NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Springfield, MO, Bulletin 3115-72, September 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, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................. $15.83 6.8 37.2 $15.16 8.7 37.3 $19.17 2.8 36.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.82 9.5 37.3 16.67 12.8 37.7 21.63 2.0 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 15.2 37.2 23.26 25.3 39.1 23.26 3.2 34.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 3.2 41.3 24.91 4.2 41.5 29.55 6.7 40.7 Sales............................................................. 12.96 10.1 34.2 12.96 10.1 34.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 10.26 2.3 37.5 10.10 2.7 37.4 11.17 3.6 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.65 12.9 39.3 15.67 13.8 39.4 15.37 2.8 37.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.46 10.5 39.7 17.31 11.8 39.7 19.07 3.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.69 5.4 39.8 12.69 5.4 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.74 19.7 41.0 21.39 19.4 42.0 10.98 5.6 30.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.75 6.0 36.4 11.48 6.9 35.9 13.59 4.8 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.24 2.3 32.2 8.26 2.4 30.8 12.87 4.6 38.6 Full time........................................................... 16.56 7.1 40.0 15.95 9.0 40.1 19.43 3.0 39.1 Part time........................................................... 7.76 2.8 21.3 7.57 2.9 22.2 10.74 6.2 13.0 Union............................................................... 19.82 18.9 38.6 20.40 20.8 38.4 16.39 4.1 39.9 Nonunion............................................................ 15.06 5.9 37.0 14.12 7.4 37.1 19.63 3.2 36.4 Time................................................................ 15.88 7.3 37.1 15.17 9.5 37.2 19.17 2.8 36.9 Incentive........................................................... 15.06 10.3 38.5 15.06 10.3 38.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.41 1.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.46 11.8 36.3 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.43 5.4 36.0 12.41 5.5 36.0 14.24 4.1 34.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.57 10.9 36.9 15.43 12.4 37.1 16.72 .8 35.2 500 workers or more................................................. 17.48 10.8 38.2 16.24 16.3 38.3 20.39 3.9 37.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $15.83 6.8 $15.16 8.7 $19.17 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.08 7.1 15.40 9.2 19.17 2.8 White collar........................................................ 17.82 9.5 16.67 12.8 21.63 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.78 10.4 17.68 15.1 21.63 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 15.2 23.26 25.3 23.26 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.28 12.9 29.15 22.2 23.52 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.52 6.0 27.52 6.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.02 30.7 33.44 31.7 18.18 1.6 Registered nurses........................................... 20.49 2.1 20.62 2.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 23.32 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.25 3.5 – – 24.51 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.36 4.0 – – 25.36 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.20 2.8 – – 25.20 2.8 Teachers, special education................................. 23.99 4.8 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 9.40 1.6 – – 9.40 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.81 5.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.93 6.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.43 3.3 14.07 3.0 18.48 6.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.96 4.2 12.68 4.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 3.2 24.91 4.2 29.55 6.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.49 4.7 26.66 6.7 34.80 3.8 Financial managers.......................................... 26.61 8.0 26.43 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.24 9.8 – – 34.60 1.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 25.87 7.0 25.85 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.92 6.0 22.68 7.7 23.64 10.6 Sales............................................................. 12.96 10.1 12.96 10.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.04 6.2 16.04 6.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.09 11.3 15.09 11.3 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.87 19.6 22.87 19.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.05 7.4 10.05 7.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.28 2.0 7.28 2.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.26 2.3 10.10 2.7 11.17 3.6 Secretaries................................................. 11.94 5.4 12.10 4.3 11.77 11.1 Receptionists............................................... 8.05 3.8 8.05 3.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.23 6.4 10.20 6.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... $10.46 6.0 $10.46 6.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.90 13.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 9.93 6.5 9.34 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.65 12.9 15.67 13.8 $15.37 2.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.46 10.5 17.31 11.8 19.07 3.7 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 12.50 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.48 3.7 17.48 3.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.63 5.6 19.63 5.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.06 7.8 10.06 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 5.4 12.69 5.4 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.87 6.8 11.87 6.8 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.47 6.8 12.47 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.94 1.4 11.94 1.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.64 20.2 16.64 20.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.53 1.6 11.53 1.6 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 11.37 .1 11.37 .1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.74 19.7 21.39 19.4 10.98 5.6 Truck drivers............................................... 15.27 12.5 15.93 14.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.72 12.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.78 3.4 10.78 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.75 6.0 11.48 6.9 13.59 4.8 Construction laborers....................................... 14.06 3.3 – – 11.66 2.3 Production helpers.......................................... 9.18 8.3 9.18 8.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.02 4.2 8.02 4.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.49 7.9 9.49 7.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.08 20.0 13.08 21.6 – – Service............................................................. 9.24 2.3 8.26 2.4 12.87 4.6 Protective service............................................ 14.54 9.1 – – 16.60 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.99 .3 – – 15.99 .3 Food service.................................................. 7.56 4.6 7.55 4.8 8.09 3.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.21 32.3 5.21 32.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.30 20.7 3.30 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 2.8 7.94 2.9 8.09 3.2 Cooks....................................................... 8.53 8.3 – – 8.09 3.2 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.76 3.4 8.76 3.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.63 2.4 6.63 2.4 – – Health service................................................ 9.17 3.9 9.15 3.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.86 5.1 8.86 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.70 5.2 8.73 6.6 10.94 3.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.96 4.6 9.01 6.5 – – Personal service.............................................. $6.93 3.9 $6.77 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, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $16.56 7.1 $15.95 9.0 $19.43 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.72 7.4 16.09 9.5 19.43 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.61 9.8 17.54 13.5 21.95 2.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.30 10.8 18.25 15.7 21.95 2.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 15.6 23.54 26.1 23.65 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.59 13.0 29.28 22.3 23.95 3.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.52 6.0 27.52 6.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.34 31.2 33.71 32.1 18.06 1.8 Registered nurses........................................... 20.47 2.0 20.60 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 23.97 3.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.68 3.8 – – 24.99 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.36 4.0 – – 25.36 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.20 2.8 – – 25.20 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 5.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.95 6.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.57 4.2 14.20 3.9 18.48 6.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.96 4.2 12.68 4.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 3.2 24.91 4.2 29.55 6.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.49 4.7 26.65 6.7 34.80 3.8 Financial managers.......................................... 26.61 8.0 26.43 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.24 9.8 – – 34.60 1.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 25.87 7.0 25.85 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.92 6.0 22.68 7.7 23.64 10.6 Sales............................................................. 14.45 10.9 14.45 10.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.04 6.2 16.04 6.2 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.87 19.6 22.87 19.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.82 3.5 7.82 3.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.53 1.7 10.39 1.9 11.27 3.6 Secretaries................................................. 11.94 5.4 12.10 4.3 11.77 11.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.48 6.6 10.44 6.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.46 6.0 10.46 6.