76 3.1 $18.47 4.5 $23.38 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.95 3.1 18.64 4.5 23.44 2.5 White collar........................................................ 22.16 5.1 20.16 7.8 26.70 3.9 1....................................................... 11.32 12.5 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.67 6.8 8.90 6.7 € € 3....................................................... 11.78 10.4 11.53 11.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.31 2.5 12.66 3.0 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 14.81 2.2 14.41 3.1 15.48 1.6 6....................................................... 16.52 5.8 15.08 7.7 17.81 5.9 7....................................................... 20.02 5.6 19.24 5.9 22.66 9.8 8....................................................... 30.45 4.2 23.09 3.4 38.86 2.8 9....................................................... 25.96 5.1 24.67 7.7 26.91 6.7 10........................................................ 31.73 3.7 32.00 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 34.30 2.8 34.47 3.4 33.78 6.0 12........................................................ 38.74 4.7 38.21 5.4 39.54 9.2 13........................................................ 54.63 6.5 50.63 6.9 € € 14........................................................ 58.29 14.0 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.34 17.1 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.74 5.1 20.73 8.1 26.83 3.8 1....................................................... 11.67 12.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.73 7.2 8.93 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.90 11.1 11.66 12.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.63 2.7 12.95 3.4 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 15.05 1.8 14.60 2.1 15.74 .6 6....................................................... 16.96 5.6 15.74 8.4 17.81 5.9 7....................................................... 19.44 6.2 18.25 5.5 22.66 9.8 8....................................................... 30.48 4.1 23.13 3.5 38.86 2.8 9....................................................... 25.96 5.1 24.67 7.7 26.91 6.7 10........................................................ 31.61 3.9 31.85 3.8 € € 11........................................................ 34.34 2.7 34.54 3.4 33.78 6.0 12........................................................ 38.74 4.7 38.21 5.4 39.54 9.2 13........................................................ 54.63 6.5 50.63 6.9 € € 14........................................................ 58.29 14.0 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 4.3 26.16 7.8 33.58 4.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.93 3.3 29.49 6.4 34.87 3.4 7....................................................... 20.56 6.9 20.38 7.6 € € 8....................................................... 33.61 4.2 23.71 3.0 39.98 2.9 9....................................................... 25.90 6.6 24.28 11.3 26.73 8.0 10........................................................ 30.96 5.4 30.91 6.2 € € 11........................................................ 34.20 3.0 34.17 3.9 34.27 4.6 12........................................................ 39.65 5.4 38.14 5.6 € € 13........................................................ 52.98 6.5 47.34 4.5 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.43 11.4 25.43 11.4 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 34.14 4.9 34.64 4.0 - - 9....................................................... $26.94 2.3 $27.88 1.4 € € 11........................................................ 35.33 2.3 35.33 2.3 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 24.02 9.0 22.98 12.7 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.32 9.8 21.67 14.8 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 27.58 5.0 27.16 6.4 $28.04 8.4 8....................................................... 25.33 1.4 22.76 .6 € € 9....................................................... 24.82 9.8 € € 23.19 5.7 Registered nurses........................................... 22.86 3.0 23.76 3.2 21.56 3.3 8....................................................... 22.60 2.6 € € € € 9....................................................... 21.15 4.2 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - 47.36 14.8 54.56 14.5 13........................................................ 58.08 10.3 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.18 7.1 - - 37.14 2.7 8....................................................... 39.16 6.0 € € 41.93 .5 9....................................................... 25.87 13.0 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.47 15.7 € € 38.95 10.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.75 1.7 € € 35.75 1.7 8....................................................... 41.69 4.9 € € 41.69 4.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.81 11.2 - - 22.64 10.2 Social workers.............................................. 19.75 12.5 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.60 11.1 24.15 13.1 - - Technical....................................................... 16.83 7.3 16.44 8.6 18.66 13.0 5....................................................... 14.85 4.1 € € € € 6....................................................... 15.73 9.0 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.58 6.6 13.16 8.2 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.86 7.3 29.63 9.3 26.77 8.5 7....................................................... 