NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Richmond-Petersburg, VA, Bulletin 3115-73, 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................. $18.56 4.1 36.7 $18.43 5.1 36.1 $18.88 7.0 37.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.47 5.2 37.1 22.11 6.9 36.7 20.37 7.2 37.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.04 5.1 37.1 30.14 9.2 36.7 24.32 5.4 37.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.12 5.1 40.0 29.71 5.9 40.0 26.06 5.0 39.6 Sales............................................................. 17.62 16.2 33.8 17.64 16.3 34.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.28 2.3 37.1 13.58 3.1 36.5 12.75 2.7 38.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.99 2.6 37.7 15.85 2.5 37.6 17.28 11.7 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 4.7 39.9 19.55 5.3 39.9 19.36 10.5 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.68 8.2 39.1 15.68 8.2 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 4.0 35.2 14.03 4.3 35.8 12.57 2.4 30.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.27 5.5 34.8 12.23 5.8 34.6 13.02 11.7 39.1 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.53 7.0 33.5 8.58 6.0 30.7 13.56 9.8 39.0 Full time........................................................... 19.32 4.5 39.8 19.61 5.2 39.9 18.68 8.8 39.5 Part time........................................................... 11.95 13.5 21.8 9.73 8.9 21.4 21.85 22.5 23.8 Union............................................................... 18.59 3.1 38.5 18.59 3.1 38.5 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.56 4.4 36.5 18.40 5.7 35.8 18.88 7.0 37.9 Time................................................................ 18.28 3.8 36.5 18.02 4.6 35.9 18.88 7.0 37.9 Incentive........................................................... 28.37 18.6 41.4 28.37 18.6 41.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.39 6.5 35.1 15.40 6.5 35.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.05 8.1 36.3 17.99 8.6 36.2 19.14 5.6 37.1 500 workers or more................................................. 19.96 5.3 37.5 21.35 7.6 36.8 18.88 7.5 38.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $18.56 4.1 $18.43 5.1 $18.88 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 18.63 4.0 18.51 5.0 18.88 7.0 White collar........................................................ 21.47 5.2 22.11 6.9 20.37 7.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.94 4.9 23.02 6.5 20.37 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.04 5.1 30.14 9.2 24.32 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.63 5.2 32.54 10.3 25.41 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.89 15.7 37.18 13.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.79 9.9 35.79 9.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.66 4.3 33.02 7.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.65 4.3 33.02 7.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.11 6.6 27.57 9.4 – – Health related................................................ 25.15 6.2 23.87 2.4 29.21 16.9 Registered nurses........................................... 22.50 4.0 22.60 4.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.89 .9 – – 24.90 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.60 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.88 .3 – – 23.74 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.52 5.2 – – 24.63 6.2 Librarians.................................................. 24.52 5.2 – – 24.63 6.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.42 5.6 23.25 17.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.34 11.4 – – 17.15 12.3 Social workers.............................................. 17.15 12.3 – – 17.15 12.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.57 6.5 19.69 8.7 17.17 7.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.64 .5 16.76 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.04 14.8 13.30 15.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.12 5.1 29.71 5.9 26.06 5.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.95 6.3 32.13 7.0 30.83 13.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.66 17.5 – – 33.31 18.9 Financial managers.......................................... 34.22 9.4 34.22 9.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.07 11.7 30.54 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 26.15 8.1 27.03 9.4 22.34 4.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.84 4.7 25.60 5.2 21.26 7.1 Other financial officers.................................... 26.26 11.5 25.42 15.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.12 17.8 35.49 17.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.39 7.8 22.61 7.8 – – Sales............................................................. 17.62 16.2 17.64 16.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 11.5 22.62 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.13 10.7 23.13 10.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.95 10.0 11.95 10.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... $7.31 4.0 $7.26 3.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.28 2.3 13.58 3.1 $12.75 2.7 Computer operators.......................................... 17.95 3.2 17.97 3.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.53 2.2 14.66 4.4 14.45 2.4 Receptionists............................................... 10.77 6.4 10.77 6.4 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.54 8.3 10.54 8.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.30 12.3 16.30 12.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 10.10 13.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.32 8.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.19 3.8 13.52 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.45 18.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.88 9.0 11.88 9.0 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.90 5.8 14.90 5.8 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.49 3.4 13.22 2.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.66 7.0 14.66 7.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.87 5.2 12.68 7.9 11.01 2.6 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.07 13.6 13.07 13.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.48 7.9 – – 11.52 8.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.12 4.4 13.77 5.8 12.22 6.5 Blue collar......................................................... 15.99 2.6 15.85 2.5 17.28 11.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 4.7 19.55 5.3 19.36 10.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.85 5.1 25.18 12.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.66 6.9 24.79 6.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.65 8.3 19.13 12.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.01 9.4 28.01 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.68 8.2 15.68 8.2 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.63 1.3 15.63 1.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.30 9.5 20.30 9.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.14 7.8 12.14 7.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 4.0 14.03 4.3 12.57 2.4 Truck drivers............................................... 15.02 5.7 15.46 6.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.39 7.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.81 3.5 13.81 3.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.27 5.5 12.23 5.8 13.02 11.7 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 16.61 10.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 13.52 12.2 13.52 12.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.00 15.1 13.00 15.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.30 8.1 12.30 8.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.42 14.5 10.42 14.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. $9.77 7.1 $9.77 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.93 8.5 12.79 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.53 7.0 8.58 6.0 $13.56 9.8 Protective service............................................ 15.09 14.0 9.44 13.5 17.60 10.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.83 3.6 – – 17.83 3.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.94 10.1 8.96 10.4 – – Food service.................................................. 7.96 13.1 7.65 13.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.14 23.1 6.14 23.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.17 30.8 6.17 30.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.39 8.4 9.03 8.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.48 10.2 9.48 10.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.00 9.4 7.86 11.6 – – Health service................................................ 9.57 3.3 9.58 4.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.46 2.1 9.45 2.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.08 2.2 9.03 3.0 9.16 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.06 3.1 8.96 6.1 9.16 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 10.09 14.0 7.73 13.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $19.32 4.5 $19.61 5.2 $18.68 8.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.25 4.5 19.53 5.1 18.68 8.8 White collar........................................................ 22.13 5.6 23.40 7.0 20.03 9.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 5.4 23.89 6.6 20.03 9.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 5.6 30.50 9.8 23.74 7.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.62 5.7 33.09 10.9 24.85 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.37 16.5 38.67 11.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.79 9.9 35.79 9.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.08 5.3 33.02 7.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.08 5.3 33.02 7.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.18 7.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.11 2.9 23.00 3.6 23.54 2.7 Registered nurses........................................... 22.54 4.2 22.50 5.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.96 .8 – – 24.96 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.65 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.88 .3 – – 23.74 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.67 4.8 – – 24.82 5.8 Librarians.................................................. 24.67 4.8 – – 24.82 5.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.49 5.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.17 5.0 – – 17.98 5.7 Social workers.............................................. 17.98 5.7 – – 17.98 5.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.63 6.6 19.84 8.6 17.17 7.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.67 .5 16.79 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.25 15.2 13.48 15.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.13 5.1 29.71 5.9 26.09 5.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.97 6.3 32.13 7.0 30.94 12.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.66 17.5 – – 33.31 18.9 Financial managers.......................................... 34.22 9.4 34.22 9.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.07 11.7 30.54 12.0 – – Management related............................................ 26.15 8.1 27.03 9.4 22.34 4.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.84 4.7 25.60 5.2 21.26 7.1 Other financial officers.................................... 26.26 11.5 25.42 15.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.12 17.8 35.49 17.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.39 7.8 22.61 7.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.59 17.5 20.59 17.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 11.5 22.62 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.13 10.7 23.13 10.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.51 11.0 12.51 11.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $13.75 2.3 $14.25 3.1 $12.97 2.7 Computer operators.......................................... 17.95 3.2 17.97 3.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.71 2.3 14.98 4.5 14.56 2.5 Order clerks................................................ 19.33 4.0 19.33 4.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.35 3.6 13.78 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.51 18.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.14 10.3 12.14 10.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.90 5.8 14.90 5.8 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.55 3.4 13.26 2.9 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.88 7.3 14.88 7.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.38 5.5 14.12 7.2 11.02 2.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.52 8.2 – – 11.52 8.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.77 4.3 14.30 6.0 13.03 .6 Blue collar......................................................... 16.50 2.6 16.40 2.5 17.39 11.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 4.7 19.55 5.3 19.36 10.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.85 5.1 25.18 12.