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.97 7.2 9.38 5.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.91 12.9 15.94 13.8 15.51 2.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $17.46 10.5 $17.31 11.8 $19.07 3.7 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 12.50 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.48 3.7 17.48 3.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.63 5.6 19.63 5.6 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.06 7.8 10.06 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.68 5.4 12.68 5.4 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.87 6.8 11.87 6.8 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.47 6.8 12.47 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.85 .8 11.85 .8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.64 20.2 16.64 20.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.53 1.6 11.53 1.6 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 11.37 .1 11.37 .1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.91 20.0 21.46 19.7 10.82 6.9 Truck drivers............................................... 15.26 12.8 15.95 14.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.78 3.4 10.78 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.50 6.4 12.29 7.6 13.59 4.8 Construction laborers....................................... 14.06 3.3 – – 11.66 2.3 Production helpers.......................................... 9.37 7.9 9.37 7.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.68 5.6 9.68 5.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 8.1 9.84 8.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.36 20.6 13.40 22.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.05 3.1 8.97 3.0 12.99 4.4 Protective service............................................ 15.60 9.4 – – 16.66 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.99 .3 – – 15.99 .3 Food service.................................................. 8.57 6.2 8.59 6.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.0 8.63 5.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.60 8.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.71 5.2 8.73 6.8 10.94 3.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.97 4.6 9.01 6.7 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $7.76 2.8 $7.57 2.9 $10.74 6.2 All excluding sales............................................... 7.89 3.5 7.66 3.7 10.74 6.2 White collar........................................................ 8.41 4.8 8.18 4.5 10.87 11.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.34 11.1 9.07 12.3 10.87 11.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13.39 6.9 14.58 5.7 11.75 14.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 14.50 11.6 20.82 8.4 11.75 14.1 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 9.68 1.2 – – 9.63 1.2 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.40 1.6 – – 9.40 1.6 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.21 1.1 7.21 1.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.72 3.9 7.72 3.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.91 1.4 6.91 1.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.88 6.8 7.84 7.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.66 6.9 8.45 6.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.75 4.8 7.75 4.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.70 3.4 6.70 3.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.59 3.9 6.52 3.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.81 4.7 5.78 4.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.81 14.5 3.81 14.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.47 23.9 3.47 23.9 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 2.2 6.48 2.2 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.07 5.6 6.77 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $662 7.3 40.0 $640 9.2 40.1 $760 2.8 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 668 7.6 40.0 646 9.8 40.1 760 2.8 39.1 White collar........................................................ 742 10.1 39.9 705 13.9 40.2 852 1.8 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 769 11.1 39.8 735 16.2 40.3 852 1.8 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 931 16.2 39.5 951 27.2 40.4 904 2.6 38.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,048 13.9 39.4 1,195 23.7 40.8 913 2.5 38.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,185 6.7 43.1 1,185 6.7 43.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,326 33.4 41.0 1,386 34.6 41.1 717 1.1 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 817 1.8 39.9 823 1.9 39.9 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 945 3.5 39.4 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 917 2.8 37.1 – – – 919 3.1 36.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 934 2.6 36.8 – – – 934 2.6 36.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 924 1.7 36.6 – – – 924 1.7 36.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 553 5.6 40.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 558 6.6 40.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 579 4.0 39.7 564 3.7 39.7 734 6.0 39.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 513 3.9 39.6 502 4.0 39.6 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,076 3.2 41.4 1,036 4.1 41.6 1,201 6.8 40.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,196 4.5 42.0 1,125 6.3 42.2 1,437 4.3 41.3 Financial managers.......................................... 1,119 7.8 42.0 1,119 8.9 42.3 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,528 10.5 39.0 – – – 1,334 1.8 38.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,147 4.6 44.3 1,117 5.1 43.2 – – – Management related............................................ 931 6.6 40.6 926 8.4 40.8 946 10.6 40.0 Sales............................................................. 579 11.6 40.1 579 11.6 40.1 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 698 9.7 43.6 698 9.7 43.6 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 927 19.0 40.5 927 19.0 40.5 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 307 4.5 39.3 307 4.5 39.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 416 1.8 39.5 411 1.9 39.5 444 3.9 39.4 Secretaries................................................. 469 6.0 39.2 466 5.7 38.5 471 11.1 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 419 6.6 40.0 418 6.6 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 418 6.0 40.0 418 6.0 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... $399 7.2 40.0 $375 5.5 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 640 13.1 40.2 643 14.0 40.3 $605 3.2 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 693 10.6 39.7 687 11.9 39.7 763 3.7 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 500 17.4 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 687 2.8 39.3 687 2.8 39.3 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 793 4.8 40.4 793 4.8 40.4 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 375 8.6 37.3 375 8.6 37.3 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 506 5.4 39.9 506 5.4 39.9 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 475 6.8 40.0 475 6.8 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 499 6.8 40.0 499 6.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 471 1.2 39.8 471 1.2 39.8 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 666 20.2 40.0 666 20.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 460 1.6 39.9 460 1.6 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 455 .1 40.0 455 .1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 878 19.7 42.0 912 19.1 42.5 375 12.6 34.7 Truck drivers............................................... 729 10.4 47.8 784 12.0 49.2 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 431 3.3 39.9 431 3.3 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 498 6.5 39.8 490 7.7 39.8 543 4.8 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 562 3.3 40.0 – – – 466 2.3 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 369 6.6 39.4 369 6.6 39.4 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 387 5.6 40.0 387 5.6 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 381 6.8 38.8 381 6.8 38.8 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 534 20.6 40.0 536 22.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 396 3.9 39.4 350 4.1 39.0 526 4.4 40.5 Protective service............................................ 653 10.1 41.9 – – – 703 9.0 42.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 640 .4 40.1 – – – 640 .4 40.1 Food service.................................................. 329 9.1 38.4 330 9.6 38.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 329 8.1 38.2 331 8.6 38.4 – – – Cooks....................................................... 334 8.8 38.8 – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 382 5.6 39.3 338 5.9 38.8 438 3.0 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 391 5.0 39.2 346 5.5 38.5 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $33,293 7.3 2,010 $32,987 9.2 2,068 $34,528 2.8 1,777 All excluding sales............................................... 33,545 7.6 2,006 33,278 9.8 2,068 34,528 2.8 1,777 White collar........................................................ 36,646 10.1 1,969 36,411 13.9 2,076 37,242 1.8 1,696 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,716 11.1 1,954 37,947 16.2 2,079 37,242 1.8 1,696 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 43,340 16.2 1,838 48,557 27.2 2,063 37,347 2.6 1,579 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,155 13.9 1,773 60,360 23.7 2,061 37,344 2.5 1,559 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 61,620 6.7 2,239 61,620 6.7 2,239 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 68,721 33.4 2,125 72,087 34.6 2,138 36,081 1.1 1,998 Registered nurses........................................... 42,437 1.8 2,073 42,774 1.9 2,076 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38,457 3.5 1,605 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35,110 2.8 1,422 – – – 33,996 3.1 1,360 Elementary school teachers.................................. 34,595 2.6 1,364 – – – 34,595 2.6 1,364 Secondary school teachers................................... 