18.37 6.8 17.75 11.3 € € 8....................................................... 23.32 3.9 23.11 4.1 € € 9....................................................... 26.32 4.6 25.45 5.4 € € 10........................................................ 34.39 6.9 34.39 6.9 € € 11........................................................ 35.43 4.6 35.04 4.8 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.18 7.9 36.21 9.6 31.38 14.1 9....................................................... 25.70 7.5 24.12 7.4 € € 11........................................................ 36.21 4.2 35.85 4.5 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.34 7.6 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.20 10.3 31.79 11.4 € € Management related............................................ 20.87 8.7 19.71 13.1 23.12 2.4 7....................................................... 17.73 7.4 € € € € 9....................................................... 27.04 4.1 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.42 9.2 22.46 11.0 € € Sales............................................................. $15.41 10.1 $15.49 10.6 - - 4....................................................... 11.40 6.2 11.40 6.2 € € 5....................................................... 13.54 10.7 € € € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.07 22.5 15.07 22.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 4.3 12.56 4.3 $15.97 5.8 1....................................................... 11.67 12.9 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.73 7.2 8.93 7.2 € € 3....................................................... 11.90 11.1 11.66 12.6 € € 4....................................................... 13.95 2.8 13.25 4.2 15.34 2.2 5....................................................... 14.87 2.7 14.63 3.6 15.22 2.9 7....................................................... 20.54 17.0 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 15.57 2.3 14.29 1.2 17.07 3.2 4....................................................... 15.29 3.1 13.34 3.4 € € Typists..................................................... 13.61 2.6 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.54 4.0 12.88 5.3 14.74 2.1 4....................................................... 13.12 6.2 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.77 21.9 17.45 26.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.59 3.7 12.07 5.3 13.50 1.2 4....................................................... 13.03 4.3 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 12.66 1.8 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.30 10.9 11.39 12.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 18.27 3.2 18.58 3.6 16.21 2.2 2....................................................... 11.53 4.1 11.16 3.7 € € 3....................................................... 17.54 6.8 17.85 7.4 € € 4....................................................... 18.27 6.4 18.38 6.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.42 2.4 16.70 3.0 15.79 1.0 6....................................................... 17.67 3.5 17.72 4.3 € € 7....................................................... 22.16 3.3 22.74 3.7 18.72 4.4 8....................................................... 24.69 7.9 24.69 7.9 € € 9....................................................... 28.47 5.3 28.47 5.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.04 4.7 22.79 4.8 17.34 3.3 4....................................................... 15.39 19.0 15.39 19.0 € € 5....................................................... 16.75 5.3 16.85 6.6 € € 6....................................................... 18.59 4.4 19.16 6.2 € € 7....................................................... 22.60 3.2 23.37 3.7 18.72 4.4 8....................................................... 24.75 8.2 24.75 8.2 € € 9....................................................... 28.47 5.3 28.47 5.3 € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 13.3 20.06 13.3 € € 7....................................................... 22.87 15.7 22.87 15.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.42 4.0 19.78 4.0 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 27.27 6.2 27.27 6.2 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $16.87 4.3 $16.85 4.3 - - 2....................................................... 11.47 4.7 11.47 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 18.31 10.3 18.31 10.3 € € 4....................................................... 20.63 6.6 20.66 6.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.45 5.4 16.45 5.4 € € 6....................................................... 15.64 5.9 15.64 5.9 € € Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.43 6.9 13.43 6.9 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.71 2.5 11.71 2.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.92 5.9 14.47 5.9 € € 5....................................................... 16.07 8.6 16.07 8.6 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.65 19.3 16.65 19.3 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.92 8.6 17.92 8.6 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.04 12.2 14.04 12.2 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.06 5.9 16.29 8.5 $15.58 1.9 4....................................................... 15.00 14.6 15.00 14.6 € € 5....................................................... 16.30 2.2 17.01 4.7 15.74 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.95 6.4 16.77 8.5 € € 5....................................................... 