NC BL 03/00/2003 Table: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, Bulletin 3115-45, 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................. $15.44 2.8 36.1 $14.30 4.0 35.4 $18.89 1.4 38.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.83 4.1 36.5 16.07 5.6 36.0 22.41 1.6 37.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.20 2.6 36.2 21.86 3.9 35.5 26.81 2.7 37.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 7.2 40.6 26.13 9.7 41.1 25.10 4.9 39.7 Sales............................................................. 11.50 7.1 31.8 11.46 7.5 31.5 - - - Administrative support............................................ 12.11 4.5 38.0 12.12 5.6 37.9 12.10 3.0 38.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.97 3.2 37.7 14.05 3.7 37.8 13.46 2.1 37.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 2.3 40.0 17.58 2.4 40.0 15.88 4.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.82 7.2 39.6 15.02 7.4 39.6 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.06 5.3 38.0 12.13 7.0 39.3 11.82 5.3 34.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.25 4.2 33.2 8.96 4.5 32.7 11.56 5.0 38.1 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.50 2.8 32.1 8.21 1.4 28.7 14.34 2.6 40.1 Full time........................................................... 16.34 2.6 39.6 15.26 3.8 39.8 19.24 1.0 39.1 Part time........................................................... 8.39 4.2 21.4 8.33 4.6 21.2 9.09 2.5 24.2 Union............................................................... 16.51 4.1 39.6 16.52 4.1 39.6 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 15.29 3.1 35.7 13.89 4.6 34.8 18.90 1.4 38.3 Time................................................................ 15.46 3.0 36.1 14.29 4.2 35.4 18.89 1.4 38.2 Incentive........................................................... 14.48 16.2 37.2 14.48 16.2 37.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.79 7.2 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.11 5.9 32.8 11.02 6.0 32.7 17.30 8.1 37.1 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.02 5.8 35.3 13.89 6.1 35.2 16.10 12.0 37.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.97 2.8 38.1 16.88 5.1 37.8 19.18 1.9 38.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $15.44 2.8 $14.30 4.0 $18.89 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.81 2.8 14.65 4.2 18.96 1.5 White collar........................................................ 17.83 4.1 16.07 5.6 22.41 1.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.09 3.7 17.39 5.8 22.60 1.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.20 2.6 21.86 3.9 26.81 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.29 2.7 24.92 4.8 27.26 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 4.9 - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.13 5.3 22.55 5.3 27.19 19.2 Physicians.................................................. 35.81 37.5 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.78 1.4 20.85 1.5 20.23 3.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.06 8.8 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.80 2.5 - - 28.81 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.32 .7 € € 28.22 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.89 .9 € € 28.65 .5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.39 4.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.52 14.1 - - 24.22 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 25.52 14.1 € € 24.22 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.67 8.1 - - 18.39 8.3 Social workers.............................................. 19.67 8.1 € € 18.39 8.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.79 3.8 21.96 4.5 - - Technical....................................................... 17.18 5.3 17.18 5.8 17.10 4.1 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.30 4.9 13.30 4.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.78 4.3 13.82 4.9 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.21 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.57 11.8 20.57 11.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 7.2 26.13 9.7 25.10 4.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.77 8.8 28.31 11.8 30.28 4.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.70 5.0 € € 31.70 5.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.53 11.6 33.53 12.0 € € Management related............................................ 20.10 4.0 20.86 3.8 18.85 7.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.87 3.4 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.11 9.2 27.98 11.9 € € Sales............................................................. 11.50 7.1 11.46 7.5 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.67 7.4 7.46 8.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.11 4.5 12.12 5.6 12.10 3.0 Secretaries................................................. 13.00 5.0 12.58 7.4 13.71 7.0 Receptionists............................................... $9.59 4.5 $9.62 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.40 2.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 13.74 9.8 13.74 9.8 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.24 3.7 € € $8.93 1.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.09 12.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.80 2.0 10.78 2.4 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.17 4.7 12.17 4.7 € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 5.3 € € 15.87 5.3 General office clerks....................................... 11.65 5.3 11.73 6.6 11.38 4.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.15 .3 € € 10.15 .3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.99 3.1 € € 11.89 9.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 3.2 14.05 3.7 13.46 2.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 2.3 17.58 2.4 15.88 4.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.03 4.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 8.8 20.06 8.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.18 7.3 € € € € Electricians................................................ 18.96 9.9 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.72 7.9 16.74 8.0 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 11.57 6.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.82 7.2 15.02 7.4 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 19.11 1.5 19.11 1.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.90 13.0 11.98 14.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.24 10.0 14.24 10.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.68 11.4 17.68 11.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.19 39.8 13.19 39.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.06 5.3 12.13 7.0 11.82 5.3 Truck drivers............................................... 11.64 10.2 11.41 12.0 € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.39 7.1 € € 11.18 .6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.25 10.8 14.25 10.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.74 7.7 12.92 8.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.25 4.2 8.96 4.5 11.56 5.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.89 4.2 7.89 4.2 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 8.59 25.0 8.59 25.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.84 4.7 9.84 4.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.37 2.8 € € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.36 4.3 10.36 4.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.76 4.4 8.76 5.5 € € Service............................................................. 10.50 2.8 8.21 1.4 14.34 2.6 Protective service............................................ 15.04 6.0 - - 16.75 .6 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.73 15.6 € € 22.73 15.6 Firefighting................................................ $13.39 2.3 € € $13.39 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.47 2.2 € € 17.47 2.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.62 2.0 € € 15.62 2.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.55 2.5 € € 13.55 2.5 Food service.................................................. 7.68 2.1 $7.56 1.7 9.75 1.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.69 10.0 5.69 10.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.08 33.7 6.08 33.7 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.33 19.7 5.33 19.7 € € Other food service........................................... 9.04 3.5 8.97 3.8 9.75 1.1 Cooks....................................................... 8.43 4.2 8.40 4.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.37 10.4 8.37 10.4 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 4.5 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.13 1.8 8.97 1.5 9.68 4.7 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.93 4.2 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.01 1.5 8.89 1.3 9.51 5.6 Cleaning and building service................................. 9.35 5.1 8.96 7.0 10.11 6.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.96 4.2 8.88 7.0 9.10 1.3 Personal service.............................................. 9.02 7.3 8.03 3.3 11.07 8.1 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.80 3.5 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $16.34 2.6 $15.26 3.8 $19.24 1.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.57 2.6 15.47 4.0 19.32 1.1 White collar........................................................ 18.63 3.6 16.95 5.2 22.48 1.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.44 3.5 17.76 5.6 22.68 1.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.46 2.7 22.13 4.2 26.85 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.58 2.7 25.49 5.3 27.27 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 4.9 - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.34 6.4 22.67 6.4 27.19 19.2 Registered nurses........................................... 20.58 1.8 20.64 2.0 20.23 3.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.27 11.1 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.80 2.5 28.64 16.5 28.81 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.32 .7 € € 28.22 .7 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.89 .9 € € 28.65 .5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.39 4.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.52 14.1 - - 24.22 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 25.52 14.1 € € 24.22 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.71 8.1 - - 18.39 8.3 Social workers.............................................. 19.71 8.1 € € 18.39 8.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.35 4.1 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.35 5.1 17.35 5.6 17.37 4.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.65 4.2 13.65 4.2 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.41 2.0 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.57 11.8 20.57 11.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 7.2 26.13 9.7 25.11 4.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.78 8.8 28.31 11.8 30.29 4.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.70 5.0 € € 31.70 5.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.53 11.6 33.53 12.0 € € Management related............................................ 20.10 4.0 20.86 3.8 18.85 7.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.87 3.4 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.11 9.2 27.98 11.9 € € Sales............................................................. 13.06 7.8 13.08 8.1 - - Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 2.3 € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.38 4.1 12.44 5.1 12.16 3.2 Secretaries................................................. 13.42 4.6 13.23 6.5 13.71 7.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.42 6.2 10.55 6.4 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.40 2.9 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... $12.09 12.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.80 2.0 $10.78 2.4 € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.27 4.6 12.27 4.6 € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 5.3 € € $15.87 5.3 General office clerks....................................... 11.79 4.9 11.91 6.0 11.38 4.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.15 .3 € € 10.15 .3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.00 3.1 € € 11.89 9.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.40 3.1 14.49 3.5 13.82 2.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 2.3 17.58 2.4 15.88 4.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.03 4.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 8.8 20.06 8.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.18 7.3 € € € € Electricians................................................ 18.96 9.9 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.72 7.9 16.74 8.0 € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 11.57 6.