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.66 6.9 24.79 6.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.65 8.3 19.13 12.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.01 9.4 28.01 9.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.82 8.1 15.82 8.1 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.63 1.3 15.63 1.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.30 9.5 20.30 9.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.17 7.7 12.17 7.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.28 5.4 14.52 5.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.93 6.0 15.37 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.81 3.5 13.81 3.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.24 5.5 13.24 5.8 13.12 12.7 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 16.61 10.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 13.52 12.2 13.52 12.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 16.22 15.9 16.22 15.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.31 8.2 12.31 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.00 13.5 11.00 13.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.41 8.3 13.27 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 11.34 7.1 9.14 6.7 13.87 9.4 Protective service............................................ 15.50 13.1 9.78 14.8 17.65 9.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.83 3.6 – – 17.83 3.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.23 11.7 9.23 11.7 – – Food service.................................................. 9.03 16.7 8.61 19.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $6.73 32.2 $6.73 32.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.67 7.8 10.34 6.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.26 10.4 10.26 10.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.15 7.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.54 3.8 9.55 4.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.44 2.6 9.43 3.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.18 2.5 9.19 3.1 $9.17 4.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.20 3.3 9.24 5.3 9.17 4.5 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $11.95 13.5 $9.73 8.9 $21.85 22.5 All excluding sales............................................... 12.71 14.0 10.23 9.6 21.95 22.4 White collar........................................................ 15.24 15.9 11.84 12.6 25.15 18.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.90 15.1 14.12 13.7 25.34 18.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.32 9.9 25.26 7.9 30.50 15.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.77 9.9 26.14 7.4 30.50 15.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.98 15.3 28.01 6.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.32 4.4 23.16 4.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.41 2.5 7.33 2.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.29 2.0 7.19 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.50 4.5 9.79 4.5 7.69 10.8 Secretaries................................................. 10.25 8.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 8.79 8.9 8.75 9.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.72 14.5 10.16 15.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.09 3.8 7.83 2.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.95 18.7 8.89 16.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.60 2.6 7.57 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.15 3.6 7.15 3.6 – – Service............................................................. 7.49 8.2 7.32 9.1 8.86 6.0 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.67 14.9 6.62 15.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.50 26.1 5.50 26.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.53 36.0 5.53 36.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.69 9.6 7.63 9.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $8.14 3.5 $8.14 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.74 2.5 9.75 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.56 1.3 9.52 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.76 1.7 7.84 2.1 – – 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 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $769 4.5 39.8 $782 5.2 39.9 $738 8.8 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 764 4.4 39.7 776 5.0 39.8 738 8.8 39.5 White collar........................................................ 880 5.5 39.8 937 6.9 40.1 786 9.5 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 882 5.3 39.6 952 6.5 39.8 786 9.5 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,066 5.6 39.6 1,209 9.7 39.7 937 7.5 39.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,131 5.6 39.5 1,312 10.7 39.6 980 5.0 39.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,253 16.4 39.9 1,544 11.8 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,432 9.9 40.0 1,432 9.9 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,277 4.8 39.8 1,311 7.0 39.7 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,277 4.9 39.8 1,311 7.2 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 966 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 911 2.6 39.4 904 3.1 39.3 935 2.3 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 889 3.9 39.5 885 4.7 39.4 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 962 .3 38.6 – – – 961 .2 38.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 998 3.5 38.9 – – – 997 3.7 38.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 948 .3 39.7 – – – 942 .1 39.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 952 4.8 38.6 – – – 956 5.8 38.5 Librarians.................................................. 952 4.8 38.6 – – – 956 5.8 38.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 979 5.4 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 722 4.7 39.8 – – – 715 5.4 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 715 5.4 39.7 – – – 715 5.4 39.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 741 6.5 39.8 787 8.6 39.7 685 7.5 39.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 659 1.3 39.6 663 1.7 39.5 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 570 15.2 40.0 539 15.6 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,165 4.8 40.0 1,189 5.5 40.0 1,042 5.1 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,294 6.0 40.5 1,303 6.8 40.5 1,240 12.6 40.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,262 17.2 39.8 – – – 1,326 18.5 39.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,382 8.9 40.4 1,382 8.9 40.4 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,229 11.4 40.9 1,249 11.8 40.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,034 7.7 39.5 1,067 8.9 39.5 890 4.3 39.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 953 4.8 40.0 1,024 5.2 40.0 849 7.2 39.9 Other financial officers.................................... 1,049 11.5 40.0 1,015 15.0 39.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,360 16.5 38.7 1,375 16.3 38.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 884 8.2 39.5 894 8.3 39.5 – – – Sales............................................................. $853 17.7 41.4 $853 17.7 41.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 961 11.1 42.5 961 11.1 42.5 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 972 14.0 42.0 972 14.0 42.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 494 10.8 39.5 494 10.8 39.5 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 542 2.4 39.5 568 3.4 39.9 $503 2.4 38.8 Computer operators.......................................... 718 3.2 40.0 719 3.3 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 583 2.3 39.6 594 4.4 39.6 577 2.5 39.6 Order clerks................................................ 773 4.0 40.0 773 4.0 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 569 3.6 39.7 542 5.3 39.3 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 657 24.2 42.4 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 485 10.3 40.0 485 10.3 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 590 6.7 39.6 590 6.7 39.6 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 538 3.3 39.7 526 2.7 39.7 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 585 6.5 39.3 585 6.5 39.3 – – – General office clerks....................................... 485 5.9 39.2 564 7.2 40.0 425 2.5 38.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 383 11.8 33.2 – – – 383 11.8 33.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 546 4.2 39.6 564 6.0 39.5 520 .7 39.9 Blue collar......................................................... 655 2.7 39.7 652 2.6 39.8 683 13.7 39.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 779 4.7 39.9 781 5.3 39.9 772 10.5 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,042 5.7 40.3 1,028 13.9 40.8 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 959 5.9 38.9 963 5.8 38.9 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 743 8.4 39.8 764 12.6 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,122 9.3 40.1 1,122 9.3 40.1 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 625 7.8 39.5 625 7.8 39.5 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 625 1.3 40.0 625 1.3 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 789 8.7 38.9 789 8.7 38.9 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 487 7.7 40.0 487 7.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 569 6.5 39.9 588 6.2 40.5 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 617 8.6 41.3 640 10.1 41.7 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 557 3.6 40.3 557 3.6 40.3 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 523 5.4 39.5 523 5.7 39.5 523 12.4 39.9 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 664 10.6 40.0 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 522 11.6 38.6 522 11.6 38.6 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 630 14.9 38.8 630 14.9 38.8 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $492 8.2 40.0 $492 8.2 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 440 13.5 40.0 440 13.5 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 536 8.3 40.0 531 10.0 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 454 7.5 40.0 361 6.6 39.4 $564 10.2 40.7 Protective service............................................ 637 15.2 41.1 375 16.5 38.3 746 11.2 42.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 693 6.9 38.9 – – – 693 6.9 38.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 353 13.4 38.2 353 13.4 38.2 – – – Food service.................................................. 353 16.6 39.2 344 19.1 40.0 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 268 32.0 39.9 268 32.0 39.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 413 7.4 38.7 415 6.1 40.1 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 400 12.1 39.0 400 12.1 39.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 331 9.7 36.2 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 374 3.7 39.2 373 4.4 39.1 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 370 2.2 39.2 368 2.7 39.1 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 366 2.4 39.9 366 2.8 39.8 367 4.5 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 368 3.3 40.0 369 5.3 40.0 367 4.5 40.0 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $39,215 4.5 2,030 $40,589 5.2 2,069 $36,398 8.8 1,948 All excluding sales............................................... 38,927 4.4 2,023 40,267 5.0 2,062 36,398 8.8 1,948 White collar........................................................ 44,631 5.5 2,017 48,679 6.9 2,080 38,451 9.5 1,920 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,659 5.3 2,004 49,402 6.5 2,068 38,451 9.5 1,920 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,053 5.6 1,970 62,699 9.7 2,056 45,078 7.5 1,899 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,831 5.6 1,951 67,955 10.7 2,054 46,523 5.0 1,872 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,152 16.4 2,077 80,284 11.8 2,076 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 74,441 9.9 2,080 74,441 9.9 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,429 4.8 2,071 68,191 7.0 2,065 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 66,413 4.9 2,071 68,189 7.2 2,065 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 50,241 7.0 2,078 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 46,721 2.6 2,022 47,032 3.1 2,045 45,605 2.3 1,937 Registered nurses........................................... 46,243 3.9 2,052 46,043 4.7 2,046 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 40,129 .3 1,607 – – – 40,056 .2 1,605 Elementary school teachers.................................. 41,321 3.5 1,611 – – – 41,155 3.7 1,605 Secondary school teachers................................... 39,494 .3 1,654 – – – 39,177 .1 1,651 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 44,884 4.8 1,819 – – – 44,282 5.8 1,784 Librarians.................................................. 44,884 4.8 1,819 – – – 44,282 5.8 1,784 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 50,899 5.4 2,079 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 37,567 4.7 2,067 – – – 37,155 5.4 2,066 Social workers.............................................. 