15.47 2.9 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.44 8.3 17.44 8.3 € € 5....................................................... 16.48 4.7 16.48 4.7 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 15.98 7.4 15.42 11.0 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.79 4.1 13.51 4.6 14.81 9.6 2....................................................... 13.57 10.7 € € € € 3....................................................... 15.32 12.6 15.97 16.4 € € 4....................................................... 12.94 6.5 € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.38 9.9 16.38 9.9 € € Service............................................................. 14.04 5.1 9.62 5.1 19.62 2.1 2....................................................... 12.40 2.5 9.14 6.8 16.37 3.6 3....................................................... 9.96 6.7 9.77 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.86 4.2 11.14 3.4 14.52 7.6 5....................................................... 14.75 11.6 € € 16.42 10.2 6....................................................... 17.88 14.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 23.55 3.9 € € 23.55 3.9 Protective service............................................ 22.99 2.0 - - 22.95 2.0 7....................................................... 23.55 3.9 € € 23.55 3.9 Food service.................................................. 9.22 3.3 9.17 3.6 - - Other food service........................................... 8.76 2.2 8.69 2.3 € € Health service................................................ 11.10 5.9 9.65 5.0 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.06 6.2 9.48 5.1 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.04 7.2 9.68 9.0 13.18 6.4 2....................................................... 10.17 9.8 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.16 8.3 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... $11.77 6.1 $10.56 7.5 $13.18 6.4 2....................................................... 11.07 5.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $12.80 5.4 $9.91 18.8 - - 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 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $10.45 6.0 $10.04 6.8 $14.07 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.69 6.1 10.25 6.9 14.07 9.2 White collar........................................................ 13.03 10.8 12.59 11.9 16.06 10.0 2....................................................... 9.32 2.1 9.14 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.02 9.8 10.53 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 13.80 9.3 13.80 9.3 € € 5....................................................... 13.25 6.1 13.99 4.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.52 6.9 18.79 7.8 € € 8....................................................... 22.79 1.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.67 28.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.38 13.1 14.05 15.3 16.06 10.0 2....................................................... 9.32 2.1 9.14 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.92 13.4 10.87 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 15.97 5.6 15.97 5.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.52 5.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.52 6.9 18.79 7.8 € € 8....................................................... 22.79 1.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.72 7.2 21.35 8.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.28 6.3 21.30 6.1 16.92 10.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.50 4.5 22.59 2.4 17.48 14.3 7....................................................... 19.45 5.0 20.01 4.9 € € Health related................................................ 22.56 2.7 22.64 2.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.71 2.2 22.80 2.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - € € - - Technical....................................................... 14.65 2.6 14.36 1.4 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.33 9.3 8.33 9.3 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.92 17.5 7.92 17.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.92 10.2 10.55 8.8 14.10 24.5 2....................................................... 9.32 2.1 9.14 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 12.92 13.4 10.87 5.3 € € General office clerks....................................... 9.24 11.9 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.14 20.1 12.14 20.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... $9.72 11.8 $9.32 13.5 $12.53 0.7 1....................................................... 7.21 4.3 7.19 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 8.97 8.9 8.97 8.9 € € 4....................................................... 12.10 14.8 11.57 18.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.38 14.6 10.68 19.1 - - 4....................................................... 12.10 14.8 11.57 18.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 11.21 7.6 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.95 8.3 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.17 9.9 8.24 11.2 - - 1....................................................... 7.51 6.4 € € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.94 17.9 10.94 17.9 € € Service............................................................. 7.72 2.9 7.50 3.2 10.81 9.2 1....................................................... 6.90 3.6 6.73 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 7.51 24.2 6.69 23.9 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.79 8.9 5.79 8.