NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Bulletin 3115-74, 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................. $18.94 2.5 37.0 $18.05 3.2 37.2 $22.09 2.8 36.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.59 1.6 37.2 22.36 2.0 37.6 23.13 2.6 36.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.74 1.7 36.2 28.12 2.2 36.8 27.13 2.5 35.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 5.0 40.5 34.08 6.3 40.7 32.08 5.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.15 9.0 37.4 14.13 9.1 37.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.85 2.2 37.2 15.00 3.0 37.3 14.52 2.0 37.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.97 6.1 37.9 15.60 6.7 38.0 19.72 6.1 36.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.4 39.1 19.21 6.0 39.0 22.03 8.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.16 9.6 39.6 13.13 9.7 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.68 13.3 35.7 18.58 17.2 36.3 19.02 8.0 34.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.57 6.1 35.6 12.16 6.6 35.3 17.31 5.7 39.3 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.75 2.7 34.6 9.74 2.1 34.2 18.89 3.5 36.2 Full time........................................................... 19.49 2.7 39.8 18.57 3.4 39.7 22.72 3.0 40.1 Part time........................................................... 13.48 3.7 21.9 12.71 4.6 22.7 16.06 4.4 19.4 Union............................................................... 19.92 3.5 36.3 18.37 8.0 35.6 21.28 2.2 36.8 Nonunion............................................................ 18.42 3.4 37.5 17.96 3.7 37.6 26.47 4.7 34.7 Time................................................................ 18.93 2.5 37.0 18.03 3.1 37.2 22.09 2.8 36.5 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.83 5.9 37.0 14.83 5.9 37.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.60 5.5 36.8 17.31 5.9 36.9 22.59 1.9 34.0 500 workers or more................................................. 21.93 2.5 37.3 21.84 3.7 37.8 22.05 3.3 36.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $18.94 2.5 $18.05 3.2 $22.09 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.23 2.6 18.35 3.3 22.11 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.59 1.6 22.36 2.0 23.13 2.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.59 1.7 23.80 2.2 23.16 2.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.74 1.7 28.12 2.2 27.13 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.26 1.4 30.28 1.6 27.94 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.33 1.9 33.65 2.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 34.12 4.8 34.12 4.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.17 1.8 28.17 1.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.65 8.3 30.65 8.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.99 3.6 34.18 3.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.07 3.8 34.27 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.95 3.7 28.57 4.3 25.53 6.3 Registered nurses........................................... 27.03 2.7 26.62 2.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.66 6.0 – – 35.22 3.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 23.31 6.4 – – 24.92 9.6 Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.64 2.2 19.50 8.2 28.46 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.31 1.9 – – 28.60 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.65 1.1 – – 30.65 1.1 Teachers, special education................................. 26.76 4.7 – – 28.28 1.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 20.35 9.0 25.14 10.5 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 21.85 18.7 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.14 7.0 – – 25.14 8.8 Psychologists............................................... 22.21 4.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.27 2.3 – – 18.39 3.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.94 1.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.30 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.20 4.4 21.78 4.9 18.49 4.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.29 8.3 17.29 8.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.04 8.0 20.06 8.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.93 7.2 16.97 11.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.37 7.0 21.95 7.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 5.0 34.08 6.3 32.08 5.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 5.9 39.17 6.7 36.02 10.0 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.53 3.4 42.53 3.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.10 11.1 38.62 13.8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.25 7.9 42.60 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 23.80 3.5 22.70 4.8 26.41 5.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.08 3.7 20.88 3.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $28.05 4.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.15 9.0 $14.13 9.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.94 12.3 15.94 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.47 4.6 11.36 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.85 2.2 15.00 3.0 $14.52 2.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.54 10.1 22.78 10.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.87 4.8 17.64 6.0 15.16 4.2 Receptionists............................................... 11.91 5.2 11.91 5.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.71 10.2 14.32 12.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.39 8.1 14.16 8.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.51 2.9 – – 12.51 2.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 17.63 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.80 8.6 15.67 9.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.16 13.0 11.85 10.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.61 7.5 16.61 7.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.26 3.4 14.90 9.1 12.44 1.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.03 5.9 – – 13.03 5.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.75 7.8 15.13 7.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.97 6.1 15.60 6.7 19.72 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.4 19.21 6.0 22.03 8.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.83 7.9 20.83 7.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.72 4.4 17.60 5.0 – – Electricians................................................ 24.42 4.0 23.26 5.5 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.78 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.44 10.1 19.44 10.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.41 3.1 13.41 3.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.16 9.6 13.13 9.7 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.12 19.6 11.12 19.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 18.67 1.8 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.41 2.6 12.41 2.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.94 10.6 19.94 10.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.44 6.8 11.44 6.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.31 10.5 12.31 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.68 13.3 18.58 17.2 19.02 8.0 Truck drivers............................................... 17.25 2.7 17.36 3.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 14.3 – – 17.13 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.26 8.1 14.26 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $12.57 6.1 $12.16 6.6 $17.31 5.7 Construction laborers....................................... 16.88 4.5 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.59 2.5 12.59 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.67 9.4 9.67 9.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.65 3.9 12.65 3.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.00 9.6 11.00 9.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.58 5.1 16.27 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.75 2.7 9.74 2.1 18.89 3.5 Protective service............................................ 15.82 19.8 9.41 7.3 22.08 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.11 11.6 9.43 8.0 – – Food service.................................................. 9.58 4.5 9.41 4.8 12.05 7.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.98 3.0 6.81 .7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.78 1.1 6.78 1.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.21 9.8 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.34 7.2 10.18 7.6 12.43 4.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.17 6.7 15.17 6.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.30 7.2 10.81 8.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.07 5.0 8.98 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.98 3.0 7.82 1.4 – – Health service................................................ 11.25 2.3 11.24 2.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 1.8 10.93 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 7.5 9.65 7.3 13.27 3.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.84 8.4 8.84 8.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.42 9.4 9.56 9.2 13.20 3.5 Personal service.............................................. 8.99 3.2 8.69 3.6 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 7.97 4.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.49 2.7 $18.57 3.4 $22.72 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.79 2.9 18.89 3.6 22.74 3.0 White collar........................................................ 22.99 1.5 22.69 1.9 23.70 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 1.7 24.09 2.2 23.73 2.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 1.8 28.37 2.3 27.62 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.60 1.5 30.56 1.7 28.37 2.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.33 1.9 33.65 2.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 34.12 4.8 34.12 4.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.17 1.8 28.17 1.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.65 8.3 30.65 8.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.99 3.6 34.18 3.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.07 3.8 34.27 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.26 5.5 29.05 6.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.55 3.8 26.84 4.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.28 6.5 – – 35.21 3.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 23.15 6.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.08 3.1 18.74 7.2 29.06 2.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.58 2.8 – – 28.89 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.77 1.3 – – 30.75 1.3 Teachers, special education................................. 26.80 4.7 – – 28.35 1.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.85 14.1 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.42 7.0 – – 25.14 8.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.77 1.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.94 1.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.31 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.44 4.6 21.90 5.0 19.22 6.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.49 7.4 17.49 7.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.95 2.8 24.95 2.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.15 7.9 20.15 7.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.07 7.3 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.37 7.0 21.95 7.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 5.0 34.08 6.3 32.08 5.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 5.9 39.17 6.7 36.02 10.0 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.53 3.4 42.53 3.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.10 11.1 38.62 13.8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.25 7.9 42.60 7.0 – – Management related............................................ 23.80 3.5 22.70 4.8 26.41 5.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.08 3.7 20.88 3.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.05 4.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. $14.53 8.6 $14.52 8.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.94 12.3 15.94 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.63 4.3 11.52 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.11 2.1 15.24 2.9 $14.81 2.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.54 10.1 22.78 10.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.94 4.8 17.69 6.0 15.24 4.5 Order clerks................................................ 14.59 8.1 14.36 8.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 17.63 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.80 8.6 15.67 9.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.77 14.5 11.22 9.6 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.61 7.5 16.61 7.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.40 3.7 15.13 10.6 12.55 1.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.30 11.0 – – 13.30 11.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.97 8.4 15.68 9.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.27 6.1 15.88 6.6 20.53 5.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.55 5.3 19.27 5.9 22.03 8.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.83 7.9 20.83 7.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.72 4.4 17.60 5.0 – – Electricians................................................ 24.42 4.0 23.26 5.5 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.78 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.44 10.1 19.44 10.