34,040 1.7 1,351 – – – 34,040 1.7 1,351 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 28,745 5.6 2,080 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 29,020 6.6 2,080 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 30,046 4.0 2,062 29,338 3.7 2,066 37,407 6.0 2,025 Licensed practical nurses................................... 26,489 3.9 2,045 26,111 4.0 2,059 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 55,341 3.2 2,128 53,866 4.1 2,162 59,806 6.8 2,024 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 61,011 4.5 2,141 58,492 6.3 2,194 68,803 4.3 1,977 Financial managers.......................................... 58,173 7.8 2,186 58,187 8.9 2,201 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 70,632 10.5 1,800 – – – 59,370 1.8 1,716 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59,662 4.6 2,306 58,106 5.1 2,248 – – – Management related............................................ 48,398 6.6 2,112 48,134 8.4 2,123 49,179 10.6 2,080 Sales............................................................. 29,812 11.6 2,063 29,812 11.6 2,063 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 36,314 9.7 2,265 36,314 9.7 2,265 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 48,190 19.0 2,107 48,190 19.0 2,107 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 14,256 4.5 1,823 14,256 4.5 1,823 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 21,341 1.8 2,026 21,354 1.9 2,056 21,280 3.9 1,888 Secretaries................................................. 24,194 6.0 2,026 24,255 5.7 2,004 24,129 11.1 2,049 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 21,796 6.6 2,081 21,727 6.6 2,081 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 21,754 6.0 2,080 21,754 6.0 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... $20,737 7.2 2,080 $19,501 5.5 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,886 13.1 2,067 33,105 14.0 2,077 $30,003 3.2 1,934 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 35,523 10.6 2,034 35,139 11.9 2,030 39,665 3.7 2,080 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 25,996 17.4 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 35,735 2.8 2,045 35,735 2.8 2,045 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 41,174 4.8 2,097 41,174 4.8 2,097 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 19,519 8.6 1,941 19,519 8.6 1,941 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,241 5.4 2,070 26,241 5.4 2,070 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 24,683 6.8 2,080 24,683 6.8 2,080 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 25,934 6.8 2,080 25,934 6.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,518 1.2 2,068 24,518 1.2 2,068 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 34,534 20.2 2,076 34,534 20.2 2,076 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,856 1.6 2,069 23,856 1.6 2,069 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 23,199 .1 2,040 23,199 .1 2,040 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 44,883 19.7 2,147 47,413 19.1 2,209 15,338 12.6 1,417 Truck drivers............................................... 36,682 10.4 2,403 40,766 12.0 2,557 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 22,390 3.3 2,076 22,390 3.3 2,076 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,413 6.5 2,034 24,898 7.7 2,025 28,259 4.8 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 26,701 3.3 1,899 – – – 24,255 2.3 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 19,205 6.6 2,049 19,205 6.6 2,049 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 20,127 5.6 2,080 20,127 5.6 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,837 6.8 2,016 19,837 6.8 2,016 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,787 20.6 2,080 27,862 22.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 20,075 3.9 1,998 17,888 4.1 1,994 26,079 4.4 2,008 Protective service............................................ 33,973 10.1 2,178 – – – 36,545 9.0 2,193 Police and detectives, public service....................... 33,300 .4 2,083 – – – 33,300 .4 2,083 Food service.................................................. 16,111 9.1 1,879 16,456 9.6 1,917 – – – Other food service........................................... 16,065 8.1 1,865 16,433 8.6 1,904 – – – Cooks....................................................... 15,426 8.8 1,793 – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,847 5.6 2,044 17,586 5.9 2,015 22,764 3.0 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,333 5.0 2,039 18,013 5.5 1,999 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $15.83 6.8 $15.16 8.7 $19.17 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.08 7.1 15.40 9.2 19.17 2.8 White collar........................................................ 17.82 9.5 16.67 12.8 21.63 2.0 1....................................................... 7.81 1.5 7.76 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.03 4.5 8.06 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.61 3.6 8.61 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.81 2.9 10.81 2.8 10.82 9.4 5....................................................... 14.32 4.0 14.12 4.7 15.10 7.8 6....................................................... 17.33 5.5 16.86 5.4 17.88 10.7 7....................................................... 17.52 2.0 17.72 2.1 16.41 7.7 8....................................................... 22.93 4.4 21.97 3.7 23.57 6.9 9....................................................... 23.57 3.0 23.35 2.7 24.57 10.7 10........................................................ 31.46 5.4 32.71 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 30.20 5.9 31.02 9.4 29.49 7.6 12........................................................ 39.54 9.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.81 8.1 19.13 9.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.78 10.4 17.68 15.1 21.63 2.0 1....................................................... 8.04 3.5 7.99 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.27 5.9 8.33 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.99 4.4 8.99 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.62 2.8 10.56 2.1 10.82 9.4 5....................................................... 13.62 3.0 13.10 2.2 15.10 7.8 6....................................................... 17.01 5.3 16.10 3.7 17.88 10.7 7....................................................... 17.63 2.2 17.89 2.1 16.41 7.7 8....................................................... 23.30 4.8 22.75 4.4 23.57 6.9 9....................................................... 23.57 3.0 23.35 2.7 24.57 10.7 10........................................................ 30.14 4.2 31.18 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 30.20 5.9 31.02 9.4 29.49 7.6 12........................................................ 39.54 9.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.01 11.9 18.00 14.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 15.2 23.26 25.3 23.26 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.28 12.9 29.15 22.2 23.52 3.2 5....................................................... 19.99 3.1 – – 20.34 2.1 6....................................................... 18.63 11.3 – – 19.55 13.0 7....................................................... 18.92 3.6 – – 17.15 10.8 8....................................................... 23.23 5.3 22.18 2.6 23.66 7.4 9....................................................... 21.47 3.4 20.84 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 28.77 8.6 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.52 6.0 27.52 6.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.02 30.7 33.44 31.7 18.18 1.6 8....................................................... 20.26 2.4 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.49 2.1 20.62 2.2 – – 8....................................................... $20.26 2.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 23.32 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.25 3.5 – – $24.51 3.9 5....................................................... 18.06 10.6 – – 18.23 10.5 6....................................................... 23.48 1.9 – – 23.48 1.9 7....................................................... 22.43 4.5 – – 22.43 4.5 8....................................................... 24.87 4.5 – – 25.31 5.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.36 4.0 – – 25.36 4.0 6....................................................... 24.81 2.7 – – 24.81 2.7 8....................................................... 25.64 4.4 – – 25.64 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.20 2.8 – – 25.20 2.8 6....................................................... 23.36 1.7 – – 23.36 1.7 8....................................................... 26.03 2.7 – – 26.03 2.7 Teachers, special education................................. 23.99 4.8 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 9.40 1.6 – – 9.40 1.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.81 5.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.93 6.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.43 3.3 $14.07 3.0 18.48 6.2 4....................................................... 10.78 4.6 10.61 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.10 2.6 13.10 2.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.96 4.2 12.68 4.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 3.2 24.91 4.2 29.55 6.7 7....................................................... 18.57 3.4 18.57 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.40 11.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.65 5.2 25.69 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 31.29 5.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.67 6.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 38.61 12.0 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.49 4.7 26.66 6.7 34.80 3.8 9....................................................... 26.14 8.3 25.79 8.5 – – 10........................................................ 31.29 5.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 33.29 7.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 38.61 12.0 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 26.61 8.0 26.43 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.24 9.8 – – 34.60 1.