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.21 5.7 6.21 5.7 € € Other food service........................................... 7.09 5.9 7.09 5.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.59 3.2 6.59 3.2 € € Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.75 10.1 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 8.02 12.6 7.74 12.8 - - 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 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.76 $10.45 $20.87 $16.63 $18.60 $17.98 All excluding sales............................................. 19.95 10.69 21.19 16.76 18.86 17.40 White collar........................................................ 22.16 13.03 24.72 19.18 21.19 18.98 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.74 14.38 25.85 19.70 21.95 € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.15 20.28 31.52 25.61 28.47 € Professional specialty.......................................... 31.93 21.50 33.81 28.35 31.13 € Technical....................................................... 16.83 14.65 17.75 16.01 16.66 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.86 - 25.69 29.38 28.57 € Sales............................................................. 15.41 8.33 10.34 14.80 12.43 18.98 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.48 10.92 16.32 11.81 13.13 € Blue collar......................................................... 18.27 9.72 19.14 15.29 17.69 17.72 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.04 - 22.89 20.47 22.01 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.87 - 20.31 11.96 16.69 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.06 11.38 15.03 15.71 14.64 18.43 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.79 8.17 13.19 10.04 12.57 - Service............................................................. 14.04 7.72 16.11 8.66 12.18 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 6.0 3.3 5.2 2.7 6.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 6.1 2.9 5.1 2.6 7.6 White collar........................................................ 5.1 10.8 4.9 6.4 4.2 15.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 13.1 3.6 6.3 4.0 € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 6.3 4.6 9.1 4.1 € Professional specialty.......................................... 3.3 4.5 3.6 7.9 3.2 € Technical....................................................... 7.3 2.6 6.0 10.2 6.7 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 - 6.0 8.3 7.0 € Sales............................................................. 10.1 9.3 13.9 13.7 10.1 15.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 10.2 5.6 2.9 4.3 € Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 11.8 4.5 5.3 3.5 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 - 5.7 4.5 4.7 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.3 - 2.4 5.8 4.0 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 14.6 5.8 9.3 5.1 .2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.1 9.9 7.3 7.8 6.6 - Service............................................................. 5.1 2.9 6.5 4.0 3.6 - 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 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.20 $20.02 - - $19.57 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.45 19.94 - - 19.47 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 19.14 23.77 € - 23.77 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.96 23.85 € - 23.85 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.70 27.09 € - 27.09 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 28.75 30.83 € - 30.83 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.31 17.08 € - 17.08 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.38 32.89 € - 32.89 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.57 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.23 14.22 € - 14.22 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.95 18.63 - - 17.89 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.78 24.15 - - 22.68 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.59 16.85 - - 16.85 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.23 16.17 - - 16.18 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 13.63 € - 13.63 - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.74 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 3.3 - - 2.8 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 3.4 - - 2.8 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 6.2 2.0 € - 2.0 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.1 3.1 € - 3.1 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.4 10.8 € - 10.8 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.2 7.0 € - 7.0 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 7.9 15.1 € - 15.1 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 7.8 € - 7.8 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.5 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 15.8 € - 15.8 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 4.1 - - 1.7 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 5.3 - - 2.2 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.1 4.3 - - 4.3 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 11.4 - - 11.6 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.4 4.1 € - 4.1 - - - - - Service............................................................. 2.8 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.20 $15.48 $17.97 $16.85 $19.20 All excluding sales............................................. 