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.77 7.0 14.96 7.1 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 18.93 1.2 18.93 1.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.90 13.0 11.98 14.1 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.24 10.0 14.24 10.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.68 11.4 17.68 11.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.19 39.8 13.19 39.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.25 6.0 12.24 7.4 12.28 5.9 Truck drivers............................................... 11.86 11.4 11.55 12.9 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.25 10.8 14.25 10.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.74 7.7 12.92 8.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.80 3.9 9.48 4.4 11.89 5.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.67 5.7 9.67 5.7 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 8.59 25.0 8.59 25.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.85 4.8 9.85 4.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.93 4.7 8.99 6.3 € € Service............................................................. 11.89 3.2 9.19 2.6 14.75 3.7 Protective service............................................ 15.40 6.1 - - 16.78 .7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.73 15.6 € € 22.73 15.6 Firefighting................................................ 13.39 2.3 € € 13.39 2.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.47 2.2 € € 17.47 2.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.62 2.0 € € 15.62 2.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.55 2.5 € € 13.55 2.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.40 7.0 € € € € Food service.................................................. 9.65 5.0 9.49 4.5 - - Other food service........................................... 10.50 5.1 10.35 5.3 € € Health service................................................ $9.49 2.5 $9.18 2.4 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 2.3 9.07 2.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.72 7.3 9.43 12.0 $10.12 6.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.34 5.7 9.57 11.6 9.11 1.3 Personal service.............................................. 9.32 6.7 8.31 2.3 11.23 6.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $8.39 4.2 $8.33 4.6 $9.09 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 8.54 4.2 8.47 4.7 9.09 2.5 White collar........................................................ 9.87 5.8 9.87 6.0 9.89 11.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.30 11.6 12.41 12.3 9.89 11.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.60 5.5 18.76 5.6 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 20.09 5.4 20.10 5.5 - - Health related................................................ 22.02 2.0 22.02 2.0 € € Registered nurses........................................... 21.54 1.6 21.54 1.6 € € 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....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.90 8.1 7.90 8.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.44 9.7 7.44 9.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.57 5.6 8.58 6.0 - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.20 8.0 7.80 8.7 9.96 4.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 9.91 5.1 - - 10.37 4.1 Bus drivers................................................. 10.95 2.2 € € 10.75 2.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.37 6.6 7.34 6.8 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.47 4.1 6.47 4.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.24 8.2 € € € € Service............................................................. 6.86 3.4 6.78 3.7 7.85 2.5 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.22 2.5 6.11 2.0 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.40 5.4 5.40 5.4 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.16 22.1 5.16 22.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.20 1.9 7.09 1.4 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.84 1.7 6.84 1.7 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.08 6.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.39 2.9 8.54 2.9 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $8.38 3.1 $8.55 2.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $647 2.6 39.6 $607 3.9 39.8 $752 0.8 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 656 2.6 39.6 616 4.0 39.8 754 .9 39.0 White collar........................................................ 731 3.6 39.2 675 5.3 39.8 853 1.4 37.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 762 3.5 39.2 709 5.7 39.9 859 1.5 37.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 939 2.4 38.4 879 4.2 39.7 996 2.3 37.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,011 2.4 38.0 1,016 5.2 39.9 1,008 2.2 37.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,297 4.9 40.0 - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 941 6.1 40.3 920 6.1 40.6 1,056 19.6 38.8 Registered nurses........................................... 811 2.0 39.4 816 2.0 39.5 784 6.3 38.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,291 11.1 40.0 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,038 1.9 36.0 1,078 12.2 37.6 1,035 1.9 35.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,017 .3 35.9 € € € 1,013 .1 35.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,032 1.2 35.7 € € € 1,025 1.1 35.8 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,183 3.7 36.5 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 976 13.9 38.2 - - - 937 16.6 38.7 Librarians.................................................. 976 13.9 38.2 € € € 937 16.6 38.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 777 7.4 39.4 - - - 735 8.3 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 777 7.4 39.4 € € € 735 8.3 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 895 4.1 40.0 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 686 5.4 39.5 685 5.9 39.5 695 4.4 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 533 4.7 39.0 533 4.7 39.0 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 520 3.0 38.7 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 823 11.8 40.0 823 11.8 40.0 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,052 7.3 40.7 1,073 9.7 41.1 1,001 4.7 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,182 8.8 41.1 1,175 11.7 41.5 1,204 3.8 39.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,268 5.0 40.0 € € € 1,268 5.0 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,370 11.1 40.9 1,371 11.5 40.9 € € € Management related............................................ 804 4.0 40.0 835 3.9 40.0 754 7.3 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 797 3.3 40.1 € € € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,119 9.6 39.8 1,112 12.4 39.8 € € € Sales............................................................. 516 8.8 39.5 517 9.2 39.5 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 327 4.3 39.1 € € € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $489 4.0 39.5 $494 4.8 39.7 $473 3.3 38.9 Secretaries................................................. 529 4.6 39.4 520 6.9 39.3 542 6.3 39.5 Receptionists............................................... 417 6.2 40.0 422 6.4 40.0 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 416 2.9 40.0 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 471 11.8 38.9 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 430 2.0 39.8 429 2.4 39.8 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 491 4.6 40.0 491 4.6 40.0 € € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 635 5.3 40.0 € € € 635 5.3 40.0 General office clerks....................................... 468 4.8 39.7 473 5.9 39.7 453 4.6 39.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 361 .8 35.6 € € € 361 .8 35.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 480 3.1 40.0 € € € 476 9.1 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... 575 3.2 40.0 579 3.6 40.0 551 2.1 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 693 2.3 40.0 703 2.4 40.0 635 4.6 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 721 4.0 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 802 8.8 40.0 802 8.8 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 607 7.3 40.0 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 758 9.9 40.0 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 669 7.9 40.0 669 8.0 40.0 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 463 6.6 40.0 € € € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 591 7.0 40.0 599 7.1 40.0 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 757 1.2 40.0 757 1.2 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 476 13.0 40.0 479 14.1 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 570 10.0 40.0 570 10.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 707 11.4 40.0 707 11.4 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 528 39.8 40.0 528 39.8 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 492 6.4 40.2 494 8.0 40.3 485 6.1 39.5 Truck drivers............................................... 481 12.8 40.6 470 14.8 40.7 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 570 10.8 40.0 570 10.8 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 510 7.7 40.0 517 8.8 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 388 4.1 39.6 375 4.5 39.5 475 5.0 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 387 5.7 40.0 387 5.7 40.0 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 335 26.7 39.0 335 26.7 39.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 388 4.6 39.4 388 4.6 39.4 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 357 4.7 40.0 360 6.3 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 477 3.7 40.1 356 2.0 38.7 615 4.6 41.7 Protective service............................................ $659 6.8 42.8 - - - $728 0.8 43.4 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 931 16.6 41.0 € € € 931 16.6 41.0 Firefighting................................................ 704 1.9 52.5 € € € 704 1.9 52.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 718 1.8 41.1 € € € 718 1.8 41.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 625 2.0 40.0 € € € 625 2.0 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 542 2.5 40.0 € € € 542 2.5 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 456 7.0 40.0 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 367 7.9 38.0 $363 7.9 38.2 - - - Other food service........................................... 415 8.9 39.5 413 9.6 39.9 € € € Health service................................................ 362 3.2 38.1 345 2.9 37.6 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 354 3.0 37.9 339 2.8 37.4 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 380 7.1 39.1 370 11.5 39.2 394 7.3 38.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 362 5.8 38.8 372 11.5 38.9 352 1.3 38.6 Personal service.............................................. 364 6.8 39.1 332 2.3 40.0 420 9.7 37.4 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $32,082 2.6 1,964 $30,936 3.9 2,027 $34,854 0.8 1,811 All excluding sales............................................... 32,446 2.6 1,958 31,327 4.0 2,024 34,942 .9 1,809 White collar........................................................ 35,862 3.6 1,925 34,920 5.3 2,061 37,613 1.4 1,673 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,082 3.5 1,908 36,627 5.7 2,062 37,791 1.5 1,667 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 42,987 2.4 1,758 44,847 4.2 2,026 41,527 2.3 1,547 Professional specialty.......................................... 44,777 2.4 1,684 51,168 5.2 2,007 41,706 2.2 1,529 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 67,439 4.9 2,080 - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 48,301 6.1 2,070 47,837 6.1 2,110 50,660 19.6 1,863 Registered nurses........................................... 41,617 2.0 2,022 42,412 2.0 2,054 37,431 6.3 1,850 Teachers, college and university.............................. 54,038 11.1 1,675 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 40,714 1.9 1,414 46,309 12.2 1,617 40,363 1.9 1,401 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39,104 .3 1,381 € € € 39,030 .1 1,383 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,607 1.2 1,371 € € € 39,491 1.1 1,379 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 46,261 3.7 1,428 € € € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 44,964 13.9 1,762 - - - 44,811 16.6 1,850 Librarians.................................................. 