37,155 5.4 2,066 – – – 37,155 5.4 2,066 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 38,548 6.5 2,069 40,948 8.6 2,063 35,638 7.5 2,075 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,293 1.3 2,057 34,452 1.7 2,052 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,647 15.2 2,080 28,036 15.6 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 60,605 4.8 2,081 61,850 5.5 2,082 54,175 5.1 2,076 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 67,295 6.0 2,105 67,754 6.8 2,108 64,466 12.6 2,083 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 65,609 17.2 2,072 – – – 68,973 18.5 2,071 Financial managers.......................................... 71,855 8.9 2,100 71,855 8.9 2,100 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,904 11.4 2,125 64,969 11.8 2,127 – – – Management related............................................ 53,762 7.7 2,056 55,469 8.9 2,052 46,261 4.3 2,071 Accountants and auditors.................................... 49,547 4.8 2,078 53,252 5.2 2,080 44,133 7.2 2,076 Other financial officers.................................... 54,549 11.5 2,077 52,779 15.0 2,077 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 70,713 16.5 2,013 71,496 16.3 2,015 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 45,970 8.2 2,053 46,493 8.3 2,056 – – – Sales............................................................. $44,331 17.7 2,153 $44,331 17.7 2,153 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 49,984 11.1 2,210 49,984 11.1 2,210 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 50,539 14.0 2,185 50,539 14.0 2,185 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25,690 10.8 2,053 25,690 10.8 2,053 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,674 2.4 2,013 29,519 3.4 2,071 $25,007 2.4 1,928 Computer operators.......................................... 37,344 3.2 2,080 37,379 3.3 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 30,173 2.3 2,052 30,882 4.4 2,061 29,804 2.5 2,047 Order clerks................................................ 40,201 4.0 2,080 40,201 4.0 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,601 3.6 2,062 28,183 5.3 2,045 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 34,155 24.2 2,203 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 24,573 10.3 2,025 24,573 10.3 2,025 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 30,679 6.7 2,059 30,679 6.7 2,059 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 27,986 3.3 2,066 27,366 2.7 2,065 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 30,439 6.5 2,046 30,439 6.5 2,046 – – – General office clerks....................................... 24,612 5.9 1,987 29,341 7.2 2,078 21,175 2.5 1,922 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,036 11.8 1,305 – – – 15,036 11.8 1,305 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,388 4.2 2,061 29,348 6.0 2,053 27,026 .7 2,074 Blue collar......................................................... 33,822 2.7 2,050 33,773 2.6 2,059 34,263 13.7 1,970 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,521 4.7 2,076 40,593 5.3 2,076 40,168 10.5 2,075 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 54,201 5.7 2,097 53,472 13.9 2,123 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 49,848 5.9 2,021 50,090 5.8 2,021 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 38,613 8.4 2,070 39,749 12.6 2,078 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 58,357 9.3 2,083 58,357 9.3 2,083 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 32,501 7.8 2,054 32,501 7.8 2,054 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 32,515 1.3 2,080 32,515 1.3 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 41,012 8.7 2,021 41,012 8.7 2,021 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,317 7.7 2,080 25,317 7.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,742 6.5 2,013 30,569 6.2 2,105 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 32,067 8.6 2,147 33,305 10.1 2,166 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 28,957 3.6 2,097 28,957 3.6 2,097 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,756 5.4 2,021 26,726 5.7 2,018 27,182 12.4 2,073 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 34,541 10.6 2,080 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 27,148 11.6 2,009 27,148 11.6 2,009 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 32,762 14.9 2,019 32,762 14.9 2,019 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $25,603 8.2 2,080 $25,603 8.2 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 22,875 13.5 2,080 22,875 13.5 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,884 8.3 2,080 27,595 10.0 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,277 7.5 2,052 18,701 6.6 2,046 $28,553 10.2 2,059 Protective service............................................ 32,490 15.2 2,096 19,170 16.5 1,960 37,982 11.2 2,152 Police and detectives, public service....................... 35,967 6.9 2,017 – – – 35,967 6.9 2,017 Guards and police, except public service.................... 18,024 13.4 1,952 18,024 13.4 1,952 – – – Food service.................................................. 17,532 16.6 1,942 17,901 19.1 2,080 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,952 32.0 2,073 13,952 32.0 2,073 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,833 7.4 1,858 21,580 6.1 2,086 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 20,805 12.1 2,029 20,805 12.1 2,029 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,942 9.7 1,634 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 19,450 3.7 2,039 19,409 4.4 2,032 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,250 2.2 2,039 19,160 2.7 2,031 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,044 2.4 2,074 19,025 2.8 2,070 19,076 4.5 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,139 3.3 2,080 19,211 5.3 2,080 19,076 4.5 2,080 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $18.56 4.1 $18.43 5.1 $18.88 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 18.63 4.0 18.51 5.0 18.88 7.0 White collar........................................................ 21.47 5.2 22.11 6.9 20.37 7.2 1....................................................... 6.96 3.8 6.96 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.59 4.3 9.54 5.0 9.77 6.1 3....................................................... 10.51 2.9 10.56 4.1 10.40 1.9 4....................................................... 13.51 2.6 13.94 3.1 12.32 2.0 5....................................................... 15.43 3.3 16.31 5.9 14.55 3.3 6....................................................... 16.32 4.4 17.55 5.9 14.80 3.5 7....................................................... 19.57 3.3 21.20 4.4 17.54 3.2 8....................................................... 23.47 5.0 23.27 3.2 23.73 11.1 9....................................................... 24.50 1.6 25.89 3.1 23.76 1.6 10........................................................ 30.35 6.2 30.75 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.53 5.4 35.91 5.7 34.34 14.1 12........................................................ 42.37 5.4 44.47 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.61 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.89 20.7 28.39 20.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.94 4.9 23.02 6.5 20.37 7.2 1....................................................... 7.86 10.0 7.86 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.25 5.0 10.49 6.5 9.60 7.7 3....................................................... 10.92 3.3 11.25 5.1 10.40 1.9 4....................................................... 13.27 2.5 13.69 3.0 12.32 2.0 5....................................................... 14.68 3.5 14.86 7.0 14.55 3.3 6....................................................... 15.93 3.3 16.94 3.7 14.80 3.5 7....................................................... 19.57 3.3 21.20 4.4 17.54 3.2 8....................................................... 23.41 5.8 23.09 3.7 23.73 11.1 9....................................................... 24.37 1.5 25.58 2.9 23.76 1.6 10........................................................ 30.37 6.3 30.78 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.32 4.7 34.31 3.8 34.34 14.1 12........................................................ 42.37 5.4 44.47 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.61 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.86 15.6 27.38 15.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.04 5.1 30.14 9.2 24.32 5.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.63 5.2 32.54 10.3 25.41 3.4 6....................................................... 17.30 3.2 17.42 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.15 6.5 23.03 7.6 17.88 4.4 8....................................................... 23.38 7.2 22.75 2.9 23.76 11.2 9....................................................... 24.83 1.3 26.90 2.9 24.10 1.0 10........................................................ 31.06 8.1 31.91 9.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.53 6.9 38.18 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 40.25 6.1 40.47 19.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.80 42.3 43.80 42.3 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.89 15.7 37.18 13.5 – – 11........................................................ 46.83 14.1 46.83 14.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $35.79 9.9 $35.79 9.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.66 4.3 33.02 7.7 – – 10........................................................ 30.09 15.1 30.09 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.5 37.17 .8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.65 4.3 33.02 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 30.09 15.1 30.09 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.5 37.17 .8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.11 6.6 27.57 9.4 – – Health related................................................ 25.15 6.2 23.87 2.4 $29.21 16.9 7....................................................... 19.52 3.1 19.78 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.70 2.6 22.86 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 25.94 5.0 26.30 5.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.50 4.0 22.60 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.52 3.1 19.78 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.82 3.0 22.82 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 22.76 3.4 23.13 4.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.89 .9 – – 24.90 .9 9....................................................... 24.95 1.1 – – 24.95 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.60 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 9....................................................... 25.60 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.88 .3 – – 23.74 .3 9....................................................... 23.68 .7 – – 23.51 .7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.52 5.2 – – 24.63 6.2 Librarians.................................................. 24.52 5.2 – – 24.63 6.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.42 5.6 23.25 17.7 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.34 11.4 – – 17.15 12.3 Social workers.............................................. 17.15 12.3 – – 17.15 12.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.57 6.5 19.69 8.7 17.17 7.5 4....................................................... 15.23 7.5 15.23 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.87 6.3 18.66 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.62 7.1 20.62 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.28 6.1 20.43 6.5 17.61 6.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.64 .5 16.76 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.04 14.8 13.30 15.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.12 5.1 29.71 5.9 26.06 5.0 6....................................................... 17.04 7.9 17.09 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.37 4.7 20.72 7.5 18.14 3.5 8....................................................... 23.33 7.9 23.40 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 23.88 3.4 24.06 4.0 23.41 7.7 10........................................................ 28.88 4.7 28.54 4.8 – – 11........................................................ 31.58 3.9 32.13 4.6 – – 12........................................................ $44.92 5.2 $45.92 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.40 10.5 28.43 10.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.95 6.3 32.13 7.0 $30.83 13.1 8....................................................... 24.92 11.6 24.92 11.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.18 2.9 24.59 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 31.03 4.9 31.47 6.0 – – 12........................................................ 