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.41 3.1 13.41 3.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.17 9.7 13.14 9.7 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.12 19.6 11.12 19.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 18.67 1.8 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.41 2.6 12.41 2.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.94 10.6 19.94 10.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.44 6.8 11.44 6.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.31 10.5 12.31 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.61 11.8 19.34 14.7 20.68 6.0 Truck drivers............................................... 17.20 2.9 17.31 3.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.26 8.1 14.26 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.21 5.2 12.77 5.9 17.54 4.3 Production helpers.......................................... 12.59 2.5 12.59 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.81 9.8 10.81 9.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.64 4.2 12.64 4.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.75 10.6 10.75 10.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $16.58 5.1 $16.27 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.58 4.3 10.23 2.7 $19.62 3.7 Protective service............................................ 16.18 19.5 9.50 7.5 22.46 2.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.23 11.7 9.54 8.3 – – Food service.................................................. 10.13 6.2 10.01 6.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.59 .9 6.59 .9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.68 7.8 10.56 8.1 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.17 6.7 15.17 6.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.23 7.8 10.81 8.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.68 3.6 8.68 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 11.52 2.0 11.52 2.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.22 1.4 11.22 1.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.24 5.1 10.46 5.4 13.34 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.62 4.9 8.62 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.44 6.5 10.57 7.3 13.27 3.8 Personal service.............................................. 9.07 4.6 8.96 5.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $13.48 3.7 $12.71 4.6 $16.06 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.68 4.2 12.92 5.3 16.06 4.4 White collar........................................................ 17.89 3.2 18.13 4.5 17.44 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.91 4.1 19.86 6.5 17.44 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.35 3.2 25.74 4.3 22.02 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.79 3.6 27.55 3.9 23.27 4.6 Health related................................................ 27.21 2.9 27.35 3.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.04 .9 26.15 1.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.78 12.6 – – 35.32 4.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.77 7.1 – – 19.68 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 22.73 38.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.20 11.3 20.77 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 9.90 10.6 9.90 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.12 2.6 11.91 4.3 12.41 3.0 General office clerks....................................... 11.09 8.7 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.89 4.3 – – 12.89 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 11.63 7.0 11.09 7.7 14.18 5.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 8.6 – – 14.41 3.9 Bus drivers................................................. 12.77 7.4 – – 14.41 3.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.22 8.1 9.22 8.2 – – Service............................................................. 8.39 3.1 8.12 3.4 11.03 5.5 Protective service............................................ 8.27 3.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.12 4.0 7.64 5.6 11.32 1.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.28 5.4 6.99 2.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.86 9.0 8.26 10.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.01 6.6 7.97 6.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.84 11.1 8.15 .5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $776 2.8 39.8 $738 3.6 39.7 $911 3.0 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 787 2.9 39.8 750 3.7 39.7 912 3.0 40.1 White collar........................................................ 917 1.6 39.9 905 1.9 39.9 948 2.8 40.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 956 1.8 39.9 959 2.2 39.8 949 2.8 40.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,123 1.8 40.0 1,128 2.3 39.8 1,114 2.6 40.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,187 1.4 40.1 1,219 1.7 39.9 1,145 2.1 40.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,333 1.9 40.0 1,346 2.2 40.0 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,365 4.8 40.0 1,365 4.8 40.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,127 1.8 40.0 1,127 1.8 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,226 8.3 40.0 1,226 8.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,358 3.6 39.9 1,365 3.9 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,361 3.9 39.9 1,369 4.3 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,160 4.9 41.0 1,143 6.1 39.3 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,082 3.2 39.3 1,052 3.3 39.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,120 4.1 38.3 – – – 1,308 1.7 37.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 883 5.4 38.1 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,122 3.1 39.9 743 7.2 39.6 1,161 2.9 40.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,143 2.8 40.0 – – – 1,155 2.6 40.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,231 1.3 40.0 – – – 1,230 1.3 40.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,056 5.9 39.4 – – – 1,134 1.2 40.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 794 14.1 40.0 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,057 7.0 40.0 – – – 1,006 8.8 40.0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 761 2.2 40.6 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 758 1.7 40.0 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 852 5.5 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 846 4.6 39.5 862 5.1 39.4 769 6.8 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 686 5.7 39.2 686 5.7 39.2 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 998 2.8 40.0 998 2.8 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 800 7.5 39.7 800 7.5 39.7 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 708 9.0 39.2 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 895 7.0 40.0 878 7.6 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,361 5.7 40.5 1,387 7.2 40.7 1,283 5.1 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,571 6.9 40.8 1,608 8.0 41.0 1,441 10.0 40.0 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,701 3.4 40.0 1,701 3.4 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,724 11.1 40.0 1,545 13.8 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $1,652 9.5 41.0 $1,760 8.9 41.3 – – – Management related............................................ 951 3.5 40.0 907 4.9 40.0 $1,057 5.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 843 3.7 40.0 835 3.9 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,122 4.9 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 584 9.2 40.2 583 9.4 40.2 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 653 13.2 41.0 653 13.2 41.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 465 4.3 40.0 461 4.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 597 2.2 39.5 602 2.9 39.5 585 2.3 39.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 810 9.0 39.4 890 8.6 39.1 – – – Secretaries................................................. 666 4.9 39.3 696 6.2 39.4 598 3.7 39.2 Order clerks................................................ 562 10.2 38.5 552 10.7 38.5 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 702 7.1 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 630 8.5 39.9 625 9.5 39.9 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 541 4.6 40.0 541 4.6 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 511 14.5 40.0 449 9.6 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 637 6.6 38.4 637 6.6 38.4 – – – General office clerks....................................... 536 3.7 40.0 605 10.6 40.0 502 1.5 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 434 17.9 32.6 – – – 434 17.9 32.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 635 8.5 39.7 614 10.4 39.2 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 647 6.1 39.8 632 6.6 39.8 821 5.8 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 779 5.3 39.8 767 6.0 39.8 881 8.4 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 833 7.9 40.0 833 7.9 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 709 4.4 40.0 704 5.0 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 977 4.0 40.0 931 5.5 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 751 2.5 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 767 11.5 39.5 767 11.5 39.5 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 533 3.6 39.8 533 3.6 39.8 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 787 7.0 40.0 787 7.0 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 525 9.7 39.9 524 9.7 39.9 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 445 19.6 40.0 445 19.6 40.0 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 747 1.8 40.0 – – – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 491 2.5 39.6 491 2.5 39.6 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 798 10.6 40.0 798 10.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 458 6.8 40.0 458 6.8 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 492 10.5 40.0 492 10.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 778 12.1 39.7 765 15.1 39.6 827 6.0 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... $688 2.9 40.0 $693 3.2 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 570 8.1 40.0 570 8.1 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 523 5.5 39.6 505 6.3 39.5 $702 4.3 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 504 2.5 40.0 504 2.5 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 407 13.7 37.6 407 13.7 37.6 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 506 4.2 40.0 506 4.2 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 419 8.9 39.0 419 8.9 39.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 663 5.1 40.0 651 6.8 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 496 4.8 39.4 398 3.0 38.9 802 4.2 40.9 Protective service............................................ 649 21.1 40.1 370 8.1 39.0 928 3.8 41.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 399 12.3 39.0 371 8.8 38.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 391 6.8 38.5 385 7.0 38.5 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 232 8.9 35.1 232 8.9 35.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 418 8.5 39.1 413 8.7 39.1 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 618 8.2 40.8 618 8.2 40.8 – – – Cooks....................................................... 447 7.6 39.8 430 7.9 39.8 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 326 7.0 37.6 326 7.0 37.6 – – – Health service................................................ 443 3.5 38.4 443 3.5 38.4 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 429 2.8 38.2 429 2.8 38.2 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 450 5.1 40.0 418 5.4 40.0 534 3.6 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 345 4.9 40.0 345 4.9 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 457 6.5 40.0 423 7.3 40.0 531 3.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 348 6.2 38.4 344 7.0 38.4 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $39,211 2.8 2,012 $38,014 3.6 2,047 $43,133 3.0 1,898 All excluding sales............................................... 39,755 2.9 2,009 38,637 3.7 2,045 43,161 3.0 1,898 White collar........................................................ 45,789 1.6 1,992 46,834 1.9 2,064 43,568 2.8 1,839 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,561 1.8 1,984 49,731 2.2 2,064 43,607 2.8 1,838 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,577 1.8 1,908 58,254 2.3 2,053 47,430 2.6 1,717 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,574 1.4 1,878 62,797 1.7 2,055 47,968 2.1 1,691 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,335 1.9 2,080 69,992 2.2 2,080 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 70,964 4.8 2,080 70,964 4.8 2,080 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 58,604 1.8 2,080 58,604 1.8 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 63,754 8.3 2,080 63,754 8.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 70,604 3.6 2,077 70,982 3.9 2,077 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 70,755 3.9 2,077 71,164 4.3 2,077 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 59,696 4.9 2,112 59,264 6.1 2,040 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 55,595 3.2 2,018 54,712 3.3 2,038 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46,627 4.1 1,593 – – – 50,837 1.7 1,444 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 37,454 5.4 1,618 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,771 3.1 1,559 35,329 7.2 1,885 44,485 2.9 1,531 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43,969 2.8 1,538 – – – 44,393 2.6 1,537 Secondary school teachers................................... 