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 25.87 7.0 25.85 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.92 6.0 22.68 7.7 23.64 10.6 9....................................................... 25.21 7.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 12.96 10.1 12.96 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.82 1.2 7.82 1.2 – – 4....................................................... $11.44 5.8 $11.44 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.95 6.2 16.95 6.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.04 6.2 16.04 6.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.09 11.3 15.09 11.3 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.87 19.6 22.87 19.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.05 7.4 10.05 7.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.28 2.0 7.28 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.25 2.2 7.25 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.26 2.3 10.10 2.7 $11.17 3.6 1....................................................... 8.04 3.5 7.99 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.27 5.9 8.33 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 4.5 9.00 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.59 3.6 10.55 3.3 10.69 9.4 5....................................................... 12.51 3.5 13.06 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 14.25 6.7 15.37 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 14.62 5.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 11.94 5.4 12.10 4.3 11.77 11.1 4....................................................... 10.78 4.8 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 8.05 3.8 8.05 3.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.23 6.4 10.20 6.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.46 6.0 10.46 6.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.90 13.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 9.93 6.5 9.34 4.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.65 12.9 15.67 13.8 15.37 2.8 1....................................................... 8.87 2.8 8.87 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.49 9.0 11.48 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.70 1.9 11.72 2.0 11.55 7.0 4....................................................... 13.08 4.0 13.22 4.2 11.41 2.6 5....................................................... 13.68 1.9 13.72 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.46 7.0 16.72 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.85 16.8 24.27 17.2 18.95 2.4 9....................................................... 28.47 18.9 29.79 18.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.46 10.5 17.31 11.8 19.07 3.7 5....................................................... 12.38 13.2 12.38 13.2 – – 6....................................................... 15.05 2.4 15.02 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.66 12.6 20.88 13.9 18.95 2.4 9....................................................... 20.66 3.6 20.66 3.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 12.50 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.48 3.7 17.48 3.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.63 5.6 19.63 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.55 4.8 18.55 4.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.06 7.8 10.06 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $12.69 5.4 $12.69 5.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.31 5.6 9.31 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 4.1 10.86 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.85 3.3 11.85 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.12 6.1 13.12 6.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.21 2.3 13.21 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 14.28 5.2 14.28 5.2 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.87 6.8 11.87 6.8 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.47 6.8 12.47 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.94 1.4 11.94 1.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.64 20.2 16.64 20.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.53 1.6 11.53 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 7.6 11.31 7.6 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 11.37 .1 11.37 .1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.74 19.7 21.39 19.4 $10.98 5.6 2....................................................... 9.71 1.5 9.64 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 2.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.66 5.0 13.83 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.39 5.1 15.61 5.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.27 12.5 15.93 14.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 .3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.72 12.7 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.78 3.4 10.78 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.75 6.0 11.48 6.9 13.59 4.8 1....................................................... 8.07 5.9 8.07 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.43 14.3 12.43 14.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.41 5.8 10.55 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.65 6.0 13.05 6.5 11.39 3.6 Construction laborers....................................... 14.06 3.3 – – 11.66 2.3 Production helpers.......................................... 9.18 8.3 9.18 8.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.02 4.2 8.02 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.70 6.9 6.70 6.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.49 7.9 9.49 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.49 7.9 9.49 7.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.08 20.0 13.08 21.6 – – Service............................................................. 9.24 2.3 8.26 2.4 12.87 4.6 1....................................................... 7.13 6.4 7.09 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.61 8.0 7.75 7.8 9.97 8.2 3....................................................... 8.59 4.7 8.56 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.10 5.6 9.48 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 11.41 3.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 13.98 7.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ $14.54 9.1 – – $16.60 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.99 .3 – – 15.99 .3 Food service.................................................. 7.56 4.6 $7.55 4.8 8.09 3.2 1....................................................... 6.36 5.4 6.28 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.35 8.1 7.35 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.16 3.4 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.21 32.3 5.21 32.3 – – 1....................................................... 3.08 3.9 3.08 3.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.30 20.7 3.30 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 2.8 7.94 2.9 8.09 3.2 1....................................................... 7.04 4.7 6.98 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.35 8.1 7.35 8.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.53 8.3 – – 8.09 3.2 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.76 3.4 8.76 3.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.63 2.4 6.63 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.61 4.0 6.61 4.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.17 3.9 9.15 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 9.35 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.86 5.1 8.86 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.70 5.2 8.73 6.6 10.94 3.0 1....................................................... 8.54 9.9 8.57 9.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.96 4.6 9.01 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.14 8.6 9.19 8.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 6.93 3.9 6.77 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, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $16.56 7.1 $15.95 9.0 $19.43 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 16.72 7.4 16.09 9.5 19.43 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.61 9.8 17.54 13.5 21.95 2.1 1....................................................... 8.09 3.4 8.05 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.29 5.8 8.32 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.09 3.1 9.09 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.86 3.0 10.85 3.0 10.87 9.6 5....................................................... 14.54 3.9 14.28 4.4 15.55 8.0 6....................................................... 17.53 5.8 17.13 5.7 17.97 11.2 7....................................................... 17.68 2.0 17.68 2.1 17.64 6.5 8....................................................... 22.93 4.5 21.96 3.8 23.57 6.9 9....................................................... 23.57 3.0 23.35 2.7 24.57 10.7 10........................................................ 31.43 5.5 32.67 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 30.20 5.9 31.02 9.4 29.49 7.6 12........................................................ 39.54 9.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.81 8.2 19.12 9.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.30 10.8 18.25 15.7 21.95 2.1 1....................................................... 8.11 3.9 8.05 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 7.1 8.51 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.36 3.2 9.36 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.62 3.0 10.54 2.3 10.87 9.6 5....................................................... 13.82 3.2 13.22 1.9 15.55 8.0 6....................................................... 17.20 5.7 16.36 4.6 17.97 11.2 7....................................................... 17.81 2.1 17.85 2.2 17.64 6.5 8....................................................... 23.30 4.8 22.76 4.5 23.57 6.9 9....................................................... 23.57 3.0 23.35 2.7 24.57 10.7 10........................................................ 30.09 4.2 31.12 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 30.20 5.9 31.02 9.4 29.49 7.6 12........................................................ 39.54 9.