40.56 5.5 41.09 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.54 11.5 32.70 11.8 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.66 17.5 – – 33.31 18.9 Financial managers.......................................... 34.22 9.4 34.22 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.35 12.4 38.35 12.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.07 11.7 30.54 12.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.01 3.9 24.64 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.69 3.0 35.69 3.0 – – Management related............................................ 26.15 8.1 27.03 9.4 22.34 4.3 6....................................................... 17.72 8.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.35 5.2 – – 18.20 3.7 8....................................................... 21.27 4.2 21.32 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 23.55 5.9 23.28 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.95 9.8 23.95 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.84 4.7 25.60 5.2 21.26 7.1 Other financial officers.................................... 26.26 11.5 25.42 15.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.12 17.8 35.49 17.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.39 7.8 22.61 7.8 – – Sales............................................................. 17.62 16.2 17.64 16.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.85 2.9 6.85 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.12 5.9 7.96 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.85 5.1 8.85 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.10 7.6 15.10 7.6 – – 5....................................................... 21.18 5.4 21.18 5.4 – – 8....................................................... 23.84 5.1 23.84 5.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 11.5 22.62 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.13 10.7 23.13 10.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.95 10.0 11.95 10.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.68 4.2 11.68 4.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.31 4.0 7.26 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.82 2.9 6.82 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.09 4.2 8.09 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.28 2.3 13.58 3.1 12.75 2.7 1....................................................... 7.86 10.0 7.86 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.28 5.7 10.59 7.7 9.60 7.7 3....................................................... 10.92 3.3 11.26 5.2 10.40 1.9 4....................................................... 13.16 2.5 13.57 3.2 12.32 2.0 5....................................................... 14.14 4.9 14.26 8.6 13.99 3.1 6....................................................... $15.16 3.0 $16.01 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.47 6.7 20.28 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.51 10.5 13.96 9.9 – – Computer operators.......................................... 17.95 3.2 17.97 3.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.53 2.2 14.66 4.4 $14.45 2.4 4....................................................... 13.26 5.7 12.64 4.6 13.86 9.8 5....................................................... 13.45 2.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.35 6.0 15.35 6.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.77 6.4 10.77 6.4 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 10.54 8.3 10.54 8.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.30 12.3 16.30 12.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 10.10 13.6 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.32 8.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.19 3.8 13.52 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.45 18.1 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.88 9.0 11.88 9.0 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.90 5.8 14.90 5.8 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.49 3.4 13.22 2.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.66 7.0 14.66 7.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.87 5.2 12.68 7.9 11.01 2.6 3....................................................... 10.13 2.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.28 8.0 12.73 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.65 12.0 12.65 12.0 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.07 13.6 13.07 13.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.48 7.9 – – 11.52 8.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.12 4.4 13.77 5.8 12.22 6.5 4....................................................... 13.11 6.4 13.21 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.00 12.9 14.61 8.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.99 2.6 15.85 2.5 17.28 11.7 1....................................................... 8.79 4.4 8.74 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.41 8.4 10.41 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.62 2.9 11.57 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.60 4.3 14.79 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.76 3.2 17.90 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.04 5.7 19.35 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.55 4.3 21.37 4.6 17.48 .7 8....................................................... 21.57 10.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.99 4.3 27.52 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.51 19.6 14.54 20.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 4.7 19.55 5.3 19.36 10.5 4....................................................... 13.48 2.6 13.48 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.82 1.8 18.16 1.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.33 5.9 17.42 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.62 4.6 21.54 4.9 17.46 .8 9....................................................... $27.70 4.5 $29.00 7.2 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.85 5.1 25.18 12.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.66 6.9 24.79 6.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.65 8.3 19.13 12.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.01 9.4 28.01 9.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.62 7.3 20.62 7.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.68 8.2 15.68 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.23 1.8 8.23 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.94 3.1 11.94 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 8.0 15.88 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.26 5.4 16.26 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 22.50 5.9 22.50 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.86 13.3 19.86 13.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.38 20.2 12.38 20.2 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.63 1.3 15.63 1.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.30 9.5 20.30 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 18.02 11.9 18.02 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.14 7.8 12.14 7.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 4.0 14.03 4.3 $12.57 2.4 3....................................................... 14.27 7.6 14.20 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 4.4 13.75 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.55 5.7 16.80 5.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.02 5.7 15.46 6.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.39 7.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.81 3.5 13.81 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.57 5.2 13.57 5.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.27 5.5 12.23 5.8 13.02 11.7 1....................................................... 8.97 5.8 8.91 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.31 8.6 10.31 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.75 5.4 10.75 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.50 7.4 14.61 7.6 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 16.61 10.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 13.52 12.2 13.52 12.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.00 15.1 13.00 15.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.22 5.3 7.22 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.74 10.1 9.74 10.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.30 8.1 12.30 8.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.42 14.5 10.42 14.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.77 7.1 9.77 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.93 8.5 12.79 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.53 7.0 8.58 6.0 13.56 9.8 1....................................................... $7.76 7.8 $7.39 9.9 $8.97 3.0 2....................................................... 7.83 3.4 7.66 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.67 3.3 9.38 3.9 10.27 6.3 4....................................................... 10.91 4.7 11.13 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.19 4.3 – – 14.62 3.5 6....................................................... 14.23 4.7 – – 14.43 6.6 7....................................................... 16.20 9.5 – – 16.10 10.0 Protective service............................................ 15.09 14.0 9.44 13.5 17.60 10.0 3....................................................... 9.78 15.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.09 3.8 – – 13.90 2.8 7....................................................... 19.66 2.9 – – 19.27 1.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.83 3.6 – – 17.83 3.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.94 10.1 8.96 10.4 – – Food service.................................................. 7.96 13.1 7.65 13.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.21 15.8 7.07 17.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.10 13.9 5.67 17.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.66 6.4 9.66 6.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.14 23.1 6.14 23.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.87 29.7 6.87 29.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.17 30.8 6.17 30.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.39 8.4 9.03 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.54 5.0 7.32 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.44 7.4 9.44 7.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.48 10.2 9.48 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.61 8.1 8.61 8.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.00 9.4 7.86 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.32 6.3 7.08 6.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.57 3.3 9.58 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.77 2.8 9.85 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.46 2.1 9.45 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.78 2.9 9.88 3.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.08 2.2 9.03 3.0 9.16 3.8 1....................................................... 8.73 3.2 8.28 4.8 9.04 3.5 2....................................................... 8.00 2.5 7.85 1.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.06 3.1 8.96 6.1 9.16 3.8 1....................................................... 8.86 2.6 8.56 3.2 9.04 3.5 2....................................................... 8.13 3.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.09 14.0 7.73 13.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.47 5.2 – – – – 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $19.32 4.5 $19.61 5.2 $18.68 8.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.25 4.5 19.53 5.1 18.68 8.8 White collar........................................................ 22.13 5.6 23.40 7.0 20.03 9.4 2....................................................... 10.63 6.9 10.70 8.6 10.39 12.8 3....................................................... 10.90 3.3 11.24 4.4 10.41 1.9 4....................................................... 13.97 3.0 14.64 3.5 12.37 2.4 5....................................................... 15.51 3.4 16.39 6.1 14.64 3.2 6....................................................... 16.33 4.4 17.55 6.0 14.83 3.6 7....................................................... 19.57 3.4 21.17 4.5 17.50 3.2 8....................................................... 22.68 2.7 23.27 3.3 21.56 2.8 9....................................................... 24.35 1.4 25.56 3.0 23.77 1.6 10........................................................ 30.34 6.3 30.74 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 34.47 4.9 35.91 5.7 27.88 2.0 12........................................................ 42.37 5.4 44.47 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.61 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.68 20.8 28.68 20.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 5.4 23.89 6.6 20.03 9.4 2....................................................... 10.89 6.9 11.08 8.8 10.39 12.8 3....................................................... 11.12 3.7 11.74 5.3 10.41 1.9 4....................................................... 