NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin 3115-76, October 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................. $17.90 3.1 33.6 $15.83 3.4 32.9 $23.41 2.7 35.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.20 3.9 33.4 19.27 4.2 33.1 29.35 1.4 34.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 4.7 34.3 22.03 5.7 34.3 36.42 3.7 34.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 6.7 37.2 28.29 7.6 38.8 26.70 11.3 30.6 Sales............................................................. 10.77 10.0 22.7 10.77 10.0 22.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.82 4.4 33.8 13.67 6.0 33.6 14.22 4.1 34.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.70 5.7 38.0 15.35 6.2 37.9 18.11 11.0 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 3.7 39.7 20.86 3.1 39.6 18.88 10.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.25 5.1 39.6 13.25 5.1 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.16 7.1 33.8 17.41 6.9 33.6 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.77 6.1 32.9 11.63 6.9 32.5 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.28 12.3 30.5 8.48 9.4 27.4 15.84 12.1 37.3 Full time........................................................... 19.21 3.0 38.4 17.06 3.4 38.7 24.00 2.3 37.6 Part time........................................................... 10.77 5.1 20.0 10.80 5.5 20.3 10.45 9.8 16.5 Union............................................................... 20.97 3.4 36.1 15.49 8.0 34.1 23.90 1.1 37.2 Nonunion............................................................ 16.05 4.0 32.2 15.91 4.2 32.6 19.03 16.3 25.8 Time................................................................ 17.91 3.2 33.6 15.82 3.4 32.8 23.41 2.7 35.6 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.97 9.2 30.3 11.61 9.3 30.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.86 5.2 32.7 14.84 5.4 32.3 22.12 8.4 35.4 500 workers or more................................................. 22.97 3.6 36.4 21.68 6.0 36.6 24.13 3.0 36.3 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $17.90 3.1 $15.83 3.4 $23.41 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.14 3.1 16.07 3.4 23.41 2.7 White collar........................................................ 22.20 3.9 19.27 4.2 29.35 1.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.99 4.1 20.11 4.7 29.35 1.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 4.7 22.03 5.7 36.42 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.19 4.7 22.72 6.9 37.58 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.65 6.1 23.65 6.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.65 6.1 23.65 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.47 9.5 24.94 10.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.35 6.7 23.30 6.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.33 7.1 47.82 20.8 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.83 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.51 2.7 – – 35.99 2.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.28 2.3 – – 37.28 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.88 12.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.88 12.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.33 8.7 20.32 9.5 20.39 20.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.07 1.9 17.01 2.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 6.7 28.29 7.6 26.70 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.03 10.3 28.62 11.3 32.46 8.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.68 7.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 26.16 8.0 27.54 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.41 4.0 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 12.1 30.83 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 10.77 10.0 10.77 10.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.08 2.1 8.08 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.82 4.4 13.67 6.0 14.22 4.1 Secretaries................................................. 16.52 6.1 15.99 7.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.95 7.3 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.63 12.6 13.63 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.81 3.5 12.26 2.1 14.91 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 15.70 5.7 15.35 6.2 18.11 11.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 3.7 20.86 3.1 18.88 10.5 Electricians................................................ $20.67 6.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 5.1 $13.25 5.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.16 7.1 17.41 6.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.77 6.1 11.63 6.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.58 2.5 8.58 2.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.28 12.3 8.48 9.4 $15.84 12.1 Protective service............................................ 16.93 17.2 – – 19.91 6.6 Food service.................................................. 7.83 14.5 6.92 15.2 12.42 12.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.02 5.8 3.02 5.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.76 .7 2.76 .7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.23 5.6 9.50 6.2 12.42 12.2 Cooks....................................................... 12.61 8.6 11.31 3.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.08 6.6 – – 10.30 5.4 Health service................................................ 11.49 3.7 10.68 2.9 12.99 1.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.43 3.8 10.51 2.5 13.01 1.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.36 7.4 8.82 5.6 12.95 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.36 7.5 8.82 5.6 13.03 3.8 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $19.21 3.0 $17.06 3.4 $24.00 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.22 3.0 17.05 3.4 24.00 2.3 White collar........................................................ 23.61 3.9 20.57 4.6 29.72 1.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.72 3.9 20.65 4.8 29.72 1.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.19 4.9 22.24 6.6 36.86 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.65 4.7 22.46 7.6 38.08 3.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.35 11.6 24.62 13.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.28 9.5 22.59 10.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.41 7.3 48.04 21.3 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.91 6.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.07 3.2 – – 36.57 3.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.28 2.3 – – 37.28 2.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.89 13.1 14.10 10.4 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.89 13.1 14.10 10.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.40 9.6 21.59 10.8 20.39 20.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 6.8 28.29 7.6 26.59 12.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.04 10.5 28.62 11.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.68 7.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 26.16 8.0 27.54 9.8 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.41 4.0 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 12.1 30.83 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 17.97 14.1 17.97 14.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 4.3 14.08 6.1 14.30 3.9 Secretaries................................................. 16.56 6.7 16.00 8.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.30 3.7 – – 14.91 1.9 Blue collar......................................................... 16.03 6.0 15.67 6.5 18.51 10.