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.99 12.1 17.99 14.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 15.6 23.54 26.1 23.65 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.59 13.0 29.28 22.3 23.95 3.1 6....................................................... 18.78 12.0 – – 19.73 13.8 7....................................................... – – – – 19.42 9.1 8....................................................... 23.24 5.4 22.18 2.6 23.66 7.4 9....................................................... 21.47 3.4 20.84 3.1 – – 11........................................................ 28.77 8.6 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 27.52 6.0 27.52 6.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.34 31.2 33.71 32.1 18.06 1.8 Registered nurses........................................... 20.47 2.0 20.60 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 23.97 3.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.68 3.8 – – 24.99 4.2 6....................................................... $23.96 1.8 – – $23.96 1.8 7....................................................... 23.89 5.5 – – 23.89 5.5 8....................................................... 24.87 4.5 – – 25.31 5.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.36 4.0 – – 25.36 4.0 6....................................................... 24.81 2.7 – – 24.81 2.7 8....................................................... 25.64 4.4 – – 25.64 4.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 25.20 2.8 – – 25.20 2.8 6....................................................... 23.36 1.7 – – 23.36 1.7 8....................................................... 26.03 2.7 – – 26.03 2.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.82 5.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 13.95 6.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.57 4.2 $14.20 3.9 18.48 6.2 4....................................................... 10.85 5.9 10.66 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.10 2.6 13.10 2.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.96 4.2 12.68 4.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 3.2 24.91 4.2 29.55 6.7 7....................................................... 18.57 3.4 18.57 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.40 11.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.65 5.2 25.69 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 31.29 5.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.67 6.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 38.61 12.0 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.49 4.7 26.65 6.7 34.80 3.8 9....................................................... 26.14 8.3 25.79 8.5 – – 10........................................................ 31.29 5.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 33.29 7.3 – – – – 12........................................................ 38.61 12.0 – – – – Financial managers.......................................... 26.61 8.0 26.43 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.24 9.8 – – 34.60 1.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 25.87 7.0 25.85 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.92 6.0 22.68 7.7 23.64 10.6 9....................................................... 25.21 7.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.45 10.9 14.45 10.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.29 1.7 8.29 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.67 5.7 11.67 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.20 5.7 17.20 5.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 16.04 6.2 16.04 6.2 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.87 19.6 22.87 19.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.82 3.5 7.82 3.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $10.53 1.7 $10.39 1.9 $11.27 3.6 1....................................................... 8.11 3.9 8.05 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.46 7.1 8.51 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.38 3.3 9.38 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 3.7 10.51 3.4 10.73 9.6 5....................................................... 12.67 2.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.25 6.7 15.37 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 14.62 5.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 11.94 5.4 12.10 4.3 11.77 11.1 4....................................................... 10.78 4.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.48 6.6 10.44 6.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.46 6.0 10.46 6.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.97 7.2 9.38 5.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.91 12.9 15.94 13.8 15.51 2.9 1....................................................... 9.14 2.3 9.14 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.54 9.4 11.54 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.82 1.3 11.86 1.1 11.55 7.0 4....................................................... 13.21 3.9 13.33 4.1 11.47 3.2 5....................................................... 13.68 1.9 13.72 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.46 7.0 16.72 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.85 16.8 24.27 17.2 18.95 2.4 9....................................................... 28.47 18.9 29.79 18.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.46 10.5 17.31 11.8 19.07 3.7 5....................................................... 12.38 13.2 12.38 13.2 – – 6....................................................... 15.05 2.4 15.02 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.66 12.6 20.88 13.9 18.95 2.4 9....................................................... 20.66 3.6 20.66 3.6 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 12.50 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.48 3.7 17.48 3.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.63 5.6 19.63 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.55 4.8 18.55 4.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.06 7.8 10.06 7.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.68 5.4 12.68 5.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.21 5.0 9.21 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 4.1 10.86 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.85 3.3 11.85 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.12 6.1 13.12 6.1 – – 5....................................................... 13.21 2.3 13.21 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 14.28 5.2 14.28 5.2 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.87 6.8 11.87 6.8 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.47 6.8 12.47 6.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.85 .8 11.85 .8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... $16.64 20.2 $16.64 20.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.53 1.6 11.53 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.31 7.6 11.31 7.6 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 11.37 .1 11.37 .1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.91 20.0 21.46 19.7 $10.82 6.9 2....................................................... 9.65 1.4 9.64 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 2.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.72 4.3 13.74 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.39 5.1 15.61 5.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.26 12.8 15.95 14.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.78 3.4 10.78 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.50 6.4 12.29 7.6 13.59 4.8 1....................................................... 9.06 3.9 9.06 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.64 15.2 12.64 15.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.99 5.1 11.19 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 4.9 – – 11.39 3.6 Construction laborers....................................... 14.06 3.3 – – 11.66 2.3 Production helpers.......................................... 9.37 7.9 9.37 7.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.68 5.6 9.68 5.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 8.1 9.84 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.84 8.1 9.84 8.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.36 20.6 13.40 22.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.05 3.1 8.97 3.0 12.99 4.4 1....................................................... 7.77 9.3 7.77 9.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.54 6.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.94 2.8 8.93 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.71 6.1 9.98 3.7 – – 6....................................................... 11.53 4.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 13.98 7.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 15.60 9.4 – – 16.66 8.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.99 .3 – – 15.99 .3 Food service.................................................. 8.57 6.2 8.59 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.05 10.7 6.95 11.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.27 4.7 8.27 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.16 3.4 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.0 8.63 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.35 8.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.27 4.7 8.27 4.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.60 8.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.71 5.2 8.73 6.8 10.94 3.0 1....................................................... 8.53 10.2 8.56 10.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.97 4.6 9.01 6.7 – – 1....................................................... $9.15 8.8 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $7.76 2.8 $7.57 2.9 $10.74 6.2 All excluding sales............................................... 7.89 3.5 7.66 3.7 10.74 6.2 White collar........................................................ 8.41 4.8 8.18 4.5 10.87 11.0 2....................................................... 7.15 3.9 7.14 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.27 .7 7.25 .7 – – 4....................................................... 