13.73 2.8 14.44 3.3 12.37 2.4 5....................................................... 14.74 3.6 14.87 7.3 14.64 3.2 6....................................................... 15.94 3.3 16.94 3.7 14.83 3.6 7....................................................... 19.57 3.4 21.17 4.5 17.50 3.2 8....................................................... 22.44 2.9 23.07 3.9 21.56 2.8 9....................................................... 24.21 1.3 25.20 2.5 23.77 1.6 10........................................................ 30.36 6.3 30.77 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 33.07 3.3 34.31 3.8 27.88 2.0 12........................................................ 42.37 5.4 44.47 7.8 – – 13........................................................ 49.61 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.67 15.6 27.66 15.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 5.6 30.50 9.8 23.74 7.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.62 5.7 33.09 10.9 24.85 4.6 6....................................................... 17.42 3.4 17.43 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.43 7.8 23.00 8.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.07 2.2 22.68 2.9 21.57 2.8 9....................................................... 24.65 .9 26.49 2.6 24.11 1.0 10........................................................ 31.05 8.2 31.91 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.35 5.8 38.18 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 40.25 6.1 40.47 19.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.26 44.9 45.26 44.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.37 16.5 38.67 11.7 – – 11........................................................ 46.83 14.1 46.83 14.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.79 9.9 35.79 9.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.08 5.3 33.02 7.7 – – 10........................................................ $30.09 15.1 $30.09 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.5 37.17 .8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.08 5.3 33.02 7.9 – – 10........................................................ 30.09 15.1 30.09 15.1 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.5 37.17 .8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 24.18 7.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.11 2.9 23.00 3.6 $23.54 2.7 8....................................................... 22.63 2.6 22.79 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.34 2.2 24.31 1.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.54 4.2 22.50 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 22.76 3.0 22.74 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.96 .8 – – 24.96 .9 9....................................................... 24.97 1.0 – – 24.95 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 25.65 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 9....................................................... 25.65 3.8 – – 25.64 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 23.88 .3 – – 23.74 .3 9....................................................... 23.68 .7 – – 23.51 .7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.67 4.8 – – 24.82 5.8 Librarians.................................................. 24.67 4.8 – – 24.82 5.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.49 5.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.17 5.0 – – 17.98 5.7 Social workers.............................................. 17.98 5.7 – – 17.98 5.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.63 6.6 19.84 8.6 17.17 7.5 4....................................................... 15.39 6.8 15.39 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.80 6.1 18.46 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.73 8.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.34 6.2 20.56 6.5 17.61 6.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.67 .5 16.79 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.25 15.2 13.48 15.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.13 5.1 29.71 5.9 26.09 5.0 6....................................................... 17.04 7.9 17.09 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.37 4.7 20.72 7.5 18.14 3.5 8....................................................... 23.33 7.9 23.40 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 23.88 3.4 24.06 4.0 23.41 7.7 10........................................................ 28.88 4.7 28.54 4.8 – – 11........................................................ 31.58 3.9 32.13 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 44.92 5.2 45.92 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.44 10.5 28.43 10.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.97 6.3 32.13 7.0 30.94 12.8 8....................................................... 24.92 11.6 24.92 11.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.18 2.9 24.59 3.4 – – 11........................................................ $31.03 4.9 $31.47 6.0 – – 12........................................................ 40.56 5.5 41.09 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.63 11.5 32.70 11.8 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.66 17.5 – – $33.31 18.9 Financial managers.......................................... 34.22 9.4 34.22 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.35 12.4 38.35 12.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 30.07 11.7 30.54 12.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.01 3.9 24.64 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.69 3.0 35.69 3.0 – – Management related............................................ 26.15 8.1 27.03 9.4 22.34 4.3 6....................................................... 17.72 8.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.35 5.2 – – 18.20 3.7 8....................................................... 21.27 4.2 21.32 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 23.55 5.9 23.28 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.95 9.8 23.95 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.84 4.7 25.60 5.2 21.26 7.1 Other financial officers.................................... 26.26 11.5 25.42 15.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.12 17.8 35.49 17.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.39 7.8 22.61 7.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.59 17.5 20.59 17.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.43 8.2 15.43 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 21.70 3.9 21.70 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.84 5.1 23.84 5.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 22.62 11.5 22.62 11.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.13 10.7 23.13 10.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.51 11.0 12.51 11.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.75 2.3 14.25 3.1 12.97 2.7 2....................................................... 11.09 8.3 11.47 11.2 10.39 12.8 3....................................................... 11.12 3.8 11.76 5.4 10.41 1.9 4....................................................... 13.63 2.9 14.35 3.6 12.37 2.4 5....................................................... 14.17 4.9 14.31 8.7 13.99 3.1 6....................................................... 15.16 3.0 16.01 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.47 6.7 20.28 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.06 10.2 14.06 10.2 – – Computer operators.......................................... 17.95 3.2 17.97 3.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.71 2.3 14.98 4.5 14.56 2.5 4....................................................... 13.42 6.0 12.93 4.9 13.86 9.8 5....................................................... 13.45 2.5 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 19.33 4.0 19.33 4.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.35 3.6 13.78 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.51 18.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.14 10.3 12.14 10.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.90 5.8 14.90 5.8 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.55 3.4 13.26 2.9 – – Bill and account collectors................................. $14.88 7.3 $14.88 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.76 2.2 13.76 2.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.38 5.5 14.12 7.2 $11.02 2.7 4....................................................... 13.28 7.2 15.00 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.80 12.0 12.80 12.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.52 8.2 – – 11.52 8.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.77 4.3 14.30 6.0 13.03 .6 4....................................................... 13.41 7.2 13.53 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.69 8.1 14.69 8.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.50 2.6 16.40 2.5 17.39 11.9 1....................................................... 9.33 4.4 9.29 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.43 8.1 11.43 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.72 3.1 11.72 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.72 4.4 14.93 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.77 3.2 17.91 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 19.04 5.7 19.35 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.55 4.3 21.37 4.6 17.48 .7 8....................................................... 21.57 10.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.99 4.3 27.52 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.97 20.0 15.03 21.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 4.7 19.55 5.3 19.36 10.5 4....................................................... 13.48 2.6 13.48 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.82 1.8 18.16 1.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.33 5.9 17.42 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.62 4.6 21.54 4.9 17.46 .8 9....................................................... 27.70 4.5 29.00 7.2 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.85 5.1 25.18 12.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.66 6.9 24.79 6.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.65 8.3 19.13 12.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.01 9.4 28.01 9.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.62 7.3 20.62 7.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.82 8.1 15.82 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.23 1.8 8.23 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.94 3.1 11.94 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 8.0 15.88 8.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.26 5.4 16.26 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 22.50 5.9 22.50 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.86 13.3 19.86 13.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.45 20.9 13.45 20.9 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 15.63 1.3 15.63 1.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.30 9.5 20.30 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 18.02 11.9 18.02 11.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.17 7.7 12.17 7.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $14.28 5.4 $14.52 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.12 9.5 14.12 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.65 5.2 14.11 5.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.54 6.0 16.80 5.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.93 6.0 15.37 6.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.81 3.5 13.81 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.57 5.2 13.57 5.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.24 5.5 13.24 5.8 $13.12 12.7 1....................................................... 9.65 5.5 9.62 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.45 8.9 11.45 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 6.7 11.15 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 7.5 14.80 7.7 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 16.61 10.6 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 13.52 12.2 13.52 12.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 16.22 15.9 16.22 15.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.31 8.2 12.31 8.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.00 13.5 11.00 13.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.41 8.3 13.27 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 11.34 7.1 9.14 6.7 13.87 9.4 1....................................................... 8.59 2.3 8.39 3.0 8.99 3.7 2....................................................... 7.99 6.7 7.97 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.89 3.3 9.64 3.7 10.31 6.8 4....................................................... 11.49 4.5 11.55 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.19 4.3 – – 14.62 3.5 6....................................................... 