44,964 13.9 1,762 € € € 44,811 16.6 1,850 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40,379 7.4 2,049 - - - 38,242 8.3 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 40,379 7.4 2,049 € € € 38,242 8.3 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 45,675 4.1 2,044 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 35,677 5.4 2,056 35,631 5.9 2,054 36,127 4.4 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 27,704 4.7 2,030 27,704 4.7 2,030 € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,015 3.0 2,015 € € € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 42,788 11.8 2,080 42,788 11.8 2,080 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,528 7.3 2,110 55,734 9.7 2,133 51,588 4.7 2,055 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 61,230 8.8 2,128 61,103 11.7 2,158 61,620 3.8 2,034 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 65,942 5.0 2,080 € € € 65,942 5.0 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 71,231 11.1 2,124 71,278 11.5 2,126 € € € Management related............................................ 41,742 4.0 2,077 43,289 3.9 2,075 39,199 7.3 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 41,466 3.3 2,087 € € € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 57,644 9.6 2,051 57,173 12.4 2,043 € € € Sales............................................................. 26,828 8.8 2,054 26,859 9.2 2,053 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 16,858 4.3 2,020 € € € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $24,876 4.0 2,010 $25,672 4.8 2,064 $22,265 3.3 1,831 Secretaries................................................. 26,726 4.6 1,991 27,055 6.9 2,046 26,281 6.3 1,917 Receptionists............................................... 21,679 6.2 2,080 21,947 6.4 2,080 € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 21,640 2.9 2,080 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 24,472 11.8 2,024 € € € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 22,381 2.0 2,072 22,304 2.4 2,069 € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 25,306 4.6 2,063 25,306 4.6 2,063 € € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 33,013 5.3 2,080 € € € 33,013 5.3 2,080 General office clerks....................................... 24,201 4.8 2,053 24,604 5.9 2,065 22,902 4.6 2,012 Teachers' aides............................................. 13,498 .8 1,329 € € € 13,498 .8 1,329 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 24,956 3.1 2,080 € € € 24,731 9.1 2,080 Blue collar......................................................... 29,847 3.2 2,073 30,109 3.6 2,078 28,200 2.1 2,041 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,021 2.3 2,080 36,566 2.4 2,080 33,034 4.6 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 37,501 4.0 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,718 8.8 2,080 41,718 8.8 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 31,585 7.3 2,080 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 39,440 9.9 2,080 € € € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 34,783 7.9 2,080 34,812 8.0 2,080 € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 24,069 6.6 2,080 € € € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,727 7.0 2,080 31,126 7.1 2,080 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 39,369 1.2 2,080 39,369 1.2 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,756 13.0 2,080 24,926 14.1 2,080 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 29,628 10.0 2,080 29,628 10.0 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 36,783 11.4 2,080 36,783 11.4 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 27,437 39.8 2,080 27,437 39.8 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 25,304 6.4 2,065 25,677 8.0 2,097 23,831 6.1 1,940 Truck drivers............................................... 25,002 12.8 2,109 24,420 14.8 2,114 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,642 10.8 2,080 29,642 10.8 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 26,499 7.7 2,080 26,882 8.8 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,172 4.1 2,058 19,472 4.5 2,055 24,722 5.0 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,118 5.7 2,080 20,118 5.7 2,080 € € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 17,409 26.7 2,027 17,409 26.7 2,027 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 20,109 4.6 2,042 20,109 4.6 2,042 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 18,566 4.7 2,080 18,706 6.3 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 22,123 3.7 1,861 15,500 2.0 1,686 30,854 4.6 2,092 Protective service............................................ $26,820 6.8 1,741 - - - $37,860 0.8 2,257 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 48,398 16.6 2,130 € € € 48,398 16.6 2,130 Firefighting................................................ 36,583 1.9 2,732 € € € 36,583 1.9 2,732 Police and detectives, public service....................... 37,334 1.8 2,137 € € € 37,334 1.8 2,137 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 32,484 2.0 2,080 € € € 32,484 2.0 2,080 Correctional institution officers........................... 28,183 2.5 2,080 € € € 28,183 2.5 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 23,722 7.0 2,080 € € € € € € Food service.................................................. 18,632 7.9 1,930 $18,838 7.9 1,984 - - - Other food service........................................... 20,908 8.9 1,991 21,447 9.6 2,071 € € € Health service................................................ 18,809 3.2 1,982 17,945 2.9 1,955 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,429 3.0 1,969 17,647 2.8 1,945 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 19,028 7.1 1,958 19,244 11.5 2,040 18,758 7.3 1,854 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,807 5.8 1,907 19,362 11.5 2,024 16,415 1.3 1,802 Personal service.............................................. 17,812 6.8 1,912 17,017 2.3 2,049 19,058 9.7 1,698 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $15.44 2.8 $14.30 4.0 $18.89 1.4 All excluding sales............................................... 15.81 2.8 14.65 4.2 18.96 1.5 White collar........................................................ 17.83 4.1 16.07 5.6 22.41 1.6 1....................................................... 7.94 3.7 7.89 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 8.32 4.0 8.09 4.6 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.28 2.2 10.26 2.7 10.36 2.2 4....................................................... 12.65 5.9 12.65 6.5 12.59 2.8 5....................................................... 14.10 6.1 14.47 8.0 12.81 3.7 6....................................................... 16.56 2.6 16.43 4.3 16.72 2.5 7....................................................... 18.92 4.3 18.32 5.4 20.55 6.0 8....................................................... 22.40 4.2 19.52 5.4 24.53 5.6 9....................................................... 25.93 2.5 23.90 4.2 27.65 2.0 10........................................................ 33.30 8.9 31.49 9.3 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 31.00 3.2 30.91 4.9 31.10 3.8 12........................................................ 40.21 10.7 44.20 8.3 € € 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.87 9.0 15.51 9.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.09 3.7 17.39 5.8 22.60 1.6 1....................................................... 8.09 4.6 8.04 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.16 2.3 9.00 2.7 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.62 2.3 10.66 3.0 10.52 3.3 4....................................................... 13.50 5.3 13.64 5.6 12.55 2.9 5....................................................... 13.11 2.3 13.17 2.9 12.90 4.3 6....................................................... 16.61 3.4 16.45 7.4 16.72 2.5 7....................................................... 18.79 4.0 18.05 5.3 20.55 6.0 8....................................................... 22.41 4.2 19.52 5.5 24.53 5.6 9....................................................... 25.93 2.5 23.90 4.2 27.65 2.0 10........................................................ 33.30 8.9 31.49 9.3 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 30.96 3.2 30.91 4.9 31.02 3.9 12........................................................ 40.21 10.7 44.20 8.3 € € 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.44 9.7 15.03 10.1 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.20 2.6 21.86 3.9 26.81 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.29 2.7 24.92 4.8 27.26 2.7 5....................................................... 13.92 3.3 € € 13.44 1.9 6....................................................... 18.30 4.9 € € 17.70 6.9 7....................................................... 21.05 5.3 18.68 6.7 22.42 6.2 8....................................................... 23.27 5.4 19.10 5.7 25.56 6.7 9....................................................... 26.57 3.1 23.88 6.6 28.08 1.6 10........................................................ 33.53 9.6 € € 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 29.83 2.6 € € 29.87 4.1 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.68 6.1 22.31 6.7 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 4.9 - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ $23.13 5.3 $22.55 5.3 $27.19 19.2 7....................................................... 18.44 7.5 18.70 7.7 € € 8....................................................... 19.14 4.8 19.10 5.8 € € 9....................................................... 22.20 .5 22.13 .0 € € Physicians.................................................. 35.81 37.5 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.78 1.4 20.85 1.5 20.23 3.9 7....................................................... 18.81 9.2 18.81 9.2 € € 8....................................................... 20.51 1.3 20.87 1.1 € € 9....................................................... 21.90 .7 21.79 .3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.06 8.8 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.80 2.5 - - 28.81 2.4 9....................................................... 28.82 1.6 € € 28.45 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.32 .7 € € 28.22 .7 9....................................................... 28.00 .8 € € 27.84 .6 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.89 .9 € € 28.65 .5 9....................................................... 28.69 1.2 € € 28.33 .2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.39 4.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.52 14.1 - - 24.22 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 25.52 14.1 € € 24.22 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.67 8.1 - - 18.39 8.3 5....................................................... 13.17 7.4 € € 13.17 7.4 7....................................................... 15.38 4.2 € € € € Social workers.............................................. 19.67 8.1 € € 18.39 8.3 5....................................................... 13.17 7.4 € € 13.17 7.4 7....................................................... 15.38 4.2 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.79 3.8 21.96 4.5 - - Technical....................................................... 17.18 5.3 17.18 5.8 17.10 4.1 4....................................................... 13.71 5.5 13.71 5.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.29 4.0 14.29 4.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.50 4.2 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.25 7.3 17.60 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.73 6.1 24.73 6.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.30 4.9 13.30 4.9 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.78 4.3 13.82 4.9 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.21 8.4 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.57 11.8 20.57 11.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 7.2 26.13 9.7 25.10 4.9 6....................................................... 19.93 1.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.03 13.2 16.98 13.6 € € 8....................................................... 20.62 8.3 € € 20.54 12.8 9....................................................... $22.81 4.8 $23.51 3.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.81 4.6 32.22 7.6 $31.49 5.7 12........................................................ 39.94 9.6 41.94 7.8 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.19 17.3 18.19 17.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.77 8.8 28.31 11.8 30.28 4.4 9....................................................... 26.39 9.7 26.87 9.9 € € 11........................................................ 31.92 5.2 32.66 9.6 31.49 5.7 12........................................................ 39.84 9.8 41.90 8.0 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.70 5.0 € € 31.70 5.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.53 11.6 33.53 12.0 € € Management related............................................ 20.10 4.0 20.86 3.8 18.85 7.3 8....................................................... 18.65 1.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 21.03 6.8 21.35 5.