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 3.7 20.86 3.1 18.88 10.5 Electricians................................................ 20.67 6.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 5.1 13.25 5.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.10 4.7 18.01 5.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $12.96 5.1 $12.88 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.58 13.4 8.86 14.1 $16.40 11.6 Protective service............................................ 18.77 11.4 10.16 11.8 20.85 4.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.48 11.5 10.16 11.8 – – Food service.................................................. 8.53 23.1 7.16 27.3 – – Other food service........................................... 12.25 9.4 11.62 12.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.68 8.4 11.39 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.55 5.1 10.39 3.3 13.01 1.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.52 5.2 10.31 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.26 5.4 9.58 5.1 12.95 3.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.27 5.5 9.58 5.1 13.03 3.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.77 5.1 $10.80 5.5 $10.45 9.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.26 5.8 11.34 6.3 10.45 9.8 White collar........................................................ 13.79 4.7 13.78 4.9 13.90 15.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.56 6.5 16.77 7.2 13.90 15.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.23 4.9 20.88 5.3 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.16 5.9 24.75 7.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.90 8.6 25.94 8.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.50 2.7 24.53 2.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.56 6.9 16.56 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.12 2.4 8.12 2.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.07 2.2 8.07 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.81 8.7 11.82 9.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.46 8.4 8.42 9.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 8.06 7.8 7.95 8.5 9.06 5.8 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.86 13.6 6.64 14.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 2.2 7.79 2.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.22 3.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.32 4.4 11.21 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.11 5.0 10.94 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.67 3.1 7.67 3.1 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $737 3.1 38.4 $660 3.7 38.7 $902 1.8 37.6 All excluding sales............................................... 737 3.1 38.3 660 3.7 38.7 902 1.8 37.6 White collar........................................................ 884 4.0 37.5 787 5.2 38.3 1,068 1.2 35.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 887 4.1 37.4 789 5.3 38.2 1,068 1.2 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,049 4.8 37.2 844 6.4 37.9 1,334 3.9 36.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,094 4.2 36.9 846 6.5 37.7 1,372 3.4 36.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 957 14.1 37.7 925 16.1 37.6 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 917 11.7 37.8 847 12.6 37.5 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,791 3.3 37.0 1,597 8.7 33.2 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,742 2.7 37.9 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,265 2.0 35.1 – – – 1,279 2.0 35.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,279 2.2 34.3 – – – 1,279 2.2 34.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 617 10.9 38.8 549 8.1 39.0 – – – Social workers.............................................. 617 10.9 38.8 549 8.1 39.0 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 827 10.7 38.7 836 12.1 38.7 784 22.1 38.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,084 9.1 38.6 1,096 10.3 38.8 1,008 13.4 37.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,135 14.2 39.1 1,117 15.5 39.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,237 8.1 39.1 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 990 7.5 37.8 1,050 8.9 38.1 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 835 3.1 39.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,146 12.5 37.2 1,146 12.5 37.2 – – – Sales............................................................. 711 13.7 39.6 711 13.7 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 527 4.4 37.3 540 6.6 38.4 500 3.8 34.9 Secretaries................................................. 640 6.5 38.6 627 8.5 39.2 – – – General office clerks....................................... 527 4.2 36.9 – – – 550 2.6 36.9 Blue collar......................................................... 635 6.5 39.6 620 7.0 39.6 741 10.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 804 4.1 39.7 826 4.0 39.6 755 10.5 40.0 Electricians................................................ 827 6.6 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $525 5.7 39.6 $525 5.7 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 707 7.4 39.1 700 8.6 38.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 519 5.1 40.0 515 5.8 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 491 14.1 39.0 339 15.5 38.3 $654 11.8 39.9 Protective service............................................ 752 11.5 40.1 406 11.7 39.9 836 4.7 40.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 459 11.5 40.0 406 11.7 39.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 321 24.3 37.7 267 28.3 37.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 477 10.1 38.9 450 13.4 38.7 – – – Cooks....................................................... 496 9.1 39.1 444 4.3 39.0 – – – Health service................................................ 446 5.7 38.7 394 2.2 37.9 516 1.1 39.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 446 5.8 38.7 390 1.7 37.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 449 5.5 39.9 381 5.2 39.8 518 3.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 450 5.6 39.9 381 5.2 39.8 521 3.8 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $36,379 3.1 1,894 $34,115 3.7 2,000 $40,670 1.8 1,694 All excluding sales............................................... 36,373 3.1 1,893 34,073 3.7 1,999 40,670 1.8 1,694 White collar........................................................ 41,950 4.0 1,777 40,418 5.2 1,965 44,291 1.2 1,490 White collar excluding sales.................................... 42,038 4.1 1,772 40,520 5.3 1,962 44,291 1.2 1,490 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 47,484 4.8 1,684 42,741 6.4 1,922 52,621 3.9 1,428 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,259 4.2 1,628 42,514 6.5 1,893 53,237 3.4 1,398 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 49,336 14.1 1,946 48,104 16.1 1,954 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 47,044 11.7 1,937 44,023 12.6 1,949 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 69,358 3.3 1,433 62,885 8.7 1,309 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 67,218 2.7 1,464 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 47,620 2.0 1,320 – – – 47,859 2.0 1,309 Elementary school teachers.................................. 47,360 2.2 1,270 – – – 47,360 2.2 1,270 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,093 10.9 2,020 28,571 8.1 2,027 – – – Social workers.............................................. 