9.85 3.1 9.94 3.5 – – 5....................................................... 10.24 19.1 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 9.34 11.1 9.07 12.3 10.87 11.0 2....................................................... 7.32 5.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 10.42 21.6 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13.39 6.9 14.58 5.7 11.75 14.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 14.50 11.6 20.82 8.4 11.75 14.1 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 9.68 1.2 – – 9.63 1.2 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.40 1.6 – – 9.40 1.6 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.21 1.1 7.21 1.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.15 .7 7.15 .7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.72 3.9 7.72 3.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.91 1.4 6.91 1.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.88 6.8 7.84 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.32 5.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.66 6.9 8.45 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.35 12.1 7.35 12.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.75 4.8 7.75 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 7.6 6.90 7.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.70 3.4 6.70 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.17 5.1 6.17 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 6.59 3.9 6.52 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.92 9.6 5.86 9.8 – – 2....................................................... $6.66 6.0 $6.63 6.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.81 4.7 5.78 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 5.68 9.8 5.68 9.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.81 14.5 3.81 14.5 – – 1....................................................... 3.23 10.1 3.23 10.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.47 23.9 3.47 23.9 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 2.2 6.48 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.64 2.0 6.64 2.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.07 5.6 $6.77 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 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....................................................... $16.56 $7.76 $19.82 $15.06 $15.88 $15.06 All excluding sales............................................. 16.72 7.89 20.22 15.22 16.17 14.27 White collar........................................................ 18.61 8.41 13.88 17.93 18.16 13.50 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.30 9.34 18.02 18.79 19.21 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 13.39 20.73 23.33 23.26 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.59 14.50 21.11 26.38 26.28 – Technical....................................................... 14.57 – – 14.11 14.43 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.01 – – 26.01 25.86 – Sales............................................................. 14.45 7.21 – 13.35 11.92 17.33 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.53 7.88 – 10.17 10.57 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.91 8.66 20.84 12.54 15.53 17.37 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.46 – 22.90 15.07 17.48 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.68 – 15.76 11.38 12.67 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.91 – 28.14 11.80 21.02 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.50 7.75 13.87 10.21 11.75 – Service............................................................. 10.05 6.59 – 9.21 9.24 – 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....................................................... 7.1 2.8 18.9 5.9 7.3 10.3 All excluding sales............................................. 7.4 3.5 18.6 6.2 7.5 11.2 White collar........................................................ 9.8 4.8 7.1 9.7 9.9 15.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.8 11.1 6.0 10.6 10.7 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.6 6.9 2.4 15.6 15.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 13.0 11.6 1.5 13.1 12.9 – Technical....................................................... 4.2 – – 2.9 3.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.2 – – 3.2 3.5 – Sales............................................................. 10.9 1.1 – 11.1 11.0 19.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 6.8 – 2.4 2.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 12.9 6.9 19.3 3.1 14.6 7.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.5 – 14.7 3.6 11.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 – 12.4 3.4 5.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 20.0 – 23.3 7.4 23.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.4 4.8 7.9 6.9 6.0 – Service............................................................. 3.1 3.9 – 2.3 2.3 – 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 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....................................................... $15.16 $14.41 – – $14.23 $15.46 - - $13.59 $15.38 All excluding sales............................................. 15.40 14.24 – – 14.04 15.91 - - 13.95 15.37 White collar........................................................ 16.67 19.91 – – 19.91 16.25 - - 13.94 19.56 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.68 20.08 – – 20.08 17.37 - - 14.36 19.65 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 22.35 – – 22.35 23.37 - - – 23.32 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.15 27.36 – – 27.36 29.34 - - – 29.44 Technical....................................................... 14.07 14.75 – – 14.75 13.99 - - – 13.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.91 24.33 – – 24.33 25.09 - - 21.88 25.44 Sales............................................................. 12.96 – – – – 12.22 - - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.10 12.43 – – 12.43 9.90 - - 11.35 9.55 Blue collar......................................................... 15.67 13.25 – – 12.95 18.64 - - – 10.75 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.31 15.04 – – 14.30 19.42 - - – 13.94 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 12.51 – – 12.51 13.93 - - – 7.75 Transportation and material moving................................ 21.39 12.93 – – 12.93 23.61 - - – 10.66 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.48 12.64 – – 12.33 10.25 - - – 9.40 Service............................................................. 8.26 – – – – 8.23 - - – 8.69 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....................................................... 8.7 1.7 – – 1.8 11.8 - - 5.6 16.9 All excluding sales............................................. 9.2 1.0 – – 1.0 12.7 - - 5.1 17.1 White collar........................................................ 12.8 6.9 – – 6.9 14.7 - - 4.1 25.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15.1 3.8 – – 3.8 17.3 - - 2.9 25.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.3 9.8 – – 9.8 28.0 - - – 31.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.2 6.1 – – 6.1 24.3 - - – 26.7 Technical....................................................... 3.0 6.0 – – 6.0 3.1 - - – 1.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 10.3 – – 10.3 4.6 - - 18.1 5.9 Sales............................................................. 10.1 – – – – 10.6 - - – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 5.8 – – 5.8 2.9 - - 5.4 1.3 Blue collar......................................................... 13.8 1.3 – – 1.3 21.8 - - – 4.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 11.8 2.1 – – 2.2 18.5 - - – 9.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 1.9 – – 1.9 37.1 - - – 2.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 19.4 4.6 – – 4.6 18.1 - - – 12.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.9 2.3 – – 3.0 15.6 - - – 6.1 Service............................................................. 2.4 – – – – 2.4 - - – 2.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Springfield, MO, September 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....................................................... $15.16 $12.41 $15.74 $15.43 $16.24 All excluding sales............................................. 15.40 12.26 16.05 15.75 16.49 White collar........................................................ 16.67 14.25 17.06 14.60 20.20 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.68 14.41 18.16 15.19 21.00 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.26 – 23.28 18.23 25.92 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.15 – 29.21 23.75 30.95 Technical....................................................... 14.07 – 14.07 14.12 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.91 21.65 25.85 23.87 28.93 Sales............................................................. 12.96 13.82 12.77 13.27 10.04 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.10 10.62 9.98 9.75 10.29 Blue collar......................................................... 15.67 13.00 16.30 17.43 13.15 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.31 15.25 18.12 19.75 14.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 11.13 12.98 12.58 13.73 Transportation and material moving................................ 21.39 13.30 22.44 23.26 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.48 9.21 11.93 12.32 11.05 Service............................................................. 8.26 7.16 8.60 8.05 – 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....................................................... 8.7 5.5 9.8 12.4 16.3 All excluding sales............................................. 9.2 5.0 10.2 13.2 16.8 White collar........................................................ 12.8 8.9 14.8 9.1 27.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15.1 8.1 17.0 9.6 29.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.3 – 25.4 8.0 35.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.2 – 22.3 10.7 27.5 Technical....................................................... 3.0 – 3.0 4.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 7.2 5.1 5.8 7.4 Sales............................................................. 10.1 14.8 13.4 16.6 5.