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.87 3.4 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.11 9.2 27.98 11.9 € € Sales............................................................. 11.50 7.1 11.46 7.5 - - 2....................................................... 6.66 3.5 6.66 3.5 € € 3....................................................... 9.61 5.1 9.66 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 10.80 6.9 10.77 7.1 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.67 7.4 7.46 8.9 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.11 4.5 12.12 5.6 12.10 3.0 1....................................................... 8.09 4.6 8.04 4.5 € € 2....................................................... 9.14 2.6 8.95 3.1 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.64 2.3 10.68 3.1 10.52 3.3 4....................................................... 13.47 6.1 13.63 6.6 12.55 2.9 5....................................................... 12.45 2.3 12.41 2.6 12.61 5.9 6....................................................... 14.74 6.9 13.63 5.3 15.42 8.4 7....................................................... 18.98 6.4 19.71 7.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.95 11.3 10.95 11.3 € € Secretaries................................................. 13.00 5.0 12.58 7.4 13.71 7.0 4....................................................... 14.22 6.9 13.52 9.2 € € 5....................................................... 12.94 2.1 € € € € Receptionists............................................... 9.59 4.5 9.62 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.40 2.9 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 13.74 9.8 13.74 9.8 € € Library clerks.............................................. 9.24 3.7 € € 8.93 1.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.09 12.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.80 2.0 10.78 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.46 1.8 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.17 4.7 12.17 4.7 € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 5.3 € € 15.87 5.3 General office clerks....................................... 11.65 5.3 11.73 6.6 11.38 4.5 3....................................................... 10.44 3.8 10.57 5.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.74 10.7 15.17 15.4 12.30 3.4 Teachers' aides............................................. $10.15 0.3 € € $10.15 0.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.99 3.1 € € 11.89 9.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.97 3.2 $14.05 3.7 13.46 2.1 1....................................................... 7.59 6.2 7.53 6.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.60 7.3 9.63 7.7 9.19 5.5 3....................................................... 13.02 4.6 13.44 4.9 10.10 3.7 4....................................................... 12.26 7.7 12.43 9.3 11.47 2.2 5....................................................... 14.14 3.9 14.76 3.2 13.04 9.5 6....................................................... 17.10 2.8 17.90 3.0 14.33 2.4 7....................................................... 18.04 1.8 18.16 1.9 17.36 3.6 8....................................................... 20.81 1.3 20.56 .0 € € 9....................................................... 23.41 3.2 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 2.3 17.58 2.4 15.88 4.6 3....................................................... 11.35 4.1 11.58 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.71 2.9 11.91 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 14.31 5.7 14.98 4.1 12.94 11.7 6....................................................... 16.94 6.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.71 1.7 17.77 1.8 17.40 3.6 8....................................................... 20.60 1.8 20.31 .7 € € 9....................................................... 23.41 3.2 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.03 4.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 8.8 20.06 8.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.42 10.0 19.42 10.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.18 7.3 € € € € Electricians................................................ 18.96 9.9 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.72 7.9 16.74 8.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.90 8.8 € € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 11.57 6.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.82 7.2 15.02 7.4 - - 1....................................................... 8.80 1.1 8.72 .4 € € 2....................................................... 8.78 12.5 8.78 12.5 € € 4....................................................... 16.12 16.8 16.56 17.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.51 4.8 16.51 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 17.35 8.4 17.35 8.4 € € 7....................................................... 23.81 15.0 23.81 15.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 19.11 1.5 19.11 1.5 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.90 13.0 11.98 14.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.44 7.3 € € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.24 10.0 14.24 10.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.68 11.4 17.68 11.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.19 39.8 13.19 39.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.06 5.3 12.13 7.0 11.82 5.3 2....................................................... $9.06 4.1 $8.90 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.62 5.9 10.82 7.9 $9.98 5.8 4....................................................... 11.19 7.2 € € 11.79 3.5 5....................................................... 12.49 5.0 12.43 2.9 12.54 9.0 Truck drivers............................................... 11.64 10.2 11.41 12.0 € € 5....................................................... 13.08 6.5 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.39 7.1 € € 11.18 .6 3....................................................... 9.40 11.2 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.25 10.8 14.25 10.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.74 7.7 12.92 8.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.25 4.2 8.96 4.5 11.56 5.0 1....................................................... 7.27 7.3 7.26 7.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.19 5.6 10.39 5.7 € € 3....................................................... 10.07 3.7 10.03 4.2 € € 4....................................................... 9.61 4.3 9.21 6.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.89 4.2 7.89 4.2 € € 1....................................................... 6.35 8.1 6.35 8.1 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 8.59 25.0 8.59 25.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.84 4.7 9.84 4.7 € € Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.37 2.8 € € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.36 4.3 10.36 4.3 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.76 4.4 8.76 5.5 € € 2....................................................... 8.74 7.9 8.70 11.3 € € Service............................................................. 10.50 2.8 8.21 1.4 14.34 2.6 1....................................................... 7.05 2.4 6.84 2.5 8.46 4.9 2....................................................... 8.46 7.5 8.36 8.6 9.34 3.9 3....................................................... 8.93 3.1 8.64 4.0 9.66 3.8 4....................................................... 10.49 5.6 9.28 4.3 11.44 5.3 5....................................................... 13.20 .7 12.54 1.4 13.38 1.3 6....................................................... 13.70 4.3 € € 14.52 3.6 7....................................................... 15.17 5.6 € € 15.17 5.6 8....................................................... 19.32 4.4 € € 19.32 4.4 Protective service............................................ 15.04 6.0 - - 16.75 .6 4....................................................... 11.99 5.8 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.47 1.5 € € 13.46 1.6 6....................................................... 14.55 4.0 € € 14.55 4.0 7....................................................... 15.17 5.6 € € 15.17 5.6 8....................................................... 19.65 6.0 € € 19.65 6.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.73 15.6 € € 22.73 15.6 Firefighting................................................ 13.39 2.3 € € 13.39 2.3 5....................................................... 12.84 2.1 € € 12.84 2.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.47 2.2 € € 17.47 2.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.62 2.0 € € 15.62 2.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.55 2.5 € € 13.55 2.5 Food service.................................................. $7.68 2.1 $7.56 1.7 $9.75 1.1 1....................................................... 6.15 8.6 5.99 10.3 € € 2....................................................... 7.59 26.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.25 6.9 8.25 6.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.69 10.0 5.69 10.0 € € 1....................................................... 5.57 16.0 5.57 16.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.08 33.7 6.08 33.7 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.33 19.7 5.33 19.7 € € 1....................................................... 5.16 22.1 5.16 22.1 € € Other food service........................................... 9.04 3.5 8.97 3.8 9.75 1.1 1....................................................... 7.09 2.8 6.86 .6 € € 3....................................................... 8.69 3.0 8.69 3.0 € € Cooks....................................................... 8.43 4.2 8.40 4.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.37 10.4 8.37 10.4 € € 3....................................................... 8.24 8.8 8.24 8.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 4.5 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.08 6.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.13 1.8 8.97 1.5 9.68 4.7 2....................................................... 8.58 1.2 8.58 1.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.09 3.4 9.23 2.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.05 2.9 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.93 4.2 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.01 1.5 8.89 1.3 9.51 5.6 2....................................................... 8.59 1.2 8.59 1.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.03 4.0 9.12 4.3 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.35 5.1 8.96 7.0 10.11 6.4 1....................................................... 8.08 3.2 7.92 3.6 € € 2....................................................... 10.69 11.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.02 3.2 € € 10.00 3.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.96 4.2 8.88 7.0 9.10 1.3 1....................................................... 8.26 3.4 8.09 4.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.69 11.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.53 4.0 € € 9.40 4.3 Personal service.............................................. 9.02 7.3 8.03 3.3 11.07 8.1 2....................................................... 7.80 10.9 € € € € Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.80 3.5 € € € € 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $16.34 2.6 $15.26 3.8 $19.24 1.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.57 2.6 15.47 4.0 19.32 1.1 White collar........................................................ 18.63 3.6 16.95 5.2 22.48 1.6 1....................................................... 8.17 3.2 8.10 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.19 3.1 9.01 3.9 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.39 2.1 10.37 2.7 10.45 1.9 4....................................................... 13.03 5.1 13.07 5.6 12.61 3.0 5....................................................... 14.08 6.2 14.45 8.1 12.81 3.7 6....................................................... 16.61 2.7 16.44 4.6 16.81 2.4 7....................................................... 18.88 4.5 18.23 5.7 20.55 6.0 8....................................................... 22.43 4.3 19.31 5.8 24.53 5.6 9....................................................... 25.99 2.6 23.92 4.5 27.66 2.0 10........................................................ 33.30 8.9 31.49 9.3 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 31.00 3.2 30.91 4.9 31.10 3.8 12........................................................ 40.21 10.7 44.20 8.3 € € 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.60 4.6 17.24 5.0 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.44 3.5 17.76 5.6 22.68 1.6 2....................................................... 