47,191 1.3 1,534 – – – 47,130 1.3 1,533 Teachers, special education................................. 40,381 5.9 1,507 – – – 42,762 1.2 1,508 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35,241 14.1 1,776 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 54,314 7.0 2,056 – – – 51,445 8.8 2,046 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39,189 2.2 2,088 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 38,984 1.7 2,058 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 44,318 5.5 2,080 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 44,009 4.6 2,053 44,827 5.1 2,047 39,975 6.8 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 35,652 5.7 2,039 35,652 5.7 2,039 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 51,905 2.8 2,080 51,905 2.8 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 41,611 7.5 2,065 41,611 7.5 2,065 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 36,797 9.0 2,036 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 46,535 7.0 2,080 45,656 7.6 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,413 5.7 2,096 72,111 7.2 2,116 65,304 5.1 2,036 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 81,201 6.9 2,109 83,593 8.0 2,134 72,890 10.0 2,024 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 88,457 3.4 2,080 88,457 3.4 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 85,631 11.1 1,987 80,331 13.8 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $85,920 9.5 2,135 $91,527 8.9 2,148 – – – Management related............................................ 49,283 3.5 2,070 47,155 4.9 2,078 $54,244 5.0 2,054 Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,841 3.7 2,080 43,428 3.9 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 57,418 4.9 2,047 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 30,026 9.2 2,066 29,989 9.4 2,066 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 33,957 13.2 2,130 33,957 13.2 2,130 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,008 4.3 1,978 22,753 4.3 1,974 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,709 2.2 2,032 31,269 2.9 2,052 29,408 2.3 1,986 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,122 9.0 2,051 46,299 8.6 2,033 – – – Secretaries................................................. 33,746 4.9 1,992 36,209 6.2 2,047 28,612 3.7 1,877 Order clerks................................................ 29,223 10.2 2,003 28,708 10.7 2,000 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 36,396 7.1 2,064 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,761 8.5 2,074 32,479 9.5 2,073 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 28,143 4.6 2,080 28,143 4.6 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 26,568 14.5 2,080 23,335 9.6 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 33,146 6.6 1,995 33,146 6.6 1,995 – – – General office clerks....................................... 27,864 3.7 2,080 31,469 10.6 2,080 26,096 1.5 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,948 17.9 1,199 – – – 15,948 17.9 1,199 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,995 8.5 2,067 31,943 10.4 2,038 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,339 6.1 2,049 32,503 6.6 2,046 42,567 5.8 2,074 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,448 5.3 2,068 39,835 6.0 2,067 45,828 8.4 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 43,360 7.9 2,082 43,360 7.9 2,082 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,857 4.4 2,080 36,609 5.0 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 50,791 4.0 2,080 48,387 5.5 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 39,065 2.5 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 39,888 11.5 2,052 39,888 11.5 2,052 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 27,737 3.6 2,068 27,737 3.6 2,068 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 40,908 7.0 2,080 40,908 7.0 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,324 9.7 2,075 27,265 9.7 2,075 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 23,131 19.6 2,080 23,131 19.6 2,080 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 38,832 1.8 2,080 – – – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 25,547 2.5 2,059 25,547 2.5 2,059 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 41,480 10.6 2,080 41,480 10.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,800 6.8 2,080 23,800 6.8 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 25,605 10.5 2,080 25,605 10.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 38,180 12.1 1,947 37,118 15.1 1,919 42,686 6.0 2,064 Truck drivers............................................... $35,768 2.9 2,080 $36,012 3.2 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,655 8.1 2,080 29,655 8.1 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,199 5.5 2,058 26,260 6.3 2,056 $36,484 4.3 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 26,188 2.5 2,080 26,188 2.5 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 21,164 13.7 1,958 21,164 13.7 1,958 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,291 4.2 2,080 26,291 4.2 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 21,777 8.9 2,026 21,777 8.9 2,026 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 34,484 5.1 2,080 33,847 6.8 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 25,227 4.8 2,005 20,217 3.0 1,977 41,080 4.2 2,094 Protective service............................................ 33,640 21.1 2,080 19,247 8.1 2,026 47,916 3.8 2,133 Guards and police, except public service.................... 20,628 12.3 2,016 19,296 8.8 2,023 – – – Food service.................................................. 19,898 6.8 1,964 19,763 7.0 1,974 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,044 8.9 1,828 12,044 8.9 1,828 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,203 8.5 1,986 21,119 8.7 1,999 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 32,156 8.2 2,120 32,156 8.2 2,120 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,256 7.6 1,983 22,107 7.9 2,045 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 16,523 7.0 1,903 16,511 7.0 1,902 – – – Health service................................................ 23,019 3.5 1,997 23,019 3.5 1,997 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,307 2.8 1,988 22,307 2.8 1,988 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,313 5.1 2,075 21,754 5.4 2,080 27,482 3.6 2,060 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,933 4.9 2,080 17,933 4.9 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,711 6.5 2,073 21,994 7.3 2,080 27,327 3.8 2,059 Personal service.............................................. 12,189 6.2 1,343 11,936 7.0 1,333 – – – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $18.94 2.5 $18.05 3.2 $22.09 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.23 2.6 18.35 3.3 22.11 2.9 White collar........................................................ 22.59 1.6 22.36 2.0 23.13 2.6 1....................................................... 8.69 4.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.74 6.0 10.70 8.4 10.85 3.0 3....................................................... 11.34 3.9 11.22 5.0 11.79 4.2 4....................................................... 13.87 3.0 13.78 4.4 14.08 1.2 5....................................................... 16.37 3.1 16.51 3.6 15.63 3.4 6....................................................... 19.01 3.8 18.83 4.5 20.14 4.4 7....................................................... 21.08 3.0 22.07 3.4 18.48 3.0 8....................................................... 23.21 4.3 23.89 3.5 21.56 10.1 9....................................................... 28.29 1.5 28.62 1.9 27.95 2.2 10........................................................ 34.57 5.4 33.94 7.1 36.15 8.3 11........................................................ 32.98 3.6 33.48 4.1 31.84 7.4 12........................................................ 43.89 3.1 43.51 3.1 – – 13........................................................ 53.24 4.2 55.16 4.4 – – 14........................................................ 78.48 10.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.47 15.9 25.80 25.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.59 1.7 23.80 2.2 23.16 2.6 2....................................................... 10.08 4.5 – – 10.85 3.0 3....................................................... 11.92 3.7 11.98 5.1 11.79 4.2 4....................................................... 13.67 2.5 13.39 4.1 14.07 1.2 5....................................................... 16.47 3.2 16.63 3.7 15.63 3.4 6....................................................... 19.15 3.5 18.99 4.3 20.14 4.4 7....................................................... 21.32 2.8 22.41 3.0 18.49 3.0 8....................................................... 23.36 4.6 24.30 3.2 21.56 10.1 9....................................................... 28.29 1.5 28.62 1.9 27.95 2.2 10........................................................ 34.67 5.6 34.05 7.3 36.15 8.3 11........................................................ 33.07 3.7 33.64 4.5 31.84 7.4 12........................................................ 43.89 3.1 43.51 3.1 – – 13........................................................ 53.24 4.2 55.16 4.4 – – 14........................................................ 78.48 10.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.18 16.7 25.00 26.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.74 1.7 28.12 2.2 27.13 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.26 1.4 30.28 1.6 27.94 2.1 5....................................................... 14.10 5.2 – – 14.03 5.9 6....................................................... 21.75 11.6 22.75 10.2 16.52 .5 7....................................................... 23.75 6.0 23.70 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.75 5.8 24.79 4.4 22.18 12.5 9....................................................... 27.99 1.7 28.24 2.5 27.82 2.3 10........................................................ 35.73 7.6 34.81 9.9 38.17 8.0 11........................................................ 34.83 4.8 34.75 6.3 35.07 3.9 12........................................................ 42.46 1.4 43.12 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.30 5.3 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $33.33 1.9 $33.65 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.97 3.9 28.76 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.78 2.5 35.97 2.7 – – 12........................................................ 41.94 1.9 41.94 1.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 34.12 4.8 34.12 4.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.17 1.8 28.17 1.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.65 8.3 30.65 8.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.99 3.6 34.18 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.56 2.9 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.07 3.8 34.27 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 32.56 2.9 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.95 3.7 28.57 4.3 $25.53 6.3 8....................................................... 24.50 2.7 24.13 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.00 3.5 27.91 3.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.03 2.7 26.62 2.8 – – 8....................................................... 24.98 3.1 24.76 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 26.09 1.1 26.07 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.66 6.0 – – 35.22 3.4 10........................................................ 32.06 20.5 – – 41.29 5.6 11........................................................ 25.64 14.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 23.31 6.4 – – 24.92 9.6 Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.64 2.2 19.50 8.2 28.46 1.7 6....................................................... 11.84 10.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.60 19.0 24.48 7.6 24.67 30.5 9....................................................... 29.25 1.8 – – 29.37 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.31 1.9 – – 28.60 1.6 8....................................................... 22.80 30.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.82 2.7 – – 28.82 2.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.65 1.1 – – 30.65 1.1 9....................................................... 30.61 1.3 – – 30.61 1.3 Teachers, special education................................. 26.76 4.7 – – 28.28 1.3 9....................................................... 26.87 4.8 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 20.35 9.0 25.14 10.5 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 21.85 18.7 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.14 7.0 – – 25.14 8.8 Psychologists............................................... 22.21 4.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.27 2.3 – – 18.39 3.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.94 1.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.30 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.20 4.4 21.78 4.9 18.49 4.9 4....................................................... 13.80 4.2 13.80 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.01 7.9 20.03 8.0 – – 6....................................................... $19.13 4.4 $18.82 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.57 5.7 22.39 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 21.45 7.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.42 5.3 31.42 5.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.29 8.3 17.29 8.3 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.04 8.0 20.06 8.