14.23 4.7 – – 14.43 6.6 7....................................................... 16.20 9.5 – – 16.10 10.0 Protective service............................................ 15.50 13.1 9.78 14.8 17.65 9.7 6....................................................... 14.09 3.8 – – 13.90 2.8 7....................................................... 19.66 2.9 – – 19.27 1.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.83 3.6 – – 17.83 3.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.23 11.7 9.23 11.7 – – Food service.................................................. 9.03 16.7 8.61 19.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.03 6.4 9.24 6.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.73 32.2 6.73 32.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.67 7.8 10.34 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.02 2.1 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.26 10.4 10.26 10.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.15 7.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.54 3.8 9.55 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.77 3.2 9.86 4.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.44 2.6 9.43 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.79 3.3 9.88 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $9.18 2.5 $9.19 3.1 $9.17 4.5 1....................................................... 8.87 2.7 8.59 3.8 9.04 3.5 2....................................................... 7.84 .8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.20 3.3 9.24 5.3 9.17 4.5 1....................................................... 9.04 2.6 – – 9.04 3.5 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $11.95 13.5 $9.73 8.9 $21.85 22.5 All excluding sales............................................... 12.71 14.0 10.23 9.6 21.95 22.4 White collar........................................................ 15.24 15.9 11.84 12.6 25.15 18.4 1....................................................... 7.06 2.6 7.06 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.15 3.7 8.09 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.21 3.1 9.20 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.00 8.9 10.00 9.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.61 7.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.32 12.1 28.80 12.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.77 31.0 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.90 15.1 14.12 13.7 25.34 18.4 2....................................................... 8.78 4.9 9.18 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.05 3.5 10.05 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.13 9.2 10.13 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.61 7.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.32 12.1 28.80 12.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.77 31.0 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.32 9.9 25.26 7.9 30.50 15.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.77 9.9 26.14 7.4 30.50 15.4 9....................................................... 28.32 12.1 28.80 12.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 32.98 15.3 28.01 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.86 10.5 30.86 10.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.32 4.4 23.16 4.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.41 2.5 7.33 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 2.4 6.99 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.70 .9 7.70 .9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.29 2.0 7.19 1.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.95 2.4 6.95 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.68 .6 7.68 .6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.50 4.5 9.79 4.5 7.69 10.8 2....................................................... $8.78 4.9 $9.18 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.06 3.5 10.06 3.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.11 9.3 10.11 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 7.61 15.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 10.25 8.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 8.79 8.9 8.75 9.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.72 14.5 10.16 15.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.09 3.8 7.83 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.98 3.3 6.98 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.70 4.8 7.63 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.27 12.0 8.87 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.95 18.7 8.89 16.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.60 2.6 7.57 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.11 3.3 7.11 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.70 5.0 7.63 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.58 7.1 8.58 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.15 3.6 7.15 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.80 3.3 6.80 3.3 – – Service............................................................. 7.49 8.2 7.32 9.1 $8.86 6.0 1....................................................... 6.04 16.8 5.96 17.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.58 9.9 7.21 10.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.79 5.6 8.67 6.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.67 14.9 6.62 15.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.77 19.7 5.66 19.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 8.2 9.11 8.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.50 26.1 5.50 26.1 – – 1....................................................... 4.27 43.2 4.27 43.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.53 36.0 5.53 36.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.69 9.6 7.63 9.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.17 8.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.48 6.0 8.48 6.0 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.14 3.5 8.14 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.74 2.5 9.75 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.56 1.3 9.52 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.76 1.7 7.84 2.1 – – 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $19.32 $11.95 $18.59 $18.56 $18.28 $28.37 All excluding sales............................................. 19.25 12.71 18.59 18.63 18.56 23.68 White collar........................................................ 22.13 15.24 19.99 21.51 21.12 30.71 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 17.90 19.99 21.99 21.86 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 28.32 – 27.09 27.00 – Professional specialty.......................................... 28.62 28.77 – 28.63 28.64 – Technical....................................................... 18.63 – – 18.35 18.57 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.13 – – 29.12 29.12 – Sales............................................................. 20.59 7.41 – 17.62 13.31 32.43 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.75 9.50 19.62 12.87 13.28 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.50 8.09 18.44 14.86 15.92 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.52 – 20.76 19.05 19.38 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.82 – 17.81 13.80 15.70 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.28 9.95 15.52 13.03 13.86 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.24 7.60 17.68 10.80 12.25 – Service............................................................. 11.34 7.49 – 10.54 10.52 – 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....................................................... 4.5 13.5 3.1 4.4 3.8 18.6 All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 14.0 3.1 4.3 4.0 13.0 White collar........................................................ 5.6 15.9 3.3 5.3 4.8 22.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 15.1 3.3 5.0 4.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.6 9.9 – 5.1 5.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.7 9.9 – 5.2 5.3 – Technical....................................................... 6.6 – – 6.9 6.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 – – 5.1 5.1 – Sales............................................................. 17.5 2.5 – 16.2 17.3 32.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 4.5 4.7 2.4 2.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.6 3.8 3.8 3.3 2.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 – 3.3 6.7 4.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.1 – 14.0 3.1 8.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 18.7 6.0 3.5 4.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 2.6 5.7 4.3 5.5 – Service............................................................. 7.1 8.2 – 7.0 7.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $18.43 - – - $21.90 - $19.99 $13.35 - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.51 - – - 22.09 - 19.98 12.73 - - White collar........................................................ 22.11 - – - 31.56 - 21.83 15.10 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 - – - 32.66 - 22.02 15.59 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.14 - – - 37.76 - 27.01 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.54 - – - 42.31 - – – - - Technical....................................................... 19.69 - – - 21.68 - 19.25 – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.71 - – - 36.16 - – 21.76 - - Sales............................................................. 17.64 - – - – - – 14.69 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.58 - – - 14.00 - 17.09 11.51 - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.85 - – - 17.87 - 17.45 12.69 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.55 - – - 22.89 - 20.28 – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.68 - – - 16.39 - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.03 - – - 13.87 - 14.90 14.35 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 - – - 15.67 - 16.19 9.69 - - Service............................................................. 8.58 - – - – - – 7.38 - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.1 - – - 11.8 - 4.6 7.2 - - All excluding sales............................................. 5.0 - – - 11.3 - 4.9 7.2 - - White collar........................................................ 6.9 - – - 14.4 - 7.6 4.9 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.5 - – - 12.0 - 7.8 4.0 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.2 - – - 12.6 - 14.0 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 10.3 - – - 5.8 - – – - - Technical....................................................... 8.7 - – - 5.2 - 26.7 – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 - – - 15.1 - – 4.5 - - Sales............................................................. 16.3 - – - – - – 7.2 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 - – - 1.7 - 3.7 8.3 - - Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 - – - 2.1 - 7.9 8.2 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 - – - 5.3 - 7.2 – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.2 - – - 8.4 - – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 - – - 5.5 - 5.7 4.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 - – - 7.5 - 2.7 2.7 - - Service............................................................. 6.0 - – - – - – 13.5 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $18.43 $15.40 $19.39 $17.99 $21.35 All excluding sales............................................. 18.51 15.43 19.30 17.53 21.70 White collar........................................................ 22.11 19.04 23.06 23.01 23.12 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 21.71 23.28 22.77 23.77 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.14 28.33 30.53 31.03 30.09 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.54 29.37 33.23 35.50 31.42 Technical....................................................... 19.69 – 18.71 16.76 21.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.71 25.55 30.79 26.74 36.24 Sales............................................................. 17.64 15.29 20.92 24.57 10.57 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.58 11.16 13.95 13.83 14.06 Blue collar......................................................... 15.85 13.09 16.53 14.88 19.27 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.55 17.37 20.16 19.05 22.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.68 12.26 15.97 13.36 19.34 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.03 13.00 14.31 13.86 15.26 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.23 9.23 13.39 11.82 16.73 Service............................................................. 8.58 8.37 8.72 8.43 9.96 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....................................................... 5.1 6.5 6.1 8.6 7.6 All excluding sales............................................. 5.0 6.8 5.8 7.0 7.7 White collar........................................................ 6.9 7.2 7.6 11.5 8.