9.23 3.1 9.06 3.9 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.63 2.3 10.63 3.0 10.63 2.7 4....................................................... 13.52 5.3 13.67 5.6 12.58 3.1 5....................................................... 13.07 2.2 13.12 2.8 12.90 4.3 6....................................................... 16.68 3.5 16.47 8.4 16.81 2.4 7....................................................... 18.73 4.2 17.92 5.7 20.55 6.0 8....................................................... 22.45 4.4 19.31 5.9 24.53 5.6 9....................................................... 25.99 2.6 23.92 4.5 27.66 2.0 10........................................................ 33.30 8.9 31.49 9.3 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 30.96 3.2 30.91 4.9 31.02 3.9 12........................................................ 40.21 10.7 44.20 8.3 € € 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.14 6.2 16.72 6.7 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.46 2.7 22.13 4.2 26.85 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.58 2.7 25.49 5.3 27.27 2.7 5....................................................... 13.44 1.9 € € 13.44 1.9 6....................................................... 18.30 4.9 € € 17.70 6.9 7....................................................... 21.21 6.0 17.90 10.8 22.42 6.2 8....................................................... 23.37 5.6 18.64 6.1 25.56 6.7 9....................................................... 26.67 3.2 23.92 7.1 28.10 1.6 10........................................................ 33.53 9.6 € € 36.67 10.9 11........................................................ 29.83 2.6 € € 29.87 4.1 13........................................................ 39.90 9.4 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.52 4.8 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.42 4.9 - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ $23.34 6.4 $22.67 6.4 $27.19 19.2 7....................................................... 17.34 12.8 € € € € 8....................................................... 18.78 5.0 18.63 6.2 € € 9....................................................... 21.89 .9 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.58 1.8 20.64 2.0 20.23 3.9 8....................................................... 20.32 1.4 20.70 1.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.27 11.1 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.80 2.5 28.64 16.5 28.81 2.4 9....................................................... 28.83 1.7 € € 28.45 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.32 .7 € € 28.22 .7 9....................................................... 28.00 .8 € € 27.84 .6 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.89 .9 € € 28.65 .5 9....................................................... 28.69 1.2 € € 28.33 .2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 32.39 4.2 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.52 14.1 - - 24.22 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 25.52 14.1 € € 24.22 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.71 8.1 - - 18.39 8.3 5....................................................... 13.17 7.4 € € 13.17 7.4 Social workers.............................................. 19.71 8.1 € € 18.39 8.3 5....................................................... 13.17 7.4 € € 13.17 7.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 22.35 4.1 - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.35 5.1 17.35 5.6 17.37 4.4 4....................................................... 13.71 5.5 13.71 5.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.29 4.0 14.29 4.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.25 7.3 17.60 8.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.73 6.1 24.73 6.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 13.65 4.2 13.65 4.2 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.41 2.0 € € € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 20.57 11.8 20.57 11.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 7.2 26.13 9.7 25.11 4.9 6....................................................... 19.93 1.4 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.03 13.2 16.98 13.6 € € 8....................................................... 20.62 8.3 € € 20.54 12.8 9....................................................... 22.81 4.8 23.51 3.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.81 4.6 32.22 7.6 31.49 5.7 12........................................................ 39.94 9.6 41.94 7.8 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.19 17.4 18.19 17.4 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.78 8.8 28.31 11.8 30.29 4.4 9....................................................... 26.39 9.7 26.87 9.9 € € 11........................................................ 31.92 5.2 32.66 9.6 31.49 5.7 12........................................................ 39.84 9.8 41.90 8.0 € € Administrators and officials, public administration......... $31.70 5.0 € € $31.70 5.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.53 11.6 $33.53 12.0 € € Management related............................................ 20.10 4.0 20.86 3.8 18.85 7.3 8....................................................... 18.65 1.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 21.03 6.8 21.35 5.3 € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.87 3.4 € € € € Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.11 9.2 27.98 11.9 € € Sales............................................................. 13.06 7.8 13.08 8.1 - - 3....................................................... 9.74 4.7 € € € € 4....................................................... 11.61 4.5 11.58 4.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.35 2.3 € € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.38 4.1 12.44 5.1 12.16 3.2 2....................................................... 9.21 3.4 9.01 4.4 9.74 .6 3....................................................... 10.65 2.3 10.66 3.1 10.63 2.7 4....................................................... 13.50 6.1 13.66 6.6 12.58 3.1 5....................................................... 12.45 2.3 12.41 2.6 12.61 5.9 6....................................................... 14.74 6.9 13.63 5.3 15.42 8.4 7....................................................... 18.98 6.4 19.71 7.9 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.43 6.9 12.43 6.9 € € Secretaries................................................. 13.42 4.6 13.23 6.5 13.71 7.0 4....................................................... 14.45 6.3 13.77 9.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.94 2.1 € € € € Receptionists............................................... 10.42 6.2 10.55 6.4 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.40 2.9 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.09 12.7 € € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.80 2.0 10.78 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.46 1.8 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.27 4.6 12.27 4.6 € € Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 5.3 € € 15.87 5.3 General office clerks....................................... 11.79 4.9 11.91 6.0 11.38 4.5 3....................................................... 10.45 3.9 10.58 5.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.74 10.7 15.17 15.4 12.30 3.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.15 .3 € € 10.15 .3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.00 3.1 € € 11.89 9.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.40 3.1 14.49 3.5 13.82 2.1 1....................................................... 7.93 7.3 7.86 7.7 € € 2....................................................... 9.71 7.8 9.72 8.2 € € 3....................................................... 13.51 4.8 13.83 5.0 10.07 4.9 4....................................................... 12.19 7.3 12.34 8.8 11.46 2.3 5....................................................... 14.22 3.9 14.76 3.2 13.21 9.8 6....................................................... 17.10 2.8 17.90 3.0 14.33 2.4 7....................................................... 18.04 1.8 18.16 1.9 17.36 3.6 8....................................................... 20.81 1.3 20.56 .0 € € 9....................................................... $23.41 3.2 € € € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 2.3 $17.58 2.4 $15.88 4.6 3....................................................... 11.35 4.1 11.58 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.71 2.9 11.91 2.9 € € 5....................................................... 14.31 5.7 14.98 4.1 12.94 11.7 6....................................................... 16.94 6.8 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.71 1.7 17.77 1.8 17.40 3.6 8....................................................... 20.60 1.8 20.31 .7 € € 9....................................................... 23.41 3.2 € € € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.03 4.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.06 8.8 20.06 8.8 € € 7....................................................... 19.42 10.0 19.42 10.0 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.18 7.3 € € € € Electricians................................................ 18.96 9.9 € € € € Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.72 7.9 16.74 8.0 € € 7....................................................... 16.90 8.8 € € € € Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 11.57 6.6 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.77 7.0 14.96 7.1 - - 1....................................................... 8.80 1.1 8.72 .4 € € 2....................................................... 8.78 12.5 8.78 12.5 € € 4....................................................... 15.93 16.6 16.36 17.0 € € 5....................................................... 16.51 4.8 16.51 4.8 € € 6....................................................... 17.35 8.4 17.35 8.4 € € 7....................................................... 23.81 15.0 23.81 15.0 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 18.93 1.2 18.93 1.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.90 13.0 11.98 14.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.44 7.3 € € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 14.24 10.0 14.24 10.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 17.68 11.4 17.68 11.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.19 39.8 13.19 39.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 12.25 6.0 12.24 7.4 12.28 5.9 2....................................................... 9.06 4.2 8.90 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.95 8.8 11.05 9.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.18 7.4 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.62 5.2 12.43 2.9 12.81 9.7 Truck drivers............................................... 11.86 11.4 11.55 12.9 € € 5....................................................... 13.08 6.5 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.25 10.8 14.25 10.8 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 12.74 7.7 12.92 8.8 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.80 3.9 9.48 4.4 11.89 5.0 1....................................................... 7.57 10.0 7.56 10.2 € € 2....................................................... 10.62 4.8 10.80 4.4 € € 3....................................................... $10.40 4.1 $10.41 4.6 € € 4....................................................... 9.61 4.3 9.20 6.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.67 5.7 9.67 5.7 € € Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 8.59 25.0 8.59 25.0 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.85 4.8 9.85 4.8 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.93 4.7 8.99 6.3 € € 2....................................................... 8.74 7.9 8.70 11.3 € € Service............................................................. 11.89 3.2 9.19 2.6 $14.75 3.7 1....................................................... 7.84 8.9 7.62 10.4 € € 2....................................................... 9.88 5.2 9.97 6.5 9.47 2.7 3....................................................... 9.59 1.4 9.35 1.9 10.05 2.2 4....................................................... 10.57 5.7 9.28 4.3 11.66 5.0 5....................................................... 13.20 .7 12.54 1.4 13.38 1.3 6....................................................... 13.70 4.3 € € 14.52 3.6 7....................................................... 15.17 5.6 € € 15.17 5.6 8....................................................... 19.32 4.4 € € 19.32 4.4 Protective service............................................ 15.40 6.1 - - 16.78 .7 4....................................................... 11.99 5.8 € € € € 5....................................................... 