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.93 7.2 16.97 11.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.37 7.0 21.95 7.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 5.0 34.08 6.3 $32.08 5.1 7....................................................... 21.13 4.6 20.78 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.94 5.4 24.25 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 28.96 2.9 28.91 4.0 29.07 2.8 11........................................................ 30.14 5.2 31.10 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 4.6 43.82 4.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.25 4.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 5.9 39.17 6.7 36.02 10.0 9....................................................... 29.55 3.5 29.24 4.3 30.71 4.5 11........................................................ 29.68 5.5 31.11 6.8 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 4.6 43.82 4.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.25 4.5 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.53 3.4 42.53 3.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.10 11.1 38.62 13.8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.25 7.9 42.60 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 3.8 28.68 3.4 – – 12........................................................ 45.51 8.4 45.51 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.80 3.5 22.70 4.8 26.41 5.0 7....................................................... 21.13 4.6 20.78 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 24.01 7.4 24.48 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.72 5.9 26.35 11.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.08 3.7 20.88 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.45 2.9 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.05 4.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.15 9.0 14.13 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.24 10.6 10.24 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.53 8.5 14.53 8.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.94 12.3 15.94 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.47 4.6 11.36 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.85 2.2 15.00 3.0 14.52 2.0 2....................................................... 10.10 4.5 – – 10.96 2.3 3....................................................... 11.87 3.7 11.91 5.2 11.79 4.2 4....................................................... 13.67 2.6 13.35 4.4 14.09 1.2 5....................................................... 16.17 3.9 16.15 4.6 16.30 3.4 6....................................................... 18.32 4.7 17.93 5.4 21.56 7.0 7....................................................... $19.85 4.1 $21.70 3.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.54 10.1 22.78 10.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.87 4.8 17.64 6.0 $15.16 4.2 4....................................................... 13.75 6.1 14.17 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.07 7.6 18.74 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 15.41 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.91 5.2 11.91 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.91 7.5 11.91 7.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.71 10.2 14.32 12.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.39 8.1 14.16 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.05 7.5 14.05 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.96 5.7 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.51 2.9 – – 12.51 2.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 17.63 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.80 8.6 15.67 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 5.5 13.74 3.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.16 13.0 11.85 10.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.61 7.5 16.61 7.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.26 3.4 14.90 9.1 12.44 1.0 3....................................................... 11.38 4.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.02 5.6 17.69 19.7 13.36 2.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.03 5.9 – – 13.03 5.9 3....................................................... 12.78 9.8 – – 12.78 9.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.75 7.8 15.13 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.18 4.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.97 6.1 15.60 6.7 19.72 6.1 1....................................................... 9.26 12.4 9.27 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 3.8 11.24 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.78 3.9 11.72 4.1 12.89 2.5 4....................................................... 13.36 5.3 12.95 5.6 16.35 3.9 5....................................................... 16.60 3.9 16.01 3.3 19.12 4.8 6....................................................... 18.22 5.5 17.49 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.61 5.5 22.57 6.1 22.94 10.4 8....................................................... 29.95 6.1 29.79 7.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.45 15.0 33.45 15.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.49 5.4 19.21 6.0 22.03 8.4 4....................................................... 13.77 4.6 13.63 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.29 3.4 16.09 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.02 8.3 17.81 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.29 3.3 22.27 3.6 22.44 9.2 8....................................................... 30.41 8.3 30.41 8.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.83 7.9 20.83 7.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.72 4.4 17.60 5.0 – – 7....................................................... $21.17 3.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 24.42 4.0 $23.26 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.11 2.3 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.78 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.44 10.1 19.44 10.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.41 3.1 13.41 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 .6 14.02 .6 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.16 9.6 13.13 9.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.11 3.5 8.11 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.83 3.8 10.83 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.47 6.7 11.47 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.81 9.2 11.67 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.03 4.4 14.03 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.31 4.5 16.31 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.81 8.3 20.81 8.3 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.12 19.6 11.12 19.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 18.67 1.8 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.41 2.6 12.41 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 2.8 11.24 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.68 6.6 11.68 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.94 10.6 19.94 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.09 12.5 23.09 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.44 6.8 11.44 6.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.31 10.5 12.31 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.68 13.3 18.58 17.2 $19.02 8.0 3....................................................... 12.07 6.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.99 3.8 16.43 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.02 5.8 17.20 7.0 19.36 5.2 7....................................................... 28.21 17.0 28.26 18.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.25 2.7 17.36 3.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 14.3 – – 17.13 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.26 8.1 14.26 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.57 6.1 12.16 6.6 17.31 5.7 1....................................................... 10.09 14.5 10.10 14.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.92 8.5 11.92 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.77 4.8 11.77 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.14 5.8 13.95 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.23 6.6 16.90 8.0 – – Construction laborers....................................... 16.88 4.5 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.59 2.5 12.59 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.67 9.4 9.67 9.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.17 3.7 8.17 3.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $12.65 3.9 $12.65 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.60 6.0 12.60 6.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.00 9.6 11.00 9.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.58 5.1 16.27 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.75 2.7 9.74 2.1 $18.89 3.5 1....................................................... 7.87 2.5 7.71 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 3.5 10.06 3.6 12.66 5.1 3....................................................... 9.61 3.2 9.48 3.4 11.24 6.7 4....................................................... 11.62 6.4 10.70 5.3 14.42 2.9 5....................................................... 16.64 5.7 14.35 8.3 18.83 2.4 7....................................................... 23.66 3.6 – – 24.80 1.2 Protective service............................................ 15.82 19.8 9.41 7.3 22.08 3.7 5....................................................... 17.76 7.2 – – 18.83 2.4 7....................................................... 24.83 1.2 – – 24.83 1.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.11 11.6 9.43 8.0 – – Food service.................................................. 9.58 4.5 9.41 4.8 12.05 7.0 1....................................................... 7.41 2.0 7.15 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.98 3.8 7.68 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.95 4.1 8.89 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 9.81 9.7 8.98 5.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.98 3.0 6.81 .7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.78 1.1 6.78 1.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.21 9.8 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.34 7.2 10.18 7.6 12.43 4.2 1....................................................... 7.72 5.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 8.54 3.7 8.21 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.56 7.0 9.51 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 9.93 9.7 9.06 5.3 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.17 6.7 15.17 6.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.30 7.2 10.81 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.48 11.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.07 5.0 8.98 5.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.98 3.0 7.82 1.4 – – Health service................................................ 11.25 2.3 11.24 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.69 5.4 11.69 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.28 3.5 11.28 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 1.8 10.93 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.04 .9 11.04 .9 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 3.0 11.00 3.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.38 7.5 9.65 7.3 13.27 3.2 2....................................................... 12.28 3.0 12.11 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.73 8.0 8.96 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.70 11.0 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.84 8.4 8.84 8.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.42 9.4 9.56 9.2 13.20 3.5 2....................................................... $12.52 3.4 $12.41 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.34 8.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.99 3.2 8.69 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.70 .4 8.62 .7 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 7.97 4.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.49 2.7 $18.57 3.4 $22.72 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.79 2.9 18.89 3.6 22.74 3.0 White collar........................................................ 22.99 1.5 22.69 1.9 23.70 2.7 2....................................................... 10.85 7.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.37 4.3 11.38 5.2 11.33 2.9 4....................................................... 13.93 3.1 13.85 4.6 14.10 1.3 5....................................................... 16.30 3.3 16.35 3.9 16.02 1.9 6....................................................... 18.86 3.5 18.64 4.3 20.26 4.4 7....................................................... 21.07 3.2 21.99 3.4 18.38 4.2 8....................................................... 23.21 4.8 23.80 3.8 21.57 11.7 9....................................................... 28.32 1.7 28.71 2.4 27.94 2.3 10........................................................ 34.42 5.6 33.93 7.3 35.70 8.9 11........................................................ 32.96 3.6 33.48 4.1 31.76 7.3 12........................................................ 43.89 3.1 43.51 3.1 – – 13........................................................ 54.29 3.5 56.91 2.9 – – 14........................................................ 78.48 10.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.47 17.1 27.60 27.