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.5 5.3 7.2 9.5 8.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.2 3.2 11.4 20.6 7.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 10.3 2.8 12.6 23.8 7.4 Technical....................................................... 8.7 – 8.1 11.5 6.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 13.2 5.7 5.1 7.2 Sales............................................................. 16.3 13.8 26.8 29.9 4.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 2.6 3.3 4.4 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 7.8 3.4 4.2 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 6.3 6.9 9.2 5.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.2 9.1 8.4 2.3 13.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 14.9 6.3 9.2 3.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 4.8 6.6 4.7 8.3 Service............................................................. 6.0 9.4 6.5 7.6 6.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.04 $10.94 $15.99 $22.93 $30.77 All excluding sales........................... 8.41 11.17 16.25 23.07 30.29 White collar.................................... 9.31 12.67 18.76 25.98 35.84 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 13.52 19.30 26.20 36.16 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.75 19.64 24.04 29.86 39.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.62 21.00 25.00 31.81 40.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.97 22.42 25.60 37.50 53.44 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 28.96 28.96 35.82 45.08 45.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.18 23.89 30.10 39.44 43.22 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.99 23.80 30.22 39.44 42.75 Natural scientists........................ 19.18 19.30 23.39 26.20 37.50 Health related............................ 18.48 20.59 23.38 26.08 35.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.60 19.61 22.47 25.08 27.38 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 20.16 21.13 23.66 27.99 32.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.16 21.13 23.78 29.14 34.44 Secondary school teachers............... 19.78 20.70 22.64 26.71 29.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.24 21.63 23.94 27.30 31.14 Librarians.............................. 19.24 21.63 23.94 27.30 31.14 Social scientists and urban planners...... 18.62 19.18 26.20 26.20 26.20 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 15.36 17.11 20.19 22.81 Social workers.......................... 10.00 14.97 17.11 19.24 22.92 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.80 14.93 17.58 21.35 26.08 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.36 15.50 16.71 17.88 18.83 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.66 9.83 11.50 18.17 22.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.85 20.00 26.01 34.86 45.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.19 23.36 28.85 38.08 44.47 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.10 22.03 29.70 44.04 46.27 Financial managers...................... 23.09 25.49 34.62 38.46 45.19 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.93 21.15 23.64 35.99 43.27 Management related........................ 16.33 18.63 22.20 31.21 46.31 Accountants and auditors................ 16.33 17.95 21.35 29.86 35.68 Other financial officers................ 13.14 17.66 27.30 33.65 39.02 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.90 20.00 29.07 51.28 53.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.72 16.97 21.67 23.55 33.35 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 11.25 22.91 32.13 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.55 12.67 21.10 31.62 33.69 Sales, other business services.......... 13.46 18.05 23.96 26.06 32.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.50 10.50 13.34 19.69 Cashiers................................ 6.05 6.50 7.15 7.75 8.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... $8.89 $10.58 $12.72 $15.41 $18.55 Computer operators...................... 15.35 17.65 18.55 19.54 19.54 Secretaries............................. 11.00 12.50 14.52 16.41 17.70 Receptionists........................... 8.96 10.00 10.00 12.30 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 7.00 8.30 10.82 12.22 13.46 Order clerks............................ 9.15 11.04 16.70 21.81 22.84 Library clerks.......................... 6.39 6.39 11.52 13.41 13.46 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.02 9.66 10.91 12.98 14.89 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.08 12.08 14.01 16.05 17.77 Dispatchers............................. 11.49 11.49 12.44 20.20 23.82 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.50 8.50 10.60 11.70 20.65 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.64 13.15 14.45 16.08 17.02 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.92 13.53 14.48 16.81 Bill and account collectors............. 12.42 12.81 14.06 15.02 19.20 General office clerks................... 8.46 9.14 11.11 14.04 16.90 Data entry keyers....................... 9.03 9.03 12.50 12.50 21.64 Teachers' aides......................... 8.14 9.09 10.22 12.96 16.23 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.03 10.85 13.27 15.41 16.89 Blue collar..................................... 8.20 11.10 15.10 19.19 25.67 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 15.47 18.43 23.70 28.58 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.19 24.14 26.28 26.28 31.15 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.07 19.38 29.15 29.15 29.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.18 16.25 17.11 21.17 25.51 Supervisors, production................. 15.53 18.97 24.90 32.60 47.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.73 11.20 14.42 20.16 26.11 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 14.07 14.86 14.86 15.51 17.02 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.08 14.87 22.28 26.73 26.73 Assemblers.............................. 7.13 9.50 11.11 14.65 17.91 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 11.20 14.10 16.80 19.08 Truck drivers........................... 12.35 13.00 15.26 16.80 17.98 Bus drivers............................. 9.83 10.18 14.55 18.32 19.08 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.48 11.95 14.10 15.00 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.15 8.00 10.75 15.49 20.19 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 11.35 12.00 15.33 18.55 24.05 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.90 12.92 15.10 15.77 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.30 7.35 9.35 24.11 24.11 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.61 12.14 15.87 16.54 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 8.00 9.44 10.00 18.38 Hand packers and packagers.............. $7.50 $7.96 $8.00 $12.89 $14.90 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.35 11.97 13.00 16.25 17.16 Service......................................... 6.50 7.84 9.38 12.00 16.41 Protective service........................ 7.75 10.00 13.70 18.45 23.24 Police and detectives, public service... 15.07 16.12 17.69 19.31 20.77 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 7.45 8.25 9.81 11.70 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.08 8.00 10.00 12.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 6.08 9.00 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.20 10.00 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.45 8.50 11.00 14.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.97 8.85 10.71 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.70 7.50 8.75 11.30 Health service............................ 7.30 8.41 9.25 10.51 11.59 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.51 8.41 9.18 10.34 11.30 Cleaning and building service............. 6.89 7.57 9.00 9.87 11.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.59 7.91 9.05 9.89 11.22 Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.84 9.00 12.35 14.04 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.75 $10.00 $15.10 $22.84 $31.73 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.60 15.47 22.84 31.66 White collar.................................... 8.55 12.02 18.55 26.65 37.50 White collar excluding sales................ 10.39 13.27 19.54 27.55 38.44 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.83 20.52 25.05 34.09 44.56 Professional specialty...................... 18.75 22.47 26.44 35.82 46.26 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 25.60 32.69 45.08 58.65 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 28.96 28.96 35.82 45.08 45.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.05 25.00 31.73 39.75 49.23 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.05 25.00 31.73 39.74 49.23 Natural scientists........................ 21.02 22.81 23.39 37.50 37.50 Health related............................ 17.81 20.29 23.16 25.83 33.92 Registered nurses....................... 17.50 19.57 22.54 25.08 28.24 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 16.75 17.00 21.10 32.33 32.33 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.30 15.00 18.62 24.76 30.77 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.70 15.60 16.65 18.10 19.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.64 9.83 11.50 16.42 20.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.97 20.65 26.92 35.99 46.31 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.93 23.36 28.85 37.95 45.19 Financial managers...................... 23.09 25.49 34.62 38.46 45.19 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.93 21.40 25.63 35.99 43.27 Management related........................ 16.21 18.75 22.84 32.23 48.31 Accountants and auditors................ 18.03 20.05 24.66 31.94 35.68 Other financial officers................ 13.14 14.42 22.84 33.65 39.02 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.90 20.00 30.10 51.28 53.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.72 16.97 21.72 23.81 33.35 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 11.25 22.91 32.13 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.55 12.67 21.10 31.62 33.69 Sales, other business services.......... 13.46 18.05 23.96 26.06 32.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.50 10.50 13.34 19.69 Cashiers................................ 6.05 6.50 7.10 7.75 8.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.85 10.60 12.85 15.60 19.48 Computer operators...................... 15.35 17.67 18.55 19.54 19.54 Secretaries............................. 11.00 12.50 14.27 15.80 20.34 Receptionists........................... $8.96 $10.00 $10.00 $12.30 $14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 7.00 8.30 10.82 12.22 13.46 Order clerks............................ 9.15 11.04 16.70 21.81 22.84 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.28 11.91 13.22 15.90 17.77 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.50 8.50 10.60 11.70 20.65 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.64 13.15 14.45 16.08 17.02 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.99 11.92 13.35 14.09 15.69 Bill and account collectors............. 12.42 12.81 14.06 15.02 19.20 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.00 11.25 15.97 18.55 Data entry keyers....................... 9.03 9.03 12.50 12.50 21.64 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.03 12.02 13.80 15.41 18.56 Blue collar..................................... 8.01 10.90 14.90 19.08 25.51 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 15.00 18.80 23.70 29.15 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.19 19.19 23.76 31.15 35.13 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.07 19.38 29.15 29.15 29.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.18 16.00 18.55 21.40 25.51 Supervisors, production................. 15.53 18.97 24.90 32.60 47.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.73 11.20 14.42 20.16 26.11 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 14.07 14.86 14.86 15.51 17.02 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.08 14.87 22.28 26.73 26.73 Assemblers.............................. 7.13 9.50 11.11 14.65 17.91 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 11.20 14.23 16.80 19.08 Truck drivers........................... 12.50 13.30 15.42 17.20 18.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.48 11.95 14.10 15.00 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 8.00 10.50 15.49 21.44 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.90 12.92 15.10 15.77 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.30 7.35 9.35 24.11 24.11 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.61 12.14 15.87 16.54 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 8.00 9.44 10.00 18.38 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.96 8.00 12.89 14.90 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.35 8.35 13.00 16.25 17.16 Service......................................... 5.15 7.05 8.37 9.98 11.75 Protective service........................ 