13.47 1.5 € € 13.46 1.6 6....................................................... 14.55 4.0 € € 14.55 4.0 7....................................................... 15.17 5.6 € € 15.17 5.6 8....................................................... 19.65 6.0 € € 19.65 6.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 22.73 15.6 € € 22.73 15.6 Firefighting................................................ 13.39 2.3 € € 13.39 2.3 5....................................................... 12.84 2.1 € € 12.84 2.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.47 2.2 € € 17.47 2.2 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 15.62 2.0 € € 15.62 2.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 13.55 2.5 € € 13.55 2.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.40 7.0 € € € € Food service.................................................. 9.65 5.0 9.49 4.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.47 4.2 9.47 4.2 € € Other food service........................................... 10.50 5.1 10.35 5.3 € € Health service................................................ 9.49 2.5 9.18 2.4 - - 3....................................................... 9.60 .9 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 2.3 9.07 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.59 1.2 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.72 7.3 9.43 12.0 10.12 6.3 1....................................................... 8.23 7.1 7.98 9.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.77 12.5 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.04 3.3 € € 10.03 3.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.34 5.7 9.57 11.6 9.11 1.3 1....................................................... 8.56 7.4 8.38 13.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.77 12.5 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.56 4.1 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 9.32 6.7 8.31 2.3 11.23 6.3 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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................................................................... $8.39 4.2 $8.33 4.6 $9.09 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 8.54 4.2 8.47 4.7 9.09 2.5 White collar........................................................ 9.87 5.8 9.87 6.0 9.89 11.8 2....................................................... 7.12 5.3 7.12 5.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.52 4.7 9.61 5.0 € € 4....................................................... 8.64 13.2 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.52 1.3 21.52 1.3 € € 9....................................................... 23.31 1.4 23.47 1.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.31 9.5 8.30 9.4 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.30 11.6 12.41 12.3 9.89 11.8 2....................................................... 8.76 4.1 8.76 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.38 9.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.52 1.3 21.52 1.3 € € 9....................................................... 23.31 1.4 23.47 1.3 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 8.31 9.5 8.30 9.4 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.60 5.5 18.76 5.6 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 20.09 5.4 20.10 5.5 - - 8....................................................... 21.52 1.3 21.52 1.3 € € 9....................................................... 23.31 1.4 23.47 1.3 € € Health related................................................ 22.02 2.0 22.02 2.0 € € 8....................................................... 21.52 1.3 21.52 1.3 € € 9....................................................... 23.27 1.0 23.27 1.0 € € Registered nurses........................................... 21.54 1.6 21.54 1.6 € € 8....................................................... 21.52 1.3 21.52 1.3 € € 9....................................................... 22.71 .8 22.71 .8 € € 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....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 7.90 8.1 7.90 8.1 € € 2....................................................... 6.56 1.7 6.56 1.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.44 9.7 7.44 9.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.57 5.6 8.58 6.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.68 5.0 8.68 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 10.38 9.1 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... $8.20 8.0 $7.80 8.7 $9.96 4.3 1....................................................... 6.74 8.9 6.73 8.9 € € 2....................................................... 8.53 7.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.21 6.2 8.48 8.7 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 9.91 5.1 - - 10.37 4.1 3....................................................... 9.88 5.8 € € € € Bus drivers................................................. 10.95 2.2 € € 10.75 2.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.37 6.6 7.34 6.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.74 8.9 6.73 8.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.47 4.1 6.47 4.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 8.24 8.2 € € € € Service............................................................. 6.86 3.4 6.78 3.7 7.85 2.5 1....................................................... 6.49 1.9 6.37 .8 € € 2....................................................... 7.12 9.9 7.11 10.1 € € 3....................................................... 7.31 4.6 7.26 5.3 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.22 2.5 6.11 2.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.94 12.1 5.71 14.2 € € 2....................................................... 6.10 31.9 6.10 31.9 € € 3....................................................... 7.09 4.9 7.09 4.9 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.40 5.4 5.40 5.4 € € 1....................................................... 5.16 22.1 5.16 22.1 € € Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.16 22.1 5.16 22.1 € € 1....................................................... 5.16 22.1 5.16 22.1 € € Other food service........................................... 7.20 1.9 7.09 1.4 € € 1....................................................... 7.04 3.5 6.75 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 7.58 1.4 7.58 1.4 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.84 1.7 6.84 1.7 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.08 6.3 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.08 6.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 8.39 2.9 8.54 2.9 - - 2....................................................... 8.58 3.3 8.58 3.3 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.38 3.1 8.55 2.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $16.34 $8.39 $16.51 $15.29 $15.46 $14.48 All excluding sales............................................. 16.57 8.54 16.51 15.71 15.79 19.49 White collar........................................................ 18.63 9.87 - 17.72 18.03 13.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.44 12.30 - 18.99 19.10 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.46 18.60 - 24.23 24.20 € Professional specialty.......................................... 26.58 20.09 € 26.29 26.29 € Technical....................................................... 17.35 - - 16.87 17.18 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.84 - - 25.84 25.90 - Sales............................................................. 13.06 7.90 € 11.50 10.86 13.41 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.38 8.57 - 11.47 12.09 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.40 8.20 15.74 13.15 13.90 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.32 € 16.14 18.11 17.31 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.77 - 18.85 11.95 14.51 - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.25 9.91 13.12 11.66 12.06 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.80 7.37 10.16 9.12 9.23 - Service............................................................. 11.89 6.86 - 10.46 10.50 € B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.6 4.2 4.1 3.1 3.0 16.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.6 4.2 4.1 3.1 2.8 24.8 White collar........................................................ 3.6 5.8 - 4.3 4.4 11.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 11.6 - 4.0 3.7 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 5.5 - 2.7 2.6 € Professional specialty.......................................... 2.7 5.4 € 2.7 2.7 € Technical....................................................... 5.1 - - 5.4 5.3 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.2 - - 7.3 7.3 - Sales............................................................. 7.8 8.1 € 7.1 8.6 12.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 5.6 - 2.5 4.6 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 8.0 3.0 4.6 3.3 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.3 € 3.6 2.4 2.3 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.0 - 3.6 9.6 7.1 - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.0 5.1 6.5 7.6 5.3 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.9 6.6 3.0 4.8 4.3 - Service............................................................. 3.2 3.4 - 2.8 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 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $14.30 $15.79 € - $16.45 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 14.65 15.93 € - 16.51 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 16.07 18.85 € - 20.19 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.39 20.23 € - 20.58 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.86 20.82 € - 20.82 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.92 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.18 17.70 € - 17.70 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.13 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.46 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.12 13.56 € - 13.48 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.05 14.98 € - 15.49 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.58 17.69 € - 17.82 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.02 14.98 € - 14.93 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.13 12.32 € - 13.51 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.96 9.85 € - 10.34 - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.21 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 7.2 € - 8.3 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 7.6 € - 8.3 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.6 20.5 € - 22.9 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.8 22.0 € - 22.7 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 3.1 € - 3.1 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.8 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.8 10.7 € - 10.7 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.5 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.6 4.9 € - 5.4 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 3.8 € - 3.7 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.4 2.5 € - 2.6 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 7.5 € - 7.6 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.0 6.6 € - 4.0 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 3.2 € - .3 - - - - - Service............................................................. 1.4 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, 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....................................................... $14.30 $11.02 $15.14 $13.89 $16.88 All excluding sales............................................. 14.65 10.91 15.49 14.28 16.95 White collar........................................................ 16.07 12.69 16.76 15.79 18.32 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.39 13.84 17.83 17.29 18.50 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.86 - 21.86 22.88 21.10 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.92 - 24.93 29.74 22.77 Technical....................................................... 17.18 - 17.23 17.53 16.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.13 16.49 28.46 26.78 30.64 Sales............................................................. 11.46 11.48 11.45 11.58 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.12 11.80 12.17 12.37 11.82 Blue collar......................................................... 14.05 11.82 14.54 12.71 16.35 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.58 16.71 17.69 17.69 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.02 11.87 15.34 11.94 18.97 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.13 11.82 12.25 11.84 12.69 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.96 8.89 8.99 8.61 9.94 Service............................................................. 