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 1.7 24.09 2.2 23.73 2.7 2....................................................... 9.95 6.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.95 4.4 12.19 5.8 11.33 2.9 4....................................................... 13.67 2.5 13.36 4.2 14.09 1.3 5....................................................... 16.40 3.4 16.47 4.0 16.02 1.9 6....................................................... 19.01 3.3 18.79 4.0 20.26 4.4 7....................................................... 21.32 3.0 22.34 3.0 18.39 4.2 8....................................................... 23.38 5.2 24.23 3.6 21.57 11.7 9....................................................... 28.32 1.7 28.71 2.4 27.94 2.3 10........................................................ 34.51 5.8 34.03 7.5 35.70 8.9 11........................................................ 33.05 3.7 33.64 4.5 31.76 7.3 12........................................................ 43.89 3.1 43.51 3.1 – – 13........................................................ 54.29 3.5 56.91 2.9 – – 14........................................................ 78.48 10.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.25 18.0 26.79 29.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 1.8 28.37 2.3 27.62 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.60 1.5 30.56 1.7 28.37 2.3 6....................................................... 21.91 11.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.42 6.6 23.54 7.3 – – 8....................................................... 23.94 7.1 24.78 5.3 22.50 15.8 9....................................................... 28.01 2.0 28.33 3.5 27.81 2.3 10........................................................ 35.57 7.9 34.81 10.1 37.76 9.0 11........................................................ 34.80 4.9 34.75 6.3 34.94 3.9 12........................................................ 42.46 1.4 43.12 1.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.33 1.9 33.65 2.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.97 3.9 28.76 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.78 2.5 35.97 2.7 – – 12........................................................ $41.94 1.9 $41.94 1.9 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 34.12 4.8 34.12 4.8 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.17 1.8 28.17 1.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.65 8.3 30.65 8.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.99 3.6 34.18 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.56 2.9 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.07 3.8 34.27 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 32.56 2.9 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.26 5.5 29.05 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.75 6.1 27.96 6.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.55 3.8 26.84 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.04 1.7 26.00 1.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 29.28 6.5 – – $35.21 3.5 10........................................................ 31.45 21.5 – – 41.21 6.4 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 23.15 6.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.08 3.1 18.74 7.2 29.06 2.9 8....................................................... 28.32 9.2 24.48 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.28 1.9 – – 29.40 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.58 2.8 – – 28.89 2.6 9....................................................... 28.85 2.8 – – 28.85 2.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.77 1.3 – – 30.75 1.3 9....................................................... 30.71 1.5 – – 30.71 1.5 Teachers, special education................................. 26.80 4.7 – – 28.35 1.2 9....................................................... 26.87 4.8 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.85 14.1 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.42 7.0 – – 25.14 8.8 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.77 1.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 18.94 1.7 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.31 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.44 4.6 21.90 5.0 19.22 6.8 5....................................................... 19.59 10.6 19.59 10.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.33 3.5 17.73 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.30 6.2 22.39 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 21.45 7.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.42 5.3 31.42 5.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.49 7.4 17.49 7.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.95 2.8 24.95 2.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.15 7.9 20.15 7.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.07 7.3 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 22.37 7.0 21.95 7.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 5.0 34.08 6.3 32.08 5.1 7....................................................... $21.13 4.6 $20.78 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.94 5.4 24.25 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 28.96 2.9 28.91 4.0 $29.07 2.8 11........................................................ 30.14 5.2 31.10 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 4.6 43.82 4.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.25 4.5 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.49 5.9 39.17 6.7 36.02 10.0 9....................................................... 29.55 3.5 29.24 4.3 30.71 4.5 11........................................................ 29.68 5.5 31.11 6.8 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 4.6 43.82 4.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.25 4.5 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.53 3.4 42.53 3.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 43.10 11.1 38.62 13.8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.25 7.9 42.60 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 3.8 28.68 3.4 – – 12........................................................ 45.51 8.4 45.51 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 23.80 3.5 22.70 4.8 26.41 5.0 7....................................................... 21.13 4.6 20.78 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 24.01 7.4 24.48 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.72 5.9 26.35 11.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.08 3.7 20.88 3.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.45 2.9 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.05 4.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 14.53 8.6 14.52 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.34 10.9 10.34 10.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.77 8.7 14.77 8.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.94 12.3 15.94 12.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.63 4.3 11.52 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.11 2.1 15.24 2.9 14.81 2.1 2....................................................... 9.95 6.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.89 4.4 12.11 5.9 11.33 2.9 4....................................................... 13.67 2.6 13.31 4.5 14.11 1.3 5....................................................... 16.17 3.9 16.15 4.6 16.30 3.4 6....................................................... 18.32 4.7 17.93 5.4 21.56 7.0 7....................................................... 19.85 4.1 21.70 3.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.54 10.1 22.78 10.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.94 4.8 17.69 6.0 15.24 4.5 4....................................................... 13.83 6.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 18.07 7.6 18.74 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 15.41 4.6 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 14.59 8.1 14.36 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.21 7.8 14.21 7.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.96 5.7 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 17.63 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $15.80 8.6 $15.67 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 5.5 13.74 3.5 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.77 14.5 11.22 9.6 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.61 7.5 16.61 7.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.40 3.7 15.13 10.6 $12.55 1.5 3....................................................... 11.45 4.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.98 6.0 – – 13.28 3.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.30 11.0 – – 13.30 11.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.97 8.4 15.68 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.33 5.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.27 6.1 15.88 6.6 20.53 5.8 1....................................................... 9.71 14.6 9.71 14.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 4.1 11.14 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.47 4.1 11.48 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.35 5.4 12.93 5.7 16.43 4.0 5....................................................... 16.61 4.0 15.97 3.2 19.90 3.2 6....................................................... 18.22 5.5 17.49 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.58 5.5 22.54 6.1 22.94 10.4 8....................................................... 29.95 6.1 29.79 7.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.45 15.0 33.45 15.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.55 5.3 19.27 5.9 22.03 8.4 4....................................................... 13.77 4.6 13.63 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.29 3.4 16.09 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.02 8.3 17.81 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.25 3.2 22.22 3.5 22.44 9.2 8....................................................... 30.41 8.3 30.41 8.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.83 7.9 20.83 7.9 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.72 4.4 17.60 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.17 3.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 24.42 4.0 23.26 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 25.11 2.3 – – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.78 2.5 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.44 10.1 19.44 10.1 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.41 3.1 13.41 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 .6 14.02 .6 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.67 7.0 19.67 7.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.17 9.7 13.14 9.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.11 3.5 8.11 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.83 3.8 10.83 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.43 6.9 11.43 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.81 9.2 11.67 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.03 4.4 14.03 4.4 – – 6....................................................... $16.31 4.5 $16.31 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.81 8.3 20.81 8.3 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.12 19.6 11.12 19.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 18.67 1.8 – – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.41 2.6 12.41 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 2.8 11.24 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.68 6.6 11.68 6.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 19.94 10.6 19.94 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.09 12.5 23.09 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.44 6.8 11.44 6.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.31 10.5 12.31 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.61 11.8 19.34 14.7 $20.68 6.0 3....................................................... 12.32 13.1 12.44 13.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.03 3.7 16.43 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.28 6.5 17.13 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 28.21 17.0 28.26 18.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.20 2.9 17.31 3.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.26 8.1 14.26 8.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.21 5.2 12.77 5.9 17.54 4.3 1....................................................... 11.49 16.3 11.49 16.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.61 9.6 11.61 9.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.71 5.0 11.71 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.19 6.1 13.89 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.23 6.6 16.90 8.0 – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.59 2.5 12.59 2.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.81 9.8 10.81 9.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.64 4.2 12.64 4.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.75 10.6 10.75 10.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.58 5.1 16.27 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.58 4.3 10.23 2.7 19.62 3.7 1....................................................... 8.10 3.3 7.91 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.04 4.6 10.72 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.74 3.7 9.59 3.8 11.86 5.5 4....................................................... 11.81 6.2 10.83 5.0 14.70 4.1 5....................................................... 16.63 5.8 14.31 8.6 18.83 2.4 7....................................................... 