17.45 15.35 18.39 17.69 19.07 White collar........................................................ 19.14 16.54 19.95 20.29 19.56 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.96 16.34 21.03 22.89 19.32 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.70 15.43 27.70 29.19 25.88 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.75 18.64 29.87 31.16 28.19 Technical....................................................... 16.31 12.69 18.34 19.19 17.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.38 33.20 27.76 32.43 24.18 Sales............................................................. 13.57 17.62 11.86 10.30 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.23 10.70 12.77 12.40 13.04 Blue collar......................................................... 17.95 17.92 17.97 14.04 21.66 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.78 22.53 23.09 20.74 24.49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.59 12.62 17.77 12.57 22.57 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.23 16.45 14.82 13.92 16.16 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 13.06 11.20 9.02 14.16 Service............................................................. 8.74 7.16 9.73 9.65 9.83 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 8.7 5.8 11.0 6.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 8.9 5.7 10.9 6.0 White collar........................................................ 6.2 13.6 9.3 13.3 10.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.1 14.3 9.1 11.2 10.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.4 8.0 6.4 9.6 6.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.2 8.8 5.5 9.1 6.7 Technical....................................................... 7.9 6.6 7.5 13.9 3.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.9 9.7 11.2 9.8 15.0 Sales............................................................. 11.5 14.5 12.8 5.2 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 6.4 5.0 3.9 8.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 9.3 1.9 6.3 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 9.2 3.1 4.9 4.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.1 3.4 4.0 7.4 3.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 14.3 8.4 15.6 9.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.4 8.3 14.2 11.5 14.6 Service............................................................. 2.8 7.8 2.1 2.7 4.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.06 $15.85 $23.94 $30.55 All excluding sales........................... 8.60 11.21 16.05 24.17 31.25 White collar.................................... 9.28 11.82 17.42 26.69 38.54 White collar excluding sales................ 9.85 12.25 18.28 27.47 39.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 18.66 25.61 35.09 45.75 Professional specialty...................... 17.58 21.65 28.04 37.50 48.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 27.28 33.54 38.93 45.68 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.32 18.32 24.40 27.49 34.10 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.32 18.32 23.43 27.12 34.10 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.11 21.23 23.53 27.47 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.74 20.22 22.71 25.16 27.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.47 35.56 43.04 58.64 89.30 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.47 25.47 38.29 42.41 44.74 Teachers, except college and university... 14.00 22.28 29.74 42.59 52.77 Elementary school teachers.............. 11.79 17.38 32.01 46.77 56.88 Secondary school teachers............... 21.54 26.92 33.86 43.15 52.36 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.75 14.17 19.24 21.65 28.09 Social workers.......................... 13.75 13.75 19.23 21.65 28.09 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.25 16.42 29.66 31.55 33.89 Technical................................... 11.50 13.14 15.17 18.91 24.62 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.33 12.00 13.74 15.17 16.06 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.98 14.29 16.94 17.82 18.91 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.46 19.29 25.91 34.83 44.53 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.00 24.75 33.56 42.64 49.46 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.29 30.85 36.46 38.18 42.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.00 24.16 30.05 42.64 43.78 Management related........................ 12.25 15.58 18.91 25.88 30.35 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.35 18.69 18.77 24.27 28.78 Sales......................................... 6.77 9.00 11.60 15.60 23.94 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.75 10.65 12.15 18.00 28.27 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.00 7.17 10.88 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.57 10.05 12.02 15.24 18.91 Secretaries............................. 11.34 13.44 15.73 17.95 18.50 Typists................................. 10.16 12.20 14.10 14.91 16.06 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 11.00 13.75 15.74 16.38 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.60 7.60 8.00 12.16 15.38 General office clerks................... 9.91 11.06 11.90 13.58 14.48 Data entry keyers....................... 10.47 11.20 13.03 13.67 13.98 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $7.50 $8.65 $10.90 $14.42 $16.63 Blue collar..................................... 