32,093 10.9 2,020 28,571 8.1 2,027 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 43,029 10.7 2,011 43,463 12.1 2,013 40,743 22.1 1,999 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 56,323 9.1 2,008 56,990 10.3 2,014 52,439 13.4 1,972 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 58,974 14.2 2,031 58,055 15.5 2,028 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,035 8.1 2,021 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 51,457 7.5 1,967 54,616 8.9 1,983 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,396 3.1 2,027 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 59,604 12.5 1,933 59,604 12.5 1,933 – – – Sales............................................................. 36,977 13.7 2,058 36,977 13.7 2,058 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,018 4.4 1,839 28,097 6.6 1,996 22,371 3.8 1,565 Secretaries................................................. 33,287 6.5 2,010 32,589 8.5 2,037 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,160 4.2 1,830 – – – 26,990 2.6 1,810 Blue collar......................................................... 33,020 6.5 2,060 32,234 7.0 2,058 38,508 10.3 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,831 4.1 2,065 42,942 4.0 2,058 39,268 10.5 2,080 Electricians................................................ 42,990 6.6 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $27,292 5.7 2,060 $27,292 5.7 2,060 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,781 7.4 2,032 36,417 8.6 2,022 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,963 5.1 2,080 26,784 5.8 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 25,232 14.1 2,006 17,599 15.5 1,986 $33,238 11.8 2,027 Protective service............................................ 39,104 11.5 2,083 21,089 11.7 2,077 43,457 4.7 2,085 Guards and police, except public service.................... 23,843 11.5 2,078 21,089 11.7 2,077 – – – Food service.................................................. 16,000 24.3 1,876 13,796 28.3 1,928 – – – Other food service........................................... 23,034 10.1 1,880 23,148 13.4 1,991 – – – Cooks....................................................... 23,899 9.1 1,885 22,699 4.3 1,993 – – – Health service................................................ 23,215 5.7 2,011 20,480 2.2 1,971 26,839 1.1 2,063 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,189 5.8 2,012 20,274 1.7 1,967 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,344 5.5 2,074 19,815 5.2 2,068 26,930 3.8 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,376 5.6 2,074 19,815 5.2 2,068 27,098 3.8 2,080 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $17.90 3.1 $15.83 3.4 $23.41 2.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.14 3.1 16.07 3.4 23.41 2.7 White collar........................................................ 22.20 3.9 19.27 4.2 29.35 1.4 1....................................................... 9.70 7.2 8.16 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.17 5.8 9.88 3.7 13.69 4.0 3....................................................... 11.97 5.6 11.56 6.2 13.56 4.1 4....................................................... 14.55 5.0 14.45 5.9 15.12 3.1 5....................................................... 15.07 5.9 15.07 6.6 15.11 13.1 6....................................................... 20.69 2.2 20.91 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.44 4.4 18.99 4.1 23.44 4.0 8....................................................... 29.05 2.4 21.67 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.20 3.7 25.09 3.3 34.34 1.8 10........................................................ 30.78 7.5 30.82 8.0 – – 11........................................................ 40.54 3.3 40.56 5.6 40.53 3.8 12........................................................ 49.89 9.8 45.34 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 9.2 25.77 8.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.99 4.1 20.11 4.7 29.35 1.4 2....................................................... 11.74 5.9 10.46 3.3 13.69 4.0 3....................................................... 11.84 5.6 11.36 5.8 13.56 4.1 4....................................................... 14.57 5.1 14.47 5.9 15.12 3.1 5....................................................... 15.17 6.1 15.18 6.8 15.11 13.1 6....................................................... 20.69 2.2 20.91 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.42 4.4 18.96 4.1 23.44 4.0 8....................................................... 29.13 2.5 21.28 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.50 3.6 25.50 3.5 34.34 1.8 10........................................................ 30.78 7.5 30.82 8.0 – – 11........................................................ 40.66 3.4 40.81 5.7 40.53 3.8 12........................................................ 49.89 9.8 45.34 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 9.2 25.77 8.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.38 4.7 22.03 5.7 36.42 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.19 4.7 22.72 6.9 37.58 3.3 5....................................................... 12.70 8.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.83 7.6 18.34 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 30.13 3.2 21.04 7.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.04 3.6 25.03 4.1 34.63 2.6 10........................................................ 27.91 2.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.12 4.0 – – 41.18 3.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.20 12.1 30.20 12.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.65 6.1 23.65 6.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.65 6.1 23.65 6.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.47 9.5 24.94 10.4 – – 8....................................................... 26.16 1.6 26.82 .5 – – 9....................................................... $27.04 4.1 $25.77 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.35 6.7 23.30 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.52 9.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.83 3.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.41 5.2 24.77 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.33 7.1 47.82 20.8 – – 11........................................................ 43.25 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.25 25.2 43.25 25.2 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.83 6.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.51 2.7 – – $35.99 2.8 9....................................................... 34.38 3.7 – – 35.10 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.28 2.3 – – 37.28 2.3 9....................................................... 36.56 2.5 – – 36.56 2.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.88 12.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.88 12.9 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.33 8.7 20.32 9.5 20.39 20.7 5....................................................... 17.15 3.5 17.08 3.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.07 1.9 17.01 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.14 4.3 17.04 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 6.7 28.29 7.6 26.70 11.3 7....................................................... 21.56 4.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.77 7.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.91 3.8 38.44 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.34 6.8 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.03 10.3 28.62 11.3 32.46 8.0 11........................................................ 36.20 5.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.11 1.6 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.68 7.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 26.16 8.0 27.54 9.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.28 4.