23.66 3.6 – – 24.80 1.2 Protective service............................................ 16.18 19.5 9.50 7.5 22.46 2.9 5....................................................... 17.76 7.2 – – 18.83 2.4 7....................................................... 24.83 1.2 – – 24.83 1.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.23 11.7 9.54 8.3 – – Food service.................................................. 10.13 6.2 10.01 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.49 4.4 7.49 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.06 5.8 – – – – 3....................................................... $9.12 5.4 $9.05 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 9.77 9.3 9.06 5.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.59 .9 6.59 .9 – – Other food service........................................... 10.68 7.8 10.56 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.82 7.8 9.77 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.77 9.3 9.06 5.3 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.17 6.7 15.17 6.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.23 7.8 10.81 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.41 11.5 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.68 3.6 8.68 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 11.52 2.0 11.52 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.74 6.3 11.74 6.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.22 1.4 11.22 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.97 .9 10.97 .9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.24 5.1 10.46 5.4 $13.34 3.6 2....................................................... 12.34 3.4 12.18 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.71 8.1 8.96 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.70 11.0 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.62 4.9 8.62 4.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.44 6.5 10.57 7.3 13.27 3.8 2....................................................... 12.53 3.4 12.42 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.35 8.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.07 4.6 8.96 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.88 1.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $13.48 3.7 $12.71 4.6 $16.06 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.68 4.2 12.92 5.3 16.06 4.4 White collar........................................................ 17.89 3.2 18.13 4.5 17.44 3.9 2....................................................... 10.37 2.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.18 4.7 10.26 5.9 12.99 4.9 4....................................................... 13.22 4.6 13.06 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.66 12.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 22.04 6.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.34 12.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.22 4.8 24.82 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.85 3.9 27.77 5.2 28.10 2.7 10........................................................ 39.28 3.3 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.91 4.1 19.86 6.5 17.44 3.9 2....................................................... 10.37 2.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.82 4.4 10.74 4.8 12.99 4.9 4....................................................... 13.68 4.7 13.64 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.66 12.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 22.04 6.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.34 12.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.22 4.8 24.82 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.85 3.9 27.77 5.2 28.10 2.7 10........................................................ 39.28 3.3 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.35 3.2 25.74 4.3 22.02 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.79 3.6 27.55 3.9 23.27 4.6 8....................................................... 23.22 4.8 24.82 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.85 3.9 27.77 5.2 28.10 2.7 10........................................................ 39.28 3.3 – – – – Health related................................................ 27.21 2.9 27.35 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 25.48 1.8 25.47 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 27.85 4.7 27.76 5.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.04 .9 26.15 1.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.48 1.8 25.47 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.23 .1 26.23 .1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.78 12.6 – – 35.32 4.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.77 7.1 – – 19.68 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 22.73 38.6 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.20 11.3 20.77 9.9 – – Sales............................................................. 9.90 10.6 9.90 10.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $12.12 2.6 $11.91 4.3 $12.41 3.0 3....................................................... 11.82 4.4 10.74 4.8 12.99 4.9 4....................................................... 13.66 5.1 13.62 7.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.09 8.7 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.89 4.3 – – 12.89 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 11.63 7.0 11.09 7.7 14.18 5.4 1....................................................... 7.56 3.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.92 9.4 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 8.6 – – 14.41 3.9 Bus drivers................................................. 12.77 7.4 – – 14.41 3.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.22 8.1 9.22 8.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 3.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.39 3.1 8.12 3.4 11.03 5.5 1....................................................... 7.63 2.0 7.52 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.62 6.1 8.15 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.78 6.7 8.74 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.27 6.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 8.27 3.2 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.12 4.0 7.64 5.6 11.32 1.9 2....................................................... 7.91 4.5 7.35 2.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.28 5.4 6.99 2.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.86 9.0 8.26 10.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.01 6.6 7.97 6.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.84 11.1 8.15 .5 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $19.49 $13.48 $19.92 $18.42 $18.93 – All excluding sales............................................. 19.79 13.68 20.20 18.70 19.25 – White collar........................................................ 22.99 17.89 21.29 23.18 22.62 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 18.91 22.01 24.33 23.63 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.08 24.35 26.91 28.23 27.74 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.60 25.79 27.52 30.54 29.26 – Technical....................................................... 21.44 19.20 19.36 21.52 21.20 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.59 – 27.56 34.42 33.59 – Sales............................................................. 14.53 9.90 12.76 14.56 13.31 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.11 12.12 14.75 14.90 14.89 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.27 11.63 19.43 13.20 15.97 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.55 – 23.67 16.68 19.49 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.17 – 17.99 11.17 13.16 – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.61 13.23 20.34 14.38 18.68 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.21 9.22 14.36 10.69 12.57 – Service............................................................. 12.58 8.39 16.21 9.82 11.75 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.5 – All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 4.2 3.6 3.5 2.6 – White collar........................................................ 1.5 3.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 1.7 4.1 1.8 2.0 1.7 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1.8 3.2 2.0 2.1 1.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.5 3.6 1.6 1.7 1.4 – Technical....................................................... 4.6 11.3 4.9 4.6 4.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.0 – 3.6 5.3 5.0 – Sales............................................................. 8.6 10.6 5.4 10.7 7.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.1 2.6 2.3 3.1 2.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.1 7.0 7.7 6.3 6.1 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 – 7.8 2.2 5.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.7 – 5.3 10.3 9.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.8 8.6 16.0 12.9 13.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.2 8.1 6.1 6.4 6.1 – Service............................................................. 4.3 3.1 4.8 3.2 2.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $18.05 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.35 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 22.36 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.80 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.12 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 30.28 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 21.78 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.08 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.13 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.00 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.21 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.13 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 18.58 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.16 - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.74 - - - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 - - - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 - - - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 2.0 - - - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.2 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.2 - - - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 1.6 - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 4.9 - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 - - - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 9.1 - - - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 - - - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.7 - - - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.0 - - - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.7 - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.2 - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 - - - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 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 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $18.05 $14.83 $19.04 $17.31 $21.84 All excluding sales............................................. 18.35 14.96 19.32 17.48 22.16 White collar........................................................ 22.36 18.02 23.62 22.59 24.89 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.80 19.54 24.82 24.09 25.60 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.12 22.37 29.14 28.60 29.50 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.28 24.38 31.05 30.52 31.43 Technical....................................................... 21.78 19.66 22.50 19.96 23.72 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.08 25.64 37.72 40.41 33.82 Sales............................................................. 14.13 13.89 14.29 15.32 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.00 13.12 15.44 15.35 15.59 Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 13.63 16.17 14.69 18.73 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.21 19.03 19.26 19.92 18.55 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.13 10.91 13.79 13.01 15.61 Transportation and material moving................................ 18.58 13.19 20.09 15.13 25.44 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.16 10.15 12.72 11.78 15.97 Service............................................................. 9.74 9.08 10.02 9.62 11.77 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 5.9 3.3 5.9 3.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 5.2 3.4 6.5 3.7 White collar........................................................ 2.0 7.8 2.5 4.5 4.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.2 6.7 2.5 5.7 3.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.2 10.9 2.1 3.5 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1.6 13.7 1.6 4.0 1.4 Technical....................................................... 4.9 12.3 4.9 6.2 5.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 3.5 6.9 9.1 6.6 Sales............................................................. 9.1 14.8 8.5 3.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 6.9 3.5 5.6 4.3 Blue collar......................................................... 6.7 5.3 7.8 9.6 9.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.0 11.3 5.0 7.5 5.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.7 6.6 11.4 15.8 7.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.2 10.8 20.1 7.5 18.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.6 5.7 7.2 8.4 8.2 Service............................................................. 2.1 3.8 3.0 3.3 5.