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 4.7 3.1 6.8 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 13.8 4.1 15.7 18.8 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 11.8 4.1 14.7 17.0 4.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 3.0 6.2 9.8 2.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 19.4 5.3 20.0 19.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.9 8.5 7.5 8.7 11.9 Service............................................................. 2.4 8.1 3.1 5.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Springfield, MO, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.42 $9.33 $12.90 $19.35 $27.40 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.55 13.09 19.50 27.84 White collar.................................... 7.53 9.85 14.61 22.15 29.79 White collar excluding sales................ 8.20 10.60 15.72 23.24 30.61 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.93 15.28 20.42 25.14 31.98 Professional specialty...................... 14.78 18.82 21.95 26.46 34.83 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.67 23.08 26.31 33.61 36.28 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 15.82 18.46 21.37 25.25 102.01 Registered nurses....................... 15.50 17.82 20.34 23.67 25.24 Teachers, college and university.......... 12.32 17.46 21.00 28.88 31.13 Teachers, except college and university... 18.91 20.51 23.70 27.29 32.12 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.85 20.74 24.47 29.28 32.82 Secondary school teachers............... 20.04 20.97 24.33 28.27 32.17 Teachers, special education............. 19.61 21.25 21.50 29.87 29.87 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 9.29 10.00 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.60 12.72 13.24 14.23 17.66 Social workers.......................... 11.60 12.25 13.19 14.73 18.51 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 9.60 11.08 13.39 17.45 20.57 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.59 13.00 14.31 15.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.68 19.38 24.72 30.40 38.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.83 20.15 28.48 32.78 41.23 Financial managers...................... 17.67 20.15 28.48 32.78 32.78 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.28 31.63 35.46 46.50 56.62 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.68 19.22 24.72 30.40 38.46 Management related........................ 14.90 17.50 22.62 26.60 31.42 Sales......................................... 6.58 7.50 10.20 17.02 22.50 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.25 13.56 16.73 19.71 20.37 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 9.80 10.96 19.23 26.13 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.05 12.24 22.50 29.94 37.14 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.66 7.75 9.80 11.36 13.85 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.75 8.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.20 8.21 9.95 11.75 13.55 Secretaries............................. 8.74 10.50 11.50 12.78 16.29 Receptionists........................... 7.00 7.21 7.59 8.44 9.50 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.35 8.70 9.74 11.75 13.61 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.30 9.00 10.50 11.75 12.82 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.45 7.82 8.64 10.29 17.55 General office clerks................... $7.50 $7.98 $9.80 $11.42 $13.25 Blue collar..................................... 8.30 10.47 13.55 18.00 26.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.20 12.50 17.41 21.35 26.28 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 8.50 8.50 13.32 15.20 17.41 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.89 16.89 18.36 18.43 18.43 Supervisors, production................. 16.62 18.00 18.39 21.35 23.94 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.85 8.15 9.30 12.02 14.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.75 12.25 15.01 16.08 Punching and stamping press operators... 9.65 9.75 11.00 14.06 15.90 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.00 9.60 13.57 15.17 15.78 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 9.40 12.50 15.58 15.78 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.05 13.05 17.67 30.40 Assemblers.............................. 7.88 10.00 10.83 14.83 15.01 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 9.12 11.68 12.80 13.05 Transportation and material moving............ 9.85 11.58 15.79 28.91 39.73 Truck drivers........................... 10.60 12.29 13.90 17.50 21.07 Bus drivers............................. 10.25 11.03 14.90 19.08 19.08 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 10.13 10.95 11.42 12.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.54 11.17 14.65 16.24 Construction laborers................... 10.81 11.71 14.65 16.24 16.79 Production helpers...................... 6.50 7.55 9.15 11.50 12.35 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.50 8.35 8.75 11.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.20 7.50 9.89 11.17 11.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.34 11.08 14.65 23.63 Service......................................... 6.10 7.10 8.38 10.74 13.09 Protective service........................ 6.70 10.56 15.35 16.67 21.67 Police and detectives, public service... 13.92 15.35 16.19 16.66 18.21 Food service.............................. 5.45 6.20 7.25 8.61 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.15 2.18 3.00 7.45 10.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.15 2.30 2.68 7.45 Other food service....................... 6.02 6.30 7.46 8.64 11.50 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.08 8.00 9.56 12.25 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.90 7.58 8.50 10.01 11.61 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.90 6.05 6.25 7.20 8.12 Health service............................ 7.40 7.53 8.99 10.74 10.95 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.40 7.50 8.43 9.74 11.38 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.89 9.98 11.04 12.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.58 8.28 10.15 11.37 12.67 Personal service.......................... 5.50 5.65 7.00 7.60 8.50 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $8.92 $12.20 $17.84 $25.97 All excluding sales........................... 7.40 9.10 12.35 17.91 26.34 White collar.................................... 7.30 9.05 13.00 20.15 26.70 White collar excluding sales................ 7.65 9.95 13.50 21.29 27.84 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.92 13.87 18.88 23.51 31.19 Professional specialty...................... 15.89 18.51 21.65 25.24 41.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.67 23.08 26.31 33.61 36.28 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.06 19.06 22.24 25.92 102.01 Registered nurses....................... 15.63 18.01 20.47 23.74 25.24 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.57 11.08 13.16 16.86 20.37 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.35 11.40 13.00 13.87 15.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.30 19.22 23.80 29.62 32.78 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.68 19.22 25.25 31.75 38.46 Financial managers...................... 17.67 20.15 28.48 32.78 33.17 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.68 19.22 24.04 30.40 38.46 Management related........................ 13.50 17.50 23.29 26.60 30.28 Sales......................................... 6.58 7.50 10.20 17.02 22.50 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.25 13.56 16.73 19.71 20.37 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 9.80 10.96 19.23 26.13 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.05 12.24 22.50 29.94 37.14 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.66 7.75 9.80 11.36 13.85 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.75 8.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.98 9.80 11.61 13.30 Secretaries............................. 10.07 11.50 11.50 11.50 17.00 Receptionists........................... 7.00 7.21 7.59 8.44 9.50 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 7.35 8.70 9.74 11.75 13.61 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.30 9.00 10.50 11.75 12.82 General office clerks................... 7.50 7.98 8.52 11.20 11.61 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 10.43 13.50 17.81 27.89 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.10 12.04 16.77 21.50 26.61 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.89 16.89 18.36 18.43 18.43 Supervisors, production................. 16.62 18.00 18.39 21.35 23.94 Butchers and meat cutters............... $7.85 $8.15 $9.30 $12.02 $14.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.75 12.25 15.01 16.08 Punching and stamping press operators... 9.65 9.75 11.00 14.06 15.90 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.00 9.60 13.57 15.17 15.78 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 9.40 12.50 15.58 15.78 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.05 13.05 17.67 30.40 Assemblers.............................. 7.88 10.00 10.83 14.83 15.01 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 9.12 11.68 12.80 13.05 Transportation and material moving............ 10.05 11.87 16.50 29.99 39.99 Truck drivers........................... 11.30 12.62 14.47 17.84 22.45 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 10.13 10.95 11.42 12.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.09 10.85 14.65 16.18 Production helpers...................... 6.50 7.55 9.15 11.50 12.35 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.50 8.35 8.75 11.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.20 7.50 9.89 11.17 11.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.25 8.09 11.04 14.65 23.72 Service......................................... 6.02 6.88 7.87 10.01 10.95 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.35 6.20 7.20 8.61 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.15 2.18 3.00 7.45 10.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.15 2.30 2.68 7.45 Other food service....................... 6.02 6.25 7.42 8.64 11.58 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.90 7.58 8.50 10.01 11.61 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.90 6.05 6.25 7.20 8.12 Health service............................ 