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.41 4.0 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 12.1 30.83 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 10.77 10.0 10.77 10.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.16 3.2 8.16 3.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.08 2.1 8.08 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.82 4.4 13.67 6.0 14.22 4.1 2....................................................... 11.92 6.0 10.64 3.5 13.69 4.0 3....................................................... 12.18 6.1 11.66 7.0 13.56 4.1 4....................................................... 14.09 5.9 13.99 6.6 14.84 3.9 7....................................................... $17.82 3.4 $17.82 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.20 12.5 16.88 15.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.52 6.1 15.99 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.83 2.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.95 7.3 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.63 12.6 13.63 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.81 3.5 12.26 2.1 $14.91 1.9 3....................................................... 14.39 2.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.70 5.7 15.35 6.2 18.11 11.0 1....................................................... 11.21 3.1 11.27 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.14 3.2 11.89 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.44 3.7 13.44 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.50 7.6 15.47 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.73 13.7 17.73 13.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 8.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.56 4.6 21.42 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.24 4.9 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 3.7 20.86 3.1 18.88 10.5 7....................................................... 20.80 4.2 21.92 4.8 – – Electricians................................................ 20.67 6.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 5.1 13.25 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.81 3.3 12.81 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.31 11.6 14.31 11.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.16 7.1 17.41 6.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.77 6.1 11.63 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 10.86 12.9 10.86 12.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.58 2.5 8.58 2.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.28 12.3 8.48 9.4 15.84 12.1 1....................................................... 7.59 11.5 6.77 11.6 11.57 12.5 2....................................................... 11.74 2.5 10.64 4.1 12.49 1.7 3....................................................... 9.44 12.5 8.69 14.4 12.49 9.0 4....................................................... 12.27 3.8 11.78 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.82 22.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.30 7.9 11.48 .4 – – Protective service............................................ 16.93 17.2 – – 19.91 6.6 3....................................................... 10.64 7.7 – – – – Guards and police, except public service 3....................................................... 11.80 1.3 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.83 14.5 6.92 15.2 12.42 12.2 1....................................................... 5.95 17.6 5.74 18.2 – – 3....................................................... $6.88 27.8 $6.48 27.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.02 5.8 3.02 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 3.13 10.6 3.13 10.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.76 .7 2.76 .7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.23 5.6 9.50 6.2 $12.42 12.2 1....................................................... 8.00 1.8 7.86 2.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.61 8.6 11.31 3.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.08 6.6 – – 10.30 5.4 1....................................................... 8.32 1.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.49 3.7 10.68 2.9 12.99 1.2 2....................................................... 11.88 2.9 11.01 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.43 3.8 10.51 2.5 13.01 1.2 2....................................................... 11.88 2.9 11.01 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.36 7.4 8.82 5.6 12.95 3.8 1....................................................... 9.67 12.7 7.93 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.41 4.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.36 7.5 8.82 5.6 13.03 3.8 1....................................................... 9.66 12.9 7.93 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.41 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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................................................................... $19.21 3.0 $17.06 3.4 $24.00 2.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.22 3.0 17.05 3.4 24.00 2.3 White collar........................................................ 23.61 3.9 20.57 4.6 29.72 1.3 2....................................................... 12.06 6.5 10.46 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.22 5.6 11.74 6.7 13.60 4.1 4....................................................... 14.42 5.4 14.26 6.5 15.12 3.1 5....................................................... 15.04 7.0 14.70 7.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.69 2.2 20.91 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.37 5.1 18.89 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 29.08 2.4 21.64 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.94 3.7 25.27 4.3 34.34 1.8 10........................................................ 30.81 7.4 30.86 7.9 – – 11........................................................ 40.54 3.3 40.56 5.6 40.53 3.8 12........................................................ 49.89 9.8 45.34 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.55 9.7 25.60 9.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.72 3.9 20.65 4.8 29.72 1.3 2....................................................... 12.36 6.6 10.82 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.02 5.5 11.42 6.3 13.60 4.1 4....................................................... 14.42 5.4 14.26 6.5 15.12 3.1 5....................................................... 15.09 7.2 14.74 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.69 2.2 20.91 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.34 5.1 18.85 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 29.16 2.5 21.24 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 31.31 3.7 25.85 4.9 34.34 1.8 10........................................................ 30.81 7.4 30.86 7.9 – – 11........................................................ 40.66 3.4 40.81 5.7 40.53 3.8 12........................................................ 49.89 9.8 45.34 14.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.55 9.7 25.60 9.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.19 4.9 22.24 6.6 36.86 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.65 4.7 22.46 7.6 38.08 3.6 7....................................................... 18.92 8.8 18.43 8.1 – – 8....................................................... 30.17 3.2 20.99 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.11 3.4 25.32 6.5 34.63 2.6 10........................................................ 27.95 2.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.12 4.0 – – 41.18 3.