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.64 $11.41 $16.38 $23.69 $32.14 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.50 16.79 24.18 32.69 White collar.................................... 10.81 14.05 20.20 28.07 37.19 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 15.00 21.35 28.80 37.87 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.92 21.35 25.95 33.72 39.45 Professional specialty...................... 19.51 23.08 27.89 35.48 40.27 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.41 27.42 31.55 37.50 43.07 Industrial engineers.................... 25.04 29.01 34.58 38.15 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.84 25.41 29.43 30.38 32.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.08 23.08 27.32 35.50 38.56 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 28.79 34.22 40.71 43.99 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 28.13 34.65 40.93 44.25 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 20.43 23.07 26.36 29.53 38.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.65 23.90 26.23 28.76 31.42 Teachers, college and university.......... 13.94 19.65 28.97 39.95 44.79 Other post-secondary teachers........... 14.63 17.81 19.65 26.51 33.28 Teachers, except college and university... 16.38 21.90 26.85 34.30 38.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.17 22.53 27.58 34.42 38.17 Secondary school teachers............... 21.72 24.78 31.19 36.60 39.25 Teachers, special education............. 19.54 21.82 25.63 30.54 37.52 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.31 14.94 19.30 25.66 28.76 Vocational and educational counselors... 11.06 11.06 16.35 30.86 37.52 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.52 21.37 25.50 29.74 36.22 Psychologists........................... 17.94 20.37 22.01 24.05 25.95 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.32 16.16 18.25 20.44 21.83 Social workers.......................... 16.06 16.50 18.89 20.72 22.98 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.00 17.90 23.08 23.10 26.97 Technical................................... 13.97 16.52 20.51 24.40 27.03 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.88 14.55 14.88 22.84 26.70 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.80 17.97 19.50 22.50 25.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.97 15.34 18.46 19.38 21.78 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.00 18.17 21.96 26.65 29.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.65 24.26 28.16 36.05 54.01 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.85 27.50 32.69 47.06 58.97 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 29.37 34.33 41.64 53.84 53.84 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.26 36.00 36.13 51.42 65.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.50 27.74 32.69 47.41 60.10 Management related........................ 18.40 20.69 21.64 27.50 31.88 Accountants and auditors................ 15.60 21.15 21.63 21.63 23.34 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.21 22.50 27.79 31.92 35.49 Sales......................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.45 $16.83 $18.75 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.01 13.60 15.25 17.80 21.15 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.53 12.29 13.45 16.92 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.83 11.72 14.22 17.31 20.37 Supervisors, general office............. 14.32 17.32 18.77 25.69 28.21 Secretaries............................. 12.57 13.69 16.15 18.80 24.18 Receptionists........................... 9.54 10.00 12.05 13.80 14.12 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.10 11.66 13.50 16.06 22.67 Order clerks............................ 9.50 11.05 13.63 17.31 19.34 Library clerks.......................... 10.56 11.64 12.19 14.12 14.82 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 13.46 15.70 18.05 20.86 20.86 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.06 13.44 15.39 18.13 25.15 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 12.25 13.45 14.69 17.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.00 9.00 13.22 16.92 20.37 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.75 14.28 15.91 19.95 20.45 General office clerks................... 9.78 10.39 12.36 15.01 16.98 Teachers' aides......................... 10.39 11.70 12.45 14.73 15.13 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.98 13.35 15.73 18.51 20.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.37 10.60 14.85 19.10 25.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.78 15.14 18.82 23.52 27.38 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.40 17.40 18.54 24.64 29.59 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 15.13 18.65 21.72 23.32 Electricians............................ 19.04 25.08 25.60 26.83 27.38 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.67 16.97 19.80 20.07 20.07 Supervisors, production................. 10.00 16.00 20.35 22.25 26.74 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.84 10.31 13.50 16.00 17.79 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 16.11 17.06 18.98 23.16 23.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.60 12.37 15.15 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.96 8.72 9.98 12.50 17.15 Printing press operators................ 17.19 17.66 18.54 18.90 20.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.53 10.21 11.50 14.41 15.35 Welders and cutters..................... 14.05 16.54 18.45 21.20 29.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 8.57 10.86 13.65 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.50 12.75 14.35 16.04 Transportation and material moving............ 9.70 13.50 16.91 21.00 29.87 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 13.44 17.55 18.75 23.35 Bus drivers............................. 9.35 11.68 14.16 19.68 19.98 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.75 11.00 14.60 17.82 18.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $7.00 $8.09 $12.00 $16.00 $18.38 Construction laborers................... 14.50 16.88 16.88 16.88 19.20 Production helpers...................... 8.69 10.73 12.25 14.69 16.93 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.15 9.50 10.60 15.33 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.40 12.00 14.41 15.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.83 10.10 13.81 15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 12.00 14.41 16.20 19.14 20.98 Service......................................... 7.00 7.90 10.00 13.81 19.25 Protective service........................ 7.90 9.00 13.58 22.31 27.45 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 8.15 9.00 11.41 14.63 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.25 8.25 11.25 15.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.01 7.90 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.01 7.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.00 10.02 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.64 9.50 11.93 16.30 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.00 15.40 16.30 16.30 16.46 Cooks................................... 7.50 9.50 11.00 13.94 14.76 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.15 7.64 8.91 10.25 11.60 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.25 7.36 8.00 9.50 Health service............................ 9.55 10.00 11.00 12.50 14.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.55 9.85 10.50 11.89 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.50 9.51 12.35 14.50 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.04 7.50 11.28 11.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.50 10.04 13.16 14.29 Personal service.......................... 6.90 7.29 7.59 9.79 13.08 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 6.90 7.29 7.59 8.50 9.13 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.50 $15.25 $22.25 $31.02 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.50 15.50 23.08 31.31 White collar.................................... 10.35 13.75 19.81 27.50 37.26 White collar excluding sales................ 11.25 14.88 21.43 28.80 38.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.62 21.57 26.35 34.13 40.27 Professional specialty...................... 19.90 23.76 28.85 36.49 42.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.50 27.50 32.14 37.50 44.23 Industrial engineers.................... 25.04 29.01 34.58 38.15 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.84 25.41 29.43 30.38 32.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.08 23.08 27.32 35.50 38.56 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 28.13 34.98 41.08 44.43 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 28.13 35.34 41.27 44.48 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.50 23.96 26.61 29.85 38.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.50 23.76 26.07 28.30 30.50 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.06 12.05 19.30 25.66 29.17 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 19.30 19.81 24.87 26.43 29.70 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.97 16.52 21.45 25.00 27.63 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.88 14.55 14.88 22.84 26.70 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.80 18.00 19.50 22.50 25.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.97 13.97 15.92 19.15 21.78 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.00 17.76 21.80 25.00 28.34 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.51 23.38 28.22 36.06 54.01 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.81 27.40 32.72 46.51 61.17 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 29.37 34.33 41.64 53.84 53.84 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.26 36.00 36.00 36.13 65.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 24.85 27.74 32.69 50.86 65.34 Management related........................ 16.95 20.42 21.63 23.66 30.96 Accountants and auditors................ 15.38 21.15 21.63 21.63 22.65 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.00 13.27 16.75 19.00 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.01 13.60 15.25 17.80 21.15 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.53 11.60 13.00 16.92 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.50 $11.51 $14.37 $17.72 $21.29 Supervisors, general office............. 14.61 20.05 23.68 28.21 28.21 Secretaries............................. 12.75 14.83 16.73 20.92 24.18 Receptionists........................... 9.54 10.00 12.05 13.80 14.12 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.25 11.60 13.50 16.06 22.98 Order clerks............................ 9.50 11.05 13.38 17.00 19.34 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.06 13.42 15.14 17.31 25.15 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 12.25 13.45 14.69 17.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.00 8.51 11.65 13.72 16.92 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.75 14.28 15.91 19.95 20.45 General office clerks................... 10.39 10.39 14.78 17.08 20.48 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.71 12.25 14.44 16.21 21.29 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.32 14.41 18.82 24.17 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.70 14.70 18.54 23.16 27.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.40 17.40 18.54 24.64 29.59 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.54 19.84 22.30 23.42 Electricians............................ 15.14 22.16 25.08 25.60 26.00 Supervisors, production................. 10.00 16.00 20.35 22.25 26.74 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.84 10.31 13.50 16.00 17.79 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 16.11 17.06 18.98 23.16 23.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.60 12.28 15.15 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.96 8.72 9.98 12.50 17.15 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.53 10.21 11.50 14.41 15.35 Welders and cutters..................... 14.05 16.54 18.45 21.20 29.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 8.57 10.86 13.65 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.50 12.75 14.35 16.04 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 12.70 16.29 22.00 30.70 Truck drivers........................... 10.95 13.50 18.21 19.00 23.35 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.75 11.00 14.60 17.82 18.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 11.50 15.25 16.93 Production helpers...................... 8.69 10.73 12.25 14.69 16.93 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.15 9.50 10.60 15.33 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.40 12.00 14.41 15.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.83 10.10 13.81 15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 11.50 13.71 15.00 19.14 21.80 Service......................................... $6.90 $7.50 $9.00 $11.29 $13.81 Protective service........................ 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.75 Guards and police, except public service 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.10 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.15 8.00 10.75 16.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.01 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.01 7.50 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.63 9.00 11.75 16.30 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.00 15.40 16.30 16.30 16.46 Cooks................................... 7.50 8.86 10.00 11.66 15.23 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.15 7.64 8.91 10.25 11.