9.90 12.60 16.71 23.32 27.81 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.00 17.34 21.33 28.10 29.60 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.73 17.04 18.79 21.45 28.37 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.21 16.60 18.40 19.15 21.72 Supervisors, production................. 19.00 22.61 27.81 30.29 33.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.65 11.38 15.30 24.17 24.81 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.90 9.90 12.29 13.52 20.45 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.55 8.99 11.07 14.78 16.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.20 10.77 15.29 19.70 21.85 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.96 13.75 24.60 24.60 Assemblers.............................. 8.59 10.79 15.85 24.17 24.49 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.28 10.05 13.56 15.35 21.65 Transportation and material moving............ 9.61 12.48 15.43 17.17 19.96 Truck drivers........................... 11.04 13.47 16.01 19.09 19.96 Bus drivers............................. 8.70 9.70 10.50 12.25 14.88 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.00 15.27 17.05 19.54 24.17 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.10 14.10 16.03 17.04 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 10.53 12.60 14.43 16.95 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.26 11.50 14.43 16.49 24.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.15 11.82 12.60 13.33 19.15 Service......................................... 6.25 8.15 10.00 14.76 22.93 Protective service........................ 19.41 20.95 22.81 23.85 27.19 Food service.............................. 3.30 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 5.25 9.00 13.60 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.25 8.50 9.00 10.75 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.50 8.50 10.75 12.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 6.25 7.20 9.10 Health service............................ 7.80 8.43 9.70 11.10 14.38 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.80 8.30 9.44 10.69 14.27 Cleaning and building service............. 6.25 8.26 10.69 12.79 14.80 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 9.27 11.06 13.40 16.32 Personal service.......................... 6.35 7.93 10.00 13.13 19.53 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.15 $10.15 $14.00 $23.18 $29.30 All excluding sales........................... 8.25 10.30 14.23 23.48 29.60 White collar.................................... 8.90 11.00 14.44 24.62 34.95 White collar excluding sales................ 9.13 11.39 15.75 25.47 36.06 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.21 17.10 24.04 33.15 39.76 Professional specialty...................... 16.42 20.64 26.93 35.12 40.98 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 28.39 34.34 39.09 45.68 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.32 18.32 18.32 29.20 34.10 Computer systems analysts and scientists 11.75 18.32 18.32 26.38 34.10 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.00 21.23 23.53 27.47 37.50 Registered nurses....................... 17.89 21.08 23.48 26.10 27.47 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.47 34.67 41.20 57.32 83.85 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.25 16.42 17.14 33.89 33.89 Technical................................... 11.33 12.16 14.29 18.79 24.62 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.25 11.50 13.39 15.02 15.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.66 18.69 25.94 34.95 49.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.00 25.63 33.56 42.64 49.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.00 24.16 29.12 42.64 43.79 Management related........................ 12.02 13.33 18.69 24.23 30.35 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.35 18.69 18.69 24.23 29.63 Sales......................................... 6.75 9.00 11.60 15.00 23.94 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.75 10.65 12.15 18.00 28.27 Cashiers................................ 5.70 6.00 6.50 9.14 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.65 11.29 14.00 17.46 Secretaries............................. 10.05 11.88 14.19 17.10 17.95 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.67 11.00 12.50 15.94 16.38 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.60 7.60 8.00 12.16 15.38 General office clerks................... 10.20 11.06 11.54 12.02 13.90 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.50 8.66 10.90 14.70 16.63 Blue collar..................................... 9.70 12.29 16.97 24.30 28.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.24 17.73 23.32 28.50 29.60 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.73 17.04 18.79 21.45 28.37 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.97 18.40 19.15 19.74 25.30 Supervisors, production................. $19.00 $22.61 $27.81 $30.29 $33.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.63 11.30 15.29 24.17 24.81 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.90 9.90 12.29 13.52 20.45 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.55 8.99 11.07 14.78 16.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.20 10.46 13.36 17.10 21.85 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.96 13.75 24.60 24.60 Assemblers.............................. 8.59 10.79 15.85 24.17 24.49 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.28 10.05 13.56 15.35 21.65 Transportation and material moving............ 8.70 10.50 15.27 19.21 21.13 Truck drivers........................... 