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.80 10.7 28.80 10.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.35 11.6 24.62 13.3 – – 8....................................................... 26.24 1.7 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.28 9.5 22.59 10.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.41 7.3 48.04 21.3 – – 11........................................................ 43.25 1.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $43.25 25.2 $43.25 25.2 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.91 6.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.07 3.2 – – $36.57 3.4 9....................................................... 34.38 3.7 – – 35.10 3.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.28 2.3 – – 37.28 2.3 9....................................................... 36.56 2.5 – – 36.56 2.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.89 13.1 14.10 10.4 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.89 13.1 14.10 10.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.40 9.6 21.59 10.8 20.39 20.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 6.8 28.29 7.6 26.59 12.3 7....................................................... 21.56 4.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.77 7.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.91 3.8 38.44 4.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.04 10.5 28.62 11.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.20 5.6 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.68 7.3 – – – – Management related............................................ 26.16 8.0 27.54 9.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.28 4.2 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.41 4.0 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.83 12.1 30.83 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 17.97 14.1 17.97 14.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 4.3 14.08 6.1 14.30 3.9 2....................................................... 12.36 6.6 10.82 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.64 4.4 12.12 5.6 13.60 4.1 4....................................................... 13.93 6.0 13.80 6.8 14.84 3.9 7....................................................... 17.82 3.4 17.82 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.56 12.3 17.48 14.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.56 6.7 16.00 8.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.30 3.7 – – 14.91 1.9 3....................................................... 14.49 2.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.03 6.0 15.67 6.5 18.51 10.3 1....................................................... 11.84 4.9 11.84 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.18 3.2 11.92 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.48 3.7 13.48 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.50 7.6 15.47 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.73 13.7 17.73 13.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.00 8.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.56 4.6 21.42 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $14.24 4.9 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 3.7 $20.86 3.1 $18.88 10.5 7....................................................... 20.80 4.2 21.92 4.8 – – Electricians................................................ 20.67 6.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 5.1 13.25 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.81 3.3 12.81 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.31 11.6 14.31 11.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.10 4.7 18.01 5.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 5.1 12.88 5.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.58 13.4 8.86 14.1 16.40 11.6 1....................................................... 7.50 24.5 5.66 24.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.15 1.9 – – 12.49 1.8 3....................................................... 10.45 5.1 9.85 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.22 4.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.82 22.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.30 7.9 11.48 .4 – – Protective service............................................ 18.77 11.4 10.16 11.8 20.85 4.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.48 11.5 10.16 11.8 – – Food service.................................................. 8.53 23.1 7.16 27.3 – – Other food service........................................... 12.25 9.4 11.62 12.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.68 8.4 11.39 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.55 5.1 10.39 3.3 13.01 1.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.52 5.2 10.31 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $11.26 5.4 $9.58 5.1 $12.95 3.8 1....................................................... 11.27 11.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.41 4.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.27 5.5 9.58 5.1 13.03 3.8 1....................................................... 11.31 11.9 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.41 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.77 5.1 $10.80 5.5 $10.45 9.8 All excluding sales............................................... 11.26 5.8 11.34 6.3 10.45 9.8 White collar........................................................ 13.79 4.7 13.78 4.9 13.90 15.3 1....................................................... 8.16 3.1 8.16 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.56 6.9 9.28 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.03 11.8 11.05 12.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.46 2.0 15.46 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.21 5.1 16.96 6.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.56 3.0 24.56 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 49.6 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.56 6.5 16.77 7.2 13.90 15.3 2....................................................... 10.31 6.8 10.00 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 12.6 11.20 12.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.64 1.1 15.64 1.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.55 4.8 17.57 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 24.56 3.0 24.56 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 49.6 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.23 4.9 20.88 5.3 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 23.16 5.9 24.75 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.56 3.0 24.56 3.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.90 8.6 25.94 8.7 – – 9....................................................... 24.56 3.0 24.56 3.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.50 2.7 24.53 2.8 – – 9....................................................... 24.56 3.0 24.56 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 16.56 6.9 16.56 6.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.12 2.4 8.12 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.16 3.2 8.16 3.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.07 2.2 8.07 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.81 8.7 11.82 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.66 7.2 10.34 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.38 2.8 15.38 2.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.46 8.4 8.42 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.47 8.8 8.44 9.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. $8.06 7.8 $7.95 8.5 $9.06 5.8 1....................................................... 