8.21 7.25 8.84 8.57 9.63 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 6.0 4.6 6.1 5.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.2 6.7 4.7 6.7 5.2 White collar........................................................ 5.6 8.0 6.5 6.8 9.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.8 9.4 6.2 6.9 9.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 - 3.9 8.4 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.8 - 4.9 10.8 2.6 Technical....................................................... 5.8 - 6.0 10.2 8.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 16.8 9.9 8.7 16.5 Sales............................................................. 7.5 9.9 10.1 9.7 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.6 6.9 6.1 8.9 4.0 Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 8.9 4.3 8.8 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.4 9.7 2.4 8.6 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 7.1 8.1 12.8 4.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.0 17.9 6.1 12.8 6.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 3.9 6.5 8.9 1.2 Service............................................................. 1.4 7.2 2.1 2.3 5.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.50 $12.63 $19.95 $25.80 All excluding sales........................... 7.72 9.79 13.14 20.40 26.44 White collar.................................... 8.56 10.50 14.97 23.35 30.81 White collar excluding sales................ 9.34 11.06 16.56 24.29 31.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.67 17.93 23.67 28.30 35.51 Professional specialty...................... 17.04 21.49 24.71 29.97 36.51 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.13 28.89 32.90 36.01 36.01 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.70 18.34 21.15 24.19 27.78 Physicians.............................. 11.45 11.96 12.46 62.50 76.80 Registered nurses....................... 16.54 18.38 20.86 23.52 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.80 24.23 30.48 35.51 42.61 Teachers, except college and university... 22.41 24.36 27.39 32.13 37.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.62 24.36 27.05 31.35 36.08 Secondary school teachers............... 22.62 24.36 27.34 32.80 37.29 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.36 26.69 31.61 37.69 38.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.60 18.76 27.33 30.47 33.33 Librarians.............................. 13.60 18.76 27.33 30.47 33.33 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.67 14.92 18.35 24.36 24.36 Social workers.......................... 13.67 14.92 18.35 24.36 24.36 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.98 20.11 21.66 24.25 27.56 Technical................................... 10.83 12.75 15.55 19.87 24.68 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.88 9.47 12.54 15.59 18.80 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.68 12.64 13.77 14.62 15.70 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.88 14.57 16.81 17.93 23.32 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.08 15.33 16.28 23.94 30.19 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.28 18.88 23.00 32.09 40.30 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.25 20.76 26.36 37.13 43.37 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.97 23.97 30.02 39.01 39.01 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.95 25.05 35.17 42.11 45.62 Management related........................ 13.96 15.63 19.23 22.93 26.59 Accountants and auditors................ 17.50 18.80 19.23 21.72 21.72 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.29 23.17 28.60 32.55 40.24 Sales......................................... 6.25 7.50 9.62 13.57 19.20 Cashiers................................ 5.78 6.40 7.87 8.68 9.20 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.38 9.51 10.96 13.36 18.21 Secretaries............................. 9.24 10.46 12.23 15.13 18.89 Receptionists........................... $7.50 $8.50 $9.43 $9.80 $13.22 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.09 9.40 10.00 11.20 12.40 Order clerks............................ 9.15 10.72 11.06 14.51 23.20 Library clerks.......................... 8.04 8.50 8.66 9.15 11.96 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.50 8.00 12.66 14.87 16.05 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.71 9.50 11.06 11.54 13.50 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.45 10.67 11.10 13.91 15.34 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 10.05 14.87 16.28 16.97 18.84 General office clerks................... 8.57 9.50 11.12 13.08 15.29 Teachers' aides......................... 8.82 9.16 9.56 10.51 12.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.27 10.74 11.71 12.79 14.12 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.70 12.30 17.16 22.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.74 12.99 16.80 20.30 24.16 Automobile mechanics.................... 11.85 16.17 18.04 20.25 22.85 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 17.00 19.14 23.89 23.94 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 11.85 16.29 17.16 17.16 Electricians............................ 12.91 15.30 17.76 23.03 24.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.21 15.34 16.80 20.00 20.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 8.49 9.50 11.34 12.61 16.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.39 9.23 12.77 20.60 24.18 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.86 18.35 22.90 22.90 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.17 8.59 10.50 14.69 19.58 Welders and cutters..................... 10.34 11.96 15.30 16.80 17.16 Assemblers.............................. 7.70 11.75 18.46 24.18 24.52 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.08 7.08 9.23 18.35 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 9.50 11.00 14.03 16.69 Truck drivers........................... 8.50 9.50 10.25 14.01 17.98 Bus drivers............................. 7.50 8.22 10.28 12.21 13.28 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.79 9.86 12.36 20.26 20.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 9.33 10.96 11.63 15.34 15.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.75 7.21 9.20 10.75 12.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 6.00 7.75 9.00 11.10 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.00 4.56 9.79 10.35 15.39 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.50 6.75 10.00 11.54 12.57 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 9.20 9.48 10.00 10.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.00 9.00 10.48 11.53 11.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.50 8.50 9.75 10.55 Service......................................... $6.00 $7.49 $9.22 $12.50 $16.44 Protective service........................ 8.00 11.59 14.26 17.30 23.26 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 14.72 15.04 23.06 28.78 31.24 Firefighting............................ 10.97 11.59 12.61 14.87 16.97 Police and detectives, public service... 13.70 14.86 16.85 19.92 24.48 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 12.60 13.23 15.32 16.81 19.37 Correctional institution officers....... 11.67 12.74 13.14 14.04 16.26 Food service.............................. 2.35 6.00 7.00 10.25 12.27 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.35 5.62 6.50 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.75 10.75 12.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.35 5.15 6.00 6.30 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.10 7.00 8.75 11.50 12.27 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.00 8.25 9.08 9.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.50 7.50 10.10 12.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.44 7.67 10.25 10.25 Health service............................ 7.45 8.20 8.91 10.07 10.88 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.41 8.93 9.29 11.11 11.97 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.35 8.12 8.80 9.93 10.46 Cleaning and building service............. 7.04 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.42 8.40 9.27 11.02 Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.75 8.32 9.86 12.02 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.50 7.00 7.86 8.33 8.94 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.09 $11.64 $17.98 $23.94 All excluding sales........................... 7.32 9.33 12.00 18.55 24.18 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.00 12.72 20.76 25.66 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 10.72 14.23 22.21 27.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.00 15.55 21.15 24.71 30.95 Professional specialty...................... 16.87 19.86 23.06 25.71 35.95 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.50 18.40 21.15 24.10 25.69 Registered nurses....................... 16.65 18.64 20.86 23.56 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - 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............... 18.52 20.19 21.69 24.75 27.56 Technical................................... 10.83 12.54 15.35 21.18 25.41 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.88 9.47 12.54 15.59 18.80 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.68 12.75 13.77 14.62 15.89 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.08 15.33 16.28 23.94 30.19 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.28 18.94 22.67 31.86 43.27 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.25 19.95 24.04 38.46 45.20 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.95 24.09 33.58 42.11 45.84 Management related........................ 13.73 15.87 20.70 23.92 28.87 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.86 21.75 26.59 35.24 40.24 Sales......................................... 6.24 7.50 9.55 13.57 19.22 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.25 7.50 8.50 9.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.16 9.50 10.95 13.08 18.55 Secretaries............................. 8.16 9.85 12.02 14.60 19.35 Receptionists........................... 7.25 8.10 9.57 9.80 13.22 Order clerks............................ 9.15 10.72 11.06 14.51 23.20 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 9.50 11.06 11.08 13.11 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.45 10.67 11.10 13.91 15.34 General office clerks................... 8.57 9.50 11.25 13.08 15.29 Blue collar..................................... $7.50 $9.63 $12.26 $17.16 $22.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.63 13.75 16.80 20.69 24.50 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 17.00 19.14 23.89 23.94 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.21 15.34 16.80 20.00 20.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.33 9.31 14.10 20.82 24.18 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.86 18.35 22.90 22.90 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.17 8.31 10.50 14.86 20.60 Welders and cutters..................... 10.34 11.96 15.30 16.80 17.16 Assemblers.............................. 7.70 11.75 18.46 24.18 24.52 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.08 7.08 9.23 18.35 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 7.88 9.50 11.00 14.21 16.69 Truck drivers........................... 8.32 9.50 10.00 14.01 18.75 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.79 9.86 12.36 20.26 20.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 9.33 11.00 13.62 15.74 15.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 7.00 9.00 10.48 11.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 6.00 7.75 9.00 11.10 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.00 4.56 9.79 10.35 15.39 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.50 6.75 10.00 11.54 12.57 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.00 9.00 10.48 11.53 11.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.20 7.50 8.89 10.00 10.71 Service......................................... 5.50 6.62 8.08 9.63 11.75 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.35 6.00 7.00 10.25 12.27 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.35 5.62 6.50 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.75 10.75 12.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.35 5.15 6.00 6.30 6.50 Other food service....................... 6.15 7.00 8.61 10.81 12.27 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.00 8.25 9.08 9.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.50 7.50 10.10 12.25 Health service............................ 7.45 8.12 8.81 9.83 10.25 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.41 8.12 8.69 9.78 10.18 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.50 8.40 9.25 10.65 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.25 8.40 9.00 10.65 Personal service.......................... 