7.85 12.48 17.60 19.39 24.79 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.00 15.27 17.05 19.54 24.17 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.10 14.10 14.23 16.00 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 10.25 12.48 13.01 16.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.26 11.50 14.43 16.49 24.17 Service......................................... 6.00 6.89 8.71 10.06 11.84 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 5.25 9.00 13.60 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.25 8.50 9.00 10.75 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.50 8.50 10.75 12.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 6.25 6.89 9.09 Health service............................ 7.80 8.18 9.25 10.06 11.27 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.80 8.15 9.25 10.06 11.07 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.75 9.32 11.06 12.16 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.80 10.62 11.30 12.50 Personal service.......................... 6.35 7.21 8.81 11.01 12.72 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.98 $15.21 $19.29 $26.10 $39.22 All excluding sales........................... 13.02 15.26 19.31 26.16 39.28 White collar.................................... 13.45 16.31 21.56 31.81 45.99 White collar excluding sales................ 13.45 16.38 21.61 32.07 46.06 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.66 21.65 28.60 42.10 53.17 Professional specialty...................... 19.24 22.77 29.74 42.66 54.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.19 21.35 23.30 32.07 46.10 Registered nurses....................... 17.57 19.03 22.18 23.33 25.82 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.11 39.04 45.54 69.14 94.84 Teachers, except college and university... 20.40 26.05 33.97 46.03 55.61 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.14 28.27 38.75 50.40 57.90 Secondary school teachers............... 21.54 26.92 33.86 43.15 52.36 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 19.23 19.24 21.65 27.02 28.09 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.00 15.08 16.66 18.91 25.75 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.42 20.41 25.00 30.37 38.18 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.61 23.62 33.51 38.18 42.86 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.90 37.75 38.18 38.90 42.86 Management related........................ 17.87 18.91 20.88 27.33 30.33 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.54 13.45 14.98 17.90 19.96 Secretaries............................. 14.56 15.20 17.11 18.04 19.14 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.45 13.45 14.63 15.74 16.18 General office clerks................... 9.72 11.64 13.58 14.14 14.57 Blue collar..................................... 12.85 14.80 16.01 17.43 19.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.67 15.70 17.55 18.85 19.77 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.29 14.80 16.01 16.57 17.04 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $8.15 $12.47 $14.62 $14.99 $19.15 Service......................................... 11.18 14.38 20.95 23.48 24.60 Protective service........................ 19.80 20.95 22.84 23.79 27.19 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 9.17 10.72 13.19 14.17 17.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.17 10.69 13.22 14.30 17.02 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.75 $12.15 $17.02 $24.60 $32.71 All excluding sales........................... 9.84 12.25 17.10 24.70 33.15 White collar.................................... 10.10 12.32 18.32 28.00 39.91 White collar excluding sales................ 10.22 12.74 18.77 28.90 40.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 18.91 26.54 35.97 46.88 Professional specialty...................... 18.19 22.18 29.14 38.65 49.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.00 27.28 33.54 38.93 45.68 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.32 18.32 24.40 27.49 34.10 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.32 18.32 23.43 27.12 34.10 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.19 21.58 24.44 30.39 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.57 20.05 23.13 25.69 27.47 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.54 23.16 29.99 42.66 53.27 Elementary school teachers.............. 11.79 17.38 32.01 46.77 56.88 Secondary school teachers............... 21.54 26.92 33.86 43.15 52.36 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.75 13.75 19.24 21.65 28.09 Social workers.......................... 13.75 13.75 19.23 21.65 28.09 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 16.25 16.42 30.58 31.55 33.89 Technical................................... 11.50 12.65 15.17 18.91 24.62 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.33 11.67 13.73 15.17 16.22 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.94 19.76 25.94 34.95 44.53 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.00 24.75 33.56 42.64 49.46 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.62 31.00 36.46 38.19 42.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.00 24.16 30.05 42.64 43.78 Management related........................ 12.25 15.58 19.29 25.91 30.35 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.42 18.69 19.29 25.64 28.78 Sales......................................... 9.10 10.65 12.36 17.87 25.51 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.75 10.65 12.15 18.00 28.27 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.76 10.43 12.51 15.49 18.95 Secretaries............................. 