7.00 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.00 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 7.46 8.25 9.81 11.70 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.75 8.00 9.65 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 6.08 9.00 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. $2.13 $2.13 $3.20 $10.00 $11.00 Other food service....................... 6.40 7.40 8.40 10.50 12.36 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.97 8.85 10.71 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 7.45 8.50 12.12 Health service............................ 7.15 8.37 9.27 10.54 11.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.31 8.39 9.20 10.34 11.26 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.66 9.00 9.75 11.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 9.20 9.53 10.75 Personal service.......................... 4.56 6.13 7.39 8.24 10.00 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.62 $12.44 $17.16 $23.44 $29.14 All excluding sales........................... 9.62 12.44 17.16 23.44 29.14 White collar.................................... 10.67 14.04 19.18 25.48 31.32 White collar excluding sales................ 10.69 14.04 19.18 25.49 31.32 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.44 19.24 22.93 26.57 36.18 Professional specialty...................... 18.36 20.31 23.87 27.62 39.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.25 20.97 23.88 34.44 44.00 Teachers, except college and university... 20.16 21.13 23.66 27.99 32.14 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.16 21.13 23.72 29.34 34.44 Secondary school teachers............... 19.78 20.64 22.21 26.67 29.16 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.24 21.35 25.08 27.81 31.14 Librarians.............................. 19.24 21.35 25.08 27.81 31.14 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 14.97 17.11 19.24 22.92 Social workers.......................... 10.00 14.97 17.11 19.24 22.92 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.21 14.90 16.59 19.04 22.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.38 17.95 23.97 30.75 38.87 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.24 24.32 29.70 38.87 44.04 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.46 27.99 29.70 44.04 46.27 Management related........................ 16.33 16.75 20.16 27.29 30.72 Accountants and auditors................ 16.11 16.38 17.95 22.93 31.75 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.91 10.50 12.41 15.14 16.78 Secretaries............................. 11.07 12.34 15.02 16.41 16.78 General office clerks................... 8.71 9.41 10.55 12.04 13.74 Teachers' aides......................... 7.98 8.97 10.22 13.22 20.06 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.63 10.75 11.75 14.68 16.41 Blue collar..................................... 10.79 14.27 16.41 19.62 26.28 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.08 16.27 17.81 22.15 26.28 Transportation and material moving............ 9.75 10.18 12.07 14.24 16.07 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.27 10.83 13.08 15.22 17.36 Service......................................... $8.01 $9.20 $12.02 $16.12 $19.79 Protective service........................ 11.29 13.14 16.12 19.24 26.71 Police and detectives, public service... 15.07 16.12 17.69 19.31 20.77 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.41 9.00 10.22 11.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.41 9.00 10.22 11.96 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.83 $16.75 $23.44 $31.41 All excluding sales........................... 9.09 12.00 16.78 23.38 30.67 White collar.................................... 10.51 13.59 19.24 26.20 36.64 White collar excluding sales................ 10.99 14.04 19.52 26.20 37.26 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.59 19.38 23.94 29.16 39.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.50 20.97 24.95 31.32 40.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.97 22.93 25.63 37.52 53.46 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 28.96 28.96 35.82 45.08 45.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.76 23.37 31.25 39.44 45.67 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.76 23.32 31.25 39.44 45.64 Natural scientists........................ 19.18 19.30 23.44 26.20 37.50 Health related............................ 17.94 20.35 22.93 25.02 28.00 Registered nurses....................... 17.57 19.76 22.47 25.08 27.38 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.16 21.13 23.66 27.99 32.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.16 21.13 23.87 29.16 34.44 Secondary school teachers............... 19.78 20.70 22.64 26.71 29.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.24 22.15 23.94 27.30 31.14 Librarians.............................. 19.24 22.15 23.94 27.30 31.14 Social scientists and urban planners...... 18.62 19.18 26.20 26.20 26.20 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.81 16.72 17.39 20.52 23.08 Social workers.......................... 13.81 16.48 17.11 19.24 23.21 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.02 15.00 17.69 21.44 26.08 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.28 15.50 16.75 17.88 18.96 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.66 9.83 11.52 18.62 22.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.85 20.00 26.01 34.86 45.70 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.27 23.36 28.85 38.08 44.47 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.10 22.03 29.70 44.04 46.27 Financial managers...................... 23.09 25.49 34.62 38.46 45.19 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.93 21.15 23.64 35.99 43.27 Management related........................ 16.33 18.63 22.20 31.21 46.31 Accountants and auditors................ 16.33 17.95 21.35 29.86 35.68 Other financial officers................ 13.14 17.66 27.30 33.65 39.02 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.90 20.00 29.07 51.28 53.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.72 16.97 21.67 23.55 33.35 Sales......................................... 6.95 8.55 13.75 24.42 33.69 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.55 12.67 21.10 31.62 33.69 Sales, other business services.......... 13.46 18.05 23.96 26.06 32.90 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.00 9.17 11.25 15.44 20.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.35 11.00 13.22 15.77 18.59 Computer operators...................... $15.35 $17.65 $18.55 $19.54 $19.54 Secretaries............................. 11.23 12.64 14.68 16.41 17.79 Order clerks............................ 11.30 16.70 21.75 22.84 22.84 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.10 12.13 14.13 16.11 17.77 Dispatchers............................. 11.49 11.49 12.44 20.32 23.82 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.50 8.50 10.60 11.70 20.65 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.64 13.15 14.45 16.08 17.02 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.99 11.92 13.61 14.57 16.89 Bill and account collectors............. 12.26 12.88 14.06 15.76 19.30 General office clerks................... 8.92 9.62 11.49 14.69 17.67 Teachers' aides......................... 7.98 8.97 10.22 13.22 20.06 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.75 11.71 13.70 15.41 17.69 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.75 15.56 19.39 26.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 15.47 18.43 23.70 28.58 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.19 24.14 26.28 26.28 31.15 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.07 19.38 29.15 29.15 29.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.18 16.25 17.11 21.17 25.51 Supervisors, production................. 15.53 18.97 24.90 32.60 47.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.95 11.20 14.50 20.23 26.11 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 14.07 14.86 14.86 15.51 17.02 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 13.08 14.87 22.28 26.73 26.73 Assemblers.............................. 7.13 9.60 11.11 14.70 17.91 Transportation and material moving............ 9.78 11.95 14.23 16.80 19.08 Truck drivers........................... 12.35 13.00 14.65 16.80 18.15 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.48 11.95 14.10 15.00 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.85 9.00 12.14 15.88 22.28 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 11.35 12.00 15.33 18.55 24.05 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.90 12.92 15.10 15.77 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.10 9.35 14.50 24.11 24.11 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 8.95 12.14 15.87 16.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.69 8.12 9.81 13.56 14.90 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.35 12.51 13.10 16.25 17.16 Service......................................... 7.00 8.25 10.00 13.00 17.55 Protective service........................ 8.00 11.21 14.10 18.75 23.82 Police and detectives, public service... 15.07 16.12 17.69 19.31 20.77 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.85 11.70 Food service.............................. 3.20 6.75 9.00 11.00 14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.20 3.20 6.08 9.52 11.00 Other food service....................... $7.21 $8.10 $9.65 $12.12 $14.43 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.69 8.00 9.50 12.10 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.81 7.47 8.48 10.72 12.36 Health service............................ 7.15 8.40 9.13 10.62 11.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.41 9.08 10.39 11.49 Cleaning and building service............. 6.95 7.87 9.05 9.97 11.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.69 8.00 9.20 9.98 11.22 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.23 $8.17 $11.15 $25.79 All excluding sales........................... 6.25 7.45 8.70 12.24 28.28 White collar.................................... 6.75 7.75 9.88 22.00 31.50 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 9.00 12.00 25.00 34.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.76 22.00 25.98 33.50 44.00 Professional specialty...................... 19.57 22.00 27.87 34.45 44.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.57 22.82 35.00 44.00 44.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.75 19.57 22.00 24.09 28.28 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.05 6.75 7.45 7.75 8.30 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.25 7.75 8.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.00 9.01 11.11 12.00 Secretaries............................. 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.50 12.00 General office clerks................... 7.00 7.50 8.50 11.11 11.11 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 5.59 5.59 8.63 10.00 12.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.10 6.70 7.51 8.10 10.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.75 6.44 9.00 12.48 16.73 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.10 6.60 7.50 8.00 9.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.10 6.25 7.00 7.85 8.50 Service......................................... 2.13 6.50 7.75 8.85 10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.50 7.45 8.50 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.25 8.24 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 8.65 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.80 6.75 7.52 8.50 9.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.10 7.40 8.15 8.85 9.50 Health service............................ 8.37 9.00 9.66 10.40 11.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.36 9.00 9.54 10.30 10.95 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... $6.50 $6.75 $7.50 $8.00 $8.24 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 240,600 168,400 72,300 All excluding sales............................................. 223,800 151,700 72,100 White collar........................................................ 145,400 91,400 54,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 128,600 74,800 53,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,600 27,200 32,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,000 22,300 28,600 Technical....................................................... 8,600 4,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 18,100 15,100 3,000 Sales............................................................. 16,800 16,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 50,900 32,500 18,500 Blue collar......................................................... 57,500 52,000 5,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19,800 16,400 3,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13,700 13,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7,600 6,400 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16,400 15,600 800 Service............................................................. 37,700 24,900 12,800 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.