7.40 7.53 8.99 10.74 10.96 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.40 7.50 8.43 9.74 11.38 Cleaning and building service............. 6.25 7.25 8.00 10.19 10.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.17 7.72 9.95 10.25 10.95 Personal service.......................... 5.40 6.20 7.00 7.00 7.60 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, Springfield, MO, September 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.35 $12.29 $17.76 $23.91 $30.91 All excluding sales........................... 9.35 12.29 17.76 23.91 30.91 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.55 20.79 27.29 33.81 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 13.55 20.79 27.29 33.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.95 19.24 22.21 27.50 32.17 Professional specialty...................... 12.95 19.35 22.21 28.04 32.49 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.91 16.42 18.67 19.55 20.92 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 19.48 20.46 23.60 28.27 32.49 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.85 20.74 24.47 29.28 32.82 Secondary school teachers............... 20.04 20.97 24.33 28.27 32.17 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 9.29 10.00 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.56 16.13 19.54 21.13 21.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.00 20.92 27.92 38.05 41.23 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.19 27.92 35.24 41.23 48.60 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.61 31.63 35.26 36.17 41.97 Management related........................ 16.00 19.54 20.92 26.05 39.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.35 9.16 10.62 12.71 16.29 Secretaries............................. 8.35 9.12 11.55 12.98 16.29 Blue collar..................................... 10.81 11.69 15.31 18.43 22.82 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.79 17.41 18.43 19.86 23.11 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 8.00 11.09 13.21 13.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.81 11.07 12.58 15.31 19.48 Construction laborers................... 10.81 10.81 11.07 12.58 13.21 Service......................................... 8.00 9.39 12.53 15.35 16.94 Protective service........................ 12.53 13.84 16.19 16.67 22.38 Police and detectives, public service... 13.92 15.35 16.19 16.66 18.21 Food service.............................. 6.26 7.17 7.91 8.80 9.84 Other food service....................... 6.26 7.17 7.91 8.80 9.84 Cooks................................... $6.26 $7.17 $7.91 $8.80 $9.84 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.28 9.12 11.43 12.54 13.09 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.10 $13.47 $19.88 $28.13 All excluding sales........................... 8.03 10.20 13.55 19.96 28.48 White collar.................................... 8.24 10.63 15.68 22.74 30.40 White collar excluding sales................ 8.36 11.20 16.31 23.51 30.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.14 15.68 20.52 25.24 32.17 Professional specialty...................... 15.09 19.13 22.16 26.73 35.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.67 23.08 26.31 33.61 36.28 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.76 18.41 21.43 25.31 102.01 Registered nurses....................... 15.46 17.82 20.34 23.68 25.24 Teachers, college and university.......... 12.32 17.65 22.34 29.15 31.22 Teachers, except college and university... 19.78 20.61 23.94 27.56 32.14 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.85 20.74 24.47 29.28 32.82 Secondary school teachers............... 20.04 20.97 24.33 28.27 32.17 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.02 12.72 13.24 14.52 17.66 Social workers.......................... 11.60 12.25 13.19 14.73 18.51 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.00 11.40 13.61 17.45 20.99 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.59 13.00 14.31 15.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.68 19.38 24.72 30.40 38.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.83 20.15 28.48 32.78 41.23 Financial managers...................... 17.67 20.15 28.48 32.78 32.78 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.28 31.63 35.46 46.50 56.62 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.68 19.22 24.72 30.40 38.46 Management related........................ 14.90 17.50 22.62 26.60 31.42 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.85 12.21 18.95 23.57 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.25 13.56 16.73 19.71 20.37 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 9.05 12.24 22.50 29.94 37.14 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.35 8.25 10.34 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.45 8.35 10.19 11.95 13.61 Secretaries............................. 8.74 10.50 11.50 12.78 16.29 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.00 8.78 10.02 11.75 13.61 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.30 9.00 10.50 11.75 12.82 General office clerks................... 7.50 8.05 9.80 11.42 13.25 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.74 13.90 18.33 27.21 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.20 12.50 17.41 21.35 26.28 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ $8.50 $8.50 $13.32 $15.20 $17.41 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.89 16.89 18.36 18.43 18.43 Supervisors, production................. 16.62 18.00 18.39 21.35 23.94 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.85 8.15 9.30 12.02 14.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.75 12.25 15.01 16.08 Punching and stamping press operators... 9.65 9.75 11.00 14.06 15.90 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.00 9.60 13.57 15.17 15.78 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.95 9.30 12.00 15.58 15.78 Welders and cutters..................... 9.75 11.05 13.05 17.67 30.40 Assemblers.............................. 7.88 10.00 10.83 14.83 15.01 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 8.70 9.12 11.68 12.80 13.05 Transportation and material moving............ 9.85 11.58 16.04 29.17 39.90 Truck drivers........................... 10.57 12.27 13.80 17.50 21.89 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 10.13 10.95 11.42 12.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.60 9.50 11.85 14.84 16.79 Construction laborers................... 10.81 11.71 14.65 16.24 16.79 Production helpers...................... 7.50 7.55 9.15 11.50 12.35 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.88 8.50 8.81 11.00 12.15 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.50 11.17 11.17 11.17 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.30 8.49 11.33 14.65 23.72 Service......................................... 6.90 7.72 9.45 11.27 13.88 Protective service........................ 8.93 12.88 15.38 16.67 22.38 Police and detectives, public service... 13.92 15.35 16.19 16.66 18.21 Food service.............................. 6.35 7.10 8.00 10.01 11.61 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.92 11.61 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.38 8.00 9.60 12.25 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.89 10.09 11.04 12.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.60 8.28 10.15 11.43 12.67 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. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.35 $10.57 All excluding sales........................... 5.75 6.25 7.00 8.60 11.03 White collar.................................... 6.25 6.42 7.35 8.57 10.92 White collar excluding sales................ 6.27 6.58 7.53 10.12 16.06 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.57 9.29 10.92 17.63 21.00 Professional specialty...................... 7.89 9.29 10.71 19.55 22.40 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 8.57 8.57 10.00 10.71 10.71 Substitute teachers..................... 8.57 8.57 9.29 10.00 10.71 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 6.30 6.80 7.61 8.35 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.25 6.60 7.20 7.93 8.72 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.25 6.70 7.50 8.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.25 6.36 7.35 8.28 10.12 Blue collar..................................... 5.55 6.50 7.25 10.62 13.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.25 7.00 8.60 11.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.60 Service......................................... 4.75 6.05 6.50 7.40 8.75 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.30 6.00 6.20 6.70 7.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.15 2.50 5.00 7.45 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.15 2.35 3.00 7.45 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.05 6.25 6.88 7.20 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.40 6.20 7.00 7.25 9.43 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, Springfield, MO, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 69,500 56,600 13,000 All excluding sales............................................. 63,600 50,600 13,000 White collar........................................................ 34,100 24,900 9,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28,200 19,000 9,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13,300 6,900 6,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 10,400 4,200 6,200 Technical....................................................... 3,000 2,700 200 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4,400 3,300 1,100 Sales............................................................. 5,900 5,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,400 8,800 1,700 Blue collar......................................................... 24,500 22,700 1,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,700 7,000 700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,800 6,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4,800 4,300 500 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5,200 4,600 600 Service............................................................. 11,000 9,000 2,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.