7.67 4.8 7.59 5.4 8.27 .8 2....................................................... 10.72 5.3 10.54 5.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.86 13.6 6.64 14.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 8.0 7.25 8.9 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 2.2 7.79 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.90 3.1 7.72 3.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.22 3.6 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.22 3.6 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.32 4.4 11.21 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 5.2 10.97 5.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.11 5.0 10.94 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 5.2 10.97 5.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.67 3.1 7.67 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.67 3.1 7.67 3.1 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 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....................................................... $19.21 $10.77 $20.97 $16.05 $17.91 – All excluding sales............................................. 19.22 11.26 21.35 16.19 18.14 – White collar........................................................ 23.61 13.79 26.73 19.97 22.26 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.72 16.56 28.05 20.50 22.99 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.19 20.23 34.93 22.43 27.38 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.65 23.16 36.94 22.93 29.19 – Technical....................................................... 21.40 16.56 17.30 21.07 20.33 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.05 – – 28.63 28.05 – Sales............................................................. 17.97 8.12 – 11.93 10.40 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 11.81 14.17 13.67 13.82 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.03 8.46 16.99 14.60 15.63 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 – 20.68 18.84 20.26 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 – 12.49 13.52 13.25 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.10 – 15.28 18.28 16.69 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 – 11.83 11.71 11.77 – Service............................................................. 12.58 8.06 15.60 8.50 11.28 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 5.1 3.4 4.0 3.2 – All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 5.8 3.4 4.1 3.1 – White collar........................................................ 3.9 4.7 3.0 4.6 3.9 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 6.5 3.2 4.9 4.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.9 4.9 4.2 6.2 4.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 5.9 3.1 7.5 4.7 – Technical....................................................... 9.6 6.9 5.0 10.0 8.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.8 – – 7.4 6.7 – Sales............................................................. 14.1 2.4 – 13.7 10.5 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 8.7 2.7 6.4 4.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.0 8.4 7.8 5.3 5.9 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.7 – 4.0 4.5 3.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 – 8.4 5.1 5.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.7 – 12.8 12.1 8.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.1 – 7.6 10.5 6.1 – Service............................................................. 13.4 7.8 13.8 8.8 12.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.83 - – – - - - $8.83 - - All excluding sales............................................. 16.07 - – – - - - 8.56 - - White collar........................................................ 19.27 - – – - - - 9.45 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.11 - – – - - - – - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.03 - – – - - - – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.72 - – – - - - – - - Technical....................................................... 20.32 - – – - - - – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.29 - – – - - - – - - Sales............................................................. 10.77 - – – - - - 9.46 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 - – – - - - – - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 - – – - - - 11.51 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.86 - – – - - - – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 - – – - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 - – – - - - – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 - – – - - - 8.36 - - Service............................................................. 8.48 - – – - - - 7.10 - - 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....................................................... 3.4 - – – - - - 10.9 - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 - – – - - - 14.7 - - White collar........................................................ 4.2 - – – - - - 8.0 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 - – – - - - – - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.7 - – – - - - – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 - – – - - - – - - Technical....................................................... 9.5 - – – - - - – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.6 - – – - - - – - - Sales............................................................. 10.0 - – – - - - 9.0 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.0 - – – - - - – - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.2 - – – - - - 19.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 - – – - - - – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 - – – - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 - – – - - - – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.9 - – – - - - 2.0 - - Service............................................................. 9.4 - – – - - - 7.8 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.83 $11.61 $16.99 $14.84 $21.68 All excluding sales............................................. 16.07 11.62 17.26 15.13 21.66 White collar........................................................ 19.27 13.83 20.24 17.07 25.56 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.11 14.34 21.03 18.00 25.54 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.03 – 23.90 20.58 27.51 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.72 – 25.78 22.03 29.45 Technical....................................................... 20.32 – 20.26 18.17 23.08 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.29 – 28.33 24.64 32.43 Sales............................................................. 10.77 11.45 10.49 10.16 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 13.25 13.72 13.25 15.00 Blue collar......................................................... 15.35 14.08 15.68 15.65 15.76 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.86 – 20.93 – 18.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.25 11.26 13.77 13.44 14.97 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.41 – 15.72 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 – 12.29 10.91 – Service............................................................. 8.48 7.71 8.95 8.10 12.70 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....................................................... 3.4 9.3 3.4 5.4 6.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 9.2 3.5 5.6 6.0 White collar........................................................ 4.2 7.4 5.1 4.8 7.