11.50 13.44 15.83 17.95 18.50 Typists................................. 10.16 12.31 14.04 14.91 16.06 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 11.00 13.75 15.74 16.38 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.03 10.24 18.95 24.62 24.62 General office clerks................... 10.50 11.06 12.02 13.58 14.48 Data entry keyers....................... 10.82 11.22 13.05 13.67 13.99 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.37 8.77 10.50 12.93 15.25 Blue collar..................................... 10.79 13.04 17.05 24.17 28.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $15.00 $17.34 $21.33 $28.10 $29.60 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.73 17.04 18.79 21.45 28.37 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.21 16.60 18.40 19.15 21.72 Supervisors, production................. 19.00 22.61 27.81 30.29 33.51 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.90 11.63 15.74 24.17 24.81 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.90 9.90 12.29 13.64 20.45 Packaging and filling machine operators. 7.55 8.99 11.07 14.78 16.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.20 10.77 15.29 19.70 21.85 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.96 13.75 24.60 24.60 Assemblers.............................. 10.00 11.20 16.55 24.17 24.49 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.28 10.05 13.56 15.35 21.65 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 14.10 16.01 17.60 20.87 Truck drivers........................... 11.04 13.30 15.48 18.20 20.78 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 13.50 15.27 17.05 19.54 24.17 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.10 14.10 16.03 17.04 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.53 12.25 13.01 14.99 16.95 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 11.08 12.25 16.49 22.68 24.17 Service......................................... 6.85 9.09 11.78 19.99 23.48 Protective service........................ 19.99 21.01 23.37 24.09 27.19 Food service.............................. 6.25 7.20 8.50 10.75 13.60 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.25 7.00 8.50 9.36 11.00 Health service............................ 6.70 9.41 10.06 12.21 15.42 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.65 9.25 10.06 12.36 15.58 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 8.91 11.06 13.22 15.12 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.72 10.00 11.07 13.40 17.02 Personal service.......................... 6.35 8.75 11.85 15.33 21.18 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.30 $8.90 $11.85 $18.68 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.50 8.95 12.25 19.24 White collar.................................... 6.50 8.20 10.54 16.63 22.71 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 8.90 13.39 19.19 23.48 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.98 15.47 20.74 23.53 26.96 Professional specialty...................... 15.17 18.68 21.97 24.34 26.99 Health related............................ 18.00 20.27 22.71 24.66 26.99 Registered nurses....................... 17.89 20.92 22.71 24.66 26.99 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.72 13.98 14.15 15.47 16.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.80 6.25 7.80 9.30 11.59 Cashiers................................ 5.70 6.00 6.25 8.50 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.25 9.50 13.05 16.63 General office clerks................... 5.15 6.25 9.00 10.54 17.06 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.25 7.50 14.31 16.63 16.63 Blue collar..................................... 6.25 7.00 8.70 11.49 15.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.00 8.70 10.10 13.53 17.58 Bus drivers............................. 8.70 8.70 9.95 12.25 15.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.49 7.50 8.60 10.79 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.20 7.50 9.80 11.86 18.03 Service......................................... 3.30 6.00 8.15 9.15 10.06 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 3.30 6.00 7.20 8.90 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 6.15 7.07 9.40 11.30 Personal service.......................... 3.30 7.15 8.14 9.33 11.55 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 272,200 203,300 68,900 All excluding sales............................................. 258,100 189,500 68,600 White collar........................................................ 142,600 98,300 44,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 128,400 84,500 44,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 60,500 34,200 26,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,500 26,200 24,400 Technical....................................................... 9,900 8,000 1,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,500 10,900 4,600 Sales............................................................. 14,100 13,800 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 52,500 39,300 13,200 Blue collar......................................................... 78,100 67,800 10,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24,700 21,300 3,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,600 26,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16,800 11,800 5,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10,000 8,200 1,700 Service............................................................. 51,500 37,200 14,300 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.