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.25 7.36 8.00 9.50 Health service............................ 9.55 10.00 10.85 12.50 14.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.54 9.85 10.50 11.89 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.30 9.00 11.28 13.81 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.04 7.50 11.28 11.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.30 9.00 11.29 13.81 Personal service.......................... 6.90 7.27 7.51 9.00 12.48 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.05 $15.01 $20.17 $27.38 $34.79 All excluding sales........................... 12.05 15.01 20.30 27.38 34.79 White collar.................................... 12.13 15.06 21.27 28.75 37.16 White collar excluding sales................ 12.13 15.06 21.28 28.78 37.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.62 21.16 25.03 33.59 39.25 Professional specialty...................... 18.38 21.90 26.18 33.88 39.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.02 19.64 24.99 28.75 33.90 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.47 28.97 38.68 43.18 48.21 Other post-secondary teachers........... 12.20 14.63 17.81 33.28 51.92 Teachers, except college and university... 19.30 22.65 27.85 34.98 38.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.36 22.69 27.70 34.54 38.17 Secondary school teachers............... 21.72 24.76 31.19 36.60 39.25 Teachers, special education............. 21.82 23.69 25.63 34.18 37.63 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 18.43 21.37 23.95 25.95 36.22 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 15.32 16.06 18.51 21.28 23.16 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.12 15.63 18.51 20.78 22.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.21 26.64 28.16 34.09 48.76 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 26.84 28.16 30.51 47.59 58.42 Management related........................ 20.48 22.26 25.06 31.88 32.68 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.69 12.13 14.12 16.81 18.75 Secretaries............................. 12.25 13.63 15.06 17.39 17.90 Library clerks.......................... 10.56 11.64 12.19 14.12 14.82 General office clerks................... 9.37 10.69 12.13 13.99 15.62 Teachers' aides......................... 10.39 11.70 12.45 14.73 15.13 Blue collar..................................... 13.91 16.69 18.85 20.98 26.83 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.97 18.65 20.07 25.95 27.38 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.31 14.38 19.68 20.38 27.66 Bus drivers............................. 12.31 14.16 19.68 19.68 20.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $14.84 $16.20 $18.19 $18.85 $18.85 Service......................................... 10.61 13.53 17.50 24.28 27.45 Protective service........................ 14.36 17.65 22.13 26.27 30.55 Food service.............................. 9.83 10.44 11.90 14.76 14.76 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 9.83 10.61 11.93 14.76 14.76 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.29 10.96 13.32 15.72 16.49 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.29 10.82 13.32 15.72 16.49 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $12.05 $16.95 $24.18 $32.97 All excluding sales........................... 9.15 12.16 17.31 24.76 33.69 White collar.................................... 11.06 14.54 20.37 28.21 37.63 White collar excluding sales................ 12.01 15.39 21.60 29.37 38.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.51 21.37 26.22 34.38 39.61 Professional specialty...................... 19.63 23.08 28.48 35.94 40.48 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.41 27.42 31.55 37.50 43.07 Industrial engineers.................... 25.04 29.01 34.58 38.15 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.84 25.41 29.43 30.38 32.57 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.08 23.08 27.32 35.50 38.56 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 28.79 34.22 40.71 43.99 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 28.13 34.65 40.93 44.25 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.86 22.28 26.36 31.23 38.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.55 23.75 26.61 29.46 33.90 Teachers, college and university.......... 13.65 19.65 28.93 39.95 45.00 Other post-secondary teachers........... 14.63 17.81 19.65 26.51 32.62 Teachers, except college and university... 19.22 22.49 27.32 34.54 38.17 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.36 22.69 27.70 34.54 38.17 Secondary school teachers............... 21.82 24.78 31.35 36.81 39.25 Teachers, special education............. 19.59 22.01 25.63 30.54 37.52 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 13.57 15.72 19.30 25.66 26.43 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.56 21.69 25.95 30.33 36.22 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.06 16.50 18.51 20.44 21.86 Social workers.......................... 16.06 16.50 18.89 20.72 22.98 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 17.00 17.90 23.08 23.10 26.97 Technical................................... 13.97 16.71 20.63 25.00 27.73 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.94 14.55 14.88 22.84 26.70 Radiological technicians................ 22.16 25.26 25.26 26.63 27.50 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.80 18.00 19.50 22.50 25.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.97 16.52 18.51 19.38 22.33 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.00 18.17 21.96 26.65 29.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.65 24.26 28.16 36.05 54.01 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.85 27.50 32.69 47.06 58.97 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 29.37 34.33 41.64 53.84 53.84 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.26 36.00 36.13 51.42 65.00 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.50 27.74 32.69 47.41 60.10 Management related........................ 18.40 20.69 21.64 27.50 31.88 Accountants and auditors................ 15.60 21.15 21.63 21.63 23.34 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.21 22.50 27.79 31.92 35.49 Sales......................................... $8.25 $10.45 $13.60 $16.92 $19.01 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.01 13.60 15.25 17.80 21.15 Cashiers................................ 7.74 9.00 12.60 13.45 16.92 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.05 12.13 14.54 17.72 20.48 Supervisors, general office............. 14.32 17.32 18.77 25.69 28.21 Secretaries............................. 12.66 13.69 16.15 18.90 24.18 Order clerks............................ 9.50 11.24 13.85 17.72 19.34 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 13.46 15.70 18.05 20.86 20.86 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.06 13.44 15.39 18.13 25.15 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 12.25 13.45 14.69 17.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.00 9.00 12.54 15.77 20.37 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.75 14.28 15.91 19.95 20.45 General office clerks................... 9.81 10.69 12.55 15.16 16.98 Teachers' aides......................... 9.99 11.68 12.35 15.02 18.39 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.98 13.35 16.06 18.73 20.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.76 10.90 15.15 19.51 25.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.90 15.14 18.82 23.52 27.38 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.40 17.40 18.54 24.64 29.59 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 15.13 18.65 21.72 23.32 Electricians............................ 19.04 25.08 25.60 26.83 27.38 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.67 16.97 19.80 20.07 20.07 Supervisors, production................. 10.00 16.00 20.35 22.25 26.74 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.84 10.31 13.50 16.00 17.79 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 16.11 17.06 18.98 23.16 23.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.60 12.36 15.15 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 7.96 8.72 9.98 12.50 17.15 Printing press operators................ 17.19 17.66 18.54 18.90 20.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.53 10.21 11.50 14.41 15.35 Welders and cutters..................... 14.05 16.54 18.45 21.20 29.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 8.57 10.86 13.65 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.50 9.50 12.75 14.35 16.04 Transportation and material moving............ 10.15 14.06 18.31 22.00 31.25 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 13.31 17.50 18.96 23.35 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.75 11.00 14.60 17.82 18.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.40 9.50 13.51 16.69 18.85 Production helpers...................... 8.69 10.73 12.25 14.69 16.93 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 9.00 9.50 12.09 15.61 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $9.50 $11.15 $12.05 $14.41 $15.25 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.28 7.81 10.10 13.81 15.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 12.00 14.41 16.20 19.14 20.98 Service......................................... 7.25 8.50 10.67 14.76 20.82 Protective service........................ 8.00 9.00 14.36 22.78 27.45 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 8.25 9.00 11.73 14.84 Food service.............................. 6.50 7.36 9.00 11.93 16.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.75 Other food service....................... 7.36 8.00 9.50 12.40 16.30 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.00 15.40 16.30 16.30 16.46 Cooks................................... 7.50 9.25 11.00 14.00 14.76 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.15 7.63 8.91 9.25 10.25 Health service............................ 9.75 10.29 11.25 12.73 14.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.60 10.20 11.00 12.00 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 8.90 11.00 13.81 15.72 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 7.04 7.50 10.59 11.92 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 9.05 11.29 13.81 15.72 Personal service.......................... 7.03 7.51 8.08 10.70 13.08 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $7.75 $11.03 $15.49 $25.66 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 7.59 11.28 16.06 25.78 White collar.................................... 8.95 11.17 14.73 24.99 28.23 White collar excluding sales................ 9.82 12.09 16.06 25.66 28.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.57 20.37 24.99 27.93 33.79 Professional specialty...................... 15.39 21.87 25.98 28.41 36.49 Health related............................ 22.33 25.06 26.43 28.17 31.11 Registered nurses....................... 21.75 24.89 25.98 27.76 29.02 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.52 21.39 36.49 42.00 42.19 Teachers, except college and university... 12.25 13.29 16.38 27.71 34.53 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.60 12.31 13.57 42.00 46.97 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.82 14.54 19.90 23.02 23.76 Sales......................................... 7.45 8.00 10.00 10.83 15.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.88 10.17 12.05 13.81 15.49 General office clerks................... 8.86 8.86 9.82 12.90 18.47 Teachers' aides......................... 10.72 11.70 12.71 14.64 14.73 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 7.15 10.75 14.00 17.24 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.35 10.10 13.70 14.38 18.31 Bus drivers............................. 9.35 9.85 13.70 14.16 15.41 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.00 7.15 11.10 13.50 Service......................................... 6.70 7.00 7.50 9.75 11.28 Protective service........................ 6.50 6.83 7.75 9.00 11.39 Food service.............................. 6.50 6.90 7.25 8.00 11.60 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 Other food service....................... 6.70 7.25 8.00 10.61 11.95 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.90 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.40 Personal service.......................... 6.90 7.03 7.50 8.50 14.00 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 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 419,600 316,300 103,300 All excluding sales............................................. 396,600 293,600 103,100 White collar........................................................ 227,900 151,200 76,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 205,000 128,500 76,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 100,500 55,500 45,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 83,500 41,800 41,800 Technical....................................................... 16,900 13,800 3,200 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27,000 20,200 6,700 Sales............................................................. 23,000 22,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 77,500 52,700 24,800 Blue collar......................................................... 128,300 115,700 12,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,900 34,200 3,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 38,400 38,000 - Transportation and material moving................................ 25,500 19,200 6,300 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,500 24,400 2,200 Service............................................................. 63,400 49,400 14,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.