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.7 9.5 5.7 5.9 7.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.7 – 6.6 7.5 6.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.9 – 8.8 12.3 8.8 Technical....................................................... 9.5 – 9.9 2.7 13.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.6 – 7.9 10.2 5.1 Sales............................................................. 10.0 25.0 10.4 11.1 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.0 13.2 6.5 8.0 9.9 Blue collar......................................................... 6.2 15.5 8.0 12.0 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 – 4.8 – 6.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 8.4 5.5 8.5 7.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 – 11.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.9 – 6.8 15.5 – Service............................................................. 9.4 10.5 11.3 12.9 7.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.94 $15.12 $22.23 $32.43 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.22 15.31 22.73 32.43 White collar.................................... 10.08 13.57 18.54 28.26 39.16 White collar excluding sales................ 10.84 14.28 19.46 29.06 40.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.55 17.40 24.70 35.11 44.03 Professional specialty...................... 13.29 18.50 26.73 38.26 45.73 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.92 19.71 26.11 26.11 28.37 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.92 19.71 26.11 26.11 28.37 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.47 18.50 24.20 28.91 34.32 Registered nurses....................... 17.76 20.00 24.56 27.53 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.32 35.75 45.96 57.37 68.76 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.29 34.70 46.20 55.61 65.68 Teachers, except college and university... 24.17 29.51 37.61 42.54 45.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.29 31.74 38.17 42.67 45.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.86 11.97 13.30 18.47 23.36 Social workers.......................... 9.86 11.97 13.30 18.47 23.36 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 15.04 16.29 18.04 23.60 31.75 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.00 16.00 16.50 18.54 19.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.20 20.84 24.26 35.10 41.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.20 24.08 27.71 35.10 38.63 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.39 26.92 31.50 35.10 38.63 Management related........................ 19.22 20.56 23.49 35.47 41.73 Accountants and auditors................ 17.36 20.56 20.56 23.49 23.89 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.23 23.36 35.47 41.73 41.73 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 10.50 19.76 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.20 7.75 8.18 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 10.94 13.69 15.72 19.01 Secretaries............................. 10.92 14.28 16.59 19.36 20.52 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.43 10.43 10.94 13.48 14.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.80 10.80 11.37 15.63 19.42 General office clerks................... 10.61 12.69 14.25 15.53 15.95 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 11.90 14.72 17.97 23.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.36 16.96 18.85 23.70 26.01 Electricians............................ 17.34 17.69 19.12 23.30 26.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $10.30 $11.39 $12.16 $15.38 $17.58 Transportation and material moving............ 10.20 13.68 14.51 22.21 25.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.80 13.66 14.31 15.67 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.05 8.55 8.90 9.10 9.30 Service......................................... 6.00 8.00 10.26 13.83 19.11 Protective service........................ 7.50 9.17 18.56 22.73 24.71 Food service.............................. 2.65 3.00 7.65 10.42 13.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 2.75 3.00 3.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 2.65 2.85 3.00 Other food service....................... 7.25 7.50 9.00 11.76 14.30 Cooks................................... 9.50 10.86 12.25 13.60 17.69 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.46 7.50 8.25 10.26 11.55 Health service............................ 9.25 9.62 11.18 13.50 13.83 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.11 9.62 10.94 13.83 14.02 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $8.00 $10.00 $12.62 $14.29 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.38 8.00 10.00 12.62 14.29 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.65 $10.00 $13.92 $19.23 $26.01 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.42 14.04 19.46 26.01 White collar.................................... 9.79 12.00 17.09 23.58 31.50 White collar excluding sales................ 10.43 13.62 17.47 24.20 32.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.97 16.16 18.90 26.00 31.75 Professional specialty...................... 11.97 15.95 20.22 26.11 32.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.92 19.71 26.11 26.11 28.37 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.92 19.71 26.11 26.11 28.37 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.47 18.25 23.32 27.09 35.11 Registered nurses....................... 17.38 18.54 23.74 26.73 29.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.08 25.32 38.46 65.77 91.27 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.12 16.38 18.04 23.60 31.62 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.00 15.85 16.48 18.54 19.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.20 20.56 24.36 35.47 41.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.20 23.12 26.14 32.70 38.63 Management related........................ 17.89 20.56 23.89 35.47 41.73 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.23 23.36 35.47 41.73 41.73 Sales......................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 10.50 19.76 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.20 7.75 8.18 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.77 10.80 13.60 15.70 18.93 Secretaries............................. 10.92 13.62 16.11 18.59 20.52 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.80 10.80 11.37 15.63 19.42 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.61 12.69 13.04 14.25 Blue collar..................................... 9.82 11.80 13.98 17.85 23.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.15 17.85 20.45 23.81 26.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.30 11.39 12.16 15.38 17.58 Transportation and material moving............ 12.97 13.68 15.72 22.21 25.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.75 10.55 14.31 15.83 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.05 8.55 8.90 9.10 9.30 Service......................................... $2.75 $7.25 $8.50 $10.43 $12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.63 2.75 7.25 8.50 11.71 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 2.75 3.00 3.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 2.65 2.85 3.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 8.18 11.05 12.48 Cooks................................... 8.50 10.00 11.71 12.25 13.00 Health service............................ 9.00 9.62 10.25 11.61 13.30 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.62 10.05 11.15 12.72 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.58 8.50 9.64 11.26 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.58 8.50 9.64 11.26 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.22 $13.83 $19.11 $32.43 $42.54 All excluding sales........................... 