6.35 7.00 7.86 8.33 9.46 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.27 $11.65 $16.38 $24.75 $31.61 All excluding sales........................... 9.27 11.73 16.44 24.82 31.61 White collar.................................... 10.06 14.21 22.62 28.65 35.38 White collar excluding sales................ 10.16 14.55 22.81 28.80 35.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.58 22.61 25.93 31.00 36.74 Professional specialty...................... 17.30 22.69 26.26 31.34 36.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.41 17.55 20.97 25.90 54.65 Registered nurses....................... 16.53 17.38 19.50 23.10 25.06 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 22.62 24.36 27.59 32.20 37.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.62 24.36 27.00 31.03 36.08 Secondary school teachers............... 22.62 24.19 27.00 32.13 37.02 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.23 18.76 24.98 30.47 30.47 Librarians.............................. 13.23 18.76 24.98 30.47 30.47 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.33 14.67 17.20 22.42 25.93 Social workers.......................... 13.33 14.67 17.20 22.42 25.93 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.42 14.98 17.60 18.86 21.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.11 17.94 23.97 32.55 37.13 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.26 23.97 30.02 35.84 39.01 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.97 23.97 30.02 39.01 39.01 Management related........................ 13.96 15.41 17.94 21.44 23.47 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.82 9.62 10.99 14.16 16.57 Secretaries............................. 10.06 10.97 13.57 15.35 18.89 Library clerks.......................... 8.04 8.50 8.66 9.06 10.14 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 10.05 14.87 16.28 16.97 18.84 General office clerks................... 8.71 9.94 10.56 13.23 14.98 Teachers' aides......................... 8.82 9.16 9.56 10.51 12.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.16 10.16 11.02 13.14 15.90 Blue collar..................................... 8.83 10.28 12.37 16.17 19.84 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.10 11.94 15.40 19.09 22.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $8.78 $9.82 $11.40 $13.19 $15.52 Bus drivers............................. 8.79 9.71 10.99 12.43 13.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.11 8.83 11.46 13.04 16.90 Service......................................... 8.23 10.64 13.46 16.69 22.11 Protective service........................ 11.74 13.22 15.00 19.58 24.49 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 14.72 15.04 23.06 28.78 31.24 Firefighting............................ 10.97 11.59 12.61 14.87 16.97 Police and detectives, public service... 13.70 14.86 16.85 19.92 24.48 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 12.60 13.23 15.32 16.81 19.37 Correctional institution officers....... 11.67 12.74 13.14 14.04 16.26 Food service.............................. 5.50 6.90 9.42 13.04 14.60 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.90 9.42 13.04 14.60 Health service............................ 7.50 8.23 9.20 11.11 12.59 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.21 7.61 9.00 10.99 12.56 Cleaning and building service............. 7.42 7.91 9.27 11.27 16.19 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.41 7.76 8.80 9.81 11.42 Personal service.......................... 8.45 9.63 10.64 13.24 15.50 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $10.25 $13.93 $20.91 $26.97 All excluding sales........................... 8.56 10.39 14.21 21.40 27.37 White collar.................................... 9.27 10.90 15.69 23.94 31.61 White collar excluding sales................ 9.56 11.39 17.10 24.36 32.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.99 18.00 23.94 28.62 35.95 Professional specialty...................... 17.21 21.80 24.90 30.18 36.74 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.13 28.89 32.90 36.01 36.01 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.04 17.69 21.15 24.22 29.93 Registered nurses....................... 16.38 17.85 20.56 23.56 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 22.01 24.76 30.48 35.51 42.61 Teachers, except college and university... 22.41 24.36 27.40 32.13 37.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.62 24.36 27.05 31.35 36.08 Secondary school teachers............... 22.62 24.36 27.34 32.80 37.29 Vocational and educational counselors... 24.36 26.69 31.61 37.69 38.85 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.60 18.76 27.33 30.47 33.33 Librarians.............................. 13.60 18.76 27.33 30.47 33.33 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.67 14.92 18.59 24.36 24.36 Social workers.......................... 13.67 14.92 18.59 24.36 24.36 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.75 20.50 21.78 24.50 27.56 Technical................................... 10.93 13.00 15.57 20.24 25.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 8.88 10.35 12.54 16.19 18.80 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.68 12.30 13.50 14.21 15.00 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.08 15.33 16.28 23.94 30.19 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.28 18.88 23.00 32.09 40.30 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.25 20.76 26.36 37.13 43.37 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 23.97 23.97 30.02 39.01 39.01 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.95 25.05 35.17 42.11 45.62 Management related........................ 13.96 15.63 19.23 22.93 26.59 Accountants and auditors................ 17.50 18.80 19.23 21.72 21.72 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.29 23.17 28.60 32.55 40.24 Sales......................................... 7.00 9.10 10.95 15.26 21.00 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.30 11.09 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.75 9.80 11.08 13.51 18.55 Secretaries............................. 9.64 10.75 12.89 15.20 18.89 Receptionists........................... 8.75 9.43 9.80 10.59 13.22 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.09 9.40 10.00 11.20 12.40 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.50 8.00 12.66 14.87 16.05 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $8.71 $9.50 $11.06 $11.54 $13.50 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.50 10.89 11.10 13.92 15.35 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 10.05 14.87 16.28 16.97 18.84 General office clerks................... 8.88 9.65 11.25 13.20 15.29 Teachers' aides......................... 8.82 9.16 9.56 10.51 12.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.27 10.74 11.71 12.80 14.12 Blue collar..................................... 8.13 9.99 13.00 17.53 22.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.74 12.99 16.80 20.30 24.16 Automobile mechanics.................... 11.85 16.17 18.04 20.25 22.85 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 17.00 19.14 23.89 23.94 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.00 11.85 16.29 17.16 17.16 Electricians............................ 12.91 15.30 17.76 23.03 24.77 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 11.21 15.34 16.80 20.00 20.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 8.49 9.50 11.34 12.61 16.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.37 9.17 12.69 19.60 24.18 Packaging and filling machine operators. 9.86 18.35 22.90 22.90 22.90 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.17 8.59 10.50 14.69 19.58 Welders and cutters..................... 10.34 11.96 15.30 16.80 17.16 Assemblers.............................. 7.70 11.75 18.46 24.18 24.52 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.08 7.08 9.23 18.35 22.90 Transportation and material moving............ 8.50 9.63 11.38 14.21 16.69 Truck drivers........................... 9.00 9.50 10.28 14.01 17.98 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.79 9.86 12.36 20.26 20.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 9.33 10.96 11.63 15.34 15.87 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.00 9.79 11.50 13.35 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.40 8.25 9.00 11.00 11.69 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 3.00 4.56 9.79 10.35 15.39 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.50 6.75 10.30 11.54 12.30 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 8.00 8.83 10.20 10.87 Service......................................... 7.25 8.50 10.64 13.87 17.87 Protective service........................ 8.85 12.08 14.67 17.58 23.45 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 14.72 15.04 23.06 28.78 31.24 Firefighting............................ 10.97 11.59 12.61 14.87 16.97 Police and detectives, public service... 13.70 14.86 16.85 19.92 24.48 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 12.60 13.23 15.32 16.81 19.37 Correctional institution officers....... 11.67 12.74 13.14 14.04 16.26 Guards and police, except public service $8.00 $8.85 $11.15 $12.96 $15.35 Food service.............................. 5.62 8.00 10.25 12.27 12.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.25 9.00 10.25 12.27 12.50 Health service............................ 7.85 8.53 9.40 10.15 11.24 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.85 8.43 9.35 10.13 10.88 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.62 15.39 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.24 7.42 9.00 9.90 11.42 Personal service.......................... 7.00 7.85 8.45 10.51 13.24 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.30 $7.70 $9.00 $11.35 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.30 7.72 9.00 12.43 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.83 8.50 10.17 19.10 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 7.72 9.15 17.13 21.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.12 14.56 20.09 22.23 24.95 Professional specialty...................... 12.48 18.42 20.86 23.29 25.38 Health related............................ 19.00 20.10 21.57 23.56 25.45 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 20.09 20.99 23.27 24.76 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................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.25 7.50 9.00 10.25 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 7.25 8.70 9.20 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.17 8.00 9.45 11.11 Blue collar..................................... 5.20 6.50 8.00 9.24 10.70 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.75 8.53 9.25 10.99 13.00 Bus drivers............................. 8.79 9.35 10.31 12.43 13.28 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.77 7.00 8.50 10.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.40 6.50 7.25 8.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 7.00 8.50 9.75 9.75 Service......................................... 2.35 6.00 7.00 8.25 9.25 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.50 6.30 7.50 9.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.35 5.50 6.30 10.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.35 5.15 6.00 6.30 6.30 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.25 6.75 8.00 8.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.00 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.62 6.00 6.50 7.02 10.22 Health service............................ 7.00 7.50 8.44 9.00 9.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 7.50 8.44 9.00 9.75 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 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 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, Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 278,800 208,600 70,100 All excluding sales............................................. 252,700 183,300 69,400 White collar........................................................ 144,100 100,900 43,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 118,100 75,500 42,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,100 26,400 27,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 43,700 16,800 26,800 Technical....................................................... 10,500 9,500 1,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 14,300 10,100 4,200 Sales............................................................. 26,000 25,400 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 49,700 39,100 10,600 Blue collar......................................................... 82,700 70,600 12,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,400 25,700 4,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14,100 13,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16,300 11,600 4,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,900 19,700 2,200 Service............................................................. 52,000 37,100 14,900 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.