11.22 13.83 19.11 32.43 42.54 White collar.................................... 11.93 15.89 29.54 39.88 45.80 White collar excluding sales................ 11.93 15.89 29.54 39.88 45.80 Professional specialty and technical.......... 21.77 29.68 37.54 43.09 48.01 Professional specialty...................... 25.33 31.03 38.26 43.48 48.43 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 25.01 30.51 37.68 42.54 45.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.29 31.74 38.17 42.67 45.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 15.04 15.65 15.79 33.80 33.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.80 23.49 23.49 27.89 35.10 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.71 27.71 27.89 35.10 36.44 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.77 11.86 14.16 15.89 19.29 General office clerks................... 13.38 14.41 14.47 15.82 16.68 Blue collar..................................... 13.43 14.51 16.54 21.55 26.67 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.00 16.54 16.68 21.55 26.67 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 10.05 11.67 13.99 19.11 22.94 Protective service........................ 9.17 16.63 19.39 22.94 24.98 Food service.............................. 8.88 10.05 12.11 13.60 17.69 Other food service....................... 8.88 10.05 12.11 13.60 17.69 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.88 9.25 10.26 11.55 12.62 Health service............................ 10.94 11.52 13.83 13.83 15.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.94 11.42 13.83 13.83 15.12 Cleaning and building service............. 10.31 11.19 13.69 14.29 15.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.31 11.19 13.69 14.29 15.04 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.86 $11.97 $16.35 $23.58 $33.97 All excluding sales........................... 9.86 11.97 16.35 23.58 33.99 White collar.................................... 10.94 14.54 20.11 30.87 41.00 White collar excluding sales................ 11.22 14.54 20.19 31.49 41.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.74 17.47 26.11 36.86 44.82 Professional specialty...................... 13.10 18.47 28.01 38.46 45.86 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.47 17.76 23.76 29.40 35.15 Registered nurses....................... 17.00 18.50 24.67 29.00 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.32 35.90 46.06 57.41 68.76 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.29 34.83 46.24 55.68 65.68 Teachers, except college and university... 24.63 30.51 37.68 42.54 45.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 27.29 31.74 38.17 42.67 45.73 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.86 11.97 13.29 18.47 23.36 Social workers.......................... 9.86 11.97 13.29 18.47 23.36 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.33 16.35 18.04 26.41 33.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.20 20.67 24.26 35.10 41.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.20 24.04 27.71 35.10 38.63 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.39 26.92 31.50 35.10 38.63 Management related........................ 19.22 20.56 23.49 35.47 41.73 Accountants and auditors................ 17.36 20.56 20.56 23.49 23.89 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.23 23.36 35.47 41.73 41.73 Sales......................................... 8.18 9.91 17.99 22.40 29.92 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.43 11.22 13.92 15.92 19.36 Secretaries............................. 10.92 14.28 17.12 19.36 20.52 General office clerks................... 10.84 13.38 14.41 15.53 15.95 Blue collar..................................... 10.64 12.08 15.30 18.11 24.27 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.36 16.96 18.85 23.70 26.01 Electricians............................ 17.34 17.69 19.12 23.30 26.67 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.30 11.39 12.16 15.38 17.58 Transportation and material moving............ 13.21 13.92 15.77 22.77 25.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.90 9.30 14.08 15.17 15.96 Service......................................... $3.10 $9.24 $11.42 $14.96 $21.02 Protective service........................ 9.00 14.94 19.11 22.94 24.71 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 8.00 11.88 14.96 14.96 Food service.............................. 2.65 2.75 8.50 12.25 16.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.00 10.00 11.71 13.60 17.69 Cooks................................... 9.57 10.87 12.25 13.60 17.69 Health service............................ 9.35 9.62 11.15 13.83 14.66 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.35 9.62 10.94 13.83 14.66 Cleaning and building service............. 8.36 9.24 10.98 13.69 14.29 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.36 9.24 10.98 13.69 14.29 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.50 $8.50 $12.27 $19.46 All excluding sales........................... 6.75 7.50 8.80 13.25 20.03 White collar.................................... 7.25 8.10 11.37 16.47 24.69 White collar excluding sales................ 8.75 10.28 15.85 21.47 25.88 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.33 16.35 19.51 24.69 26.73 Professional specialty...................... 15.23 19.92 23.32 26.36 27.46 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.00 21.72 24.45 26.73 28.28 Registered nurses....................... 20.70 21.72 24.45 26.73 27.46 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 8.68 15.22 16.45 19.46 22.40 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.75 7.20 7.75 8.25 10.50 Cashiers................................ 6.75 7.20 7.65 8.25 10.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.75 9.15 11.37 14.40 16.05 Blue collar..................................... 6.75 7.00 7.65 8.69 13.66 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 6.00 7.25 7.75 9.00 11.90 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.63 6.75 7.50 8.00 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 7.25 7.61 8.50 9.31 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.46 7.50 7.75 8.88 9.31 Health service............................ 9.00 10.25 11.61 12.25 13.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 10.16 10.86 12.25 13.25 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.75 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 117,700 83,900 33,800 All excluding sales............................................. 112,300 78,500 33,800 White collar........................................................ 62,000 41,400 20,600 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 56,600 36,000 20,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32,000 18,100 13,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 26,300 13,100 13,200 Technical....................................................... 5,700 5,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,200 5,000 1,200 Sales............................................................. 5,400 5,400 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 18,400 12,900 5,500 Blue collar......................................................... 24,300 21,200 3,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,300 5,100 2,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,500 10,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3,000 2,300 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3,500 3,400 - Service............................................................. 31,400 21,300 10,100 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.